What has happened to Arrowhead Pride?
by Enite on Dec 14, 2011 7:00 PM CST
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Let me begin by telling you how I found AP. I am in Bartlett TN so let's just say that Chiefs fans and games are pretty sparse around here. I was always trying to find any information I could about the Chiefs. Yeah, I had the mothership, but that was usually about it. Most of the time I was searching, I was searching at work (the internet helped the time go by). Everytime I searched for anything Chiefs related (whether at home or work), AP came up.
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Since I was at work, there were certain sites that you could not access, so half of my time on the net was spent gathering up all of the Chiefs sites I could find that could be accessed at work. But again, the top few articles, links, and sites were always AP.
Now this happened for years. So finally in, I think 2008, I said when I get home, I am going to check this site out. When I got to get on AP, I could not believe it. I spent hours reading several posts both old and new (I read a lot before I joined). It was like Christmas. I had finally found a place where I could talk about one of my favorite subjects 24/7....the Chiefs.
I remember thinking "I can't believe that it took me this long to check this place out!". AP was packed with other Chiefs FANATICS!, and there were 2 things in particular that AP had in spades.....
1. Knowledge
There will always be fans who just don't know what they are talking about. I am not talking opinion, we all have a right to our opinions no matter how...."different" they are. There are some people who say things like "I was so happy when the Chiefs drafted Priest Holmes!" It doesn't mean that they are any less of a fan, they just don't know what they are talking about. Those fans were here, but there were a plethora of people here who knew the Chiefs. The knowledge was awesome.
That knowledge led to some WONDERFUL discussions. Deep discussions. Yeah, we all had our sense of humor and it showed, but the knowledge would always shine through. The jokes were relevant and usually didn't pull from the discussion. Opinions (for the most part) were respected and the insults were not very abundant.
The other thing that AP had was ....
2. Passion
More specifically, Passion for the Chiefs. The people here (for the most part) loved the Chiefs as a team. That didn't mean that you liked every player or thought that every player was the best at their position, but as long as that player was a Chief, they were family. And you don't mess with family. Now that doesn't mean that there was nothing negative said about a player or the team. If you messed up, you messed up, but that player or coach at the end of the day was still a Chief until they weren't.
I wonder what happened.
Now when I come to AP there is so much negativity. And don't get me started on things like things like "Suck for Luck". I could be wrong, but a few years back there wouldn't have been a whole lot of that. Yes people would have said it, but it would have been shot down so fast that people would have been embarrassed to continue to bring it up. I don't care what anyone says, a real fan would never want the team to lose. I don't care how you try to justify it.
Now the posts are full of bad jokes, butt kissing of popular posters, insults, and people just talking bad about the Chiefs. And don't get me wrong, I know that times are not the best right now, but we are not as bad as people try to play. We have been through a lot worse. Yeah, I know that as a whole the Chiefs have not been to the Super Bowl in years, and we only recently made it to the playoffs. Sometimes we just need to vent. That is fine. But what has happened here lately is frankly embarrassing.
AP used to be full of posters who had something positive to say about our team. This was the place we came as fans to recharge our batteries that were depleted on Sunday. This was where we came to be around people who were like us. This was where we came to get away from the negativity of the media and fans of other teams.
We were the strongest blog of Super Bowl nation. Posters from other blogs would come here and marvel at our atmosphere, participation, and knowledge. Not too long ago, there was a poster from another team who was defending the Chiefs from us! We had to have outsiders come in and do what we should be doing.
Just to be frank, many of us don't deserve to be the fans of a Superbowl Winning team because we are not superbowl caliber fans. I often wonder if any of the Chiefs players ever visit AP. I wonder how they would feel if they did visit? Now some people might say "players would deserve what they get if they are not playing well." That might be true, but they don't have to get it from us. We all know that Tyler Palko is not a good QB. One of the announcers during the Jets game made a comment about Palko knowing that he is not that good of a QB physically, so he tries to make up for it i other areas. I can respect the hard work from Tyler. All I am saying is that there should be more positive being said than negative and that isn't the case.
I am a Chiefs fan and I still believe that we have the best fans. As a whole we are usually very high on class and very supportive of our team. But here lately we have lost ourselves. Hopefully, AP will turn back into what it used to be and what it should be.
This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Arrowhead Pride's writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Arrowhead Pride writers or editors.
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Winning cures all, my friend
And we aren’t doing much of that anymore. The Chiefs are becoming the butt of many jokes because they don’t deserve to be anything else. We thought we would get a consistent winner, but now we are regressing once again. I sorely hope that the FO makes the right choices next draft. I think that will get our fan base cheering again.
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 7:05 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I think perennial losing had a lot to do with the high quality here on AP.
You had to be hard-core to spend much time on AP. You had to do your due diligence to even FIND AP. Once here, guys like ME felt at home, because there was a unique combo of football IQ and tolerance. Other blogs were mostly dumber and at the same time less tolerant of ignorance. Here I found smart people, who actually agreed with my take quite often, but more important, there was no one-upmanship from those who set me straight on the facts when I made unsupportable claims, but without tearing me down as an idiot (whether I deserved it or not).
There was also a refreshing lack of censorship and at the same time a lot of self-restraint by my football betters. I can still get away with an F-bomb, here. Most of the regulars, here, are STILL pretty awesome at calling bullshit, but arguing with the facts, rather than making it personal. There’s STILL a lot more maturity shown here, compared to all the other blogs, but more than there was when I j’ined up.
I come to this thread pretty late. The 633 coms (and counting) dragged me in. The self-absorption suggested by the subject line sent me right on past this FanPost. I’ve seen plenty of angst-ridden ’Posts with similar subject lines, from well-meaning folks, who, in various ways, expressed concern at where things were going.
I would disagree that the 2011 struggles the Chiefs have had are the main source of the apparent downturn in quality. And by quality I don’t just mean football knowledge, but attitude and how people choose to disagree. I think the main source of the downturn is the Chiefs’ return to respectability, and the additional attention they’ve received the last year or two. And MOST newbies come from other blogs, where the culture is much more like a playground full of bullies.
Still, the best free coms site going. Still enough of the regulars who wowed me when I first got here, for me to still think things are damn good, even as “bad” as they seem to have become.
would of ≠ would've
by hmills110 on Dec 15, 2011 4:29 AM CST up reply actions 7 recs
I'll be your batman...
Your opinion sucks, but I still love you.
If you can sack groceries, you can sack a QB... right?
The kool-aid is now Berry flavored.
I have decided to wait until draft season again to get involved.....
My heart is in shambles with the coach I really did like whether it be right or wrong. The negativity has been pretty bad though this year. With popularity you open yourself up to others being brought in that may not respect other posters and can just be plain immature. This organization as a whole those is lost right now. One reason you see many fans just as lost. When draft time gets here I am in hopes of seeing the return of some of our more football savy posters that bring knowledge and maturity back.
Nice hearing from you Mills!
Exactly. 40 years since our Superbowl win.
Some of us were actually alive and fans bacj when we won the superbowl. It has been a lot of heartache and disappointment since then. I’m also an out of state fan, living in North Carolina.
The most frequently asked questions I get? “Are you a Cubs fan, too?”
I was the same way for a while.
I am a Spurs fan (Grizzlies too since they are the home team). For years the Spurs just couldn’t get over the hump, but now, they are always in contention for a championship. I have seen them win 4 Championships. I am believing for the same from the Chiefs. We will have our day in the sun.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
And the Spurs have done it with CLASS and respectful players
Not a bunch of “me” guys that spend more time in the media spotlight than they do producing on the court.
The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynicism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw
It's human nature.
When things go badly, a common psychological defense is to insist that they were always bad and “you knew it but didn’t want to say anything.” I’ve seen a fair amount of this lately. And, there is the inevitable venting of anger at yet another disappointing year. But don’t worry. We all express our pain differently, but we all have that pain because we are loyal fans who want our team to be the best. Nothing hurts like rooting for a team that has “potential” for so many years only to suffer another setback. NJ is right. Winning cures all. I suspect that if we manage to get at least two more wins and a chance to see Rick Stanzi in action, the contributions on this board will become a lot more positive.
Ancora imparo.
I hope you are right.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Is this a shot at a guy like me?......................
…………………..I’m here for the camaraderie. I am new to Chiefdom and try and stay away from the “deep” discussions. I’ll leave them to the likes of Prof. Mills (they know what they are talking about) If I happen to kiss too much ass I’ll use a little more chap stick. lol
I think…… and this is of course my most humble of opinions. If there is a thread someone is not enjoying, just go to the next one.
Enite ….The Chiefs had mortal injuries before the season even really started, most of the negativity stems from that. Look at the bright side, The Chiefs will have good draft position and will be getting Charles, Berry and Moeaki back. Sounds good to me.
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
I hope not. :)
I didn’t have anyone specific in mind. It is more about the whole atmosphere.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
train wreck'd, my friend ... (and I hope that's not too much butt kissing for ya)
careful though, Masons leaves these big, wet SLOPPY kisses ;-)
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
So then....this means you really like me....you all really like me!!!
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
by Masons on Dec 14, 2011 8:41 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
well, I like you, but I'm easy (and cheap)
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Cheap Hell
that’s not the story Mills told! :)
"You gonna pull them pistols...or whistle Dixie?"
" I believe you have to be a glass half full person in this league, you really do."--Todd Haley
Honored to be mentioned, but I think some of you guys mistake my quantity coms for quality.
No question about my love for the game, but my technical know-how is not very great.
would of ≠ would've
BULLSHITTTTTTTT..........
You have contributed plenty when draft time comes around!!!!!!
I dunno, Steve. I came here to talk FOOTBALL.
I’m passionate about the game, but never, until coming to AP, did I find knowledgeable people from whom I could actually LEARN about the game, without being treated like an idiot. People I could DEBATE with on theories/impressions that I’ve arrived at, totally seat-of-the-pants, without it becoming a pissing contest or an ARGUMENT.
YOU, my friend, are all about the social end. I GET the social end of it, but it’s almost against my will. I come to like people and know them, over time, by all the coms and all the time I spend, here, but the actual “social networking” part of it is more or less in spite of myself. It’s a by-product of eating, breathing and dreaming Chiefs, and finding a place where others appear to be cut from the same cloth. But not the goal. Still, it’s something I’m growing into, as I emerge from a state of near-total social retardation.
would of ≠ would've
It's part of the allure for me too, mills
When I initially came to AP I had a solid working knowledge of the X’s and O’s of defense, but a surface knowledge of the workings of offense. (I could tell you the LG was pulling on that pitch play. That’s about as far as it went).
Now a couple years later, not only has my knowledge of the inner workings of the O increased dramatically, I still learn something new about defense (my self appointed area of focus) every week.
And I admit my knowledge of front office operations was similar to that of my offensive knowledge – if not less. Just because I always had very little care about the contract / personnel management side of things until the last few years. Now I’m far more educated on it (with miles more to learn) than I ever even thought I’d care to be.
AP is a real treasure trove of knowledge, analysis (sometimes with merit, sometimes without) – and maybe a bit more unfounded conjecture than I care for – but hey, take the good with bad.
It’s true, there’s still a lot of fluff. But it’s the Internet, and a public site. That’ll always be the case. But the nuggets of awesome (I said “but, nugget”) are worth mining for.
Foxtrot Alpha November - Sierra Hotel Oscar Tango!
Don't listen to pam
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:41 PM CST up reply actions
butt out, buddy
I saw her him first
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Noted. Only allow Masons to kiss my hand.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
see if he'll allow you to touch the hem of his garment ...
Twisted Lord of AP Color Commentary (H/T - Loco)
Winner: 2009 Nostradamus of Arrowhead Pride Award
"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Oh, no! No wiping your hands off on me!
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
This is a natural process
AP is more popular than ever. As a result, there are more people joining than ever. As a result, there is a natural “dilution” (for lack of a better word) with regards to serious, hardcore fandom.
But honestly, the thing that’s changed the MOST since I signed up a year and a half ago is that it seems like we can’t go more than a week or two without someone doing a post calling out AP for being “bad fans.”
I’ve had optimistic fans tell me I’m a hater and don’t know what I’m talking about. I’ve had pessimistic fans tell me I’m an idiot homer with my head in the clouds. This stuff happens, and those people are Chiefs fans.
The biggest problem currently isn’t people being pessimistic, any more than the biggest problem with the site 6 months ago was that we were too optimistic (a common complaint about AP at the time, that it was becoming too “homerish”). The problem is when people stop discussing football and start discussing each other.
Just my opinion. Take it or leave it.
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
by MNchiefsfan on Dec 14, 2011 7:57 PM CST reply actions 7 recs
My problem with the site...
with all the extra traffic and commenters, the conversations have gotten much more hostile. The moderating has gotten a little slack, I know this for sure because I have made a couple comments over the last month that at the very least should have gotten me a warning, if not banned.
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Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 7:59 PM CST up reply actions
Testing the waters? :)
I’ve heard people complain that there is TOO MUCH moderation here. But frankly, I like it. Keeps the place from turning into a buncha, “you suck, no YOU suck!” arguments…
But yes, there’s been a lot more hostility lately.
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
I made a comment in the Game Threads last weekend that even though I thought was funny...
really pissed off some people.
Sometimes I think I have earned a reputation where the rules don’t apply to me… But who am I kidding, this place wouldn’t suffer without me.
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Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:03 PM CST up reply actions
It would
I’d notice. And it’d bother me for at least an entire minute.
That’s not bad for a handle on a computer screen, right? Give yourself some credit!
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
I dunno...
I don’t really comment like I used to, so I don’t think a lot of the “newbies” are even aware not to take me seriously.
Between the conference drama in college football and the “lockout” this year I just really didn’t give two shits about football this year… I’ve still watched all the Chiefs and Irish football games, but I’ve only maybe watched 2.5 games of football outside of my team.
Also there are some people (who I’ll not name) who are pretty heavy commenters that I don’t like so it discourages me… I find myself having more private conversations with the people I actually like… Which I really owe a big thanks to AP for.
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Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:17 PM CST up reply actions
I hear you
You need me to internet assassinate someone? I gave up the ninja schtick in my last fanpost, but I can always go back to it :)
It’s tough when you grate with people here. Fortunately for me, I like everyone here. Unfortunately for me, at least 3 different posters that I know of definitely don’t like me.
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
You're dead to me
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
I got yer back, Beej
I think he’s up to 12 by now …
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
13 if you count you're brother
The molehill fella
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
I used to have him in one of my classes a few years ago
great kid but kind of a “basket case” if you know what I mean
Twisted Lord of AP Color Commentary (H/T - Loco)
Winner: 2009 Nostradamus of Arrowhead Pride Award
"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
by upamtn on Dec 14, 2011 9:16 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
BOOOOOOOO!!!!! HISSSSS!!!!!!
And rec
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
ty :D
Twisted Lord of AP Color Commentary (H/T - Loco)
Winner: 2009 Nostradamus of Arrowhead Pride Award
"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
arguing with idiots=classic
need an AP version……classy though…you know? with pictures and stuff.
