The dynamics of this board

I’m not strange !  

Interesting post Saffex. I must say that it is the interest of the rugby that keeps me coming back, as I'm sure it does for most of us. It doesn't make sense why we post despite the turmoil at times. I personally don't have an appetite for it. When threads go sour, I mostly stay out of it. Most of my posts are rugby posts that rile up the angry horde who proceed to throw insults. I don't always agree with the likes of Mozart, or Draad and Plum, but at least they conduct themselves in a civilized way. I can get a good level of rugby discussion out of them, and that makes it more rewarding for me. I can see that you have a passion for the game Saffex, and I do admire the way you keep your finger on the pulse of the junior game. I use a lot of that info to fast track on who's who as I don't have the time or desire to keep track of that much rugby anymore. 

Well personally I'm here for the full half hour argument, five minutes isn't long enough

Oh the arguments go on for years.

Nice post Dave….the arguments are mostly a game….a few are more serious. But the adversary is in most part a figment of the imagination, invested with perceived properties….which is not to say that the perceptions are always wrong.

I met Dave in London once - he is a super guy -  and I met Denny twice.   I had a long telephone call with Mozart.   From what I can make out  in general people on site or not nasty - but if we agree on everything there will be no discussion on this site.   

I think some members just write controversial things to open discussion.   We all ha ve likes and dislikes of some players leading to some distortion of player performances in games - just opening ways to discuss issues.

I have lost a bit of interest in the Board and compared to the past rarely comment on Rugby issue - but in the end always will be interested on what is discussed on the Board .            

I disagree Saffex.

If by "bunch" you mean mankind in general then yes, maybe we are a strange bunch but if you mean us as a community of posters on a message boiard, there's nothing strange, special or unique about us at all.

There are literally millions of message boards and chat forums out there. I challenge you to find even one that doesn't have insults, personal vendettas and character assassinations on a daily basis.

It's human nature. Whether we like it or not, we generally conform to society's demands when we're out in public and even if we think someone is a dickhead we don't say it out straight. Apart from our self-imposed social norms, we'd also be risking a punch in the face. But take away that distance, take away the threat of physical retaliation and throw in anonymity and you'll tell that other person he's a dickhead and a lot more.

We're not strange at all. Strange would be a message board where everyone sticks to the topic at hand and nobody insults anyone. Frankly that would be a bit boring.

Crusader may have his tongue in his cheek when he says he's here for the scrap but he speaks for all of us. Yes, we're primarily here because of our common love of rugby but we're also here for the bickering and the insults . . . and the opportunity to tell some arsehole that he is in fact an arsehole without getting p unched in the face.

I wish that were a joke Plum. 

"Apart from our self-imposed social norms, we'd also be risking a punch in the face."

...or in your case, stabbed in the throat with a broken beer quart...you tend to p!$$ people of a wee bit.

It’s not like any of lose any sleep over what gets said on here

Just as well Rassie doesn't post here

If anyone says that they don't enjoy viewing, reading or actually participating in some of the heated topics or debates on this forum, then they are speaking shit...

For many years now, the longest threads we have always ever had on this forum, including those with the most views ever... were always the very heated / controversial ones...

It is human nature... the supposed distance and anonymity creates a certain barrier, for everyone to say things that they probably wouldn't normally say in public. 

This place would be terribly boring without any of that banter... whilst at the same time, I have also on many occasions burst out laughing because of someone's response to a specific post or comment on this forum....

We have some very creative and hilarious writers / thinkers on this forum..

I think under different circumstances, most people here would actually really enjoy a beer with one another, if they didn't know who the other one really was....

"Funny the ones that say they’re here for the rugby are the ones throwing the most shit"

Never has a truer word been spoken

I originally came for the rugby but stayed for the argument.

My friends all have similar views so no fun arguing with them, here has a wide range of views so most threads tend to a bit heated and to me makes them all more enjoyable.

There are a couple on here that we could probably not be friends with as our beliefs are polar opposites but no one I hate (even beeno)

Everyone is entitled to their views as long as that's as far as it goes.

Long may the banter continue. 

The Board is a bit of fun.  Creating Beeno’s  Trumpet was an enabling move…and there is always the rugby. I zip in and out while trading stocks or watching sports….I am entertained, to quote The Gladiator.

oh Dave....

We all know what you look like, where you live and who your mommy is.

And thats part of why we love you.

Our token bum!

I'm always in the thick of it? Show me... 

I enjoy xs and os, and don't mind a heated rugby debate. I don't enjoy childish mud slinging. 

Saffex ! Don’t be naughty ! 

"Who is Cunty boy, Buttplug and Moffie?"

Troetelnaampies vir: Plum, Plum and Mozart...try to keep up!

‘Moffie’ that  was me?

BB

For what's it's worth Cloudy not long after she signed up on here mentioned you a few times, she also mentioned a character named RagingBok who she felt was the cause of the closure of the kiwi rugby website where you, Wardad, Hakwa, Moola and Justwin posted. And yes you're correct, Cloudy left because of Plum.

Blackboyo is sleeping.

Feel free to believe whatever you choose but whatever Cloudy wrote on this board gels with what Blackboy is saying. There is no contradiction. Admittedly it's going back in time still I'm surprised no-one has picked up on the similarities. For that reason Blackboy is a Kiwi.

Kiwis don’t post for 2 hours from 12.30 to to 2.30 am on a South African rugby board.

Tx Blackboy, likewise, if you're in Sydney pop me a note. 

".....and there was another chick she went for the Azzuri her name was Agnese"

Cloudy mentioned her as well.....it's going back a while but I think she was the one who spruiked the flyhalf(forget his name) who kicked a penalty or drop goal to win NZ the WC? Think she also wrote a book. Naru used to post in this forum.