My fellow moderators and the administrators are saying they will close down this forum without notice if those who are trolling and those discussing football do not stop IMMEDEATELY.

This forum is meant to discuss stadium/arena architecture and that ALONE. Any discussion about teams will be instantly deleted. Discussion related to the olympics or related general sports will be permitted. Any users who do not abide by these rules will be banned indefinately.

Thank you

come on guys. Things are getting out of hand here.

we all know who these trolls are.If people just ignored them,and not get into arguements with them by repsonding to their deliberatley inflamatory posts,it wouldn't have come to this

No comment

no comment... :sleepy:

This is why I ask for a sport section

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To close this section is to let the trolls win.

My fellow moderators and the administrators are saying they will close down this forum without notice if those who are trolling and those discussing football do not stop IMMEDEATELY.

This forum is meant to discuss stadium/arena architecture and that ALONE. Any discussion about teams will be instantly deleted. Discussion related to the olympics or related general sports will be permitted. Any users who do not abide by these rules will be banned indefinately.

Thank you

Unfortunately I doubt the trolls care if this places is closed, there here to get as much attension as they can not to discuss stadiums.

Can't we just ban their ip adress?

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To close this section is to let the trolls win.

Hey guys this is an architectual forum.The whole forum.It is high level.There are some users who do not know anything about architecture or they don't care about it.We don't need them.If you want sports you can visit any of the thousans of forums about sports.

Closing the forum means the Trolls win.
Maybe if members where educated in that you dont respond to a troll we wouldnt need to go to these lengths.

No shite guys, if you feel like this is the place to boost your enthusiasm for the local football team, do so here (http://www.weaponforums.com/).

@ Maccabi

You have made loads of thread on sports in this section...one of the reasons as to why you were brigged.

Pour example http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=332376&page=1

That sports section idea of mine is supposed to take the sports out of this section, not bring sports onto SSC.

I totally agree that we should be clamping down on trolls here, but closing down the forum is going a bit far...where exactly is that gonna get us eh? That's like saying if a small minority of people screw up, everyone gts punished...

I must admitt though, on a couple of threads now I have wandered into the realm of sports players/teams becasue there isn't really a decent sports section to discuss it logically without having all the usual club riavlry bickerers.

Oh, and one more thing, can I ask the mods to please be more alert to the constant re-incarnations of BuBomb that keep appearing, cus he is derailing many a good thread, protending to be someone else!

Thnx

:cheers:

Far too many idiots here :sleepy:

To close this section is to let the trolls win.
What do the 'trolls' win? Nothing. I think you're all taking this all a bit too seriously. Discussion about sports stadia is ALWAYS going to go slightly off topic eg in Wembley thread with nothing happening for weeks and no new pictures being published, England then publish their World Cup squad and of course its going to be mentioned.

To throw the toys out of the pram because of this is letting everyone down.

It's because of you two ^^ that this thread is even here.

If you two went away and never returned this place would be fine and dandy.


Youre goal has always been to ruin this section and annoy us, the closing of this section would mean you have succeded in that goal.

What do the 'trolls' win? Nothing. I think you're all taking this all a bit too seriously. Discussion about sports stadia is ALWAYS going to go slightly off topic eg in Wembley thread with nothing happening for weeks and no new pictures being published, England then publish their World Cup squad and of course its going to be mentioned.

To throw the toys out of the pram because of this is letting everyone down.


i think going a bit off topic,and talking football, is not whats caused all this.More to do with the delibeate attempt to wind people up,posting pictures of the twin towers etc etc etc

Don't forget bubombs racist comments either.

Shameful.

It's because of you two ^^ that this thread is even here.

If you two went away and never returned this place would be fine and dandy.


Youre goal has always been to ruin this section and annoy us, the closing of this section would mean you have succeded in that goal.
Hold on there Custer. For the most part I've done nothing wrong and neither has my colleague. Its not our fault you're all a bunch of cry babies, who can't handle the odd irreverent comment or picture. We contribute as much as anyone else to actual discussion, and sometimes if someone (eg 40acres) is looking for an aguement we'll give him one.

It doesn't make us bad people. It is the rest of you stopped PMing the mods all the time then we wouldn't have a problem - the mods are sick of all your whining and they'll close this section to shut YOU up.

Too many babies on here

Ha, it's never your fault is it.

For the most part I've done nothing wrong and neither has my colleague.
:weirdo:

You were banned for a reason, deal with it, you're in the wrong.

On every other forum I have ever belonged to, the mods or admins have the possibility of banning people via their IP adress...This is the only place I know that does not do that, but allow people with the same IP to re-register over and over again... Why dont we start there, and see if this will solve some of the problems, before closing a section we all love, because of a few idiot terrorists....?

You were banned for a reason, deal with it, you're in the wrong.
Because I was upsetting a bunch of cry babies. Shame on me!

Upsetting people with racist comments, insults and flooding threads with crap.

All against forum rules, even if not one person complained to a mod, you would still of been banned.

Upsetting people with racist comments, insults and flooding threads with crap.

All against forum rules, even if not one person complained to a mod, you would still of been banned.
You will find that I at no point flooded threads with crap. I never made any racist comments either (rather repeated some some stereotypical media constructions). And as for insults, if people insult me then they can expect to be insulted.

40acres made some shocking comments (and broke forum rules) in one of our harmless arguements, but he is still clicking around. :weirdo:

Its about time really.

those football disussions are pising me off bigtime.
This section should really only deal with stadiums.

That would stink of Americans had to pay the price. It is usually the Euro's in this forum who resort to the your team sucks (or sport if talking to an American) gibberish.

