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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 18:33:13 GMT
I made a bet with user Heeeeeyyy in the IMDb Politics board that I'd delete my IMDb account if Trump got elected. I obviously lost the bet. I immediately deleted my account as soon as the networks called the election for Trump. I missed the boards since I liked to discuss politics and sports (especially the NFL / Carolina Panthers; obviously I didn't miss much regarding the Panthers since our season was such a disaster; there wasn't much to discuss, LOL), in spite of all the trolls and all the people I ended up placing on Ignore (hopefully I'll be more tolerant in this new start).
I kept thinking, why should I take so seriously a bet made with such a troll like Heeeeyyy??? (Maybe here in Sports you all don't know Heeeeeyyy but I can tell you that you aren't missing much... She isn't a nice person). But for some reason I just couldn't get myself to break the promise. It was like a psychological blockade and I kept feeling that it would be dishonorable to undo it. So I didn't come back.
Although much less frequently, I did read the board as a non-registered guest from time to time, and experienced pity of poor Xeliou66 being repeatedly accused of being me... which he is not. Sorry Xeliou66 if I involuntarily inconvenienced you. I used to post NFL play-by-play threads and apparently Xeliou66 took a liking to those and made a mission of redoing them after I left, which apparently made people conclude he was me. He isn't, I assure you.
So today to my surprise I learned that IMDb is doing away with the boards. It sucks, but for me particularly, at least it gives me the opportunity to be back without breaking my promise to Heeeeeyyy since our bet involved IMDb, not IMDb v2.0. So here I am. Just in time for the Super Bowl.
I see that there are alternative boards being proposed to replace IMDb. I hope this one prevails because it does seem to me to be the closest replacement. The Sports board here will be fun if most veterans from IMDb Sports join. I hope they do.
There was a thread there inviting people to "come clean" regarding sock accounts. I have never had those, but yes, I used to have another account at one point (not simultaneously with the NTDT one) which went by the name of GreatNewsTonight. I don't know if anybody here will remember that account. Its name derived of it having been created the night when it was announced that Osama Bin Laden was killed. At some point (I don't even remember why) I lost interest and closed that account. But then at another point I wanted to come back and IMDb registration software said the ID was taken (I guess they never retire an ID). I tried a few unrelated options and found them to be taken as well. I didn't want something like GreatNewsTonight.v.2 because, well, the killing of OBL was really old news by then. I thought "fortunately I have nothing to do today so I can spend more time figuring this out." Then I said WTF let me try NothingToDoToday, and voilà.
I understand that I made many "enemies" with my confrontational style and easy triggering of the Ignore option. I plan to see if this is a new start and we can actually get along a bit better. From my end, I will try (and that includes jimanchower, if he joins). So, peace.
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Post by Xeliou66 on Feb 4, 2017 18:39:16 GMT
NTDT!! Welcome back, just in time for the Super Bowl! I missed discussing football with you the second half of the season, I had to take over doing the play by play threads.
I wonder if anyone here will start up the ridiculous accusation that we are the same person again? I hope that rumor is dead.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 18:49:09 GMT
NTDT!! Welcome back, just in time for the Super Bowl! I missed discussing football with you the second half of the season, I had to take over doing the play by play threads. I wonder if anyone here will start up the ridiculous accusation that we are the same person again? I hope that rumor is dead. Hello my friend. They probably will, but like I said, from my end I'll try to be more tolerant and get along better with people so I hope that most people will feel the same way and let go of these silly flame wars. Wouldn't it be nice if the end of IMDb boards resulted in actually a *better* board? Human nature being what it is I'm not keeping my hopes high and I can't control or influence what other people do, but I can always try from my end. But another bigger problem is, there are so many options already - ctown has proposed another one, someone else still another one... I joined only this one, hoping that it can prevail since it is clearly a more complete replacement option with all the other IMDb boards - I do like to discuss the occasional movie or TV show although I was there primarily for the NFL and politics. |
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Post by ctown28 on Feb 4, 2017 18:57:00 GMT
Welcome back to the boards. I'm familiar with Hey on the politics board. An extreme right winger. While I did vote for Trump and lean to the right, I'm not an extremist the way others are and actually try to see other points of view. But I am more happy that Hillary lost, than I am about Trump winning but that's a whole different discussion. Hopefully a lot of regulars find their way to this site. Seems to be the best alternative site so far
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Post by Xeliou66 on Feb 4, 2017 18:58:14 GMT
I know, I'm hoping we can all unite and come to one board, hopefully this one. This seems to be the most popular choice so far among the sports board regulars, and it is easy to navigate. I've sent out PM's to some regulars urging them to join this board as it is the best replacement. Hopefully with 2 weeks to go, it will be a smooth transition onto this board.
I'm hoping for less trolling and flame wars as well, and maybe a new board will mean a fresh start and people will put aside their beefs and be happy they have a new forum.
