| Posts on here last night 12:28 - Feb 25 with 34265 views | Northernr |
Firstly, apologies from myself - I thought it was safe enough leaving grown adults who all support the same team to post on here without a babysitter for a few hours each Saturday night, and I was wrong about that. We'll have to look at some alternative moderation ideas for matchdays, or just put the board on read only on Saturday nights as certain pathetic individuals cannot be trusted. Cheers guys, another headache for me, and an absolute pain in the ars for all the normal, non-crazy people who want to use the forum as a forum.
Secondly, the two accounts involved have posted on here for a long time but both have now been suspended. We will not tolerate threats of any sort on here, or that sort of behaviour, or that sort of language.
Thirdly, apologies for only just addressing this now, late one last night and I'm at work today so have just seen it. Tried tidying the match thread up ads best I could.
Fourthly, we haven't had moderation on here, other than myself, for years and it's a better forum for it, but that can only continue if everybody behaves themselves. |  | | |  |
| Posts on here last night on 13:26 - Feb 26 with 5909 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| Posts on here last night on 13:13 - Feb 26 by scot1963 |
Ha bazza - you did say that before when i said i went to a girls' school. No problem  and we're not a couple any more |
Sorry to hear that. |  | | |
| Posts on here last night on 13:28 - Feb 26 with 5900 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| Posts on here last night on 13:18 - Feb 26 by Lblock |
Brighton banned..?!?! Won't someone think of the dogs?
(I do actually mean that - my hounds mean more to me than the vast majority of the human race bar family and friends!!!)
I misread it totally. From snippets I saw of what was left of the match thread I thought it was BostonR and 2T2B who were knee deep in a ruck.
Apparently not.
Internet warrior games are so un-necessary........ don't you agree Bazza?!  |
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| Posts on here last night on 13:36 - Feb 26 with 5869 views | WokingR |
| Posts on here last night on 13:13 - Feb 26 by scot1963 |
Ha bazza - you did say that before when i said i went to a girls' school. No problem and we're not a couple any more |
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| Posts on here last night on 14:19 - Feb 26 with 5675 views | ted_hendrix |
| Posts on here last night on 13:17 - Feb 26 by WestbourneR |
Scott - just give Norhern a break here mate. He's doing his best. I am sure Blob will return in good time.
The thread was comically dark, the kind of anger I thought only Armand Traore could summon, and whilst it was  to watch it was also totally out of hand.
I find it quite interesting that people on the board actually 'know' each other. I'm well aware that I am so dislikable on here that keeping my real identity secret is absolutely bloody vital. |
"I find it quite interesting that people on the board actually 'know' each other. I'm well aware that I am so dislikable on here that keeping my real identity secret is absolutely bloody vital."
I've met at least a dozen posters who used to post on here, all good lads and mostly mad as hatters,
Times have changed though. |  |
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| Posts on here last night on 15:27 - Feb 26 with 5532 views | LythamR |
I saw the full thread, it was not good
We can have the rules of engagement repeated and all agree to adhere to them but unfortunately if someone downs a bottle of something it all goes out of the window
in vino veritas
I dont think Clive had any option. Its a thankless task running a forum you might think it doesnt take a lot when things are going well (it still does) but its always in your head that the next shitstorm is just around the corner.
Such a shame that this happened at the end of a week when members had shown this community is a much more positive light |  | | |
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| Posts on here last night on 15:30 - Feb 26 with 5518 views | kensalriser |
| Posts on here last night on 13:26 - Feb 26 by scot1963 |
As i mentioned it was only my point of view and i was just replying then to the response i had from Clive so no probs. I know blob very well (see bazzas comment above) and so i think his replies were more tongue in cheek in response to the stuff that was coming at him and that is my final comment - honest [Post edited 26 Feb 2018 13:30]
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I think I'd broadly agree with this, but that said Blob can be a bit of a WUM if you let him, and Brighton does tend to get a bit tired and emotional when he's been on the vino.
Shake on it and move on. Middle-aged men having a ruck on the internet is almost as silly as superannuated hooligans trying to have one last tear-up before the arthritis renders it impossible. |  |
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| Posts on here last night on 15:39 - Feb 26 with 5502 views | SonofNorfolt |
| Posts on here last night on 14:19 - Feb 26 by ted_hendrix |
"I find it quite interesting that people on the board actually 'know' each other. I'm well aware that I am so dislikable on here that keeping my real identity secret is absolutely bloody vital."
