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Progressively escalating continuum of drama as/r/sports mod threatens /r/AFL with admin action after /r/AFLusers allegedly brigade /r/sports with troll comments after/r/AFL users become sick after history of miss-labelling. (self.SubredditDrama)

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The History.

For a number of years, /r/sports has given Australian Rules Football posts a ‘rugby’ flair as seen in these posts:

https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/2hvmct/highlights_2014_afl_grand_final_hawthorn_v_sydney/

https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/2h3xfj/in_preparation_of_this_years_afl_grand_final_here/

https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/2a0hrv/banner_in_the_crowd_at_an_afl_game_for_western/

https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/2e8h4i/1_in_every_28_australians_is_a_member_of_an_afl/

https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/2bk4ut/massive_afl_hits_this_sport_is_brutal_dont_let/

https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/37y0pa/one_of_the_most_amazing_afl_marks_i_have_seen/

https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/231spu/what_its_like_to_get_tackled_by_the_tallest/

This one had the tag removed after users pointed it out the mods, even though the title said it was Australian football: https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/22cezz/australian_footballs_equivalent_of_getting/ 

This has led to some users pre-empting this discussion by saying it is not rugby in the comment sections before it’s mentioned:

https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/4gcnf4/american_mason_cox_scores_a_goal_with_his_first/

Even in touching moments there was still some trolling (that wasn’t banned):

https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/3bzn0f/a_professional_australian_football_league_coach/

In the past month, users, who were fed up with the /r/sports hijinks,decided to play the part of ignorant users and circlejerk in the comments section of new AFL related posts. This was met by a nuka-ban:

https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/51x6n1/afl_qualifying_final_final_2_minutes_of_the_best/

Some of the removed comments here:

http://imgur.com/a/1d4SU

Some users even got banned for commenting in /r/AFL without actually commenting on /r/sports:

https://np.reddit.com/r/AFL/comments/51x4ao/post_match_discussion_hawthorn_vs_geelong/d7fjwm6

https://np.reddit.com/r/AFL/comments/52isv4/announcement_regarding_rsports/d7ko3yd

3 days later the /r/AFL mods received a modmail from the head mod of /r/sports detailed here:

https://np.reddit.com/r/AFL/comments/52isv4/announcement_regarding_rsports/

In this post, the /r/sports mod alludes to going to the admins as/r/AFL had brigaded their sub by use of a link that was not an NP link. The /r/sports mod links to a /r/AFL Free Talk thread posted on the same day as the modmails as an example of further harassment and trolling:

https://np.reddit.com/r/AFL/comments/52goia/free_talk_tuesday/d7k3u6p

After a back and forth conversation the /r/AFL mods post an announcement detailing the problem and instituting a new rule that must mean that users use NP Links. /r/AFL users have begun quoting sections from the /r/Sports mod messages, turning them into memes such as “Progressively-Escalating Continuum” and “Thin skinned pansy cunt.”

/r/sports takes offense to this and removes AFL from its pro-sports list but will further action be taken? Stay tuned.

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[–]Donners22 118ポイント119ポイント  (18子コメント)

Oh dear, they're testing the water already.

[–]sloyman [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

It's just a bloody shitposting upvote party in there

[–]VicBiasWatch [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Welcome to Australia!

[–]sloyman [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Smells like the home of the best version of rugby in the world, Victoria.

[–]Adon1kam [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The ideals our country was founded on

[–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time 37ポイント38ポイント  (2子コメント)

Fuck me that's risky

[–]NotAWittyFucker 59ポイント60ポイント  (0子コメント)

Fuck me that's risky hilarious.

Seriously, my fucking sides. Good work boys.

[–]dexter311 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yeah but you could have seen it coming a mile away though.

[–]GGglassEveryone else took my 'walking the mods' flair [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Fuckin top blokes n' Shielas, defending Australia's shitposting honour even when it actively hurts the cause

[–]ManManMenace 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm just waiting for the ban.

[–]KhaelgorPopCorn lover 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's dedication

[–]aussiegolfer [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Everyone who posted in that thread just got banned. :(

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    [–]phillerwordsbloody /r/sports bias [スコア非表示]  (7子コメント)

    The Thread Review Panel has offered /r/AFL a one-subreddit suspension for high contact sledging with moderate impact

    [–]Psychotic_Bear [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

    r/afl refused the ban, preferring to settle the matter in front of the tribunal.

