Meta: All Hail and Praise to MgoMods
Sometimes I hate people. Sometimes is almost all the time.
- Brian Cook, March 19, 2012
Reading some of the threads at mgoblog, I can begin to understand Mr. Cook's sentiments. In light of this, I want to hail and praise and thank the moderators of mgoblog. Recently, some threads have started to degenerate. And no, this has nothing to do with bewbs. It has to do with stupid, mindless, irritating, trolling, time-wasting posts. I had almost forgotten why I came to mgoblog in the first place. It was to avoid endless threads elsewhere (Mlive?) with virtually no real content or news or analysis or commentary. The moderators here protect us, and we are often clueless of our protectors.
(from a gloss explaining rangers in Lord of the Rings.) They secretly guarded and protected Eriador which included the Shire unbeknowst to its people from spies and invaders.
This explanation of rangers, including Strider/Aragorn, provides a good description of the moderators. They have an often thankless task. They guard and protect the realm of mgoblog, (often) unbeknowst to its people, from spies and invaders. Policing threads and deleting posts, administering the banhammer, occasionally participating in discussion, makes this one of the best blogs ever.
I want to single out BISB (Blue no longer in South Bend) and mgoprofit. There are others, who are in the background, and I want to thank you too.
I salute, thank, praise, and honor all of you who serve as moderators.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:40 PM ^
Off with your head!
(your points will return in 5 minutes)
March 20th, 2012 at 10:54 AM ^
Did you pour the requisite 'drink for the homey'?
I loved NWA. La SIDA sucks.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:41 PM ^
Are you sick again?
This is like thread 6 today from you.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:44 PM ^
March 19th, 2012 at 11:48 PM ^
Reading the Moderator Sticky is always entertaining.
March 20th, 2012 at 12:09 AM ^
March 19th, 2012 at 11:49 PM ^
FTR, 4th post in last 10 days. A bunch today, but none for a good week. Will go back to lurking. However, you've succeeding in annoying and irritating me with exactly what I don't like so it's time to sign off for a while.
Could you be more appropriate please? NSFW
/keeping the joke alive
kind of strange IMO, I must say. But hey, variety of people and all of that is good, so... no need to go away
March 19th, 2012 at 11:50 PM ^
2x post. delete.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:55 PM ^
March 19th, 2012 at 11:46 PM ^
"I had almost forgotten why I came to mgoblog in the first place. It was to avoid endless threads elsewhere (Mlive?) with virtually no real content or news or analysis or commentary."
This thread falls under all those categories. Our mods are cool, that is not thread worthy...
March 19th, 2012 at 11:48 PM ^
To all the mods, Hallelujah!
March 19th, 2012 at 11:55 PM ^
If you strike hime down he will come back as The Colombus Party Room. I don't think any one of us want that.
Probably for the best, though... I too fear the ObiWan scenario.
March 20th, 2012 at 12:28 PM ^
Shouldn't this be called the em0 scenario?
Did we ever find out how many computers there are in the Ann Arbor libraries?
March 19th, 2012 at 11:54 PM ^
March 20th, 2012 at 12:02 AM ^
the mods is all well and good; I think we all realize that some comments and threads here are in dire need of moderation. The question is, who, what, when, where and why? To moderate or not to moderate, that IS the question. Those decisions continue to remain in the hands of the site operators, as is their right. If we, as participants here, choose to disagree, so be it. The "door" is open and there are plenty of other sites to visit, should we find those moderation decisions too restrictive, or otherwise untenable. Kass was merely expressing his opinion, respectfully. The "ball in the mouth" post simply reinforces his observation.
March 20th, 2012 at 12:38 AM ^
are the mods some form of the hypnotoad?
Can you imagine how loud they mods would be when they all got together with all that "hypno-noise"?
March 20th, 2012 at 12:48 AM ^
Bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes...
March 20th, 2012 at 12:59 AM ^
This is the funniest post in the thread. I'm still the one that booted that thread and I'm still proud of it.
I was the one who deleted the "WHY DID YOU DELETE THE TOOL THREAD???" thread.
March 20th, 2012 at 12:51 AM ^
If you like them so much, why don't you marry them?
Who is on your avatar picture?
It's his wife circa 1963. The same wife who hates bewbs and all men who appreciate bewbs.
Welp. I'm officially an asshole then, aren't I.
Just send money...
We get paid in points.
March 20th, 2012 at 10:41 AM ^
That's even worse than getting paid in gum...
I'm not quite sure I understood the metaphor, however I am totally fine with being a Dunedein.
I had just had my 3rd conversation of the week about how "Jimmy Clausen is going to lead this team to a National Championship," and I couldn't freeking take it anymore. I needed a conversational outlet, and MGoBlog was it.
I'm one of the people who don't really help this blog at all. I come in about once a day and say something stupid probably trying to make a joke, and then leave. I enjoy what you guys have to say though, which is why I keep coming around.
Sycophancy.
to indicate excessive wear. /s
This is probably one of the dorkiest posts ever and that is saying something. You were a RA in college, this I am sure of.
Hail to Me, eee, eee, eee
Hail to Me, eee, eee, eee
Hail, Hail
To Me, eee, eee
The champion and the best!
you come from a long line of the Kings of Men, and are currently hidden, but stil ruling
Moved to Benton Harbor 8 years ago and found the number of Irish fans here nauseating. So much worse than in Chicago, where I was previously.
The two Michigan fans here banded together and we discuss the blog on a daily basis. Yes, we are those guys.
March 20th, 2012 at 12:14 PM ^
Small world. I'm originally from Benton Harbor, and certain that I am related to at least half the city. I was always nauseated by the love they show Indiana/Illinois teams. I guess they are brainwashed by all the SB/Chi media they receive. I want to walk around with a loud speaker yelling "BENTON HARBOR IS IN MICHIGAN PEOPLE. GET OFF OF SOUTH BEND AND CHICAGO'S NUTSACK!!! Of course I'd probably get shot for that.
You seem to post a new thread or two every day. This was not your best one.