Originally posted by JuniorMcSpiffy
It's not that I'm hurt.
You said yourself that you couldn't believe how soft this league was in it's trash-talking. It's like that because most of us here want it like this. You won a close game against a team with a better record that was on a roll for most of the season. Congratulations. Enjoy it. You have every right. But there are more people than just me who think the way you've gone about it is way out of the neighborhood of how the rest of the league acts. Right now, your little celebration has teenagers sprawled on the front yard and puking on the sidewalk. And if one of the neighbors knocks on the door asking you to keep it under control, then *they* are the ones who are dicks, right?
And yes, I can walk away from conflict... but first I'm going to try and seek a resolution. It's obvious that there won't be one. You are set on being "that guy" in the league. But at least I've tried to get through to you and help you see the way you are coming across... nothing wrong with it in many/most of the league forums, but definitely out of place here.
And **that** is how I react in the real world.
+1, couldn't have said it better myself. I enjoy Oceania Pro because for the most part people here respect the fact that a bunch of people have put forth a lot of effort to create very competitive players and field very competitive teams. Just in Alpha, Carabao/Dogdandy, Fiji, Emerald City, New England, Brisbane, Canberra, Aussie, Auckland, Wagga Wagga and a bunch of others (no disrespect to anyone, I'm just naming from memory) have been putting teams on the field for a few seasons now that have been playing each other pretty closely, and it's been enjoyable. With some notable exceptions, there's a general attitude of respect here, and I think we pretty much all enjoy it. Friendly trash-talking happens, but stuff like guaranteeing victories and gloating doesn't really fly here, for the most part. That's probably not going to change, no matter how much you want it to. Sure, nobody can stop you, but you're also not going to drag the entire forum down to your level.
If you want a forum where a bunch of teenagers sit around flaming each other about nothing in particular all day, there are plenty of places you can go to get that. FFS, that description fits about 75% of the forums on the internet. By and large, however, this forum has managed to avoid that kind of crap, and most of us like it precisely because of that.
Anyways, back to the original point, I'm rooting for the Monkeys from here on out. Go kick some ass.
got work tomoz at 6am and its 2am already here
He was calling the plays in the huddle on that final Eagles drive while McNabb was puking his guts up. It still hurts us Eagles fans to think about it.