    [–]MarcoHanYTJUSTICE FOR /R/AFL [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

    r/afl refused the ban, preferring to settle the matter on the streets with kangaroos of our choosing

    FTFY

    [–]dylan88 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    good bloke discount

    will impact our future career as a firefighter

    [–]JediCapitalist [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    If it was a shit club/player it'd be fine times that. Fucking always protecting their stars

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time 106ポイント107ポイント  (26子コメント)

    HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE POST THAT STAYS BOIIIZ

    SERIOUSLY THOUGH, DONT FUCKING TROLL THIS TIME. If we wanna make this a noticed thing, we need to stop getting every thread deleted.

    Also, incredible write up OP.

    [–]-Sam-R-Immortan Sam 85ポイント86ポイント  (21子コメント)

    As the resident Aussie mod here, I personally approve this post. It'll stay.

    [–]GlitchyRainbow#PrayFor/R/AFL 67ポイント68ポイント  (7子コメント)

    Fuck you're a good cunt.

    [–]TurboooTurtle 33ポイント34ポイント  (6子コメント)

    Careful, that'll get you shadow banned

    [–]Bobblefighterman 14ポイント15ポイント  (4子コメント)

    Your good bloke status is on par with Luke Hodge.

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time 13ポイント14ポイント  (3子コメント)

    But without the sarcasm, because Hodge is a cock.

    LPT: Anyone who's new to AFL because of this - Luke Hodge is a subpar man.

    [–]Bobblefighterman 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

    how dare you, the AFL themselves recognise the greatness of Hodgey, they gave him a -2 week buff to all head-high smashes!

    [–]dexter311 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

    How dare you! Luke Hodge is a great bloke and an inspiration to kids everywhere.

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    Possibly the greatest designated driver in the country

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

    You're a top bloke

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

    I know it's gonna be an instant no, but someone asked me to ask you if you'd sticky this post.

    Don't worry - I'm not expecting you to.

    [–]-Sam-R-Immortan Sam 6ポイント7ポイント  (2子コメント)

    Yeah nah, gonna have to be a no mate. Stickies are usually saved for modposts.

    I might see about some special flair or something though.

    [–]Bobblefighterman 29ポイント30ポイント  (0子コメント)

    put a rugby flair on.

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

    No worries mate

    [–]MarcoHanYTJUSTICE FOR /R/AFL 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Bravo, good sir bravo

    [–]JebusGobsonManarchist [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    > nepotism

    [–]i_do_i_do_let_u_bang"White privilege doesn't exist." - Neil deGrasse Tyson, 2013 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Just chuck her in the ute, cunt

    [–]MarcoHanYTJUSTICE FOR /R/AFL 10ポイント11ポイント  (1子コメント)

    other post I made didn't get deleted, I deleted it due to me being caught up with the drama and it was going to be deleted anyway, it had to be a neutral person who didn't have anything todo with the drama.

    [–]-Sam-R-Immortan Sam 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Yeah and cheers for that mate :)

    [–]Vakieh [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

    Posts getting removed? Try /r/drama, where the thin skinned pansy cunts get pinged instead of modded.

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    You can post it over there if you wish

    [–]for_death_and_ruin/r/NRL - leading the AFL persecution 71ポイント72ポイント  (17子コメント)

    /r/nrl 's time to expand now that the heathen sport from the south has been rightfully banned good work /r/sports

    srsly tho the guys a fuckwit

    [–]jvazzie [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    Death plz this'll bring both sub's together. I'm upvoting afl posts, who would've thought

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time 28ポイント29ポイント  (13子コメント)

    Good luck league. This controversy will only make AFL more popular.

    [–]for_death_and_ruin/r/NRL - leading the AFL persecution 28ポイント29ポイント  (12子コメント)

    Shame it wont make the sport more interesting

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time 56ポイント57ポイント  (11子コメント)

    Rich coming from a sport that is slightly more complicated than running into a wall

    [–]for_death_and_ruin/r/NRL - leading the AFL persecution 31ポイント32ポイント  (3子コメント)

    You telling me you wouldn't find someone running into a wall entertaining? Pussy.

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time 29ポイント30ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Probably not for 80 minutes, no

    [–]jamesaj23:^) LE EBIN DRAMA :^) [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    Mate my family's been running into walls for YEARS and it's as fun as ever, so you shut the fuck up.

    [–]dexter311 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    If I wanted to watch someone run into a wall, I'd watch Takeshi's Castle.

    [–]ayedfyRIP FPH 2010-TOO SOON [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

    How dare you. More like running into 5 walls and then kicking the ball at nothing in particular.

