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Rule #1

Pacers Digest is intended to be a place to discuss basketball without having to deal with the kinds of behaviors or attitudes that distract people from sticking with the discussion of the topics at hand. These unwanted distractions can come in many forms, and admittedly it can sometimes be tricky to pin down each and every kind that can rear its ugly head, but we feel that the following examples and explanations cover at least a good portion of that ground and should at least give people a pretty good idea of the kinds of things we actively discourage:

"Anyone who __________ is a liar / a fool / an idiot / a blind homer / has their head buried in the sand / a blind hater / doesn't know basketball / doesn't watch the games"

"People with intelligence will agree with me when I say that __________"

"Only stupid people think / believe / do ___________"

"I can't wait to hear something from PosterX when he/she sees that **insert a given incident or current event that will have probably upset or disappointed PosterX here**"

"He/she is just delusional"

"This thread is stupid / worthless / embarrassing"

"I'm going to take a moment to point and / laugh at PosterX / GroupOfPeopleY who thought / believed *insert though/belief here*"

"Remember when PosterX said OldCommentY that no longer looks good? "

In general, if a comment goes from purely on topic to something 'ad hominem' (personal jabs, personal shots, attacks, flames, however you want to call it, towards a person, or a group of people, or a given city/state/country of people), those are most likely going to be found intolerable.

We also dissuade passive aggressive behavior. This can be various things, but common examples include statements that are basically meant to imply someone is either stupid or otherwise incapable of holding a rational conversation. This can include (but is not limited to) laughing at someone's conclusions rather than offering an honest rebuttal, asking people what game they were watching, or another common problem is Poster X will say "that player isn't that bad" and then Poster Y will say something akin to "LOL you think that player is good". We're not going to tolerate those kinds of comments out of respect for the community at large and for the sake of trying to just have an honest conversation.

Now, does the above cover absolutely every single kind of distraction that is unwanted? Probably not, but you should by now have a good idea of the general types of things we will be discouraging. The above examples are meant to give you a good feel for / idea of what we're looking for. If something new or different than the above happens to come along and results in the same problem (that being, any other attitude or behavior that ultimately distracts from actually just discussing the topic at hand, or that is otherwise disrespectful to other posters), we can and we will take action to curb this as well, so please don't take this to mean that if you managed to technically avoid saying something exactly like one of the above examples that you are then somehow off the hook.

That all having been said, our goal is to do so in a generally kind and respectful way, and that doesn't mean the moment we see something we don't like that somebody is going to be suspended or banned, either. It just means that at the very least we will probably say something about it, quite possibly snipping out the distracting parts of the post in question while leaving alone the parts that are actually just discussing the topics, and in the event of a repeating or excessive problem, then we will start issuing infractions to try to further discourage further repeat problems, and if it just never seems to improve, then finally suspensions or bans will come into play. We would prefer it never went that far, and most of the time for most of our posters, it won't ever have to.

A slip up every once and a while is pretty normal, but, again, when it becomes repetitive or excessive, something will be done. Something occasional is probably going to be let go (within reason), but when it starts to become habitual or otherwise a pattern, odds are very good that we will step in.

There's always a small minority that like to push people's buttons and/or test their own boundaries with regards to the administrators, and in the case of someone acting like that, please be aware that this is not a court of law, but a private website run by people who are simply trying to do the right thing as they see it. If we feel that you are a special case that needs to be dealt with in an exceptional way because your behavior isn't explicitly mirroring one of our above examples of what we generally discourage, we can and we will take atypical action to prevent this from continuing if you are not cooperative with us.

Also please be aware that you will not be given a pass simply by claiming that you were 'only joking,' because quite honestly, when someone really is just joking, for one thing most people tend to pick up on the joke, including the person or group that is the target of the joke, and for another thing, in the event where an honest joke gets taken seriously and it upsets or angers someone, the person who is truly 'only joking' will quite commonly go out of his / her way to apologize and will try to mend fences. People who are dishonest about their statements being 'jokes' do not do so, and in turn that becomes a clear sign of what is really going on. It's nothing new.

In any case, quite frankly, the overall quality and health of the entire forum's community is more important than any one troublesome user will ever be, regardless of exactly how a problem is exhibiting itself, and if it comes down to us having to make a choice between you versus the greater health and happiness of the entire community, the community of this forum will win every time.

Lastly, there are also some posters, who are generally great contributors and do not otherwise cause any problems, who sometimes feel it's their place to provoke or to otherwise 'mess with' that small minority of people described in the last paragraph, and while we possibly might understand why you might feel you WANT to do something like that, the truth is we can't actually tolerate that kind of behavior from you any more than we can tolerate the behavior from them. So if we feel that you are trying to provoke those other posters into doing or saying something that will get themselves into trouble, then we will start to view you as a problem as well, because of the same reason as before: The overall health of the forum comes first, and trying to stir the pot with someone like that doesn't help, it just makes it worse. Some will simply disagree with this philosophy, but if so, then so be it because ultimately we have to do what we think is best so long as it's up to us.

