Should there be a 500 post minimum to qualify as a PT poster?

[ACoochy]

Would cut down the number of ghosts around here.

Also helps forum noobs to understand that posting in PT is a earned privilege and not a automatic right.

[Easy-Rider 66]

Would cut down the number of ghosts around here.

Also helps forum noobs to understand that posting in PT is a privilege and not a automatic right.

Would vote no. That's sounds like some form of censorship and this is a free speech site. Some of these new posters are quality and imo quality> quantity. May cut down on Ghosts to a certain extent, but not worth it overall. Remember the Pro only replies thread option where Pros could dictate that non pros could not reply. That novelty wore off quick.

[ACoochy]

Would vote no. That's sounds like some form of censorship and this is a free speech site. Some of these new posters are quality and imo quality> quantity. May cut down on Ghosts to a certain extent, but not worth it overall. Remember the Pro only replies thread option where Pros could dictate that non pros could not reply. That novelty wore off quick.

I disagree.

Too many posters not well rounded enough upon entering PT and need to verse themselves more indepthly in SBRetry before stepping up to the big leagues here...

[ChalkyDog]

Buddy, I have over 2,000 posts - so this sounds like a good rule. Doesn't effect me.

[Easy-Rider 66]

I disagree.

Too many posters not well rounded enough upon entering PT and need to verse themselves more indepthly in SBRetry before stepping up to the big leagues here...

I see your point, but this is a free speech message board. What are the rules to follow to ingratiate oneself into SBRetry as you put it. You have posters with 1000's of posts taking different approaches to posting in player's talk. One factor that makes this site effective is the free flow of info. Just because you have >500 posts does not mean you will add more value then someone who does not.

[ACoochy]

I see your point, but this is a free speech message board. What are the rules to follow to ingratiate oneself into SBRetry as you put it. You have posters with 1000's of posts taking different approaches to posting in player's talk. One factor that makes this site effective is the free flow of info. Just because you have >500 posts does not mean you will add more value then someone who does not.

Integration would be simple. After contributing 500 posts to all other areas of the site PT will then be unlocked.

Pre-existing familiarity means you have a more informed poster who can contribute to a greater extent.

People want what they cant have Rider...

You take this place away and half the fukks here would be lost in life...

[no gnu taxes]

Would cut down the number of ghosts around here.

Also helps forum noobs to understand that posting in PT is a earned privilege and not a automatic right.

There should probably be a proven IQ of at least 95, which would eliminate most of the pro-Obama posters.

[King Mayan]

There should probably be a proven IQ of at least 95, which would eliminate most of the pro-Obama posters.

Copy and paste dumbfukk is talking about IQ's??

Holy shit.

[onacloud]

Would just make the sub-forums filled with pointless threads...

PT is useless it's solely for entertainment I'd rather have ghosts running around here seeking attention then have sub-forums cluttered

[no gnu taxes]

Copy and paste dumbfukk is talking about IQ's??

Holy shit.

I post articles with sources. Can you post any kind of coherent thought without including smiley faces or other dim-witted icons as the main point of your post? In all honesty, you post like a dull-wiiteds 14 year old girl.

[Dutch]

Would just make the sub-forums filled with pointless threads...

PT is useless it's solely for entertainment I'd rather have ghosts running around here seeking attention then have sub-forums cluttered

Word.

[billysink]

"SBR-etry"


SBR-etry 101. Coming to a community college near you. I may have heard it all now.

We got our own fukkin self titled culture.

Ain't we fukkin something here.

[King Mayan]

I post articles with sources. Can you post any kind of coherent thought without including smiley faces or other dim-witted icons as the main point of your post? In all honesty, you post like a dull-wiiteds 14 year old girl.

sources???

holy shit.

[ebbearsfb1]

Would just make the sub-forums filled with pointless threads...

PT is useless it's solely for entertainment I'd rather have ghosts running around here seeking attention then have sub-forums cluttered

this.



sbr is suppose to be a gambling message board, and all thats in players talk is mostly trash not gambling related..

to avoid ghost, they should ban ip addresses. wont happen, better off staying out of players talk

[opie1988]

I like Coochy's idea. New posters should really stick to the saloon for their first 500 or so posts. That way they're forced to become a little more schooled in the art of posting, and are able to see if they possess thick enough skin to venture into PT.

[CanuckG]

5,000 posts or more for Veteran PT only

[antifoil]

you would just see power posting to 500 or people would lose interest in the site and leave. most people wouldn't stick around.

[slyone66]

not everyone spends 23 hours a day on SBR, real people work for a living, 12-14 hours a day for the last 30 years, so quit whinning about minimum post, forums are about free speech, not censorship ahole, hows that for a post, moron

[mynameismud]

imo you should at least get 1 chance at it. the minute you fukk up or step out of line while under 500 posts...you get demoted to the saloon.

[WvGambler]

Should be 1000 posts

[stealthyburrito]

2,500 post minimum.

