The Study - It is a silly place, can I (or you) make it go away

[celtic_crippler]

As hard as this may be to believe, and lord knows I still have trouble believing it... there is a life outside of MT you know

Yeah...but what else would I do during work hours?

 

[Xue Sheng]

Yeah...but what else would I do during work hours?

You got me on that one

 

[Xue Sheng]

And

The study is gone

Thank you Bob :highfive:

YOU ROCK!!! :headbangin:

 

[Tez3]

MT is my bribe to do all the housework etc. Do the ironing, spend a bit of time on MT, then do the cleaning, spend a bit of time on MT etc etc! I hate and detest housework, I should have been born rich and had servants though I would have cleaned things up first as I wouldn't have wanted them to think I was messy and untidy! I work shifts and the last thing you want to do after 12 hours at work is to do the housework however when you are a Scorpio female of a certain age like me arguing is just the thing you need lol!

 

[Xue Sheng]

Of late MT is my filler whilst things computer run and to fill up the times I would be going for a walk if I were not on these stupid crutches.

After the crutches go away who knows... maybe... once again.... I will to for awhile....

 

[Tez3]

You could come up with a fighting crutches kata?

 

[CuongNhuka]

I'm surprised he hasn't already. I know I sure would.

 

[Sukerkin]

I agree it's a silly place. Unfortunately, just about every discussion forum on the internet has its own version of The Study. I only know of one site that doesn't and that's the Fender Discussion Page. That site has a strict policy against hot button issues and the site owner and mods are all very serious when it comes to enforcement. Post a thread on politics or religion and it will almost immediately be deleted. Hijack a thread in that direction and the thread will be almost immediately locked. If you break the rules more than once or twice your privileges will be suspended. Do it again after you get reinstated and it's cya later time. Sounds harsh I know but that is one of the most civil discussion forums in all of cyberspace.

Exactly the way I used to run the forum I was Senior Admin at :tup:. AWB I used to call it: Advised; Warned; Banned.

As you noted with the Fender site, it was a very civil place indeed; for, as we have noted several times here, peoples manners improve greatly when there are consequences.

 

[Tez3]

Everyone should have a bit of silliness, the Study is fine because we all have different views about life, the universe and everything, I find it a bit harder to forgive when people however are scornful/rude on the MA sections. We may have different arts but we should have more in common than not when discussing MA yet some of the arguments can be ferocious.

 

[Archangel M]

I wonder, and Bob can probably tell us, what section of the site draws the most traffic?

While some probably think that if the Study closed down then magically everybody would start posting and coming back to the site to discuss the proper way to do a wristlock; I think you run the risk of killing a lot of traffic and a section of the forum that may draw in members that came for the Study but stayed and posted useful stuff in the other forums.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I wonder, and Bob can probably tell us, what section of the site draws the most traffic?

While some probably think that if the Study closed down then magically everybody would start posting and coming back to the site to discuss the proper way to do a wristlock; I think you run the risk of killing a lot of traffic and a section of the forum that may draw in members that came for the Study but stayed and posted useful stuff in the other forums.

Frankly it probably gets the most traffic and I couldn't careless if it goes on forever, I just don't want to have the option to see it anymore. Sometimes it is interesting (in the way a train wreck is interesting) and I get tempted to post and then I end up wondering why I started posting there at all so... I wanted it to go away for me... if you like it, by all means enjoy it... I wasn't, I think it is silly and I don't want to go there anymore

 

[Xue Sheng]

You could come up with a fighting crutches kata?

I'm surprised he hasn't already. I know I sure would.

Crutchfu :EG: With a bit of work I can get it to move like a dao :EG:

 

[Flea]

Well, there are some videos out there for wheelchair fu. I think it's fabulous.

 

[Carol]

Well, there are some videos out there for wheelchair fu. I think it's fabulous.

You might like this as well, Flea.

Jujutsu-based self-defense taught by a paraplegic. He's part of a non-profit org in Arlington, MA that offers MA instruction (usually for free) with a specific outreach to at-risk members of the population

 

[Bob Hubbard]

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[CuongNhuka]

While some probably think that if the Study closed down then magically everybody would start posting and coming back to the site to discuss the proper way to do a wristlock; I think you run the risk of killing a lot of traffic and a section of the forum that may draw in members that came for the Study but stayed and posted useful stuff in the other forums.

Since Bob has already posted the stats: I think it says something about this forum or the people posting on it that there is more posting in the off topic area then there is in the on topic area.

 

[MJS]

We try to offer a little something for everyone. We have areas for pretty much every art out there, we have some perks for supporting members, we have 'unofficial' chat threads and we have non martial arts related areas such as the study. I've noticed some people who have rank in X art, but spend 98% of heir time in the study and the other 2% in the art areas. Thats fine, IMO, as posting is posting.

The study is not for everyone, thats for sure.

 

[CuongNhuka]

If 98% of your posting is in the Off Topic areas, you might as well un-join the forum, and find a forum that isn't themed. Posting only in the off topic areas just means you have nothing to say in the actual posting areas and should find a new forum.

 

[arnisador]

It may also mean you're posted-out on "What's the most dangerous martial art?", "Are ninjas able to make themselves invisible?", "What type of socks do you wear to train in?", etc., but have made acquaintances here nonetheless.

 

[CuongNhuka]

Then you turn to lurking and PMing people. Otherwise you might as well leave.