Top 25 talk

[ElRetornodelEspencio]

Whatever, I have things to do and I need a break from you jagoffs anyway.

I haven't seen a bunch of people so hell bent on clinging to lies since Election Day.

[sac]

[Gregory Sager]

Please, spare us the paranoia. All I said was that if you don't format properly, you run the risk of having people skip past your post. Nobody likes to have to sort out who is saying what when they're reading dialogue. That's all.

The "preview" button is there for a reason.

There wasn't anything wrong about the formatting, though. It looked just like your post does now. Quote statement, text, closed quote.

There's your problem. You need to close the quote after the quoted statement and before your text; otherwise, your new text gets included within a quote box.

I did that on purpose to make it simple, rather than trying to do the in-stream replying, which ironically would have made it much more difficult to follow than that about which you are complaining now.

Previewing wouldn't give me any way to change what it decided to do. I don't know why it does it different if you edit inside of the previous post.

The whole point of previewing is that it shows you exactly how a post will appear once you post it. If what you're seeing on the preview screen isn't right, you then have the chance to edit (or re-edit) until it does turn out the way it's supposed to look.

I don't think it's that hard to work out who is saying what, though, really, unless you think Dave quoted himself for some reason.

New text should not appear within a quote box. That seems pretty self-explanatory.

Anything to pick a fight with me though. Paranoia, indeed.

I am not trying to pick a fight with you. I am patiently attempting to explain to you that you're hampering your ability to communicate your points because your formatting is faulty. This is an attempt to aid you, not an attempt to goad you.

It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you, and clearly this thread is now for the crime of making an inarguable point that runs counter to the majority view. Fiery pitchforks and all of that.

It's not hard to see why comfortable lies propagate much more easily than inconvenient truth.

[ElRetornodelEspencio]

There's your problem. You need to close the quote after the quoted statement and before your text; otherwise, your new text gets included within a quote box.

Except that's not what I said.

I said your statement was open quote, text, closed quote. YOUR statement, YOUR text. My text was after the quote.

Like this (all i've done is change the brackets to parentheses):
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(quote author=Gregory Sager link=topic=4097.msg1778092#msg1778092 date=1481148761)
There's your problem. You need to close the quote after the quoted statement and before your text; otherwise, your new text gets included within a quote box.
(/quote)
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Looked the same way.
FFS who cares? Take it up with Pat. I followed normal coding convention. I don't know why it did what it did. Looks like it's did with the posts from Dave but not yours. Why don't we do a test where I reply to everyone in such a way so we can see what it does? Won't that be fun? Because it's soooo important.

I'm out. Have fun getting your pedant on figuring this out.

[hopefan]

Not to get caught up in this debacle, er, debate, how exciting that Marietta plays games at Daytona Beach on Dec 21 and 22, against undefeated Wesleyan, then undefeated Whitman.  What a great tourney. I'll be down that way, but unfortunately not until right after Christmas.

[smedindy]

I think the old Earlham poster made more sense than this guy.

You know it's true!!!

[Mr. Ypsi]

I think the old Earlham poster made more sense than this guy.

You know it's true!!!

I don't recall the Earlham poster, but, while MORE insulting than our 'friend' from Richard Stockton, Spence does at least type better than he did!

TGHIJGSTO

[sac]

I'm more shocked there was an Earlham poster than just about anything else I've encountered here.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

As a public service, I've highlighted a result that deserves extra attention, in case anyone had not yet heard the news.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	611	Amherst	6-0	def. Brandeis, 76-58; 12/08 vs. #2 Babson; 12/10 vs. Lasell
#2	603	Babson	9-0	12/08 at #1 Amherst
#3	572	Marietta	7-0	won at Otterbein, 79-54; 12/10 at John Carroll
#4	529	Whitman	5-0	def. #7 Whitworth, 79-65; 12/10 vs. Covenant
#5	507	Tufts	6-2	LOST to Mass-Boston, 74-76; 12/10 at Wentworth
#6	479	Christopher Newport	5-1	12/11 vs. York (Pa.)
#7	474	Whitworth	4-1	LOST at #4 Whitman, 65-79; 12/09 vs. Covenant
#8	408	St. Norbert	4-1	def. Lawrence, 76-45; 12/10 at Cornell
#9	392	North Central (Ill.)	4-2	LOST to Carthage, 75-85; 12/10 at Millikin
#10	367	UW-Eau Claire	7-0	def. Viterbo, 68-59; 12/10 at Buena Vista; 12/11 at #41 Wartburg
#11	358	Rochester	9-0	def. SUNY Geneseo, 82-80
#12	340	Hope	5-1	12/10 vs. UW-Stevens Point
#13	313	Washington U.	6-1	def. Fontbonne, 103-64; 12/10 at Central
#14	277	Benedictine	5-2	won at Milwaukee Engineering, 71-52; 12/10 vs. Edgewood
#15	274	Salisbury	6-0	12/10 at Southern Virginia
#16	193	Illinois Wesleyan	5-2	LOST to #18 North Park, 68-72; 12/10 at Elmhurst
#17	165	Wooster	4-3	LOST at Hiram, 68-72; 12/10 vs. DePauw
#18	146	North Park	6-0	won at #16 Illinois Wesleyan, 72-68; 12/10 vs. T#45 Carroll
#19	135	Keene State	5-1	12/08 at Lasell; 12/10 vs. Mass-Boston
#20	124	Endicott	5-1	won at University of New England, 78-65; 12/08 vs. Salem State; 12/10 vs. Bridgewater State
#21	111	St. Thomas	4-3	LOST to Hamline, 61-74; 12/10 vs. St. John's
#22	96	Swarthmore	7-0	won at Ursinus, 75-67
#23	89	Susquehanna	5-1	12/09 vs. Trinity (Conn.); 12/10 at TBA
#24	76	Baldwin Wallace	5-1	def. Heidelberg, 67-64; 12/10 at Muskingum
#25	73	Denison	7-0	won at Oberlin, 72-69; 12/10 at Wittenberg

