Buncha' blowhards with all your hot air
by Dominik on Jan 6, 2010 6:35 PM EST
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Print"But enough about me. Let's hear you talk about me."
-- a faux-narcissist line that a good friend of mine likes to use at parties
Some of you know of the Isles "blog-off" at the NHL Arena message boards. Thanks to you who voted for this site: We're in the finals now, and after that I believe they'll run each team's winner up against each other (which will no doubt be a simple test of which NHL team has more fans on the board. Alas.).
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One of the things that's long overdue from me is a better guide for those who like to comment here (and those who think about commenting but are waiting for the right trigger). Something to better demonstrate all the bells and whistles of this site. I'll get around to that one day, but the daily stuff of my actual job following this team tends to get in the way.
Long-term I want to encourage more featured voices, too, as the ideal for me (and the reason I came to SBN) was to use the SBN Mothership's weapons to host a fun, smart community of friendly Islanders fans who can shoot the breeze about the team. Like a neighborhood bar, spread out across multiple countries and time zones, where I just make sure the lights are on and the kegs are full. Oh, and that the door-to-door pill salesmen gets thrown out.
When I rebuke myself for not working harder at that goal, I take solace in the fact I really like what we already have here: Whether you comment every day or once a month or just via email or Twitter/Facebook, y'all are great. (Don't tell the bosses, but I also much prefer steady, organic, natural growth rather than growth based on b00b shots.)
Anyway, SBN gave us a code to retrieve the most frequent commenters of the last year. Without further ado, here are 2009's top Lighthouse Hockey commenters (excluding myself: It's really sad how many comments I have.) Cheers and sincere thanks to all of you for making this fun -- whether you love or hate Andy Sutton, whether you share my Frans Nielsen Fanboydom or not, whether you think the fifth Cup is five years or a lifetime away:
Most Active Commenters
| User | Count |
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| Dominik | 5776 |
| BCISLEMAN | 1835 |
| WebBard | 1023 |
| Chickendirt | 697 |
| bob l | 427 |
| metalcoconut | 323 |
| TheMetalChick | 245 |
| Cal_IslandersFan | 238 |
| ogam5 | 234 |
| AP77 | 229 |
I just have one question: What on earth is the matter with you people?! You can't spend all your life on the Internet, you know.*
*This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA.
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I don't know whether to be shocked at how high I am on that list
or that I have so few posts. Weird.
I thought I had more posts but didn’t think enough to be as high on the list.
Haha
If it helps, I think it includes game threads, but I’m not sure (there was some question earlier). Just to add to your confused perspective.
Lighthouse Hockey: Eyes on Tavares, mug full of Moulson.
huh,
I would have guessed that I was at about 225-250 range, guess not. ;)
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 6, 2010 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
It always seems like you're posting more than you are
That’s what it seems like to me. I just checked on another board I’ve posted at for about five years. I figured I’d have about 20,000 posts. Turns out only 8,000.
Guess I don’t spend that much time on the net as I thought I did.
Could depend on when you guys started, too
I think Cal_IslandersFan was really active for a while over the summer, then went underground.
Lighthouse Hockey: Eyes on Tavares, mug full of Moulson.
I looked at my profile, and it said that I had posted something like 190 or so, I know that I didn’t start here until right before “The Draft”, so… uh, well, I guess I don’t have anywhere to go with this. Anyway, I hope that this year sees it going better, assuming I can keep the wife off of Facebook.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 8, 2010 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
I just have one question: What on earth is the matter with you people?! You can’t spend all your life on the Internet, you know.*
*This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA.
LOL! This is even funnier to me since writing and processing paperwork for FDA compliance is what I actually do for a living! :D
Let Us Go, Islanders!
(Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 9, 2010 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
Ha!
bogarting all the comments.
SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jan 7, 2010 8:40 AM EST up reply actions
Cheater!
One day, we’ll get around to using recs to turn comments green and make the best ones really pretty.
Lighthouse Hockey: Eyes on Tavares, mug full of Moulson.
Ha, I think I’ll request a retired Islanders’ number/banner appears next to them. That will put me on tech support’s good side.
Lighthouse Hockey: Eyes on Tavares, mug full of Moulson.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
Let Us Go, Islanders!
(Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 9, 2010 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
Wow, I did not realize that I commented that much. I would like to say that is sad but I really enjoy talking to other Islander fans because that happens so much in Texas…
Hey Dom are there Corsi measurements on these stats? :P
Keep up the hard work. We appreciate it.
I am starting to believe that the guy that hit Brendan Witt with the SUV was Swiss.
Hey Dom are there Corsi measurements on these stats? :P
Those are coming with SBN 3.0. Let me just say someone’s going to have to work on their game.
Seriously, thank you. I enjoy this for the very same reasons.
Lighthouse Hockey: Eyes on Tavares, mug full of Moulson.
Well deserved
This site unquestionably SHOULD be in the finals for the Blog-off- its a great site and you run it well, Dom! :)
Let Us Go, Islanders!
(Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
We’re in the finals now, and after that I believe they’ll run each team’s winner up against each other (which will no doubt be a simple test of which NHL team has more fans on the board. Alas.).
Yes- and in that regard the Isles are likely screwed- unless Isles people get in there and vote lol!
But congrats to the Isles finalists, nontheless… and Dom, your blog is in the lead- by one vote!
Let Us Go, Islanders!
(Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 9, 2010 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
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