I've met at least a dozen posters who used to post on here, all good lads and mostly mad as hatters,
Times have changed though. |
The people you met on here Ted go to games, many posters here do not.
Blob is mostly harmless whereas Brighton is Walter Mitty.
It's a shame he no longer posting as I was tempted to leave my entire estate
To three legged Iberian canines. I'll just f uck off to the South Pacific instead. |  | | |
| Posts on here last night on 17:14 - Feb 26 with 5365 views | Sharpy36 |
| Posts on here last night on 10:38 - Feb 26 by Northernr |
You've been fcking borderline for weeks as well so if you could kindly wind it in and keep it wound in that would be appreciated. |
Please do it Clive. |  |
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| Posts on here last night on 17:44 - Feb 26 with 5282 views | WestbourneR |
I go to games - although I've missed the last couple. Just rather stay anonymous. |  |
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| Posts on here last night on 18:19 - Feb 26 with 5202 views | HantsR |
I've met a few LFW posters and I sit next to and enjoy the company of a venerable LFWorder at LR. All seem thoroughly decent folk.
I read the exchange on Saturday night and found it astonishing; Over the years, I've had some occasional friendly messages exchanged at times with both of them and they sounded reasonable guys so I was genuinely shocked at the tenor of their exchanges on Saturday. It felt like I'd landed on another planet.
I hope I can only put it down to an alcohol-fuelled antidote to the depressing performance that afternoon, otherwise they need to take a long look at themselves. |  | | |
| Posts on here last night on 18:25 - Feb 26 with 5181 views | PinnerPaul |
| Posts on here last night on 12:37 - Feb 26 by simmo |
It's pretty constant though isn't it? Been tit-for-tat for ages, regardless of the straw that broke the camels back them two have been going at it for a while and it must be an absolute ball-ache to try and keep on top of.
Blob could easily have blocked/muted him and vice versa, they could have ignored each other like adults tend to do when they fall out. I don't get on with everyone I work with but if I made it a problem at my office everyday my boss would be well in his rights to tell me to go away and continue the argument somewhere else. |
Exactly - been sworn at by two (yes only two!) on here, just ignored them straight away and haven't read a post from either since - easy! |  | | |
| Posts on here last night on 18:32 - Feb 26 with 5149 views | PunteR |
| Posts on here last night on 11:10 - Feb 26 by scot1963 |
In defence of an absent friend I feel i must step in and just quickly say the threats were in one direction from Brighton and putting Blob at the same level of idiocy is more than a little unfair - we previously left the board solely because of Brighton and i can recall from the past he's been the common denominator in a couple of other bans |
Yeh i took what Blob was saying back as tongue in cheek tbh while Brightonhoop lost his shit. I got involved a bit but only to try and tone it down a notch.
Ive never had a problem with blob, yes he can be on a wind up but he's never been nasty or overstepped the mark with me.
Brightonhoop on the other hand can be out of order,after i presume a few shandys and has overstepped it with me in the past.
I've donated money to him and his beloved dogs so i didnt really appreciate him tearing into me and calling me a c*nt. but hey ho.
I've read other stuff involving him and as far as i'm concerned i won't really miss him.
Its a great site , with genuinely good people posting. Yeh it can sometimes get out of hand but that's life. Good thing Brightonhoop lives in spain and blob in Wales and they're not actually in the same room together. |  |
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| Posts on here last night on 21:30 - Feb 26 with 4852 views | Boston |
| Posts on here last night on 18:32 - Feb 26 by PunteR |
Yeh i took what Blob was saying back as tongue in cheek tbh while Brightonhoop lost his shit. I got involved a bit but only to try and tone it down a notch.
Ive never had a problem with blob, yes he can be on a wind up but he's never been nasty or overstepped the mark with me.
Brightonhoop on the other hand can be out of order,after i presume a few shandys and has overstepped it with me in the past.
I've donated money to him and his beloved dogs so i didnt really appreciate him tearing into me and calling me a c*nt. but hey ho.
I've read other stuff involving him and as far as i'm concerned i won't really miss him.
Its a great site , with genuinely good people posting. Yeh it can sometimes get out of hand but that's life. Good thing Brightonhoop lives in spain and blob in Wales and they're not actually in the same room together. |
Some aim that Brighton, I mean Blob's got to be 800 miles away. Personally I think the problem is Brights has been out of the country too long, he's turning into a right Basquestard. | |
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| Posts on here last night on 22:01 - Feb 26 with 4778 views | enfieldargh |
| Posts on here last night on 11:39 - Feb 26 by scot1963 |
Someone on Facebook was saying they were trying to imagine their teachers with guns and had put up a picture of a group of nuns with big rifles - fairly sure this isn't a new idea as I've seen a film along those lines  |
My economics teacher suffered from horrendous reflux and was continually vomiting into a dirty handkerchief.
