sinicalypse wrote:
you know, in the grand history of the board the only poster i can truly say was "overrated" was speeps. and that's not breaking bad on the guy cuz he left, or because he is someone that i don't like.... it's just that i could never figure out what made him such a mostly-beloved board institution for awhile other than the fact that he was always around and posting a lot.
RPB detractors say that about RPB, but RPB is basically upgraded the speeps role to someone who actually has something to say... whereas speeps was just kind of..... hmm how can i say it? he wasn't really outspoken but he had his beliefs.... but he tended to be a bit of a windsock with the directions the board was going with certain people/shows/media (until he str8up started running for office with his whole ReVolution thing, which later spun off into THE BIG SHOW counterculture and even later the other board) and well, idk.... he just seemed like "kind of a pretty big deal" during the peak of his "era" here (cuz there definitely is a speeps era, much like there was a degendave era and there was an IS0P era, a guest posting era, etc) and really, i mean, other than having a high volume of posts i dont think he brandished a cult of personality that really endeared himself to some and polarized others. LET THE RECORD SHOW.... that there's only a few posters on the other board, and that says something.
otherwise people are about where i rate them, and even if i did have any thoughts on who the actual overrated posters on this board in the present day are you wouldn't get them cuz i aint taking that bait. i almost did in defending me and ike in the wake of PUSSIESgate, but still.... i gotta remember that my rap idol aceyalone once started off a verse str8up saying "
i'm aceyalone and i transcend" ---- logos is an important part of branding, you know! =D
edit: btw, man, the song in which acey said that is totally apropos in terms of symbolizing me and ike in the wake of PUSSIESgate. suffice to say when the man talks about the fundamental problems of transcendentalism i can relate =D
If you look at all the really long niche threads, i.e. wrestling, Game of Thrones,board drama, Dr Who, Nascar, etc. Terry's Peeps was a big presence in all of those. RPB, Frank, NAS etc. have a lot of posts, but they're not into everything sub-interest that presents itself here. That's why, in addition to being generally amiable, Terry's Peeps is/was so well liked. "Oh, TP's my guy, he's a GOT/WWE/Anti- KW/Dr. Who/insert-subgenre-here guy."
Oh well. People go their separate ways. Wonder where Juggs went off to.