Board Poll: One or Two Match threads?

I think the problem is not having multiple threads, but having multiple threads where the same information is being transmitted. Today people were posting commentary and or partial results in both threads, which is counter to the whole point of having two threads. Results of any sort should not be included in a non-post game thread.

That's why the POST GAME thread is marked [R] and the PRE GAME thread is not.

 

Pre-game threads for smack and plans. Post-game thread [R] for commentary and results. QED.

 

I guess I meant that pre-game threads (to me anyway) meat more of the where-are-we-meeting, who's starting, who's injured, I-hope-Jason-Kreis-gets-hit-by-a-bus kind of thing. Post-game for in-game commentary and actual post-game analysis.

 

Since I'm one who complained about multiple threads: Jeremy is right, but that isn't the entire issue.

With one thread there is no ambiguity as to where discussion/information regarding the match is to be found. With more than one there is.

For example, the first 14 posts or so in the [POST-GAME] thread, were not post game. If the thread is to contain post-game information, then, by definition, there shouldn't be any posts in it until after the conclusion of the game. If you want mid-game discussion, then you, according to the multiple thread theory, need a "during the match" thread.

This sort of proliferation can get out of hand, and the next thing you know you've got 14 threads for each match.

KISS

One thread for each match is enough. Everything relevant to the match in one place, all in posted order. No confusion, no cross-checking between threads to attempt to determine chronology, no duplication of information in disparate places, no multiple discussion/arguments going on at the same time in different places. A much cleaner operation.

 

i like a pre-game thread for starters, talking about the game and such, another thread for the road trippers (seperate thread for each game, not the one for dc and kc like this past time), and a third thread for pbp and post game reactions


i like it this way because then threads don't blow up big time and become filled with evrything... instead they are fairly well defined and somewhat focused

 

I'm a fan of simplicity. One works just fine for me. If a post doesn't interest me - skip it and move on.

 

I think if you're too lazy to skip ahead in a thread to get past the pre-game stuff it's a bit sad.

One game, one thread.

 

My vote is for two threads -- one for pregame and one for pbp & post game.

I don't like to have to wade thru all the pregame stuff to find out what happened during the game and catch up on what everyone thinks about the game afterwards.

 

There originally used to be at least two threads. I remember distinctly the change to a single thread because I hated it.

I look at bigsoccer a lot, but I don't live here.

With that in mind, I find it a big pain when there is a seven page match thread and I have to search through the entire thing, looking for where the pregame ends and the post-match begins, to find what I want.

Feuerfex has a good point... that a bunch of the post-match thread was actually pregame stuff... but that's one of the reasons we have mods. I think this forum still has three... so they can be moved...

He says, "KISS" but I think that a pre and post match thread ARE simple.

Here's a twist as well... I don't think any of the match threads need to be made into stickies. They're current, and they'll end up toward the top as it stands. I don't think they're sticky material. When the match is over, the prematch thread will begin to fall, and the post match thread will stick around as people discuss the game.

One more thing... someone mentioned having the post-match thread be for material posted during the game as well. I disagree with that. I want the post-match thread to be post-match only. I tend to find the stuff posted during the match to be particularly annoying, as people tend to try to beat each other with goals scored and match updates but end up posting the same little dinky messages.

 

It has nothing to do with laziness. Save that designation for people who stay in their cars in a parking lot waiting for a space up close for 20 minutes rather than just walking a bit.

Some of these match threads get long. I find it to be a pain to have to go to page four, wondering if that's where the transition happens... then to page 5, 6, etc.

 

i can understand how oodles of threads can be a bad thing... but having a couple more threads isn't going to kill us, it will make things more specific

which would be great, imo

there is too much throwing everything into this one thread... just let us post



i don't want to wade through all the pre-game crap to get to post game stuff... and some of the pre-game stuff carries over to after the game, but doesn't belong in the post game thread... but since someone locks it because it was posted in, everything gets all out of whack... instead of being simple

you guys seriously jumble too many threads into one thread (or lock them) just because something is shared between them, despite the fact that it was intentionally done seperately...

 

I am definetely for the separate threads. Its makes things easier. Before the game, post lineups, pre-game news, and other stuff leading up til the game. Then after the game, post analysis and post game comments in that thread.
That way you know where to go to find the information. People who don't check the boards everyday or people outside of the board can easily find what they are looking for.
I look at the threads using 20 posts per threads and there is still way to many pages to wade through if it is just one thread.

 

I generally prefer one thread, just because I don't think they end up being that long. But neither one would really be a problem. As long as it doesn't get past two threads.

 

one thread is sufficient in my opinion, because any pre-game posts will be posted in the thread pre-game, and any during or post-game posts will be posted after the game! easy as that for me. road trip and watch party posts are much different though.

 

My vote is for two posts because just like Iceblink I would like to know quickly where the stupid stuff (pregame) ends and where the fun stuff (postgame) begins without searching through 5-6 pages (especially with a slow connection). Besides bigger isn't always better, and there is some reason why creatures multiply and don't just live forever. For those who are not as screwed up as I am, I reckon that if you really are into simplicity, two threads will simplify your life more than just one.

Marcin

 

OK, the voting is so close for both sides that I am soon expecting offers of incentives for a vote for either of the camps.

 

I prefer two threads.

In the first three games, the Fire game threads had
128, 106, qnd 149 (latest to earliest) posts respectively.

Sorting through the thread to find where the post game discussion starts can be time consuming.

If a Fire thread has a minute by minute pbp, it can run over 200 posts. So there's alot to search through to fine the post match discussion.

 

A sound plan

 

Can the users please attempt to refrain from posting in the postmatch thread until at least the start of the match. And not post information having to do with the actual events of the match in the pre-match thread. That would help the situation greatly.




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