A Little Housecleaning: Changes to the GT Site

by gallagher on Apr 1, 2010 9:00 AM CDT

Before I get down to the nitty and/or gritty, let me first announce that the changes that are coming to this website effective immediately will have absolutely no impact on the Game Time magazine that is available before all home games. We are not subject to any administrative or editorial control with the print version (other than my own shaky-at-best version of management) and so we will continue to provide the content there exactly as you've come to enjoy it.

However, it is with some hesitance that I need to announce that there will be some immediate and obvious changes on this site. Due to pressure from our dark overlords about our editorial content and the potential for legal action that has arisen, we will institute a new set of rules. They are, in no particular order:

Editorial stories printed by the Game Time staff will no longer use profanity and will refrain from being sexually suggestive in nature. This includes and obviously satirical posts, columns or jokes, many of which will have to be scaled back.
FanShots or FanPosts that are published by the loyal readers of Game Time will now be edited by the Game Time staff. Any profanity will be omitted and content will be altered to avoid any offensive commentary.
Any "off topic" FanShots or fanPosts will be deleted. These can and will be used only to talk about the St. Louis Blues. Anything that is not directly related to the team we cover will be deleted.
The Game Time staff will monitor and delete any comments in any story, FanPost, FanShot or GDT that contain any profanity or any inappropriate commentary. Anyone who discusses any "off topic" issues will be warned that it is no longer acceptable to talk about those issues. Continued offensive or off topic conversation will result in you being banned from the site for one week and a subsequent Probationary Period will be assigned to your account. Continued bad behavior will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

The fact of the matter, folks, is that we have entered into a contract with SBN and for over a year now they have allowed us to bend and break many of their standard Policies and Good Practices. Effective immediately, we have been told to adhere to all of the denoted rules or we face legal action. As the Game Time Defense Fund has been attrited down to near zero over the last few months (thanks a lot, Brad Lee), we have no recourse other than to toe the company line.

We look forward to continuing to bring you straighforward Blues coverage and commentary and we hope that we can count on your loyalty to overcome this latest hurdle and sincerely hope that you will stay with us.

Thank you,

Gallagher

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C'mon boys, you know the SLGT crew is smarter than that!

APRIL FOOLS, BITCHES!!!!!

fuck shit damn hell cocknuggetspellunkerdipshitwinchesterville

Go Blues. =)

by HuntsvilleBlues on Apr 1, 2010 9:06 AM CDT reply actions

Oh yeah, and....

FUCK DETROIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by HuntsvilleBlues on Apr 1, 2010 9:07 AM CDT reply actions

This was too easy.

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by Chris Burton on Apr 1, 2010 9:08 AM CDT reply actions

Gallagher,

I wish you would have returned my email or voic mail before posting this.

Call me.
Brad

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by Brad Lee on Apr 1, 2010 9:10 AM CDT reply actions

Nice try

But in the future, try a bit harder without reaching
Fuck Detroit and all those who oppose us!

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Let's go Blues!

by UIWWildthing on Apr 1, 2010 9:13 AM CDT reply actions

Gotta love those April Fools jokes!

You fuckers almost scared the living shit out of me! GO BLUES! Fuck Detroit! And Nashville too while we’re at it.

by Laurabeth on Apr 1, 2010 9:17 AM CDT reply actions

Ahhhhhhhh fuck me I forgot what day it was.

You got me, Juan. Hook, line, sinker.

by Washoo on Apr 1, 2010 9:31 AM CDT reply actions

HOLY SHIT!!!

that was close

"HOLY JUMPIN!"

by stlAJ on Apr 1, 2010 9:36 AM CDT reply actions

Well fuckbeans.

I mean, um, procreation beans. Here I was, done grading a mound of awful tests, getting ready to write Tuesdays With Hildy But 2 Days Late, and now I learn I can’t cuss or have a sense of humor.

I tender my resignation immediately to join those fine individuals over at Winging It.

/April fools

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Apr 1, 2010 10:04 AM CDT reply actions

In somewhat-related news...

Defending Big D is reporting that ex-Blues’ great Roman “Sleepy” Turek is returning to the NHL with the Stars, effective immediately.

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

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by Tomorrows Blues on Apr 1, 2010 10:16 AM CDT reply actions

Dammit...I know it's April Fool's Day, I've already fooled on a co-worker...

..and yet you still had me hook-line-and-sink, Sean, you MF’er.

Well played.

Fuck Detroit.

I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.

by TheDuke32 on Apr 1, 2010 10:29 AM CDT reply actions

I knew this was April Fools' when a Mizzou site posted that Cole Aldrich was the best player of the last decade

so…nicely done, gents.

You just earned yourself two round-trip, all-inclusive tickets to the gorgeous island paradise of San Serriffe.

It's a funny name.

by Turd Ferguson on Apr 1, 2010 11:32 AM CDT reply actions

When the fuck did it become april?

Im sleeping wayy too much, god damn mono. Good one though!

Look I'm sure youre a nice person and everything but that Redwings jersey you're wearing makes me want to cave your face in with my fist...it's not you it's me and the fact that you're a fucking Redwings fan

by RFJCC on Apr 1, 2010 12:24 PM CDT reply actions

Goddamnit!!!

I TOTALLY fell for it! I was about ready to post a picture of a crying baby!

Although I was a little worried about it, since these issues have supposedly come up in the past (and the Defending Big D guy who doesn’t like us is in charge now).

Well played, Juan Mallagher. Well played!

I know it's time for hockey because I've started singing "Don't Stop Believing" with the words "...born and raised in FUCK DETRIOT!!!"

by J-Mill on Apr 1, 2010 12:35 PM CDT reply actions