Actually, I agree, I think that most of the "anon" posters on here are just people with second accounts. However, I can completely understand why.

It's common knowledge that there's a definate clique on Ax and, to use them as an example, if anyobdy dares post something that they disagree with, it time and again results in insults, challenges, the "how many fookin fights have you got" type arguments etc. Unfortunately, many of the people on here who are in positions of responsibility, ie. judges, referees, promoters and coaches, are capable of acting in anything BUT a professional matter. So basically I'm left with 3 possible decisions. I can (A) not post at all, (B) post my comment under a safe anonymous account or (C) make a comment which is more than capable of antagonising a judge who'll then be biased, a ref who'll then be biased or a promoter/coach who won't give me any fights. Sometimes one person fits all of the above.

Now I have never posted under a second account, I chose the other path. I made a couple of comments that some people didn't like and instead of posting anon comments I just resorted to barely posting at all and generally avoiding certain threads. But why the hell should someone feel like they have to make that decision in the first place? I believe Ax had people regularly posting on it from all over the world only a few years ago. This cliquey attitude is exactly why they don't anymore. And in the long run it's why I tell everyone I've taught or trained alongside to avoid Ax. And that's quite a few people who may otherwise have signed up and provided some good contributions. But then, Ax isn't about contributing anymore, it's about stroking people' egos and frankly, too many of them have much too big egos to begin with.

It isn't the anonymous posters who're the problem (though they have the potential to be) it's the people who're so rabidly antognistic towards viewpoitns they don't like who're the problem. Case in point; I think Farhad's a bit of a numpty when it comes to his opinions regarding thai boxing and have told him so in the past (no offence farhad) but I'd never for a second say that he doesnt have a right to them or go even further with personal insults and challenges which so many do.