Twitter - @bkissel7
Can't have class without pics
I keep meaning to do an arguing with idiots post. But with all the newbs that would take it personally I’m afraid I might get killed.
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
that's the funny part
i’d rec it.
might as well embrace the change with some laughter.
Twitter - @bkissel7
A rec from BJ?
I’ve never been able to turn that down
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
POLL: Who did you like better BJ or Bajah?
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
Or we talking about Taco Bell Mountain Dew flavors...
if so Im definitely going with Bajah
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:53 PM CST up reply actions
No need to hurt BJ's feelings
He’d get destroyed
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
I liked Bajah...he had a nice picture of ..........
……………a really good looking girl, except she was with some ugly dude……so I dont know……..LMAO
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
Look to the right of these words and feel better
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
[ ] Not Sure
POLL: Who did you like better BJ or Bajah?
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
hows your FF team ups?
BOOM!!!!
Twitter - @bkissel7
by BJ Kissel on Dec 14, 2011 9:23 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
OHHHHHHH snap!
Now he’s done it!
My 11-3 laughs at ups. And that’s without Britt (that one still hurts)
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
y'all are just CRUEL
cold and heartless sons of guns, that’s what y’are
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Primetime!
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:26 PM CST up reply actions
Andrew Luck!
Wait…..what was the question?
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Wait... which part?
The post our my violent death?
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
(whew)
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
LOL MN!
would be like DIRECTLY to …. yeah, we know, you’d get so many arguments the site would shut down from too much traffic
Twisted Lord of AP Color Commentary (H/T - Loco)
Winner: 2009 Nostradamus of Arrowhead Pride Award
"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Man, lotsa peer pressure here...
Fine, I’ll try to think of a topic after finals are over.
“Arguing with Idiots: a newb addition” :)
Tick people off before they even READ it!
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
by MNchiefsfan on Dec 14, 2011 8:50 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Embrace the chaos
It only hurts for awhile
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
I like and hate everyone here in equal amounts
I will say that meaningful discussions that don’t boil down to just tossing out ‘catch phrase’ answers have become the norm as the site has grown in numbers.
Emotions run higher than I’ve ever seen… and any topic that would seem to be very interesting for people to RESEARCH and debate… turns into insults and i told you so’s before any real discussion happens.
There was a time, just a couple years back, when the comments on any particular post (as well as the post, but you’d expect that) represented hours and hours of research and stat mining and discussion of X’s and O’s…. instead of just opinions stated as fact, misrepresented data, and out and out insults.
The kinds of things I used to write in comments or posts just are not received the way they used to be. Post topics have to become ‘entertainment’ instead of information to get anyone to comment. And even then, the quality of comments has declined. There just doesn’t seem to be much of a reason to spend 2 or 3 weeks researching, crafting, and presenting an article with a long thought out premise on AP like their used to.
People will toss out the TLDNR tag, or just skip over it entirely. And those few people that actually bother to think IN DEPTH about it before they comment won’t be able to find the post 6 hours after its written, because it’s been buried under a mountain of other posts.
AP has changed, for better or worse… it’s not the same as was when there were fewer hits. The audience has changed, so the site has changed with it.
The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynicism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw
by Texas Chief on Dec 15, 2011 1:19 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Im with you 100 on this.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Agree, Texas Chief.
When I first came here, the 3-4 D was a hot topic, and I learned a lot of the lingo and general principles involved. That’s the stuff that interests me the most.
would of ≠ would've
by hmills110 on Dec 15, 2011 5:07 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, I can agree with that.
When I first started lurking (mid-late ’07), this place was a wealth of knowledge. But things have gotten steadily more…emotional and less thoughtful as time has progressed.
It goes with the territory—popularity and the team’s up and down fortunes. When the team was terribad, who else CARED to do research papers on deh Cheeefs for the internet? Well..we did. You guys who posted ‘em, and folks like me who lurked and didn’t feel smart enough to comment.
Incidentally, Texas, could you translate TLDNR? Yo no comprendo.
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 7:10 AM CST up reply actions
I thought it was...
To Long Do Not Resuscitate.
Go Chiefs!!!!
I think you're somewhat right and wrong.
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here, comments or otherwise. Now when I woke up the other day to find Haley got fired, here I found myself.
I got tired of seeing the same names as replacements for Haley, so I did a little research and pulled some names up I thought might be good candidates. There wasn’t a whole lot of rhyme or reason to the people I researched, just that they were from teams that for the last few years have seen great success…. I think because it was relevant, researched, and not too much personal opinion, my post got front-paged.
The other side of that coin? A couple of months ago I basically called Joel an asshole in a comment. I think this site is run very well, and with the numbers of people here I imagine policing it is a challenge… I didn’t really think about what I posted before hitting the ‘post’ button and regretted it pretty immediately (not that I was worried about being banned, but because I acted out of character to someone who acted out of character themselves).
I do think you’re right that with the change in audience we’re getting a change in posts and comments. However, I still think the quality posts from the commenters still get the attention they deserve when they’re good.
If you can sack groceries, you can sack a QB... right?
The kool-aid is now Berry flavored.
At times I wonder if I contribute to this change...
By treating posts as more “entertainment” pieces than information pieces.
TIme was I’d spend half a dozen hours breaking down game tape or researching background statistics to do a post. However, that amount of legwork isn’t worth it at this point, nor do I have the time for it
And frankly, it’s more fun to try and be funny/kinda informational than informational/kinda funny
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
No, you're one of the bright spots. Keep it up.
by TheScootness on Dec 15, 2011 2:06 PM CST up reply actions
Way to balance it out
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
Humor is necessary.
That is never a problem. So far your pieces while entertaining still have a point to be made and or discussed. We all contribute to the change by not standing up and helping the new people to understand what AP is. Now if AP is something else, then that is a whole different ball of wax.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
By averagegatsby: I hope I'm not one of the guilty parties.
Folks who don’t like my perspective are VERY likely to be discouraged, because I comment so darn much and at such great length.
The “Prof Mills” bit kind of makes me uncomfortable, even though I AM a professor. But I sure ain’t no FOOTBALL professor. If I AM part of the problem, please feel free to point it out, here, without fear that I’m going to go off on you. OK?
would of ≠ would've
You are in the minority of people whose opinion I actually respect.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 15, 2011 7:25 PM CST up reply actions
One of the few people...
who will make me rethink my stance if we having opposing views.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 15, 2011 7:26 PM CST up reply actions
damn, gats ... you're supposed to kiss someone else's butt, not your own (angelic smile)
Sometimes I think I have earned a reputation where the rules don’t apply to me… But who am I kidding, this place wouldn’t suffer without me
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
if there was to much moderation
I would be banned……lol I agree though,I dont post a lot on the Saints blog because they dont post much to comment on
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by saints_chiefsfan1979 on Dec 14, 2011 9:29 PM CST up reply actions
who invited YOU to this?
this is a PRIVATE CHANNEL! …. the NERVE of some people …. sheeesh!
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
well ........I still use UHF
Pirate blogism
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by saints_chiefsfan1979 on Dec 14, 2011 9:35 PM CST up reply actions
You kids and your crazy drugs
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 7:11 AM CST up reply actions
MN, you know nothing about football
You are not a real Chiefs fan.
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:04 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
But I DID stay at a Holiday Inn last night
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
And I have french fries yesterday
Wanna continue?
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:08 PM CST up reply actions
had*
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:08 PM CST up reply actions
Well now you just screwed it up :)
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
aww man
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:15 PM CST up reply actions
Totally leave it
there is nothing natural about the process of ‘fans’ dissing their favorite team. Get with the program fence sitter. It’s not cool to bag your own team. Discuss their deficiencies—fine. Rant about their play calling selections or choice of coaches—ok. Dis the team with little substance-get the fuck outta here. I think that is what the OP was talking about.
"You gonna pull them pistols...or whistle Dixie?"
" I believe you have to be a glass half full person in this league, you really do."--Todd Haley
by Aiken_Drum on Dec 15, 2011 12:16 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
And that attitude
Is what is principally wrong with AP these days.
I don’t agree when people bag on the team with little substance, and I’ll debate them all day. But to say they’re unnatural or tell them how they have to express themselves to be fans? Too much.
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
by MNchiefsfan on Dec 15, 2011 12:44 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Again, we agree to disagree on what a fan is.
Fan is short for fanatic. A fanatic does not continually dis (as Aiken put it) their own team, and they definitely don’t cheer for the team to lose, not even for the great Andrew Luck. Those are my points as far as that is concerned.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
But hammering on at as though we're scholars translating the Bible?
Which is how the fan/notfan argument seems to play itself out? That’s a really alienating thing, enite, for folks who come here to talk football.
Pointing out that you just can’t intellectually see how a fan could bail on a team is one thing, but here the discussion quickly becomes a mano y mano series of bitter posts.
There’s days when I avoid the site because I know what kind of comments and posts are coming, and I don’t want any part of them. That’s been my saving grace this season, to be honest with you.
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 7:15 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I understand your point.
I am not trying to alienate anyone. I have seen many other posts where I didn’t agree with a fan’s post as a fan (if that makes sense). I usually just don’t reply. I like you found myself coming and interacting less. Again, it is just my opinion, and I don’t share it often, especially on other people’s posts. I just get tired of seeing a post that could be a good discussion be turned into “we should lose games”, or Tebow or Mims jokes. There was a culture that was established and now we are allowing that culture to be changed. That change is causing very valuable members of this community (like you) to avoid the site. I just don’t want that.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
IN YOUR OPINION
that’s what is principally wrong with AP. There are just as many who feel differently. Isn’t that what you say makes the site so successful? If that is the case, how can this attitude be principally what’s ‘wrong’ with AP. Two sides to every coin, fence sitter. You just confirmed which side of that coin you like and which one you don’t. Did it hurt when you hit the ground after you fell off the fence? :)
"You gonna pull them pistols...or whistle Dixie?"
" I believe you have to be a glass half full person in this league, you really do."--Todd Haley
by Aiken_Drum on Dec 15, 2011 1:59 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I think it's the lawyer in him. : )
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Yeah, they're always right--even when they're not. :)
"You gonna pull them pistols...or whistle Dixie?"
" I believe you have to be a glass half full person in this league, you really do."--Todd Haley
On that particular issue I don't sit on the fence
I think it’s stupid to tell people what kind of fan they have to be. That doesn’t involve honest debate and discussion, just finger pointing and holier-than-thou attitudes.
But of course I’m completely wrong. Much like anyone who disagrees with you, in one of AP’s stranger coincidences….
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
by MNchiefsfan on Dec 15, 2011 8:07 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I don't think the "fence sitter" moniker is fair
Why can’t a guy be up on the team when they do well and down when they suck (which has been a lot lately)? Seriously. Why do we have to declare our “side”?
I know I get cast into the realm of the “haters” and “pessimists”. I understand why. I tend to stray from the “OMG, we’re the awesomest team ever!” line of thought…because I’m tired of being let down. That doesn’t keep me from giving credit where credit is due, nor does it keep me from watching my team each and every Sunday (and sometimes Mondays, Thursdays and the occasional Saturday…lol).
I just wish everyone was capable of objectivity…or at least in part. There are some that refuse to see any negative in this franchise. There are some that steadfastly refuse to buy into whole “Hope and Change” phenomena (I’m sure everyone here sees “yours truly” as one of those). This doesn’t have to be a world of absolutes…we can have some gray area.
You nailed it Aiken.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
strongest blog of Super Bowl nation?
I need to check this out…
Also I couldn’t disagree with this line anymore
many of us don’t deserve to be the fans of a Superbowl Winning team because we are not superbowl caliber fans.
This isn’t fair… No two people are the same, so why would you expect for them to root for their favorite teams the same. I can respect that you think it has gone too far, but it isn’t reasonable to expect everyone to fully support them right now.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 7:58 PM CST reply actions 8 recs
People often feel like you're not supporting if you say too much negative stuff
But lately, there’s been a WHOLE lot more negative than positive to see on the field. Hence, we talk more about the negative.
I remember last year many complaining that everyone was too “sunshine and rainbows” around here last year (when we were winning). Now, we’re losing, and people are complaining is that there are too many “haters” out there. The main difference is the results we’re seeing on the field.
More positiives on the field, more positive AP. Just look at all the positivity when RAC announced Palko was out :)
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
I pretty much only read what can be read on the home page...
I rarely actually read any of the posts past the jump anymore… I find myself caring less and less…
I actually haven’t cared about this football season hardly at all.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:05 PM CST up reply actions
I've felt myself drifting a little, myself.
Used to follow a LOT more of the links, but now find myself not bothering to go past the jump. But a lot of it’s because it’s non-football stuff. Any article where I’m likely to get more real FOOTBALL info I’m likely to follow. But the articles that are about the FANS and how the fans feel don’t interest me at all. I wouldn’t care if I NEVER saw another fan poll.
The articles like the “Chiefs connections” are appealing to a lot of people, but I couldn’t care less about that kind of stuff. Lots of folks do, though, and more power to ’em.
would of ≠ would've
To the Thormans credit... They do a fantastic job of generating traffic...
But I wish there was a little more original content instead of things like “Hey did you see this on the tv”
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by averagegatsby on Dec 15, 2011 7:31 PM CST up reply actions
The kind of stuff I really would like and which drew me in here, were x's and o's guys.
Learned a lot. Still tons I don’t know, but a lot of the x’s and o’s stuff withered on the vine. I’d love to see more real analysis of that kind.
would of ≠ would've
I care alot about this team
but in all sincerity, I don’t get pissed off over a loss and let it ruin my work week anymore. I don’t wear this team on my sleeve the way I used to. And frankly, in some weird way I miss those days. Say whast you want about Schottenheimer, at least it was always exciting
MN, I have a question.
I know that you are in law school. I of course don’t know you or your family personally, so this is a hypothetical question. If your wife only had negative things to say about you being a lawyer or making it through law school, would you feel that she was supporting you?
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
It depends
Am I flunking my classes? Because then, I’d kinda have it coming, wouldn’t I?
You know me. I try to keep a balance between positive and negative. But at the end of the day a team that’s losing a lot (and getting just KILLED in the process while making mystifying decisions at times) is going to get a lot of crap.
I get what you’re saying. And yes, I’ve seen som changes in AP I don’t exactly care for. But at the end of the day, you’re going to see more negativity when the team is doing poorly.
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
Sorry, I don't know how to do quotes here, so here goes.......
“Am I flunking my classes? Because then, I’d kinda have it coming, wouldn’t I?”
Would you feel better about a lack of support just because you were flunking?
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
It's not really her job to make me feel better if I'm screwing up
That’s not support, that’s enabling.
I’m the type that would rather get a kick in the tail than a phony smile and a lie that I’m doing fine, know what I mean?
