FYI Posted January 27, 2022 Report Posted January 27, 2022 6 hours ago, Rob. said: God knows this board DOESN'T need new posters like you, who only SPAM these threads about an upcoming Games in your country and posting about each new TEDIOUS development for those of us who don't know the host city. There, fixed that for you. 4 hours ago, Rob. said: You need to grow a thicker skin. 3 hours ago, Rob. said: And one of the longest-standing members of this board popped in to say that, for the first time in years, he wouldn't be taking part in the live thread and explained why. And you gave him a lecture in response. I'm amazed you can't see how arrogant that was and why an argument ensued. I'm not amazed whatsoever. The trumper-tantrums that ensue whenever someone doesn't agree with what they're posting or saying, as evidenced not only in this thread, but also in others as well, is absolutely juvenile. They're like a rabid donald when it gets to that point & any form of 'discussion' just goes out the window. 3 hours ago, Rob. said: I can see this for what it is though: You telling people what they can and can't post in "your" thread (again). Yeah, now the utter hypocrisy IS amazing. Since they sanctimoniously told someone else in the LA28 thread just last month, that they don't "own" the thread, & to post "appropriately". I'd say, the real "beef" here isn't necessarily that they have a problem with Rols' posts, it's their method (as you, yourself described here) of how they go about their disagreement. They gripe about being "attacked", but that's absolutely what they DO when their viewpoints are challenged. They just want the thread they're posting in to go "their way", & if it doesn't, they get all nuclear, & bombard anyone with repetitive dribble, insults & "self-righteous", preaching rhetoric. They're simply control freaks. And unfortunately, GB's has had way too many of those types throughout the years. Quote
Rob2012 Posted January 27, 2022 Report Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, FYI said: There, fixed that for you. Sorry FYI, but I think AustraliaFan has settled into becoming a decent enough poster. I definitely don't want this disagreement to go over the top. Edited January 27, 2022 by Rob. Quote
FYI Posted January 27, 2022 Report Posted January 27, 2022 To each their own (like the premise of this thread), I suppose. I guess many disruptive, to say the least, posters of the past could also have been described as "decent enough". I know, though, I'm not the only one who shares those views of said poster. Quote
Sir Rols Posted January 27, 2022 Report Posted January 27, 2022 First of all, thanks Rob, now… 9 hours ago, AustralianFan said: The only person responsible for Sir Rols’ attacks on many Gamesbids fans today was Sir Rols. I was going to just leave it at that and withdraw, but you made it personal, so here goes… 10 hours ago, AustralianFan said: You don’t get it, do you? This is about what Sir Rols did in addition to his boycott. You should go back and read what happened from the beginning. He said his piece about boycotting the Opening Ceremony. That’s fine, that’s his choice, if he doesn’t want to watch the OC that’s fine and his choice. But …. no .. Sir Rols didn’t just leave it at that ….. he then took it much further and chose to go on attack of fans of this Gamesbids website. Yes, I said my piece and would have been quite happy to leave it at that. Only then YOU then decided to weigh in and admonish me on on my post and opinion and then lecture me how GamesBids is a politics-free board. That was out of line and far from the reality of board policies. You also ridiculed Stefan’s similar stance on not watching the oc but watching the sports - despite it being close to the same policies of the Australia, US, UK and Canadian governments, amongst others. Of course i was going to respond… 10 hours ago, AustralianFan said: He threw mud far and wide at a whole group of Gamesbids fans without naming a single one. That’s what I have a beef about. When you go on a public attack on a group of fans like he did, you better be prepared to back himself up with evidence or examples or names or something concrete. It’s called being accountable for your own actions. No-one forced Sir Rols to write what he wrote in his attacks on gamesbids fans here. … and it is truly very very disappointing and outrageous. And then YOU decided to come out with your Star Chamber. Your GamesBids version of the House Un-American Committee. “See thee the vile blasphemer who defiles the holy thread scriptures and sullies the names of the righteous!”. Name names NOW!! Or otherwise Lynch the heretic! So, let’s see, if I made the statement:”Many anti-vaxxed spread dangerous information” you would demand I name them all for fear I’m sullying the names of all anti-vaxxers? You’d demand Hillary Clinton personally name each and every “deplorable”? But, okay, if you want me to name names… 10 hours ago, AustralianFan said: These are some of the direct quotes from Sir Rols today about Gamesbids fans: (Sir Rols): “The world is NOT ‘starving’ for a ‘good’ (read gigantic) Olympic show - a handful of ceremony enthusiasts on GamesBids.com are starving for one and are gleefully and will fully ignoring and dismissing basic decency and morality to get their fix.” This was a pretty obvious direct replay to a (quoted) post by Ikarus, who directly made the comment the world is starved for a “good” show. Did I need to state that again? 