Great moments in COTG board history

[Knapik]

Man I was bored and going through the 'Board Ideas and Suggestions' section, and WOW did there used to be a lot of spite and hate rolling around here! I mean I knew it was brutal sometimes, but these days it's a freaking utopia in comparison. Honestly, I kind of miss the way things used to be haha. Looking back, there were some fun little feuds.

Someone (or all of us) should go through a make a list of the best board feuds/moments of the past few years for old time's sake. Surely we can look back and laugh now, right? Sure are a lot of white names haha.

[Knapik]

I guess I'll start adding some here for people to check. If you guys want to add some too, this could be a cool thread. Remember a thread/series of threads that got people fired up?

Here's an obvious one, and perhaps the most recent:

Benoit, Althusser, and Legacies[/b]

the feud: Hegemony vs. the board
the time: June 27-29, 2007
what happened: Hegemony decided to play a sort of devil's advocate at perhaps the worst possible time.

Hegemony: "Basically, I am saying that one does in fact need to separate Benoit the wrestler and Benoit the person in certain instances, just as is done when discussing Althusser’s theories of ideology."

This set off all sorts of fireworks (from myself included) with a couple people coming to Hegemony's defense. People were emotional about Benoit and this gave them a chance to let stuff out... a lot of it in Hegemony's direction

[Knapik]

uh oh...[/b]

the feud: Swam/Payback/Joe vs. Splattercat/Tommy B/Ingersoll (with Pure Hatred, madacapa, floyd the barber, and Chewey somewhere in the middle)
the time: May 15-22, 2006
what happened: Swarm starts one of several "Joe sucks" thread into motion.. and gets 115 replies.

Swarm: "all I know is that Umaga made it through his match tonight on RAW without a scratch...I guess he is tougher than Joe too?"

That quote right there set some into a tizzy (where was I during this?!). Typical back and forth between the usual suspects. Some points of intrest include madacapa showing up, which is always a treat! He suggested that to save TNA, Goldberg and the Ultimate Warrior should come in. Crap, I miss madacapa. Great quote from madacapa:

Oh, by the way, you are the true hypocrite!

Then basically Chewey is all 'Huh?' and madacapa's reply is priceless:

I do not have to explain to you how you are the true hypocrite; you just are and thats that.

(italics retained for hilarity's sake.)

PureHatred with the quotes of the thread:

hypocrite: another word madacapa doesn't know the meaning of.

&

If you talk about a product that you don't watch, then everything you say is meaningless. However, since its you, even if you watched it, it would most likely be meaningless.

The Joe vs. Umaga talk went back and forth for pages and OF COURSE nothing was accomplished. I wish splattercat and Tommy would come back. I like those guys, and they made for some interesting moments.

neily wisdom:

sometimes bigger isnt always better.depends on your fighting skills.jmo folks

[Chris Ingersoll]

knapik said:

Man I was bored

I'd say that sums it up accurately.

[offspring515]

I've had some bad insomnia the past month or so and I've been reading some old threads on here too. It is amazing how many run ins there have been. Swarm vs. Everyone (except Joe/Payback), MFT vs. Me, Bazzy vs. The English Language, The Deuce Originals vs. "The Hive", COTG vs. Wrestling Wars.

It's really an amazing, humorous thing to look back on.

[Hegemony]

knapik said:

I guess I'll start adding some here for people to check. If you guys want to add some too, this could be a cool thread. Remember a thread/series of threads that got people fired up?

Here's an obvious one, and perhaps the most recent:

Benoit, Althusser, and Legacies

[/b]

the feud: Hegemony vs. the board
the time: June 27-29, 2007
what happened: Hegemony decided to play a sort of devil's advocate at perhaps the worst possible time.

Hegemony: "Basically, I am saying that one does in fact need to separate Benoit the wrestler and Benoit the person in certain instances, just as is done when discussing Althusser’s theories of ideology."

This set off all sorts of fireworks (from myself included) with a couple people coming to Hegemony's defense. People were emotional about Benoit and this gave them a chance to let stuff out... a lot of it in Hegemony's direction

[/quote]

I will start accepting apologies at Galacticon next year. What better time to discuss difficult concepts than when the emotions are raw and unencumbered? Avoids pleasantries and potentially gets to something "Real".

And for the record, I still have not watched a Benoit match myself, although I did go back and watch his testimony at the Guerrero "Tribute" show. Chilling.

Sorry for the hijack.

[Chris Ingersoll]

hegemony said:

And for the record, I still have not watched a Benoit match myself, although I did go back and watch his testimony at the Guerrero "Tribute" show. Chilling.

I haven't either, but the recent news regarding the internet suppliers -- specifically a couple of names involved -- is equally as chilling. (And sad, in many ways.)

[Knapik]

Someone in Jamestown please...[/b]

the feud: Galacticon vs. Non-attendees & Swarm vs. Wildfire/Holland
the time: Galacticon 2007
what happened: Jim Steel posts fake spoilers at the behest of GalactiCon attendees, and some people didn't appreciate the gesture.

Jim Steel: "*** MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD ***


The big news: The Gladiators have kicked Disaster off the team and replaced him with Monolith! Monolith has ended Disaster's career in a brutal sneak attack, breaking his back!

Endgame has gotten an update and joined Eugenics to feud with Monolith.

We're all busy here running tournaments and I don't have time to post all the teams, but you can plan around it."

Some people got it...

Aquinas: "I didn't read Jim Steel's spoiler, and I won't.....but even if I did, my inclination is that it is a swerve."

and some people, well... didn't...

ferg: "HEY LEAVE JIM ALONE"

Dave: "This game edition sounds awesome!"

