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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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Vogel plans to use D-League this year

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  • Vogel plans to use D-League this year


    There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.

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    Good!! That is exactly who it would be good for! Orlando Johnson should spend most of the year there, I think.

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      ...and Miles?
      He seemed pretty ready play some spot minutes at 5 and contribute

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        good move I bet Pritchard is behind this he has used that tool very well in the past in Portland.

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          Re: Vogel plans to use D-League this year

          Originally posted by rel View Post
          ...and Miles?
          He seemed pretty ready play some spot minutes at 5 and contribute
          how much would he actually play though? I think Mahinmi is going to take up a lot of the back up 4/5 mins with Hans getting the rest. Might be better for Miles to be in the D-League, getting actual playing time.

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            The Vets aren't going to like this! They won't have any rookie's to get their donuts or wear pink backpacks or whatever. They will have to do for themselves. (giggle, giggle, snort)

            On second thought they might not send the three of them up to Fort Wayne at the same time . . . darn!

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              Re: Vogel plans to use D-League this year

              I'm not a big fan of D-League. I think they learn more being up with the Pacers, practicing, getting to know the ways of the NBA. Not a big deal either way.

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                I agree, most people learn best by playing with and against the best, not with those who couldn't make it.

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                  Re: Vogel plans to use D-League this year

                  I'm very happy they are going to use the DLeague. Better than riding the bench. Getting actual minutes will help.
                  First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.

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                    Re: Vogel plans to use D-League this year

                    Originally posted by Unclebuck View Post
                    I'm not a big fan of D-League. I think they learn more being up with the Pacers, practicing, getting to know the ways of the NBA. Not a big deal either way.
                    Good coaching at the d league level is probably the key.

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                      Re: Vogel plans to use D-League this year

                      I love Frank Vogel. I love the fact that his ego is not so large that he is not afraid to not have his players under his thumb every min. of every day.

                      What Uncle Buck say's has some merit, but from about the middle of December to the end of March most teams do not practice anyway, as in full actuall practice. They have shoot arounds & film sessions. Yes they get the benefit of the coaching staff being here with them but nothing & I mean nothing beats actual game experiance.

                      The D-leauge is not NBA level for sure but it's not AAU or a rec. league either.

                      To say I'm thrilled with this is a massive understatement.


                      Basketball isn't played with computers, spreadsheets, and simulations. ChicagoJ 4/21/13

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                        Re: Vogel plans to use D-League this year

                        Originally posted by Unclebuck View Post
                        I'm not a big fan of D-League. I think they learn more being up with the Pacers, practicing, getting to know the ways of the NBA. Not a big deal either way.
                        I think it depends on the player and what you're hoping to achieve. For OJ, he needs to regain confidence in his shot. That's not going to happen sitting on the bench. He needs to play and I think the D-League is the best place to do it. He needs consistent minutes to either sink or swim. If he's the shooter we thought he was then he should be able to show it in the D-League.

                        I think D-League would have been horrible for Lance. He would have tried to be the star. I doubt that the D-League experience could have changed his mindset.

                        For Ben? I don't see the point of D-League unless they just want him to stay sharp or work on specific things.

                        Hard to say with Miles. I think they want to change his mindset a bit and he seems very coachable. Maybe the D-League will work for him. It depends a lot on who they have to work with him and how much input the Pacers have into how they play. It's not helpful if he just learns how to dominate smaller and slower bigs.

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                          I agree with Peck completely. As I said in another thread, Orlando needs scoring reps. Yes, it's possible that he will develop some moves that don't work against NBA players, but he's going to be handling the ball a lot, taking lots of in game style jumpers (on the move, less space, heart rate up) and at least learning how to score against weaker defenders still better than his NCAA level competition.

                          I think there is great value in not putting up such a high barrier that some players can't climb it. Players can become dejected when faced with a growth step that exceeds their immediate ability. Just having me stand in front of a 30' sheer wall saying "learn to climb it" is not an effective teaching tool. Give Orlando lower goals that he can work to, then build on that, and then when he's improved more he can return and take a shot at the NBA obstacles, which at that point won't be as daunting and out of reach.


                          Plumlee is athletic enough to be here, but his game is very undisciplined.

                          Bottom line, reps, reps, reps. It's true that you can learn bad habits and it's true that you can kinda absorb the environment by sitting on the bench, but ultimately the odds of success are that those bad habits and that bench learning just aren't nearly as large as the positives the situation provides.

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                            Re: Vogel plans to use D-League this year

                            I like that. It's great for OJ.

                            I'd like Miles to be in the rotation and play as I think that he is NBA ready but if he's going to get major playing time in the D-League then that's fine as well
                            Originally posted by IrishPacer
                            Empty vessels make the most noise.

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                              Re: Vogel plans to use D-League this year

                              Originally posted by Unclebuck View Post
                              I'm not a big fan of D-League. I think they learn more being up with the Pacers, practicing, getting to know the ways of the NBA. Not a big deal either way.
                              It's not like they'd be spending ALL their time in the D-League.

                              Anyway, we don't know yet how much time the Pacers' young players will actually spend in Fort Wayne. It could be as little as a one week stretch during a long Pacers road trip.

                              Regarding coaching, if the Pacers had their own D-League team, they'd have control over the coaching staff. It costs surprisingly little too - under the hybrid system of ownership, the running cost of a D-League team (including salaries) would be less than what they're paying Ben Hansbrough...

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