757hoyafan
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Post by 757hoyafan on Apr 12, 2007 12:19:02 GMT -5
^ lol....
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Cambridge
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Post by Cambridge on Apr 12, 2007 12:21:20 GMT -5
If you'd been born 3 years later, are you any less worthy of following the team and posting on this board? In short, yes. If you were a true fan you would have commandeered some sort of time jumping delorian, travelled back to the mid 70s and induced your parents Marty McFly-style into some sort of teen-pregnancy imbroglio. Then you would have been here to enjoy the Esh years.
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hoyatables
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Post by hoyatables on Apr 12, 2007 12:22:26 GMT -5
If you'd been born 3 years later, are you any less worthy of following the team and posting on this board? In short, yes. If you were a true fan you would have commandeered some sort of time jumping delorian, travelled back to the mid 70s and induced your parents Marty McFly-style into some sort of teen-pregnancy imbroglio. Then you would have been here to enjoy the Esh years. "Enjoy" is hardly the word I would use. Perhaps "appreciate the shared experience" . . . ?
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hoopsmccan
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Post by hoopsmccan on Apr 12, 2007 12:24:44 GMT -5
Hello? It's the Hoyatalk board. If it's Hoyas related or GU basketball-related, you should expect to have it talked about here. You should expect and hope for the broader Hoya fandom to post here. Dont we want more fans? More involved fans? Some of you blowhards act like your s**t doesn't stink, that you're the only ones who have the right to post here. Huh? Maybe your personal venderttas don't get as much attention anymore. Boo hoo. We just made a Damn Final Four!! Our future Hall of Fame Coach has not been extended. He said we have to do something about our 60 year old facilities. His dad repeatedly states he won't stay forever being underpaid and with crappy facilities. And our two best players are thinking of leaving for the NBA. Our program is in flux and there is lots to talk about. I may or may not agree with the rest of the posters, but I'd much prefer to talk about the issues facing the Hoyas than whatever is currently up the butt of Buff, Hifi, Brasky, Tbird or some of these other clowns. Get over it. And there we have it...time of death 9:44AM EDT, Thurs April 12, 2007. If a stupid, self important post by YB could kill the Board, it would have been dead long ago...
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Post by HoyaOnBothSides on Apr 12, 2007 12:39:17 GMT -5
Let's do a little correlation analysis:
The big "this board now sucks" proponents:
BuffaloHoya member since Feb 2004 total posts 4,823 avg posts per day: 4.3 TBird41 member since Dec-2004 total posts 3,048 avg posts per day: 3.6 the_way member since Feb 2004 total posts 2,212 avg posts per day: 2
shocking conclusion: if you didn't spend so much time obsessing over this board, you wouldn't be so concerned with the minutiae of its supposed decline in "discourse." come on, isn't this all for fun anyway? saying it sucks now is an insult to everyone who enjoys reading it (not to be confused with posting to it every spare moment) and for those who put a lot of work into running and maintaining it...
sadly it's always the most frequest users who are the most critical...shame..
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Cambridge
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Post by Cambridge on Apr 12, 2007 12:43:37 GMT -5
Let's do a little correlation analysis: The big "this board now sucks" proponents: BuffaloHoya member since Feb 2004 total posts 4,823 avg posts per day: 4.3 TBird41 member since Dec-2004 total posts 3,048 avg posts per day: 3.6 the_way member since Feb 2004 total posts 2,212 avg posts per day: 2 shocking conclusion: if you didn't spend so much time obsessing over this board, you wouldn't be so concerned with the minutiae of its supposed decline in "discourse." come on, isn't this all for fun anyway? saying it sucks now is an insult to everyone who enjoys reading it (not to be confused with posting to it every spare moment) and for those who put a lot of work into running and maintaining it... sadly it's always the most frequest users who are the most critical...shame.. I think HOBS could be the V8 motor this thread needs to pace Charlie Daniels. His edited closely rivals YB.
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YB
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Post by YB on Apr 12, 2007 12:44:00 GMT -5
And there we have it...time of death 9:44AM EDT, Thurs April 12, 2007. If a stupid, self important post by YB could kill the Board, it would have been dead long ago... 2 questions: -Did Buff's original post not seem self-important to you? -What in my post you quoted did you disagree with? Just curious.
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guru
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Post by guru on Apr 12, 2007 12:51:40 GMT -5
So what? SO WHAT? SO LET'S DANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Apr 12, 2007 13:01:41 GMT -5
[discussion interruption]
I would like to take this moment to note the passing of one of my heroes, Kurt Vonnegut.
