ja606 has become a WUMing site, where it's almost impossible to talk to fans of another club on their board without having to write at least a paragraph of praise for the club in question first and then litter your article with blow softeners. If you don't, then people just Immediately go for the jibes and jokes of the week against the club you support.
This isn't helped by the fact that 9/10 articles written on a clubs board, by a fan of another club are just witless windup articles with no point other than to annoy and take the Mick.
We've all WUMed, and been WUMed ourselves. When ja606 started it was by a million miles the best BBC606 replacement out there. Of course banter and to a degree, WUMing, has it's place on a sports forum, but lets not use this site as a place to sign in, act like a child and poke fun at people you've never met and are never going to, and then all laugh at one group of virtual friends, with your own group of another lot of virtual friends. This isn't World of Warcraft or whatever else you might do that on.
This is a site that was created for lovers of sports to join and discuss what they love with people who follow different clubs, athletes and all else involved with people who have different opinions. Don't ruin ja606 with a load of pointless one-upmanship.
This is an important time in British sport. The answers about the biggest sporting disaster ever to happen in the UK have come out. Use this as a time to try and improve relations between sports fans, even if it's only on a discussion website. Use the site the right way and it is better for everyone. Bit of a rant, but I don't want ja606 spoiled.
One-upmanship
posted on 17/9/12
Duncan, my serious point is that articles like this are effectivly worse then the WUM articles. I mean what harm is a fair bit of banter doing?
You have a go at Peterbaey. Fair enough, he's a tool, but we go along with the banter, have a laugh, enjoy the site and make the day go faster.
Either way, what is wrong with WUMMING? Surely it's another way to bring about a debate. You engage is showing the WUMMer off, research and strengthen your own understanding, and make this site a better place.
And if you dont like it, you ca ignore and Filter. Simple. So what's the problem?
posted on 17/9/12
Serial hides his intelligence very well.
posted on 17/9/12
Agree with the OP. I joined quite a while ago, thought it was good and then it went downhill quickly. I haven't logged on for ages but browse once in a while.
I'd go further though that people wumming on other teams boards. You also get people who post for postings sake with little to say on their own boards. So it's like a revolving static webpage, looks practically the same everyday, same faces, same posts.
Would be good if it could get back to football and in an adult way with some daft banter thrown in. As it is, it's 90% wumming or pointless posts. But there are always the few who are worth reading, a dwindling minority though. Seems ja has become the home of a some really bored people endlessly posting. Shame really.
I'll keep checking in once in a while hoping things get back to its best.
posted on 17/9/12
Serial hides his intelligence very well.
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and thats a scary problem
i agree with the OP to a point.
you should be able to hold a semi decent conversation on here without fear of it turning into a wumfest.
i agree with what you say serial in terms on wumming every now and again not being a problem, but i personally find that while some WUM ( like you and me) some others actually take it too far at times.
loz is a prime example, making out rio to be racist on a previous post, and to me that is not wumming, thats going one step too far.
posted on 17/9/12
Seriel sucessfully ruined yet another thread I see?
How he isn't banned I don't know, filtered him a long time ago.
posted on 17/9/12
I blame mostly the Arsenal fans for this, they are very childish. (of course not all of them but it seems to be most of them)
posted on 17/9/12
I blame mostly the Arsenal fans for this, they are very childish. (of course not all of them but it seems to be most of them)
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The Arsenal board is the most popular board, so obviously there will be more immature posters on it.
Saying that, your comment doesn't scream maturity at me either.
posted on 17/9/12
How he isn't banned I don't know, filtered him a long time ago.
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Simple. You are a stupid and weak individual.
posted on 17/9/12
Hopefully the OP has put these articles behind him then
http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/121479
posted on 17/9/12
Oops