I really do get what you’re saying, and there are some positive things about this team. It’s just right now, there are more negatives to talk about
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
We will agree to disagree with there being more neg. than pos. (unless you disagree)
I am not saying we should be giving phony smiles and be all roses regardless of what is happening. That also works both ways. We shouldn’t be frowning all the time either. What I am saying is that some really harp on the neg. with no logic to their arguments. I have no problem with the neg when it is true and not brought up in every post regardless of the topic.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
On those last two parts we can certainly agree
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
remember a year ago and you were astounded that after a loss I was calm, cool, rational and blowing it off because, after all, it was only one loss
at the end of the day it’s even less than that, in a way … it’s only a game (though one with major ramifications in our society in terms of monetary gain) but really, take the business side away from it, it’s a game, a sport … it’s the cameraderie that we (most of us) love the most
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
by upamtn on Dec 14, 2011 8:52 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
I like it
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
To me, it's a chance to live vicariously through guys who can actually PLAY football.
I had all that kind of thing taken away from me a LONG time ago (like at birth). I’ve always had an eye for it but never had the bones for it. A keen appreciation for those who can do that which I cannot.
would of ≠ would've
There are ways to support one even in failure.
The analogy is a good one. If you are failing you don’t need a kick in the groin – you need to know that someone who cares is giving you their best advice. Everyone has dark periods. In those times, pointing fingers and mean-spirited cracks don’t help anything.
"An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
by electriclight on Dec 17, 2011 12:17 PM CST up reply actions
The issue here is that not all who say they are fans are rooting for the Chiefs.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
I get that...
But Im not gonna criticize someone too much for wanting a significantly better draft pick… Even if I don’t agree with that logic.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:07 PM CST up reply actions
I wouldn't criticize anyone for wanting a better pick.
The problem is wanting us to lose to get a better pick. How many times has a good pick slipped? And until the games are played, we don’t know who is truly going to be a good pick.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Is there a difference...
in rooting for a loss, or not caring if they lose?
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:21 PM CST up reply actions
I believe there is a difference, but neither would be someone I would consider a fan.
When I watch the Arizona Cardinals, I don’t root for a loss (unless they are playing the Chiefs), but I also don’t generally care if they lose. I’ll bet they wouldn’t consider me a fan.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
At this point... I honestly don't care if the Chiefs win or lose this season.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:26 PM CST up reply actions
I just want to see something cool
cool play, cool individual effort, cool meltdown….something
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I just want them to be competitive...
I don’t care if they lose… So long as its single digit
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:44 PM CST up reply actions
case of what?
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:46 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah.. You can sit on em.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:48 PM CST up reply actions
Ew.
You and I need to get together next time you’re in town for some GOOD beer.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
they have good beer in the states?
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:57 PM CST up reply actions
Of course... You just have to know where to find it.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:58 PM CST up reply actions
I've been to many microbrews.... My heart is just in Germany..
I know you can relate.
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:00 PM CST up reply actions
Right...
Hmmm… You can even get a lot of the good German stuff in America.
Hell there is a place in Joplin that sells Kostrizer
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:01 PM CST up reply actions
My favorite brand is Plank..
Dunkel, Hefeweizen heck even there Krystalweizen is really good…
I like the Hefe best….
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:06 PM CST up reply actions
Last time I was there...
I had a Double Bock hefeweizen… AND IT WAS AWESOME!!! I think it was Lowenbrau.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:07 PM CST up reply actions
Plank has won 3 or 4 world beer cups for a small brewery..
Its in Bavaria if you ever get back… The Beir I mean.
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:10 PM CST up reply actions
I've never been to Bavaria.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:12 PM CST up reply actions
My ancestors are from Wuerrtembergan Switzerland.......
would like to visit some day
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Bitburger
isn’t bad. And Deikirch from Luxembourg is a nice, smooth beer as well.
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by RockChalkChiefs on Dec 15, 2011 1:38 AM CST up reply actions
Barock Dunkel, won World Beer Cup 2004
Damn Monks know good beer, brewing it since 1050. oldest monastery brewery in Bavaria.
by Chiefsfanindonkeyland on Dec 15, 2011 5:10 PM CST up reply actions
yeah, at Kalo's
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Brewed up batch #1 of Arrowhead Red this past weekend.
Should be pretty damn tasty.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:03 PM CST up reply actions
Don't believe his lies...
He talks a mighty big game… But then something happens… “oh my beer was tainted” or some other lame excuse
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:05 PM CST up reply actions
and he still owes me some Guinness
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
I would gladly share some with you.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:07 PM CST up reply actions
Oh pft.
If you’re in Wichita for New Year’s for any reason, you’re welcome to it.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:07 PM CST up reply actions
Hmmm....
this might happen… I was suppose to be in Wichita last weekend… Just couldn’t go.
Im running out of places with available couches in Wichita.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
I'd offer one of mine up, but I've got six extras at my place for NYE.
But yeah, let me know. It should be completely carbonated by the 26th, cold conditioned by the 30th.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:11 PM CST up reply actions
All of my Wichita fans...
have either moved into the “suburbs” or have kids… Or flat out left.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:13 PM CST up reply actions
"Suburbs"?
Technically, I’m in one, too.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:13 PM CST up reply actions
Park City
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:14 PM CST up reply actions
Ah.
Yeah, there you go.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:14 PM CST up reply actions
you're drunk
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Not in the slighest.
Okay…maybe the slightest, but not drunk. =)
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
Did you contemplate the Cotton Bowl?
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:04 PM CST up reply actions
I'd love to
But we’re going to Cabo in January and Vegas for New years. Along with KC for Xmas, just couldn’t take another trip or I’d be there for sure.
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sounds fun, do enjoy
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Oh, and hell, it'll work out pretty well.
Manhattan’s not too bad of a trip.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:05 PM CST up reply actions
I could kill an evening in Aggieville.
So yeah, just lemme know if you’re ever bouncing in.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:12 PM CST up reply actions
I miss you, Kalo. Just so you know.
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 7:22 AM CST up reply actions
get a room!
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I agree, Enite. The "Suck for Luck" thing is so counter to my sense of sportsmanship that I'm almost offended by it.
I’m CERTAINLY annoyed by it. It’s akin to people missing the point of the game, itself, because they’re wrapped up in their fantasy football league, when individual stats are the LAST thing I care about.
would of ≠ would've
by hmills110 on Dec 15, 2011 5:21 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
That line bugs me too...
But honestly it’s because it rings true, though not how the author might have intended. How many of us on here remember the last time the Chiefs were even close to the Super Bowl? I barely remember the last time we made it to an AFC Championship game. You know what’s funny about that? It’s the ONLY TIME we’ve EVER been there. The Lamar Hunt trophy has never resided at Arrowhead.
How’s that for reality? I’ve been a Chiefs fan since I discovered football. I’ll never be as hardcore of a fan of any team the way I am about the Chiefs. I am extremely passionate about this team. Which is why I’m negative about them. My passion turns to anger very quickly. This “process” has not shown itself to be a process of getting better. This team is barely better than it was when Pioli took over. We’re hit and miss on draft picks and it was only this year that we actually made some mediocre moves in free agency. Our payroll is last in the league or nearly last in the league over the last few years. I don’t expect us to spend like the Raiders and Redskins, but I do expect us to be in the middle of the pack. We could have brought in some help at RT this year in free agency. But we stuck with Barry Richardson and we’re working on projects like David Mims. Gaither hardly sniffed the field (which we now know was mostly Haley being a dick about playing certain players) and Lilja and Weigmann are getting old apparently. WE COULD HAVE KEPT WATERS and replaced Lilja with Asamoah.
No, the Pioli Process has shown absolutely no promise. He hires a coach he can’t work with. Now we’re starting over again. We’ve had a different OC every year. Pioli is supposed to be building a team of coaches and players that can be greater than the sum of their parts. I’ve seen no evidence of this since he took over. I’m waiting for him to put up or shut up. I’m sick of the secrets and lies and doublespeak.
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by Falcon58 on Dec 14, 2011 8:14 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I guess my problem is...
I say a lot of things heavily laced with sarcasm and snark… But they get taken seriously… I know Im a real fan, and I have been overly supportive of certain players… I don’t know if you will find any regular commenter who has gone out of his way to defend Tyson Jackson and Matt Cassel as much as I have… Hell and Todd Haley for that matter. But then Im told I don’t deserve a Super Bowl caliber team… It pisses me off.. I’ve put in my time just like everyone else. Its not like people here are bandwagon fans…
If you stick with the team you get what ever rewards they give you.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:21 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Defending regulars in threads as they're being called out by someone with 12 comments
Is part of what turned me off AP.
And Joel killed Bajah and said I’d get fined every time I brought that name up. Thanks “search” function, wife can’t eat next week. Stay skinny dear.
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I remember Bajah... but I must not be on enough to know the history behind the disappearance.
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He was laughed out of town with all his stupid mock draft posts.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
Hmmm... I actually enjoy Mock Draft posts.
When they make sense and are well thought out. But if we’re talking about one per day… well that IS a little ridiculous.
Preparing to welcome a future Chiefs fan in December... football season and fatherhood somehow go together.
I hear he still lurks... Or changed his name to something like
JB Sikkle or something stupid.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:30 PM CST up reply actions
Bajah.....????
I thought it had something to do with a cigar an intern and the rose garden
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
You're welcome
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fool
no such thing as a free lawyer
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Sir, I'd appreciate you talking to me, not my client
It’d be a shame if something was to happen to that brother of yours… real shame.
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
Stop yelling at people over my shoulder
“Hold me back MN! Hold me back!!!!”
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
If there is,
I don’t want him/her representing me.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Pro Bono ?... (. . )
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:29 PM CST up reply actions
Be aware Falcon, there's sarcasm afoot
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 7:34 AM CST up reply actions
Was this post directed at me? I didn't want to respond if you weren't talking to me.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
No problem. Im enjoying the sensible discussions.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Fuck you both
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:36 PM CST up reply actions
Who? BJ and Bajah?
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
sensible?
gatsby, MN, Beej, Masons and that Ups character … sensible???
shit, now sask is here, too …
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
I've learned to find it hilarious
When people take seriously things others say in jest, or when guys who have been here 3 years get called ot by someone who joined last week.
The only way to get through it…
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
The sarcasm font has ruined sarcasm.
In the real world I don’t feel the need to hold up a sign that says “Sarcasm in Use”.
The views expressed by craig in calgary do not necessarily represent the views of all Canadians.
Your welcome for that by the way...
I never expected it to get abused the way it did. I try an only use it when its really necessary…
Like when I want to say how cool I find Canada to be.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:46 PM CST up reply actions
Wait... you don't do that?
I’ve been doing it all wrong…
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
of course...
there also isn’t a way to put inflection in type
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:47 PM CST up reply actions
True, and I do use it when I am worried the comment will be taken the wrong way, but I get a kick out of when guys take a clearly sarcastic remark seriously.
The views expressed by craig in calgary do not necessarily represent the views of all Canadians.
Right...
Funfact… My first ever AP comment was using the Sarcasm font to call steves_Chiefs an idiot… Nearly got banned my first comment.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:49 PM CST up reply actions
I am surprised I have never got even a warning.
The views expressed by craig in calgary do not necessarily represent the views of all Canadians.
like pictures..................
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I made those pictures of you disappear for your own safety.
You’d have been stalked by internet 14 year olds that would never take anything you say seriously, and only delt in sexual innuendo.
It would have been horrible. You’d have thought you were trapped in a room with upmtn, MN, AG and me. You’d never visit the site again. And we’re all too sweet on you to let that happen.
The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynicism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw
sweet? speak for yourself, dude :-)
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
I've gotten 7 or 8...
most of them were more than deserved… I think one of them was actually just Joel trying to send me a private message, and one of them Im still mad about to this day… I nearly sent woodman a very lengthy email telling him what I thought of him… put instead just hit delete.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:53 PM CST up reply actions
Nearly got banned?
wow what an idiot you are
That is not as fun as saying it without the gray box for sure
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:11 PM CST up reply actions
for the record...
that was also the very first comment where the sarcasm font was used.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:12 PM CST up reply actions
So can I expect the ban hammer?
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:14 PM CST up reply actions
no...
because the ban hammer has context now…
you are all just trying to mimic greatness
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:18 PM CST up reply actions
"Context"?
Unfamiliar with that term. Im all about assuming whatever people say and never thinking about what I say or do
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:23 PM CST up reply actions
you are an idiot... shut up...
notice the lack of sarcasm font.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:24 PM CST up reply actions
You hurt my feelings, you moron
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:30 PM CST up reply actions
There is only ONE king idiot around here.
I’ll have you know that I don’t take too kindly to people tossing around my self appointed title all willy-nilly.
The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynicism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw
we're hoping, yeah
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
I been waiting for you to get banned since '09
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Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:22 PM CST up reply actions
me too! :-)
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
that's it! I've HAD it!
I’m gonna email Thorman and say …
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Its funny to me that Bajah is no synonymous with Lin Elliot
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:59 PM CST up reply actions
^5!
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Who's that guy you referred to?
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:11 PM CST up reply actions
flag his ass!
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
I agree with this. Hopefully we can get rid of commenters like this
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:22 PM CST up reply actions
I'm actually not really all that down on Tyson.
Are there or will there be better options than Tyson available and that we’d be willing to bring in? Maybe. But I’m actually more worried about Dorsey. When Gordon comes in and replaces an injured Dorsey and blows up the line with some stats that Dorsey wasn’t getting… I have concerns.
Cassel… he will NEVER be elite. He’s never going to be a Manning or Brady level QB. I would much prefer to have one of those. I will settle for an above average QB. I will settle for Cassel from last year as my starter. But he won’t be able to do that again unless we can protect him and scheme for his strengths. I’m interested in seeing what the game plan looks like on Sunday. Will we continue to see the East-West passing game or will we see better play calling with Haley gone?
Preparing to welcome a future Chiefs fan in December... football season and fatherhood somehow go together.
Im still so pissed about the Baldwin pick.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:28 PM CST up reply actions
I'd have rather had Gabe Carimi.
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The only thing dumber than drafting first round WR's are taking first round RB's
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:31 PM CST up reply actions
You mean RT?'s?
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No... RB's.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:41 PM CST up reply actions
Okay, cause Carimi is an RT and would be our starting RT instead of Baldwin.
And Thomas Jones wouldn’t have messed with him because he’d be blocking for him.
Preparing to welcome a future Chiefs fan in December... football season and fatherhood somehow go together.
Baldwin's our RT? wow, I didn't know that ...
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
By Falcon58: Yes, Gabe Carimi was exactly the kind of pick I was hoping for in 2011.
I’m always open to WR in the 1st, though. I’m just partial to getting the blockers in place before going to extraordinary lengths at WR.
would of ≠ would've
Who told you you don't deserve a SB team?
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
many of us don’t deserve to be the fans of a Superbowl Winning team because we are not superbowl caliber fans
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:29 PM CST up reply actions
I know what I wrote.
Why would you assume that I meant you?
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
well...
I don’t care if we win anymore games this year.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:31 PM CST up reply actions
If you write a post like this... everyone that reads it will assume you are speaking to them.