He was well over 65 he looked 90 and made Mr Blewitt /Young Mr Grace look like Arnold Swarzeneger Hard to envisage him packing a Glok G40
Dear old Mr Fox |  |
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| Posts on here last night on 22:06 - Feb 26 with 4746 views | PunteR |
| Posts on here last night on 22:01 - Feb 26 by enfieldargh |
My economics teacher suffered from horrendous reflux and was continually vomiting into a dirty handkerchief.
He was well over 65 he looked 90 and made Mr Blewitt /Young Mr Grace look like Arnold Swarzeneger Hard to envisage him packing a Glok G40
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| Posts on here last night on 23:37 - Feb 26 with 4608 views | AussieRs |
| Posts on here last night on 07:59 - Feb 26 by QPRski |
Clive, I hope that that this incident does not dishearten you to quit this this site. Because it were me, I would probably want to throw it all in.
I now very rarely post on LFW, but the match previews and reports are a major part of my personal QPR experience and I regard them as an extremely knowledgeable insight. Plus, the quality of the writing is probably unmatched on a football forum and is a pure pleasure to read.
I really hope that this will be a major “lesson learned” for users of this forum to cherish and value what they have, as nothing last for ever! [Post edited 26 Feb 2018 8:03]
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Just wanted to add to this comment to say how important this site is for me, in Oz, in maintaining my hopeless addiction to the Rs. Goddammit. F'ing 3.40am as the 5th goal goes in! Why do I bother?! But this site helps or feeds my problem - bringing together other addicts. Clive's match analysis and his writing skills are both top notch. LFW, together with the Open All Rs podcast, means that even down here in the Antipodes we can still get a sense of this crazy club. Thanks Clive. | | | |
| Posts on here last night on 23:49 - Feb 26 with 4588 views | isawqpratwcity |
| Posts on here last night on 18:32 - Feb 26 by PunteR |
Yeh i took what Blob was saying back as tongue in cheek tbh while Brightonhoop lost his shit. I got involved a bit but only to try and tone it down a notch.
Ive never had a problem with blob, yes he can be on a wind up but he's never been nasty or overstepped the mark with me.
Brightonhoop on the other hand can be out of order,after i presume a few shandys and has overstepped it with me in the past.
I've donated money to him and his beloved dogs so i didnt really appreciate him tearing into me and calling me a c*nt. but hey ho.
I've read other stuff involving him and as far as i'm concerned i won't really miss him.
Its a great site , with genuinely good people posting. Yeh it can sometimes get out of hand but that's life. Good thing Brightonhoop lives in spain and blob in Wales and they're not actually in the same room together. |
Thanks, Punter. As another person trying to calm things down that night, I'd like to add to your comments.
Blob was having a gentle dig at Antti about his opinion of Washington, nothing out of order. Brighton posts asking why Blob is having a go at Antti and calls him a "Cnt" straight away. (I enjoy a bit of robust debate but, talking to another poster here, that word crosses a line with me.) Blob slaps him down with a fairly anodyne reply: "Woof woof" and then Brighton just lost it. More c-bombs, abuse and strange implications: Brian McCarthy's post referencing "cross dressers" remains on the match thread. Other things Brighton has accused Blob of recently include repeated stalking, stealing his girlfriend and making her leave the country and some unspecified disappearance of money.
Unfortunately it crossed a very definite line when Brighton said he was going to visit him and sort him out. Worse, Blob apparently took him seriously and crossed the same line saying that he wouldn't be home but Messrs Smith and Wesson would be. Blob has grounds for giving due regard to that threat because the pair were once friends and going to be neighbours - Brighton does know where Blob lives and has recently demonstrated extreme, irrational antagonism. Add to that Blob's advanced age (70) and him caring for his disabled brother and one can understand why he might want to reply with a warning of severe consequences to Brighton's open threat.
The abuse continued, largely in one direction, but also the threats of violence crystallised further with Blob warning of his .22 rifle and Brighton's ominous description of the local Spanish practise of resorting to a shotgun to solve problems.