Then why aren't the posters who mocked a major UK soccer disaster banned then? (check the pics below) It's bad to mock the twin towers, but it's ok to mock UK soccer disasters??? Fuck that, if that's the attitude of the mods then this forum deserves to be closed and will be closed.

You can't have one rule for some and another rule for others. We have regular posters, 'It's all good', 'moreorless' etc constantly keeping threads off topic by arguing/talking about Ibrox, Arsenal, Spurs, Man United etc. We have Man United fans posting loads of pics of Roy Keane's testimonial and how great it was that no England flags were at the game, which is nothing to do with the stadium. If the mods claim these are banning offenses, then why are they not banned? Why are American posters who laugh at dead UK soccer fans not banned??? (they posted pics of UK soccer disasters before anybody posted pics of the twin towers) Sorry, but the mods have only got themselves to blame for what has happened to this section.

We also have had a huge amount of anti-Scottish racism that has went untouched. We can't have anti-English/anti-American racism, but it's okay for anti-Scottish racism??? (fat jocks, Scottish wankers, shite country, shite people etc) Nope, the real world doesn't work like that. Either racism is wrong or it's ok. This section is going down unless the mods get a grip of themselves. If it's acceptable on the forum to laugh at 66 dead innocent people at Ibrox, then this section WILL be closed. A number of Scottish football fans have agreed that this section will be completely ruined if the mods maintain their policy of allowing people to mock the 66 people killed at Ibrox.


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and banning ip’s doesn’t work!!

"Then why aren't the posters who mocked a major UK soccer disaster banned then? (check the pics below) It's bad to mock the twin towers, but it's ok to mock UK soccer disasters??? Fuck that, if that's the attitude of the mods then this forum deserves to be closed and will be closed."


so,you only joined this forum this month,and you have worked all that out?
funny how all these new posters that appeared on here all of a sudden, seem to be Scottish Rangers supporters

everything was fine on this forum until bubomb arrived.Is been downhill ever since

Sorry bubomb, but this forum was fine few months ago , and it's decline seems to have coincided with your arrival here. You have shown you can be a good poster, but on the other hand you can be a complete idiot. You and other posters get wound up very quickly and this leads to threads getting out of hand, which is why we are in this situation.
I also can't believe how '40Acres' has not been banned yet as his comments have been shocking. But that he winds you up and causes a reaction, means that people assume it is you who is causing the problem. Just report the post to a mod and let them deal with it.
I would urge the mods not to close this forum, as i have said, it was problem free a little while ago. The mods should just remove the idiots when they turn up and everyone else needs to calm down and not take the bait.

You can't have one rule for some and another rule for others. We have regular posters, 'It's all good', 'moreorless' etc constantly keeping threads off topic by arguing/talking about Ibrox, Arsenal, Spurs, Man United etc.

oh bubomb, i've always tried to stop u and your colleagues from ruining every thread with the same old pictures and crap about rangers. I don't keep threads off topic, you do, just that i won't let you fill the threads with your same old rubbish. Funny your looking for a scapegoat.

and like i told you before considering all this, i have never asked you to be banned or anyone else for that matter

What do all of you think of the new arena being built in St Austell. It's being called the Moderators are throwing their toys out of the pram arena. Kind of catchy.

to the mods,

i'd close it and keep stadia discussions in their regional sub-forums. here any off-topic or antagonistic comments can be more easily moderated by mods handling less traffic from forumers they're more familiar with. by keeping things local it'd also reduce the likelihood of international rivalries creeping into discussions. for instance, in the uk stadia sub-forum (here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=218)) discussion is almost entirely architecturally driven, despite almost all of the main culprits for all the nonsense in here being brits.

also apologies on behalf of us brits who genuinely want to discuss stadia architecture for some of "our lot" constantly ruining threads with off-topic, antagonistic, xenophobic, and in some cases homophobic, shit. it should be noted that the aussies, the americans, and so on continue to contribute here in an almost entirely positive manner.

EDENNEWSTAIRS, pride, passion, pedigree, pompous, prat

My fellow moderators and the administrators are saying they will close down this forum without notice if those who are trolling and those discussing football do not stop IMMEDEATELY.

This forum is meant to discuss stadium/arena architecture and that ALONE. Any discussion about teams will be instantly deleted. Discussion related to the olympics or related general sports will be permitted. Any users who do not abide by these rules will be banned indefinately.

Thank you
Usually the ultimate mission of a troll is to shut down or render a forum useless. I'm just not sure that shutting this forum down will do any good. Trolls are usually temporary, and will go away when they get bored.

Don't you mods have a "bozo" tool for trolls? If you don't know what that is, basically, instead of banning a troll, which just means that the troll signs up again with a new username, you just mark him as a bozo. ALL the trolls previous posts, and all his future posts are changed to text that you the mods choose, such as: "I'm a bozo. Ignore me." and/or "Tell this sucka he's been bozo'd and you risk banning yourself" The kicker is that the troll can still log in as normal, can still see the text he typed, and has no idea that he's been bozo'd. The troll wastes his energy posting drivel until he gets bored because no one is responding and goes away. Generally the tabs to respond to the troll are missing, so other forumers can't respond to him anymore.