10 hours ago, AustralianFan said: (Sir Rols): “I will make no apologies for bringing up the politics of Beijing 2022 in the GamesBids threads. If I’m raining on anyone’s parade and that makes some people here uncomfortable or forces them to question or defend their choices... Good!” Wow, you’re raining in everyone’s parade. Who are “some people”? What does “defend their choices” even mean?” We are all just here to chat about the Opening Ceremony as it unfolds. This is the Opening Ceremony Live Chat thread. (Sir Rols): “And I do find it very disquieting and troubling to see such gushing and members wetting themselves in anticipation at the thought that the CCP are “finally” going to give a spectacular ceremony and thank God for the CCP. “ Really? Gushing and wetting themselves? Thanking the CCP? Where and when on Gamesbids.com have you seen anyone at all write this? (Sir Rols): “You feel you are being judged, it’s probably because you’re one of a number who’ve made the kind of posts I find disturbing.” What exactly do you find disturbs you? Any examples? Anything? (Sir Rols): What I have dumped on is what I perceive to be a blindness and insensitivity within many hard-core ceremony fans. I hope to open their eyes to a wider perspective beyond “I hope it’s big and spectacular and better than some of the crap we’ve seen lately” Now these apply to no posters in particular, and many posts in general. You only need to go through many of the various Beijing threads to see their ilk. Many I’ve not even paid attention to who posted them. I’m not the only one who has noticed and commented. I’m not going to go through every thread and laboriously copy or earmark them for your evidence tray. There have been many examples over the past weeks, months and years. As I said, if these comments make you feel uncomfortable and are targeting you, they probably are. I stand by my opinions on them. 10 hours ago, AustralianFan said: Ok, so now you’re dumping on many fans. You said “you hope to open their eyes”. That sounds pretty controlling if you ask me. You think because you think many fans on Gamesbids.com are “blind and insensitive”. Another mass dump on Gamesbids fans. Controlling????? if it’s anybody trying to be controlling it’s you! YOU are trying to control what opinions are allowed to be posted on this thread, not to mention the board in general YOU are the one trying to smear my name because my posts didn’t fit in with the pretty visions you had for this thread. If you want to do that, you can set up your own blog site and vet all comments that can be posted. This is a public forum, where we can all post our opinions and reactions and comments on others’ opinions. Contrary to how you’re trying to tar me, I don’t have it in for or disdain ceremony posters. I respect their interests and think they are a solid section of the board. That doesn’t mean I have to share all their opinions or shut up if I think certain prevailing attitudes amongst them are disquieting. Similarly, I respect those posters who’ve replied in here saying they are going to watch the oc and their reasons for doing so. I particularly refer to @Chris_Mex and @Ikarus360 who have calmly posted their reasons for disagreeing with me and their intention to watch the show without the need to launch into an on-line lynching of me. I hope they, and others, enjoy the show and that when they come to congratulating the organisers consider exactly who and what they are congratulating. What I don’t respect is your pitchfork mentality to something that’s not going how you want it to. I’ll take my gloves off now: Get your head out of your arse mate! You are NOT the board police. Neither am I (more a traffic cop). We enjoy free, robust and lightly constrained debate here because nobody is. I’m prepared to leave it at that. If you do want to continue your personal attacks though, I’m not going to take such crap laying down. I don’t particularly like getting into intense and continuing fights here, one of the reasons I don’t post here that often any more, but if I have to I think I can hold my own in a board brawl. 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AustralianFan Posted January 27, 2022 Author Report Posted January 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, Sir Rols said: First of all, thanks Rob, now… I was going to just leave it at that and withdraw, but you made it personal, so here goes… Yes, I said my piece and would have been quite happy to leave it at that. Only then YOU then decided to weigh in and admonish me on on my post and opinion and then lecture me how GamesBids is a politics-free board. That was out of line and far from the reality of board policies. You also ridiculed Stefan’s similar stance on not watching the oc but watching the sports - despite it being close to the same policies of the Australia, US, UK and Canadian governments, amongst others. Of course i was going to respond… And then YOU decided to come out with your Star Chamber. Your GamesBids version of the House Un-American Committee. “See thee the vile blasphemer who defiles the holy thread scriptures and sullies the names of the righteous!”