Urban dictionary definition for "stirring the pot"
Someone who loves to proliferate the tension and drama between 2 or more feuding people/groups in public to get a raise of people in hopes of starting a shitstorm of drama and uncomfortable conflict, sometimes for personal gain but oftentimes just for the thrill of confrontation.

<Insert example with MikeT's name here>

12/16/2016 3:20 PM
And what would you call dropping in out of nowhere to toss an insult at another?
12/16/2016 3:23 PM
Posted by MikeT23 on 12/16/2016 3:23:00 PM (view original):
And what would you call dropping in out of nowhere to toss an insult at another?
Someone tossed an insult at someone? I must have missed it.
12/16/2016 3:36 PM
I refuse to take this argument seriously until one of the guys calls the other a "rat fink".
12/16/2016 4:00 PM
Isnt that what sophistry means? kidding......
12/16/2016 4:06 PM
When I was in 5th grade, someone said I had cooties. I was highly offended.
12/16/2016 4:21 PM
OK, something occurred to me on the way to the liquor store(I'm gonna get drunk and argue/troll all night. Won't that be fun?). Nonetheless, sensing and mexmet should pay attention until then because this is about as close as you'll get to an apology.

I come from HBD so I'm probably WAY more tolerant of time-consuming actions. That said, I had 7 team at one time and it was like a job. After recognizing the job-like qualities, I decided I had to do something differently. I dumped the OCD tendency to value a 77 over a 76 or 75 to the point it made me crazy(I know, I'm just using round numbers because it's easy). To accomplish this, I looked at results. That 77 wasn't always better than the 75. Hell, it wasn't always better than the 72. So while others would pay 10m for a 77, I'd pay 10m for a 75 and a 74. My enjoyment came back and I was far less crazy.

Now, equating that to HD scouting, I see three similar level 2 scouted players. I just scout all three to level 3 without blinking. After all, it's $128 fake dollars each. I'm not getting all three, I might not get even one. But I'm not going to look at a series of A, B, C over and over again before clicking "scout". I can see where some might. It's a level of OCD that no longer plaques me(I'm not making fun of OCD. My wife is terrible with it and I still love her 92.3% of the time). So, while it takes me 20m, I can get why it takes sensing 30-40m and mexmet the non-numerical time of "a few hours".

So despite their name-calling and the aspersions cast at my character, I think I understand their positions better. It's simply going to take some longer than others because they're more detailed oriented. Although, holding true to form, I still don't think anyone drops 5 teams because scouting is "so time-consuming." If you still enjoy the game, you'll find a way to make an extra 5-10 minutes a week. One way would be to not engage me and call me names. Just sayin'.
12/16/2016 4:33 PM
amusing array of accusations in last few pages:

silliness
pretending
delusional
inbred
misrepresenting
disingenuous
liar/lying
not brightest bulb in the box
sophistry

An entertaining digression in its warped way.
12/16/2016 5:02 PM
To be fair, "inbred" was used due to a lack of understanding of sarcasm. He actually called it satire. Just trying to set the record straight before the drunken trolling begins.
12/16/2016 5:14 PM
what this thread needs is sober trolling?
12/16/2016 5:15 PM
Scouting could take some people more time. It could also take people the same amount or less time. I see both sides of the argument.

However, I think it's undeniable that recruiting takes way more time. I can see people cutting down on teams due to the new system. In it's entirety, it's without a doubt more time consuming (I'm of course assuming that you actually want to field a highly competitive team).
12/16/2016 5:47 PM
Posted by fd343ny on 12/16/2016 5:02:00 PM (view original):
amusing array of accusations in last few pages:

silliness
pretending
delusional
inbred
misrepresenting
disingenuous
liar/lying
not brightest bulb in the box
sophistry

An entertaining digression in its warped way.
I still think rat fink needs to be on the table.
12/16/2016 5:52 PM
STFU, rat fink.
12/16/2016 5:54 PM
Mike is going to drink and talk garbage all night??? Great. Now I have to go out and pick up some popcorn.
12/16/2016 6:15 PM
Don't you mean you'll have to send someone out for popcorn, mumcripple?
12/16/2016 6:32 PM
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