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I for one was having a hard time over the last month. Its hard enough when the team sucks and every game about gives you an ulcer, but turn to DN and its nothing but fighting, name calling and so on. I just simply stopped coming by as much. Hope this holds up cause I need a place to talk Vikings and this really should be it!

SKOL VIkings

When I joined last summer this was my favorite site on the net, and there was a group of posters that all knew each other and were always talking with each other. Now it seems as if we’ve gotten a fresh wave of new handels around here and some of them are spoiling the fun for everybody else. Don’t get my wrong I love seeing more attracted to this site but I think the problem with what some guys were having is we were so accustomed to having that group where you could name everybody that would be at the gamethread before they’d be there and you knew the way the person was. (If they were sarcastic and whatnot)

Now theres a bunch of newer guys and some of them try to bully and belittle everybody else because they’re on the Internet. Like I said though I’m very glad we have the Dailynirseman

If we could all follow Ted’s lead, and put forward some more cheerfulness in the face of this adversity, it would help some. I’ll do my part.

There are some particular “Farve supporters” that rip you when you try and support you call for a change with the number supporting facts. Hopefully there are better responses than “Nope” in the future of the DN.

the 2010 version of the Vikings is at an all time high. There have been similar single games in the course of the team’s history, but, this as best I can recall, is unprecedented. Still, I agree that tempers have been running high, usually centered around Favre, play him vs. sit him, who is a real fan, etc. The way I see it, most, if not ALL the posters are fans, but, they just come at it with varying perspectives. It is only because the team is not performing do these subtle differences bubble up. Good post Ted to calm down the troops. I hope.

I got a bit uppity at a Packer troll earlier this week, and I regret it. Sorry to any of you who read it. This site is better than that, and I apologize for feeding trolls.

Hey no prob Ted I my self have gotten carried away some times in the heat of the moment but I do agree for sure!!! I for one will be more anger free!!!

I had minor confrontations (difference in opinion) with at least 3 members of DN but lately everyone is complimenting each other and posting funny stuff…I guess that is the purpose of having website such as DN…support each other…especially when the team is down.

@abba7: Is my overuse of ……allowed? :)

Do you ever sleep? I would say izzie, and I obviously have nothing to do with it, you would probably get a pass under almost any circumstance besides racial. That’s one of the reasons why I like this site. I find someone who makes me laugh almost everyday. The Russian marriage sites are breaking me! I keep sending money Western Union, but none of the girls are showing up at my house yet. It’s pissing me off! Take care and keep writing posts!

Because this site is a great site and no one should feel like they can’t express their opinions freely even if the opinion is totally lame like making TJ the starting QB.

You know what if TJ leaves next year I’ll have nothing left to complain about. Hopefully this will allow some of our older members the ability to come out of hiding and express themselves again. Been missing ya Percy and Arizona, havn’t seen vkingfanfromafar in a long time either.. Where the heck is Manimal? Oh and can anyone find Waldo?

Looking forward to the renewed and revamped Vikings and now a revamped DN my day is complete

And to all the rest of you that run the site as well. It has been getting worse, more so this year for obvious reason’s. Unfortunately, at the height of the implosion to start the week off, I got into it with someone from ACME, though his statement of “moving to L.A. will take care if it” or something along that line set me off. Hell, my blood boils everytime I see a jersey from a hockey team in Dallas here in New Mexico. But no, even on my part, there was no excuse to get into it with a incitefull troll.

I know others from ACME and Windy City have come in here this week and offered some good insight or thoughts or been respectful, with some shouting them down. That I don’t like either. Yeah, I can understand when someone is in here being a doofus and we vent a little on them, though they get off by knowing they are getting under our skins. But I think we should also extend the same respect to those from other sites, no matter who, that are coming in here and offering thoughts and opinions in the same respectful manner.