I've seen this in other forums and it works very well. This is very easy to implement in a beehive type forum. I wonder if it's possible here?

oh bubomb, i've always tried to stop u and your colleagues from ruining every thread with the same old pictures and crap about rangers. I don't keep threads off topic, you do, just that i won't let you fill the threads with your same old rubbish. Funny your looking for a scapegoat.

and like i told you before considering all this, i have never asked you to be banned or anyone else for that matter


I don't think you should be banned either, i'm just pointing out that it takes two to tango!!



and i'm not Bubomb, i'm form Coventry...and i'm a NUTTER!! C'mon you Sky Blues!!

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To close this section is to let the trolls win.

THIS IS A F*CKING ARCHITECTURE SITE! If you want to discuss sports, sign up someplace else.

Far too many idiots here :sleepy:

I agree...and you, bubomb, and all your other aliases are the worst ones.

I also can't believe how '40Acres' has not been banned yet as his comments have been shocking. But that he winds you up and causes a reaction, means that people assume it is you who is causing the problem. Just report the post to a mod and let them deal with it.

Tried that and the mods done nothing at all. The posts were not removed and the user is still posting racist comments about Scotland (see Ibrox thread) and making jokes about the Ibrox disaster. This means the administrators on this site have an official policy that it is ok to mock those killed in the Ibrox disaster.

For that reason alone, this section will be ruined. If they change their policy towards the Ibrox disaster, then the forum will be left to run as a normal forum.

I agree...and you, bubomb, and all your other aliases are the worst ones.

Do you honestly think the poster Bubomb cares what you think Kraut?


p.s - I know that is a racist comment, but the mods have shown that racism is allowed on this forum.

Do you honestly think the poster Bubomb cares what you think Kraut?


Where did I state that I'm concerned about what he thinks? The guy (ie you) is a total nutcase obviously.

if there are racist comments by ANYONE, PM a mod or admin...don't perpetuate a flamewar.

You must care what he thinks, otherwise you would not have made a comment directed towards him. If you genuinely didn't care what he thinks, you would simply ignore him. I ignore people I don't care about, and I no longer care what you think, so can you guess what i'm going to do?

You must care what he thinks, otherwise you would not have made a comment directed towards him. If you genuinely didn't care what he thinks, you would simply ignore him. I ignore people I don't care about, and I no longer care what you think, so can you guess what i'm going to do?

Bumbomb ruins every thread he visits, that's why it's almost impossible to ignore him.

It would be a shame to penalise the one's who contribute to the threads in a positive manner, because of the few trolls that spend to much time infront on their PC's.

I don't pay much attention to threads that degenerate into flame wars, and my teams better than yours. All I am interested is in Sports Stadiums and arena's.

THIS IS A F*CKING ARCHITECTURE SITE! If you want to discuss sports, sign up someplace else.

Unless you was taking the piss out of Maccabi, click the link before having a go at me numbnuts.

Regarding IP banning:

We do have the ability to ban IP addresses on the forum. However, many of the trolls use dialup accounts that have IPs shared by a handful of innocent forumers. So to ban a troll's IP would also ban good forum contributors.

Sport is a massive thing in alot of people lifes. If your gona talk about sporting venues you are going to talk about the teams that play in those grounds because they have massive links with them. eg What a game was like that ground on a certain day(because for different teams its going to be very very different for each game played). If you and your fellow moderators think that we shouldnt talk about the sport or football played in that ground on a certain day, there is no point having a section talking about sport grounds. Heres another one when the FA Cup final is played at Wembley next year members are going to post in that thread what the ground and game was like, to do that you have to talk about the teams that played and also the fans.

You can ban accounts, IP's, but it wont work.
We have seen it in the local SA section of the Ozscrapers area, where a troll has returned now with his third account(two being banned previously).

Every time trolls spam and cause trouble in a forum, you cant go around closing that section down because of it. Eventually you wont have a forum left.
Why not add an extra mod or two to deal with the problem, such as a super mod who can ban on the spot?

You can ban accounts, IP's, but it wont work.
We have seen it in the local SA section of the Ozscrapers area, where a troll has returned now with his third account(two being banned previously).

Every time trolls spam and cause trouble in a forum, you cant go around closing that section down because of it. Eventually you wont have a forum left.
Why not add an extra mod or two to deal with the problem, such as a super mod who can ban on the spot?
Super mod is call gothicform, hes like one of the big guys, I've seen him ban muppets within afew mins.

Tried that and the mods done nothing at all. The posts were not removed and the user is still posting racist comments about Scotland (see Ibrox thread) and making jokes about the Ibrox disaster. This means the administrators on this site have an official policy that it is ok to mock those killed in the Ibrox disaster.

For that reason alone, this section will be ruined. If they change their policy towards the Ibrox disaster, then the forum will be left to run as a normal forum.

I can't beleive how full of shit you are, and the fools you take us for. Like others have said on here, everything was dandy until your fucking ass showed up on here and shat every thread. Seriously, EVERY MOTHERFUCKING THREAD. Now, its impossible to have a discussion without your stupid fucktard ass piping in to tell us how fat we are, our sports suck, our stadiums are inferior, and how great the red-headed stepchild of a stadium IBROX is.

Then, you have the stones to point the finger at ME and others. Fucking laughable man, HA!

What is hilarious about your screen caps, is that you left out the 50 or 60 posts prior where you insult EVERYBODY.

You know why i haven't been banned? Because I'm taking on the village fucking retard. Had i said something like this to another poster or a mod, i would be in my full rights to be banned ... and i would never do that to another respectful poster.

So, i conclusion, the common denominator is YOU. Fuck off. Quickly.

P.S. I think everyone would be surprised to learn that you are a University employee and have a wife and kid. Can you fathom a fully grown man acting like this every day. What's your problem? Wife kick the piss out of you daily?

