I get your point as most people who do this seem to use it as a tool for trolling, though sometimes they are funny, though it is often also annoying when loads of people start to quote the changed header.


Not often, but it is another angle people use to attack other users when they want get another dig in and it can take things off topic.


How about also not being able to change the usernames in quotes as well? 


I dunno. Is this feature even necessary? The thing you seem to be complaining about is a minor thing compared to people using it to just troll. I'm not sure whether full on making it so others can't change the topic title would be better, but when users use it troll maybe those posts can be reported to be edited if they're off topic.

Not necessarily. There's about 30 players in the squad so he could have sent either a b-team or split them evenly so you've got two decent teams rather than send a bunch of schoolboys. I think even a b-team of their current squad would have won or at least done better than the kids. As for the cup itself, sure, it's not the most coveted but the Super Cup or whatever it's called isn't really either. Just another cash grab for FIFA really. I doubt people will be mentioning the win a few years from now, but couple it with multiple other trophies they would.


I hope he just made those comments in the heat of the moment after being annoyed by having to play yet another game because Klopp not turning up to the game if he can is pretty disrespectful. I'd give him a pass if he's got a vacation booked or something. I wonder what the players think or whether some of them actually want to play it. I know there's a big break so some of them might be going on vacations as well but I'm sure there's a lot of players who would be happy to play.


I didn't realise the last game was a draw. I was tempted to go for 1-1 on this but I'll probably still go for the narrow Liverpool win. A lot of people seem to think Liverpool will stuff them but I'm not so sure. Guess it depends on the team that gets put out.

Could be a bluff to throw people off  . Maybe they put them in and change them before the game (as many probably change their mind last minute anyway). A few people always seem to leave the picks right until the last minute before they put them in as well. BitcoinSupremo, Avirunes & LTU_btc all haven't done them yet.


The Carabao cup was even more winnable and a win would have taken them in to the semis to face Leicester. I know it's not as prestigious as the FA but it's a trophy they could have easily won and now City are probably gonna win that.


The treble is far more prestigious and difficult to do than the Super Cup. If my calculations are correct then Liverpool need to win 11 out of their remaining 15 games to equal Man City's 100 point record.

He should have really pushed to have that rescheduled. It's obviously ridiculous to play two games within two days or whatever it was, but I really don't think Liverpool should be giving anything up though. I've said this before, but I think if the PL is the only thing Liverpool win this season then it will be a bit of a disappointment to me (though not taking anything away from that achievement especially when they haven't won the league in ages). People will forget the league win over time but probably not if they go unbeaten all season, break points records and win multiple trophies. People still talk about the invincible Arsenal team and the doubles and trebles won by Man United and Liverpool should be aiming to join them or even surpass their achievements.


Just go see whoever does play. A CL final is still going to be a decent spectacle.


Well they could have even gone for the quadruple had they not blown the Carabao. Maybe even the quintuple if you count the UEFA Super Cup or whatever it's called  .


I don't think this will be a walk-over for Liverpool. West Ham haven't been playing great for sure, but they're fighting to stay out of relegation. This could be one of those games where Liverpool take their foot off the the gas. With that being said, I'll probably still play the narrow away win but a draw is really tempting also.


It's silly not playing for this IMO. It looks like there's ample time before the replay on the 4th of Feb and their next game which is on the 15th in the PL. Where the semis are played shouldn't really matter either. They've got such an easy run in their next lot of games as well (except for Athletico in the CL) that they can easily field their best team for this (or their second best but not a bunch of kids).

Yeah, I hope they're just on the back-burner and haven't been abandoned completely. I think it would be a good encouragement for people to keep reporting.


Well there seemed to be a drastic drop merely in the last few months. I'm talking like going from 1k+ reports in the queue to around a mere 100 or so.  It wasn't that long ago when we were seeing 2k+ as well.


I don't think reporting a lot should automatically qualify you as that would obviously lead to abuse, but I did also say:

At first I thought this was going to be a thread about having another rank for high merit receivers. I do like the idea of a new rank for the top-earners, especially when becoming legendary is far too common these days.


I think ranking up is already difficult enough and there's no need to over-complicate it further, but you could do something with this on the proposed reward badges ie once a person has got x amount of merit from a certain board they get a little badge related to that section. You could also do something with the reports once a user has reported x amount in that sub. Not sure how difficult it would be to implement but it would be nice to see rewards and badges for certain things, especially reporting which doesn't really come with any benefits currently and is a thankless task.


Agreed. It is difficult, especially for average or even good posters. You probably basically have to be an exceptional poster to rank up to a higher rank within a reasonable time-frame. I still think we should implement more donor ranks like Silver/Gold Member with the added benefits of becoming a higher rank all but in name (you wouldn't literally become a Senior or Hero but get the benefits of becoming one ie a bigger signature and avatar etc). I think this would stop a lot of people needlessly fishing for merits and I'm sure a lot of people would prefer to cough up a bit of money to 'skip the queue' as it were. Give the money to charity if the forum doesn't need it and then it's win win.

