i realize im nit-picking, but i had actually already posted twice by the time this response was posted by you:
If you don't like it here you don't have to post here. Feel free to create your own forum where all newbies are banned. Personally I'm committed to the growth of footbag and it can't grow without new players. I'm sure you see the need for this Peter, based on your comment about 2 or more forums being good. That sounds to me like you would just like other people to do all the work, which I guess is the attitude of most freestylers.
....and you can clearly see you have already read BOTH my posts, as you responded to specific things i said in my second post, which, while it didnt exactly praise .org, at least explained my perspective on the situation more clearly than "i dont like it here" but, long story short, i dont really give a shit about .org, so i may as well have not bothered posting again. the only context in which i appreciate .org is the fact that it handles a good portion of the newbies instead of them being here...i cant picture myself finding reading all this if some of the thread titles included=
1. chuck taylors
2. what is your hacky-sacking record
3. rate my current shoes
4. dirt bags
5. adidas samba
and finally,
6. Wooo, I hit ATW
no offense whatsoever to the original posters (i recall being twice as stoked when i first hit atw...), but at least .org keeps most of the newbies out of my face until they learn chuck taylors really do suck for footbag. i admire those of you who keep .org running, and answer the exact same questions endlessly, especially as its inifinitly clear that i would NEVER be able to handle that.
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i stopped read that thread on .org after i posted. i still stand by what i said. dont know if you will even read this, since you dont post much on modified anymore (im thinking of ditching all the extraneous posting and focusing totally on the sport myself, at very least...), but why should it seem that i "would just like other people to do all the work" when its work towards a goal that i (or other freestylers) dont have for myself or the sport. i dont care that much if footbag becomes 'big' (which will translate directly into commercialized), and i dont expect it to happen anytime soon in any case. my personal goals do involve playing with other people, so to that end i do my own personal work on advancing footbag locally, but thats my biz-nassss. uh, long story short, i like two forums because i dont view the community unifying and the sport becoming commercialized as one of my goals for the sport.
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