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Post by ctown28 on Feb 4, 2017 19:03:57 GMT
Hopefully with 2 weeks to go, it will be a smooth transition onto this board. If it's not smooth, everyone can blame Trump!  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 19:15:40 GMT
Welcome back to the boards. I'm familiar with Hey on the politics board. An extreme right winger. While I did vote for Trump and lean to the right, I'm not an extremist the way others are and actually try to see other points of view. But I am more happy that Hillary lost, than I am about Trump winning but that's a whole different discussion. Hopefully a lot of regulars find their way to this site. Seems to be the best alternative site so far Thanks. But aren't you doing another board? If you want this one to succeed then IMHO you should rather turn all the traffic directed to yours, into this one. This will only work as a true replacement if people all come to just one option. I saw people proposing Reddit but it has draconian rules like 10-minute posting quotas. Hopefully this one will be the one that will get most people. I did click on yours, seems nice, but frankly this one is much more complete, that's why I joined this one and not yours. Now I see that even you seem to agree. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 4, 2017 19:21:14 GMT
Heeeey did that? God, i can't stand that miserable bitch. She must be as fun to have around as a case of Diphtheria.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 19:24:40 GMT
Heeeey did that? God, i can't stand that miserable bitch. She must be as fun to have around as a case of Diphtheria. To be fair I'm not sure I can say *she* did that because I was the one who proposed the bet. I was entirely sure that Hillary would win...  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 20:38:06 GMT
So far just a very small number of IMDb Sports veterans have joined... I wonder if this board will get traction. I can't go there and advertise it because I'm no longer a member of IMDb (and I still don't feel like breaking my promise as per the OP, not even for this purpose). I hope others do advertise this one as the best option.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 4, 2017 20:54:14 GMT
(and I still don't feel like breaking my promise as per the OP, not even for this purpose). Piss on that malignant twat. That hag reported me umpteen hundred times. Its was irritating, but funny. |
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Post by ctown28 on Feb 4, 2017 21:07:36 GMT
Welcome back to the boards. I'm familiar with Hey on the politics board. An extreme right winger. While I did vote for Trump and lean to the right, I'm not an extremist the way others are and actually try to see other points of view. But I am more happy that Hillary lost, than I am about Trump winning but that's a whole different discussion. Hopefully a lot of regulars find their way to this site. Seems to be the best alternative site so far Thanks. But aren't you doing another board? If you want this one to succeed then IMHO you should rather turn all the traffic directed to yours, into this one. This will only work as a true replacement if people all come to just one option. I saw people proposing Reddit but it has draconian rules like 10-minute posting quotas. Hopefully this one will be the one that will get most people. I did click on yours, seems nice, but frankly this one is much more complete, that's why I joined this one and not yours. Now I see that even you seem to agree. I created that one before I knew about this one. This one seems to be better so came here. Endorsing this one as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 21:16:04 GMT
I hope marsexplorer joins. Nice poster.
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Post by Xeliou66 on Feb 4, 2017 21:19:39 GMT
I've already PM'd Mars asking him to join, I hope he joins as well. He is a good poster.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 21:20:50 GMT
(and I still don't feel like breaking my promise as per the OP, not even for this purpose). Piss on that malignant twat. That hag reported me umpteen hundred times. Its was irritating, but funny. I know but it is a question of *my* integrity. I persistently and repeatedly throughout the campaign said that I doubted she would ever hold her part of the bargain if Trump lost but I gave my word that I intended to hold mine if Hillary lost. So, I did. Now it feels funny to me to go and break it, even in this emergency situation when IMDb boards are dying. Maybe I'm over-rigid with myself but that's how I feel, so, I don't feel like signing up for an IMDb account, calling it NTDT2 and going back there. It makes no sense. The thing will be over in 16 days anyway. I'm happy to have found this replacement and I hope that it thrives. But I don't want to give to an idiot like Heeeeey the opportunity to say that I don't keep my promises. There's also that. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 21:24:03 GMT
Seems like when you click on Edit it gives you the opportunity to insert pictures and videoclips and all. Strange that it doesn't let you do it when you are first posting. I wonder if the Edit function is time-limited. Does anyone know?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 22:40:56 GMT
Nah, you know what? Never mind. I won't stay. I found a better option. It is actually one that the creators are not making public, more like a private discussion group. Sorry. Good bye.
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Post by Xeliou66 on Feb 4, 2017 22:54:32 GMT
It's too bad that you left NTDT, I was glad to see you back. We need as many members as we can get here.
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Post by hairybuttcheeks on Feb 4, 2017 22:58:23 GMT
he deleted? wtf? something is fishy here!
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Post by Xeliou66 on Feb 4, 2017 23:12:49 GMT
I know, he deleted. Really weird, I was glad to have him back.
BTW, I am urging other posters to join this forum, and I recommend you do the same on your trivia threads, which will get more posts than your announcement earlier today.
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