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Is ArmchairGM Becoming Less Active?

Posted by SSreporters
604 days ago


I'm guilty of being one who uses site scout all the time, but I'm noticing that even on weekdays the activity has stalled quite a bit.

I don't get it, why are there more users here and the activity is becoming less?

When I hopped on here 450-750 comments was the norm and nonstop editing on a weekday with maybe 200 on a weekend.

Almost a year later and we're not even breaking 400.

What happened? Or am I crazy and AGM is very much active.

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Tmil42AAA-er
604 days ago
Score 17+-
First off, you are crazy. Secondly, I know personally that I haven't been around much because of school and work. Thirdly, a lot of the activity has been from trolls which apparently aren't around anymore (which is a good thing, I would say). And fourth, you're still crazy.
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SSreportersLegend
604 days ago
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You're a Syracuse fan....you're NATURALLY crazy.
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SSreportersLegend
604 days ago
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Lone exception: MegECass110.
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Tmil42AAA-er
604 days ago
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I never said I wasn't crazy. How do you think I recognized the symptoms?
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Cornfed78Draft Pick
604 days ago
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SSR wipe that brown stuff off your nose. You're WAY too young for her.
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SSreportersLegend
604 days ago
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It was only because I didn't want the minus.
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CoreyisarealboyMajor Leaguer
604 days ago
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I've been more active during school than before with articles and comments and stuff but I haven't been doing a lot of edits.
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JuTMSY4Legend
604 days ago
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I've been writing...but sadly most of it tonight will involve a book called takeover by charlie savage...
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Agent0Red-Shirting
604 days ago
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My school blocked the site :(
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Yakob878MVP
604 days ago
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bad luck mine has'nt yet
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Cornfed78Draft Pick
604 days ago
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Agent0 your school blows.
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Agent0Red-Shirting
604 days ago
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tell me about it...I wrote a lot of my articles at school
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The PipDiv-I Stud
604 days ago
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It is declining, according to this site. I would not worry about. We do need to work on the membership drives and the encyclopedia, but I would not panic about the future of the site.
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DNLLegend
602 days ago
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Quantcast is garbage.
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Agent0Red-Shirting
604 days ago
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You guys might be excited about this...

Later tonight or early (1am or so) tomorrow morning the Marvel Villans team will be posted :] Say hello to this bad ass

venom.jpg
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JuTMSY4Legend
604 days ago
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punt returner?
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CoreyisarealboyMajor Leaguer
604 days ago
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Devin Hester aint got shit on that.
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CrackajgDraft Pick
604 days ago
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Venom is the shit. He's probably my most favorite villain of all time. And yes, I realize most favorite isn't proper English, but I don't care.
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Yakob878MVP
604 days ago
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I try to get on as much as possible, School, Track and 6:00 weight tranning for football is really taken its toll. so i have been cuting back a lot
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TrizzAll-American
604 days ago
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i try...but really the convos grow stale on here unless there is some sort of flame war, most of the time someone will say something and no one will respond for hours...so i usually write and bail
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ThecrookedcapAll-Star
604 days ago
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I've noticed a lot of users are students - this is a busy time of the year especially for those in college. I also think the huge flame wars chased people away from the site.
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KelsdadAll-Star
604 days ago
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Lack of overall quality articles. For that I give you Exhibits A and B
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SSreportersLegend
604 days ago
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I give you exhibit C-Z.
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CheezerAll-Star
604 days ago
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Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle.

Please don't defame other writers.
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SSreportersLegend
604 days ago
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Hi Mr. Kettle.
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
604 days ago
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Yes, I agree with Cheezer 100% - don't defame other writers... it speaks about you much more poorly than them. Especially if your articles tend to suck.


Let YOUR work do the talking for you!
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KelsdadAll-Star
604 days ago
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OK, now the Pot is talking.
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SSreportersLegend
604 days ago
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Come on...we're just fooling around.;-) Can I at least defame anonymous fanatics?
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
604 days ago
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Joke's on you, Kelsdad... I'm all out of pot!


Defame whoever you want, but that's not the spirit of AGM!!! Criticize ad nauseum but don't blatently call out people needlessly.


Everybody brings something different to the table and the people who need to be shot down are those that take stuff from the table and don't put anything on it...


