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NBA Discussion / The Long, Slow, Sad Decline
« on: June 29, 2012, 06:20:27 PM »
Just visited the board today for the first time in months. Sad to see it get to this point. I still remember the old MSNBC board, which went down with the Twin Towers. Crazy to think that's more than ten years ago.
Just to clear up any misconceptions: I did not leave the board because of Reality's Laker baiting/hating. I've always gotten a chuckle from Reality's ability to incite such rage and indignation. Reality, you may be the greatest troll of all time. And I believe, deep in your twisted, Laker-hate-filled mind, you really were trying to keep the board alive, to create discourse.
In my case, it's simple. Life happened. I got busy. Got married. Went to grad school. Finished. Got busier. Had 4 kids (well I didn't "have" them). Moved twice. Bought a rental. Grew up a little--not enough. It's crazy to think about all of the things that have happened since I started posting in late 2000. Heck. I was still mainly a Bulls fan living in Utah back then.
I wish I had more time to post about basketball, but even if I did, the last year has pretty much killed my passion for the league. I don't like LeBron. I'm not a Kobe lover. My favorite player killed off my favorite coach and then got traded. My team is a borderline 8 seed every year. PEDs, referees fixing games, DWill, the lockout, the Lakers almost getting Paul after raping Memphis for Gasol, Vetogate, and LeBron wins. I'm just not interested any more.
It'd be nice to know what happened to everyone else. Joe V, Skander, Caleb, WOW/Zapotec/Miguel, ziggy, Lurker, SpursX3, Chief, jn, jw, DABODS, Rolando and all the others. I suspect you'll all say the same thing: life happened. Oh yeah, and Facebook. If you want to stay in touch: facebook.com/rustedhart. If not, fare thee well.
I do appreciate Reality for at least trying. And Dan and Randy, you deserve credit, too. If you didn't break your numerous self-imposed moratoriums, this place really would have died by now. Thank you.
Just to clear up any misconceptions: I did not leave the board because of Reality's Laker baiting/hating. I've always gotten a chuckle from Reality's ability to incite such rage and indignation. Reality, you may be the greatest troll of all time. And I believe, deep in your twisted, Laker-hate-filled mind, you really were trying to keep the board alive, to create discourse.
In my case, it's simple. Life happened. I got busy. Got married. Went to grad school. Finished. Got busier. Had 4 kids (well I didn't "have" them). Moved twice. Bought a rental. Grew up a little--not enough. It's crazy to think about all of the things that have happened since I started posting in late 2000. Heck. I was still mainly a Bulls fan living in Utah back then.
I wish I had more time to post about basketball, but even if I did, the last year has pretty much killed my passion for the league. I don't like LeBron. I'm not a Kobe lover. My favorite player killed off my favorite coach and then got traded. My team is a borderline 8 seed every year. PEDs, referees fixing games, DWill, the lockout, the Lakers almost getting Paul after raping Memphis for Gasol, Vetogate, and LeBron wins. I'm just not interested any more.
It'd be nice to know what happened to everyone else. Joe V, Skander, Caleb, WOW/Zapotec/Miguel, ziggy, Lurker, SpursX3, Chief, jn, jw, DABODS, Rolando and all the others. I suspect you'll all say the same thing: life happened. Oh yeah, and Facebook. If you want to stay in touch: facebook.com/rustedhart. If not, fare thee well.
I do appreciate Reality for at least trying. And Dan and Randy, you deserve credit, too. If you didn't break your numerous self-imposed moratoriums, this place really would have died by now. Thank you.