Unless you was taking the piss out of Maccabi, click the link before having a go at me numbnuts.

Please, no insults Eddy. You know I love you like a brother.

Please, no insults Eddy. You know I love you like a brother.
It seems to me that the user eddyk spends most of his time on here baiting other users, who are then punished for responding.

I'd call it entrapment myself.

i think that was the quickest banning ive ever seen

They call him the fastest gunslinger east of Ft. Worth (Mancuso).

I can't beleive how full of shit you are, and the fools you take us for. Like others have said on here, everything was dandy until your fucking ass showed up on here and shat every thread. Seriously, EVERY MOTHERFUCKING THREAD. Now, its impossible to have a discussion without your stupid fucktard ass piping in to tell us how fat we are, our sports suck, our stadiums are inferior, and how great the red-headed stepchild of a stadium IBROX is.

Then, you have the stones to point the finger at ME and others. Fucking laughable man, HA!

What is hilarious about your screen caps, is that you left out the 50 or 60 posts prior where you insult EVERYBODY.

You know why i haven't been banned? Because I'm taking on the village fucking retard. Had i said something like this to another poster or a mod, i would be in my full rights to be banned ... and i would never do that to another respectful poster.

So, i conclusion, the common denominator is YOU. Fuck off. Quickly.

P.S. I think everyone would be surprised to learn that you are a University employee and have a wife and kid. Can you fathom a fully grown man acting like this every day. What's your problem? Wife kick the piss out of you daily?

ordinarily i'd think you were out of order but i fully understand your frustrations. nearly every post of his is a bigoted, antagonistic swipe.

i suppose the good thing is that we all seem to be in agreement that he is the main problem. eliminate him and it's safe to say that a bit of normalcy would return to the forum.

mods, if banning his IP address isn't the solution are there any other alternatives? because simply hoping he'll go away doesn't seem to be working. :(

Sport is a massive thing in alot of people lifes. If your gona talk about sporting venues you are going to talk about the teams that play in those grounds because they have massive links with them. eg What a game was like that ground on a certain day(because for different teams its going to be very very different for each game played). If you and your fellow moderators think that we shouldnt talk about the sport or football played in that ground on a certain day, there is no point having a section talking about sport grounds. Heres another one when the FA Cup final is played at Wembley next year members are going to post in that thread what the ground and game was like, to do that you have to talk about the teams that played and also the fans.

this is an architectural site. i think you're confusing the odd harmless sporting reference for threads being hijacked by constant, antagonistic sporting rivalries, which is not acceptable on an architectural site.

this is an architectural site. i think you're confusing the odd harmless sporting reference for threads being hijacked by constant, antagonistic sporting rivalries, which is not acceptable on an architectural site.
Although I do value your opinion, this time you are wrong.
Its not always bubomb. Most of the time its the cry babies and antagonists baiting him and he gets banned for it.

But without bubomb, socrates, welly, its all guud and jack rabbit slim there would be no worthwhile banter here at all. (You're my 6th favourite in case you're wondering)

Although I do value your opinion, this time you are wrong.
Its not always bubomb. Most of the time its the cry babies and antagonists baiting him and he gets banned for it.

But without bubomb, socrates, welly, its all guud and jack rabbit slim there would be no worthwhile banter here at all. (You're my 6th favourite in case you're wondering)

:eek: OMG are you saying im your 3rd favourite? :hug:

i kinda agree with the banter bit, as long as its contained without going out of proportion which you can't seem to comprehend alot of the time

Don't close the forum...

is it closing the stadium forum or the whole forum?

I can't seem to comprehend? Its not me that PMs the mods or openly calls to have users banned. Thats when it gets out of hand.
Bubomb may also go over board, but I can say with a clear conscience that I very very rarely go too far.

this is an architectural site. i think you're confusing the odd harmless sporting reference for threads being hijacked by constant, antagonistic sporting rivalries, which is not acceptable on an architectural site.
There is no argument its fact. When people talk about grounds they also talk about the people who use them. So your saying when Wembley is used for the first time you dont want to here the views of the fans of the atmosphere or any of those factors, which are basicly the main factors of any sporting venue.

There is no argument its fact. When people talk about grounds they also talk about the people who use them. So your saying when Wembley is used for the first time you dont want to here the views of the fans of the atmosphere or any of those factors, which are basicly the main factors of any sporting venue.

oh i'd love to hear about the structure and atmosphere of wembley from anyone who goes there for the first time. what i do not want to hear is this: YES!!!!!!!!!!! WE BEAT THOSE FUCKING CUNTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA! FUCKING EASY!!!!

May I ask why 2005 is not banned? I have never seen him make a post in the actual forums, only posts on Spurs/Gunners flamewar threads.

Holy cow! I just looked through this thread and BuBomb has created-and been banned from-about ten different acounts through the course of two days...that's gotta be some kinda record...what a saddo!

I agree that closing the forum will mean a victory for the trolls, but really it is up to us non-trolls to just not pay them any attention. Everytime we respond to one of their posts we're letting them win. Closing the forum may mean the trolls win, but it is still up to the rest of us whether or not to let that happen.

Holy cow! I just looked through this thread and BuBomb has created-and been banned from-about ten different acounts through the course of two days...that's gotta be some kinda record...what a saddo!

Yeah, talk about not being able to take a hint.

Right, enough's enough. I have had to set up an alternate account because I was banned without warning and without explanation. I committed no crime, but am willing to accept my punishment if I am told what I am guilty of. I'm guessing double standards will be applied, and I'll be out of here, and if so I bid you farewell.

Its been emotional.