    [–]The_Big_Lebaneski [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    Running into five walls and then, rather then keep going like in union, just give up and kick

    [–]for_death_and_ruin/r/NRL - leading the AFL persecution [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    You're right so much better to just randomly kick the ball and flail at each other with no sleeves

    [–]superioritykarmanaut sockpuppet [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

    One day, a group of blokes sat down and decided to come up with the most ridiculous sport possible. They started by making the field the wrong shape, and it just carried on from there. And so Aussie rules was born...

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

    I don't know what to tell you mate...the field was the perfect shape given that they were working with what they already had.

    "Hmmm....this round cricket field we have here....I wonder what shaped field we should make it for our new sport"

    [–]superioritykarmanaut sockpuppet [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

    "All right lads, now how many goalposts should we have? I was thinking that we have a normal number of goalposts, but I'm open to suggestions."

    "I'd like to move that our new sport have some stupid number of goalposts instead of a normal number."

    "By Jove, that's brilliant! I think you've got it. Do we have a second? All in favour? The motion carries. We'll have some stupid number of goalposts."

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    "I know what we should do, let's just have two goalposts to kick through, thus only one way of scoring, so we can frequently have draws"

    [–]esjay_ [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    I take this thread to mean we are skating on this ice as it is, Australian rules rugby league rules doesn't look like it's ready to make it to the top of /r/sports

    [–]dexter311 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    Best of luck. Chances are they won't be able to handle the banter and you'll meet a similar fate.

    That said, at least they can name your sport to within the same family of sports. Hopefully you guys get a League post flair soon though.

    [–]FirstTimePlayer/r/AustralianRugbyRules [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

    So here is how it could have played out:

    • Hi AFL mods, Sports mods here. we need a hand with something. Can you please help us deal with issues on our sub?
    • Hi sports mods. Sure, no probs. FYI, it is coming into the biggest month of the year for our sport... maybe our common interest might help out here.
    • Sure no probs.... leave it with us.
    • Hey /r/AFL. Its the Sports mods here. Sorry, what's going on really doesn't fit in with our sub, but we would really love to work things out. So here is an olive branch from us to you guys. We got you some shiny new flairs, and would love to see some great content from you guys leading up to your Grand Final, but in return we just ask you respect that as a serious sub you cut the circlejerk out.
    • /r/AFL community - Just as long as "Fuck Hawthorn" is not counted as circlejerk, we are cool with that!

    So here is how it played out:

    • Hey... I have absolutely no leverage over you at all, and need to appeal to your good will, but give me a fucking favor.
    • Sure no probs, let me look into it.
    • Guess what. As a fellow mod, I know that the mods have zero control over their sub's members other than to use their influence, but I'm going to make sure our interaction basically spites all of your users into responding with a fuck you.
    • Er...
    • Guess what! I just followed through on my over the top nuclear threat. Because going the nuclear response as a first resort, and then making a threat when you now truly have burnt every single one of your bargaining chips while completely spiting everyone into action who might not already be involved, and making 100% sure anybody who potentially might be on their side turns against them, is text book on how to make an effective threat.

    Funny part about all this is that if they had of come at it with an olive branch, the way /r/AFL works I strongly suspect it could have very quickly been brought around.

    Guy is a genius. Really nice touch of bitching about Xenopobia at the end when mid way through he basically gave a big giant fuck you to the explanation that the behavior is literally a reflection of Australian culture.

    [–]yeahnahteambalance [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

    Just to tell the mods for transparency, this was originally posted on r/afl, I asked him to post it here. I think it aptly shows how mods should do business in comparison to what happened.

    He isn't brigading, don't ban us you thin skinned pansy cunts.

    [–]FirstTimePlayer/r/AustralianRugbyRules [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

    Wait. I just got banned from my very first subreddit the other week... If you asking me to do this cross posting gets me banned from my second sub I'm going to come after you you progressively-escalating wanking continuum.

    ^(Hi Mods - If there is some sort of etiquette I'm breaking, let me know)

    [–]yeahnahteambalance [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

    Haha nah you are not I am just teasing.

    Also what did you get banned from?

    [–]FirstTimePlayer/r/AustralianRugbyRules [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

    Lets just say that I was OP of the original Australian Rules Rugby player thread about two weeks ago which led to the initial mass banning, and with the benefit of hindsight turned out to be the catalyst of what has subsequently happened... which actually does have me mindful of the subreddit rules over here.

    [–]yeahnahteambalance [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

    Ha ah ok. Nah you broke no rules.