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by Falcon58 on Dec 14, 2011 8:31 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
This
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 7:38 AM CST up reply actions
And for the record
There are still a ton of very, very knowledgable fans here. With all the new people added over the last year or so, it’s just a little tougher to find them between the “other stuff”
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
One of the toughest things to do on a spititual path is not get sidetracked by negativity.
Focus on your path, share you truths and worry not of others words as you have already found your path. Stay true to yourself. NOW Can with desist with all the BS and get on to the Packers?? Whadda think, Is Orton, working from the shotgun (from what I read) going to make quick reads and outscore Rodger’s?
by dubld on Dec 14, 2011 8:07 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
They're saying we're gonna do a lot of shotgun?
BEcause if so, that’s awesome. Negates our sucky RT to a point and allows us to use our best position group!
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
Honestly, I hope Orton comes out guns blazing.
I hope our offense comes to life and brings hellfire and damnation down on the Packers this Sunday. I would laugh in the face of every Packers fan I know (and I know a LOT, some in my FAMILY) if we were the team to derail their perfect season. (and Raiders fans too after the shellacking they took.)
Preparing to welcome a future Chiefs fan in December... football season and fatherhood somehow go together.
I wouldn't mind more shotgun at all.
We have a receiving core that I believe will be one of the best in the league once we get a solid (not even elite) QB. Increased QB play should only inspire the rest of the team.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
If we beat GB, we'll likely win out. And if we win out I'm all for the Orton Train in '12.
Hard for me to type that, as I a) live fifteen minutes from his hometown, b) used to work with a neighbor/classmate of his, and c) have waaaaay too much info on that guy to really “like” him.
He’s a head case with above average talent (check comments from his college coach and check the threads at MHR, he needs his psyche managed or he just goes aloof) but he’ll bust his ass (check same sources) to be successful if his head is right.
Hell, I dunno. I’m just waiting to see semi-legit QBing in KC for the first time in awhile.
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 7:42 AM CST up reply actions
Crennel pretty much implied that MN
He said that if it bothered Orton’s finger to take snaps under center that they had a plan to alleviate that situation.
by oldchiefsfan on Dec 15, 2011 12:49 AM CST up reply actions
Ap has changed because it's gotten bigger
When I first joined it was much smaller and the majority of threads and fanposts were knowledgable and well-informed. People would back up their opinions without just blindly stating them and leaving it at that.
I used to be on here a lot more but I got tired of sifting through conversations while trying to find the good ones. No offense to anyone but I joined to have those longer thought-out discussions. We had called AP, “A Place to intelligently discuss things that will never happen and that which we have no control” before.
I’ll wait till the offseason and the site slows down the the regulars are still around. Don’t get me wrong, there are some newbs that have great stuff. but I don’t have the time or energy to search for the good convos anymore. I resort to email and twitter (a bit).
The whole “questioning fandom” and condescension from people on here was tiresome and frankly retarded. From the Super Bowl to 2 weeks before the draft will be the best of AP as far as convos and threads.
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by BJ Kissel on Dec 14, 2011 8:22 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I agree.
I love to read good thought out posts written by knowledgeable people. I guess I am just nostalgic and miss the way things used to be. This was I believe the only site I liked enough to create an account.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
yeah
I just cruise the posts that are from those I’m familiar with. Used to comment but seeing how some of the threads go…..meh
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...If you noticed when I joined....
I’m a guy who sits around and tries to take in the situation…
I really used to enjoy AP…. what I mean is that it was the highlight of my day…spending 30..60…ok 1/2 the day reading the articles… I usually did not comment… unless I felt it was warranted….
I still like getting on AP…but it is much like…. ESPN..to me..I scan the article titles… but I don’t click as many articles as I used to…
Maybe I am growing up…and yes I threw down a gauntlet… comparing ESPN and AP… The reason why I am here is because ESPN has been terrible for years.
There still is good stuff on AP…but I don’t have the time to wade around enough to find it all…
Its part of the evolution of anything quality…
And after all that…
I would like some Sharp Cheddar with all of my whine.
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:36 PM CST up reply actions
I am with you. Sharp Cheddar is great. And we can not allow AP to be ESPN.
Where would we go?
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
That's my story too, enite. I knew I belonged here even if I didn't have the smarts...so I quit lurking and actually joined.
Remember when kool-aid drinker was a compliment (Porkchop) and hater was a term reserved for upamtn? LOL @ 2008…
Now those terms get thrown about in piss-off pissing contests. I spend far too much time telling posters that x comment or y insult caused z response, and that’s why we resort to cursing.
Usually, when I see that I just log off and go away.
I dunno if a “How To” post will fix any of it, or what. At this stage I doubt that.
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 7:45 AM CST up reply actions
ha! now I'm no longer a hater ...
… instead I’m the batshit crazy old relative who lives in the attic
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Miss your "choose your own story" posts BJ
I don’t post the most intelligent comments….or fanposts, it’s a fact, but I regular this site daily, whether I comment or not. In the end, its about the Chiefs. And somehow, no matter how bad they get, or how positive/negative I (or anyone else) become about ‘em, I’m still a big fan. Afraid it’s a curse =)
I’m grateful for this site. Idiots like me aside, it’s still the best Fansite around. Nice to see you commenting again.
RG3, its easy as ABC.
amen shotty
hell, I actually learned what a football is from being here just a few years now … someday I’m hoping to learn the scoring system, too
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
While we're on the subject
I’ve been wondering what those big yellow poles on the ends of the field are.
they hold up the little plastic things that show the announcers which way the wind is blowing so they can tell us viewers at home
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
huh.............
I thought they were for something else……………
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
I'm just that good
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Yeah, I just found out a couple years ago that
that white powdery stuff along the goaline isn’t an illegal substance….I always thought that was the reason why all those Cincy players kept going to jail….
RG3, its easy as ABC.
have to disagree with that.... from the SB until 2 weeks before the draft will be....
…a veritable monsoon of one mock draft post after another (15+ per day)…
where almost non one bothers to actually READ anyone elses Mock, and almost no one bothers to discuss strengths or weaknesses of players…
and where 99.9999999% of people keep making new mock draft posts instead of just commenting on someone elses.
Very very little of what happens on AP between SB and the draft is worth reading at all. It’s just list after list of people’s mock’s.. over and over again.
Every offseason AP loses a lot of posters that tire of the same thing 15 times a day, every day… for months at a time. What’s left tends to be about 5 good posters / commenters worth reading….. and whole butt load of people that have done NO draft or player research on their own, but instead just ‘parrot’ what they’ve heard on ESPN, talk radio, and read in some draft magazine.
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Which is why I have never done a post or fanshot.
I’ve had a ton of ideas, but my time is really limited. I’d LOVE to run one but I feel like it’d get drowned out in mediocrity and I wouldn’t have the discussion I’m looking for.
Been dying to do one on offensive schemes (details of the Erhardt-Perkins v/s West Coast, which may help educate those who keep calling for Gruden to coach here)….but I just doubt it’ll ever go down. Right when I WANT to is when some dumb shit goes down on here and I spend a week just reading Arrowheadlines and walking away.
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 7:50 AM CST up reply actions
But generally it's the long-time posters that are here around that time
The site thins out and threads are better for it IMO
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Yes. Fewer posts and longer comments.
Pretty easy to jump over stupid or long-winded comments. Just hit the ‘z’ key. But when the comments are more thought-out than most of the FanPosts, themselves, it is a big turn-off.
would of ≠ would've
this is why I've never read anything you've ever written
Pretty easy to jump over stupid or long-winded comments
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I have 3 major complaints about AP recently.
1) The trash that gets posted on a regular basis primarily in the fanpost section (I am not referring to this post). So much is the same stuff over and over, and a lot is not even worthy of a fanshot, but really should just be a comment in a thread somewhere. If dilutes the good content on the site. I only have a limited amount of time at work a day I can piss away surfing the web, so I don’t want to have to sort through all the junk to try and find the good stuff.
2) Being labelled as a “hater” or being told I am “not a true fan” because of negative comments. I try to be informed and knowledgeable about the game and the team, and I have an opinion I want to express. If that opinion is not positive it doesn’t mean I do not like the Chiefs and want to see them lose. The problem is that a lot of the conversation when you are struggling is going to revolve around the negatives. When you lose be 30 points every week it is hard for most people to write a cheery post full of sunshine and rainbows(although we always have a couple who manage).
3) No Anne Retart Guppy Fridays
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by saskwatch on Dec 14, 2011 8:43 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Honestly, all the posts make it tougher and tougher to WRITE a decent fanpost
Without it re-hashing a topic that’s been covered in some way, shape, or form…
I try to write one “front page” story for Joel to throw up there a week… but some weeks it’s tough to think of anything to write about that isn’t regurgitation…
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Why do you put in the effort when you can just put 3 lines and a poll up?
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I have a post I was working on about rookie WR's...
but I wound up getting to worked up about how it wouldn’t get the respect I felt it deserved for the amount of time I put into it… Now i feel like an idiot for not finishing it… So now it will be a post season would you still have taken Baldwin knowing what we know, instead of are you optimistic about what Baldwin will do.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:51 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
You know, seeing Baldwin on the rare occaisions he gets the ball thrown his way
He looks legit. I, like you, and not a fan of receivers being taken in the first. But I need to see him with a legit QB throwing to him. Like now.
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there is so much less risk with 2nd round WR's though...
the point wasn’t so much whether Baldwin will be a good WR, but if its worth taking them in the first round.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:54 PM CST up reply actions
I hear ya
Who would you have liked?
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Hell... Now I can't even remember.
I do remember thinking the guys I really wanted were gone… And I missed the draft last year… I don’t care enough to go back and look.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:00 PM CST up reply actions
Good enough
I don’t seem to remember us missing out on anyone awesome.
Know who I wanted with that pick? Justin Houston.
So as you can imagine, I’m not at all upset with how that played out :)
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I went back and looked...
I was really high on Wilkerson… i have no idea how he is doing this year… Carimi wouldn’t have been a bad pick either.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:04 PM CST up reply actions
someone earlier was ranting that we should have taken Dez Bryant instead of Eric Berry a year ago
… because you just don’t take a safety that high in the first round …
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Yeah, I saw something like that
And that he’s proven to be injury prone because he tore his ACL. That was good stuff.
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I kind of agree that you shouldn't take Safeties that high...
But he could wind up being one of those exceptions… Its hard to make positional arguments in hind sight. But in reality if the Chiefs could have traded down and taken Earl Thomas would that still been good?
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:07 PM CST up reply actions
most likely woulda been good
trade down, get another impact player
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The thing is with me and WR's and RB's in the first round...
It isn’t that you won’t find guys that were worth those picks… Its that there are better ways to build a football team with those picks, assuming you can find good players at those positions that build better football teams.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:08 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I was very happy with Baldwin.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
I was OK with the pick.
But I still feel more like OL does more to keep WR on the field than the other way around. I’d rather have an offense on which 3rd-and-1 is a no-brainer, 99.9% first down conversion, straight ahead, than have a bunch of flashy WRs on whom I MUST rely to convert 3rd and short or score TDs.
would of ≠ would've
Agreed
Why do we get these really great receivers, and nobody that can sling it to them…
"If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you got."
Yogi Berra
I have no idea
I decided to put my latest post in the “fanpost” section so I could do funnier pictures, and it was gone within 12 hours. Kinda ticked me off, but then again, I’m kind of a whiner like that.
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I spent 7 hours breaking down our offensive tendencies from a game and the post had 6 comments or something
But I think it was a link to SBKC.
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Yeah, sometimes I forget to comment on those
Sorry dude. They’re good stuff
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yanno, I wanted to check that but (if I recall) it had lossa lil videos and I was still on my slow connection
and why why why is it that SBKC won’t allow APers to post? it’s ALL part of the same Yahoo/Facebook conglomerate
see that something gets done about that … that’s a good boy!
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Missed that....those are the posts I've been DYING for
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 7:58 AM CST up reply actions
that's a point of contention for me too
Can’t put any good pic’s in your posts to add comedy or sarcasm, because front paged posts are only allowed to use pics from a very small (and mostly crappy) collection of images.
The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynicism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw
A good picture selection takes almost all the pressure off to be funny
So I find myself overcompensating with a bunch of sidebars, one liners, and refereneces to pop culture or my personal life. I dunno, they’re fun to write but I’m starting to feel like I’m writing the same type of thing 75% of the time…
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What I don't understand...
Is the people who feel the need to comment on Fanposts telling the writer that it should be a Fanshot! Ha I swear it’s like people wait to be the first to let someone know how they have failed AP. It’s ok…. The all powerful hand of Joel will move it sooner or later.
Do you think Joel wants to do that?
The reason that people try and police it is because good material and information get lost among all the trash that now gets posted, a lot which is the same as yesterday’s 4 post, and the rest are a poll on some ridiculous topic.
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Probably not...
But Id imagine that’s part of his job. I mean he gets paid to do this right? I just think it’s odd that people do that on every inadequate post. Reminds me somewhat of people who post “first.”
I get that they are trying to help, but I just don’t think it’s that useful.
by ChiTownChiefs on Dec 14, 2011 9:01 PM CST up reply actions
I usually give a guy a chance, and if I do make a comment about it I try to explain why we need to try ensure that the fanpost section remains of high quality.
As MN said, he spent a lot of effort on something, and it is gone in 12 hours because people are posting stuff that is just a comment.
The views expressed by craig in calgary do not necessarily represent the views of all Canadians.
Not to mention Joel might not have to post 3 open threads a day if he wasn't so busy moving fanposts to the fanshot section.
The views expressed by craig in calgary do not necessarily represent the views of all Canadians.
stag and woodie do a lot of moving and editing, too
you flag, they read the flag, enough flags or egregious enough they move or kill it … that’s why they get paid the big bucks
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
lately when I try and rec something it goes to flag?
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
It is just a clitch.
It gets rec but it looks like you flagged it.
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thanks........hey Sak, was it you I was talking Red Deer hockey with?
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
Probably Craig, he lives in Alberta.
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thats why i don't rec things
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:08 PM CST up reply actions
Some people get paid to do stuff here?
Man, I’m a sucker
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You haven't been getting your cheques (that's how we say checks here).
I get a loonie/comment and a toonie/fanshot.
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You Canucks and your silly language
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:13 PM CST up reply actions
If Joel paid me by use of sidebars I'd be rich
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you get paid what you're worth
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
(Thinking of comeback)
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
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Well you're... a... like... totally old!
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
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If that's the case maybe there is such a thing as a free lawyer hey MN.
The views expressed by craig in calgary do not necessarily represent the views of all Canadians.
I saw one out loose just the other day.
But yeah. Mostly we try to keep ’em caged-up.
would of ≠ would've
Sometimes I think people come here to find out just how far up a mountain ups really is.....
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shit rolls down hill
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
I am just trying to get ups to comment on my posts tonight.
I think I have posted four or five, and nothing… By the time I get to it, he’s already gone.