It would be best to just add more merit sources if a lack of merit going around is an issue, or also bump up the current merit allocation of current users if frequent and trusted merit sources are running out quickly. Maybe even giving the ability to make additional merit sources to some staff or even trusted users would also be beneficial as I don't know how much time theymos has to keep on top of merit sources-demand etc. I definitely think there should be more sources either way.


This has been suggested a couple of times before but it would just lead to abuse as people would try to game the system. I guess staff can already give merit to certain users if they think they're doing a good job anyway but it shouldn't be automated or anything just based on good reports as it would be quickly abused.

Yeah, I've never seen being able to bet more than one or two rounds or so in the future. I bet the odds would be pretty good on the draw no bet on all their remaining games, or at least certainly better than the paltry 4/1 to go unbeaten.


True, but I think they shouldn't throw things away like going unbeaten or even setting a record for highest points in the PL as that's something that will be talked about for years and adds a little extra to their title win. Imagine if they can win the CL as well and maybe even the FA cup. They could go down as one of the best teams of all time. Shame they didn't throw away the Carabao Cup (and my bet for them to win everything  ).

On the subject on Liverpool, don't forget to put your scores in for the midweek game as seven people have yet to do so.

They might not necessarily be needed per se right now but I think the people with those sorts of insane report stats would be beneficial to have on staff and have earned a shot at being a mod (assuming there's no other shenanigans that they're involved in). I really hope theymos implements some sort of rewards for reporters at some point as a small token of thanks for reporting as it as a thankless task and back in the day at least there was a decent chance of you becoming a mod with a lot of reporting. Heck, I think I was made a mod on less than 3k reports and that was considered a lot back then, but it's peanuts now. I have also noticed a drop off in reports recently. and I wonder if people got tired of reporting? Regardless, I'd still like to see the updated report stats.

Ugh. I've just noticed there's no games on this weekend because of the FA Cup. Liverpool have the rescheduled games against West Ham on Wednesday though. Does anyone think this could be as troublesome for Liverpool as the Wolves game was? Probably not as West Ham haven't been playing great recently but they're fighting to stay out of relegation and they're only out of it on goal difference. A win or a mere point would take them out of the zone so with this game being in hand any result is vital for them.


Yeah, I quite like the shirt regardless of the BTC logo. Where did you get two of them from? Win them?


Yeah, I think someone got 5. Think I might have even had 4 before. Definitely three at least.


Are there any sports books that let you bet on the results of the rest of the PL games? If so, it would likely be better putting Liverpool to win everyone with draw no bet, but I'm not sure I've seen any sites that let you bet on all the future games.

Interesting. I wonder if they're paying the same as they were here. If so, I'm sure there will be a mass exodus from here which is obviously a good thing.

I don't think anyone has claimed it as a fact, but numerous people independently came to the conclusion that they were very likely the same which says a lot and is a pretty big coincidence. I guess we could all be suffering from mass delusion and seeing something that isn't there or just some huge coincidences but I doubt it. It's not a fact that he's QS, but it is very likely. People probably shouldn't be leaving negative over it, but at the same time the circumstantial evidence is overwhelming and I would say they are almost certainly the same person so maybe that's a good enough reason for others if they've already left QS negative. A neutral warning however is more appropriate in my opinion.


This is a petty dispute, but it's one that has been propagated by both sides and will likely continue unless they call a truce, but these tit-for-tat exposes aren't uncommon here and there have been plenty of times where grudges have caused users to try take each other down in anyway they can. I guess if you're of the opinion that QS is shady/dishonest or a scammer then I guess it is important to those people to call it out just like alts of other scammers are tagged as such.


Again, I guess it all depends on what your opinion of QS is. If you think he's a scammer or shady then that's probably why they feel the need to warn others. If PN7 is trying to build that account up to get it into a position of trust or start things like escrowing again then to some people that is probably a cause for alarm, but of course a lot of this will be fuelled by their dislike of him and which I don't blame them for either and I believe it was QS rubbing people the wrong way that started all this in the first place, and then of course there was all the attacking he did on that account and with alts that certainly pissed a lot of people off. I don't particularly trust Quickseller, especially after his behaviour in attacking anyone associated in some minuscule way to the users he doesn't like, and I'm not entirely sure what his motivations are here; honest or potentially nefarious, but I wouldn't out and out call him a scammer or a bad person either. His intentions could have always been just to build accounts up to honestly earn a living, which I wouldn't blame him for, or to get an account into a position of trust to do something bad with it. I guess we'll probably never know, but unless people are willing to forget about things that happened in the past and call a truce then I think this sort of tit for tat behaviour is going to continue forever.

Yeah, I think it should include much more stuff. Rules, FAQ, welcome guide, links to other valuable information and guides. Renaming it to FAQ or README or something else more important/eye-catching would help. Maybe even put it in redfont so it stands out. Might even be better putting it near the current Help tab or even renaming it to that itself and completely replacing it as the current Help section is more about how to use the forum software which is pretty unnecessary really and the most important info can be included in the More tab anyway. New users should be urged/guided to read it as well upon sign-up as most people who come here will likely have no idea about the rules or what to do or how to purchase a Copper Membership if they're even aware of it at all. Some sort of welcome message has also been long overdue. I think I wrote a brief one somewhere ages ago but can't be arsed looking for that. theymos also wrote a proposed one somewhere as well I think but either way one should definitely be adopted.