    [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    I on the other hand, did

    [–]Bobblefighterman 52ポイント53ポイント  (7子コメント)

    The mods have been ignorant dicks for a long time, but I'm surprised they're this thin skinned. I've been calling them dicks in /r/sports, but they still haven't banned me.

    [–]VicBiasWatch [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

    I said "r/sports sucks" in a match thread over in /r/cricket in January and got permabanned. The mod called us a "hateful group". Thin skinned pansy.

    [–]Bobblefighterman [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    Calling those mods bhenchods is too good for them.

    [–]yeahnahteambalance [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    Hahahahah I forgot that is what happened

    What a bunch of thinskinned pansy cunts

    [–]Azza_ [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

    We were before our time...

    [–]fearofthesky[S] [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    I got banned from there like 18 months ago, beat that! It was when the whole subreddit was up in arms over Caitlin Jenner and was posting all sorts of vicious transphobic crap. Like I don't give a shit about her either but damn at least I don't abrasively assert things about gender science I know nothing about, while pretending to not care at all.

    I got warned for attacking other users and got banned when I arced up at the mods in mod mail for being totally cool with the hate, even though hateful comments are supposed to be against the rules. Whatevs.

    [–]yeahnahteambalance [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    We lead this revolution

    [–]Lorkunn#notallrugby [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    Bloody hell they're taking away our right to tell the truth now?

    [–]speerosity 228ポイント229ポイント  (49子コメント)

    It's honestly such a childish reaction.

    r/Sports is so American biased that it's incredibly cringey.

    Solid thread btw. Really shows off the situation is great detail.

    [–]NickTM 68ポイント69ポイント  (19子コメント)

    I've not quite been able to put a finger on why I'm not a fan of /r/sports the subreddit. It's strange, because I'm not sure there's a sport on Earth I won't watch if given the opportunity, and even taking into account the huge American bias on there (which, after all, is understandable) it's still something I'd be interested in theoretically. In real life though, I find /r/sports less of an attractive proposition to discuss multiple different sports than /r/theocho.

    My closest guess is that it's such a 'jack of all trades, master of none' situation. There's no sport discussion on there that wouldn't be better discussed in its dedicated subreddit. Also as a secondary reason, the potential variance in knowledge between users is huge, much more so than any other single sport sub. In any other sports sub, you can assume that the other user at very least knows the groundworks of the game (or, to go off on an /r/theocho tangent again, as much as you do. In other words, nothing) and has an interest in it. Can't do that in /r/sports, where you get easily googleable questions about the simplest facets of the game mixed in with attempted complex analysis and everything ends up messy.

    Also I think I develop a nervous twitch every time I wander into the rare soccer thread there and inevitably read without fail someone talking about how amazing LeBron James would be as a soccer player because he's really athletic. Or something. Yeah, that might be it actually.

    [–]teddy_tesla [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

    Do people seriously think James could just walk onto a field and dominate?

    [–]NickTM [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    Some of them do, but the majority like to work themselves into strange hypotheticals in which LeBron James is somehow trained from birth to play football with coaches comparable to European ones, amongst many other what ifs.

    [–]apberg1 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

    I once shared a really good goal from Messi over there and got like 1000 upvotes or something, nice response. But the comment section had loads of people arguing about the offside rule and if the goal was legal. To everyone who has ever watched or played a little bit of football that was never a debate, clearly the goal wasn't offside. But those fuckers wouldn't give up, just stop arguing if you clearly don't know anything about the subject you're talking about.

    It wasn't just the discussion about the offside rule that bothered me. The users in the thread often wrote about stuff with such authority that if I knew nothing about football I would've easily been fooled and thought that they were experts in the field. It was like walking in on a bunch of twelve year olds talking about politics. They want the others to think that they have all the answers and they try to talk all proper but as an outsider with a bit of knowledge you quickly realise that everyone is pretending and are repeating stuff that they have overheard someone else say that they though sounded smart without ever understanding the full context.

    [–]EIREANNSIAN [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    "Let me tell you about your country"

    *Let me tell you about your sport"

    Yeah, it happens quite a lot on reddit...

    [–]freetambo [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    It was like walking in on a bunch of twelve year olds talking about politics

    Well, you were on Reddit, so that's not really unexpected, is it?

    [–]JediCapitalist [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

    LeBron would be a top football player. NFL athletes are better than Rugby athletes. Etc etc.

    American website American biases.

