Can the Suns overtake the Lakers as the Pacific Division leaders?

[az1965]

Don't ask why. Just enjoy it- no questions about how to watch Suns game online, no whining about laptop not handling streaming, no questions about league pass and black-outs.

Is that a reason for banning...? Just put him on ignore.

 

[az1965]

Wizards should take a page from Grizzlies playbook. Let Kobe score 50+ and take others out of the game.

 

[PHX 32]

on another note, can anyone tell me how to use my remote control? it has a lot of buttons! pls help ASAP.

 

[Joe L]

Suns have a slightly tougher schedule but with the 2 losses by the Lakers, the pressure falls on the Laker's back to win and keep on top the Pacific. Bynum & Gasol is also tough to call. Just because they will be able to play, doesn't mean they will mesh well. Remember, they have never played together and it takes time to build chemistry. Trying to find chemistry this late in the season can prove to be fatal. The Suns have had time to mesh with "big Aristotle" so I will say it favors the Suns to win the division.

 

[Chaplin]

I think it's confusing that Andrew gets banned and there has been MUCH, MUCH bannable stuff in that ridiculous Bowen thread and between a certain few Suns/Lakers fans. I get the repeated questions about the technology, but I think it doesn't make much sense to ban him when these other instigators are getting a free pass.

 

[Chaplin]

Is that a reason for banning...? Just put him on ignore.

Exactly. Seems like since everyone finds it easier to pick on him, he's the one getting the short end of the moderator stick.

 

[elindholm]

I think it's confusing that Andrew gets banned and there has been MUCH, MUCH bannable stuff in that ridiculous Bowen thread and between a certain few Suns/Lakers fans. I get the repeated questions about the technology, but I think it doesn't make much sense to ban him when these other instigators are getting a free pass.

It becomes a lot less confusing when you remember that some of the Laker fans are among this site's most valued posters in other forums.

 

[Chaplin]

It becomes a lot less confusing when you remember that some of the Laker fans are among this site's most valued posters in other forums.

I'm not talking about Darth, Donald or abomb.

 

[az1965]

Donald and abomb are cool... They are my fellow Cardinals fans!

Darth on the other hand...

 

[elindholm]

I'm not talking about Darth, Donald or abomb.

Or Renz, or Gee, or Mulli, or ...

 

[Chaplin]

Or Renz, or Gee, or Mulli, or ...

I'm pretty sure Gee and Mulli aren't Laker fans. Renz I forgot in that group, but since you obviously don't know who I'm talking about, and am having fun making me out to be something worse than I am, I suppose there won't be a right answer for you Eric.

 

[elindholm]

but since you obviously don't know who I'm talking about, and am having fun making me out to be something worse than I am

Huh? What the hell are you talking about?

 

[Phade]

how can he get banned for pestering for prob. a few weeks.. when ambchang has been pestering about how the spurs aren't dirty for months..

makes alot of sense..

good job mods..

 

[Chaplin]

Huh? What the hell are you talking about?

I merely mention one of the Laker/Sun feuds we've had the past week or two (along with that Bowen thread), and you make it into a global generalization about ALL the Laker fans on this board, when it clearly was not. Not sure why you felt you had to call me out, but more power to you.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

Chaplin is the epitome of the term disgruntled.

 

[Chaplin]

Chaplin is the epitome of the term disgruntled.

Why? Because I think it's ridiculous that you guys keep harping on Andrew but guys that are much, much more venomous get free passes?

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

No.

 

[Treesquid PhD]

Why? Because I think it's ridiculous that you guys keep harping on Andrew but guys that are much, much more venomous get free passes?

See Chap here is the difference. I actually like Andrew, seems like a nice guy and all, but he is the epitome of a noob. The problem is much like a child he really doesn't understand that his posting litters the board just as much as other trolls, to me it's much less offensive than Laker troll or Greentrollbourough but I can see how other might find it tirering. So he got a TO. Almost every game thread is littered with "Amare I hate you.". "Diaw is a Puss"...and then Andrew asking for tech help. So to a degree it could be considered trolling if it happens all the time. Again, we have all been banned 3 days or so before, so it's not really like everyone is getting a free pass and Andrew is being singled out. Just my two cents.