I'm not condoning Blob's references to firearms, that was well ott and absolutely not something allowable on this forum. If Brighton had threatened me like that, I would have just dropped out of posting immediately and reported the matter to Clive. I doubt the police would take such a complaint seriously. But Brighton's hair-trigger abusiveness and their once-close relationship likely led Blob to treat the matter as a more serious threat than I might have.
I am not criticising your decision to suspend Blob at all, Clive. It's your site and I completely agree with the standard you are enforcing here, a standard that both breached. I just want to put on record that my opinion of where the blame lies for the altercation is 90% Brighton, 10% Blob. |  |
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| Posts on here last night on 00:26 - Feb 27 with 4537 views | Northernr |
| Posts on here last night on 23:49 - Feb 26 by isawqpratwcity |
Thanks, Punter. As another person trying to calm things down that night, I'd like to add to your comments.
Blob was having a gentle dig at Antti about his opinion of Washington, nothing out of order. Brighton posts asking why Blob is having a go at Antti and calls him a "Cnt" straight away. (I enjoy a bit of robust debate but, talking to another poster here, that word crosses a line with me.) Blob slaps him down with a fairly anodyne reply: "Woof woof" and then Brighton just lost it. More c-bombs, abuse and strange implications: Brian McCarthy's post referencing "cross dressers" remains on the match thread. Other things Brighton has accused Blob of recently include repeated stalking, stealing his girlfriend and making her leave the country and some unspecified disappearance of money.
Unfortunately it crossed a very definite line when Brighton said he was going to visit him and sort him out. Worse, Blob apparently took him seriously and crossed the same line saying that he wouldn't be home but Messrs Smith and Wesson would be. Blob has grounds for giving due regard to that threat because the pair were once friends and going to be neighbours - Brighton does know where Blob lives and has recently demonstrated extreme, irrational antagonism. Add to that Blob's advanced age (70) and him caring for his disabled brother and one can understand why he might want to reply with a warning of severe consequences to Brighton's open threat.
The abuse continued, largely in one direction, but also the threats of violence crystallised further with Blob warning of his .22 rifle and Brighton's ominous description of the local Spanish practise of resorting to a shotgun to solve problems.
I'm not condoning Blob's references to firearms, that was well ott and absolutely not something allowable on this forum. If Brighton had threatened me like that, I would have just dropped out of posting immediately and reported the matter to Clive. I doubt the police would take such a complaint seriously. But Brighton's hair-trigger abusiveness and their once-close relationship likely led Blob to treat the matter as a more serious threat than I might have.
I am not criticising your decision to suspend Blob at all, Clive. It's your site and I completely agree with the standard you are enforcing here, a standard that both breached. I just want to put on record that my opinion of where the blame lies for the altercation is 90% Brighton, 10% Blob. |
Fair.
Like i say though, happy to post some of Blob’s DMs to me up here to redress that balance. You think I need two silly old soaks and their lawyers and their constant DMs about their relationships?
Whatever any of you saw Saturday, you don’t know the half of it. | | | |
| Posts on here last night on 03:24 - Feb 27 with 4443 views | BostonR |
Clive, firstly an apology if some of my posts have caused irritation. I had intended to post earlier but I had to travel to the Far East on business. I had started posting some comments from the game and now realise that is not a good idea and will stop-too much emotion and angst.
This is a fabulous forum and I am grateful you allow me to post my views which I acknowledge not everyone necessarily agrees with. If I have offended any of my fellow posters please accept my apology. |  | | |
| Posts on here last night on 10:37 - Feb 27 with 3996 views | BklynRanger |
I had a friend who went to Spain for a couple of years. When he came back he too had turned into a raving slabbering lunatic every time he got pissed. Wtf are they doing to them down there? |  | | |
| Posts on here last night on 10:43 - Feb 27 with 3979 views | WestbourneR |
| Posts on here last night on 10:37 - Feb 27 by BklynRanger |
I had a friend who went to Spain for a couple of years. When he came back he too had turned into a raving slabbering lunatic every time he got pissed. Wtf are they doing to them down there? |
It's the extreme idleness - siestas, cold beer, UK benefits - it turns the brain to mush. | |
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| Posts on here last night on 10:57 - Feb 27 with 3934 views | BklynRanger |
| Posts on here last night on 10:43 - Feb 27 by WestbourneR |
It's the extreme idleness - siestas, cold beer, UK benefits - it turns the brain to mush. |
Mush me up then. I'm ideally suited to a life of listless wastery. | | | |
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