    [–]NickTM [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

    See, I don't mind the idea that the NFL can produce more top class athletes than rugby can produce - not necessarily outright better athletes, but more of them, in the sense that rugby can produce one Jonah Lomu in ten years whereas the US can produce Randy Moss, Calvin Johnson and Adrian Peterson in that same time frame. The college system is perfectly set up to recognise, develop and churn out athletic talent. That makes sense.

    What doesn't make sense is just deciding that a great basketball player would make a great football player because he's big and athletic. That cheeses me off to no end. It probably is due to the situation being viewed through American lenses, given the greater premium on athleticism that's prevalent in sports like American Football and Basketball over there, but it cheeses me off nonetheless.

    Also, fancy seeing you here!

    [–]JediCapitalist [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

    More likely to see me here than /r/soccer at the moment. I've been taking a break from the sub, but with Everton flying I don't think I can resist much longer!

    [–]NickTM [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    It's all because of Yala and his dancing feet. You're welcome by the way.

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      [–]DeadDoug"We are Literally shitposting Trump into the White House" [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

      JJ Watt at Centerback, Tyson Gay on the wing....

      [–]NickTM [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

      'Obviously Rob Gronkowski would be an amazing defensive midfielder'

      'Er, why?'

      'Because he is big and can run fast'

      [–]DrgntrnrThe Adventures of Cuckleberry Finn [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      Whereas r/NFL the response is just simply "Because"

      [–]MimesAreShiteshitpost, shitpost into the dying of the light [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

      The thing is LeBron James is, what, 6'10"? I can't think of any outfield players that tall, ever. A few 6'8" ones but that's it.

      edit: i miscalculated, he is 6'8". So pretty much the maximum height of outfield players.

      [–]NickTM [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

      Exactly. A normal person would presume that's because it's simply less useful to be that tall in the sport and that football rewards athletes which are towards the middle of the size spectrum. These special fellas, however, decide that that simply means that it indicates that LeBron James would be even more dominant. Because height is, as Stefan Maierhofer proved, truly the ultimate authority in the game of association football.

      [–]MimesAreShiteshitpost, shitpost into the dying of the light [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

      They probably think Messi would be twice as good if he was a foot taller.

      James might make a decent keeper, mind. Dunno what his reflexes are like but I assume he's quite good with his hands.

      [–]NickTM [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      That's actually the one concession I'm willing to make in this case. I fully believe he could well be a fantastic goalkeeper. A man of that frame, with that athleticism, but without the need to be quite so technically skilled (by comparison)? Wholly believable he could have been a truly gifted 'keeper.

      [–]dizzystuff [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      Reading this thread, as both an AFL and Wolves fan, I did not expect to hear the name of Stefan Maierhofer.

      [–]Grounded-coffee [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      r/sports is biased to people that never played and don't watch sports.

      [–]DragonEevee1Popcorn Addict [スコア非表示]  (11子コメント)

      It's the same as r/politics and r/news. American dominated because site reddit is American dominated

      [–]MimesAreShiteshitpost, shitpost into the dying of the light [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

      r/television as well.

      edit: although r/politics is for American politics exclusively, and r/news is partially US-dominated because US news is banned from r/worldnews

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        [–]UghableSSJW-3 Goku [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

        Why is a generic "sports" sub even popular instead of subs for each sport?

        Just makes me think of this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdwchohlMjI

        [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

        I guess it's just a good place to collectively see the highlights of numerous different sports without having to actively search for each one. I like the concept.

        [–]Barrybran [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

        Wait, this isn't a shitpost.

        [–]Dekkaz [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

        Would be good if there was an alternative to r/sports but without any Americans sports. Would be nice seeing news and footage from smaller sports around the world without having to go sort through posts talking about what Randy Johnson Jnr from the Delaware Cowboys favourite burger is.

        [–]elnombredelviento [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

        I mean, people tried that from a news perspective with /r/worldnews, and the loudest voices on there are still Americans opining on how Europe is inexorably falling under Sharia Shakira Law.

        [–]Dekkaz [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

        Yeah there would be no stopping the shit comments but at least there wouldn't be mods stickying lame links like this https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/3n5nhk/man_gets_plastered_drunk_steals_charlotte_knights/

        [–]elbtg [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

        Reddit is also predominately American... Like 80%.... Are you really surprised?

        [–]Bobblefighterman [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

        More like less than 50%, but whatever

        [–]shumcal [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

        Indeed

        45%

        [–]elbtg [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

        I see 48%, but regardless, #2 is around 9%, showing a massive drop off, and Australia is at what, 3%?

        So, a 94/6 ratio split between US and AUS.

