Why do we have a chatroom?

[HuskyNan]

I noticed that the game thread for the women last night was shut down and everyone was directed to the chat room. Will we be experiencing the same thing here? There was a post game thread created. Are post game threads going to be allowed or should we use the post game chat room?

It was my decision to use the chat room for the women's game threads, not Tom's. It was mortifying to see fans lose their minds and trash individual players after squeaking out an 18 point victory on the road, playing without their point guard. I nearly made the decision back in January when a poster screeched out "she choked" after KLS missed free throws because she'd been whacked in the face and her eye was swollen shut. And if I see "we're going to lose in the Final Four if we play like this against Notre Dame/Louisville/Baylor/whoever" for the 150th time, I'm putting my fist through my monitor. So, in the interest of keeping my computer from any permanent damage, I moved game threads to the chat room where those embarrassing examples of over the top hysteria won't live forever.

 

[minidarren]

It was my decision to use the chat room for the women's game threads, not Tom's. It was mortifying to see fans lose their minds and trash individual players after squeaking out an 18 point victory on the road, playing without their point guard. I nearly made the decision back in January when a poster screeched out "she choked" after KLS missed free throws because she'd been whacked in the face and her eye was swollen shut. And if I see "we're going to lose in the Final Four if we play like this against Notre Dame/Louisville/Baylor/whoever" for the 150th time, I'm putting my fist through my monitor. So, in the interest of keeping my computer from any permanent damage, I moved game threads to the chat room where those embarrassing examples of over the top hysteria won't live forever.

If there is an issue with users then ban them. Tom wants to add a 0 to the 6 users that have been banned. I suggest he adds two 0's if that is what needs to be done to clean the place up. I am not sure we will miss the 10% who have been sent to the abyss.

 

[temery]

I noticed that the game thread for the women last night was shut down and everyone was directed to the chat room. Will we be experiencing the same thing here?

Probably, if it's in the sites best interest.

I totally get chats being less popular because of the time delay for games on tv, but that doesnt explain the game threads, which have the same issue.

 

[HuskyNan]

If there is an issue with users then ban them. Tom wants to add a 0 to the 6 users that have been banned. I suggest he adds two 0's if that is what needs to be done to clean the place up. I am not sure we will miss the 10% who have been sent to the abyss.

Honestly, some of hysterical types during games are some of our best posters outside of game threads. They’re very knowledgeable and add a lot of interesting perspectives when posting with cool heads; they just can’t control themselves during games.