I Miss the old board.

CorinneAggie · Post by **CorinneAggie** » February 18th, 2011, 6:12 pm

I don't know if people just talked more last year or what but this year the board has been pretty lame. Nothing really interesting to read most of the time. It seems like over on scout we got some better topics. I think it is pretty dumb on this board that when mods get tired of a thread they lock it. Isn't this board suppose to be open discussion if people want to keep talking about a subject it is up to them they don't have to look at the thread if they don't want to. Just because the mods don't like the topic why can't the rest of us talk about it. Oh well just my two cents.

BigBlueDart · Post by **BigBlueDart** » February 18th, 2011, 6:42 pm

I would tell you to take your ball and go home, but it's not your ball.

UtahStizzle · Post by **UtahStizzle** » February 18th, 2011, 7:06 pm

Kind of agree with the thread locking. A little 'groupthink' goes on here sometimes.

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » February 18th, 2011, 7:06 pm

You are welcome to start up a good conversation any time you want. As for locking threads goes, it doesn't happen very often. The two that were locked today were well past good conversation. Just my two cents.

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » February 18th, 2011, 7:32 pm

I agree that interesting threads are few and far between these days, but I don't necessarily blame the mods. It really is a great site, with all sorts of cool features, and I'm glad a one stop all Aggie site was created. I just wonder if some of the people from Scout didn't cross over, or if all the MWC speculation exhausted everyone to the point that they don't post anymore.

I also wonder if many people have just been waiting for March since this season started, so there's a general sense of boredom on the board. We had a very experienced and talented team returning this year, and with a non-compelling OOC (other than BYU and Georgetown) plus a terrible WAC, there's just not much to talk about. We've talked about Tai, Tyler, and Pooh for 4 years now, and Jardine for 3. The topics of ticket prices, Scott Barnes, James Walker, attendance, scheduling, and at large status have all been beaten to death and from what I can tell no one has convinced anyone from any side to change their stance on those issues. This is a blue collar team with tough defense, not a lot of talking, and not very flashy. They just don't provide for much discussion I guess. It's been weird to come on the board after a win and see only 2 or 3 threads about the game.

aggieblood · Post by **aggieblood** » February 18th, 2011, 7:39 pm

I think some are a little weary from the conference expansion talk. That kept things very interesting for a while. The site has had its moments.

QuackAttackAggie · Post by **QuackAttackAggie** » February 18th, 2011, 7:49 pm

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: They just don't provide for much discussion I guess. It's been weird to come on the board after a win and see only 2 or 3 threads about the game.

that is because we chat during the games, and there isn't a transcript to go through and discuss later

SuperiorBlueDiver · Post by **SuperiorBlueDiver** » February 18th, 2011, 7:51 pm

aggieblood wrote:I think some are a little weary from the conference expansion talk. That kept things very interesting for a while. The site has had its moments.

Exactly. I lost alot of message board enthusiasm after the MWC fiasco.

BigBlueDart · Post by **BigBlueDart** » February 18th, 2011, 7:53 pm

One of the locked threads was an accident when ProvoAggie really meant to lock the other one. The first one was unlocked.

Post by **ProvoAggie** » February 18th, 2011, 9:13 pm

The thread that I locked earlier had been dead for a very long time and someone decided to revive it by quoting several old threads and responding with a single smiley. To me that isn't discussion. We have tried to not moderate this board too much and have tried to keep it loser than Scout was. There were 2 threads locked today (3 if you count the one that I accidentally locked) but that was a rare occurrence. Threads are very rarely locked, edited or deleted. Often times when they are, it's after several complaints from non-moderating members of the forum. If you disagree with any moderation that's being done specifically then feel free to PM any or all of the mods and admins on the site and we can discuss it.

dyedblue · Post by **dyedblue** » February 18th, 2011, 9:20 pm

This site rocks! Thanks for the hard work. Join the chat during a game sometime and you will see why game discussion has becomes less prevalent here. The only thing I miss about the old site is all of the scheduling and Stew's a pussy threads.

to 'lish, ProvoAggie, Tree and anyone else that contributes to the site. It is the best fan site for any team in any league at any level.

