Vikings vs. Saints.  Fans.

We need to stop this. We wouldn’t tolerate our own behavior, and by that I mean that some CSC members have made comments on DN that if a DN member made, we’d be angry about it. Let’s resist making personal attacks. And that goes for BOTH sites—we shouldn’t be attacking their members on our site either. Maybe we should call ourselves out on it.

Hear hear.

Speaking on behalf of those that frequent DN, let me say that we need to rise to the same challenge. I hope you recognize that a number of us are, on the threads over there. This has gotten way WAY outta hand. I hope you also recognize that it is actually a small subset of us that is kicking the hornet’s nest (just as it is a small slice here). Unfortunately our offenders include at lest one very prominent community member, so it may seem more prevalent than it really is.

Nice work.

Good writeup and I hope we do. Although flame wars inevitably arise when emotions get high. And football is an emotional sport. But very good advice nonetheless.

correct me if i’m wrong however, wasn’t it the moderator of DN that post several inflamatory items calling the saints cheats and so on? and when certain people went to DN to respond, in a non-confrontational way, he banned them without a second thought? just saying, it should start at the top.

I can say that I have posted on DN a few times, and even gone so far as to admit that I believe the Vikes have been a team of consistant quality for quite some time. That being said however, I found myself being personally attacked just for disagreeing with some of their members opinions. And I try to never call anyone names or personally attack, but I’ll admit it’s hard not to at times!

I know there are some classy fans there, just as the vast majority of people here are some great folks. We just have to remember not to let the minority drag us down to their level!

Yeah, I’m kind of over it. Dwelling on the past (at least as it applies to the NFC CG) seems kind of pathetic at this point. I’ve also learned long ago (though have to continue to remind myself on a regular basis) that most laughably ignorant morons, especially those on the internet, will not be educated with logic, will not comprehend most of the insults I throw at them, are anonymous and so can dodge any punches or molotov cocktails I’d like to throw, and are so ridiculously beyond understanding and intelligent thought that it’s really a disservice to myself to continue to waste time and effort on them. Think I’ll save my energy for a heated debate with someone that actually has a brain in their head.

Some people have short fuses.

GAAAAAAA!!!

try my hardest to write ONLY football on others’ sites. That’s it.

Me too. I posted a photo of a silver football trophy on DN and asked them how they liked it and Sarge banned me for life. Well, until he loses the blog anyway. I’m biding my time.

Hmmmm

The larger one had a nasty exchange between one of the site admins and Saints fans in which there were eventually many, many posts (by DN Viking regulars as well as Saints visitors) that expressed the opinion that Gonzo had gone too far, posts which were getting up to 20 recs apiece. Based upon what I read in posts there before they were wiped out, there were also a flurry of bans from DN issued in a very short time…

In summary, I am troubled by these developments, and I would like to politely – but firmly – request an explanation of what happened, and some kind of assurance that it won’t continue to happen unless there is good reason, and that reason is a violation of some posted, clear statement of rules of conduct.

Even DNers are getting tired of the nonsense coming from their “front office.”

The NFCCG has created a bit of a rivalry here between not only the fanbases, but the teams as well. The selection of the Vikes-Saints game as the season opener only serves to further this rivalry.

Now in all my time as a Vikings fan, I have been in a rivalry with the Packers due to their close proximity. There is always a lot of good-natured ribbing and the occasional drunken jack-ass involved with fans of the opposing team. In a bar situation it rarely escalates past that point because the comments are rarely taken seriously.

It seems like on the interwebz, a lot of what would be considered “Ribbing” takes on a new form and becomes something completely different. Tone and demeanor are hard to convey in type, so even something as simple as a joke gets taken seriously and turns into something that makes us both look bad.

The reason why a rivalry is fun is that you have not only two teams against each other, but two fan-bases. You cannot have a rivalry where the two groups ignore each other, it just does not work.

Then again, you can’t have a rivalry that get’s too serious, otherwise you end up as a disservice to both teams.

Look, I come on these sites to talk football and occasionally throw a good-natured jab at an opposing fan. That is what makes football fun, having someone to root against. It satisfies a deep need we all have that stems from thousands of years of war.

Some people are going to take it too far, and we can’t get too worked up about it. If there is a post that crosses the line, it should be reported and deleted, but we cannot expect everyone to just play nice.

Besides, no matter how hard we try to be civil, there will always be some anonymous jackass who just wants to fan the flames.

When we’re finished with Sarge, we can start on Mile High Retort. I’m banned there as well and I didn’t even post a photo.

How do you get around this site so fast Anyways M-E is allways on a roll. By the way what happend with the farve on tour post did anyone put it on vinyl yet

The Vikes will get a beatdown that will leave no doubt this time around. Chris Gates will pretend he’s never heard of the Saints and will go back to riding Farvruhs jock and lashing out at Packer fans.

perhaps you need a new nickname?

If the Viking fans want to be mad at anyone – it should be their own team for it’s poor performance in an NFCCG.

Their team’s play kept us in the game and gave us the chance to win. We wanted it more.

I’m so over the Vikings.

Can you do me a favor and take a picture of the Superbowl Champ flag being raised and post it on the DN after the game????

But they are a walk in the park compared to vike fans
It helps that they are from georgia and they cant read and write to well there

how would you know that? Lol!

I think it does get out of hand sometimes. I am still learning how to deal with people who get downright ugly about it. At the end of the day it’s really just football but sometimes emotions get the best of us. When you really care about something it’s easy to get pissed off but not usually worth the time or effort. One friend I have, who I love dearly, becomes a total dick during the season. I actually had to remove him from my facebook until after the superbowl because his comments were so out of line.

the Saints fans have not been upset about the way things turned out….THE VIQUEENS HAVE! It is disegenous to call us out when the ViQueens have been the worst bunch of losers it the years I have watched football. Had we been anywhere in their league we would still be pissin and moaning about the Bears beating us back a few years ago….paleese do not lecture us on how we handle the iditos from yankme land being such poor sports….what in the world are you thinking?
unrec’d it…do you need some pampers to go along with this post?

No amount of viagra or extends or whatever makes that guy smile will ever help you, if you ever had some go find ‘em, cause someone ran off with your gonads….what a girlie man you seem to be…….I know I have been in the Makers Mark but still…..what a puss in boots! Dave please feel free to delete this post if you must but it’s just how I feel!

(There. So much for the gentlemen audience you were trying to reach.)

Announcer: “My God! That’s the toughest quarterback sack I’ve ever seen!”

find me directions to Castle Antrax… I need some peril.

will be happy when this little beef is over, hopefully after next week. Then again when the Vikings lose they will just come up with something else to complain about.