Why can't we discuss Leighs rebrand? (Merged Threads)

[Tim Streets tache]

Is there some sort of gagging order from Derek Beaumont for this forum? It's off season and not much happening. Why can't we discuss/laugh/have fun/praise Leighs rebrand without it being locked.

All very very bizarre. 

Shall we talk more about attendances??

Anyway.....

The latest design hot off the press. No doubt this will be locked soon enough. 

Remember kids. 100% serious is Rugby League. Nothing to smile about. 

 

The 3rd and final home shirt......

Edited November 18, 2022 by Tim Streets tache

[Chrispmartha]

It is bizarre.

The kit thread got locked because Gubrats took personal offence for some reason and started reporting everyone.

This thread will be locked shortly.

[LeytherRob]

I'd imagine the threads get locked because every one of them descends into petty squabbling within a couple of pages. This will likely go the same way.

[John Drake]

1 minute ago, LeytherRob said:

I'd imagine the threads get locked because every one of them descends into petty squabbling within a couple of pages. This will likely go the same way.

Exactly that.

[John Drake]

4 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

It is bizarre.

The kit thread got locked because Gubrats took personal offence for some reason and started reporting everyone.

This thread will be locked shortly.

The kit thread got locked because it was Thursday evening, we're on deadline with the latest issue of Rugby League World and I didn't have the time or patience to edit out all the off-topic drivel that had dragged it off topic.

It'll reopen when I have the time to do just that.

Ok with you?

[Simon Hall]

1 minute ago, John Drake said:

so what's the point?

Cos this whole Leigh rebrand is entertaining and very, very funny?

[John Drake]

9 minutes ago, Tim Streets tache said:

Is there some sort of gagging order from Derek for this forum? It's off season and not much happening. Why can't we discuss/laugh/have fun/praise Leighs rebrand without it being locked.

All very very bizarre. 

Shall we talk more about attendances??

Anyway.....

The latest design hot off the press. No doubt this will be locked soon enough. 

Remember kids. 100% serious is Rugby League. Nothing to smile about. 

You've answered your own question.

It's not a 'discussion', is it.

I'm fed up of dealing with the avalanche of reported posts this subject results in every time it rears its head on here. It descends into a slanging match every time.

It has been 'discussed'. Over and over again, and it always goes the same way, so what's the point?

[John Drake]

1 minute ago, Simon Hall said:

Cos this whole Leigh rebrand is entertaining and very, very funny?

Some people don't know where to draw the line.

[John Drake]

11 minutes ago, Tim Streets tache said:

It's off season and not much happening.

There are three World Cup finals this weekend.

[Simon Hall]

1 minute ago, John Drake said:

Some people don't know where to draw the line.

A bit like the designers who did the rebrand then.

[Tim Streets tache]

1 minute ago, John Drake said:

There are three World Cup finals this weekend.

And there are ample threads to discuss them Lets all guess the attendances and scores. Wooo.

 

Why can't fans of this sport self deprecate?

[John Drake]

1 minute ago, Simon Hall said:

A bit like the designers who did the rebrand then.

That would have been hilarious a dozen threads ago.

[John Drake]

Just now, Tim Streets tache said:

Why can't fans of this sport self deprecate?

When do they do anything else?

[Chrispmartha]

12 minutes ago, John Drake said:

The kit thread got locked because it was Thursday evening, we're on deadline with the latest issue of Rugby League World and I didn't have the time or patience to edit out all the off-topic drivel that had dragged it off topic.

It'll reopen when I have the time to do just that.

Ok with you?

You have my blessing John

[Chrispmartha]

12 minutes ago, John Drake said:

You've answered your own question.

It's not a 'discussion', is it.

I'm fed up of dealing with the avalanche of reported posts this subject results in every time it rears its head on here. It descends into a slanging match every time.

It has been 'discussed'. Over and over again, and it always goes the same way, so what's the point?

In fairness there wasn’t really a slanging match, nothing was personal to posters on here 

[Just Browny]

It seems a bit unnecessary; I've not seen anything on here that even faintly resembles the sort of barneys you used to get on here (besides when the WDL feel slighted). Like it or mock it, it seems like fair territory for off season chat.

[RP London]

23 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

In fairness there wasn’t really a slanging match, nothing was personal to posters on here 

Some people/person was taking it far too much to heart and not even seeing the positive. I got slagged off for wanting clarification of something that sounded terrible and tacky but isn't, and to which I agreed was good.. its bizarre at the moment

[Jughead]

Well, it descended into one poster abusing people yesterday, which saw the Kit thread locked. 

