Congradulations on the Minnesota Referees win !!!

[RichH]

[Q]RichS Wrote:

If anything, it's you folks who think you're superior. [/q]

Finally, finally, finally!  These nine words have been at the crux of just about every one of RichS's posts for the past 3 weeks.  Read between the lines of every trolling, every rolleyes smilie, every insult, every "nice try, I win," and every "I know you are, but what am I?" and you can tell this is exactly what he's been dying to say all along.

The defending of Clarkson every time they were mentioned was one thing (despite the lack of humor about the Nickerson jokes), I could understand and tolerate that....I felt the same back when I regularly participated on the Clarkson Roundtable.  But the past 3 weeks has seen a relentless stream of attacks, flames, and hate against this fanbase in general.  I don't care that you hate Cornell and the Lynah Faithful.  You seemed to be quite gleeful over on the Golden Knight forum about the last Cornell loss...that's OK, despite my rooting for ECACHL teams in general, I still feel some satisfaction when Harvard meets their yearly one-and-done.  It's natural, and you can't help it.  Fine.  But why are you going on this current crusade to relentlessly attack us?  What's it worth to you?  Does it really get you off this much?  I really really hope the 2 hours you're spending on this every night isn't in neglecting time with your wife and family.

Look, I'm one of the first people to agree when Cornell fans are being homer-ific idiots, both online and at games.  (The person who started this thread for example...)  Certain people have been a little rough...Al D. for example has a history of being abrasive towards you.  I feel I'm quite good at seeing things without the "Carnellian colored glasses" that you love to refer to.  It happens here, and on a fan forum, that's to be expected.  One of the things I tend to preach on is that every fanbase has good and bad fans.  I've been embarrassed by Cornell fans as well as proud of our fans.  And, with every confidence that neutral fans reading this forum would agree with me,  I say this in the best way possible:  You're being a dick.

You've said in this thread "I'm pretty much the only non-red fan here these days," which is bunk.  We've recently had Dart~Ben, Mark from BU, ursaminor from RPI, TheDrunkenSquirrel from UMinn, and more notably, daredevilcu and Drew, both from Clarkson.  All have been welcome members of this forum, and although they have written things that I, or others, might not have agreed with, it has been pleasant, civil, and a friendly discourse.  You, on the other hand troll endlessly, waiting for an opening to just insult people, often taking over a thread or 2 to have your little fun.  While you have written some posts here that have some relevant and interesting things to say, even in the past 2 days, the large majority of your posts the past 3 weeks have been venomous and hateful.  If I were to go on the Golden Knight Forum and do what you have done here, I hate to think what the reaction would be.

I know a large number of Clarkson fans.  When I mentioned your favorite phrase, "Carnellian colored glasses" to a good friend of mine who attended Clarkson, he rolled his eyes and said "is he still using that phrase?"  This is a person who has received Christmas cards from Goldie Knight.  (And for the record, I have personally met Goldie myself; she's a nice lady, and doesn't deserve to be picked on in this forum).  Basically, none of the Clarkson fans I've met and hung out with are as incendiary as you.

One of my favorite axioms is that as passionate college hockey fans, we're all basically the same fans...we just happen to wear different colors.  And just about every hateful thing that you've said about us as a whole, I can turn around and say about the Clarkson fanbase.  You've been spit on, had things thrown at you, and been treated poorly by ushers in Lynah?  The same exact things have happened to me in Cheel.  People got yelled at on the old Clarkson Round Table for saying the slightest negative thing about the Clarkson team...even if it were something as minor as "the passing hasn't been crisp."  I can tell you that many people here can take what they initiate.  You tell us we all wear carnellian glasses, but all of your posts are coming from behind green and gold spectacles yourself.  That's fine, but that alone doesn't give you license to be a dick.  Which you most definitely are doing.  You're on such a mission to tear down what you think is a superior air by some of us around here that you've become an absolute prick.  Congratulations.

Go ahead and give me your best "no, you are."  I don't care.  But please stop disrupting good conversation that we Cornell fans happen to be enjoying by trolling and flaming.  I wish people here didn't have to lower themselves to your level and respond to your trolling.  I rarely respond to trolls myself, and this'll be the last time I address it.  But I really hope your family and kids you coach don't know what a dick you're being online.

I'll leave you with two quotes from Jon Stewart in his legendary appearance on "Crossfire."  They seem appropriate here.

[Q]
"What you do is not honest. What you do is partisan hackery. You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably."

"You know what's interesting, though? You're as big a dick on your show as you are on any show."
[/Q]

[marty]

[Q]RichS Wrote:

 Banned, Marty?  I don't recall that, really.

Truce?  Was this a war?  It wasn't one in my mind.   [/q]

The point was no one ever banned you.  I guess I was too obtuse?

And yes, you are acting like it is a war.  Your posts used to be much more worthwhile than they have been this week.  I like the idea of a Clarkson fan on the forum, but I haven't enjoyed this stuff.

[elf-in-the-night]

Here's the problem...you touch a Minnesota player they fall...fans boo...next time fans boo again...referee feels the heat...make's a weak call...Cornell got 4 penalties in a row...between 1st & second period...saw the same thing in the Maine game...what was that 4 penalties to 9...I guess in the WCHA with the big rinks...you get skaters...big/small...you touch them they fall...that's not what I call real hockey...next time no Regional finals in 200x100 rinks...50 out of 58 makes that point abundantly clear..NO???