@ socrates

after you re-register (which i'm sure you will be doing soon if you haven't already), PM the mod or admin who banned you in the beginning. it wasn't me, btw.

farewell socrates, I know I said I wouldnt comment yesterday, but good god, looks whats happen over night! I think 'fuck me sideways' would be the appropriate saying here. Ok eddynewstairs, I fully understand what you say when the guys get carried away when they go to the games & quote their feelings, its true this is not a sports forum, its an architectural & structural forum. But in the respective teams stadium thread, I'm sure we can discuss the teams progress in an orderly manner, but it must not over shadow the main reason the thread was created, i.e the discussion of the stadium. For instance in the latest wembley thread, it was going to a stand still with no info on the stadium being brought in, & they announced the England squad to go to the world cup, now correct me if I am wrong but Wembley is the home stadium for England? so hence some members felt the need to post the teams selection on the thread, where by it was discussed orderly until some members stopped it by saying it could end up into a mess (which could have been true). But we do get idiots starting something out of nothing, I am sure we can all deal with it, I mean we not 5 years old, most of us are grown ups, (I hope) just ignore that moron & continue.
Once again I will stipulate, I am not saying we should go over board discussing sports, keep to the topic which is stadiums but if the need arises, there is no harm discussing that teams progress in the teams respective stadium thread, dont start discussing IBROX in the highbury thread!

& Bubomb, if you were Quron, I dont see how hurt you are by 40 acres making that comment about the scottish football disater when you kept on mocking the scousers
about the hillsborough disater & the Heysel tradgedy in the anfield thread, so tough we dealt with it now you deal with it.

bubomb as we all commonly know you as, most of the time your posts are educated & true but then like a flick of a switch you go on ranting & raving causing fights with other users, if you are seriously here to contribute, then I suggest you do it in an orderly fashion & if someone does tick you off, just pvt message a mod informing him/her what the poster has said to offend you, I know thats like being a taddle tale but its beats you getting banned all the time.

Once again I urge all of your'll, we are all over 5, C'mon guys this is just a Forum, nothing we say here is going to effect what is to be built or bashed down, we're just discussing developments & present structures. If someone does get stuck up ur arse just ignore them.

YES! NO MORE SOCRATES!!!

Your right, if we are to keep the forum going, we should all ignore provocation and stick to the topic. It is very easy to get carried away with hysteria sometimes, many of us are guilty for it, myself included. We should also stop pointing fingers at individuals as well for this will only encourage them.

I miss the fact that nobody talks about the Emirates thread anymore which is why I joined in the first place, especially at this crucial time at the closing stages of construction

It's very sad that it's come to this. I'm not sure what I can add to the intelligent part of the topic other than to add my voice to the 'Please Don't Close The Forum' lobby.

For my part, I came across this site while looking for updates on the Old Trafford expansion and I have to say that I haven't found anywhere else like this anywhere on the internet. All I can say is that I wish I'd found it sooner.

I've always been a bit of a stadium bore and this is the first place I felt able to both learn more from and contribute to discussions on stadia and arenas. It's good to see that there are a few others like me out there and I'm pleased to exchange ideas and information with those who treat this forum properly. I'd like to think I have added to the debates constructively and I value the views of those others whom I feel have done the same.

I am just as irritated by some of the 'contributions' that some people have made as the mods are. I am also annoyed at the waste of my time reading thread after thread of irrelevant and insulting posts. We've all taken the bait at some time but as others have said, they're better just ignored.

I feel I must speak up in favour of the forum here. I always prefer the threads with lots of large images of a list of stadia/arenas. Rantanamo always posts a huge array of pictures to support his threads, presumably sourced from the internet but that I can never match with my google image searches. The debates can be engaging and I do enjoy the odd good-natured argument or chance to show-off my ability to recall certain facts (and I'm not alone in that) but that's not why I visit. I like to see the places themselves (or even plans for them). A picture is worth a thousand words and I wish there were more posts that were so richly illustrated. I often wish I had more time to spend doing the same thing myself.

Finally, a comment on bubomb. When I came here the first time, I was most impressed with the breadth and depth of his stadium knowledge and he even helped me with my faltering first attempts to upload images. From the outset, I could see how he could divide opinion but I felt he was redeemed in other ways. Unfortunately, he chose to play up to his notoriety and crossed the line too many times. I crossed swords with his incarnations once or twice but then like any irritation, I just got tired of him which I thought was a shame because he could be funny, interesting and even educational. For him to continue to 'troll' the forum incessantly, I have to say has lost him the last vestiges of respect that I had, even before the unsavoury incidents and obscenities that followed. He became a sad parody of himself, more interested in his ability to provoke than in the ability to contribute that he had and a slur on Rangers fans, the people of Glasgow and, indeed, of Scotland.

Please keep the forum going but do whatever it takes to enforce the brigging/banning that the mods feel necessary.

Thanks for reading this.

Although this forum does need some moderation I think we all know that if you mods could effectively ban bubomb we'd all be able to be civil towards each other.

don't close obviously , there's no other valuable forum for building or stadiums real time discussion

If anyone wants this fourm to stay around, then just limit your talk to just sports facilities and use the Skybar to talk about the teams.

YES! NO MORE SOCRATES!!!
That wasn't very nice.

I just think that the mods need to chill or at least cheer up. Heres some advice.

When you are making love with your girlfiend you should bend her over put your little man inside whilst whaking away you say.."Your Dad is a lot better" making her think "WTF!" making her stand thus making the angle tighter and overall having a better time.