[mynameismud]

2,500 post minimum.

thats a bit excessive. i learned the ropes by 500. 2.5k too harsh.

[High3rEl3m3nt]

Yes... Better to make it length of membership

[ACoochy]

not everyone spends 23 hours a day on SBR, real people work for a living, 12-14 hours a day for the last 30 years, so quit whinning about minimum post, forums are about free speech, not censorship ahole, hows that for a post, moron

Someone needs 2 changeover their brand of their feminine hygiene product here...

[Ghenghis Kahn]

There should probably be a proven IQ of at least 95, which would eliminate most of the pro-Obama posters.

why are you even on players talk? all your threads and posts are about politics. do you even follow sports?

[sickler]

A determined ghost could surpass 500 posts in a week. Gotta set the bar higher

[MUHerd37]

How about SBR just do away with all ghosts?

[The Kraken]

Free speech board

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rooster

So much for free speech

GTFO trying to sound smart and stuff

[Goat Milk]

kraken you were posting in PT on your alleged sign up date or within a couple weeks. are you advocating this rule?

[shari91]

How about SBR just do away with all ghosts?

We do. Including banning IPs. And if someone manages to slip through, they're usually so egotistical they can't help but out themselves quite quickly anyway.

Coochy I like the idea in theory but all of us started somewhere. Trial by fire seems to be a good way to go. And selfishly since I work here I don't want to see people power posting in sub forums to try to reach that magical number to get let into PT. It's bad enough when new users do just to reach the # so they can PM. People posting crap like "good play" "good work" "you're the man bro" in a thread about a bet that lost 2 mths ago

[Boner_18]

Who actually reads PT searching for serious knowledge? HAsn't it always been schtick filled trash?

[shari91]

Who actually reads PT searching for serious knowledge? HAsn't it always been schtick filled trash?

I wouldn't call it trash but people post threads in PT because they want attention. That's why they lose the plot if their thread is moved. They know the proper subforum that an MLB play belongs in for example but they won't put it in there. Not that there's anything wrong with needing validation from random people online but let's not pretend PT is some haven of great wisdom, serious plays and insider knowledge about the industry. If someone wants any of that they need to choose another selection from the drop down list up top. When someone wants to read about or discuss a play seriously they need to go to the subforums. When they want a good laugh and feel Facebooky for awhile they should head to PT. Both are great but they're vastly different. And that's why when I see regular PT posters start a thread in a subforum with their play I take it much more seriously.

[Br0nxer]

I wouldn't call it trash but people post threads in PT because they want attention. That's why they lose the plot if their thread is moved. They know the proper subforum that an MLB play belongs in for example but they won't put it in there. Not that there's anything wrong with needing validation from random people online but let's not pretend PT is some haven of great wisdom, serious plays and insider knowledge about the industry. If someone wants any of that they need to choose another selection from the drop down list up top. When someone wants to read about or discuss a play seriously they need to go to the subforums. When they want a good laugh and feel Facebooky for awhile they should head to PT. Both are great but they're vastly different. And that's why when I see regular PT posters start a thread in a subforum with their play I take it much more seriously.

I wouldn't say everyone gets bent if there thread gets salooned

Some do though

500 posts is a good idea

weed out the ghosts

doubt any ghosts would put in the time to accumulate the 500 to post in PT

[shari91]

I wouldn't say everyone gets bent if there thread gets salooned

Some do though

500 posts is a good idea

weed out the ghosts

doubt any ghosts would put in the time to accumulate the 500 to post in PT

No you're right. Not everyone gets upset but quite a few do which I still don't understand because I love the Saloon way more.

The only chance a ghost has of making it to 500 posts is if they power posted at some odd time during the weekend. Even then 500 would be a huge stretch. Most are gone before they ever get a chance to post. Those that do, don't make it past around 30. It's just that when some people officially disable one account and open another one through SBR they don't tend to broadcast it to the forum. And it's not like we're going to out them. So what some think are ghosts actually aren't at all.

[milwaukee mike]

I wouldn't call it trash but people post threads in PT because they want attention. That's why they lose the plot if their thread is moved. They know the proper subforum that an MLB play belongs in for example but they won't put it in there. Not that there's anything wrong with needing validation from random people online but let's not pretend PT is some haven of great wisdom, serious plays and insider knowledge about the industry. If someone wants any of that they need to choose another selection from the drop down list up top. When someone wants to read about or discuss a play seriously they need to go to the subforums. When they want a good laugh and feel Facebooky for awhile they should head to PT. Both are great but they're vastly different. And that's why when I see regular PT posters start a thread in a subforum with their play I take it much more seriously.

sometimes its not a want for attention as much as a want to have a conversation. Or for a lot of guys, an argument or some kind of validation that they can win an argument or not get buried.

I'd much rather have something stay in players talk and get 5 views than get salooned and get 300 views, so not always about attention