What the hell has happened to the lounge?

[Alan Medic]

I thought this was the place for interesting threads. I will have to think of some as this place has gone downhill very quickly. Perhaps there should be a fee to start a thread which would be recouped by it reaching a certain number of posts (not your own). Admin?

[DulwichFox]

Its all a bit like daytime TV.. with all the repeats of.

Fake Britain .. The Jerome Kyle Show.. Homes under the Hammer, Helicopter Heroes..

Cowboy Builders.. Heir Hunters.. The Sheriffs are Coming.. Rip Off Britain..

BBC needs to make some new programs.

Foxy

[????]

The gradual bleed of quality posters is beginning to show and the same old repetitive rubbish by those that have stays magnifies it. I'll hang around as I live in SE22 but it's generally p1ss poor in the lounge nowadays

[????]

+ it's nearly 10 years now!

[Alan Medic]

3 of the top five threads currently are feckin games. If you want to play games then feck off somewhere else.....

Delete the games threads Admin unless users can prove they have been an influence on the forum for good or for bad......other than the games.

[Louisa]

And general issues is any better? the whole forum is predictable now. Some of that is to do with it being a decade almost of covering topic after topic multiple times. Posters come and go. None of us are sacred cows. I would argue none of us have ever been that great either, lots of self congratulation going on and dare I say it 'rose tinted' spectacles being worn.

Louisa.

[Alan Medic]

General issues don't generally interest me. Someone next door farted when the wind was blowing in my direction. Who should I dial? No sacred cows, then let?s have a monthly slaughter. Most nominations are publically humiliated and banned for life.

[Louisa]

I'm down for that Alan!!!

I'm sure I'd be in the top 2 to be sacrificed ;-)

Louisa.

[Alan Medic]

Heck......if that's what you want, I'll give you my vote.

[Louisa]

Thanks. Unfortunately I can't give you my vote as its reserved for one of my nemesis in general issues.

Louisa.

[Alan Medic]

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,1552744

What's this all about? Someone asks if something is happening on that particular night and apart from one they get advice about other nights. How is that helpful?

[New Girl]

Dulwich Factor. Cast your votes.

Dulwich is getting boring in the lounge. It's the same old dispute she moans about this, he bangs on about that, broken record. I used to be an intimidated bystander on this forum as it was witty, a tad cliquey, but hilarious. Nowadays, I'd rather read the daily mail (jokes).

[KalamityKel]

blimey, someone resurrect the grump old man/men rubbish?

[LadyDeliah]

I think Admin should keep all the dross and actively discourage the interesting posters from returning. I'm getting way more work done nowadays than I did when the forum was funny.

[Loz]

Don't worry. The lounge just found God.

[Alan Medic]

Well thank G.....a123 for that. It's been saved.

[BrandNewGuy]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> General issues don't generally interest me.

> Someone next door farted when the wind was blowing

> in my direction.

To be fair, there are several long-running threads in General issues which cover important decisions about local planning, building, roads etc. And I think the admins allow more 'lounge'-type debates in General issues as long as they're close enough to the topic of the thread. Agree about the bloody games in the Lounge though...

[Otta]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> 3 of the top five threads currently are feckin

> games. If you want to play games then feck off

> somewhere else.....

>

Whilst I agree with the sentiment, that is not a new thing. Those bloody threads have always dominated even when the lounge was good.

[Otta]

???? Wrote:

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> The gradual bleed of quality posters is beginning

> to show and the same old repetitive rubbish by

> those that have stays magnifies it. I'll hang

> around as I live in SE22 but it's generally p1ss

> poor in the lounge nowadays

I am taking this as a direct "piss off".

[tfwsoll]

>> 3 of the top five threads currently are feckin games. If you want to play games then feck off somewhere else.....

Delete the games threads Admin unless users can prove they have been an influence on the forum for good or for bad......other than the games.

...and one of the other top 5 is feckin' the football thread which is just as mind numbingly boring to me as they games are to you. Doubt whether endless discussions about a bunch of overpaid tossers has been an influence on the forum for good or bad?

[Alan Medic]

Oh it does if one is considering a career as an overpaid tosser or a pundit. They are careers in the 'real' world.

[????]

Otta Wrote:

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> ???? Wrote:

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> > The gradual bleed of quality posters is

> beginning

> > to show and the same old repetitive rubbish by

> > those that have stays magnifies it. I'll hang

> > around as I live in SE22 but it's generally

> p1ss

> > poor in the lounge nowadays

>

>

> I am taking this as a direct "piss off".

Nope. i'm glad you're still here, besides you're reasonably local, from here AND are in the manor reasonably frequently. What I meant is that it's so poor that i've thought about going but the fact i'm still live here keeps me on. Personally I'd love it if Huge, Moos, SJ, El Pibe, Brendan, etc etc etc were still about but I think they all moved far away long enough ago that i understand why they don't. But Loz and ratty are still on and I'm glad for eg.

[maxxi]

tfwsoll Wrote:

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> ...and one of the other top 5 is feckin' the

> football thread which is just as mind numbingly

> boring to me as they games are to you. Doubt

> whether endless discussions about a bunch of

> overpaid tossers has been an influence on the

> forum for good or bad?

Good point. Maybe we could introduce the banter and rivalry that characterises a lot of the Football thread into the other "game" threads.

"Call that a 5 letter word you illiterate Bedwetter!?... Oh, now you're just making up band names just to make the rest of us Google a collection of tone deaf Belgians...No-o-o you idiot! It aint just word association, it's a coded message to the disenfranchised of Fellbrigg Road and spelling 'Kumkwat' like that has completely bollixed it!"

Also "You knob" (applicable to any game plus curry club and the odd chapel of rest post).

[numbers]

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>But Loz and ratty are still on and

> I'm glad for eg.

Aw gee thanks quids!!

[????]

And Numbers

You're here in the manor about 50% of the time anyways