I just think that the mods need to chill or at least cheer up. Heres some advice.

When you are making love with your girlfiend you should bend her over put your little man inside whilst whaking away you say.."Your Dad is a lot better" making her think "WTF!" making her stand thus making the angle tighter and overall having a better time.
What he's saying mods is that:

http://i4.tinypic.com/1055paw.gif

When I see racist comments by people like Durbsboi, I think....this forum should be closed.

']When I see racist comments by people like Durbsboi, I think....this forum should be closed.
you of all people..everyone has trule gone crazy

To be honest, there's more offtopic in this forum than serious news.

It's probably better that there are no more threads that will say which is the best stadium or arena, b/c those will lead to numerous flame wars.

It's probably better that there are no more threads that will say which is the best stadium or arena, b/c those will lead to numerous flame wars.

The whole point in having a forum is to debate. I know if one person's opinion is different to another's then it can lead to a "flame war". From what I've read from the mods they don't care just long as there isn' Racism, cussing and football banter.

Well said Mr Jol

All ip addresses from Scotland should be banned. ;)

and Germany

Are we causing any trouble? No.

Yes, you are, you are doing it right now.

Let's ban 5 million people because of 3/4 posters. Hey, thats almost something the n***'s would think of!!

Bubomb and Socrates are more or less the only Scottish posters on SSC. Anyway, something should be done against them.

Nice to see that you mention the Nazis so early on in a discussion. This might be a new record.

Bubomb and Socrates are more or less the only Scottish posters on SSC.


Wrong, and unbelievably ignorant.

Bubomb and Socrates are more or less the only Scottish posters on SSC. Anyway, something should be done against them.

Nice to see that you mention the Nazis so early on in a discussion. This might be a new record.

I didn't mention the nazis, but you did!! You lose sucker!!! :wave:

It's so easy, so ******* easy!!

OK, and what was the purpose of your reply? :dunno:

I didn't mention the nazis, but you did!! You lose sucker!!! :wave:

It's so easy, so ******* easy!!

don't you feel that you need to come out of your shell a little bit more, i mean all these accounts that you've used have not given me a big enough idea of what kind of person you really are.

Bubomb and Socrates are more or less the only Scottish posters on SSC. Anyway, something should be done against them.

Nice to see that you mention the Nazis so early on in a discussion. This might be a new record.

Here's a link leatherboy -

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=492

there is at least 8 Scots in the stadium section alone!!

there is at least 8 Scots in the stadium section alone!!

Multiple personalities do not count!

OK, and what was the purpose of your reply? :dunno:


to make you look stupid......again

Give it a rest sausage king, let sleeping dogs lie!!

to make you look stupid......again

Give it a rest sausage king, let sleeping dogs lie!!

Wow, you really showed me.

You're a classic example of why British humor (or wit) is extremely overrated. It all revolves around the same topic, WW2. HAHAHAHA, you wrote n***'s (note: the apostrophe right there is wrong, I expected better from a native speaker) and I wrote Nazis. Hilarious, a real knee-slapper.

Wow, you really showed me.

You're a classic example of why British humor (or wit) is extremely overrated. It all revolves around the same topic, WW2. HAHAHAHA, you wrote n***'s (note: the apostrophe right there is wrong, I expected better from a native speaker) and I wrote Nazis. Hilarious, a real knee-slapper.

pleez don't class all British as the same, especially with characters such as b

Wow, you really showed me.

You're a classic example of why British humor (or wit) is extremely overrated. It all revolves around the same topic, WW2. HAHAHAHA, you wrote n***'s (note: the apostrophe right there is wrong, I expected better from a native speaker) and I wrote Nazis. Hilarious, a real knee-slapper.


and you are a classic example of why German humour is not rated at all!!

Move along young zauzage muncher, nothing to see here!!

i like the german humor,oliver pocher for example
cant wait to see pochers wm countdown in scotland

opss..

Maybe Jan could install some sort of system where only people who had 100+ posts can post in this section. That way bumbomb, socrates and all the other trolls would have to post in other sections first, ie they'd probably find something else to do.

i like the german humor,oliver pocher for example
cant wait to see pochers wm countdown in scotland

opss..

I haven't heard of him, but i'm always willing to give new things a try. I'm not going to let one sour kraut put me off the fine nation that is the Fatherland.

Another bad idea kampflamm.

Maybe Jan could install some sort of system where only people who had 100+ posts can post in this section. That way bumbomb, socrates and all the other trolls would have to post in other sections first, ie they'd probably find something else to do.


OOoooHHHhhhh, on first name terms are we! You brown nosed sperma slurper!

This forum really looks a lot better once you've put the two nutcases on ignore.

'2005' and 'itsallguud' are hardly what I would call 'nutcases'!!

Maybe Jan could install some sort of system where only people who had 100+ posts can post in this section. That way bumbomb, socrates and all the other trolls would have to post in other sections first, ie they'd probably find something else to do.

thats a good idea actually

'2005' and 'itsallguud' are hardly what I would call 'nutcases'!!

exactly, thanks for admitting that you are

You'd miss us if we were gone

exactly, thanks for admitting that you are


doesn't make sense???? Poor reply, miss a turn.

You'd miss us if we were gone

really? how have i survived all that time without you lot :weird:

lot more of sports stadia talk takes place when you two aren't interfeering

^^ Yer, I gotta say kampfy, don't lump all British into the same category as those two Scottish idots B+S. An't don't even think of dissing the legendary British humour! ;)

Please mods, I know it's tough work, but can you keep a closer leash on B's and S's accounts and just ban them whenever they create a new one. Much appreciated!

