Posts by Sisko

    Sorry, I meant to get back to you sooner but forgot.


    Look, the honest truth is I think there is homophobia behind the comment as well but equally this comment could have been made about anyone who curses, drinks alcohol and eats pork, even if they were heterosexual - there is room for different interpretations here. As users, we can all have our opinions on what another user means when he says something but as a mod, I need stronger proof than that to take strict action, regardless of my personal opinion.


    However, whether homophobic or not, I don’t like it when religion is used to shame other people and would request that Mapuan stop doing that immediately or there could be stricter action taken.


    That is my final decision on this matter. I’m sure you won’t agree and that’s fine but I hope that by explaining my reasoning you will at least understand where I’m coming from.

    Hi Kondzio. I have sent a new password to the email address associated with your account. Let me know if this doesn’t work for any reason.

    Well deserved win for Türkiye, they were the best team today and in the tournament.


    I guess Guidetti was excited about getting that record breaking 5th silver medal. Maja is my favourite player ever but anybody could see that Drca should have started the 4th set. If she struggles then you can always bring Maja back in but you’ve got to go with what’s working and it was very obviously Drca in that moment.

    Idk if he thinks he's pulling a Terzic Boskovic > Brakocevic moment or something, but the big difference was that Terzic picked up Boskovic was better, not just forcing her in hopes it will get him to a better place.

    All respect to Jovana who was one of the world’s best at the time but there’s a big difference between dropping her and dropping Egonu who is arguably the best OPP in history. Antropova doesn’t deserve any hate, she is a talented player who did her best and she will have a great future. But Egonu is Egonu.


    Terzic was brave, Mazzanti was just stupid.

    Great result for the Dutch girls. Koslowski has been a good coach for a long time now and I think he definitely deserves credit here but in the end it’s the players that have to go on the court and win the points. Baijens and Jasper played better than I ever expected and once Van Aalen gets a little more experience (so important for a setter especially) she will be very special indeed.

    Sorry, my bad. Even though I have been living in a Muslim-majority country for two-thirds of my life, I could not understand what the user actually meant by 'HARAM'. The evil in me must have spoken out :gone:

    No, I suggest you reread my post. I never said that you or anyone else didn’t understand what he meant. I actually said that I couldn’t be sure and I can’t take action against a user until I am sure. I have not lived in a Muslim-majority country and I accept that you have a better understanding of it than me. My understanding of the term is that it can be used to refer to a number of behaviours that are considered to be unacceptable by some, not specifically homosexuality. Is this incorrect?

    Are you aware that the guy who made the Taliban comment is in fact banned?


    My understanding of “haram” is that it’s a sinful act of some kind, clearly it doesn’t refer specifically to homosexuality. He could be referring to other aspects of her behaviour that have been criticised by many people on here. Your interpretation that the comment was homophobic could be right too but I am a mod, not a mind-reader and it would be inappropriate for me to ban users based on the most damning interpretation of their comments.

    Could Guidetti finally win Eurovolley? Or will he lose in the final for the 5th time with the 4th different team?:/


    They will need to play better than that anyway.

    After Italy looking like a contender again, it's a Serbia-Turkey final after all. Probably for the best to finally settle this Serbia fans vs Turkey fans.

    I'm afraid if you think this match will settle anything on this forum you are living in a fantasy.


    Next semi could be a good one too. :box:

    Turkiye played so well when it mattered most and showed such great character, brilliant from them!


    Mazzanti has serious questions to answer. I used to think he was good but it looks like he's lost his mind.

    To be able to prevent this, mods should take actions.


    There are users such as crovolley/jules/madden bringing up "neutralization of vargas" after turkey wins every single game. Then of course Turks answers. And this happens.


    But our racist mod, who didn't delete a post where turkish user called as taliban, wants to ban Turks because we answer. It's not the solution.

    Perhaps we mods should indeed have taken action earlier. Sometimes we probably make the wrong call. Generally, we like people to be able to express their views and hope people can move on from any disagreements, but in this case we may have been wrong. We’re not perfect.


    As far as racist mods go who want to ban Turks I have no clue what you’re talking about. Which Turkish users do you feel were unfairly banned?

    Guys, wtf are you even doing? Do people here actually like the constant aggression and insults? Because every time you open the forum and continue this feud you are continuing this boring cycle. Nobody is going to win this argument - you are not going to convince anybody that you’re right. The only things that come out of this are hurt feelings on each side and complete boredom for everyone else that posts here.

    I imagine with zetova there

    yeah they were always eliminated at eight finals when thry have team to be always at quarter finals at leats and beyond also

    They weren't lucky with draw or idk what happen with them in this tournament

    They also made the QFs in 2019. They really should have been to that stage more in recent years but a combination of bad luck, choking and simply underperforming usually stopped them. This team in 2023 would be crushed probably by previous BUL teams in the last decade but they deserve credit for getting this far with a team that is a long way from what it was just two years ago.

    As mods, we don’t really want to ban people. For abusive behaviour, sure. But for slight provocations it seems a bit extreme and it always takes 2 (at least, sometimes many more!) to properly derail a thread. Are we supposed to ban everyone who gets involved? Just the person who starts it? What about the first person to take the bait? There are too many offenders and the offences are often pretty subtle.


    Anyone complaining about Matthias at this point is being ridiculous. If you want to complain about the mods then complain about me or one of the others who isn’t active anymore, or all the other users who aren’t suitable to be mods or are unwilling, rather than the guy who is actually trying to do the job.