AggieAthletics · Post by **AggieAthletics** » February 18th, 2011, 9:33 pm

Being a moderator and or an Admin is a funny thing. People love ya or hate ya, but rarely appreciate ya. Or they love ya one thread, then hate ya the very next. I'm not asking for appreciation, as I do LITTLE moderating here, less than I did on Scout and have had MUCH less to do with if anything at all about how this site functions, looks, works and everything it has to offer. No, not looking for appreciation, but maybe a little realization???? A simple reminder to everyone....hours upon hours upon hours have gone into and continue to go into having this fansite available for us Utah State fans. It's an original fansite, dependent upon nobody like Scout for example. It offers tons of info at a one stop shop experience. The design is professional. Hundreds of suggestions from you, the reader, have been taken into consideration and added to this site to make it better. Now who here has ever sent Aglicious or ProvoAggie a single penny? Why not??? I guess because they don't even ask for it. If you miss the old board, guess what...it's still there. Go have some "good" conversations with yourself like the "good ol' days". and enjoy the fact that your one thread won't be locked. But we we'd rather you stay here and deal with a few things you don't like so you can enjoy the many things you do like about this place.

end of rant.

AggieAthletics · Post by **AggieAthletics** » February 18th, 2011, 9:36 pm

UtahStizzle wrote:Kind of agree with the thread locking. A little 'groupthink' goes on here sometimes.

And what exactly do you mean by that Utah .......Stizzle?

Weren't you once "The Opportunity"?

kofdog · Post by **kofdog** » February 18th, 2011, 9:56 pm

I don't miss it. Love all the info we can find on here (IE... Ticket on the bottom, news, tweets...etc). I went back to scout.com and yeah don't miss it. I think we miss some random fans being able to find us but not a huge deal really.

AggieAthletics · Post by **AggieAthletics** » February 18th, 2011, 10:04 pm

I do know some great posters who HAVE started posting again since the new site, but don't recall any we have lost. Who are we missing?

Chupamedia · Post by **Chupamedia** » February 18th, 2011, 10:08 pm

I think this site is miles better than the last. Admins can't control content and I can't believe that a site change would be what has caused some boring posts. I am much happier with these admins and the lack of micro-managing they have done. I can tell they would prefer a positive swing at all times, but they are much better than the scout admins who would ban people based mainly on emotional triggers. This site also has so many more features that I really appreciate, including the chat and news. Great job guys, thanks for giving Aggie fans like myself a place to get and share info.

ChicAggie · Post by **ChicAggie** » February 18th, 2011, 10:11 pm

There's just no pleasing some people. Great site. Just not much going on to discuss right now.

dyedblue · Post by **dyedblue** » February 18th, 2011, 10:16 pm

CorinneAggie wrote:I don't know if people just talked more last year or what but this year the board has been pretty lame. Nothing really interesting to read most of the time. It seems like over on scout we got some better topics. I think it is pretty dumb on this board that when mods get tired of a thread they lock it. Isn't this board suppose to be open discussion if people want to keep talking about a subject it is up to them they don't have to look at the thread if they don't want to. Just because the mods don't like the topic why can't the rest of us talk about it. Oh well just my two cents.

More than half of your posts are about Jimmer or Scott Barnes. If there are more topics that you would like to discuss fire away!

kofdog · Post by **kofdog** » February 18th, 2011, 10:43 pm

AggieAthletics wrote:I do know some great posters who HAVE started posting again since the new site, but don't recall any we have lost. Who are we missing?

Not missing anyone inparticular, just random people wanting to give a shout out or something. Like the dude that stopped in on scout to tell us Wild Bill was amazing. But I'm sure with time they'll find us. I'll take this site over scout any day.