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	58	UW-Whitewater	4-0	12/08 vs. Rockford; 12/10 vs. Kalamazoo; 12/11 vs. George Fox
#27	52	Augustana	6-2	def. Wheaton (Ill.), 73-71; 12/10 vs. Carthage
#28	35	New Jersey City	7-1	won at Kean, 78-52; 12/10 vs. TCNJ
#29	34	Skidmore	5-2	LOST at T#45 Plattsburgh State, 78-86; 12/10 at T#33 Middlebury
#30	24	UW-River Falls	7-1	def. UW-Superior, 92-63
T#31	23	Emory	6-2	def. Rust, 93-72
T#31	23	Lycoming	6-1	12/10 at Widener
T#33	19	Middlebury	6-1	won at Southern Vermont, 86-72; 12/10 vs. #29 Skidmore
T#33	19	Scranton	6-1	IDLE
T#33	19	Wesleyan (Conn.)	8-0	def. Vassar, 77-53; 12/10 at Westfield State
#36	18	Chicago	6-1	IDLE
#37	17	Virginia Wesleyan	6-2	won at Averett, 104-76
#38	16	Neumann	7-0	won at Delaware Valley, 105-77; 12/10 vs. Catholic
#39	13	Mount St. Joseph	6-1	12/10 at Manchester
#40	11	Brockport	6-1	LOST at Hobart, 52-65; 12/09 at SUNY Potsdam; 12/10 at T#45 Plattsburgh State
#41	7	Wartburg	7-1	won at Coe, 70-66; 12/11 vs. #10 UW-Eau Claire
T#42	5	Lynchburg	4-2	12/09 vs. Case Western Reserve; 12/10 vs. TBA
T#42	5	Ramapo	7-0	won at Rutgers-Newark, 68-46; 12/10 vs. Kean
#44	4	Guilford	5-1	12/10 at Methodist
T#45	3	Carroll	4-2	LOST to Elmhurst, 56-69; 12/10 at #18 North Park
T#45	3	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	5-0	12/09 at Whittier
T#45	3	Plattsburgh State	6-1	def. #29 Skidmore, 86-78; 12/09 vs. SUNY Geneseo; 12/10 vs. #40 Brockport
T#48	1	UW-La Crosse	5-2	12/10 vs. Loras
T#48	1	WPI	6-2	def. Massachusetts College, 105-68; 12/10 at Salem State

[Pat Coleman]

I'm more shocked there was an Earlham poster than just about anything else I've encountered here.

Pix or it didn't happen.

[Pat Coleman]

I'm more shocked there was an Earlham poster than just about anything else I've encountered here.

Pix or it didn't happen.

Wait, I remember -- did he talk an inordinate amount about 3-pointers?

[Gregory Sager]

I'm more shocked there was an Earlham poster than just about anything else I've encountered here.

Pix or it didn't happen.

Wait, I remember -- did he talk an inordinate amount about 3-pointers?

Yep, that's the guy. And smeds quoted his catchphrase.

[mailsy]

+ 1 Karma to those who made me chuckle tonight and just shaking my head to our newest TGHIJGSTO

[Gregory Sager]

+ 1 Karma to those who made me chuckle tonight and just shaking my head to our newest TGHIJGSTO

And the best part about it is that he's totally seriopus.

[magicman]

+ 1 Karma to those who made me chuckle tonight and just shaking my head to our newest TGHIJGSTO

And the best part about it is that he's totally seriopus.

I been waiting for that quote for the past 3 days!!!   Plus 1.