Despite some unsavory socialist leanings, unrivaled in the 20th century as a satirist. His writing continues to amaze me.
(and a memorable cameo on one of the greatest movies in the entire decade of the 80s)
And if he were reading this, he'd probably tell all of us to shut the hell up. ;D
Speaking of Kurt Vonnegut - and the possible decline of Hoyatalk - where the hell is Billy Zabka All-Stars anyway?
[Please resume discussion]
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hoopsmccan
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Post by hoopsmccan on Apr 12, 2007 13:05:12 GMT -5
If a stupid, self important post by YB could kill the Board, it would have been dead long ago... 2 questions: -Did Buff's original post not seem self-important to you? -What in my post you quoted did you disagree with? Just curious. Answer to your questions: 1. perhaps 2. i disagree with you on principal, ever since you staged a coup and overthrew Joe Hoya as lord of Editedtown. And my s**t doesn't stink, it smells like bakery fresh cinnamon rolls. You take yourself waaaay to seriously, as do a bunch of people on this board. An example of what is annoying...a new poster like Voltahoya gets on here and talks about what students should do to get III a new contract. Dumb enough, but then proceeds to post over and over in the same thread. Asking Hoya Blue to get on it...the seniors of Hoya Blue have done enough and should be enjoying there last few months of undergrad life, drinking too much, getting some ass, and then convincing themselves that said ass was not brutally fat. Another thing - the facilities, we get it. Why don't you just Motorola yourself on what you think needs to get done... Thank you though from taking time out of your all important conference to post a message.
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YB
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Post by YB on Apr 12, 2007 13:06:10 GMT -5
[discussion interruption] And if he were reading this, he'd probably tell all of us to shut the hell up. ;D [Please resume discussion] He'd be right! Also a fav of mine. Sad.
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doublehoya
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Post by doublehoya on Apr 12, 2007 13:06:55 GMT -5
Oh my god. this thread is exactly what the off season needs. If we do this right, the BDCD thread will just be a distant memory. We need Suzhoya to chime in -- that is the spark that will start the inferno!!!
Please, Please, Please, do not lock this thread down.
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hoyatables
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Post by hoyatables on Apr 12, 2007 13:07:32 GMT -5
If a stupid, self important post by YB could kill the Board, it would have been dead long ago... 2 questions: -Did Buff's original post not seem self-important to you? -What in my post you quoted did you disagree with? Just curious. I'll bite, even though I'm pretty sure this was directed solely to Cambridge: 1) I'm pretty sure the point of Buff's post was to suggest that some other posters are the ones who are self-important, especially the following "One need only look to the fact we've got (had) MULTIPLE threads where some of the more pretentious among us presume to know what's best for a G'Town student-athlete and his family." I think, more broadly, he was suggesting that because there are more posters and more posts, there's less chance for a real discussion to brew. He wasn't necessarily damning the entire thing, just noting that things shure have changed here on Walton Mountain. 2) I didn't agree with the part where you called out other "clowns." Frankly, I do enjoy the non-GU Hoops talk, particularly during the offseason. I also like the attention to GU issues not related to Hoops, including campus planning issues (and your cause celebre, the on-campus arena, which admittedly is hoops-related though not about what happens on the court). And I love the chat about student groups, including band (naturally), cheerkids, HoyaBlue (talk about self-important ), and even the occassional halftime show that becomes -- say it with me -- LEGEN (hope you're not lactose intolerant because the last part is) DARY. That said, I generally value the contributions of everyone around here, from the really insightful commentary on basketball to the hoops-related discussions about facilities and coaches to the wonderful wackiness of bananas and blogs. Except Hifi, who, as Bando so succinctly stated, is the Cousin Oliver of HoyaTalk. Which can mean that the HoyaTalk Smile Time Variety Hour is none too far away.
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hoyatables
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Post by hoyatables on Apr 12, 2007 13:09:03 GMT -5
Oh my god. this thread is exactly what the off season needs. If we do this right, the BDCD thread will just be a distant memory. We need Suzhoya to chime in -- that is the spark that will start the inferno!!! Please, Please, Please, do not lock this thread down. Don't jinx it!!!!!!!!!