 

[elindholm]

I merely mention one of the Laker/Sun feuds we've had the past week or two (along with that Bowen thread), and you make it into a global generalization about ALL the Laker fans on this board

Do you mean when I wrote this?

It becomes a lot less confusing when you remember that some of the Laker fans are among this site's most valued posters in other forums.

Listen, Chaplin, I don't know what to tell you. All I do is join a conversation you're participating in and you find a way to get offended, almost invariably by figuring out some way to misread what I've written. It's your right to be offended, but 95% of the time, all you'd have to do is re-read carefully to realize that you haven't been "called out" at all.

 

[Chaplin]

See Chap here is the difference. I actually like Andrew, seems like a nice guy and all, but he is the epitome of a noob. The problem is much like a child he really doesn't understand that his posting litters the board just as much as other trolls, to me it's much less offensive than Laker troll or Greentrollbourough but I can see how other might find it tirering. So he got a TO. Almost every game thread is littered with "Amare I hate you.". "Diaw is a Puss"...and then Andrew asking for tech help. So to a degree it could be considered trolling if it happens all the time. Again, we have all been banned 3 days or so before, so it's not really like everyone is getting a free pass and Andrew is being singled out. Just my two cents.

Yeah, I know that's the reasoning. It just seemed strange that he got a week and those other guys that do nothing but troll have gotten nothing.

 

[Chaplin]

Do you mean when I wrote this?



Listen, Chaplin, I don't know what to tell you. All I do is join a conversation you're participating in and you find a way to get offended, almost invariably by figuring out some way to misread what I've written. It's your right to be offended, but 95% of the time, all you'd have to do is re-read carefully to realize that you haven't been "called out" at all.

Maybe it's because your statement doesn't make a lot of sense. I'm sorry I misread it, but it still seems to point out that I made a generalization about all the Laker fans on this site.

 

[elindholm]

I'm sorry I misread it, but it still seems to point out that I made a generalization about all the Laker fans on this site.

No, I wasn't accusing you of a generalization at all. What I'm pointing out is that some of the most annoying Laker trolls on this forum get away with it because they are passionate Cardinal fans, and that's where this board's bread is buttered. As long as you proclaim your allegiance to the Cardinals, you can do whatever you want to Suns fans here.

And you'd better read this quickly before it gets deleted and I get banned for writing it, because I can pretty much guarantee that's going to happen.

 

[Chaplin]

No, I wasn't accusing you of a generalization at all. What I'm pointing out is that some of the most annoying Laker trolls on this forum get away with it because they are passionate Cardinal fans, and that's where this board's bread is buttered. As long as you proclaim your allegiance to the Cardinals, you can do whatever you want to Suns fans here.

And you'd better read this quickly before it gets deleted and I get banned for writing it, because I can pretty much guarantee that's going to happen.

LOL

I think when you referred to "other forums", I didn't think you meant on this site. Duh.

To be fair, we are consistently told by various mods/admins that the Suns board is the worst one on the site, so I'm guessing the Cardinal faithful would say the same thing about Suns fans that like the Cowboys.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

Im in favor of andrews ban
Im in favor of banning the atlanta, los angeles, and san antonio trolls
I have accepted my past bannings and any future bannings I will inevitably deserve

Lets talk aboot the suns now.

 

[elindholm]

To be fair, we are consistently told by various mods/admins that the Suns board is the worst one on the site

Yes, but what the mods/admins don't acknowledge is that it's the sanctioned hostility of Cardinals-Lakers fans that make this forum so problematic. This is the only forum where members who are close to the board's administration can come in and trash the home team and its fans with impunity. That's why Suns fans are so grumpy.

Just imagine for a moment if you had a Suns-Steelers fan who lived in Phoenix and was a great guy on this forum, but who ripped the Cardinals to shreds with every post on the NFL forum about how great the Steelers are and how much the Cardinals suck. How long do you think he'd last? And yet we face the equivalent issue on this forum all the time.