Something really has to be done. Removing ALL non-stadia discussions is my suggestion.

^^No shit sherlock

']When I see racist comments by people like Durbsboi, I think....this forum should be closed.
Me racist :uh: you are talking about the Barca thread right? (as u indicated to me in the pvt message) I am sorry to all the greek forumers, if I may have offended you (cant see how though) but anyway what I meant (& u guys know who I am talking about) is those few greek posters that go abit overboard in highlighting the events that take place in greece & hence many debates & fights have generated in those threads.

So Greeks we cool? :nocrook:

really? how have i survived all that time without you lot :weird:

lot more of sports stadia talk takes place when you two aren't interfeering

I suggest you put them on ignore as well. As a matter of fact whenever you spot one of bumbomb's or socrates' aliases, just put them on ignore. This forum becomes much more enjoyable w/o their mindless drivel.

^^No shit sherlock

Seeing is believing

Seriously, I think isn't enough to close threads with there irrelevant posts. ALL irrelevant posts has to be removed individually.

I suggest you put them on ignore as well. As a matter of fact whenever you spot one of bumbomb's or socrates' aliases, just put them on ignore. This forum becomes much more enjoyable w/o their mindless drivel.


or you could simply not read/reply to their posts!! Do you have no will power?

He talks about us all the time. Its flattering really

I think he fancies bubomb, the dirty uberspermbumführer!!

Happy Anniversary

ahh...that felt good. :yes:

^^ Good lad!!!! There'll be another couple in a few hours though, you can guarantee it...what utter saddos.

My Rabbit has just turned 12 years old.

Well done to the rabbit, what a jolly good age for a rabbit. Here is a less fortunate rabbit -


http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/2848/102mhap2ub.jpg

^^ Good lad!!!! There'll be another couple in a few hours though, you can guarantee it...what utter saddos.
And looking at the post above, I was exactly right.

Me racist :uh: you are talking about the Barca thread right? (as u indicated to me in the pvt message) I am sorry to all the greek forumers, if I may have offended you (cant see how though) but anyway what I meant (& u guys know who I am talking about) is those few greek posters that go abit overboard in highlighting the events that take place in greece & hence many debates & fights have generated in those threads.

So Greeks we cool? :nocrook:
And then you go on to say I bashed your opinion.
Lets be frank, your a knob head at best.
But hey, ill try and deal with it since Im sick of the endless remarks you and your accomplice Mo Rush make about Athens even when unprovoked.

@Mo Rush:

Yes, me of all people.
I have never racially insulted or generalised about SA, you however have done both things constantly with Greece.

Im sick and tired of posting in this forum be it a totally innocent post or not and then being greeted by Mo Rush's childish and poorly structured remarks about how crap Athens is.

I have several people that agree with me so I could easily see a mod about the situation (though they should be aware of it)

']
But hey, ill try and deal with it since Im sick of the endless remarks you and your accomplice Mo Rush make about Athens even when unprovoked.


Just to make it clear, I did not make remarks about Athens when I was unprovoked. I only did after I was provoked.

Just to make it clear, I did not make remarks about Athens when I was unprovoked. I only did after I was provoked.
1) Who where you provoked by? Please tell us.

2) Justify this UNPROVOKED statement:
U kidding me? Athens? Its a nice venue, but we wont here the end of it from the greeks!

ahh...that felt good. :yes:
http://i4.tinypic.com/10giiwi.jpg

']And then you go on to say I bashed your opinion.
Lets be frank, your a knob head at best.
But hey, ill try and deal with it since Im sick of the endless remarks you and your accomplice Mo Rush make about Athens even when unprovoked.

@Mo Rush:

Yes, me of all people.
I have never racially insulted or generalised about SA, you however have done both things constantly with Greece.

Im sick and tired of posting in this forum be it a totally innocent post or not and then being greeted by Mo Rush's childish and poorly structured remarks about how crap Athens is.

I have several people that agree with me so I could easily see a mod about the situation (though they should be aware of it)



what is it with Aussies amd using the word "bashed"

Just to make it clear with everyone me & [Gioяgos] have sorted out our differences & hopefully wont be ending up ripping out each others heads again.

Thank you

& I'm pretty sure that it said that "poor mans bubomb" posted here last, but I dont see his post, mods did you delete it?

Why would anyone want to post here when we have posters like Sitback abusing fellow posters?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8585559&postcount=122

Disgraceful.

Down in albion, they're black and blue,
but we don't talk about that.

Why would anyone want to post here when we have posters like Sitback abusing fellow posters?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8585559&postcount=122

Disgraceful.
Thats actualy quite funny! turd hahaha :rofl:

Thats actualy quite funny! turd hahaha :rofl:

keep the discussion civilized please, we are not children here

^^From the looks of the Emirates thread that got closed you seem to be one.

^^From the looks of the Emirates thread that got closed you seem to be one.

this is the internet, your petty insults are meaningless to me, however the mods may take offence

Nah, i'm sure they ok with it.

I've seen them Insult Bubomb and the rest.

You're no different from them.

Yeah, the mods are total bellends!!


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http://i6.tinypic.com/11ucnsk.jpg

Why hasn't 40 Acres been banned for his comments about the Ibrox disaster? Truly despicable. Sort it out.

It was the right way to respond to trolls.

It was the right way to respond to trolls.


You must be as thick as pig-shit, it was clearly only going to make things worse!

Next time you annoy me, should I post photos that I have of dead Germans that my grandad blasted?

http://i6.tinypic.com/11ucnsk.jpg

hohohoho, that's the end of a bell!

