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Needed to class up the joint: Please welcome Rugged to the Hoops Mod crew

Buffnik

Real name isn't Nik
Club Member
Junta Member
It's great to have one of our most knowledgeable basketball guys more involved.

AllBuffs hoops coverage just keeps getting better.

(Handicapping odds on who he bans first will be in a separate thread.)



I would also like to say that I, Buffnik, am gay for Rugged.
 
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Well now that nik told me they are in a relationship, I guess I'm going to have to cancel that order of flowers, chocolates and Flunitrazepam that I had sent to rugged for valentines day.
 
Will he be running for President next?
Welcome to the Mod Squad Rugged, well deserved addition.
 
Like a good zombie movie, this is not going to end well. But, I'm going to enjoy the ride.
 
Well now that nik told me they are in a relationship, I guess I'm going to have to cancel that order of flowers, chocolates and Flunitrazepam that I had sent to rugged for valentines day.

Why? I'm pretty sure Rugged isn't the type to be exclusive...
 
Rugged as a mod. Wow -- very interesting.

I'm still relatively new to AB, so I have to ask, what exactly is the role of moderator on Allbuffs? On other forums, I'm used to seeing moderators enforce the ToS, usually by warning members, locking threads, deleting posts and in extreme instances, deleting accounts. Given that Rugged is our new mod, I'm curious which, if any, of the Terms he'll be focused on. To help, I've listed the ToS below, along with relevant examples of Rugged's passion for them.


1. no racism or bigotry
2. Personal attacks against CU players (current, future, or former) or their families will not be tolerated and will be immediately deleted. [I have no relevant examples]
3. No pornography, nudity, or sexually explicit pictures or posts.
4. No spamming we could spend days arguing about the definition of spam, but I'll let this one go for the moment.
5. No trolling. I thought of a second example, but couldn't find the thread -- I seem to recall Rugged calling someone "stupid" for asking a question. I personally know the guy Rugged was talking about, and he is stupid, but still...
6. We value the free exchange of ideas and opinions, but this is not a democracy. Rugged is right on top of this "not a democracy thing", see #5.
7. Violation of any of our rules, or just generally failing to be a valued part of our community in some way may lead to warnings (formal and informal), suspensions (of varying length), or bannings (long term or permanent). Yeah, right. (recognizing I may be on thin ice), has anyone ever gotten banned from AB?
8. Do not reveal personal information about other people on our forums
9. Feuds between posters are often amusing, but, please avoid real world threats and similar behavior. I found many examples of amusing feuds involving Rugged, but he does seem to avoid making RW threats. I have an idea why, but can't confirm.
10. Some of our forums have special rules that apply in addition to these rules.
(a) ... sports forums are dedicated to subjects that are relevant to that forum’s sport.
(b) The Recruiting Forums ... [no relevant examples]
(c) The Pub is for all off-topic discussions (except for politics and religion)
(d) Barzil is a special forum for our paid members. sigh. maybe I should pay up so I can hang with the cool 35 year old kids.
(e) The Politics forum (and the religion subforum) are reasonably free-wheeling...
(f) The Smack forum is where incessant feuding goes to die... I haven't found this forum yet, guess it's either deprecated or paid member's only.
11. Recognize that forum moderation is subjective. Rugged is way ahead of this one, even by AB standards.
12. These rules are subject to change at any time, without notice. or without change to this webpage, apparently.

all TIC, of course. There went my valuable lunch hour. I didn't have time to proof this, so apologies if I screwed anything up.

serious note: the VT website I used to heavily participate in got way too heavily moderated which turned off a lot of members (they also screwed up a few other things really bad which probably hurt worse). I'm not a fan of censorship and generally appreciate the loose interpretation of the ToS at AB. I can at least criticize Frank Beamer over here without concern of banishment.

side, side note: I love that I can use keyboard shortcuts in this forum instead of the GUI controls: <CNTL>-B for bold and <CNTL>-I for italics, but it's pissing me off that I can't <CNTL>-K for insert link.
 
I am really scared as to what would happen if anyone made one of those lists about me.
 
We need to update the TOS. "Smack" forum is now the Island. It was once a short-lived place that bcs moderated. Good times.

