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Post by tomclen on Sept 21, 2016 6:55:17 GMT -5
I don't understand all this hand-wringing over PSU. PSU is doing fine. In fact, PSU is having one of their most solid starts ever. PSU has knocked off LBSU and Colorado. They've beaten Utah State and Arizona State. PSU is 8-4. They have a real shot at winning their conference title this year! On another note, how did Ladeda pronounce his name: 1. LA deduh 2. La-Dee-DAH 3. LAD-e-duh 4. LADY-dah I should start a poll.
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Post by mikegarrison on Sept 21, 2016 9:38:03 GMT -5
I guess you guys need some "safe space" practice in dealing with the cognitive dissonance of having your team not be #1. That being said, it's hardly secret considering @nyline has been posting links to his articles there for several years. As Mike noted, DigNittanyVolleyball.com is not a secret site (Mike graciously did a Q&A for it prior to the Penn State vs. Washington semi-final match in 2013). And noone has ever been banned there. As to why fewer Penn State threads on VolleyTalk this season, one obvious answer (without the "cognitive dissonance" slant) is that some fans are less inclined to talk about the team when it's having less success. There are also fair weather "fans" who simply don't follow the team unless it's highly ranked (I believe every school has "fans" like that), and finally, there are, as Millenium alluded, fans who do want to talk about the team this season, with all its imperfections and challenges, but don't want to be diverted into unproductive and sometimes acrimonious tangents. So actually, the DigNittany Forum is a good alternative for them. It has way more threads, and page views, than last season, and I think the reason is that there are Penn State fans who want to talk about Penn State, without having to worry about getting into arguments with fans of other schools who interpret their posts as arrogant or somehow dismissive of those schools. I happen to like VolleyTalk, and respect most of the posters. It's a great asset for volleyball generally. I don't like the acrimony and sniping. I can play that game, but life is too short, in my opinion, to spend time on that. One phenomenon I believe occurs is that as a team (any team) enjoys more success, a segment of its fan base becomes more vocal and, sadly, sometimes arrogant, abrasive, and dismissive in their interactions with other fanbases. We'll call them the Rude Group. Another phenomenon I believe occurs is that as a team (any team) enjoys more success, the fans of other teams become frustrated by that success (separate and apart from the bad behavior of that team's Rude Group), and simply don't want to hear from the fans of that team about the success their team is enjoying, their distress when it doesn't succeed, and their hopes that it succeeds in the future. I don't believe those phenomena are limited to Penn State or Penn State's fans, it's just that the extended run by Penn State magnified and exacerbated both of them (IMHO). Of course, I am probably totally wrong, distracted by the concept of anti-quarks. You have to admit though, the Yankees do suck. Bastards blow up their team and start rebuilding mid season, and they are STILL in the damn playoff race with a bunch of the most promising new players in baseball.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Sept 21, 2016 11:52:12 GMT -5
Does this thread feel a little like misdirection? What if Wolfgang was actually ladeda?
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Post by Wolfgang on Sept 21, 2016 12:24:21 GMT -5
Does this thread feel a little like misdirection? What if Wolfgang was actually ladeda? No, can't be. I never had (and don't have currently) any inside scoop on the Wahine vb team. Besides, if I had all the inside scoop, I wouldn't login with a stupid name like "ladeda" and give him all the credit. I'd log in as "Wolfgang" and give myself all the credit. Giving "ladeda" all the credit would be going against all classic narcissism behavior!
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Post by bill on Sept 21, 2016 14:42:06 GMT -5
What happened to BEACHMAN? He is still here- posting as "bill." That is not true, whomever Beachman was it is not me!
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Post by bigfan on Sept 21, 2016 15:08:05 GMT -5
He is still here- posting as "bill." That is not true, whomever Beachman was it is not me! Well you are a fan of the Beach, but your posts are not acidic enough.
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Post by Wolfgang on Sept 21, 2016 15:13:49 GMT -5
I wonder if sonofbarcelonabob is dead. I mean, you can't dismiss the Hit-by-a-Bus scenarios.
Also, if he's the son, who is THE barcelonabob?
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Post by Wolfgang on Sept 21, 2016 15:16:03 GMT -5
Beachman was at his peak just when Long Beach State was at its peak and slowly declining (late 1990s-early 2000s). It's reasonable to assume Beachman stopped caring about 49er volleyball in the past few years. Or he may have retired to Florida.
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Post by bigfan on Sept 21, 2016 15:16:04 GMT -5
I wonder if sonofbarcelonabob is dead. I mean, you can't dismiss the Hit-by-a-Bus scenarios. Also, if he's the son, who is THE barcelonabob? He said good bye to Volleytalk, he was sick and passed away. One of the best all time VT posters.
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Post by Wolfgang on Sept 21, 2016 15:17:48 GMT -5
I wonder if sonofbarcelonabob is dead. I mean, you can't dismiss the Hit-by-a-Bus scenarios. Also, if he's the son, who is THE barcelonabob? He said good bye to Volleytalk, he was sick and passed away. One of the best all time VT posters. I remember some posters saying they were sick but not barcelonabob. Why don't I remember this? When did this happen?
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Post by tomclen on Sept 21, 2016 15:29:51 GMT -5
He said good bye to Volleytalk, he was sick and passed away. One of the best all time VT posters. I remember some posters saying they were sick but not barcelonabob. Why don't I remember this? When did this happen? The UC Santa Barbara fan (Santabarbarian?) passed away. I, also don't remember reading about barcelonabob
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Sept 21, 2016 17:16:49 GMT -5
He is still here- posting as "bill." That is not true, whomever Beachman was it is not me! C'Mon, Beachman come clean, it's okay. That exclamation point at the end of your sentence is verifiable proof.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Sept 21, 2016 17:20:05 GMT -5
He said good bye to Volleytalk, he was sick and passed away. One of the best all time VT posters. I remember some posters saying they were sick but not barcelonabob. Why don't I remember this? When did this happen? bigfan is thinking about the Santa Barbarian. If I remember correctly, sonofbarcelona bob got mad at the mods over a misunderstanding and left (although I think I've seen traces of him at times). Beachman also deleted his account after a misunderstanding with the mods but well, yeah. Anyone remember that doof, Roger Lococo?
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Post by Wolfgang on Sept 21, 2016 17:24:41 GMT -5
BIK, you make me laugh. You may or may not know WHY you make me laugh -- but you do.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Sept 21, 2016 17:31:29 GMT -5
BIK, you make me laugh. You may or may not know WHY you make me laugh -- but you do. I have an idea. I was laughing when I wrote it.
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