It's an unmanageable, tangled mess. It's silly that the forum even exists now that the marketplace is in existence. The marketplace is MUCH more organized and efficient. I think it's ridiculous that an owner has to wade through 100 threads about dots not in his team's age ranged to find one that matches his team's level. It's like using a butterknife to open a can when there is a perfectly good can opener lying in front of you.
Let's face it, the majority of the agents that use the PLFT forum are attention whores who just want people to tell them how special their dot is. They prey on naive owners who actually think their team has a chance at that dot. Newsflash: The majority of the agents with dots in that forum planned on retiring their dot or knew which team they were going to sign with BEFORE they even typed up the ad.
Those attention whores can still beg for and receive praise in the marketplace since there is a large text box and people can post comments under it. It's just now owners that aren't looking for a dot in that age range don't have to scroll past it any longer.
Seriously, I put a dot in the PLFT forum last night for shits and giggles. Committed to a team about 30 minutes later. These agents are just yanking a lot of chains, folks.
Here's an idea from Puma that I think would be a great compromise if the admins are interested in implementing it...
Originally posted by The Great Puma
So the divas still get their posts, why not do both?
Step 1: Drop the generic PLFT forum.
Step 2: Make the all PLFT forums response based only, I.e. you cannot post directly in it only respond to existing posts.
Step 3: Set up a series of PLFT forums sorted by position and age.
Step 4: Make it such that each time you click "Add Listing" your player gets a post in the proper PLFT subforum. Only allow one post per player per subforum, so if button is clicked twice, old thread is "bumped" and updated.
People could keep threads for their dots but they would be much better organized since it would be hot linked in their ad.
Let's face it, the majority of the agents that use the PLFT forum are attention whores who just want people to tell them how special their dot is. They prey on naive owners who actually think their team has a chance at that dot. Newsflash: The majority of the agents with dots in that forum planned on retiring their dot or knew which team they were going to sign with BEFORE they even typed up the ad.
Those attention whores can still beg for and receive praise in the marketplace since there is a large text box and people can post comments under it. It's just now owners that aren't looking for a dot in that age range don't have to scroll past it any longer.
Seriously, I put a dot in the PLFT forum last night for shits and giggles. Committed to a team about 30 minutes later. These agents are just yanking a lot of chains, folks.
Here's an idea from Puma that I think would be a great compromise if the admins are interested in implementing it...
Originally posted by The Great Puma
So the divas still get their posts, why not do both?
Step 1: Drop the generic PLFT forum.
Step 2: Make the all PLFT forums response based only, I.e. you cannot post directly in it only respond to existing posts.
Step 3: Set up a series of PLFT forums sorted by position and age.
Step 4: Make it such that each time you click "Add Listing" your player gets a post in the proper PLFT subforum. Only allow one post per player per subforum, so if button is clicked twice, old thread is "bumped" and updated.
People could keep threads for their dots but they would be much better organized since it would be hot linked in their ad.
Edited by Dub J on Dec 12, 2011 19:19:42
Edited by Dub J on Dec 12, 2011 19:19:10
Edited by Dub J on Dec 12, 2011 19:18:50
+1