Crush the trolls, slaughter the spammers, make fun of the anon's but encourage them to try harder and do better!!! We ALL benefit when you lift others up, no one benefits when someone gets pushed down by respected and accepted members of the community.
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KelsdadAll-Star
604 days ago
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It's not defaming if I think the article sucks, it's my opinion. And if he (or anyone else) doesn't like it, then I really don't care. Solution isn't to cry, it's to learn how to take constructive criticism to become better.
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JuTMSY4Legend
604 days ago
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There's a difference between "You're a moron, this is stupid" and "You think Pat Burrell is good, the guy hasn't bat over .260 in like a million years"
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JuTMSY4Legend
604 days ago
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I do think some of us (present company included) could stand to handle some things with more humility...though when you have writers who A) write articles to intentionally rile up people (such as that philly article) or B) are unwilling to at least accept points and/or consider opposing opinions (See LucXV) its difficult...
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KelsdadAll-Star
604 days ago
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Thanks for sharing, JuT. Nice comeback by the Phils, huh? Again, Eaton gets no run support. At least while he was IN the game.
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JuTMSY4Legend
604 days ago
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I know, I put that in jut for you anyways...its really ironic, they've scored (i think) 6 runs for him total this season...

The finger thing...you got me there, i had no idea but it seems to make perfect sense, and it seems that at least the one bomb i saw today was the result of the ballpark and not eaton (a fly anywhere else)

As for Burrell, while I'm happy to see him, its only april and he is a very streaky guy...i expect slumps, but to what degree. Utley slumps but only for a series (or 2 at most)...Burrell can go on for months...
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KelsdadAll-Star
604 days ago
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User:DNL:Dan's job is to promote the site, he can't if all that is being written is crap. He still has a reputation to uphold. Maybe this is a JTJ conspiracy, go to Armchair and write the absolute worst thing possible.....
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SSreportersLegend
604 days ago
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Seeing the comment you made about how Dan really gets new users...
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BigPPupMajor Leaguer
604 days ago
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The numbers are a bit down as lately but that is due to a lot o things. Like many communities, the bulk o comments came out o a couple users. Manny has trimmed back on his activity and that cut a lot out. (There is a reason his stats were so insane) TB was annoying but he commented a lot, and he provoked a lot o you into arguments. I wouldnt worry about the numbers. The site goes through thisat times as the community turns over.
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
604 days ago
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I have a lot going on at this moment and just haven't been inspired enough to fight through it to post articles... and I'm very paranoid about jinxing my teams by writing about them at this particular time!!! =)
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KelsdadAll-Star
604 days ago
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Maybe if you did write about them, Edwin would have had a better outing tonight.
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Tmil42AAA-er
604 days ago
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What's going on here, girlfriend revoke your F button or something?
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
604 days ago
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My wife took my f12 button a couple times today... does that count??
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Bobbyjim45Draft Pick
604 days ago
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Not that it's much, but I've been wicked busy lately with golf season starting up and I haven't been around here as much as I'd like. I actually have a job and responsibilities now (well a job at least), so that's my 30ish or so comments a day and my article or two a week gone.
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Agent0Red-Shirting
604 days ago
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Yea now with the school blocking the site it's hard for me too do my shizz since I work a lot, but I have my days off...like right now hehehe
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DRE-LOAAA-er
604 days ago
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It's April and with a lot of high school and college students it's a slow period. Like today, I worked and had school till damn near 10 in the evening. Then I study when I get home. So Tuesdays-Thursdays are difficult for me. It's a bit easier Mondays and Wednesdays. But it's a busy time with schools gearing up for finals and such. You wait till this weekend when the NBA playoffs begin.
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Oh No RomoDraft Pick
604 days ago
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I haven't contributed an article in two months. Oh yeah and I'm crazy
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Pittsburgh GunnyMajor Leaguer
604 days ago
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I have recently been enjoying working on the encyclopedia. My writing skills, in all honesty, are not that good. Maybe later I will get inspired to write more.
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RomiezzoLegend
604 days ago
Score 0+-
Well, since the bunch of users who signed up in June and July ran out of stuff to vote for, there are no more projects from Roblefko to give to us to earn points, and the fact that there are hardly any more live blogs, of course, AGM has been less as far as comments, votes, and edits go.


I can't wait until summer... but then again, doesn't everybody? But in my case, it's different: I'm going to be on AGM racking up millions of points. ;)
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False ProphetAll-Star
603 days ago
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The issue is that A) instead of writing, people like Kelsdad think it's useful to call other people's writing crap; B) No one here is that great of a Hockey/Basketball mind, and Baseball is to early to be writing a lot. Wait till the NFL gets going with the draft, the activity will return.

Editing wise, a lot of those were Rob, who was creating stuff. There's not a lot of pointless editing to be done, so people aren't as able to contribute. And we've lost some contributors. And comments with substance and arguments are being replaced with Humor and fanboxes. That's great, but it kills discussion, and with it activity. Each of these is everyone's fault.

Solutions: A) write more articles, B) make a couple edits whenever you can. If you learn something about a player, add it to his bio. C) Bring back Live Blogs (good ones, like the large NFL game ones or the NCAA Tournament ones). If it's a slow news day, use the lockerroom to start an open thread. Pick a discussion question, and let everyone have at it.
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SSreportersLegend
603 days ago
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You haven't been active much have you? We have been bringing back live blogs but sadly only 2 or 3 people fully participate.

