I'm usually one of the defenders of the NBA forum, but it has become really bad in the last month/month and a half or so..the banning of DOK and M>S has had a part in it, but it's also due to other factors..
I usually dislike message board elitists that complain about trolling, so I'm not trying to do that..I don't care about the trolling that we've seen here for a long time..this "new" trolling is horrible though..it's lazy and repe ive..
Posting the same quote a 100 times in a row isn't trolling, it's just annoying and spams the entire board..trolling is supposed to be clever..this forum was great at working
good shticks that were entertaining and clever, to balance everything out..now, it's horrible shticks and repe ive that just spams the forum..I'm not pointing any fingers, but it's not the former "regulars" here that are the culprits..
I obviously love the trash talking, since I'm usually in it..nothing wrong with the "lol" threads..nothing wrong with feuds and whatever..most of the threads are horrible now, though..
1. Lakaluva posts a stupid thread about the Spurs or whatever..everybody knows he's going to do it, we all know what he does, we accept it, he's good at it..
2. Spurs fans make a retaliation thread that serves no purpose at all, it just takes up room, it has the same content as Lakaluva's thread, making it pointless..it doesn't affect him at all, he's getting what he wants, he wins in the end..
It's pretty much going to be the death of this place, sadly..an example of a good "troll thread" is Mono's last thread about his 4lokos..it led to random, entertaining discussion..that's pretty much how all the troll threads used to be..
The exception was the calf tats , but that usually stayed in 1 lane..now, pretty much every thread is a copy of the "calf tats" threads, with no balance whatsoever..it's all uncreative, horrible schticks that serve no purpose and don't provide any entertainment or quality..
Hopefully, everybody can help clean it up, at least to the level it was at last year, or a few more of us will be added to the retirement list

..