        DAE think it's weird that Americans default to American culture on a website made by Americans hosted in America on an American TLD? Outrageous.

        [–]shumcal [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

        No-one's arguing that US is the single largest demographic, but that doesn't mean that it's somehow American dominated.

        Americans defaulting to American culture is fine, but that doesn't mean that everyone else, the majority of the users, should default to it as well. Nothing's wrong with /r/uspolitics and /r/usnews.

        Dude, .com is not a US TLD. I know the technicalities behind it, but anything not ending in .us is indistinguishable from international.

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          [–]Sitin [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

          Well simple solution here. /r/Sports mods can simply get fucked.

          [–]fearofthesky[S] [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

          /r/sports mods killed Harambe

          [–]LostTacos [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

          /r/sports mods dogged the boys

          [–]yeahnahteambalance [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

          Yeah the boys

          [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

          If there's anyone here who doesn't understand this, let me put it clearly:

          You NEVER dog the boys.

          [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

          https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/3bzn0f/a_professional_australian_football_league_coach/

          This was one of the shittiest things that I have ever seen on reddit. And I've seen some pretty shitty things on here.

          A coach was murdered, the players had a moments silence in his memory, and r/sports trolled the fuck out of it and no one got in trouble.

          Conversely, we make some jokes about rugby carefully skirting Poe's Law, and we manage to get an entire sport delisted from the sub.

          r/sports has always been total shit, but reading back over that thread in particular reminded me of how terrible the mods are at modding.

          FUCK YOU r/SPORTS

          [–]HiddenHeavy 46ポイント47ポイント  (8子コメント)

          BOY OH BOY WOWEE!

          [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time 25ポイント26ポイント  (6子コメント)

          BIG NON DECISION HERE

          [–]aditrs [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

          r/SPORTS WAS OUT OF BOUNDS

          [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

          HE SAYS "IM A MOD AND I CAN DO THAT KIND OF THING!"

          [–]Goatus_OQueef [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

          I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU THERE. I LOVE THE WAY HE GOES ABOUT IT.

          [–]Conaire_ [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

          HE CLOSED ON HIM LIKE A CLAM BANG!

          [–]GlitchyRainbow#PrayFor/R/AFL 26ポイント27ポイント  (5子コメント)

          /r/titlegore, but defo worded better than what I would've done. Good job.

          [–]fearofthesky[S] 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

          ...oh goddamnit. I'm tired and at work so I missed the missing gaps. I guess I get that for copy pasting. Ah well, you get the gist of it.

          [–]Gapwick [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

          The description isn't much better. It's completely incomprehensible, and everyone posting here are from /r/AFL, not SRD.

          [–]EggCouncilCreeperI like my popcorn extra-salty [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

          I will have you know I somewhat regularly post here, too >.>

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            [–]yeahnahteambalance 54ポイント55ポイント  (27子コメント)

            So during the West Indies v Australia Cricket Test at the MCG during the end of last year an MCC (Melbourne Cricket Club) member posted a picture of a very unique urinal in the r/cricket match thread.

            He was prompted to post the unique urinal that overlooked the whole ground to r/sports. I decided to travel over to that very same thread and started to explain to users the history of the ground and that specific toilet.

            In that thread I used a colloquial Aussie term of endearment on an Australian r/cricket frequenter. I called him a cunt. The r/sports mods obviously were flagged to my comment by the swearing, and I was promptly banned.

            I tried to explain to that mod that term wasn't being used to vilify the user, and that we knew each-other, and was in jest. I posted our conversation on r/cricket saying how funny it was that our sense of humour that we take for granted was enough to get me banned in another sub.

            He then permabanned me claiming I was brigading. Was good fun.

            The comment that got me banned and started it all: https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/3ycldp/is_there_a_better_bathroom_at_an_international/cych3dq?st=it19842w&sh=f8f9a317

            [–]MarcoHanYTJUSTICE FOR /R/AFL 50ポイント51ポイント  (0子コメント)

            We are not thin skinned

            [–]ThyrotoxicSozin did nothing wrong 32ポイント33ポイント  (22子コメント)

            Americans just don't get sports or how banter works.

            A mate of mine was told off for chanting at a football match in the states, it's sad.

            [–]JebusGobsonManarchist [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

            They just don't give a crud!

            [–]MimesAreShiteshitpost, shitpost into the dying of the light [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            He tried going doopin' mental but they wouldn't let him :(

            [–]egggggggggs [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            A mate of mine was told off for chanting at a football match in the states, it's sad.

