All,
We've seen an uptick in reactionary, constantly negative type posts that really don't add anything to the game threads, and a handful of different posters are largely responsible. We've already had to temporarily ban a few folks, and in some cases, that has helped change the behavior, and in others, it hasn't. To be clear, game threads by nature are reactionary, so some emotion in them is to be expected when things go poorly, but I am giving fair warning to the folks that only show up when things are going bad to say essentially the same things over and over ('This organization is the worst', '___ is an idiot', etc).
Also to be clear: criticism is fine and is to be expected when things aren't going well, but we are trying to weed out what I mentioned above along with 'This game is over', 'The Reds suck', etc. every time the opponent scores early in the game. I would encourage folks not to post if stuff like this is all you have to add because it really doesn't add anything productive. We're at the point that it doesn't make sense for us to allow the behavior of a select few to ruin the experience for the many who read and post in this forum, so I ask that people consider what they post prior to doing so, as we don't want to have to ban anyone else for this. We do have the option to ban users from this specific forum if their behavior is only a problem here, but we'd prefer not to have to go that route. In short, just chill out a bit and be aware of how what you post is perceived.
If you have any questions, let me know.