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My friend's sister's boyfriend's cousin said he's avoiding you
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If I know him, he is sitting back purposefully not responding
Just to make me sweat it out
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
Say you're voting Republican next election and love Glenn Beck
He won’t leave you alone for the rest of you’re life.
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by MNchiefsfan on Dec 14, 2011 9:02 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
But will he go unibomber on me?
He does live on a mountain and all
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Nah, he's just spent the last 30 years trying to climb it
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Trust me....I've recieved a package from him..........
………………still haven’t opened it!!!!!
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
just about to mention that, Masons ...
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MN, you bastid!
I’m never talking to you again …
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Ahhhhh... (sighs with relief)
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That's the ticket
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It's easier if you give him trouble
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Thanks
I always feel somehow better when I get your comments lady chief. Like it adds class to my thoughts somehow.
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Has she given you a random gif yet?
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No, but one can always hope
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
There is enough testosterone around here anyway
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
(looking at Ball)
see, the air is kinda thin and I get dizzy and forgetful, plus I’m older than dirt so that adds to it all … besides, you’re down here at the BOTTOM of the thread, and I gotta work my way down and there’ve been a TON of distractions from insane bloggers like MN and gatsby (who I am gonna punch someday) and Masons and that Enite dude and who the HELL let Beej on? (someone needs to tell his wife he’s blogging AGAIN!)
sask gets a free pass cuz he’s, you know … Canadian
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So...
how much older than dirt are ya ups? I don’t think you’re too much older than my folks
by His Royal Greatness on Dec 14, 2011 9:12 PM CST up reply actions
my social security number is 1
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I would have guessed negative numbers
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I am *SO* gonna hurt you!
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Good to see you ups.
Which way is canada. I am pretty sure stanzi is against it. So I stopped caring about it.
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Stanzi would LOVE Canada if it was the 51st state
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You mean Canada ISN'T the 51st state?
I thought that’s where we stored all our Hockey equipment and winter clothes in the spring, summer, and fall?
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Took me the longest time to figure his handle out....then face palm.
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You know what I hate, people who don't know how to use the reply button. :)
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by saskwatch on Dec 14, 2011 8:57 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Stupid iPad
Or stupid iPad user, you decide. ….ducks and covers……
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operator error, I'm sure
but I love how great you are at butt kissing
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Thanks
It takes practice, but it can work for your too!
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schmuck
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we'll.... you just admitted to spending money on an ipad...soooooooo...
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I could do a post about men shopping in the jewelry department
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the ones who go after the little ponies ...
seriously … grown men shopping for rainbow colored little pony doll things … for themselves!
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
I know of one man who might get hurt..................
he bought his wife a sweeper for christmas
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whatta maroon
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A swiffer sweeper?
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Oh, ok. A shrark is cool.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
it goes something like this:
Excuse me Mr/Ms Sales associate ….I need a shiny rock to give to a lady I’m trying to sleep with.
I think she likes red ones and blue ones, and those clear ones cut off African children’s body parts to mine and sell.
Yes, I know you’re going to charge me easily 4 times what the thing is actually worth and that you’re going to go in the back and make fun of me for not being able to afford one as big as your head, but please fleece me of what little money I have int he bank, and then hit me up for 5 years of finance charges at 21% for kicks.
What’s that? Do I really think it’s worth it? … Come to think of it… Hookers would be more cost effective, but there’s that whole possibility of jail time thing to deal with. So this is pretty much my best option.
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You're right about that sas
Buncha idiots
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takes one to argue with one, right?
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I thought you weren't talking to me?
Bill O’Reilly should be the next president
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
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did I hear something?
nah, musta been the sewer rats poking thru the garbage again …
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FDR was a hack and should've been tried for treason he violated the constitution so much
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Coolidge > FDR
OK, I’ll stop at that one before you find me :)
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by MNchiefsfan on Dec 14, 2011 9:27 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
One more...
Jeeps are overrated
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ok ... NOW you've done it
go yo your room, young man, you’re GROUNDED for a MONTH!
heretic!
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Thought that might be the straw that broke the camel's back :)
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well played sir
I do love a good game of poke the liberal bear
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I've had the same dream every night this week. I think it means that the spring season flopped and my subconscious has gone into reruns.
by chiefsandcigars on Dec 15, 2011 7:54 AM CST up reply actions
I see what you did
rotten conservatives, the lot of ya’s
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Fortunately, ups takes it well
Lotsa people would’ve gotten fired up over that, but he takes it all in stride.
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What is still great about AP
All the new and different ways to make an arse of yourself on the Internet!
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
I am convinced you are all of my multiple personalities
Or at least one of me said so, so I am going with that.
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
I thought that was Ups...........
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yeah, that was ... heyyyyyyyy waitjustaminutehere
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I am almost certain 80% of the people here are automated machines
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Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
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by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:17 PM CST up reply actions
open the door, Hal
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"Illegal Touching"
by upamtn. Flag em
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by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:33 PM CST up reply actions
Someone set us up the bomb
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
I can't believe Kalo is still willing to hang out with me on the random occassion
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:19 PM CST up reply actions
Believe me AG
We’re all just as surprised as you are.
Wanna hear something even weirder? After meeting me, H2E told someone I’m NOT a tool!
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Source please
Ha
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
I'd assume you still think he's a tool though right?
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:24 PM CST up reply actions
Kalo hang out with you, gats?
damn, how much brew does he drink, anyway?
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
I've hung out with him...
On 3 or 4 occasions now.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:29 PM CST up reply actions
damn, how much brew does he drink, anyway?
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
It takes a lot to make him forget that he is a dirty ginger
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:39 PM CST up reply actions
And all the occasions I've had beers with you, I haven't gotten there. =)
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
ABSINTHE PARTY!!!
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:58 PM CST up reply actions
We're going to have to travel overseas to make that happen.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
I still have a little
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:00 PM CST up reply actions
Well shit.
I suppose you missed out on drunk Kalo, then.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:01 PM CST up reply actions
I think I only have a shot left
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:02 PM CST up reply actions
That should be for celebration.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:05 PM CST up reply actions
I can neither confirm nor deny that
Although I got the surprise of my LIFE when I did meet him…
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that he's actually a woman
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:31 PM CST up reply actions
Steve_Chiefs is way cool ... we've done BBQ the coupla times I've been back in KC
and of course the bomb that Masons sent that I still haven’t opened yet … just all around great people h ere (aside from MN)
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
tried to meet up with Buck' O a couple weeks back
Hopefully we will before season ends.
I’m sure only like two or three of you are serial killers. Much less than I thought before.
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Cereal Killer
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I like being the exception that proves the rule
Even though that expression makes no sense at all
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
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That he's white
I almost fell over
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
You didnt get that...I always have....
Intelligent urbanite,,,H2E is….
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:42 PM CST up reply actions
And that he didn't hit on my wife
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uhhhhh
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:42 PM CST up reply actions
What kind of classless bastard wouldn't hit on your wife?!
I bet she was pissed.
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I know I was
Doesn’t he know that’s the biggest compliment you can pay a man?
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
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Hell, I even came to small town nowhere to do it!
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:00 PM CST up reply actions
You were in MN recently?
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by MNchiefsfan on Dec 14, 2011 10:01 PM CST up reply actions
Heh.
You would’ve been getting a message of some sort, if that were the case.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:02 PM CST up reply actions
I like the place
I’m a small town guy at heart. Even Minneapolis is too big for me
Did you see our awesome Paul Bunyon statue :)
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by MNchiefsfan on Dec 14, 2011 10:07 PM CST up reply actions
yes.................
been going to Minnesota for years especially the Longville/ Walker area
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I live 3 miles of our town...
Our town…has 450 people… 35 miles to the city…Town population is 7,000
I feel crowded..(Yes I am serious)
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:12 PM CST up reply actions
been there, loved the so small it isn't really a town feel
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hated it, and still dread visiting family in those small farm towns
Go find Oakdale and Neighly Nebraska on a map….
It’s like going to visit an abandoned WWII bomb shelter. There’s nothing to do… and when you pull up in the driveway…. the neighbors start walking over and knocking on the door to find out ’who’s visitin’ ya, honey. You got a strange car in the driveway’ ….
Living in a town were there is so little to do that you drop in on a neighbors house because THEY might have company that has lived in a place connected to the 21st century that you can live vicariously through would be worse than a prison sentence.
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See, and I miss that shit, living in Des Moines.
But I grew up thinking it was normal…
This may or may not explain some of my problems.
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 8:05 AM CST up reply actions
oh, don't get me wrong ... I absolutely MUST be connected to the 21st Century (and beyond)
hell, I’d be delighted in a log house on the side of a mountain surrounded by a few hundred acres of trees … just gimme my damned high speed internet, a few trails to go Jeeping over, my music and plenty of coffee and call it good
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MN, if you ever get to the Upper Peninsula (Michigan)
just south of Marquette is the Yooper Museum (and Tourist Trap) … one the funniest collections of bizarrely stupid shit you ever saw … totally poke fun at themselves, well worth a visit
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I shall keep that in mind
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by MNchiefsfan on Dec 14, 2011 11:51 PM CST up reply actions
The way I see it...
I brought you a precious present from distant lands.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:02 PM CST up reply actions
Truth.
Only Pilsner I’ve ever enjoyed.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:05 PM CST up reply actions
Germans love their Pilsners
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:06 PM CST up reply actions
I just tried a Spaten Double Bock Otimizer
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Spaten... The original Oktoberfest
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
Their batch to batch consistency drove me off.
I’ve had some good stuff from them, then bought it again and it was completely different.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:09 PM CST up reply actions
Im not a fan of it out of a bottle.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:09 PM CST up reply actions
our new Hy-Vee has beers that you can create.........
your own six pack pretty cool………..
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Im looking at getting into the brewing hobby
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:13 PM CST up reply actions
Don't skimp, go All Grain.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:14 PM CST up reply actions
I may be coming into a small gift amount of coin...
I may splurge
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:15 PM CST up reply actions
It's not that much more expensive than extract brewing.
But you can tweak recipes so much easier…and it tastes better, in my opinion.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:16 PM CST up reply actions
I mean on equipment...
We have a bunch of Beer Magazines, and I spend too much time looking at brewing setups.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:17 PM CST up reply actions
Ah.
Doesn’t HAVE to be eloquent. I’ll have to send you our setup. You can build a lot of it yourself if you have some mechanical acumen…which I would hope you do.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:18 PM CST up reply actions
I can turn a wrench as well as anybody...
Can’t weld to save my life…
FYI… Im thinking about beginning construction on a trebuchet.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:20 PM CST up reply actions
Welding would help.
But yeah, you can craft a good bit of it.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
Stop it 85
You are not a real Chiefs fan. You know nothing about the game.
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:17 PM CST up reply actions
I hate you and everything about you
Based on that one comment alone
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negative nancy!
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
not HER again ...
that beeyatch!
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Been a member since Jan '09
AP is an ever evolving site. Thats why its great.
You can always count on one thing. The true AP guys will always be weeded out. The cream rises to the top. Guys that are veterans of this site can always be counted on for a truthful informed comment or post.
Usually I wont even read a comment or post that looks like chicken scratch. That is hard to make computer font to look like chicken scratch.
Usually I look for veteran post or comments because I know I can count on their opinions. I also really care what certain guys have to say.
Newbies have to EARN that respect from me….but that is just me. I dont give my time and attention to just anyone.
How long should you try? Until.
- Jim Rohn
Does chicken scratch
looksomethinglikethisinyouropinionbecauseiwouldagreewithyou
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Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:20 PM CST up reply actions
Pretty close, but usually there is a poll attached.
The views expressed by craig in calgary do not necessarily represent the views of all Canadians.
ugh...how could I forget the poll
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CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:25 PM CST up reply actions
or caps lock
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:25 PM CST up reply actions
I need to edit that and put in the commas
Should look pretty good afterwards
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CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:28 PM CST up reply actions
who are you?
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:21 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
You know who I don't miss, that Primetime guy. I knew he would never amount to anything.
The views expressed by craig in calgary do not necessarily represent the views of all Canadians.
how about that christoffer guy.....
thinking he’d get hooked up with the chiefs or somethin….some people.
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I think he said his stuff is being recognized some how
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
That is great. Hadn't heard that.
The views expressed by craig in calgary do not necessarily represent the views of all Canadians.
Masons you are a true idiot
Anyone in the world could have seen that was sarcasm!
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 9:36 PM CST up reply actions
why do we fall? so we may get right back up!
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
you won't get an argument from any of us, Masons (angelic smile)
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
see? Darwin WAS right!
AP is an ever evolving site
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Darwin was racist
I may make a living out of this :)
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
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stick to law ... it pays better
by that I mean you’d have to be better at it than this
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Haha nice
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
He's right
…runs away
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:45 PM CST up reply actions
I agree that it takes little time to find to sensible people
But it takes forever to get through the shinola sometimes.
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
I just let them know what they said that pissed off someone they were posting with, and why...
They either get w/ the AP program or go away.
I don’t fight ’em, I want them to stay…and get EDUCATED.
Odd, I’m on AP for the same reasons I went into teaching, and now finance. WTF, right?
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 8:08 AM CST up reply actions
Newb ;)
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:43 PM CST up reply actions
Hater
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 8:09 AM CST up reply actions
Back in the old days...
when you wrote a post. UCrawford would beat you down, KCPorkchop would pick you up, and Patrick Allen would dust you off. A couple of weeks later you would try it again. The site was harmonically balanced that way.
by Idahochief on Dec 14, 2011 9:37 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
well put and oh so true
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
That's another thing...
We’ve lost some GREAT posters to other sites.
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blame me ...
it isn’t actually my fault, but go ahead … I can take it
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Oh I already did
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And some pretty crappy ones.
BigRedChief never paid of his lost bet.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:43 PM CST up reply actions
Whatever happened to RG Beast?
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I honestly don't even know who that is.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:44 PM CST up reply actions
he had haley giving the finger as his avatar
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Was he the guy who just lost his mind in a post...
and just attacked everyone… Cause I caught the tail end of that.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:46 PM CST up reply actions
don't remember too many details......
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I didn't catch that either
Never knew what happened to him
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RNG?
Has it been so long I’m getting his name wrong?
Red N Gold Beast… wrote the “Why? I’ll tell you why!” post, one of the most rec’d of all time…
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Wow...He was a decent commenter for a while
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:50 PM CST up reply actions
Don't remember that one...
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:45 PM CST up reply actions
last january....
said bye to every one as big johnson
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Remember now
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:50 PM CST up reply actions
That stinks, I wish I'd seen it
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Huh. He must've really ticked off the powers that be
What was he initially banned for?
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There was someone who kinda lost it...
Thought he had lots of potential…
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:58 PM CST up reply actions
I was in that thread
Wasn’t pretty but around draft time I’m going to wish taht guy was around.
Twitter - @bkissel7
Yep...
I used to follow him on twitter..and he had a blog on fansided…
It really faded and fizzed out…BAD falling out in lots of areas.
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:02 PM CST up reply actions
Thorman brothers ought to start a separate site
Showing all the stuff that’s ever been banned on AP.