Also, to the new folks that have come in here, interestingly enough, the past month or so, who have been less then decent to others, please read what Ted has said, it is getting old. Like yesterdays responce of “stfu” to a very good post, or being called stupid about a post of mine, or others who only came here because Favre is now our QB calling others an idiot whether it’s someone posting in here or coming here from another site and posting a decent post.

It’s been a trying season for all of us as fans as well as for our team. Look at what was happening to the team during last weeks game, fighting amoungst each other. Guess what we are doing just like they were? Yeah, my frustration was high with the Vikings until Monday mornings news, but my frustration is still high here. Not with Ted or many of the folks I’ve chatted with or debated with the almost 2 years I’ve been here, but the few that started coming in here last year due to Favre or others as of late that belittle any idea put out there other then sticking to Favre, or this guy, or that guy. I will agree with Ted, most of the other sites on the net like this are pretty toxic, I’d like to stay above that as well as stay on the D.N. instead of letting a few loud mouths let others and myself walk away looking for something else.

As a longtime reader and new member this year, I too have noticed that lately when trying to have a discussion about our future, it’s been more about one-up man ships. I am glad you took this needed step. Allot of folks have great posts that I have enjoyed. Hopefully we can get back to just talking about football and leave the other garbage were it belongs.

+84

Much respect Ted. I appreciate being able to come here as I do all other rival team blogs and get insight. Because let’s be honest, we are bound as division rivals (‘rivals’ not ‘enemies’ because we shouldn’t be hostile to one another) and it would be foolish to say "well you shouldn’t come on our blog "or "we shouldn’t come on yours".

I’ve experienced conversations with respectful, intelligent members from both sides but unfortunately I’ve also experienced the lesser-evolved subculture categorized as Trolls.
I’m not going to apologize for the Trolls who happen to originate from our blog as I would never expect any of you to have to apologize for your Trolls. Trolls are Trolls regardless of which teams they support.

I hope you won’t take this as trolling or instigating but I wanted to offer an observation of why things got so out of hand here, and hopefully a few individuals can reevaluate how they handle certain situations and make some mature changes in the way they react.

I understand that with sports teams, and competition in general, emotions can run rampant. Now contrary to what some individuals believe, there will always be Trolls and no matter how many there are or who they claim to follow, they will never represent a demographic or fanbase. In fact no one individual is a fair representation of a group of people.

However, an individual in a leadership position, let’s say a Contributing Writer, has an obligation to represent his fanbase in a professional manner. A leader such as this is the most visible beacon of that fanbase and regardless of whether it’s fair or not, he or she represents that group. Now the problem arises when said Leader starts to exhibit Trollish behavior.

Trollish behavior such as feeding the Trolls, taking inflammatory shots to bring about said Trolls, purposely keeping inflammatory posts Rec’d to incite anger from own fanbase and benefit agenda against rival fanbase.

I don’t care how much hate mail and how many years of experience have colored the glasses, but as a person in a leadership position, all that hate is part of your burden. You are going to be called out because you are so visible, and if you can’t brush it off and act with a level of professionalism in the face of adversity, than maybe you need to consider not putting yourself out there like that.

I mean take it from me, just this week I was being marginalized because a troll who also happen to be fans of my team, wrote an mean spirited ignorant rant. But it doesn’t bother me because I know he doesn’t represent me, I can take it, I’m a man, I’m 40.

Here’s hoping we can all continue to agree to disagree in a semi-friendly manner.

..great post, long overdue..perhaps more people will read/heed if it was on the main page?

I’ve been guilty of getting “caught up” in the past; my apologies for anything that might have offended anybody.
This is a great site and we can all keep it that way.

(is it ok to pulverize packer trolls OUTSIDE of this website?) >:-)

I discovered this site about a year ago and have loved it. Having spent way to long on other sports sites, this has always been a breath of fresh air. Ya, it has gotten a little bit nasty at times lately, but still, after some of those other sites, it was still like Sunday school in here.

Thanks for taking the time to keep it that way.