It’s going to be brought up again and again because of the number of brand changes that occur and have occurred since the announcement. It’s not personal at Leigh, though it’s going to be discussed in more detail because of these continual changes, the reasons behind the rebrand and the implementation, which hasn’t been good. 

[John Drake]

15 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

In fairness there wasn’t really a slanging match, nothing was personal to posters on here 

The latest locked thread (that's right, the latest one, in a seemingly never-ending series) was locked because it had drifted off topic into yet another oh-so-hilarious 'discussion' about Leigh, rather than the actual subject of the thread which was '2023 New Kits, Sponsors and Suppliers' - that means all of 'em, not just one club. 

It's worth remembering that when you look back at locked threads on here to find evidence of why they were locked, that a lot of the stuff that caused it to be locked will have been removed already in vain attempts to keep them open in the first place, before we as moderators eventually wave the white flag and give up.

Juts because you don't see people slagging each other off, doesn't mean they weren't slagging each other off before we intervened.

Then, when we do lock a thread, usually in despair, we get people moaning 'why can't we discuss x, y or zed on here' when the forum has been doing very little else but discuss x, y or zed till the cows (or in this case leopards) come home.

Imagine being stuck in a pub surrounded by people who want to repeat the same joke over and over and over again, and still think it's hilarious even when you've heard it a thousand times, until you eventually crack and beg them to stop for the sake of your sanity.

That's what being a moderator on here is like. 

[gingerjon]

4 minutes ago, John Drake said:

That's what being a moderator on here is like. 

You're going to love it when we get the first sighting of the Mr Leopard mascot on live TV.

[Wakefield Ram]

57 minutes ago, LeytherRob said:

I'd imagine the threads get locked because every one of them descends into petty squabbling within a couple of pages. This will likely go the same way.

 

Edited November 18, 2022 by Wakefield Ram

[Tommygilf]

 

4 minutes ago, John Drake said:

The latest locked thread (that's right, the latest one, in a seemingly never-ending series) was locked because it had drifted off topic into yet another oh-so-hilarious 'discussion' about Leigh, rather than the actual subject of the thread which was '2023 New Kits, Sponsors and Suppliers' - that means all of 'em, not just one club. 

It's worth remembering that when you look back at locked threads on here to find evidence of why they were locked, that a lot of the stuff that caused it to be locked will have been removed already in vain attempts to keep them open in the first place, before we as moderators eventually wave the white flag and give up.

Juts because you don't see people slagging each other off, doesn't mean they weren't slagging each other off before we intervened.

Then, when we do lock a thread, usually in despair, we get people moaning 'why can't we discuss x, y or zed on here' when the forum has been doing very little else but discuss x, y or zed till the cows (or in this case leopards) come home.

Imagine being stuck in a pub surrounded by people who want to repeat the same joke over and over and over again, and still think it's hilarious even when you've heard it a thousand times, until you eventually crack and beg them to stop for the sake of your sanity.

That's what being a moderator on here is like. 

In fairness John, 90% plus of Leigh fans on here either ignore such threads completely (as is their prerogative), or are happy to engage in constructive discussion around what they like and don't like about it. 

We are talking about a single figure number of posters who have taken umbridge every time criticism of this rebrand has come about, and unlike their fellow Leigh fans on here are either unable to ignore said threads or engage in any sort of constructive discussion - indeed a couple I can think of aren't afraid at all to be directly abusive to other posters if their mood so deems it too. 

[John Drake]

3 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

You're going to love it when we get the first sighting of the Mr Leopard mascot on live TV.

I'm all for someone starting a best and worst RL mascots thread.

I'm old enough to remember Winston Wildboar at Bradford Northern.

Bring it on.

[Chrispmartha]

3 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

 

In fairness John, 90% plus of Leigh fans on here either ignore such threads completely (as is their prerogative), or are happy to engage in constructive discussion around what they like and don't like about it. 

We are talking about a single figure number of posters who have taken umbridge every time criticism of this rebrand has come about, and unlike their fellow Leigh fans on here are either unable to ignore said threads or engage in any sort of constructive discussion - indeed a couple I can think of aren't afraid at all to be directly abusive to other posters if their mood so deems it too. 

If it was my club who had done what Leigh has done Id be leading the mickey taking.

[John Drake]

3 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

If it was my club who had done what Leigh has done Id be leading the mickey taking.

If it was your club, you might feel quite differently about other people doing it constantly though.

That's the way this stuff works.

We're all passionate about our own clubs, home towns, etc. We might mock them occasionally ourselves but will still get defensive about them when others have a go and perhaps don't know when to stop.