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by hawkwing · 9/18/2009

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Mars


Alright, I invited catholicmat... hopefully he shows up sooner or later to visit!
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scott715
Can I suggest an improvement? New users have to take a BYU fan exam. kind of like those honesty tests. That would keep the trolls out!
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AmmonCougar1
Thanks for the invite. From the looks of the other fans who have posted here I feel happy to be back among friends. Too bad for the other site. I truly enjoyed it for a good long while. Besides, this makes it easier to follow my predictions and good threads without having to visit two places. Thanks Hawkwing and Kiwi and whoever else I may be missing.



Go Cougs!!!



J. Child

Ammon, ID
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CougarClaw
scott715 wrote:
Can I suggest an improvement? New users have to take a BYU fan exam. kind of like those honesty tests. That would keep the trolls out!


nice idea, but I would say we'd want to welcome fans from opposing teams to post here. We're not trying to promote homogeneity but civility.Bring on the opposing viewpoints, they should just be posted with some degree of intelligence and non-trollism.



by the way. I think I've made 100% switch. I don't have time to post on two boards. yay...up to 30 posts!
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Sammich
I'm a big fan of the "Fan Level" designation that goes along with each user. It's saved me a few times from starting useless arguments with people, as I took their comments in context of their fan level I realized it was just a difference of investment and it wasn't worth trying to win someone over to my blue-goggled view. I think it might save a lot of future arguments when opposing teams show up here with obscure usernames also.



I wonder, if someone falsely designates themselves (ie. steed shows up and sarcastically labels himself as a blue-goggled homer, can the mods change it back and lock that feature for that user?
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Guest
Sammich wrote:
I'm a big fan of the "Fan Level" designation that goes along with each user. It's saved me a few times from starting useless arguments with people, as I took their comments in context of their fan level I realized it was just a difference of investment and it wasn't worth trying to win someone over to my blue-goggled view. I think it might save a lot of future arguments when opposing teams show up here with obscure usernames also.



I wonder, if someone falsely designates themselves (ie. steed shows up and sarcastically labels himself as a blue-goggled homer, can the mods change it back and lock that feature for that user?


You make a good point and have a good question. I thought or at least hoped, when I first made the fan level designation it would actually help us understand one another better, and I hope that people actually take some consideration when setting it.



Now if Steed were to come here, of course he'd be banned, but I would hope that if fans of other teams do come here and want to engage in serious conversation that they put their fan level status appropriately. I could totally see texastim here, setting his as 'Fan of another team' and that would help give us perspective into why he's saying what he is.
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CougarPeasant
I've known of this place for a time, but am glad Mars invited me as I've been so busy I've not been able to stop by.



Does that mean I am now a "newbie" again?!!!!



Good to see the gang is still active as CB has gone pretty stale this season.
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Guest
CougarPeasant wrote:
I've known of this place for a time, but am glad Mars invited me as I've been so busy I've not been able to stop by.



Does that mean I am now a "newbie" again?!!!!



Good to see the gang is still active as CB has gone pretty stale this season.


Don't worry, the hazing isn't that bad...
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Hengst
Sno sent me an invite so I thought I'd check out the site. I've been getting my forum fix mostly from the geekshow podcast forum (the discussions don't have all of the angst and anger that seemed to be attached to disagreements on cb, which is why I gave up on it). I don't know that I'll post here much, but I'll check it out once in a while. I hope all of you are doing well.
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Mars
Hengst wrote:
I don't know that I'll post here much, but I'll check it out once in a while. I hope all of you are doing well.

The more we see you here the better, our friendly neighborhood super-hero!
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blue42
I actually didn't get an invite :~( but stumbled across the board. When I saw all the old names here from the board that will not be mentioned I almost started crying with joy :lol: It really did feel like I was coming home and getting the best insights and discussion about the greatest team on earth! I kind of feel like the little brother who keeps wanting to tag along and the older ones keep trying to hide from me.