And hokie, please remember that AB isn't exactly a profit-making venture. The mods are volunteers and pretty all revenue collected that doesn't get plowed back into the board (or used for hookers & blow) ends up going to CU causes. Most of what we look for in a mod is someone who will enhance the site through content / entertainment / fun while making it so the work among the mods is spread out among enough people that it never feels like a 2nd job to any of us. The original intent of AB as "for the fans, by the fans" very much applies to even how we mod. We're fans first and we want this to be a site we enjoy going to.
 
The mods around here don't do anything anyway - purely a symbolic title
 
random question:

based upon this thread, which poster is most likely to be wound so tight as to be able to swallow a piece of charcoal and soon thereafter shoot a diamond out of their own ass? :rofl:

i kid.

*full disclosure. i wrote those mutha****in TOS and i'm unusually attached to them. so there.
 
Rugged as a mod. Wow -- very interesting.

I'm still relatively new to AB, so I have to ask, what exactly is the role of moderator on Allbuffs? On other forums, I'm used to seeing moderators enforce the ToS, usually by warning members, locking threads, deleting posts and in extreme instances, deleting accounts. Given that Rugged is our new mod, I'm curious which, if any, of the Terms he'll be focused on. To help, I've listed the ToS below, along with relevant examples of Rugged's passion for them.


1. no racism or bigotry
2. Personal attacks against CU players (current, future, or former) or their families will not be tolerated and will be immediately deleted. [I have no relevant examples]
3. No pornography, nudity, or sexually explicit pictures or posts.
4. No spamming we could spend days arguing about the definition of spam, but I'll let this one go for the moment.
5. No trolling. I thought of a second example, but couldn't find the thread -- I seem to recall Rugged calling someone "stupid" for asking a question. I personally know the guy Rugged was talking about, and he is stupid, but still...
6. We value the free exchange of ideas and opinions, but this is not a democracy. Rugged is right on top of this "not a democracy thing", see #5.
7. Violation of any of our rules, or just generally failing to be a valued part of our community in some way may lead to warnings (formal and informal), suspensions (of varying length), or bannings (long term or permanent). Yeah, right. (recognizing I may be on thin ice), has anyone ever gotten banned from AB?
8. Do not reveal personal information about other people on our forums
9. Feuds between posters are often amusing, but, please avoid real world threats and similar behavior. I found many examples of amusing feuds involving Rugged, but he does seem to avoid making RW threats. I have an idea why, but can't confirm.
10. Some of our forums have special rules that apply in addition to these rules.
(a) ... sports forums are dedicated to subjects that are relevant to that forum’s sport.
(b) The Recruiting Forums ... [no relevant examples]
(c) The Pub is for all off-topic discussions (except for politics and religion)
(d) Barzil is a special forum for our paid members. sigh. maybe I should pay up so I can hang with the cool 35 year old kids.
(e) The Politics forum (and the religion subforum) are reasonably free-wheeling...
(f) The Smack forum is where incessant feuding goes to die... I haven't found this forum yet, guess it's either deprecated or paid member's only.
11. Recognize that forum moderation is subjective. Rugged is way ahead of this one, even by AB standards.
12. These rules are subject to change at any time, without notice. or without change to this webpage, apparently.

all TIC, of course. There went my valuable lunch hour. I didn't have time to proof this, so apologies if I screwed anything up.

serious note: the VT website I used to heavily participate in got way too heavily moderated which turned off a lot of members (they also screwed up a few other things really bad which probably hurt worse). I'm not a fan of censorship and generally appreciate the loose interpretation of the ToS at AB. I can at least criticize Frank Beamer over here without concern of banishment.

side, side note: I love that I can use keyboard shortcuts in this forum instead of the GUI controls: <CNTL>-B for bold and <CNTL>-I for italics, but it's pissing me off that I can't <CNTL>-K for insert link.

tl;dr
 
random question:

based upon this thread, which poster is most likely to be wound so tight as to be able to swallow a piece of charcoal and soon thereafter shoot a diamond out of their own ass? :rofl:

i kid.

*full disclosure. i wrote those mutha****in TOS and i'm unusually attached to them. so there.

So that's what you do around here when you're not losing fantasy leagues.
 
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