Proposal for Hifigator

[DoubleOhHoya]

Attention Hifigator:

You may have noticed people around here don't care much for you. Let's make a deal: if Gtown beats Florida in the tourney, you can't post here anymore. If Florida beats GU, we will stop insulting you with more than half our posts.

Deal?

[VictorSkyPage]

what if they don't face each other?...

there should be some sort of supplemental bet just in case (i.e. whoever makes it further - something to that effect)

[SoCalHoya]

I get annoyed sometimes, too, but let's not go around trying to purge the board. It's not his fault a) we are the best board in the world and b) that the UF boards are so awful he feels the need to come back here.

[bubbrubbhoya]

I don't endorse this deal. I was raised in a country where we don't negotiate with terrorists. hifigator should leave because all he does is talk about Florida, and no deals should be made.

That said, I can't wait until the way the Hoyas treat the Gators in the NCAAs makes Joe/Kim Noah look pretty in comparison.

EDIT: For a counterpoint to the shocking display of weakness shown thus far in this thread, see hifi's own "Flaming Trolls" thread in Pro/College Sports.

[Cambridge]

I am a fan of hifi. I say let him stay.

[ArtVandalay]

I don't understand the hostility toward Hifigator by some. The guy's posts are for the most part fairly decent, he has a good grasp of college basketball, and he is certainly not here to just troll. How come other boards have outside posters post all the time with little fanfare or hostility, yet the Hoyasaxa board runs people off at the drop of the hat? Do you think this is why we get the reputation of being snobby, uptight shmucks by opposing fans across the country? There is nothing wrong with some trash-talking or ridiculing posters that come to troll (or bashing MD or WG!) but this hifi thing is ridiculous. It's nice to see that the guy enjoys posting here and shows the Hoyas some respect.

P.S. I still maintain that Howard K. Stern is the father of my baby, not Hifigator

[paranoya]

I dont mind Hifi. I think if some of you stopped putting so much energy into hating him you would see he has some substance to his posts, especially lately. Furthermore, what are we the West Va. board trying to hate everyone that doesnt like the Hoyas? Its not supposed to be either marry within the family or get out.

Another option is if he annoys you that much than simply click the ignore button.

[tgo]

to echo sisko, paranoya and others, why devote so much energy to juvenile threds and posts like this?

[SFHoya99]

Some of you need to learn where the ignore button is if you have such a huge problem with a poster.

Until hifi threatens to beat me up and calls me a racist for disagreeing with him, he's okay by me.

[hifigator]

joshs2681 said:

I don't understand the hostility toward Hifigator by some. The guy's posts are for the most part fairly decent, he has a good grasp of college basketball, and he is certainly not here to just troll. How come other boards have outside posters post all the time with little fanfare or hostility, yet the Hoyasaxa board runs people off at the drop of the hat? Do you think this is why we get the reputation of being snobby, uptight shmucks by opposing fans across the country? There is nothing wrong with some trash-talking or ridiculing posters that come to troll (or bashing MD or WG!) but this hifi thing is ridiculous. It's nice to see that the guy enjoys posting here and shows the Hoyas some respect.

P.S. I still maintain that Howard K. Stern is the father of my baby, not Hifigator

I think this poster hit the nail on the head. Sure, I will throw a little barb out there here or there, just like anyone else. But I try to make things at least interesting if not entertaining.

[hifigator]

socalhoya said:

I get annoyed sometimes, too, but let's not go around trying to purge the board. It's not his fault a) we are the best board in the world and b) that the UF boards are so awful he feels the need to come back here.

I think this is a quality post as well. He's got a barb or two in there in my direction but nothing that takes it to far.

For the record, I do enjoy your board. I like the layout And most importantly, the discussions are sensible.

[hifigator]

doubleohhoya said:

Attention Hifigator:

You may have noticed people around here don't care much for you. Let's make a deal: if Gtown beats Florida in the tourney, you can't post here anymore. If Florida beats GU, we will stop insulting you with more than half our posts.

Deal?

I will give this some thought. But we have already done this once. RDF made a similar deal concerning our football season. He was saying 5 losses minimum. I said we would lose 3 at most and most likely one or two. He gave me the same offer though. If he was right then I agree to leave and not post again, and if he was srong then I can post. I told him there wasn't much in that for me, since I could already post here. But still, we weren't going to lose 5 games, so I would take the bet. We all know how that turned out.

I am not sure I am willing to make such an offer under the terms you suggest. I honestly think we will probably win the tourny again, but it certainly isn't a given by any stretch. But I think you guys are on a very short list of teams with a better than realistic shot as well. And if we don't win it I want you guys too. We might need to come up with a better thing to wager on.

