The Factions of Bluemoon

[Sultana of Brunei]

I'm a dadaist situationalist. I'm only in it for the pies.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

I'm a dadaist situationalist. I'm only in it for the pies.

Under the paving stones: the beach.

 

[Sultana of Brunei]

I'm a dadaist situationalist. I'm only in it for the pies.

Under the paving stones: the beach.

Bye Bye Badman, Bye Bye.

Sous les pavés, la plage!

 

[Boots_]

The biggest faction on here is the "I don't know what offside is" faction. Right, DD?

 

[Didsbury Dave]

The biggest faction on here is the "I don't know what offside is" faction. Right, DD?

Hahahaha

I threw it in there as a test to see how many bit.

That's all.

Honest.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Under the paving stones: the beach.

Bye Bye Badman, Bye Bye.

Sous les pavés, la plage!

Brings back some memories of being an odd teenager who'd spend his evening reading Society Of The Spectacle.

We're all spectators of suicide. The only free choice is the refusal to pay!

 

[Marvin]

Damocles made what I think is a fascinating observation of another thread, one which I see as worthy of it's own debate, seeing as we've had no match to discuss and Hughes/Robinho In/Out has got boring. He discussed the various factions of BLuemoon in an interesting way:

I see four major posting groups currently:

The rationalists, such as JohnMaddocksAxe will usually sit and think of an opinion and try to eloquent it the best they can, hoping that they will get an opinion back which counteracts theirs in a justified way. They want participation, but only in a certain manner, and usually the same manner that they put one forward in. This thread is full of these.

The comedian posters such as Pam, will sit and think of witty responses or snappy comments to compliment an argument. This could also be a funny picture, or even a link to something else. The LESCOTT OUT thread is full of these.

All in all, the above two groups co-exist peacefully, and generally the forum goes runs smoothly.

The other two factions are usually consisting of the same people each time, who have a 'religious war' over certain topics. Currently, it is positivity vs negativity, where both camps truly believe that their way is the true way towards forum utopia and will sling wild and baseless accusations against each other. Their argument usually consists of trying to make the person who posted an opinion look bad, therefore making the point look bad. This used to be Hughes In/Hughes Out and before, Thasin In/Thaskin Out.

The forum would be a hugely boring place without these people, but if one side overruns the other, it becomes a bitter and hate-filled place. It's about balance.

I've currently spent over 20 hours a day, for the past 4 days, refreshing a page on BM every 5 minutes (to get Skynet v2 to index every word ever posted on the forum, without actually taking the forum down), so I've been making a few social observations.
Alternatively, this is all bullshit and I've gone insane from pressing F5, and am making up things in my head.

I think that's an interesting observation.

I'd add a couple more factions:

Tubthumpers (younger) - These are the guys who see support as a proactive thing, a duty. They cannot understand how anyone doesn't stand up, sing and wear colours at a match. They will post about atmosphere or the poor turnout at a cup game, really angry.

Tubthumpers (Older) - These guys are older versions of the above. They slag off the whole of Bluemoon as "negative" and wander around telling people to piss off to Old Trafford or that we've never had it so good.

I look at it from the angle of does "this action" support or not support MCFC.

Constant criticism of anyone from Ireland, Bellamy, Robinho or Hughes affects other fans, and sometimes players.Letting off steam after a defeat is understandable, but a week into international week? What's all that about?

I used to feel a lot more affinity towards other fans in the days of Div 2, because they were so supportive of the team in what were difficult times. How many of today current fans would support the club in those circumstances? they'd walk out in disgust at half-time

 

[Anonymous]

This forum is 99% full of thick idiots who know nothing about football, the same thick idiots who would be the laughing stock in a pub if they came out with the same shit.

You can tell who are the more intelligent ones, they are usually winding the thick ones up or are posting under the name Immaculate Pasta.

 

[Sultana of Brunei]

This forum is 99% full of thick idiots who know nothing about football, the same thick idiots who would be the laughing stock in a pub if they came out with the same shit.

You can tell who are the more intelligent ones, they are usually winding the thick ones up or are posting under the name Immaculate Pasta.

I agree.

Best Regards

Immaculate Pasta.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

This forum is 99% full of thick idiots who know nothing about football, the same thick idiots who would be the laughing stock in a pub if they came out with the same shit.

You can tell who are the more intelligent ones, they are usually winding the thick ones up or are posting under the name Immaculate Pasta.

You're wrong.

It's 95% idiots actually smart arse.

I'm one of the 5% baby and maybe you are too.