AggieAthletics · Post by **AggieAthletics** » February 18th, 2011, 10:55 pm

Good call kofdog! People like RockeymoutainHigh something or other....the clemson fan. That guy was/is a stud. We did our best to direct people who go to Scout to know that this is where the gang is now. But by all means, if there are people missing that you know of.....get them to register here and get back in gear. The more discussion the better!!

noods · Post by **noods** » February 18th, 2011, 11:34 pm

Two people off the top of my head that I don't recall seeing too much since the switch are 1) stanpepak and 2) ARCHIE. While they may have registered, they seem to have cut back.

buckfever · Post by **buckfever** » February 18th, 2011, 11:46 pm

Whoa there cowboy...I truly feel that ALL of my posts are very interesting!@#$#

BTW, I killed a wild boar 2 years ago with my Ruger 44 mag pistol..he weighed 1050 LBS dressed just SW of your fine town,,took all six shots and 2 rolls of toilet paper, he was a charging mean S.O.B....so we ate him..true story eh xxtremeat, skinwalker, freak, sap etc.?
Was that interesting?

AggieAthletics · Post by **AggieAthletics** » February 18th, 2011, 11:53 pm

buckfever wrote:Whoa there cowboy...I truly feel that ALL of my posts are very interesting!@#$#

BTW, I killed a wild boar 2 years ago with my Ruger 44 mag pistol..he weighed 1050 LBS dressed just SW of your fine town,,took all six shots and 2 rolls of toilet paper, he was a charging mean S.O.B....so we ate him..true story eh xxtremeat, skinwalker, freak, sap etc.?
Was that interesting?

I have heard of the buck legand......no doubt in my mind this happened. Would have been a sight to see!

AggieAthletics · Post by **AggieAthletics** » February 18th, 2011, 11:55 pm

noods wrote:Two people off the top of my head that I don't recall seeing too much since the switch are 1) stanpepak and 2) ARCHIE. While they may have registered, they seem to have cut back.

I miss Stan. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have near as many douches here as we do now!

As for Archie....he shows at almost every single chat during the games. Remember, he is a busy busy man taking over the world.

dyedblue · Post by **dyedblue** » February 19th, 2011, 12:04 am

I have yet to be attacked by the plethora of viruses found on the scout board, yet another bonus.

UtahStizzle · Post by **UtahStizzle** » February 19th, 2011, 3:17 am

AggieAthletics wrote:
UtahStizzle wrote:Kind of agree with the thread locking. A little 'groupthink' goes on here sometimes.
And what exactly do you mean by that Utah .......Stizzle?

Weren't you once "The Opportunity"?

Like we're not supposed to talk about certain things sometimes because someone's mother may be reading the posts. Things like that. Big Brother is watching us and all.

Anyway, I think it's a pretty neat site. Especially the custom programming, such as that on the first page, and with the schedules.

You could always throw in a few ads and make some cash on this site, then that way we're not 'using' you all.

ChicAggie · Post by **ChicAggie** » February 19th, 2011, 6:27 am

UtahStizzle wrote:Like we're not supposed to talk about certain things sometimes because someone's mother may be reading the posts. Things like that. Big Brother is watching us and all.

Seems more like common sense than Big Brother to me, which is something that several posters seem to lack.

newaggie · Post by **newaggie** » February 19th, 2011, 8:54 am

6 of the last 16 post on that threads directly stated that my argument was discounted because I was wrong about the way we Track attendance.

The game with Western Montana removed all doubt that my argument should have never been discounted.

Responding on that thread was done to quote the post that attempted to discredit me (Defending myself)

I did not know that I was breaking the rules

New post about Scott Barnes have been deleted in the past!

Was I not doing what was asked?

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8462

by AggieAthletics » January 2nd, 2011, 10:07 am
You're quite the piece of work. I deleted your thread with the following warning,

"Enough anti scott barnes threads. If you want to bash him, participate in one that is already there. Thanks."

