I have been a part of ESB only for about two years or so, first as a read only and then as a poster. It seems to me that the forum has really lost itself a little lately. Its a mix between too many huggers, too many haters, and frankly a lot of trolling lately. My question, for those here for 3 years or more, is whether this is just a cyclical thing, or whether you agree that ESB is beggining to lose itself as the best boxing site out there. I still wouln't want to post anywhere else, because we have some really knowledgable cats here, but it seems we are falling off a little lately. Discuss.
Its cyclical except for Floyd Boys. I suppose I'm a HATER when it comes to Floyd, but I prefer TRUTH TELLER:yep Same **** happens in every forum. The difference here? You have a lot of knowledge guy's and freedom of speech within reasonable limits:good After all? ESB has "adopted" or is it "adapted" 2 the Zelenoff idiocy!! And truthfully? ITS MUCH MORE FUN THIS WAY A lot of the "other" Sites? Are extremely biased in their handling the forums. So sure the troll's will parade through. They get laughed at, rebuked, and generally make asses of themselves. They do it on those sites too. Talk ****, get banned, move on, and recycle:hey Here? The real vets? Know who the real vets are! There's general respect when it comes to such. ESB is where it's at! Dont let if fool ya:good
The board has gone downhill...WAAY downhill. There are still some quality posters here, but there seemed to be more a couple years ago. And yes, there are more trolls or huggers then normal. People think being pig headed and talking **** means something.
recently i have resorted to trolling, you just cant have a good discussion now a days without some 'e-thug' ghetto wannabe pretending to be gangsta over the internet, you just gotta fight fire with fire.
It gets old, as you can only go tit for tat for so long with braindead assholes before it wears on you. It did me some at least. I found asking some of these newbs tough questions runs them off faster.
My question would be when did it start going downhill fast? Cause in the 10 months I have been here it hasn't changed much imo. There have been trolls and keyboard warriors all along
lol i've been reading esb since like 2003-2004 just started posting lik 2 years ago. but this is the best site period it's just like life even stupid people get to live thus the serge of trolls latley
i used to ask the newbie floyd fans for their top 20 all time p4p lists, they used to disappear for days, now they just ignore it.
i used to have another account, when i lurked here couple of years ago. but it has always been like this. the cycles we have are more or less "fanboy" cycles. wherein there are new "flavors of the month" who fanboys tend to ride hard. once the "flavor of the month" gets old these guys disappear, i.e carlito and his manlove for margarito. we have a lot of quality posters on here. but in general, there are more fanboys on esb than actual boxing fans.
The only one I know of is Crosstrainer. I miss his knowledgable posts. I think that others are here but just don't post enough.