Kelsdad has written many articles before and his writing is wonderful....

You're a hockey fan, WRITE! Write about how the Minnesota Wild got blitzed last night.

I think the other thing is there are WAY too many 6 sentence articles that get promoted while other people's hard work gets bumped off.

Any comment with substance and/or an argumentative tone has frequently gone into a flame war.
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False ProphetAll-Star
603 days ago
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I know KD has written great articles before, but the point is that we are all guilty, in that we're complaining instead of writing. It's not about his quality, but rather that he is bitching about people writing bad articles instead of writing good ones.

I would write about the Wild, but for me to write requires an hour of solid free time, something I rarely have any more.

I know live blogs still occur. But the frequency and quality has been deteriorating (look at my examples, SSR).

I would like to spend more time here, but it's not really an option at this point.

That's a piss poor argument, SSR. Activity is generated because of discussions. Just because some people can't debate doesn't mean we should sacrafice our content.
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False ProphetAll-Star
603 days ago
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I can't find it now, but a while back there was an Article on the Superdome that got a ton of comments (waaay before the traffic picked up). If you can find it, look at the comments. That's what discussion should be like
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SSreportersLegend
603 days ago
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It's not about his quality, but rather that he is bitching about people writing bad articles instead of writing good ones. Would that be Kels writing good articles or him b*tching about other people's good article?:)
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False ProphetAll-Star
603 days ago
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writing, SSR ;)
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SSreportersLegend
603 days ago
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I thought so.:)
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RomiezzoLegend
603 days ago
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GASP! How could say that? Where the hell is OFD and Cityhockeyfever?
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TrizzAll-American
603 days ago
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Well personally i dont write on basketball because they always get buried (gotta protect my .857 front page average) and like i said before the convos straight die, i find myself on espn having discussions and on here just to read articles, its like a bizarro world and as for humor killing discussion how hard is it to bring up a new point, its not like like we're all in a room laughing and no one can hear you
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TrizzAll-American
603 days ago
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and yea where the hell is 1FD, he hit me up like where the hell have i been i come back and he leaves...
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RomiezzoLegend
603 days ago
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To be honest, Trizz, I believe you should write those basketball articles. You definitely have a lot of good ideas. I know at least 6 or 7 people that would definitely vote for them.

And if it doesn't make the front page due to the fact that it'll get buried, just message people telling them to check out your latest article. It's not that bad of an idea.

We need a lot more basketball/hockey articles here... definitely. Either that, or a lot more basketball/hockey minds [as in new recruits... ;) ]
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KelsdadAll-Star
603 days ago
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First of all, ladies, I didn't provoke the discussion, I merely answered a question. And judging by the tone of the threads on those two articles, most agree with me, just lack the cajones to say so.

And for your info, FP, I did write a great article. "The_Play" Yesterday, in fact. I also noticed you didn't vote or comment. Matter of fact, no one did, except Davis, and his comment was a backhanded criticism of me being a Yankee fan, writing a Red Sox article.

So, maybe I do owe the community an apology for that comment, maybe the articles are all great.

It's the audience that's lacking.
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False ProphetAll-Star
603 days ago
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found the article [1] Hooray for google - [2]
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SSreportersLegend
603 days ago
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The days of 21 anon fanatics commenting on one page....
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False ProphetAll-Star
603 days ago
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those AFs were for the most part intelligent. I think I was the AF who typed "LOL"
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False ProphetAll-Star
603 days ago
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because I wanted to continue the discussion, or I was bored and wanted to. Not sure which one
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TheSportsAppleAll-American
603 days ago
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I havent contributed as much lately because I have been busy at work. And looking for houses with the gf is extremely time consuming.
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CityhockeyfeverVarsity Captain
603 days ago
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I haven't even been paying attention the amount of activity here. I come here every day and post comments and vote on other people's articles when I can. As far as contributing articles, I do it with quality and not quantity. I just don't have the time to write one daily or every couple of days like some members can crank out. For example, the Rangers/Devils series I could've done it game by game, but I decided against it and do something either after tonight's game or after the series ends with a review of the outcome. Unless it is really just an irrational rant or some unconvincing statement for an article, I'm not likely to rip apart somebody's work. The "Philadelphia sports fans... you suck!" article was more of a rant than anything else, but it took balls to publish it and expect the kind of feedback it's getting.
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Oh No RomoDraft Pick
603 days ago
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I have my own life to worry about. I have finals to worry about. Anything that I have to worry about here at AGM is on the backburner. Any online writing focus is strictly for my own blog, which I'm trying to bring back to life and the MMA blog that I write for frequently.
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TrizzAll-American
603 days ago
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maybe i missed something but no one asked anything of you
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