I'm fairly certain the dialogue was respectful until UK fans decided to be otherwise. I think a boog or 2 went overboard, but only after the disrespectful UK fans decided to do the same.
Have you put your prediction in yet? What matchups do you see favoring UK? I'm not sure if your...
We are obviously dealing with an impressive mind here. He's bringing in space-time and multi universe discussion into a **** post on a game thread. 7 Dimensional Interstellar Backgammon.
As a non sequitur, I love the Rivals ignore function. Once you pare it down to the respectful and intelligent posters (who are hopefully funny as well) you can have some great discussion.