[vcjack]

hifi is knowladgeble about basketball and he is pretty thick skinned about our taunts. Therefore I propose a different proposal, if Georgetown beats Florida in the NCAA's, hifi has to get some hoya gear and prove it with pictures.

[coloradohoya]

vcjack said:

hifi is knowladgeble about basketball and he is pretty thick skinned about our taunts. Therefore I propose a different proposal, if Georgetown beats Florida in the NCAA's, hifi has to get some hoya gear and prove it with pictures.

I second this proposal. I may get on hifi from time to time, but that's mostly because I grew up in Tennessee, and therefore have a natural hatred of the Gators. I like having hifi on the board, mostly because he provides relatively good discussion, and also gives some variety to the viewpoints expressed. I would even agree to not wear the "Gator tastes a lot like chicken" t-shirt I have for the forseeable future. (Excepting, of course, days of the UT-Fla games) if Florida goes further than Gtown.

[Coast2CoastHoya]

Hating on hifi for no reason seemed like an outsider initiation thing to me at first, so I thought it was kinda ok. After almost a year of it, it's not only old, it's insulting to him and to us. The Hoya community has, for over 200 years, tried to create an atmosphere of tolerance, reason, and inclusion. Deriding hifi for being who he is is anathema to that effort, and makes us look like the jerks much of the rest of the country WRONGLY thinks we are. Sometimes hifi's posts bug me -- ok, a lot of hifi's posts bug me -- but I think he adds a flavor to this board that I, for one, welcome. Infrequently-posting rivals like buckeye fill that role too, but only when we play them -- we get hifi 24/7. His posts are generally well thought out, he usually brings up interesting topics on the B&G board, and he's toned down the UF chest thumping pretty considerably. I think that if we work on him long enough, he'll eventually become a Hoya fan, too ;D

Plus, he's single-handedly helping create a rivalry between two schools that have absolutely nothing in common. In doing so, he's created a socio-psychological benefit for us. hifi has provided us with an outlet for our irrational negative emotions that I think we need in today's tightly controlled and overly-scrutinizing society. For instance, I now root against Florida all the time, in every sport, and I'm sure some of you do too. It makes me feel good, because I can purge some negativity and I don't have to even think about it -- kind of like rooting against Duke. Something's gotta be said for that, eh?

That said, I like vcjack's suggestion.

[kghoya]

im glad hifigator takes such an active role on this board...i think we are building up lots of good karma by having to read through all of his posts...

i have a good feeling that this situation will work itself out when the hoyas defeat the gators in the national championship

keep posting buddy...i think ill have the last laugh

[SoCalHoya]

hifigator said:

socalhoya said:

I get annoyed sometimes, too, but let's not go around trying to purge the board. It's not his fault a) we are the best board in the world and b) that the UF boards are so awful he feels the need to come back here.

I think this is a quality post as well. He's got a barb or two in there in my direction but nothing that takes it to far.

For the record, I do enjoy your board. I like the layout And most importantly, the discussions are sensible.

Don't worry hifi, I'm not trying to hate. I think you said way back that the FL boards aren't too great (at least for b-ball). Just repeating what you said. Enjoy your time here. I agree with you it is a great board and for the most part, folks are sensible (even when they pretend not to be!).

[HoyaInsomniac]

Cut him a little slack here... he might instigate, and it's more annoying than usual because he actually likes Florida, but at least he's consistent. You can choose to respond intelligently to the bait or you can get all huffy about it. He knows his basketball. And he could drop a bomb and run (or get banned, ha ha ncaa), but instead, over a thousand posts later, he's still around. Got to at least admire the persistence. Don't like it? Hit ignore. And then hope sixer doesn't show up in the same thread.

[bubbrubbhoya]

hoyainsomniac said:

Cut him a little slack here... he might instigate, and it's more annoying than usual because he actually likes Florida, but at least he's consistent. You can choose to respond intelligently to the bait or you can get all huffy about it. He knows his basketball. And he could drop a bomb and run (or get banned, ha ha ncaa), but instead, over a thousand posts later, he's still around. Got to at least admire the persistence. Don't like it? Hit ignore. And then hope sixer doesn't show up in the same thread.

If hifi could reform as well as sixer, the flood of complaints would dry up. Probably wouldn't help his grammar, any, though.

[Nevada Hoya]

Where is Frank Black when you need him? Now that I think of it, where IS Frank Black?