I’d visit that site.
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It'd rival the filth on TMZ
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:59 PM CST up reply actions
Yea, I remember Larry too...
What went down there?
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 8:10 AM CST up reply actions
Got mad about the site
Said it was basically becoming a homer’s paradise with no room for debate, if I recall. Then took his ball and left
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Had something to do with politics, I believe. Had a comment deleted and got upset because he thought it was because of his views.
"Hater" is a term used by weak-minded people in the face of legitimate criticism.
That's RIGHT!!
Good call by you, I was thinking of Satch’s last incident.
Yeah, was it Larry that posted after Osama went down?
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I thought is was an argument with a Chargers fan,,,,,
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do a search ...
never mind, Lady just killed that great idea
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
he could be back under a different alias....like lets say Masons
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
nah ... he was a lot more knowledgable abou football than that Masons character
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
so YOU'RE the one MN is always arguing with!
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
bend but don't break?
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Gotta wonder about different aliases.
I’m trying to figure out who this ReverendRoy character is. I don’t believe his first comment on AP came on Nov. 11, 2011.
"saints_chiefsfan1979 is a genius" - yes, I lost a bet.
He's gone from super-homer to "Fire Pioli!" so fast it's made my head spin
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I know right?
Gotta wonder who he is? Maybe he’s an older poster returned to torment us, lol. DTR… maybe this RNG guy?
Or maybe he’s just an alter ego of one of the regular posters. BTW, I think he’s from the KC area. Had a convo with him a couple weeks back and he was able to describe the KC Metro area awfully well. Unless he’s spent hours researching the quaint details of KC then he’s from here.
"saints_chiefsfan1979 is a genius" - yes, I lost a bet.
Hmm... I saw him talking about going to the games as well
He seems determined to carry this out till the end though… we may never know.
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I'm thinking H2E.
Also might be Aiken’s Dr.Jekyl/Mr. Hyde persona. We should ask him if he has blackouts.
"saints_chiefsfan1979 is a genius" - yes, I lost a bet.
From "Be strong my brother" to "Pioli must go"
Probably craig2011.
"Why are all these people here? There are too many people on this earth. We need a new plague…"
-Dwight Schrute
he got banned, I think
shame, I liked the guy
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Yeah...I didnt remember the initials...
Seemed like an alright dude…
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:52 PM CST up reply actions
I think he said that Haley signed his photo shopped finger picture
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Yes we have...
Porckchop and Paddy to AA….
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:43 PM CST up reply actions
If they'd only stayed on the wagon...
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True
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:50 PM CST up reply actions
No replacing guys like PA, Porky, UC, Bewsaf, and Satch as regular posters
Not to mention DTR.
We’ve lost more guys than the Chiefs did to injuries this year.
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
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DTR, Kalo and I were to hang out a couple weekends ago... DTR dropped out.. I may never recover.
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:44 PM CST up reply actions
Proudest moment I've had on AP wasn't my 50 zillion rec'd letter to Cassel or the lawsuit against the Chiefs
It was a post most people hated that DTR loved.
I may have cried a little. Or a lot
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There is a short list of people that I want to meet IRL from here...
He’s at the top
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:46 PM CST up reply actions
...Yes
H2E is one…
DTR….
The Parade…
MN….
Bajah….
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:47 PM CST up reply actions
KC Satchmo
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:48 PM CST up reply actions
Craig in Calgary
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by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 9:48 PM CST up reply actions
...
Lanier63…
I remeber back in the old days…
He was pretty awesome..
Craig on Calgary.
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 9:49 PM CST up reply actions
What happened to Lanier? Did he just bail b/c of the content of the site, or...?
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 8:12 AM CST up reply actions
IM STILL ALIVE! LOL
Winning begins with Attitude - Haley and Pioli will be winners in KC!
I'll forever be a Chiefs fan! Only God himself could take that away from me, but when I get to my great reward, I'll rejoin two bigger fans, my Mom and Dad.
by Lanier63 on Dec 15, 2011 9:55 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
damn, just as we were seeing a glimmer of hope ...
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Good to see your veteran ass Lanier :)
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 18, 2011 5:40 PM CST up reply actions
Aww thanks man
Meet H2E. Dude’s got a good sense of humor
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that lawsuit post was classic, MN
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
And notice that Haley and Cassel are out...
Coincidence? Or the Hunt family trying to avoid trouble?
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zing!
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Cassel is not out
until he receives his walking papers. So you got half right
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 10:02 PM CST up reply actions
True story
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by MNchiefsfan on Dec 14, 2011 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
Nice.
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 8:12 AM CST up reply actions
Enite, have to say THANK YOU for this post and thread ... it's been cathartic
not to mention the most fun since the last Chiefs win back in … back in, ummmmm … whatever, right?
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
The Thormans are having a sleepover......check out the open thread
Joel is wearing feety pajamas
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
Chris has his very own Snuggie?
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
I concur my good man. You are a man right? I would hate to insult a woman. Dang internet identity!
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Anytime! We all needed this.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Whenever you answer the same post twice.......it's time for bed.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
yup, I is a guy with guy parts n stuffs like that, yup yup
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Great write up
You had me at the title. One thing I can say (not about AP since I only joined a year ago and followed the same path as u did-) is the word “change”.
Whenever a person holds and covets something important to them whether it be a pet or work routine place to live or fav tv show they become accustom to how things work and the “norm”.
Whenever something changes it has either 1 of 2 affects
1. You improvise, adapt and over come
2. You complain and gripe about the good Ol times and how things were.
Now don’t get me wrong, this is not a trite retort to your posting. I definetley agree with ALOT of points you have made. But in this day of technology and constant access to the Internet – Facebook-twitter peoples opinions and representation of certain groups (like chiefs fans) will get lumped with everyone good or bad..
I feel I’m rambling at but I wanted to drop my 2 cents.
Winning does change things but that’s no excuse to have fair weather bandwagon type APers ruin our most beloved most coveted thing next arrowhead itself; AP
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 9:59 PM CST via mobile reply actions
you're drunk, too
I’m holding out in the hope that someday I’ll be the last person on Earth who doesn’t have a Facebook account
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Mission accomplished
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by MNchiefsfan on Dec 14, 2011 10:02 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Women and their stuff...
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by MNchiefsfan on Dec 14, 2011 10:06 PM CST up reply actions
Please don't tell my wife I said that
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by MNchiefsfan on Dec 14, 2011 10:06 PM CST up reply actions
you're in soooooooooooo much trouble ...
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Depends on what you meant by "stuff"
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
I told my wife it wasn't anything she'd like.
It’ll keep things on the DL for another week.
/yearight
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 8:14 AM CST up reply actions
Facebook can suck it
Google+ is the new wave. Support Google in its takeover of the world
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Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 10:04 PM CST up reply actions
Yahoo hates you
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Yahoo?
Never heard of it
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 10:05 PM CST up reply actions
Yahoo!! C'mon man!! Dr Sues!!!
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:08 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Yahoo does not ring a doggone bell
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 10:10 PM CST up reply actions
Grinch that stole Xmas
They were yahoos
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:18 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Omg
Funny as heck
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:22 PM CST up reply actions
I have my moments
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:35 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Fixed...
Yahoo AOL
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
Hay-O!!!
Atari!! Boom! Teebowed!
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:09 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
One word
Cleckovision, sic
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by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:10 PM CST up reply actions
Colecovision
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:12 PM CST up reply actions
Ok- you got the deer in the headlights look
I only go as far a pong & Oregon trail…
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:14 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
An Atari game...
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=pole%20position&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CEYQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPole_Position_(video_game)&ei=YXTpTvmlGIiusAKz8KTuCA&usg=AFQjCNFWQ3dtHHpJoWHWlDIWiC66gmMlww
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:15 PM CST up reply actions
LINK FAIL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_Position_(video_game)
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:16 PM CST up reply actions
Exactly 1 year before I graced this world with my presence
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:19 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I'm just a few years older than you... Not by much..
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
It's official
I must be too old
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:19 PM CST up reply actions
Well since your handle is a Caddyshack reference.
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:20 PM CST up reply actions
Hey now
Perfection is perfected, so I’m led to understand
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
Oh mrs Johnson..
Bill Murry is awesome in that movie!
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:23 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
240 yards to the green
Its a six iron
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by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:25 PM CST up reply actions
I'm barreling down to the ripe old age of 32.... So I would not know ..........yet
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:24 PM CST up reply actions
37 and proud
Colecovision throws people though
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by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:24 PM CST up reply actions
This made me chuckle
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by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:26 PM CST up reply actions
Noonan?
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:26 PM CST up reply actions
Dunno what that means
“Nooner”, yes. I take a nap every so often :)
ROOT with your heart.
ANALYZE with your head.
Ahah!! Siesta!! I know siestas!!!
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:31 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I was 14 when that game came out.
Yikes…..
Arthur Bryants: Rib Tips and Fries with a Red Soda, please. Oh, and don't forget the 'Sweet Berry #29 Sauce' and the 'McCluster-Fukin-Eh-Thats HOT!' sauce.
by MtnChiefsFan on Dec 15, 2011 2:03 PM CST up reply actions
Intellivision. I still have mine.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Do you still have yout thumb blisters too?
I had to stop playing it and got to Atari to let the blisters heal…sucked..
Arthur Bryants: Rib Tips and Fries with a Red Soda, please. Oh, and don't forget the 'Sweet Berry #29 Sauce' and the 'McCluster-Fukin-Eh-Thats HOT!' sauce.
by MtnChiefsFan on Dec 15, 2011 2:04 PM CST up reply actions
Ha! The aches and pains were worth it. I loved that system!
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
I almost rec'd this.......almost.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Not drunk.. Just buzzin
No pain in the lower disc = sleep
Oh and yea my dad finally got Facebook 4 months ago.. Congrats you are the weakest link err final guy on earth
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:04 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, My wife's grandmother has one
and she once told me to make sure to rewind the DVD we’ve just watched.
I'm kinda proud, yanno
no pain = very, very good
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Winner: 2009 Nostradamus of Arrowhead Pride Award
"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Baby steps brother... Baby steps
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:06 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Probably on Mystalker...or Twitter...or Google+
or…more than likely WOW
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:09 PM CST up reply actions
Never liked WOW
I’m addicted to MW3 but love playing the old sega-nes games on my laptop via emulators. Old school games are so entertaining
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:12 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
The last game I played consistently was Pole Position...
Not a WOW guy…
My dad is… which is pretty funny.
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:13 PM CST up reply actions
Actually I might be
I just noticed I didn’t misspell any words! Mine englishe Getz better with burr!
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:05 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I smell German in your breath
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 10:06 PM CST up reply actions
Meine Duetsch es slecht
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:07 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Nein Spreche Deutsche
seriously
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
Jamaal above all. #25 ftw.
CHIEFS WILL!
by NJChieffan16 on Dec 14, 2011 10:09 PM CST up reply actions
Ich Spreche Deutsche ein bisschen
Your 2010 Royals Review Fantasy Football Keeper League Champion
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:12 PM CST up reply actions
You just had fun in Duetschland
And I am jealous..
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:13 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Tashenreckner kauf
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:14 PM CST up reply actions
Calculator?
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:17 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Exactly,
Now I know you know German, or google, one of the two. It’s the only German word I know
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:18 PM CST up reply actions
Admittedly google
I was thrown off.
I only remember keys phrases brother
Wohn est diene tolietten
Wie weivelen est das
Ich mochte eine hieffe bitte!
And a few others
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:21 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Ein doner bitte mit knoblauch ohne zwibeln
Your 2010 Royals Review Fantasy Football Keeper League Champion
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:22 PM CST up reply actions
Ein beir bitte! With your index finger to confuse the waitress.
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:23 PM CST up reply actions
Ohhhh man!!! Doners!!!!
The best at 4 am drunk off your rocker loaded with feta cheese!
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:29 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Makes it hard to ever have taco bell drunk
Your 2010 Royals Review Fantasy Football Keeper League Champion
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:31 PM CST up reply actions
Yeas
Yeas it does.. I got duped into trying a doner at ft Lwood not to long ago- worst nay the ultimate bad descion worse than running with scissors…blind folded
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:33 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Anytime I go to a new town..
I look to see if their is a place that makes them.
Your 2010 Royals Review Fantasy Football Keeper League Champion
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:34 PM CST up reply actions
Mein lieben
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:22 PM CST up reply actions
I desperately just want to move there
Your 2010 Royals Review Fantasy Football Keeper League Champion
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:16 PM CST up reply actions
Only down side is the time adjustment
Games at 3 am
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:17 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Trying to catch baseball games when i was there was impossible
Your 2010 Royals Review Fantasy Football Keeper League Champion
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:19 PM CST up reply actions
Internet brother..
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:22 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
you'll have to fight me for that title.
The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynicism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw
I'm with you, I just say no to fb
"If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you got."
Yogi Berra
Thanks Mr Cervezas. My I call you Mas? :)
Yeah. Change is hard. Like you said, I really miss the way things used to be. This was one of the best places for Chiefs fans (Still is I guess).
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Mas is good with me
I literally found AP the same exact way you did back in 2010. I tell all my friends about it do they are not lost in the sauce..
This is still one of the best places for chiefs fans.. You just have to pick your posts wisely. (the posts that you choose to engage with)
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 15, 2011 6:20 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Do we need an overflow thread:?
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
this old man has to crash n burn ...
5 AM comes way too early
until whenever, good people … !
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Winner: 2009 Nostradamus of Arrowhead Pride Award
"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Matlock comes on earlier and earlier
Your 2010 Royals Review Fantasy Football Keeper League Champion
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:21 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed...I get up at 430...
but I am not the brightest bulb in the box…
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
WOW!
Yeah I got nothin…
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:24 PM CST up reply actions
I have to be at work at 6:45 AM..................
so T can count diamonds………….
Providing COLOR commentary for Arrowhead Pride! AKA The Picture Diva!
How often do people need to explain that at 2AM?
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:35 PM CST up reply actions
that? Never. But I can't go right to sleep after work
Lock down the park around 12:15 each night.
Twitter - @bkissel7
Ah.
That makes much more sense.
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:51 PM CST up reply actions
And I live 30 minutes from our park
to make sure I don’t run into these people during the day.
Twitter - @bkissel7
Tchus!
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:25 PM CST up reply actions
Wow.. Either all chiefs fans are German or all Germans are chiefs fans...
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:34 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
15 years in the military..
So….
All military personnel are Chiefs fans?
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:35 PM CST up reply actions
I thought that was a rule
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:36 PM CST up reply actions
Probably...I put it into my SOP
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:37 PM CST up reply actions
since I've never been in the Military...
My favorite contribution of theirs (you know other than the protection)… Is the acronyms… things like SOP, JAFO, FUGAZI, and SNAFU.
Your 2010 Royals Review Fantasy Football Keeper League Champion
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:39 PM CST up reply actions
Exactly ...
