My "ban" from BCN

[BearcatAlum1]

It came to my attenion that I was banned from BCN today. I will be banned until April 19.

I was banned for a "personal attack."

Funny thing is, I didn't make a personal attack on anyone. I didn't call anyone names. I didn't belittle anyone for a belief set.

Guess what I did?

I called out a poster by name (name: Ohio Football) for NEVER-ENDING criticism of EVERYTHING that is Cincinnati basketball.

BCN is going downhill fast, especially when it bans a poster that views our program from a glass half full perspective, as opposed to the many on that site that have the glass is completely empty even if it is 3/4 full belief.

I am very close to boycotting BCN.

Although, I think it is awesome that an older poster created a thread about shutting down BCN because it does more negative than positive.

Thanks. I had to soundoff on that.....

 

[dp3113]

i have been a regular on bearcatnews since i was 13 or 14, and that site blows now. i was glad that i recently found out about this site.

honestly, i know on bcn you advertise this site in your signature...i'd honestly prefer if you didn't so that we can keep this site as is.

 

[BearcatAlum1]

^ I removed it, but I do feel ya.

 

[swg]

I feel bad the good people over there. It's hard when you have tons of members and a bad season. Heck, at OSU recently it was Fire Tressel. Stupidity is usually louder than the more intelligent.

 

[BigBearcatfan]

I was banned because they thought I was Billy Don for some freakin reason. The bad part is he wasn't even banned. Then I sent a email asking why I was banned and of course never received a answer.

The basketball forum over there was terrible, everyone fighting with each other. I did enjoy the football forum though.

This site gives you the ability to talk about what you want which is good.

 

[Thegreatone]

BCA1 I think those guys need to recognize who they ban too. I mean you provide a lot of really good info there. I dont know. There mods have always struggled for whatever reason. I think our members do a good job of self policing themselves..

 

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[swg]

^ I removed it, but I do feel ya.

Some don't like you at BCN, but we appreciate you being here.

Even Lobot too.

 

[david aka the TYZ]

i have been a regular on bearcatnews since i was 13 or 14, and that site blows now. i was glad that i recently found out about this site.

honestly, i know on bcn you advertise this site in your signature...i'd honestly prefer if you didn't so that we can keep this site as is.

I agree. I think everyone on here should not advertise publically this site on BCN. I haven't even been on that site in probably 6 weeks. No need to, this site is much better because there is a better mix of positive in with the negative and because there are far less people. After a game BCN would have 150 responses in no time at all (well, the losses at least) and it was all the same argument. While I fear that argument is creeping over here, it at least is still being argued with opinions and not stupid attacks that have nothing to do with the topic.

 

[BearcatAlum1]

BCA1 I think those guys need to recognize who they ban too. I mean you provide a lot of really good info there. I dont know. There mods have always struggled for whatever reason. I think our members do a good job of self policing themselves..

Coincidentally enough, my ban came within a short time of notification that I was no longer able to continue as their basketball moderator.

 

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Banning coming in 3...2....1. LOL

 

[BearcatAlum1]

I guess my ban is about to be lifted.

The power of BCT.

This is like a lobbying group...hahahaa.


"FREE ALLEN IVERSON!!!!!!!"

 

[swg]

We carry a big stick.

Uh...or we walk softly.

Or neither.

 

[TheShoeFits]

It came to my attenion that I was banned from BCN today. I will be banned until April 19.

I was banned for a "personal attack."

Funny thing is, I didn't make a personal attack on anyone. I didn't call anyone names. I didn't belittle anyone for a belief set.

Guess what I did?

I called out a poster by name (name: Ohio Football) for NEVER-ENDING criticism of EVERYTHING that is Cincinnati basketball.

BCN is going downhill fast, especially when it bans a poster that views our program from a glass half full perspective, as opposed to the many on that site that have the glass is completely empty even if it is 3/4 full belief.

I am very close to boycotting BCN.

Although, I think it is awesome that an older poster created a thread about shutting down BCN because it does more negative than positive.

Thanks. I had to soundoff on that.....

I already did. Haven't been on the site in months.

 

[swg]

Shutting down is harsh. I was thinking more in terms of quarantine for the 10-20 negative posters over there.

 

[Lobot]

It will creep other here, don't worry. For those who are trashing BCN, where was this feedback months ago? Private messaging is pretty useful. No one sent me a thing. I wished I would have gotten some of this long ago Seriously. No, I'm not blind to the fact the the board went downhill and fell into a negative hole. I know why but it doesn't matter at this point.

First I'll remove the BCN tag from my sig as well. Second I'll be honest, I come over here to escape the negativity when I'm done modding. Also, If this site ever hits the member mark that BCN currently has we'll have to see what happens. It might be interesting to see how long it takes for the site to basically become BCN.

 

[swg]

Totally agree. When you have that many, tough to control. Some large sites are REALLY good at control. But it takes work, and I always say it's the veterans who need to lead the way. Problem is, some of the veterans are the ones who are being negative. Winning does cure all, and I admit...UC offensively was ugly more often than not last year.

I don't pretend it won't happen here, but I do have a fast trigger. I'm not going to allow 5, 10, 30 people ruin this site if it means all we have is 200 members total.

There is a choice.

 

[Lobot]

It was exactly that, coincidental.

 

[InnTheWood]

BCN has sucked ever since they got rid of the email format and went to a message board. The email format really filtered out some of the douchebags.

 

[Who Dey Time]

It will creep other here, don't worry. For those who are trashing BCN, where was this feedback months ago? Private messaging is pretty useful. No one sent me a thing. I wished I would have gotten some of this long ago Seriously. No, I'm not blind to the fact the the board went downhill and fell into a negative hole. I know why but it doesn't matter at this point.

First I'll remove the BCN tag from my sig as well. Second I'll be honest, I come over here to escape the negativity when I'm done modding. Also, If this site ever hits the member mark that BCN currently has we'll have to see what happens. It might be interesting to see how long it takes for the site to basically become BCN.

Lobot, you and the other mods at BCN do a great job. Unfortunately, you do have about 5-10 members who bring that site down. And I'll name names - MST83, OhioFootball, bearcatjoey are the ones on the top of my head that I think contribute to the overall bad vibe of the Basketball boards. I still enjoy going there and post when I can (my stupid work laptop blocks BCN but not BCT..go figure) because there are those that will enter a healthy debate, however, it's tough when it seems as if every thread deteriorates into the same fire MC drivel.....from the same 5-10 people.