Travis "Well...that will certainly change the face of Traviz GWF 2122."

Wildfire: "I agree totally, its the 'nah nah we know and you don't" and the " we can't tell you for your own good" posts that I took offense to...

That and the fact that many of you seem to be saying that those of us with jobs and families that don't allow us to spend an entire weekend doing nothing but playing wrestling are not worthy of playing the game at all.

But, hey, if y'all are happy being treated like 10 year olds, don't let me stop you. "

In the middle somewhere Swarm and Holland almost came together and did a little business; Pete Beck managed to fit Death Knight into the conversation; and jefft and JamieOD sang a tune for peace.

Man, I'm so at Havo... GalactiCon next year.


neily wisdom:

yeah that sucks mike i should know i've had one as well. a concussion.

[Dragon Breath]

this thread won't end well

[Knapik]

arctus said:

this thread won't end well

Dude seriously, it totally will end well. This is not to be taken seriously at all.

It was really for the older stuff, but that last one should be here for prosterity's sake!

[Knapik]

Rule proposal[/b]

the feud: Swarm, Joe, Payback, Knapik vs. tafkaga, Splattercat, CanadianPitbull; somewhere in the middle: LWPD, offspring, Butters, Chang
the time:April 1-9, 2006
what happened: Hawk suggested a rules change to make everything tighter and nicer around the COTG boards, Swarm called him a wiener, tafkaga threatens to contact Swarm's work, these new Canadian guys show up, Knapik jumps in, this guy named 'Chang' who had like 4 posts makes half of them here, offspring - as usual - is a voice of reason (and most ignore him)...

wait, did I just say tafkaga contacted Swarm's work?!

Swarm: "how about we are all grown men and we handle our own. I've never had an issue handling your boy, or anyone else, so I don't see the need for a change.

it just sounds like you're looking for protection and it's kinda sissy."

Now I didn't catch ALL of the venemous threads, but this one I remember because I figured prominently in it for a couple pages and I remember this as the most brutal thread at the time. Bear in mind that I like splattercat, Hawk, and Canadian Pitbull very much now (CPB and I work on bootlegs together) and when I write these things up it's all for fun.

Hawk had an idea - basically if you talk trash or even hint at it, you're gone. Swarm, Joe, Knapik, Trav and even Chris Ingersoll didn't think it was a cool idea (try to get those 5 people to agree on anything and good luck... go ahead, I'll wait.)

Quickly tafkaga and Swarm - the two of whom I think it's no exagerration to say they hated one another - started at it.

tafkaga: "You're the guy who's starting the threads just to confront me. To go to all this trouble and then say you don't care is riduculous. You care more than ANYONE."

Swarm: "there is a difference between caring what people think of you and self-entertainment Gordon.

telling stories of how you got beat up in junior high or whatever to hundreds of people who don't know you, and constantly reminding everyone that you don't care, and that you have moved on, blah, blah, blah is caring what people think of you...

parodying real-life and turning you into a salamander jobber obsessed with Swarm and the Inner Circle in my fed is self entertainment..."

It was pretty nasty, and tafkaga deleted his account halfway through. I think he came back once more, but that didn't last too long. I think even Tommy Brownell was on Swarm and co.'s side, so this thread is HISTORIC for several reasons!

A few people took some vicious shots at Chris:

tafkaga: "I don't think there's any chance of new rules being enforced since the old ones are not."

Splattercat: "Swarm needs to be dealt with and Tommy does NOT have the grapefruits to do it"

And it wasn't really fair at all. Knapik jumped in and wondered why 'cat and CPB - two new members of the board - were all over Swarm's case from their first posts. Splattercat and Knapik went back and forth with catty comments like a couple girls. Chris eventually gave it the ol'

MASTERLOCK (+4)

and nothing got resolved (or would have had the thread continued.)

[dukedave]

knapik said:

Man, I'm so at Havo... GalactiCon next year.

It's starting to catch on. It's Havoc-Con 2008 Fever,catch it! The List caravan will be making the trek, assuming Aquinas isn't dumped in Gary.

Seriously, Krapik. Are you on vacation or something man. You're posting like 24 hours a day.

[Knapik]

I don't start my new job til Friday.. I've been pretty restless.

[Knapik]

How about...[/b]

the feud: N/A
the time: March 9, 2006
what happened: soug and Neily have a conversation! Soug starts 'er off with an interesting proposal:

Soug: "...we have a section where promoters can send in their photos? Could be interesting.........then again could look like crime stoppers!!! ;D"

and then...
MAGIC

Neily: "how about americas most wanted?"

Soug: "...what are you saying Neil? ;D"

Neily: "just joking bub ;D "

Soug: "...for a minute i thought you were typing away in your cell!!! ;D"

Neily: "nah the guards let me use their computer "

Then Chris breaks things up and that's that. Brilliant.

[Swarm]

[Knapik]

Aw, is that at me?

[Holland227]

this maybe the best thread ever

I smell Thread pt 2

[Knapik]

holland227 said:

this maybe the best thread ever

I smell Thread pt 2

Crap, I need to post about Thread. Coming soon!

[sickman]

Ahhh the memories.

Before work I would come to the board and see a new feud had started and by the end of work there would be 8 or 9 pages to catch up on.

But could we quit with the Brian Peppers pictorials please. Seriously, this guy gives me the creeps. The mutated retards from The Hills Have Eyes are better looking.

[Chris Ingersoll]

knapik said:

Swarm, Joe, Knapik, Trav and even Chris Ingersoll didn't think it was a cool idea (try to get those 5 people to agree on anything and good luck... go ahead, I'll wait.)

Hell, just getting four of them (us) to agree would be a feat, never mind all five.