. Name names NOW!! Or otherwise Lynch the heretic! So, let’s see, if I made the statement:”Many anti-vaxxed spread dangerous information” you would demand I name them all for fear I’m sullying the names of all anti-vaxxers? You’d demand Hillary Clinton personally name each and every “deplorable”? But, okay, if you want me to name names… This was a pretty obvious direct replay to a (quoted) post by Ikarus, who directly made the comment the world is starved for a “good” show. Did I need to state that again? Now these apply to no posters in particular, and many posts in general. You only need to go through many of the various Beijing threads to see their ilk. Many I’ve not even paid attention to who posted them. I’m not the only one who has noticed and commented. I’m not going to go through every thread and laboriously copy or earmark them for your evidence tray. There have been many examples over the past weeks, months and years. As I said, if these comments make you feel uncomfortable and are targeting you, they probably are. I stand by my opinions on them. Controlling????? if it’s anybody trying to be controlling it’s you! YOU are trying to control what opinions are allowed to be posted on this thread, not to mention the board in general YOU are the one trying to smear my name because my posts didn’t fit in with the pretty visions you had for this thread. If you want to do that, you can set up your own blog site and vet all comments that can be posted. This is a public forum, where we can all post our opinions and reactions and comments on others’ opinions. Contrary to how you’re trying to tar me, I don’t have it in for or disdain ceremony posters. I respect their interests and think they are a solid section of the board. That doesn’t mean I have to share all their opinions or shut up if I think certain prevailing attitudes amongst them are disquieting. Similarly, I respect those posters who’ve replied in here saying they are going to watch the oc and their reasons for doing so. I particularly refer to @Chris_Mex and @Ikarus360 who have calmly posted their reasons for disagreeing with me and their intention to watch the show without the need to launch into an on-line lynching of me. I hope they, and others, enjoy the show and that when they come to congratulating the organisers consider exactly who and what they are congratulating. What I don’t respect is your pitchfork mentality to something that’s not going how you want it to. I’ll take my gloves off now: Get your head out of your arse mate! You are NOT the board police. Neither am I (more a traffic cop). We enjoy free, robust and lightly constrained debate here because nobody is. I’m prepared to leave it at that. If you do want to continue your personal attacks though, I’m not going to take such crap laying down. I don’t particularly like getting into intense and continuing fights here, one of the reasons I don’t post here that often any more, but if I have to I think I can hold my own in a board brawl. You should have thought of that before you launched your unwarranted broadsides on many gamesbids fans here That’s who I’m standing up for. You’re angry because you have been called out for your attacks. You’= Quote
AustralianFan Posted January 28, 2022 Author Report Posted January 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, Sir Rols said: First of all, thanks Rob, now… I was going to just leave it at that and withdraw, but you made it personal, so here goes… Yes, I said my piece and would have been quite happy to leave it at that. Only then YOU then decided to weigh in and admonish me on on my post and opinion and then lecture me how GamesBids is a politics-free board. That was out of line and far from the reality of board policies. You also ridiculed Stefan’s similar stance on not watching the oc but watching the sports - despite it being close to the same policies of the Australia, US, UK and Canadian governments, amongst others. Of course i was going to respond… And then YOU decided to come out with your Star Chamber. Your GamesBids version of the House Un-American Committee. “See thee the vile blasphemer who defiles the holy thread scriptures and sullies the names of the righteous!”. Name names NOW!! Or otherwise Lynch the heretic! So, let’s see, if I made the statement:”Many anti-vaxxed spread dangerous information” you would demand I name them all for fear I’m sullying the names of all anti-vaxxers? You’d demand Hillary Clinton personally name each and every “deplorable”? But, okay, if you want me to name names… This was a pretty obvious direct replay to a (quoted) post by Ikarus, who directly made the comment the world is starved for a “good” show. Did I need to state that again? Now these apply to no posters in particular, and many posts in general. You only need to go through many of the various Beijing threads to see their ilk. Many I’ve not even paid attention to who posted them. I’m not the only one who has noticed and commented. I’m not going to go through every thread and laboriously copy or earmark them for your evidence tray. There have been many examples over the past weeks, months and years. As I said, if these