You must be as thick as pig-shit, it was clearly only going to make things worse!

Next time you annoy me, should I post photos that I have of dead Germans that my grandad blasted?

Go ahead, it's not like it'll bother me.

Go ahead, it's not like it'll bother me.


It should!! Man they are horrible!! Balls chopped off, metal poles rammed up their bums etc, really horrible stuff!

Your grandfather was into that kind of stuff? Sticking poles up other guys' bums...I guess it's not that weird since he and his mates were always wearing skirts.

no, my grandad only shot them, mad Stan frae ra Monklands done most the bum stabbin!

Next time you annoy me, should I post photos that I have of dead Germans that my grandad blasted?
It should!! Man they are horrible!! Balls chopped off, metal poles rammed up their bums etc, really horrible stuff!
Come on mods, if this isn't deserving of a banning, I really don't know what is! There is something seriously wrong with you manbags!

I have a feeling that this thread will eventually be closed after all of the comments here.

^^ Check out the irony there man: a thread created by mods- to warn people that nasty and irrelevant comments would result in a forum closure- might be closed becasue people (basically the same people) are making nasty and irrelevant comments....

Ya guyscommon stop bein such a troll and keep it good for the rest of us.

oh dear

As a moderator (I am not putting myself above by saying this, but I do have experience to speak from...) let me just remind you all that it is a HUGE uphill battle to try and fend off trolls.

It just isn't worth our time and energy... atleast not when people react to the trolls and get into arguments as a result.

My advice- just ignore trolls, and ignore people who are out of hand. Don't give them the reaction they want.

-thryve

As a moderator (I am not putting myself above by saying this, but I do have experience to speak from...) let me just remind you all that it is a HUGE uphill battle to try and fend off trolls.

It just isn't worth our time and energy... atleast not when people react to the trolls and get into arguments as a result.

My advice- just ignore trolls, and ignore people who are out of hand. Don't give them the reaction they want.

-thryve
true

The ÜBERTHREAD shall set you free...

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=370633

:grouphug:

:D

I don't visit this part of the forum that often, but i also suggest a sports section in the skybar or somewhere.

i mean, sports is in general interested, and of couse bashing etc occurs, and it is a pity it happens in the stadiums section, but why not allowing a place where people can discuss and support their teams... no strict moderation has to happen there.

I think i've heard that idea suggested somewhere before!?

:dunno:

:dance2:

JimB and 2005 are stirring up trouble again by pretending Spurs are a big club. I recommend they be sent to the Gulags.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSsiberiaT.jpg

=|

The poster 40Acres is yet again making unsavoury remarks to certain forumers as well as posting disgusting comments about disaster victims, not to mention displaying a vile hatred for certain nationalities and civilisations more advanced than his own. The boy is also pretending to be more educated than my pet fish.

He is a bigot, a xenophobe, a redneck and a liar. I recommend he be sent to the gallows

http://www.cprf.ru/clipart/misc/gallows.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/chrisfoley484/TexasFire.jpg

haha. see ya cuntbag.

That sort of language is a disgrace. You should be ashamed of yourself.

go preach somewhere else, to someone else. Give me a break :|

Best thread ever :applause: More mentally challenged people here than in an insanity ward...

why isnt the report button working?

why isnt the report button working?

because you touch yourself at night.






























:)

brilliant

Its starting to become a comic relief thread !

i dont see what the problem is if your talking about football or a certain team when its to do with its new stadium, after all if it wasn't for that certain team then the stadium or building or whatever was being built wouldn't be built at all and there wouldn't be any need for this site!

i'd much prefer the mods to ban the foul mouth people on this site than innocent banter, after all its not the busiest site going and if i owned it i'd just be happy people were here talking about something rather than nothing.

just scroll up to see my point and see the word c***bag, thats perfectly ok it seems!

There is a difference between talking about a stadium vs talking about a team, even if they will or do end up playing there.

Can't we just ban their ip adress?

i know!

Oh TOTTENHAM WE LOVE YOU.....


























;)

Hi, I work for a firm that integrates the Audio, Video and Broadcast backbone into NFL, MLB and NBA sports venues. Please feel free to ask any questions regarding acoustics, video and new technologies.

Walter

Hi, I work for a firm that integrates the Audio, Video and Broadcast backbone into NFL, MLB and NBA sports venues. Please feel free to ask any questions regarding acoustics, video and new technologies.

Walter
wow
what do you need for a very good acoustic and is there a differnt tuning for concert and fan etc

Hi, I work for a firm that integrates the Audio, Video and Broadcast backbone into NFL, MLB and NBA sports venues. Please feel free to ask any questions regarding acoustics, video and new technologies.

Walter

Well what´s your favourite stadiom then, from an acoustic kind of view?

That is some top notch modding, instead of simply banning the offenders they threaten to close the entire forum. Another fine example of the infinite wisdom of our beloved mods.

You realize this thread hasn't been replied to since May, right? And that no actual actions were taken?

Can't we just ban their ip adress?

IP addresses can be re-issued blocking out others, and allowing the perp.

- Andy

So when is it going to close?

Our Entire Forum Will Be Completely Ignored would be a more apt title.

My fellow moderators and the administrators are saying they will close down this forum without notice if those who are trolling and those discussing football do not stop IMMEDEATELY.

This forum is meant to discuss stadium/arena architecture and that ALONE. Any discussion about teams will be instantly deleted. Discussion related to the olympics or related general sports will be permitted. Any users who do not abide by these rules will be banned indefinately.

Thank you
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