Majority opinion always gets rewards
2001's unhinged raving gave me an idea--maybe there is truth to his claim that the majority opinion gets rewarded with all kinds of mgopoints. This is in addition to the hot chicks, free beer, and private invitations to Brian's Algonquin Round Table lunches at Red Hawk (to those of you lower than 250 points, this is where we get together and discuss how to further reinforce our single POV) that we already receive of course. So here goes, get ready for consensus opinion, feel free to reward me with mgopoints beyond the dreams of lesser men:
I like Rich Rodriguez. He always does a good job.
Those who have little mgopoints are necessary to support those of us who have many.
I like chocolate.
Thank you.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:29 AM ^
I'm not a big chocolate fan.
January 20th, 2010 at 11:49 AM ^
i gotta get this shirt.
January 20th, 2010 at 2:29 PM ^
You can say that about any white basketball player
January 20th, 2010 at 2:11 PM ^
Even SWITZERLAND is on board with chocolate... and they don't take sides on anything.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:31 AM ^
Crap under 250 so here's me doing the part and +1ing you. Do agree on your chocolate POV though.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:31 AM ^
not like chocolate
January 20th, 2010 at 10:34 AM ^
racism
January 20th, 2010 at 12:32 PM ^
get off the laptop
January 20th, 2010 at 10:34 AM ^
hey mr. personal attack. so nice to see you again. i wonder how brave you are in real life??
January 20th, 2010 at 10:41 AM ^
Are you brave enough to scour the local libraries at 4 am to find the man massaging himself to MGoBlog and make that ad hominem attack?
January 20th, 2010 at 10:42 AM ^
what a valuable contribution to the discussion. your reward, 1 mgopoint. hope you get negged for point scavenging.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:48 AM ^
Anyone got a shovel?
January 20th, 2010 at 1:00 PM ^
Dude I hope we do that to Wisconsin next year.
January 20th, 2010 at 1:45 PM ^
The only reason I know this is because I now live in Ohio and as part of their driving test I had to identify common roadkill and at least six ways to grill it... This is a weird state.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:34 AM ^
The MGoPoint system does contribute to a good amount of "groupthink". But, because it is effective in eliminating trolls and improving the overall quality of posting, the positives far outweigh the negatives.
January 20th, 2010 at 1:08 PM ^
Some of the biggest dissenters have the most MgoPoints - which are useless anyway.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:35 AM ^
going out on a limb. Michigan is awesome!
January 20th, 2010 at 10:37 AM ^
You don't get MGoPoints by having a majority opinion. You
January 20th, 2010 at 10:40 AM ^
scrounging
January 20th, 2010 at 10:48 AM ^
Sorry I missed that. Say it again?
January 20th, 2010 at 12:29 PM ^
OK, but this time in pretentious code so that only the incrowd knows what I'm saying:
Tu n'obtenes pas de points en ayant une opinion majoritaire. Tu obtenes des points en chapardage pour eux.
Nie dostaniesz punkty, które z opinią większości. Otrzymujesz punkty przepłukiwania im.
This post has been brought to you by Google Translate. Please don't neg me if the Polish is actually Mr. Personal Attack talking.
January 20th, 2010 at 8:06 PM ^
描述分数制度的複雜怎么样在某一非歐洲語言?
January 21st, 2010 at 7:25 AM ^
ก็ อย่าง สะดวก ทั้งหมด ที่ คุณ ต้อง ทำ คือ การ เขียน จำนวน มหาศาล โพ ส ต์ และ ไม่ เคย พูด อะไร จริง.
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:56 PM ^
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January 20th, 2010 at 10:49 AM ^
too funny... I had to give you +1 for each. Obviously you are not quite to the 250 mark yet.
January 20th, 2010 at 12:07 PM ^
... over and over...
It's a volume business.
January 20th, 2010 at 1:10 PM ^
Unless you take the GM approach that Koem0 took: Lose points on each post but make it up on volume.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:53 AM ^
C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!!!!!!!!!
Edit* didnt work :,(
January 20th, 2010 at 10:37 AM ^
Yes there is a "system" here on the blog.
No it is not unfair.
Look I think Brian/mods do a good job of allowing people their freedom of speech. This is why the ability to post is 20pts and not 1000pts.