            Maybe he's the one that didn't understand the banter.

            [–]KhaelgorPopCorn lover 5ポイント6ポイント  (14子コメント)

            You mean soccer, right ?

            [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time 34ポイント35ポイント  (0子コメント)

            Just googled this 'soccer', it looks very odd for a rugby game.

            [–]ThyrotoxicSozin did nothing wrong 1ポイント2ポイント  (12子コメント)

            Yeh, for Americans I mean soccer, for the rest of the world I mean football.

            [–]DragonEevee1Popcorn Addict [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            Told off for chanting? That just means you chant louder with more insults every game is a home game if your loud enough

            [–]keyserbjj [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

            Americans just don't get sports or how banter works.

            A mate of mine was told off for chanting at a football match in the states, it's sad.

            In America if someone gives you shit at a sporting event you give it right back not post on reddit whining about it.

            [–]Zer0Hour1 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            Seriously. This isn't an American thing, it's a neckbeard thing. I bet the sports mods have never even played any sports since mandatory PE in 5th grade.

            [–]YesThisIsDrake"Monogamy is a tool of the Jew" [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            You don't chant in America. You drink. If it's football you yell out how you'd coach. If it's baseball you talk to that person next to you about everything except the game you're watching.

            [–]BIllyBrooks [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

            Got half way through reading that and thought "I know this story" then checked the username. 'Twas good times.

            [–]Bobblefighterman 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

            how dare you link a comment with me in it! This is prime xenophobia right here!

            [–]Calimie [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

            I don't think I've ever seen a more stupid mod than that one from Sports. To threaten having the admins ban the whole sub is quite something.

            [–]fearofthesky[S] [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

            The admins do have that power...but they only use it extreme circumstances, and only if the mods fail to act on warnings by the admins over the unacceptable behaviour by their users.

            To say the /r/sports mod is reaching is an insult to reachers all over the world.

            [–]Calimie [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

            Oh, sure they can. But why would they do so here when it took them forever to ban actual toxic and dangerous subreddits?

            [–]Bobblefighterman [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            They can't do it anyway. Brigading involves a subreddit where it's actively encouraging users to spam another sub. Because the actual mods of /r/AFL discouraged brigading, and it was entirely the free will of some users, all they can do is have /r/sports ban them from the subreddit, maybe ban their accounts if they were in a shitty mood. They have no grounds to actually ban /r/afl itself, unless they ignored their own rules.

            [–]pokemaniacaus [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

            The front page of /r/sports has now been absolutely flooded with AFL shitposts.

            [–]lpatoBOYOHBOYWOWEE [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            looks like they are getting deleted though, they aren't showing up on new anymore

            [–]ItsNotThatDeep [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

            don't fuck with straya m8

            [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

            I have to say, some of your comments on there have made my night.

            You'll get banned soon, but I admire everything you've done on there.

            [–]lpatoBOYOHBOYWOWEE [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

            It was like the whole subreddit became a match thread.

            [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            I can't explain how much i wanted to join in

            [–]Catharsis1394 [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

            The thin skinned mod accused r/AFL of brigading, but I'm not sure if he knew what brigading looked like.

            (Not endorsing this by the way, but I'll probably get banned from the sub all the same merely for posting here)

            Edit: Just realised that all the upvotes to the side might suggest that I do endorse it... oh well make your own mind up I guess

            [–]rugby_league [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

            I have never upvoted so much AFL in my life.

            [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

            I love that our rivalry is unimportant for a little while

            [–]Statisticc [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            Banned person here. While I don't think my actions justified a permanent ban, I can respect that moderating a default subreddit is hard work and they were getting sick of shitposters in AFL threads. However, the head mod has badly handled this situation.

            [–]Tabnam [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            Oh my God, finally drama that involves a subreddit I post to. This must be what New Zealanders felt like the two times their country made international news in the last 50 years

            [–]Durfsurn 13ポイント14ポイント  (4子コメント)

            Boys, I made my statement here: https://np.reddit.com/r/AFL/comments/52isv4/announcement_regarding_rsports/d7ks0vq

            [–]Dear_Occupantd_o[M] [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            To the person who reported this: it's fine if someone from the linked drama comes here to SRD. The issue is when it's the other way around. Thanks for looking out.

            [–]MarcoHanYTJUSTICE FOR /R/AFL 14ポイント15ポイント  (2子コメント)

            Hi boy, thanks for making a very important statement about the issues about /r/AFL I, an american would like to thank you for taking part and trying to advertise /r/sports, but unfortunately Australians are banned.