Oh, I see. So you didn't literally mean a notification of a new forum topic, but rather a notification for any topics of discussion you were interested in. Well, without probably relying on users to tag their posts/topics correctly with specific keywords this would likely be complicated to implement and take a bit of work to be effective. If you're truly interested in certain things I would just suggest browsing those specific subs as often as you can.


Yeah, I think this would just be spammed or at the very least get annoying very quickly. The best solution as I've already said it just to frequent the subs as much as possible.

I forgot about the hallowed Yellow Cap  . I'd actually like to win one of those but I know the odds of getting one are ridiculous. It's hard enough getting the yellow cap from our pool never mind the entire site. You can actually buy one from their shop if you want but I don't want one enough to actually spend money on it: https://store.superbru.com/collections/uk-europe/products/yellow-cap



If there's enough interest from people we could purchase one out of the pool money and the winner gets one as well next season.

You can even buy a wooden spoon as well:



Not sure how much interest there would be in a wooden spoon haha.

Winning a jersey would be sweet as well. I've been wanting one of the Watford ones seeing as they have the bitcoin logo on there:



Seems it's on sale at the moment at £35 from £55: https://www.thehornetsshop.co.uk/kit/home-kit/adult/2745_2019-adult-home-shirt.html

But I might just wait till the end of the season when they get a new kit and try pick up one even cheaper.


Yeah, that result saved me from a truly abysmal week and kept me treading water in eight place.


Only 4/1. I know Liverpool are storming it this season but I'd want higher odds than that. With that being said, I think the only team they might lose against is City at home in april, but the season could already be over then. Or maybe Liverpool lose some before then and City make a miraculously come back and it's all to play for  .

Woah there, be careful when using the word 'Turkey' or 'Turkish' here as you might get accused of racism. Any use of that word that is included or associated with anything bad or negative will be taken by a lot of the Turks here as a smear against the entire country/peoples of Turkey regardless of facts. *braces for attack*.


Yeah, all you need is the username, or I believe the secret question if you have that set up. I wouldn't worry about mere emails as there's nothing they can do unless they have access to that so make sure it's as secure as possible.


Well they'd be pretty stupid to use their own IP to try hack, but there's nothing you can do about people using public wifi without blocking them but that would be unfair to all the others who use that connection innocently.

Something like this will probably be on the new forum, but you can kind of do this already. You can use the 'Watch' feature at the top right or at the top left you can click on Show new replies to your posts which will work perfectly fo you as long as you've made a post in that thread. I basically have that link bookmarked as my homepage so I can see all the new replies to the threads I'm involved with straight away when I log in.

You can create your own luck by making and taking opportunities and that's what Liverpool do time and time again, so why is it down to luck and not just them being an incredibly strong and proficient team that refuse to give up or rest on their laurels? Liverpool are so far ahead on points they could afford a few lazy performances or to throw a couple of points or even games away but they haven't yet. Sure, the last few Liverpool games have been pretty close and they've only narrowly won them but I think this is mostly down to their resilience and determination as a team and not just merely luck. Wolves aren't an easy team to beat at home and I didn't think this would be an easy game for them and it certainly wasn't but to go unbeaten for as long as they have is no easy feat. I predicted either a 1-1 or 2-1 result so the game played out as expected for me.

Well it's just the nature of the board really. Merit is desperately needed by many, especially those who are trying to maximise their earning potential here, and it is quite hard to get for the average person, or at least a sufficient amount to rank up to the desired rank. It used to be people merely obsessed with rank but now to do that you need merit as well as time so it's extra difficult and that's why people are always on the hunt for it and there definitely seems to be a lack of it going around. To solve or at the very least curb this sort of merit begging/hunting, I still think we should allow people to purchase the benefits of higher ranks through more donator ranks ie Silver & Gold Member and so on. Silver Membership can come with the benefits of being a Full or Senior Member and Gold a Hero or something. You could even have premium ranks like Platinum or Lamborgini Member with additional benefits. That way rather than people just hunting for merits users can just pay the fee to bypass all that business. Give the money to charity if the forum doesn't need it and then and it's win-win in my opinion.

Well, I mean obviously this would be great for those that monetise their signature as they could probably squeeze out some extra revenue from it by joining another campaign that pays in those other subs, and I kinda like the idea, but I really doubt it's something that theymos would do. I doubt you'd be able to find many campaigns that pay for those excluded boards either as they're usually the ones like Off Topic and P&S that most don't pay for them other than the shit spam campaigns. I like the idea of my signature being  free in the boards that campaigns didn't pay for though so I would be able to advertise my own services/sales threads at every available opportunity as that's something I miss or you have to sacrifice with a signature. As Thekool1s just said though, it is also free advertisement for the campaigns and I think it's fair to them to not have to pay for every single post. IF this change happened many would likely also just change their terms and state you couldn't advertise for anyone else, and in fact many campaigns already state you can only have one signature so this would probably already apply.