If you see a problem that we haven't addressed, the best and most appropriate course for a forum member to take here is to look over to the left of the post in question. See underneath that poster's name, avatar, and other info, down where there's a little triangle with an exclamation point (!) in it? Click that. That allows you to report the post to the admins so we can definitely notice it and give it a look to see what we feel we should do about it. Beyond that, obviously it's human nature sometimes to want to speak up to the poster in question who has bothered you, but we would ask that you try to refrain from doing so because quite often what happens is two or more posters all start going back and forth about the original offending post, and suddenly the entire thread is off topic or otherwise derailed. So while the urge to police it yourself is understandable, it's best to just report it to us and let us handle it. Thank you!

All of the above is going to be subject to a case by case basis, but generally and broadly speaking, this should give everyone a pretty good idea of how things will typically / most often be handled.

Rule #2

If the actions of an administrator inspire you to make a comment, criticism, or express a concern about it, there is a wrong place and a couple of right places to do so.

The wrong place is to do so in the original thread in which the administrator took action. For example, if a post gets an infraction, or a post gets deleted, or a comment within a larger post gets clipped out, in a thread discussing Paul George, the wrong thing to do is to distract from the discussion of Paul George by adding your off topic thoughts on what the administrator did.

The right places to do so are:

A) Start a thread about the specific incident you want to talk about on the Feedback board. This way you are able to express yourself in an area that doesn't throw another thread off topic, and this way others can add their two cents as well if they wish, and additionally if there's something that needs to be said by the administrators, that is where they will respond to it.

B) Send a private message to the administrators, and they can respond to you that way.

If this is done the wrong way, those comments will be deleted, and if it's a repeating problem then it may also receive an infraction as well.

Rule #3

If a poster is bothering you, and an administrator has not or will not deal with that poster to the extent that you would prefer, you have a powerful tool at your disposal, one that has recently been upgraded and is now better than ever: The ability to ignore a user.

When you ignore a user, you will unfortunately still see some hints of their existence (nothing we can do about that), however, it does the following key things:

A) Any post they make will be completely invisible as you scroll through a thread.

B) The new addition to this feature: If someone QUOTES a user you are ignoring, you do not have to read who it was, or what that poster said, unless you go out of your way to click on a link to find out who it is and what they said.

To utilize this feature, from any page on Pacers Digest, scroll to the top of the page, look to the top right where it says 'Settings' and click that. From the settings page, look to the left side of the page where it says 'My Settings', and look down from there until you see 'Edit Ignore List' and click that. From here, it will say 'Add a Member to Your List...' Beneath that, click in the text box to the right of 'User Name', type in or copy & paste the username of the poster you are ignoring, and once their name is in the box, look over to the far right and click the 'Okay' button. All done!

Rule #4

Regarding infractions, currently they carry a value of one point each, and that point will expire in 31 days. If at any point a poster is carrying three points at the same time, that poster will be suspended until the oldest of the three points expires.

Rule #5

When you share or paste content or articles from another website, you must include the URL/link back to where you found it, who wrote it, and what website it's from. Said content will be removed if this doesn't happen.

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If I copy and paste an article from the Indianapolis Star website, I would post something like this:

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Author's Name
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The legal means of watching or listening to NBA games are NBA League Pass Broadband (for US, or for International; both cost money) and NBA Audio League Pass (which is free). Look for them on NBA.com.

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It may or may not go without saying, but this goes for threads and posts as well, particularly when it's not made on the off-topic board (Market Square).

We do make exceptions if we feel the content is both innocuous and unlikely to cause social problems on the forum (such as wishing someone a Merry Christmas or a Happy Easter), and we also also make exceptions if such topics come up with regards to a sports figure (such as the Lance Stephenson situation bringing up discussions of domestic abuse and the law, or when Jason Collins came out as gay and how that lead to some discussion about gay rights).

However, once the discussion seems to be more/mostly about the political issues instead of the sports figure or his specific situation, the thread is usually closed.

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We prefer self-restraint and/or modesty when making jokes or off topic comments in a sports discussion thread. They can be fun, but sometimes they derail or distract from a topic, and we don't want to see that happen. If we feel it is a problem, we will either delete or move those posts from the thread.

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Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

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  • Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

    I saw this thread idea on another forum, and it's hard for me to pick one. The Pacers had tons of great moments the last 14 years but none really stick out to me as "the one". If I had to pick just one it would have to be Reggie's 25 point 4th quarter. That's the one that put the Pacers on the map, one game from the Finals. From that point on, the expectations for this team was to win a championship. So if you could pick just one moment what would it be and why?

    p.s. Good moments, not the brawl. Thanks

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    Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

    Dale's dislocated shoulder. Reggie was great, but it was Dale's shoulder that made me love that team.
    This space for rent.

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    • #3
      Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

      Considering that was the first Pacers / playoff game I've ever been to, I'd say I liked the 25 point 4th quarter performance too!

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      • #4
        Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

        When Roger Brown scored 120 points in the last three games to win the ABA championship.
        Go Pacers!