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 12, 2007 13:10:46 GMT -5
2 questions: -Did Buff's original post not seem self-important to you? -What in my post you quoted did you disagree with? Just curious. Answer to your questions: 1. perhaps 2. i disagree with you on principal, ever since you staged a coup and overthrew Joe Hoya as lord of Editedtown. And my s**t doesn't stink, it smells like bakery fresh cinnamon rolls. You take yourself waaaay to seriously, as do a bunch of people on this board. An example of what is annoying...a new poster like Voltahoya gets on here and talks about what students should do to get III a new contract. Dumb enough, but then proceeds to post over and over in the same thread. Asking Hoya Blue to get on it...the seniors of Hoya Blue have done enough and should be enjoying there last few months of undergrad life, drinking too much, getting some ass, and then convincing themselves that said ass was not brutally fat. Another thing - the facilities, we get it. Why don't you just Motorola yourself on what you think needs to get done... Thank you though from taking time out of your all important conference to post a message. The greatest thing about message board discussions about "don't tell me what to post / what not to post" or "you take these things too seriously" or "this board sucks" is that the instant you post on the thread, you are as big a loser as the person you were criticizing. So now I'm criticizing the guy for being too critical of the guy who is too serious who was critical of the guy who is too arrogant who criticized the entire board. We're on a message board. We all take this too seriously and we are all losers. We could all learn a lot from Boz.
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YB
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Post by YB on Apr 12, 2007 13:10:47 GMT -5
2 questions: -Did Buff's original post not seem self-important to you? -What in my post you quoted did you disagree with? Just curious. Answer to your questions: 1. perhaps 2. i disagree with you on principal, ever since you staged a coup and overthrew Joe Hoya as lord of Editedtown. And my s**t doesn't stink, it smells like bakery fresh cinnamon rolls. You take yourself waaaay to seriously, as do a bunch of people on this board. An example of what is annoying...a new poster like Voltahoya gets on here and talks about what students should do to get III a new contract. Dumb enough, but then proceeds to post over and over in the same thread. Asking Hoya Blue to get on it...the seniors of Hoya Blue have done enough and should be enjoying there last few months of undergrad life, drinking too much, getting some ass, and then convincing themselves that said ass was not brutally fat. Another thing - the facilities, we get it. Why don't you just Motorola yourself on what you think needs to get done... Thank you though from taking time out of your all important conference to post a message. OK. That's fair. I don't disagree with you.
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Post by jonnystrongleg on Apr 12, 2007 13:11:27 GMT -5
I am sad I missed the early days of this board, happy to be here now.
Can someone from the earlier days tell me how the board handled volatile topics like Anthony Perry's NBA drapft prospects, how on earth to lock up Esherick to keep him from fleeing to a better program, and how many OT's would it take to beat Notre Dame if Kevin Braswell took nothing but half court shots?
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Post by williambraskyiii on Apr 12, 2007 13:11:59 GMT -5
2 questions: -Did Buff's original post not seem self-important to you? -What in my post you quoted did you disagree with? Just curious. Answer to your questions: 1. perhaps 2. i disagree with you on principal, ever since you staged a coup and overthrew Joe Hoya as lord of Editedtown. And my s**t doesn't stink, it smells like bakery fresh cinnamon rolls. You take yourself waaaay to seriously, as do a bunch of people on this board. An example of what is annoying...a new poster like Voltahoya gets on here and talks about what students should do to get III a new contract. Dumb enough, but then proceeds to post over and over in the same thread. Asking Hoya Blue to get on it...the seniors of Hoya Blue have done enough and should be enjoying there last few months of undergrad life, drinking too much, getting some ass, and then convincing themselves that said ass was not brutally fat. Another thing - the facilities, we get it. Why don't you just Motorola yourself on what you think needs to get done... Thank you though from taking time out of your all important conference to post a message. In the words of the immortal Dirk Diggler, "Hello, exactly!!"
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Apr 12, 2007 13:12:51 GMT -5
My $0.02 - you are all participants in a message board. Sometimes the discussion is serious, sometimes it isnt' - its all user generated and only edited under specific guidelines so its up to you. So if you're going to complain about the tone or perceived changes in the tone, you can:
1. post more stuff that is content you enjoy 2. leave the board 3. post less often 4. read only the stuff that is content you enjoy
Personally I don't enjoy recruiting news as much as say, Jersey, so I post less stuff about it.
If you think that the place is becoming less of an intimate space with less joking and more self-importance that might be the price of success.
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doublehoya
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Post by doublehoya on Apr 12, 2007 13:20:00 GMT -5
Oh my god. this thread is exactly what the off season needs. If we do this right, the BDCD thread will just be a distant memory. We need Suzhoya to chime in -- that is the spark that will start the inferno!!! Please, Please, Please, do not lock this thread down. Don't jink it!!!!!!!!! I agree -- I do not want to jinx it, perhaps this quote from Jack on the BDCD thread will reverse the jinx:
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