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:40 PM CST up reply actions
Geeeez. Took me about 15 minutes to get through this thread
Just because you’re all holding hands doesn’t mean you’ll all be taking warm showers together until the wee hours of the morning….or then again Clint Eastwood might have been wrong on that one.
I need to change my name to “Hammerfisting” and put an avatar of Thor.
I do admit I shed a tear or two from all the love. It must be Christmas soon.
:)))))
ROOT with your heart.
ANALYZE with your head.
Who the hell is this old fart?
=)
3rd and 1...guess we'll run the dime. Eesh.
by KaloPhoenix on Dec 14, 2011 10:27 PM CST up reply actions
I think Gran Torino was based on his Grandchild
Your 2010 Royals Review Fantasy Football Keeper League Champion
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:28 PM CST up reply actions
Hah, I remember those. When they made cars you could actually work on.
Now they put a PC on it and still screw up the diagnostics.
ROOT with your heart.
ANALYZE with your head.
I was talking about the movie.
Your 2010 Royals Review Fantasy Football Keeper League Champion
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:34 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah...
I wouldn’t believe a minute of the kum-buy-ya stuff.
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
by Cowboynchrist on Dec 14, 2011 10:28 PM CST up reply actions
Exactly right. What the hell is this place turning into?
Bah-humbug :)
ROOT with your heart.
ANALYZE with your head.
FYI, loved reading your original (20 yrs ago) post on the origins of your screen name ...
that was awesome as hell, and THAT, Sir, is THE TRUTH
Twisted Lord of AP Color Commentary (H/T - Loco)
Winner: 2009 Nostradamus of Arrowhead Pride Award
"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Your what hurts?
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:31 PM CST up reply actions
Ha,
Ittps all I got at this point in the evening
Love the Chiefs, Hawkeyes, Golf (Obviously) and my wife and kids. Not in that order.
by Be_The_Ball on Dec 14, 2011 10:36 PM CST up reply actions
Good night all...
I really do not have anything beneficial to add to this conversation. More than likely I stole the response I gave from someone else. I do not believe in originality.
guten nacht
Your 2010 Royals Review Fantasy Football Keeper League Champion
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:41 PM CST up reply actions
Icht mochte slaffen
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:44 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
ich auch
Your 2010 Royals Review Fantasy Football Keeper League Champion
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
by averagegatsby on Dec 14, 2011 10:45 PM CST up reply actions
Hasta mañana
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 14, 2011 10:54 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Enite, see what you ignited.. ; )
Thanks for this soul searching post.
I would just like to say that I appreciate everybody here and hope everyone stays around!
Go Chiefs!
Angry Red, 'nuff said.
by chiefsfan62 on Dec 14, 2011 11:56 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Thanks. Isn't it great? *sniff sniff*
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
critique or criticism
I can put a positive spin on anything in life.If I get very ill, well at least i’m not dead.If the car runs over my foot ,well at least it wasn’t my head.If my girlfriend cheats on me with the mailman,well at least its not with my brother.If the Chiefs have only made the playoffs 3 times in 10 years ,well at least were not the Bills.Afterall,we are just lucky to have an NFL team right? I mean ,a small market like KC doesn’t deserve to be good in the larger sense right ?That is what I gather ,when I read posts like this.Anyone who dares to criticize this organazation is disloyal.Anyone who dare criticize Scott pioli doesn’t know what they are talking about.Anyone who dares suggest we lose out, so we can get a FRANCHISE QB in a PASSING league, just doesn’t know anything about the NFL. Just be happy with the status quo and everything will be ok……sorry ,I dont think so
A very very bad example here,but oh well,if someone is on drugs that you love….you have an intervention,right?You love them,support them,you are there for them .But sometimes love becomes enabling and you feed the problem.So ,you use tough love to get he or she back on the right path.
This is football, not life or death .But ,you get the gist of what I am saying.Just because I wont enable this team with blind support ,doesn’t make me a bad fan.Just because I dislike the direction of the franchise,doesn’t make me a bad fan.If I didn’t care about this team.I wouldn’t be on here everyday checking on the minutia of this franchise
I wouldn’t care about who started at QB.Nor would I care about the state of this franchise period.Every person on here to a man /women,cares deeply about this team.We are all just not ready to tow the company line that we know is crap.And that,is true fandom Enite
Wanting what is best for the long term,not just enough to get by
In nomeni parti et fili spiritus sancti
by saints_chiefsfan1979 on Dec 15, 2011 12:12 AM CST reply actions
Saints, reread the post. :)
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
saints, I don't think this is a post attacking anyone. This post has more to do with the content on AP and how we posters have changed, or the site has changed.
But your comment is a good illustration of the point.. You’re so used to either a) being attacked for what you post, b) other blogs or sites where football knowledge is a “mine’s bigger” game, and c) searching for folks you disagree with, that you write to prove your opinion and your value as a fan.
That’s become a prob on here, folks aren’t able to respectfully discuss ideas anymore. This site used to be the best place for a melting pot perspective on the Chiefs. THAT’S the thesis of the post, not that “criticism is disloyal.”
Other posters have, and will continue to, write posts that say that. (You and I both know who they are).
Honestly, do reread the post and the comments from the long-time posters. This is the first thread I’ve seen in a LONG time that looks like, and reads like, how Arrowhead Pride sounded when I first lurked and joined. If you look a little more slowly at it, you’ll see what I mean by “this ain’t a kill the critics thread.”
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 8:26 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
well said, go-sal
it’s about relating to each other (there, there, don’t cry!) on a level that transcends football … even disagreements were laid back, respectful …
Twisted Lord of AP Color Commentary (H/T - Loco)
Winner: 2009 Nostradamus of Arrowhead Pride Award
"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
I wasn't angry or anything when I wrote that response
I don’t mind if/when people attack me,i’m a big boy and I can handle it.I see a site with a lot of passion and intensity.That is very good IMO.I guess I don’t see a ton of disrespect on here.Heated debate…absolutly .Passion…… you bet.Flat out disrespect….not so much IMO.I have seen it on here,but I wouldn’t say it is in spades
In nomeni parti et fili spiritus sancti
by saints_chiefsfan1979 on Dec 15, 2011 2:33 PM CST up reply actions
And greened. Absolutely. This is what AP was.
Many of us disagree on a regular basis. The problem comes in when an intellectual discussion can’t take place. Who know…..If I hear you out, you might Gasp! change my mind because your argument actually makes sense. I miss that.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
I don't know what happened to Arrowhead Pride
I happen to think it’s a great blog…
but I do know I look forward to each of my Arrowhead trips every year, and am proud to wear red and gold, and sit amongst the visitors who increasingly outnumber us each visit.
Perhaps if we attended the damn games and spent less time worrying about whose skin is thinner on a blog, the Chiefs might appreciate their fans more and worry less about going to a blog to see if they’ve got any support.
It is time to anoint the Stanzi. He is The One.
Believe me if I lived in KC, I would be there often.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
For me, it's all about folks taking time to remember a real, live person is on the other side of the screen :)
Easy to forget on teh internets.
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 8:27 AM CST up reply actions
Great write up Enite
Great to see all the regs in attendance. I miss you all lol. I have been here for quite awhile, changed names a couple times but there are two things that keep me coming back EVERY FRIGGIN DAY (like all day and my wife hates it lol), great write ups and you guys. I don’t post or comment much but I do love reading the different opinions. I will say alot of what has changed is this site is alot bigger than when I joined. So many new faces (names) here. Alot of these guys won’t be here past a game or two. I just read a post with over 600 comments with no negativity (other than that DB talkin smack about the Thorman Bros), all I can say is wow and thank you.
Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note. - The greatest coach ever - Hank Stram
"Things haven't gone our way. Maybe if we were in the NFC, we'd be right in the thick of it. Actually, I'm just kidding about that." - The Founder - Lamar Hunt
by ArrowHeadUnDead on Dec 15, 2011 2:36 AM CST reply actions
Who all have you been? (Just curious).
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 8:28 AM CST up reply actions
I think my original name was ComeSackMyQB
I believe there was a CincoOcho, not sure if there were anymore. I do feel like Im missing one, lol
Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note. - The greatest coach ever - Hank Stram
"Things haven't gone our way. Maybe if we were in the NFC, we'd be right in the thick of it. Actually, I'm just kidding about that." - The Founder - Lamar Hunt
by ArrowHeadUnDead on Dec 15, 2011 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
Thanks. Yeah, it has been nice. We need more of this.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Its was UPs package, I finally opened it ; )
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
I win!
Twisted Lord of AP Color Commentary (H/T - Loco)
Winner: 2009 Nostradamus of Arrowhead Pride Award
"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Hell, I'm replying like crazy instead of going to work. lol
That says something went right, right?
"It’s like you’re out there with another player," fullback Le’Ron McClain said.
"We love him, man," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "That’s like our brother."
"Todd is one of the guys," receiver Dwayne Bowe said.
by go_saleaumua on Dec 15, 2011 8:28 AM CST up reply actions
Enite, you're correct and here's why. A little AP history from my perspective:
This place is quite a bit different than it was back in ’08. The site has gradually grown in popularity, therefore swelling the amount of posters. Naturally, with a larger group, the quality will decrease. But I think the ebb and flow of the team has shaped the attitude of that large base into something more negative (understandably).
In ’08 there was a smaller, more tight-knit group here. Although times were bad, there were several knowledgeable and well spoken posters here. They brought an aura of logic and objectivity to the scene. It was the norm, and not the exception with that smaller group.
In ‘09 the fanbase here grew when the new administration was hired. New people were showing up as the site’s popularity grew and the franchise experienced new hope that it hadn’t had in a long time. Numbers were swelling and although the team wasn’t doing great, there was still an overall positive vibe because of the change within the organization. There was still a light at the end of the tunnel. There were still a lot of quality posts because the originals were still pumping them out. The newbies quickly became acclimated to the atmosphere and learned how to contribute meaningfully.
In ‘10 the numbers here exploded. The site had continued it’s gradual growth, but now the team was experiencing success for the first time in years. New faces came out of the woodwork to enjoy this new time in the sun for the team. Homerism was at an all time high. People were happy with the way things were going for the most part and even though the season ended on a down note, there was still a lot of hope of things to come. Quality decreased as a whole, but things were going well.
Then 2011 happened. The lockout took its toll on fans. It robbed us of much of our offseason and optimism toward the sport as a whole. It drained much of the positivity that had existed here. We were overjoyed when it finally ended but it still brought us down a notch. Then everything fell apart.
The preseason and first two games were an absolute disaster. The fans already had a bad taste in their mouth lingering from the lockout but had high hopes for the team to be a force this year. The results on the field crushed that hope.
Now the site had a huge following. Predictably, as a whole, they were very different from the small group that existed before. As negativity grew, the masses expressed themselves and drowned out the voices of the few that had created the original feel of this place. There were a few shining lights within the mess, but not enough. AP had been taken over by the “gameday thread” type posters and it sent many of the regulars into seclusion.
What was the point of putting out decent writing when it will be buried by a pile of sub-par posts within an hour or two? What was the point of concentrating so much time on a team that generates apathy week after week?
Things will turn back around though. They already are. I think the tidal wave of expansion is over for a while, given how the team is doing. New posters aren’t showing up every day to write a short, lazy post about something that has been talked about ad nauseum. As those kind of things recede, the voices of the quality posters become heard again and serve to elevate others. As people are here longer, they will become more informed and more skilled at expressing their views. I think next season will look quite a bit different around here.
by TheScootness on Dec 15, 2011 9:38 AM CST reply actions 5 recs
Good synopsis
SB Nation exploded in 2010 as well and I think that has changed a lot. Now I have to look at a BeerTender for 2 months until Christmas is over.
Nicknames I have coined:
Jamaal Charles = 'Haley's Comet'
Shaun Smith = 'Big Nasty'
Kelly Gregg = 'Old Gregg'
by Nick Britt on Dec 15, 2011 11:16 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Could not have said it better
Really I couldnt…
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
by Mas Cervezas on Dec 15, 2011 11:26 AM CST up reply actions
As NB said, nice synopsis
I followed for a while before I joined. I joined so that i could post a comment. I have noticed a shift in attitude. I tend to skip over those that are more venting than stating valid opinions. But, I am more of a reader than a poster. I just remember to hope that things will get better, they usually do.
I was a regular reader for a year before I joined
Once I joined I commented, I started out by posting 1,000+ word comments … heh…
That led into posts…..which led into the kinda-part timey contributor status.
The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynicism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw
You forgot an entire chapter
“MNchiefsfan: The Phenomenom that Swept AP”
What’s up with that?
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
by MNchiefsfan on Dec 15, 2011 1:39 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Nicely played
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
You nailed it.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Holy Crap, Comments overload...
Negative, Positive and everyone in between are fans and…
SB Nation = Sports Blog Nation…
First of all, you throwin' too many big words at me, and because I don't understand them, I'm gonna take 'em as disrespect...
who's fault is that!, did anyone say Haley....aaaaaa! wrong!
A lot of us are saying things we know nothing about and are not sorry to say so, And you shouldn’t have to, say what you mean, mean what you say, just be careful how you say it, and I can agree with what you said, we were possibly one year away from Haley being coach of the year again and Pioli being a genius again, no I don’t believe anyone had to be fired at all, I can say with confidence that no coach in the NFL could do any better with out any stars or starters for that matter, But sometimes people get angry and become recklessly and randomly verbal!, and this is the result, we need to be careful what we say!, we know nothing of what goes on behind the club walls, we only know the results of the decisions made, fans or not I do believe we have become a little short with our Chiefs, we lacked talent because of the injury bug sworm that hit the team, Haley shouldn’t have went down for that, on the other hand, I heard he was stubborn went against the grain and wierd, so!, last year he was praised for his work, It was the team!, this year fired because of the team, It was injuries!, and what about depth, who’s fault is that!, did anyone say Haley….aaaaaa! wrong!
All within its time will be revealed
I agree with your post, but I am confused about where it came from......
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Some good points
Most of us came here before AP was “mainstream.” The content has gone down significantly since then, due to a multitude of factors.
The SBNation model was to have blogs with user-generated content. That is what made the environment so welcoming, but it also made the quality of the blog dependent on the quality of the users/fans who posted on it. Knowledgeable fans were attracted to AP, because it gave them an outlet to express their opinion in lengthy FanPosts, as well as get breaking news and rumors from FanShots.
In terms of general content, AP is still the best in Chiefs Nation, but you definitely have to filter out a lot more than you used to. I tend to avoid game threads for this reason. I don’t care about funny.gif or “Bowe needs to catch that” or “shitty throw by Cassel.” To me, that is just people padding their post count in hopes of getting recognized by the community.
I was going to add something else, but now I can’t recall. When I think of it later, I will just add it in a new FanPost and post a poll. My goal: more moderators. Civil disobedience, my friends.