comments make you feel uncomfortable and are targeting you, they probably are. I stand by my opinions on them. Controlling????? if it’s anybody trying to be controlling it’s you! YOU are trying to control what opinions are allowed to be posted on this thread, not to mention the board in general YOU are the one trying to smear my name because my posts didn’t fit in with the pretty visions you had for this thread. If you want to do that, you can set up your own blog site and vet all comments that can be posted. This is a public forum, where we can all post our opinions and reactions and comments on others’ opinions. Contrary to how you’re trying to tar me, I don’t have it in for or disdain ceremony posters. I respect their interests and think they are a solid section of the board. That doesn’t mean I have to share all their opinions or shut up if I think certain prevailing attitudes amongst them are disquieting. Similarly, I respect those posters who’ve replied in here saying they are going to watch the oc and their reasons for doing so. I particularly refer to @Chris_Mex and @Ikarus360 who have calmly posted their reasons for disagreeing with me and their intention to watch the show without the need to launch into an on-line lynching of me. I hope they, and others, enjoy the show and that when they come to congratulating the organisers consider exactly who and what they are congratulating. What I don’t respect is your pitchfork mentality to something that’s not going how you want it to. I’ll take my gloves off now: Get your head out of your arse mate! You are NOT the board police. Neither am I (more a traffic cop). We enjoy free, robust and lightly constrained debate here because nobody is. I’m prepared to leave it at that. If you do want to continue your personal attacks though, I’m not going to take such crap laying down. I don’t particularly like getting into intense and continuing fights here, one of the reasons I don’t post here that often any more, but if I have to I think I can hold my own in a board brawl. You should have thought of that before you launched your unwarranted broadsides on many gamesbids fans here That’s who I’m standing up for. All of us here who you have attacked and slandered. You’re angry because you have been called out for your attacks. Quote
Sir Rols Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, AustralianFan said: You should have thought of that before you launched your unwarranted broadsides on many gamesbids fans here That’s who I’m standing up for. You’re angry because you have been called out for your attacks. You’= No, I’ve expressed my opinion and my problems with some popular opinions amongst some ceremony fans. I’m angry because you launched into personal attacks on me. Spare me your concern for “fans”. I’m happy and comfortable with my reputation here. YOU on the other hand are just throwing tantrums because your pristine thread got some inconvenient opinions thrown into it. Edited January 28, 2022 by Sir Rols Quote
AustralianFan Posted January 28, 2022 Author Report Posted January 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, Sir Rols said: No, I’ve expressed my opinion and my problems with some popular opinions amongst some ceremony fans. I’m angry because you launched into personal attacks on me. Spare me your concern for “fans”. I’m happy and comfortable with my reputation here. YOU on the other hand are just throwing tantrums because your pristine thread got some inconvenient opinions thrown into it. You full-on attacked groups of gamesbids fans. That means you have attacked everyone. It’s here for everyone to see. And now you have been called out for it. 1 Quote
Sir Rols Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, AustralianFan said: You full-on attacked groups of gamesbids fans. That means you have attacked everyone. It’s here for everyone to see. And now you have been called out for it. You really can’t help yourself, can you? Full on attacked? I made comments about how I was uncomrtable with some attitudes amongst them. I can have differences of opinion without smearing or disliking my opponents. Some of my best friends on here I’ve had some pretty viscous arguments with, then joked together again soon after. I fully “own” and stand by the comments you called me out for. you, on the other hand, I’m calling out as an insecure, character assassinating snake. Some “champion of the people” Edited January 28, 2022 by Sir Rols Quote
AustralianFan Posted January 28, 2022 Author Report Posted January 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Sir Rols said: You really can’t help yourself, can you? Full on attacked? I made comments about how I was uncomrtable with some attitudes amongst them. I can have differences of opinion without smearing my opponents. you, on the other hand, I’m calling out as an insecure, character assassiniating snake. There it is again. More attacks. Quote
Sir Rols Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, AustralianFan said: There it is again. More attacks. Ooooookay. So it’s an attack to disagree with someone now. I see now. Who’s “mucking up” “their” thread now? Edited January 28, 2022 by Sir Rols Quote