USU78 · Post by **USU78** » February 19th, 2011, 9:30 am

newaggie wrote:6 of the last 16 post on that threads directly stated that my argument was discounted because I was wrong about the way we Track attendance.

The game with Western Montana removed all doubt that my argument should have never been discounted.

Responding on that thread was done to quote the post that attempted to discredit me (Defending myself)

I did not know that I was breaking the rules

New post about Scott Barnes have been deleted in the past!

Was I not doing what was asked?

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8462

by AggieAthletics » January 2nd, 2011, 10:07 am
You're quite the piece of work. I deleted your thread with the following warning,

"Enough anti scott barnes threads. If you want to bash him, participate in one that is already there. Thanks."

Don't the mods have the right to shut threads down once everything's been achieved that could possibly be achieved in them? At some point threads break down, go down rabbit holes, or at very least start repeating themselves, with the same people saying the same things over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over again.

Perseveration is not discussion . . .

AggieAthletics · Post by **AggieAthletics** » February 19th, 2011, 9:56 am

newaggie wrote:6 of the last 16 post on that threads directly stated that my argument was discounted because I was wrong about the way we Track attendance.

The game with Western Montana removed all doubt that my argument should have never been discounted.

Responding on that thread was done to quote the post that attempted to discredit me (Defending myself)

I did not know that I was breaking the rules

New post about Scott Barnes have been deleted in the past!

Was I not doing what was asked?

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8462

by AggieAthletics » January 2nd, 2011, 10:07 am
You're quite the piece of work. I deleted your thread with the following warning,

"Enough anti scott barnes threads. If you want to bash him, participate in one that is already there. Thanks."

What a nice stroll down memory lane. That's the warning you got where you told everyone I had threatened to ban you. Boy did you feel stupid when you found out everyone could see what I actualy sent to you and could see that you are a liar.

newaggie · Post by **newaggie** » February 19th, 2011, 10:07 am

AggieAthletics wrote:
newaggie wrote:6 of the last 16 post on that threads directly stated that my argument was discounted because I was wrong about the way we Track attendance.

The game with Western Montana removed all doubt that my argument should have never been discounted.

Responding on that thread was done to quote the post that attempted to discredit me (Defending myself)

I did not know that I was breaking the rules

New post about Scott Barnes have been deleted in the past!

Was I not doing what was asked?

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8462

by AggieAthletics » January 2nd, 2011, 10:07 am
You're quite the piece of work. I deleted your thread with the following warning,

"Enough anti scott barnes threads. If you want to bash him, participate in one that is already there. Thanks."
What a nice stroll down memory lane. That's the warning you got where you told everyone I had threatened to ban you. Boy did you feel stupid when you found out everyone could see what I actualy sent to you and could see that you are a liar.

That was not me

it was USUinventedswagger

FatAg · Post by **FatAg** » February 19th, 2011, 10:12 am

I really like this new board. To be honest though, I have no idea what it is that the moderators do or don't do, so you must be doing it right. Keep on Keeping on. I wonder if Scout.com cares that we don't use their board anymore

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » February 19th, 2011, 10:17 am

This is a pretty pathetic thread. People complaining about the content of this board is lame. Those who complain only have one or two things they want to talk about anyways. When people argue the other side they get mad. When people get sick of the argument and leave they get mad. The board is great.

JasonJensen · Post by **JasonJensen** » February 19th, 2011, 11:05 am

I was reluctant to join here but I am glad I did.

The only thing I've really noticed and it's not a huge deal is maybe we get less fans from opposing teams. Which might actually be kind of nice when football season rolls around again and we have to play Fresno State.

justintime · Post by **justintime** » February 19th, 2011, 12:51 pm

Echoing the post above, it took me a while to get on board. I think not being part of the Scout network limits opposing fan traffic which can be a good thing and a bad thing. Overall, I think the layout and content here is really great.

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