Nicknames I have coined:
Jamaal Charles = 'Haley's Comet'
Shaun Smith = 'Big Nasty'
Kelly Gregg = 'Old Gregg'
I do believe I've seen more 1st time posters this week than ever before ... many of those from first time commenters
it’s all good, but yeah …
Civil Disobedience: you rock, Nicky Flippers
Twisted Lord of AP Color Commentary (H/T - Loco)
Winner: 2009 Nostradamus of Arrowhead Pride Award
"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Seems like previously AP was a place to analyze your team
Lately, it has been more a convenient place to vent. I think we have all been guilty of it at some point, but it is pretty bad right now.
If we all saved the venting for the sports radio scene I think the overall quality would get back up to where it before. Now time to go start a PICTURE THREAD!
Nicknames I have coined:
Jamaal Charles = 'Haley's Comet'
Shaun Smith = 'Big Nasty'
Kelly Gregg = 'Old Gregg'
by Nick Britt on Dec 15, 2011 3:28 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Please elaborate......
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Mr. Negativity
should be my screen name…….king of doom? pissy pessimist?? All right….you got me…..but i can turn it around because i am a true chiefs fan rather you believe it not…..i’ll join the positive approach and stop posting abrasive retorts……it’s that time of year where looking to the future is better than dwelling on the past….that will cut down on a little of the overall negativity of AP LOT
You generally back it up with facts and logic though
I see no reason why that shouldn’t be welcome here.
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
BTW, I think this post would have been more appropriately done as a RAWKC satire
I will save this slice of brilliance until the next lapse in AP quality control.
Nicknames I have coined:
Jamaal Charles = 'Haley's Comet'
Shaun Smith = 'Big Nasty'
Kelly Gregg = 'Old Gregg'
Hey, Hey there now. I don't step on any toes here.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Sadly, RAWKC is more well-known and liked around here than me
Maybe it is time we all move on.
Signed,
Longing For Turtle
Nicknames I have coined:
Jamaal Charles = 'Haley's Comet'
Shaun Smith = 'Big Nasty'
Kelly Gregg = 'Old Gregg'
I do like RAWKC....and I believe we all loves us some turtle.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
I don't understand the fascination... but to each his own
The all caps thing, and very poor sentence structure make his comments/posts completely unreadable.
They annoy the hell out of me to the point that I just skip any post/comment with his username on it.
The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynicism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw
I left a comment with a .............RAWC...................and it got deleted
"What we've got here is.......failure......to communicate."
Pretty much the same, here, although I typically refrain from saying so, since the kids seem to like it.
Different folks are here for different things. I’m here to hear what other people’s eyes tell them about what’s happening on the field. x’s and o’s. 1-on-1 matchups being won or lost. That sort of thing. There’s never been enough of that stuff, even though there was a lot more of it when I first joined.
would of ≠ would've
It's the joke that was hilarious the first time and should have never been told again
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/This is not permission to turn this into a joke thread.
Nicknames I have coined:
Jamaal Charles = 'Haley's Comet'
Shaun Smith = 'Big Nasty'
Kelly Gregg = 'Old Gregg'
I hope this is not insulting, and if it is, I apologize now, but
I never until I read the posts above thought that he was trying to be funny. I guess because it’s not funny. I felt sorry for him/her and felt like it was about the best he/she could do. Of course he could have used the caps lock, but I know some people who can’t type and I thought that was what was happening. Never crossed my mind that he might be trying to be funny. Who’d a thunk it.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Just think it is an AP meme that has now gone stale
The first one was legendary, especially the comments. But his/her subsequent posts were purposely done in CAPS, and RAWKC has even acknowledged that the posts/comments are in ALL CAPS and still doesn’t change it.
You can’t figure out how to join this site and sign in without knowing where the CAPS LOCK button is.
This is all just my opinion, of course.
Nicknames I have coined:
Jamaal Charles = 'Haley's Comet'
Shaun Smith = 'Big Nasty'
Kelly Gregg = 'Old Gregg'
Wow. Look at all the posters who haven't been here for a while.
I knew I wasn’t the only one. :)
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
I think the turning point was when Matt Conner left for SBNationKC
Okay, I’m done.
Nicknames I have coined:
Jamaal Charles = 'Haley's Comet'
Shaun Smith = 'Big Nasty'
Kelly Gregg = 'Old Gregg'
Maybe Joel could implement some type of symbol so that we know the type of post
before reading it. For example, “Serious discussion” , or “entertainment only” Honestly, one of the things that burns me is when what should be a good discussion gets wayyyy off topic and is littered with things that just get in the way. If you get to a discussion late on AP, there could easily already be 150 comments with only 20 actually relating to the actual subject. That makes it hard to get involved.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Im more concerned that anything posts during the morning/daytime (when people working don't get to see it)...
… is GONE poof by the time I get home from work in the evening.
There are just too many posts made a lot of days. You’ll see a list of 15 new posts, of which 9 of them are about XXXXX (Who should start at QB next game)…..
Out of those nine posts maybe 2 of them will have something original in them. The other 7 will just be a 10 sentence rehash with a poll attached. No one is going to ‘be discovered’ by ESPN the Magazine through posting on this site. If what you want to say is directly related to an existing post… then say what you want to say in the comments. (Even if it’s a 500 word comment). There is no need to keep making new posts.
The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynicism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw
Check the email server address...
If it’s the same as the African Prince trying to get his millions out of the country.. or the ‘grow a bigger dick’ pills.. Then JUMP ON THAT THING…. You’re gonna make millions, all while tripping over your own johnson.
The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynicism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw
The irony is that since AP, the Thormans have been in ESPN The Mag and SI
Nicknames I have coined:
Jamaal Charles = 'Haley's Comet'
Shaun Smith = 'Big Nasty'
Kelly Gregg = 'Old Gregg'
yeah... those who started and run the website get just a little more credit than a poster slapping up yet another Mock draft thread.
The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynicism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw
My proposal:
I have thought of this before, but haven’t posted it, partly because I like to keep my good ideas selfishly to myself:
If AP doesn’t want to add on more moderators, let the community moderate itself.
How? Implement a post/comment structure similar to Reddit. Posts and comments get upvoted or downvoted by users based on their quality. You could add this feature for all front-page posts and FanPosts. Top “voted” articles get “front paged” and top comments stay at the top and you don’t have to scroll, scroll, scroll to find something valuable or relevant.
FanShots probably wouldn’t need this, but the FanShots would need to be more tightly moderated by the staff already in place to weed out the daily Jack Harry commentary or random “Andre Johnson Pulls Hamstring.” If you want to hear Jack Harry, turn on the TV or go to the news website. If you want FF information, there are plenty of outlets for that, not ARROWHEAD PRIDE!!
The logistics of SBNation’s post/comment system are great and the site wouldn’t where it is today without this structure, but on a “high-traffic” site like AP, too many good posts/comments get lost. As I said, now that SBN is more “mainstream,” you are also going to attract more trolls and the overall quality suffers. Thus, it may be time for an update.
Another cool system would be like HuffPost’s where there are “top-ranked contributors” you can become “fans” of and comments can be “faved.” I like the Reddit system better, but either would be an improvement.
Other message boards use a “star” system for notoriety, but that is usually based on post count and rewards people who pad their post counts, but really aren’t that good of posters.
Those are some ideas and would have to obviously be decided by those above Joel (hell we can’t even get the logo changed around here), but I feel like some changes are necessary for communities like this to retain their quality. If SBN cares more about it’s quality and community more than hits, it will make these changes before it is too late. They could even use AP as a test site if needed.
Nicknames I have coined:
Jamaal Charles = 'Haley's Comet'
Shaun Smith = 'Big Nasty'
Kelly Gregg = 'Old Gregg'
Sounds good to me.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
I'd be perfectly happy with a system that prevents anyone from commenting or posting for 30 days and log in's
from the day they joined the site.
Get rid of the ‘just signed up to rant about something with no background in the overall voice of the website’
Force people to read for awhile and get to know the place before they comment.
The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynicism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw
I agree that would probably raise the quality
But that isn’t very new reader friendly and the growth would suffer, advertising revenue would be stagnant and SB Nation wouldn’t have that.
Do we go fetal and beg for mercy? Or do we pick up that broken piece of pipe laying on the ground and come up swinging? I choose pipe.
Sober (again) since January 10th, 2011.
by nateforchiefs on Dec 15, 2011 8:49 PM CST up reply actions
Corporate greed ruins everything
#OccupyArrowheadPride
Nicknames I have coined:
Jamaal Charles = 'Haley's Comet'
Shaun Smith = 'Big Nasty'
Kelly Gregg = 'Old Gregg'
1 percent of the posters say 99 percent of the words
Looking at you, mills and Texas Chief!
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
I am the Master of Hyperenthetical Asiditry (you know, like this. Only more)
by MNchiefsfan on Dec 17, 2011 11:52 PM CST up reply actions
Something else in the spirit of free exchange
You know how you might like one movie critic over another? Doesn’t make one or the other better, but makes ‘em better for YOU. A person could make a post of the posts he thinks are good, and make the one fan post something of a filter. Like maybe we’d see more x’s and o’s posts and comments if there was that sort of bias on the part of one of the “critics.” You wouldn’t have to change anything about the medium, but maybe take turns screening the offerings and sharing what you liked.
A lot of guys here are more on the social end. I’m more on the football content end, and make friends along the way.
would of ≠ would've
Winning, Duh!
O-line, O-line, O-line……………….how can one not be negative when the front protection has been ignored for so many years all the while our top picks have been squandered on bust after bust after bust, anybody remember the name Sims?
Not Sims.....
I know what you mean. I have been disappointed for years with our lack of drafting, but most importantly, our lack of coaching our players up. How many players left KC and excelled in other places? You have to be able to develop from within. That is why I was so excited about Haley and Pioli. Pioli solved the drafting problem, and Haley solved the "getting the best out of the players " problem. I know many will argue about Pioli’s drafting, and I understand, but the jury is still out on that.
I have to wonder now if the players will continue to develop under the new coach, and if the reformed players will continue their level of play. Time will tell.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Yes. Oline Oline Oline.
Just get that part right, and watch how many skill players you’re suddenly able to develop.
You can TRY the 1st-round QB thing until you get a superstar, but I think it can be amazing at how easy things start getting at QB and RB when you simply get forward movement at the line of scrimmage, because you’re matching up in the trenches, man for man. When it takes an overload by the D to get anything done, it gets a lot easier to play call and audible at the line.
would of ≠ would've
If what everyone says about McD happens...
Prepare for all out craziness because 9% will be defending against the 91%.
Nothing wrong with a divided blog. I WANT there to be lots of debating. Makes it fun.
Only real problem I’ve seen is a certain lack of understanding of the rules of discourse.
would of ≠ would've
I like good debate myself. Emphasis on good debate.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Empasis on GOOD. Yeah, I noticed what you did. :)
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Just try to ignore the negative people like me
I swear I’m harmless, and even like to be lighthearted a lot of the time. However, make no mistake – I’m a negative guy. I can’t stomach “rah rah” when I feel like starting a lynch mob.
Just ignore us, sincerely.
My only regret is I feel I’ve offended or been dismissed by many on this blog I hold in very high regard. Hmills for example, is a great guy to have discussions with; I suggest paying the bulk of your attention to guys like him, because he does a great job keeping emotion out of things and having a balanced perspective.
In wondrous beauty, once again, shall the golden tables stand mid the grass, which the gods had owned in the days of old.
by Chiefs_Ragnarok on Dec 16, 2011 3:03 PM CST reply actions
Ah, go blow it out your whatever.
I think a timely h/t to the other guy’s pov really helps. So does a timely “imo.”
The smartest people I’ve known in my life made ME feel a little bit smarter or more talented. I can remember feeling stupid in math class, and being treated like a 2nd class citizen by peers I thought were really really smart, when I was really struggling. When I said this to my teacher he told me I was his top student and the reason I found the material more difficult was because I was the only guy in class who saw all the pitfalls, and was the only guy writing decent proofs.
I’ve been made to feel like a real turd by guys who were more interested in keeping the upper hand than in seeking the truth. I think that’s the big issue in all these discussions. You can disagree without believing (or at least without SAYING) that you think the other guy must be stupid to disagree with you.
I try to pay it forward. I’ve also had some years of experience teaching online, where the most innocent remark can be taken as a death blow by a student with a fragile ego. Fact is, when we’re LEARNING, we’re open to change, and we’re making ourselves vulnerable. It can make us pretty touchie, because to change the way you THINK is literally exposing nerves.
would of ≠ would've
I thoroughly enjoyed this post Enite and the comments
Congrats on a job well done.
Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts
by Chief-blinders-on on Dec 17, 2011 9:51 PM CST reply actions
I'm a bit late on this post but in reality it has to do with the reason for this post
I often skip right over the fanposts these days and look at front page stories and fanshots. Fanshots get right to the point, get you your info, then let the debate begin. I’m sick of reading people’s knee jerk fanposts, but I digress.
The reason I think the quality of site has slipped a little as of late is a successful 2010 and the bandwagon fans it brought. The first major swing in quality was the beginning of last year. After we started the season with a nice streak the bandwagoners were here in full force, then we had a little losing slide and then instead of knowledgeable fans looking at what was going on and analyzing it, we had a boatload of OMG HE SUCKS posts and arguing opinions as facts. As soon as I see a dumb comment, post, or something that generally rubs me the wrong way I click on their name and see the date joined. That’ll tell you a lot
by RamX21 on Dec 18, 2011 9:13 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
I can't argue with that Ram.
"If ifs mattered, everyone would be undefeated." Enite
Hitting this late, but whatever
Hopes were high heading into the season this year. We were coming off an AFC West championship and what many saw (and still see) as a another good draft. Sure, the pre-season didn’t yield a bunch of wins, but pre-season records don’t mean squat. I’ll be one of the first to admit though, after those two blowouts I thought we’d seen the real quality of this team, and I’m still not so sure that assumption was wrong. This is a team that lacks depth, and one that lost major players in Arenas, Charles, and Moeaki. This sure didn’t help Cassel at all. But, he’s the figurehead, and so a lot of vitriol went his way. It helped that he wasn’t exactly popular before this season. Lets face it, this is a backslide from last year. the offence has been anemic (2 touchdowns in twice as many games) and the defence has given up too many big plays. Sure, they’re on the field way too much because of the offence’s failings. Ok, I’m rambling, but I think you can see my point. There’s been a lot of bad things going on with this team. It’s frustrating, even for those who have been long time fans. When you care so damn much about a team, when that team is a major part of the way in which you connect to the city you call home (no matter how long you’ve been away) it can seriously suck. People naturally lash out, and AP provides a forum for that. It’s part of the freedom that users of AP enjoy. That freedom sometimes comes with some pains.
tl;dr? Thomas Jefferson once said, “I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.” Maybe we’ve enjoyed too much liberty at AP, but it’s better than not having AP at all.
It's college basketball season. As always, GO CHIEFS and GO DAWGS.
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The Only critique I have of Arrowhead Pride is Joel’s family content. I am really not interested in his wife “Mrs. Primetime” or their “fastpaced” social life. Sometimes I feel like Joel has forgotten about us real fans with his new hotshot job in D.C.
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