Seriously guys I have missed all the great discussions and insights each of you bring.
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Cougy_Monster
scott715 wrote:
Can I suggest an improvement? New users have to take a BYU fan exam. kind of like those honesty tests. That would keep the trolls out!




That's what I had to do to get my free tickets to David Letterman. I called their number and the guy asked me "What's the name of the owner of Hello Deli?"



"Rupert!" I answered.



A great day. Uma Thurman and Rachel Ray were the guests.
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ghansen188
I haven't posted on other sites, but I am hoping this will be a fun, informative site. I'm really tired of the BYU bashing. If I want to read that stuff, I'll go to a Utah site. Here's hoping.
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BroncoBot
ghansen188 wrote:
I haven't posted on other sites, but I am hoping this will be a fun, informative site. I'm really tired of the BYU bashing. If I want to read that stuff, I'll go to a Utah site. Here's hoping.

Last thing I remember, I was

Running for the door

I had to find the passage back

To the place I was before

"relax," said the night man,

We are programmed to receive.

You can checkout any time you like,

But you can never leave!



welcome to your next addiction. ;)
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Mars
declocoug wrote:
welcome to your next addiction. ;)

The Hotel Cougarfornia! :D
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snoscythe
Someone who knows them needs to send a personal invite to Jared Cowley and Aaron King. There are a number of old-time posters that have faded out that I think would appreciate this site. I invited those that I know through FB, but I think some of the disenchanted need a personal invite from someone they trust before they stick their necks out again.



Kiwi?
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vancouvercougar
Thanks for the invite Mars. I don't post a lot, but I do read others' posts nearly every day.



Reading posts on the other site I frequented was more and more like walking down the main street of my home town and not recognizing anybody.



Its good to see the names of trusted posters here.
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Cougy_Monster
I wholeheartedly apologize for tainting this board with the message below, but I found it so amusing I just couldn't help myself. I clipped it from the forum that shall not be named.



He is either oblivious, or he actually has some sense of humor. Either way it's pretty funny.



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Wholly crap another thread (demise of CB) censored

by Steed » Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:19 am



What is the deal? This is getting out-of-hand. That's it, I am bouncing over to Cougar Corner.

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Guest
Cougy_Monster wrote:
I wholeheartedly apologize for tainting this board with the message below, but I found it so amusing I just couldn't help myself. I clipped it from the forum that shall not be named.



He is either oblivious, or he actually has some sense of humor. Either way it's pretty funny.



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Wholly crap another thread (demise of CB) censored

by Steed » Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:19 am



What is the deal? This is getting out-of-hand. That's it, I am bouncing over to Cougar Corner.

Last edited by Steed on Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:56 am, edited 1 time in total.

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I think he would get :munch: and we wouldn't even have time to :sick: before he were banned.
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ABYUFAN
Cougy_Monster wrote:
I wholeheartedly apologize for tainting this board with the message below, but I found it so amusing I just couldn't help myself. I clipped it from the forum that shall not be named.



He is either oblivious, or he actually has some sense of humor. Either way it's pretty funny.



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Wholly crap another thread (demise of CB) censored

by Steed » Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:19 am



What is the deal? This is getting out-of-hand. That's it, I am bouncing over to Cougar Corner.

Last edited by Steed on Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:56 am, edited 1 time in total.

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I saw the same thing and posted it on another thread. I believe he's got a great sense of humor. (Unfortunately for him it doesn’t surface nearly enough)



As an aside, I responded to that post in that thread, and I believe it will be my last post over there.



As others have said before, I only have time for one message board. I tried signing up for other cougar boards over the summer when i was fed up with Cougarblue, but I was too unfamiliar with all of the other posters, and just stuck with what I was comfortable with.



I had signed up for the prediction game here a long time ago, and when I saw that the forums were up and running, I started the move over to here. I have now moved here fulltime, and that other site is no longer in my "favorites" pull down menu.
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