I haven’t even been to that particular page. But I generally agree with you, defacing someone’s site isn’t my cup of tea. If I had to make an exception for one asshat though, it would be Grant. :)

Hey, for the record, the Peaches thing was just there and we found it. Then thought it was hilarious and started using it. We assume it has to be real because he gets easily agitated when it’s brought up to him. Trust me, I know. Once it entered our little meta-universe it became something to note. Wikipedia begot truthiness. Embrace it.

because Grant hates it. Had he been ambivalent it would have been no fun at all. Napear breathed more life into it than we ever could have hoped.

Hail Peaches!

And ogre, though I did not make the reference I am sorry if you were offended by the nazi talk. As one who had relatives survive (and not survive) the death camps, I understand where you are coming from. I think the word “nazi” took on a different meaning for millions of people the day the Seinfeld “soup nazi” episode aired. I’ve even used pseudo references myself since then, though it’s probably not right and at least some of my relatives would not approve.

Although I understand the sentiment about tagging wiki pages, I don’t really care if they do. It gets worked out in the long run, and some rightfully deserving people might learn some humility in the mean time (peaches). Although the wiki tagging of Koz was strangely undeserved. My mom has met both, still doesn’t know who is who, but mentioned one was a total a-hole (hmmm).

However, I do share your perspective on the relative hostility, pretentiousness, and lack of compassion that many members have demonstrated. And I don’t find their behavior to be offensive because of references to Nazis (although I understand why some might), or sensitive socially awkward subjects. I myself, am prone to push these kind of boundaries, and often value crude humor more than sensitivity. What I do find offensive and irritating is the lack of attempted respect for peoples ideas (however wrong they might be) and how nonconstructive their responses to such ideas are.

I have kept some heinously sinister strokes of the keyboard in check for some time. I have been quite close to writing a full fanpost/diary about the topic before, and I am glad you had the balls to do so ogre lawless.

The simple point is, that I have learned the hard way on how to blog more appropriately. It was hard not only because of the negative reaction received from this community, but because of the total and complete lack of understanding that some people are new to blogs. It wasn’t that I was butt-hurt because people didn’t fawn over my diary, it was because people told me that they didn’t like what I had to say (a right of yours), and then scoffed in such a manner that was meant to put me down, just as much as it was to hold them up.

Several esteemed members of this community have been given a free pass because they have a high basketball IQ, and have been active members for some time. However even esteemed members such as Pookey, who has been the most censored member of StR, have only been cautioned based on his occasional outburst or verbal assault on individual members. What I have seen is a tolerance for trolling-like commentary which add little to the overall sense of community. Some 45 games or so back I actively participated in a game thread and watched as you TROLLED. You left inflammatory remarks refuting or challenging members in nearly every response you wrote. In fact, I’m not even sure if you wrote an orignal post at all, the only remarks I remember were in response to another’s. In one such response iashwash (I think) asked you “why do you have to be such an asshole”. If I was to make a main point to pookey, it is that you frequently mention how far you’ve come in terms of writing on this site. Given that, you still have lots of room for improvement when it comes to diplomatically phrasing your point. I have read you state many times before that you are an asshole. While you may believe that this a virtue or just your personality, I believe it is an excuse. An excuse to make yourself feel better by taking apart others. Your not the only example Pookey, but the easiest.

My biggest gripe isn’t about Pookey as much as it is about the blind hierarchical support longterm members get even when they are wrong. And when I say wrong, I don’t mean by the quality of their information, but rather their lack of sense in community responsibility to encourage better blogging.

I can’t remember how long I’ve been here since SBNation says we all joined a couple weeks ago. But I never really noticed anybody talking down to me with some sense of entitlement. I mean I’m sure it happens, anybody who’s spent more than a month frequenting any message board can tell you it happens, it’s the freaking internet for f*ck’s sake. I guess what I’m trying to say it, grow some thicker skin and quit being a pussy. I’m not saying this to make myself feel better or to take you apart, it’s just how I feel. I like most of you guys on here but if any of you were to start randomly bashing me in game threads like this guy’s saying, I’d take it as seriously as I take Kenny Thomas. Which is to say not at all.

But I would put the good information/flammable posts ratio here at about 50/1. Compared to many other blogs I would rate our overall level of conversation here very high. I urge anyone to read any thread on FoxSports or the Sacramento Bee and contrast and compare them to here.

No doubt, there are times where our passion for the Kings can get the better of us (guilty). There are times where our attempts at humor can be insensitive to others (boy, am I guilty). But I have to say that I am extremely proud to be a participating member at StR, and as a Kings fan I thank my lucky stars that this site exists as the truest and most consistent source of Sacramento Kings news and entertainment.

Back on topic – you don’t get to choose your nickname. (Ask Muff.) Your nickname is given to you by people you don’t like and/or your friends, who are often the same people. What I’m saying is – Peaches is Peaches nickname. He doesn’t get a say in it. We gave it to him and now he has to live with it. Therefore, editing it out of his Wikipedia article doesn’t take it away. Long live Peaches!

I feel sorry for section214, how the hell does TZ keep this kindergarten in check?

For the record, I did laugh at most of the preceding posts…they were just unexpected at StR…also extremely boring if they continue along the same line. I plead guilty to a worthless post or two of my own in there.