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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**"

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"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.

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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.

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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:

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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.

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Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

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  • #46
    Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

    THis is a historic win. This has the mark of a champion. GO AHEAD AND CROWN THEIR ***!

    I was really worried after the 1st quarter, I thought....here we go again another San Antonio Blow out. 11 years, and nothing has changed. But all the sudden D West came back into the game, Paul George Came back into the game. Adjustments were made and the Pacers systematically dismantled them over the next 2 quarters. I mean just crazy the show those 2 put on. Spurs just dont lose at home, It just doesn't happen. They have a way of just lulling teams to sleep with perfect execution. Yet the Pacer's weathered the storm and started landing hay-makers.

    Our bench is still inconsistent, but I have a feeling that in about 2 weeks time they'll solve the issue. All the ill advised shots and just down right stupid plays will start to go down and be replaced with DG's corner 3's
    You can't get champagne from a garden hose.

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    • #47
      Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

      mentioned in the game thread. but if someone stated pacers were going 81-1

      guessing I would have stated we lost in SA right.


      STATEMENT WIN. lil hesitant w so many off days for SA. OKC game will be interesting to say the least.

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      • #48
        Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

        Pop:
        "If you lose, you were less aggressive, and you didn't have the effort; that's all baloney," San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. "That's psycho-babble. You don't think Patty Mills and those guys played hard? You don't think Timmy tried to play hard? That's silly. They played better than we did. It's got nothing to do with effort."

        http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400489169

        This guy has the best quotes EVER.

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        • #49
          Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

          i am beginning to think that we are legit.
          Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.

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          • #50
            Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

            Originally posted by Sandman21 View Post
            The Pacers left their normal hammer on the bus. Instead, they found a sledgehammer to throw down on the Spurs.
            They lost the hammer somewhere between Utah and San Antonio. I am sure that Candace will blog about it soon
            Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.

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            • #51
              Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

              Very nice to get the win, but as good as I know SA is, am still wondering how
              this happened. Either they rolled over early, or we rolled them over early.
              Something wierd just happened...

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              • #52
                Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

                San Antonio's record is a bit of a mirage, they've not performed well against good teams. But they're still very good.

                That said, this was a grown up game. We've become a little bit of Spurs East the last few years the way we emphasize chemistry and culture and "team" top to bottom in the franchise. They hit some nutty stuff in the last 5 or so minutes to make it respectable, but little brother's a grown man now and just went to San Antonio and punked big bro for the first time since I was in high school. HIGH SCHOOL, I'm turning 30 next month, I'm starting to lose my damn hair, that's how long it's been.

                Going into the year I was thinking another tough series loss to Miami would be fine, I'd be more or less satisfied. **** that, I want my replica ring. This is the best Pacers team in NBA history, title or bust.

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                • #53
                  Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

                  Originally posted by RamBo_Lamar View Post
                  Very nice to get the win, but as good as I know SA is, am still wondering how
                  this happened. Either they rolled over early, or we rolled them over early.
                  Something wierd just happened...
                  spurs are hustling us for the finals... !?!?

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                  • #54
                    Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

                    Originally posted by Eleazar View Post
                    I wouldn't call it a good thing, just an unimportant thing. Right now all we can hope is that maybe Orlando will remember how to shoot like he did last year. He is shooting 50% from one step inside the arc, but hasn't been able to hit a three to save his life for most of the season. Around the basket he is shooting 55%.
                    When Monte Ellis started playing for Don nelson under the Warriors as a rookie, Monte wasn't doing very well shooting th 3pt ball. In practice though, Monta was doing very well shooting just inside the arc. So Don Nelson, the guy that loves for his Team to take 3pt shots, told Monte that when he's going to take a shot from the perimeter....he wanted him to step one foot inside the 3pt line and take a better percentage shot instrad of a 3pt shot that Monte ( at that point in his career ) wasn't quite ready to take and effectively make.

                    Long story short....maybe OJ should ( for now ) take the shot that he is more comfortable taking ( simply by stepping 1 foot inside the line ) instead of one that he ( up to this point in his career ) isn't quite ready to take.
                    Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.

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                    • #55
                      Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

                      Originally posted by CableKC View Post
                      When Monte Ellis started playing for Don nelson under the Warriors as a rookie, Monte wasn't doing very well shooting th 3pt ball. In practice though, Monta was doing very well shooting just inside the arc. So Don Nelson, the guy that loves for his Team to take 3pt shots, told Monte that when he's going to take a shot from the perimeter....he wanted him to step one foot inside the 3pt line and take a better percentage shot instrad of a 3pt shot that Monte ( at that point in his career ) wasn't quite ready to take and effectively make.

                      Long story short....maybe OJ should ( for now ) take the shot that he is more comfortable taking ( simply by stepping 1 foot inside the line ) instead of one that he ( up to this point in his career ) isn't quite ready to take.
                      I'm not sure that is the case, although might be worth a try. One small sample size (only 8 shots from just inside the 3), two in 3 of the 5 3-point areas he is shooting basically identical percentages as last year. The problem is the two areas where he shot over 50% last season the top and top left he has shot 1 for 9. Another problem with that is Orlando spends far more time on the right side than he does on the left. Based on last years shot distribution it seems to be true last year too.

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                      • #56
                        Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

                        Originally posted by Pacerfan View Post
                        Pop:
                        "If you lose, you were less aggressive, and you didn't have the effort; that's all baloney," San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. "That's psycho-babble. You don't think Patty Mills and those guys played hard? You don't think Timmy tried to play hard? That's silly. They played better than we did. It's got nothing to do with effort."

                        http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400489169

                        This guy has the best quotes EVER.
                        And that's exactly why Pop is an amazing coach.
                        Originally posted by IrishPacer
                        Empty vessels make the most noise.

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                        • #57
                          Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

                          This game was hilarious. The Spurs thought we were going to quit after the bad start, once we came back, they didn't know what was going on lol. Also the crowd was hilarious still cheering an yelling when we were up 20 points late in the 4th
                          Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel

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                          • #58
                            Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

                            I'm so freakin' happy with this win, I wanted this one more than any other on this road trip.
                            This team is just amazing, I love everything about them.

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                            • #59
                              Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

                              When I saw the 1st quarter with San Antonio hitting virtually everything and those mid/long range jumpers that we want to give to our opponents and with us settling for jumpers and not showing particular will to post or drive, I immediately thought same old same old, we will never beat them at their place.

                              But the team reacted excellently in the second half, reducing the deficit in the 2nd quarter and taking the lead at the second. Then in the 3rd quarter we just cracked it wide open and it was a joy to see.

                              Great great result and a statement win. Really happy for the guys.
                              Never forget

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                              • #60
                                Re: Pacers/Spurs Postgame Thread 12/7/13

                                finally got to rewatch the game after working all night on 3rd shift, was that even real life? I've never seen a team just dismantle the spurs that bad at home. Despite the garbage time stat padding to make it look a tad bit more respectable towards the end for the spurs benefit that was pure domination from about midway through the second quarter and through the third. Maybe we can get a chant going for paul when he comes home between the G2 Zone and Area 55 for "MV" "PG" make it happen folks

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