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        • #5
          Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

          Year-------ABA Champion-------------MVP

          1969-70---Indiana Pacers in 6--------Roger Brown
          1971-72---Indiana Pacers in 6--------Freddie Lewis
          1972-73---Indiana Pacers in 7--------George McGinnis

          Sure I was little, but it was still the best, especially the 3rd one since it was over the hated Kentucky Colonels

          modern:
          Reggie's 4th quarter vs. Knicks
          Reggie's 8 points in 9 seconds
          Rik's buzzer beater in ECF vs. Orlando
          Reggie's number retired
          my first visit to Conseco
          The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).

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          • #6
            Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

            Reggie's 8 points in 9 seconds.

            I think my 2nd fave was when Reggie banked it in from around half-court against the Nets to force overtime.

            Though the Pacers loss in what I believe was double OT, when he banked that in I took off running through my fraternity like screaming like a chicken with it's head cut off

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            • #7
              Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

              When he banked that shot, I allowed my friend to call off a pretty hefty bet he had on the Nets - thank god.

              Best of all, though, was the dunk he put on K-Mart and company to conclude the first overtime. Never saw him dunk until then. (Remember, this was before League Pass and I was a young, out-of-market fan)


              I also got pretty emotional when he left the game for the last time against Detroit. I mean, not as emotional as he got, but still, a very powerful moment.

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              • #8
                Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

                Favorite: 8 in 8.9

                Most excited: The Pushoff

                Proudest: LB's timeout
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                • #9
                  Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

                  Without a doubt, my most excited moment was Byron Scott's three against Orlando. That was the moment I became a Pacer fan.

                  My favorite is probably Reggie's pushoff against Jordan, or his general disregard for the entire New York Knicks franchise.

                  The memory that will stick with me though is without a doubt Reggie's final game against the Pistons. He puts up 27 points, goes down with absolutely nothing left in reserve. The way a real gunslinger should, and then him leaving the court for the last time. I was there, and it was an emotionally draining experience for myself and pretty much everyone around it. It will stick with me forever. The way he went out with his head held high, and the way the Pistons and Larry Brown showed him respect. Plus I'll probably never forget the way Stephen Jackson looked that night. Jack looked like his world was ending as Reggie walked off that court, and he gained a ton of respect from me that night.


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                  • #10
                    Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

                    Favorite moment: Tie - 1. Reggies 57 pt game in Charlotte. He just owned everyone. They had no answer. 2. When we finally won the EC finals.

                    Funniest moment: Chuck Person kicking the ball in the stands not once but twice. Found the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ...eature=related
                    Last edited by aceace; 08-27-2008, 11:53 PM. Reason: add video
                    "He wanted to get to that money time. Time when the hardware was on the table. That's when Roger was going to show up. So all we needed to do was stay close"
                    Darnell Hillman (Speaking of former teammate Roger Brown)

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                    • #11
                      Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

                      Favorite moment - 1991 Playoffs.

                      Innocence. Up-and-comers. Challenging the evil and despised Larry Bird in his home state.

                      Our first taste of what NBA playoff success could be.

                      Next favorite moment: listening to Mark and Slick during Game #7 of the 1994 ECFs. Slick being so nervous that he couldn't really watch the fourth quarter; Mark sent chills up my spind during the fourth quarter when he said so eloquently: "The championship of the Eastern Conference is on the line." Sadly, I got a bit ahead of myself and had to wait 6 more seasons to go to an NBA Finals game.

                      Which leads to my Third favorite moment: Walking into Conseco Fieldhouse and seeing the place decorated for hosting an NBA Finals game.
                      Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
                      Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
                      Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
                      Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
                      And life itself, rushing over me
                      Life itself, the wind in black elms,
                      Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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                      • #12
                        Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

                        My favorite moment was Reggie's banked in heave to force OT against the Nets as well. Good thing they didn't have instant replay on buzzer-beating shots back then...

                        Not the most notable and the game was still lost, but for some reason it was the most ecstatic I have ever been watching a Pacers game.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

                          Reggie's pushoff on MJ and dancing in a circle. Then the relief after MJs rimmed out almost gave me a heart attack on overload of emotions.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

                            My favorite was Smits and the Memorial Day Miracle against Orlando. It's my favorite because I was watching it at a friends house and my friends dad hated Reggie and the Pacers and my friends and I were all fans. When the Pacers went down by 1 with just a few seconds to go he was all rubbing it in. And then they inbounded the ball, Smits faked Tree Rollins out of his jock, and calmly drops in a leaner that hit nothing but net. My friends dad kicked us all out of the house when we relentlessly let him have it.

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                            Last edited by travmil; 08-28-2008, 12:22 AM. Reason: found youtube clip

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                            • #15
                              Re: Your favorite moment in Pacers History?

                              I always think of Reggie's shot over MJ, but I was really hyped my senior year of high school when Reggie had that amazing performance in Game 5 vs. New Jersey in 2002. That 40 foot bank shot and the OT dunk to force 2OT.

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