I’d stopped posting this year because of the general descent into name calling and ugliness. Thanks for standing up for civility and decency.

If everyone would just agree with me and my lame opins Ted would not need to school you all. HA! just kidding. Im sure I fit somewhere in the reprimand line. And just want to say thanks to everyone for being patient with me and if I or when i may have called you out please know its nothing personal about you as it prolly is me.

I want to 1st apologize for my post to NMVike. We had a misunderstanding and believe we are good. I let it get the bst of me because lately been seeing the “stupid”, “your a retard”, idiot" comments and other crap from some newcomers who seem to think this is a blog where it is funny to do such things -which we are not. Myself, Cali and Abba finally had enough and lit it up. I don’t know if it is better to ignore or not. It just didn’t seem to go away. I started with a friendly warning and got lambasted. My bad for blowing up and letting it go on. I was just not in the mood to see it anymore.
BTW – the only reason the post with me and NM having a squabble (which has been worked out I hope) was cause of Velvets amazing pictures and people told me not to take it down. Peace had prevailed and Velvet had the touch that day.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.

New mex never got into any name calling. He is a cool guy and great fan and thats all that counts with both of us

I was never the most active poster in the world, but this used to be the place I went for Viking’s discussion/news/etc. Things here seemed to take a hard turn for the worse after the Game-which-shall-not-be-named (January 24, 2010) and never really got back to where they were before then. This has been a tough stretch, but times don’t stay good forever. This should be a place where we can come to and celebrate when things are going good (it was, great place to be last fall/early winter), but also a place that can ground us when stuff starts to go bad.

We may have vastly different opinions about how the team should be run/what should happen, but as far as I know, no one here has any real authority to change those things. Because gasp it doesn’t really matter whether you can convince that one guy that Favre should never step foot in the state of Minnesota again after the way he has played this season or that Tavaris Jackson probably is not, and will never be a successful NFL quarterback, it is not worth it to sink to personal attacks and hurt feelings over it. We are all mostly Vikings fans here, so we all have that in common. Let’s start supporting each other, or at least acting civilly.

Anyway, hope this signifies a return to decency in the comment threads and I’ll be making this site a daily habit of mine again. There isn’t much in the way of Viking news around here, and having to rely on ESPN is horrific.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. And SKOL Vikes!

especially after almost hitting the top of the heap the season before. It’s not an excuse for anyone being insulting or rude or anything, but it might explain it a little. Of course, some people are just rude and insulting in their everyday lives, so that’s how they’re going to be when they are typing their thoughts as well as speaking them.

BUT, as someone who is fairly pessimistic about the Vikings a good 75% of the time, even I must interject this: You never know when or why your team will turn it around. Where were the Colts and Patriots before they found Manning and Brady? Where were the Saints before they got lucky with Brees and Sean Payton? Where were the Cardinals before they struck gold with Kurt Warner? (And for that matter, where are they now that he’s retired? Right back where they were before).

So we’re having a poor season, but it’s an opportunity to clean things up, reshape the team image a bit, get a fresh start, and (more than likely) get a high draft pick which we can use on the franchise’s next young quarterback.

Chin up Vikings fans! Or pop another top, whichever suits you.

I, like most others, will do my part in attempting to control the level and direction of frustration. Luckily, I have never had a warning but will do my best to make sure I don’t test that limit. I appreciate all you and other admins do for our enjoyment and commit to doing all I can to assist!

SKOL!!

Now, with that behind us, can we see a little Joe Webb and look forward to the future?

for one post I had put up saying that the Vikings will make the playoffs.

Seems a little late in the year to be having thanksgiving but enjoy your day!

But I have to ask, what ever happened to Gonzo’s rules last year about profanity? Used to be that anyone using profanity would be banned or restricted. Apparently that rule no longer exists as the profanity this year has reached new highs. Listen, I’m not innocent here and think a well deserved #@%) is often very effective, but I sort of liked the old rules … kept it PG and made for some creative prose.