FYI Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 LOL, yet according to another poster (which I won't name of course ), "AF has settled into becoming a 'decent enough' poster". Obviously, they can say that, since they DIRECTLY haven't had said poster's venom flung at them. I'm actually quite thrilled for this online feud, especially when it's with another long-time member of these boards, since it truly exposes said poster to what they truly are; a control freak, hypocritical blog monster! Everything that was just highlighted by SR is par-for-the-course for said poster. Their atrocious, juvenile behavior is typical & it's been on FULL display over in the Brisbane (& other) threads for the past year already when their hard-core, repetitive views are questioned/challenged. And it's about high time that it was finally laid out so brilliantly from the least of expected places. Quote
AustralianFan Posted January 28, 2022 Author Report Posted January 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, Sir Rols said: You really can’t help yourself, can you? Full on attacked? I made comments about how I was uncomrtable with some attitudes amongst them. I can have differences of opinion without smearing or disliking my opponents. Some of my best friends on here I’ve had some pretty viscous arguments with, then joked together again soon after. I fully “own” and stand by the comments you called me out for. you, on the other hand, I’m calling out as an insecure, character assassinating snake. Some “champion of the people” 8 minutes ago, AustralianFan said: There it is again. More attacks. 6 minutes ago, Sir Rols said: Ooooookay. So it’s an attack to disagree with someone now. I see now Your words in your attack Sir Rols: “character assassinating snake” is what you said. You call that “just disagreeing with someone”? You have been called out for your behaviour and attacks on all us Gamesbids fans You don’t like getting called out and now you are on the attack and getting very nasty and personal. 1 Quote
FYI Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 14 minutes ago, Sir Rols said: you, on the other hand, I’m calling out as an insecure, character assassinating snake. Some “champion of the people” Praise it! Quote
FYI Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, AustralianFan said: You don’t like getting called out and now you are on the attack and getting very nasty and personal. You really do WIN the Olympic Gold medal in the sport of hypocrisy. Quote
Sir Rols Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, AustralianFan said: Your words in your attack Sir Rols: “character assassinating snake” is what you said. You call that “just disagreeing with someone”? You have been called out for your behaviour and attacks on all us Gamesbids fans You don’t like getting called out and now you are on the attack and getting very nasty and personal. I have not attacked “all gamesbids fans”. I have attacked you, the self-proclaimed champion of the oppressed. Okay, I’ll retract the “snake” part, sorry, that was heat of the moment. I stand by “character assassin” Quote
FYI Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 Just now, Sir Rols said: I have not attacked “all gamesbids fans”. I have attacked you, the self-proclaimed champion of the oppressed. 1 minute ago, Sir Rols said: Okay, I’ll retract the “snake” part, sorry, that was heat of the moment. I stand by “character assassin” Darn. I thought it was very appropriate. Quote
AustralianFan Posted January 28, 2022 Author Report Posted January 28, 2022 To those watching the Opening Ceremony, the long range weather atlas forecast is looking good. Sunset at 5.36pm local time. Quote
Anthony Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 25 minutes ago, AustralianFan said: To those watching the Opening Ceremony, the long range weather atlas forecast is looking good. Sunset at 5.36pm local time. AND THEY SHORTENED IT CUZ OF WEATHER??? That's beautiful!!! Quote
AustralianFan Posted January 28, 2022 Author Report Posted January 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Anthony said: AND THEY SHORTENED IT CUZ OF WEATHER??? That's beautiful!!! It seems the trend lately with Winter Openings with the length 2018 PyeongChang Opening also relatively short. Around 120 minutes I think someone in these threads said (?) Quote
Anthony Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 9 minutes ago, AustralianFan said: It seems the trend lately with Winter Openings with the length 2018 PyeongChang Opening also relatively short. Around 120 minutes I think someone in these threads said (?) Yeah but i think PC was really below 0 with a terrible wind chill. 1 Quote
Bear Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 If there's anything good about the 100 minute ceremony (at least for me personally) is that I can watch it entirely and probably join the live chat here, and still have time to get ready for classes that day haha Quote
PikyoK Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 Again, it should be very interesting seeing how they can squeeze everything within a 100-minute timeframe. Quote
PikyoK Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 and it should finish by about 12:40am which is fine for me given that i'll be busy the next day. Quote
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