Delusional V2

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:Ahh.. lets try not to get into these.

Yes I agree we should embrace the fact that we dont comment on a forum thats like a concentration camp and we should not stoop to their gutter

nitb, if you are a moderator then please delete this whole post.

Veejay, can you please delete your post regarding the posters from V2?

I do not want to add anything in this topic, let us stay in positive mood here. But all of writen here is damn right :bball:

I don't agree with the personal attacks on the people who are not even here, rest is fine. There was some bad taste after leaving v2 but at the end of the day, these are only forums.

Lydian has had differences with us but he does not need to be called names.

wow3 wrote:nitb, if you are a moderator then please delete this whole post.

This is not v2, wow. No thought police. At least Vejay expressed his frustration in public, not behind anyone's back like Lydian did through PMing Gav, when he repeatedly asked Tenez to be banned just because he couldn't prove him wrong through debating.

The comment is a bit strong but it's done in humorous style as well.

Yes, I like to think that we are all able to moderate ourselves here. And when watching the news around the world, a tennis forum, even with strong views, is not going to shock me much.

wow3 wrote:Veejay, can you please delete your post regarding the posters from V2?

Sorry if I offended anyone here..I admit it was a joke in bad taste

I read that Emancipator is leaving V2. I liked him and was surprised he did not like me either. I think it all started when I started the discussion about Federer playing better than 2006 and he started to call me a fool...but after what Federer achieved since and confirminbg himself he plays better now, he may have felt a bit a bit stupid.

Still I was surprised to read that disliking...but honestly if he was backing up Lydian most of teh time, he may not have been that smart. .

I also thought that Emancipator is smarter , but at least he understood in the end. To say honestly my opinion about V2, I am not sure if V2 is owned by "Nazis" or rather "Communists". The Communists always thought that they can own everything and wanted to get everything under their control without any explanations to anybody. It is quite hard to say about it, but unfortunately it is true. Everybody at V2 who gets it and leaves that forum is the winner. Good for them!

PS. I am sorry for couple of good ones there as Chyd, Josiah...

Tenez wrote:I read that Emancipator is leaving V2. I liked him and was surprised he did not like me either. I think it all started when I started the discussion about Federer playing better than 2006 and he started to call me a fool...but after what Federer achieved since and confirminbg himself he plays better now, he may have felt a bit a bit stupid.

Still I was surprised to read that disliking...but honestly if he was backing up Lydian most of teh time, he may not have been that smart. .

Ten, when will you learn!!!!!

BTW, welcome back, I missed you very much

Thanks NITB. What happens to JA? Can we have SB and GP here? SB knows the place but I doubt he wants to come here, sadly...GP has tp come but I believe he might be on Hols.

Yes welcome back Tenez
Hope you had a good holiday

Tenez wrote:Thanks NITB. What happens to JA? Can we have SB and GP here? SB knows the place but I doubt he wants to come here, sadly...GP has tp come but I believe he might be on Hols.

JA...funny thing, v2 members have started migrating over there now, whatever's next!

SB knows about the place, so he may end up coming here one day
GP, I'm not sure she/he knows about "here", but hope he/she finds it.

There have been some funny developments on v2 last week as Polished Men posted a thread there (now deleted) about me going back there (petition), which was cute but ended up antagonising some of their members, you know how it is there, still the atmosphere of fear, walking on eggshells and looking up to Mods as a Big Daddy.

Thanks Vee...and many thanks for yoru contributions here.

I am more and more confident this site will take off...and if it doesn't I still like the group we are. We just need more controversial posters I guess .

Thanks Veejay!

nitb, I would love to see your reaction when you will get attacked personally. You teach other manners when they talk about ticket prices and here a different take on the freedom of speech.

Thanks to tenez as well. And good to see u back. And I don't think that emancipator disliked you, he was just quoting your example.

wow3 wrote:

nitb, I would love to see your reaction when you will get attacked personally. You teach other manners when they talk about ticket prices and here a different take on the freedom of speech.

Why would you love to see my reaction again? Haven't you seen it many times already?

Wow, I'm not known for arguing with people. That says enough. I just leave topics that I don't think are worth debating .

Ticket prices and freedom of speech are two different things. End of debate for me.

wow...you must be over the moon with Murray winning OG! Isn't it what you wanted early this spring? (Fed Wimby 7 and Murray OG)?

Yes tenez, pretty much. It was the best result although I wouldn't have minded Fed winning the gold too .

I am very much feeling like you, not that keen for tennis at the moment. Absence of Nadal does create a void also I was too involved with the Olympics. If Andy carries over the same form to USO then I dont think anyone can stop him from winning his first slam.

Yes, it's weird. Nadal's sideline has created a void. Him losing is as much fun as Fed winning.

Yes, let's see if Murray can win the big tournament. He can but I think others will have a say to that.

I'm expecting Nole in the USO final winning it.
I am still not convinced with Murray's slam winning ability.

He has the ability but like the OG, he will need a bit of help.

Tenez wrote:He has the ability but like the OG, he will need a bit of help.

What kind of help can he get at USO?
That's Nike's territory...

He can get the help of having a tired player on the other side like for his OG. Injured opposition, easy draw (not necessarily rigged) etc....

Tenez wrote:He can get the help of having a tired player on the other side like for his OG. Injured opposition, easy draw (not necessarily rigged) etc....

I don't want to think like that, it's beginning to kill me...there's just something perverse in all that desperate pushing ... still, I hope Nole prevails and wins USO, that would be just what he and his fans need

Tenez wrote:SB knows the place but I doubt he wants to come here, sadly.

Welcome back. I think SB wants to come here (and he is even touched by the "sadly" bit). I mentioned it to nitb before but with all the forums and relatively limited time, I may wait a bit before I really start posting here. To be frank, your response to my first post here made me stop a little bit before switching to this forum:

Admin wrote:The aim is to bring the cream here and control the rest.

Not quite sure how you meant it but if this forum attempts to administer "quality" I half suspect it will - from my perspective - become boring. In any event, I have seen mixed messages from your end on this (you also said that you would allow "even Gav" on your forum - which I take to mean almost everyone and which seems quite encouraging to me) so will wait a bit to see how it works here in practice. In any event, do not have too much time to post these days and, come September, it will be more clear what direction you are taking this place. So for now I am mostly reading through the posts.

I did not like very much how v2 handled the bans in spring, so - even if I were to decide that this forum were not for me - I wish this place all the best and hope it will work out nicely.

Hi SB - Good to have you (back) here. Hopefully you will read more posters here soon which in turn will invite you to write more here.

You should not have taken my quote seriously. Though what I meant by "control" is preventing posters to trash it or use vulgar language. As you may have read, I welcomed everybody here so far (including those who may have banned me and have no intention to control or moderate anyone as long as posters can moderate themselves with reasonable words. In the many years of posting on tennis I have never wanted to be part of the admin team and neither do I really want to here either. I was just a bit gutted by teh way V2 split people who got along pretty well over all and I woudl not want that to happen again.

I like JA (in particular the way it is managed) and this is exactly how I would like to see it here. I just find JA difficult to browse, see new or old posts, and is lacking basic features such as PM. I'll keep posting on both for a while...