            Fuck you

            [–]Durfsurn [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

            tsk tsk thin skin /s

            [–]MarcoHanYTJUSTICE FOR /R/AFL [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            We are not "thin skinned" or "pansies" or "cunts"

            [–]yotsaba [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

            This is what happens when you don't grow up on dairy farms

            [–]chubbyurmar/AFL needs your support in this tough time [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            It is also acceptable to grow up around dairy farms

            [–]AUS_Doug [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

            While I'm not as AFL inclined as most of my fellow countrymen - I seriously and genuinly believe Gridiron is a superior sport, and will banter with any cunt that says otherwise - the way the /r/AFL people are dealing with the /r/sports tosser-mod right now is bringing tears to my eyes.

            You cunts are legends.

            [–]MarcoHanYTJUSTICE FOR /R/AFL [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            I, an american thank you for your for the compliment

            [–]EggCouncilCreeperI like my popcorn extra-salty [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            About time they got caught out for this shit, too. The mod team can be bloody cancerous over there.

            Bloody thin-skinned pansy American cunts...

            [–]KokoroCorrect 12ポイント13ポイント  (2子コメント)

            Well I thought we were being funny. As always a subreddit mod lets all the minimal power he has go to his head and ruins the fun.

            Some of the ban worthy comments I made on the night.

            [–]yeahnahteambalance 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

            Uber arrived yet?

            [–]KokoroCorrect 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

            Funny you mentioned, I just clicked on the ad to install Uber because my bus route was closed. Unfortunately still not here :(

            [–]Bluelegs [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            So the admins of /r/sports are bitching and moaning about 'brigading' and ban people for 'trolling' when all those users have done is post a comment on a completely separate subreddit?

            They call it a 'minor annoyance' and then proceed to look for people to ban.

            [–]diskitty99 [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

            r/sports is so stupid. If they fixed the flares in the first place this wouldn't have happened. In australia, there are people who actually take offense to Afl being called rugby. NFL gets called football when it is a spin off from rugby, not soccer. This shows incredible naivety from r/sports, and the refusal to fix it shows idiocracy.

            and taking AFL of the pro sports list! taht's stupid. Why ban the sport when a few internet trolls start talking trash. /sports, you brought this backlash upon yourselves. Stupid american wimps that feel the need to have full body armour every time you play sport, and you're the ones acting concussed. Get to the real world.

            [–]fearofthesky[S] [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            Hey no need to bag other sports while making your point. I'm Australian and I fkn LOVE American football, and I came to love it from my Aussie rules obsessed background because of people on the internet being nice about my ignorance, and from being willing to learn about the strange different ways of football.

            That was /r/NFL, a well modded sports sub that isn't without its flaws, but it's about a million times better than /r/sports.

            [–]EggCouncilCreeperI like my popcorn extra-salty [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            NFL gets called football when it is a spin off from rugby, not soccer.

            To be fair, both Rugby codes are a form of football.

            Rugby Football Union

            Rugby Football League

            [–]elnombredelviento [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            NFL gets called football when it is a spin off from rugby, not soccer

            Tbf rugby is short for "rugby football", it being the variety of football that developed at Rugby School.

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              [–]CheeseEMPEROR [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

              r/sports just banning their entire front page of AFL posts hahahha

              [–]supercozyshake [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

              The posts have been deleted now. No more rugby posts.

              [–]Prodigy-III am not gay because I enjoy Gossip Girl [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

              Whoo! /r/AFL drama! We out here!

              Geelong vs Hawthorn was just about the best final I've seen outside of a GF btw except maybe Collingwood vs West Coast in 2002.

              [–]scubadivingpoop [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

              This is so stupid it makes me head hurt...

              [–]NeedsRiotJuice [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

              They've removed the list of sports on the sidebar entirely.

              [–]MarcoHanYTJUSTICE FOR /R/AFL [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

              Theres still a list of sports at the top of the subreddit, yesterday we were listed under "Pro Sports" Today, we're no where to be seen

              #JUSTICEFOR/r/AFL

              [–]SnapshillBotShilling for Big Archive™ 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

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              [–]GaberdineTailor 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

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              [–]citizen_coping 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

              Honestly, I didn't watch 1 of those. Thanks for posting.

              [–]citizen_coping 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

              Progressively agressive injury... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKzHUggk8kI

              [–]CBAFCMV [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

              https://www.reddit.com/r/AFL/comments/52isv4/announcement_regarding_rsports/

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