[williamssl]

There's a decent chunk of people OOver here who created this happy fun place. But for the rest of us....someone is responsible for you being here. Maybe it was an invite. Maybe you clicked on a link in someone's footer OOver there. And maybe you spied on someone who is actually loved and respected, and out of envy you followed them here. But someone is ultimately responsible for you being here. So who is it? Out him or her so the smiting or exalting can begin.

And the million smite question - whose fault is The Real Ryan?

I'll start. I got my invite from sergeial. And no matter what Jeb says about him (and he says an awful lot), I'm grateful.

[Batman]

Yusef actually sent me the invite, but it was prompted by DevilSoprano saying that he missed the 12Pack (back during those couple weeks when the site was down so much.) I was thinking that maybe I was the one that invited Ryan, when the mods closed the "I miss" thread and I was trying to get regular players to come over here and jumpstart our knockoff of it, but I can't find it in my u2u outbox. Maybe I erased it, or I'm remembering wrong and he was already here when I was doing that. I definitely invited psychofish (or whatever name we decide to give him) (gay4thor!) though.

[salmonjunkie]

optard makes my penis hurt.

[williamssl]

Ryan's date of joining and first post: 9/25
"I Miss Kurt Angle" thread shut down: 10/5

sergeial is off the hook.

This is a job for the Hardly Boys.

[Courtney]

I was invited by USF. I don't know if that throws me out of favor or what, but it was for the Movie Quote game. Apparenty, I'm good at that.

[salmonjunkie]

YOU'RE FIRED!

[The Canadian Content]

Yeah, Serge invited me for the I miss game, which I appreciate. As I've said before, this is a far more lighthearted place than OOver there, where a lot of people tend to take things too seriously.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Well fishy it kinda has to be serious. With that kind of traffic, you can't have sig images and things of the like. There has to be some kind of order don't you think?

[The Canadian Content]

Oh, I agree with the no sig images and the reasonably sized avs and, really, all the board rules. I think it's a pretty well-run place. The people who take things too seriously are some of the pOOsters. People tend to get pretty uptight about stuff there. It's all well and good to have strong opinions, but in the end, you have to realize that it's just a message board about wrestling (and assorted other stuff). It's not life and death.

[Loki]

I'm the fault of my parents and lots of alcohol.

Oh, wait. You mean here?

Blame Solly. I guess he liked the smack I ran throughout the Baseball Survivor thread.

[Pun]

Yeah, the rules at OO are needed because of the amount of traffic. Would I like to have that much traffic here? Sure, but I'm not going to sweat it if I don't. We've carved out a decent place here. And people can feel free to invite their non-OO friends, too (except Solly, because we all know he doesn't have any). The more, the merrier.

[OpTard]

here i shall transcribe the conversation over AIM in which i was introduced to this board:

OpTard: these board outages are getting annoying.

Pun: yeah. actually, i've got this other board. it was originally for use of our keeper league, but lately with all the outages, it's sorta become a page to go to get your forum fix. here's a link...

*optard checks out the board*

OpTard: cool! can i be a mod?

Pun: sure.

OpTard: can i change the name of the parts unknown forum to "Optard's House of Stupid?"

Pun: sure.

OpTard: BEST BOARD EVER!

[The Jewish Cunthead]

admin said:

(except Solly, because we all know he doesn't have any).

SMITE!

[The Jewish Cunthead]

psychofish said:

The people who take things too seriously are some of the pOOsters. People tend to get pretty uptight about stuff there.

I can't disagree with that. Very true.

[salmonjunkie]

A lot of the posters who take it too seriously are the guys who have been there pre-mods and during the shit-posting days. I know it's just a wrestling board and all, but they've all grown with the board through its ups and downs - and anyone who sat through a lot of the crap and stayed and rejoiced the crap being gone probably have a stronger connection because of that "triumph". They've been with the boards for years, made friends, visited daily both at work and at home. For those who have been there that long, it's more than just a wrestling board, it's a community. It's become a part of their lives. And some get a little over-protective because of that. I can't blame them.

Although the people who take WRESTLING too seriously, as opposed to taking the boards too seriously, those are the guys I'm like "wha huh?"

[The Canadian Content]

I probably just should've kept it to myself. The only point I was trying to make is that I prefer this board to OO because I feel more comfortable here. It wasn't meant to be a big deal.

I can certainly understand that there's a community that's built up there and that a lot of posters have an emotional investment. I'm definitely not trying to shit on that at all. I've just been too vague in my comments, which, as I mentioned, might have been better left unsaid.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

salmonjunkie said:

Although the people who take WRESTLING too seriously, as opposed to taking the boards too seriously, those are the guys I'm like "wha huh?"

Ahh yes, the "it's still real to me, damn it!" guys.

[salmonjunkie]

Oh, I wasn't taking offense to what you said, thor-boy (I voted for that). Not a big deal at all, man. I don't think you were trying to shit on it. I was just giving another perspecvtive. Hell, sometimes I think people take OO too seriously too, but at the same time, I can't blame them. I've certainly been guilty of it myself.

[Krydor]

Pun sent me an invite. I'm his fault.

[Lucky]

I'm the mailman's fault.

[Ryan Who Loves Punk]

I'll admit it, I'm no special invite guy. Moose posted a link to this in the Place That Shall Not Be Mentioned, and I felt it was my obligation. But hey, while I'm still here, that means Loki isn't the most faggotest poster here! Right? Right?

[Attitude Adjuster]

I'm pretty sure I got the invite from Pun because I'm in the Fant Baseball league. Which reminds me...Damn it, Sign up for Fantasy Basketball!

Yahoo Fantasy Basketball

League #: 91212
Password: onslaught

Draft is Monday night. Be there or I shall smite you all!

[Andy]

Bo invited me here via AIM durring a board outage. At the time pretty much everyone was a moderator but me. So you understand if I'm a little hurt and why I don't post here much. OUT OF SPITE!

A couple guys who came AFTER me became mods. I was stepped over! It ain't the way I wanted it! I can handle things! I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I'm smart and I want respect!

[Pun]

You do realize that aside from Tardy, the mods don't actually do anything around here, don't you?

[Lucky]

Hey! Once every week or two I make a new skin. And I randomly update and bump threads in the Keeper League.

I do stuff.

Not administrator stuff though... I'm not good enough for that...