Hello NexusNomad,
Your compliment brings joy to my heart. I too came to this site to engage in intellectual discussions with other fellow VCT enthusiasts, but I too found many posts either baiting or just being dogmatic about certain players/teams.
My main tip for getting over this aspect of the community is just to live with it. I know it isn't too great of an advice, but once you've been here for a while you get used to all the silly forums. Some people like to bait or are just simply too enamored with their own beliefs to be open minded, but that's alright. This community is filled to the brim with a plethora of different characters and I'm glad to have met and befriended some of the better ones.
I encourage you to stick around and get to know the good people of the site. I'm sure many intellectuals will emerge from their dens once the season starts.
Good day to you,
geospliced