But there has to be some self moderation and censorship. People think that they can just create accounts and post right away what their thoughts are. Whether it is with/against the general opinion, it can be considered trolling.
Is the system perfect? No, but it's better than nothing.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:45 AM ^
Agree. I would rather have self-censorship than a mod who constantly deletes every questionable post. Once you have enough points, it's nice to be able to make an occasional "off-color" comment.
January 20th, 2010 at 2:14 PM ^
I think [comment removed by benevolent mod overlords].
Thoughts?
January 20th, 2010 at 10:38 AM ^
Barwis wouldn't be able to insist on chocolate milk.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:42 AM ^
but I'm going to wait to see what everyone else says first.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:45 AM ^
expressed here. I LOVE Rodriguez. He always does a GREAT job. Take that, groupthink!
January 20th, 2010 at 10:50 AM ^
I see I missed out on all of the fun early this morning...
First off....enough of this Vast Mgoblog Conspiracy. We don't hold meetings(aside from the WLA), we haven't created a manifesto or an Mgoblog platform by which all posters opinions are judged as being in accordance with or dissenting of.
There are plenty of debates/thoughtful discussions that take place on here all the time. Try reading a diary every once and awhile. Most of the better discussion takes place there.
This board is one part discussion one part conversation. The Mgoblog community has been that way dating back to the days of halo scan (especially in the days of halo scan). You don't have to participate in the conversational dynamic of the board, but as with all social communities (work, friends, family) people just like to goof around. No one likes to spend every day at work with someone who only likes to talk about work. Providing analysis is good, but we're not all freaking robots.
It would be one thing if you provided this blog with some analysis, but you really don't even do that. You're all about speculation and conjecture. Posting a depth chart about probable starters or making a thread about probable recruits is first of all redundant because it has been beaten to death, and second of all doesn't come close to anything resembling analysis.
Analysis would be if you were to, first of all, (and this is the big one) do some research! Shocking! Research! Look up a few statistics that you think are interesting and use them to build a case as to why you think X or Y happened. Compare them with past seasons and provide a thought provoking piece of work back up by hard evidence.
There is no "hive mind" and no Vast Mgoconspiracy here. You are free to have whatever opinions you like, sometimes you may get a +1, even though you're wrong, and sometimes you may get a -1, even if you're right. Life in a nutshell.
I've been around these parts for many a year and from what I've learned the only things you need to do to be successful here are...
1. Provide some insight.
2. Don't be retarded.
3. Don't be annoying.
4. Don't be overly antagonistic (and if you feel you have to be, have a sense of humor about it).
5. Provide some insight!
and lastly but maybe most importantly...
6. Don't hop on board the Mgomeltdown express.
Sure there are a lot of people who don't ever provide any insight and just drop a few one liners every now and again, but just as you wish to participate exclusively in the content side of the mogocommunity, some only wish to partake in the conversational branch. Respect them and they will respect you.
It's going to take some time to detach yourself from the stigma of your past but other posters have accomplished this feat by realizing what it was they were doing that was causing them to receive a negative reaction and working to fix it. That is not conforming, it's being self aware.
Good luck em0.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:50 AM ^
Though, I immediately knew the contents of a thread titled "To whom it may concern" and having 150+ responses.
Its cool though, I'm sure the boom/bust cycle will continue. Somewhere out there, there's a fresh account just waiting to discuss our chances with recruits and which recruits will make an impact on the depth chart.
January 20th, 2010 at 12:29 PM ^
Very good TheLastProphet. Attempt to throw him off the scent of our MgoMeetings ( 10 AM, TWTh, Bennies).
Also, good work on trying to convince him we actually aren't an army of robots programmed by Brian (CSE major??!!!!11!) to just reinforce his opinion.
I've said too much. Please don't deactivate me!
January 20th, 2010 at 2:16 PM ^
What part of "super secret meeting" didn't you understand?
January 20th, 2010 at 2:27 PM ^
Srsly?
Way to make me look like a total douche. No cookie for you this thurs 10pm in the secret room under the union.
awwww...gawd dammit...i did it too....
January 20th, 2010 at 10:48 AM ^
Whining about mgopoints, even sarcastically, is a surefire way to lose mgopoints.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:51 AM ^
I voted for Gore.
ZING!!!
January 20th, 2010 at 11:11 AM ^
Did you also help fund his efforts to attempt to finally destroy ManBearPig?