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COACH CUTLIP said...
I agree. Someday you can look at the first page and there are posts that haven't been commented on in over a day. That's not good. I don't see what it would hurt to have an OT board.
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TulsaHorn said...
gotta disagree here.
Maybe multiple OB posters like OT boards, but it was always a pissing contest when anyone brought up OT posts, or the dreaded, "let's eleiminate OT posts" post.
The OT board over there is very sparse, with a few very load guys. Those are most likely the ones who want that stuff here.
This is Texas 24/7 sports.com. That's what it is. Not Texas sports and other stuff.com As opposed to, "if you don't want to read OT stuff, don't go there", I say, if you want OT stuff, go to a OT board. This isn't an OT board, it's a sports board. If you go to a country living board, they won't have a "Life in Manhattan" board.
I don't have anything per se against OT boards, I just believe this is a Texas sports board. Not a BBQ board, or whatever else.
For those (I I personally believe it would be a small minority) people who don't come back here because they feel they need OT board to make it a community, well, they are missing out. I'll bet as many that don't come back here, actually don't go there becasue of all the inane OT posts. And having "regulations" means a mod has to waste time baby sitting, and it still invariably goes loco anyway.
I feel this is a community - just a sports one. I'll disagree with the notion that you need OT stuff to be a community. Nothing wrong with that. BBQ sites don't have Texas football recruiting updates, and I'm fine with that.
Just IMO
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MartiMar said...
No, an OT board would be a good thing - just have a rule that there are no political or religion discussions to be allowed. They are too divisive. It's been stated by multiple OB posters that the reason they stay at OB instead of coming here is because of the community - not because of the sports coverage. It's also the reason we lost many of the original hookem.com members when the boards merged... no community, just sports talk.
If the OT board exists, it doesn't affect this board at all. If you don't want to read OT stuff, just don't go to that board. I just don't see the harm. Have a group of community moderators to keep any topics from getting out of hand since the mods here are busy. It should be relatively simple. If it doesn't work out, get rid of it... at least then you can tell people who request it that we tried it but it didn't work out.
I am one of the few Austin 360/Hookem "original members" which meant many of you were on the 247 site before we merged. Few of us have stayed posting on this site. Most frankly went to a facebook group and continue the strong sense of community which we built on Hookem.
Hookem did have community mods who kept things in bounds. I note that some who have ties to other boards want this kept strictly on longhorn sports or at least sports since there seems to be no opposition to thread poking fun at Aggies, Oregon, or Ou. Other posters seem to want to stay on one board for all their posting needs. I understand the passion some of you bring to this thread, but I see validity to either side. MartiMar seemed to express his point of view particularly well so I responded.
I have enjoyed this board. Even posting from my hospital bed when I went into afib (heart problems). I find the quality of sports (longhorn) coverage to be well worth the money. I have found that the 247 blue board has some rather passionate discussions off sports alot and I have developed friendships with people all across America on it though none as satisfying yet as the friendships I have from the old hookem days.
All that being said, I support whatever decision the moderators in here decide as long as I am not censored for saying OU sucks.
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Longhorn in OK said...
I'm no different than any other Oklahoman you guys talk trash about. It's like being that one white guy that hangs with a group of black guys. "You're different white boy" doesn't make him feel better about his friends talking smack about Caucasians. Just my thoughts after 16 or so months of being a part of this community.
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Longhorn in OK said...
Grammar is a strong point of mine. But other than being a fan of an out of state team, I'm no different than any other Oklahoman you guys talk trash about. It's like being that one white guy that hangs with a group of black guys. "You're different white boy" doesn't make him feel better about his friends talking smack about Caucasians. Just my thoughts after 16 or so months of being a part of this community.
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Longhorn in OK said...
Grammar is a strong point of mine. But other than being a fan of an out of state team, I'm no different than any other Oklahoman you guys talk trash about. It's like being that one white guy that hangs with a group of black guys. "You're different white boy" doesn't make him feel better about his friends talking smack about Caucasians. Just my thoughts after 16 or so months of being a part of this community.
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Texasmdcoach said...
I am a born and bred Texan but moved to Tulsa and can tell you there is no difference between the people here and in Texas other than they root for a sorry team ;) Good folks so all this trash talk is just that really, but then everyone knows that anyway so no need to take it any other bud.
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