hey guys!!!

[ianlovesparra]

this is my seond official post
ive been reading the forums for about 3 years but have been a bit hesitant to join. I've been supporting the eels for 40 years and would like to say gday to everyone!!

 

[benoir91]

gday to you to ian, have fun and let the discussions begin

 

[parra-matters]

welcome Ian! your not from the north coast are you?

 

[bartman]

Welcome Ian, and glad you've felt like posting.

As you'd know, the secret is not to take anyone else here too seriously - especially after an Eels loss! :lol:

 

[ianlovesparra]

haha, no unfortunately not, i am from castle hill in western sydney

 

[ianlovesparra]

Welcome Ian, and glad you've felt like posting.

As you'd know, the secret is not to take anyone else here too seriously - especially after an Eels loss! :lol:

thanks for the welcome and tip bartman
lol, i have noticed that people on this site can be very judgmental whether its a loss or a 40 point win :lol:

 

[ParraAds]

Castle Hill! nice one....i went to school there.

 

[Stagger eel]

welcome Ian.

 

[bartman]

Yeah, we're definitely a broad church, us Eels fans.

Differing approaches to the game and to posting on here, but underneath it all, united by the same common desire for the Eels to do well ;-)

 

[TheParraboy]

gday Ian, welcome

Just to let you know, I am a pretty good bloke, who likes french toast and blueberry bagels

 

[ianlovesparra]

Castle Hill! nice one....i went to school there.

nice area isnt it, which school did you go to, oakhill? gilroy?

 

[ParraAds]

Yeah Oakhill....

Very much a rugby school, but we had league teams at various times, (where old ParraAds hit his peak as a young fullback...lol)

 

[ianlovesparra]

Yeah Oakhill....

Very much a rugby school, but we had league teams at various times, (where old ParraAds hit his peak as a young fullback...lol)

:lol: i bet your still going strong

 

[urban eel]

Welcome ian. I'm still quite new here too. To make it easier. Just have a word doc with the 3 standard responses. 1. We win by 30, say that the other team were bad and under strength and a 1/2 decent team would have flogged us. 2. We grind out a tough 80mins and win by a FG. we were bad and playing poorly and we were lucky to get the 2 points and a 1/2 decent team would have put 30 on them. And the 3rd we loose just pick a number between 1-17 and blame them and call for them to be dropped!.

 

[ianlovesparra]

Welcome ian. I'm still quite new here too. To make it easier. Just have a word doc with the 3 standard responses. 1. We win by 30, say that the other team were bad and under strength and a 1/2 decent team would have flogged us. 2. We grind out a tough 80mins and win by a FG. we were bad and playing poorly and we were lucky to get the 2 points and a 1/2 decent team would have put 30 on them. And the 3rd we loose just pick a number between 1-17 and blame them and call for them to be dropped!.

:lol: in my three years of observing, I can say you are spot on the money

 

[ianlovesparra]

oh and guys
how do the stars under the username work?
why are some people juniors, 1st grade, moderators and administors?
do people have more power then otehrs dependent on this?
can anyone be a moderator?
how does all this work, im curious

 

[Captain BF]

G'day Ian!

 

[urban eel]

From what i know mods are like security guards they try and look tough and have little power.(can move,lock and delete posts/threads) Admins are like cops have real power and abuse it.(ban and delete people if they don't obey the rules or just don't like what they say) Not sure about the rest i think it relates to post counts

 

[bartman]

oh and guys
how do the stars under the username work?
why are some people juniors, 1st grade, moderators and administors?
do people have more power then otehrs dependent on this?
can anyone be a moderator?
how does all this work, im curious

Quick explanation...

Your stars go up the more posts you make, it's linked to the titles you'll see like juniors, first grade, referee, coach etc. It's distracting at first, exciting when you change stars, but most of the time people don't pay much attention.

With moderators, all it means is that it's such a big site they need a team of people to keep an eye out, mainly for things that get posted that might get the site in trouble legally, but also to help everyone stay within the member guidelines, so it all works smoothly enough for everyone.

Your Eels mods are Colonel, Stagger, Twizzle, JessEel and Eelaholic. They can move and delete and lock posts and threads etc, just so everything stays flowing ok.

Different people moderate different sections of the site (I'm part of a team who do UK League, as well as the team who do the political argument section known as 4 Corners). But in here I'm just normal, even though the stars stay. You'll see a few people in the big NRL forum with stars from other areas, just treat everyone the same ;-)

Colonel and Twizz are Super Moderators, because they do heaps of sections around here. Admin are people that actually run the site. Almost everyone involved are pretty decent once you get to know 'em :lol:.

 

[Bazal]

Yeah Oakhill....

Very much a rugby school, but we had league teams at various times, (where old ParraAds hit his peak as a young fullback...lol)

Heh. I went to Oakhill. We always had a good League side when I was there