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Welcome Thread

mbow30 said:
11-12 years of poor performances, (almost) no playoff appearances, incompetent coaching, poor management, poor drafting and horrible signings has left us all jaded, bitter and caring far less about the leafs than most of us used to. That, and other factors, has seen some long time stalwart posters post with less frequency (BeLeafer, zeke), lose their minds (mbow30) or stop posting altogether (PQ, PTBNL). And whether it's us being too insular, or lack of interest in the Leafs, it's been a while since we've had any real injection of new blood on this board. But, over the past few weeks I've seen two new posters show up -- Hobarth and Junor (maybe old posters with new names??)
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FYP. Don't be shy mbow.
 
CTheBigPicture said:
I have regrets too. My biggest regret is not going to Floyd's party in the mid 2000's. He had invited a bunch of guys from here to catch a game and I had confirmed my attendance over the phone but on the night something came up and I couldn't go. In hindsight, that something wasn't nearly as important as I treated it at the time. Few years later we lost Floyd (to the new members, this board is dedicated to the memory of FloydianLeaf). I miss the guys mbow mentioned as well. Both PQ and PTBLN were awesome (and I am sure we've lost a few people who I can't remember off the top of my head now).

I may be coming off as overly dramatic here to some of you but I've truly enjoyed my time as a member. I have learned Canada's favourite sport (I still have a lot to learn of course) while e-meeting/meeting great people; and the sheer number of words I typed here those first few years really helped my writing and positively affected my success in some uni courses and later on in life.


So yes kids, let's stay civil, enjoy the Leafs' first real rebuild since we were born. I can't wait to book a downtown bar together for all of us to go to with family and friends and cheer on the Leafs as they score a 2nd OT goal in game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
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I went to two of them and both were great. Floyd was really nice. We should plan another.
 
We have tried to plan a FI night before. If people are in I'll do the planning but it would likely be at real sports.
 
CTheBigPicture said:
Hey boys/girls welcome to the boards indeed (great thread mbow btw).

Our history is important to everyone one of us since we've made it a daily ritual to check in, talk sports, hockey, leafs, and life in general for years.

I was in my early 20s (now mid 30s) that a friend of mine told me about this site where I could go and talk Raptors with people. As an immigrant with friends who had for whatever reasons made it a life plan to dislike hockey at all cost, I had developed great love for the game but didn't really have a close group of people to enjoy it with. Needless to say I made my way from the Raptors board to the Leafs' board.

Before that, during high school years, I had self thought everything there was to know about hockey (yes for much of that time, especially the first few years in high school, I had to watch games basically all alone cause my English was far from good enough to just get into hockey discussions with random people). Scout, Fanhome, scoreboards, FI (am I missing anything in between?) were and have been a blessing.

The best part of the boards for me has been how great many people's lives are outside these boards. They have great friends and families and have had successful runs in their careers and life (so yes we do have lives outside these boards). Mbow's gone from a uni kid to a successful lawyer, blkngldbabe is now a great mother, HL works with the law enforcement officials giving us great insight on what those guys go through everyday, Metal is our go to person for all things travel, Mindz is doing great in Alberta and knows all things Mexico as well, I've had a good run in business, Jays seem to be living his dream working in sports environment etc. etc. etc. (sorry can't name all of you ;d). We've built an online friendship that is only possible in the new millennium. I've had the pleasure of meeting some of the guys as well which makes it even better.

Remarkably, we've made our way through several boards; we left some because they were shutdown, others because they were badly moderated etc. Every single time a move was happening, I got personal PMs from people telling me where to go next. This board has been the best since fanhome. Habsy's let us run it our way and we've enjoyed it immensely; the large number of Habs fans (and of course the few resident Sens fans whom have also been with us since the beginning) make it all more fun.

I have regrets too. My biggest regret is not going to Floyd's party in the mid 2000's. He had invited a bunch of guys from here to catch a game and I had confirmed my attendance over the phone but on the night something came up and I couldn't go. In hindsight, that something wasn't nearly as important as I treated it at the time. Few years later we lost Floyd (to the new members, this board is dedicated to the memory of FloydianLeaf). I miss the guys mbow mentioned as well. Both PQ and PTBLN were awesome (and I am sure we've lost a few people who I can't remember off the top of my head now).

I may be coming off as overly dramatic here to some of you but I've truly enjoyed my time as a member. I have learned Canada's favourite sport (I still have a lot to learn of course) while e-meeting/meeting great people; and the sheer number of words I typed here those first few years really helped my writing and positively affected my success in some uni courses and later on in life.


So yes kids, let's stay civil, enjoy the Leafs' first real rebuild since we were born. I can't wait to book a downtown bar together for all of us to go to with family and friends and cheer on the Leafs as they score a 2nd OT goal in game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
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Yeah, I've "known" some of you guys longer than some close friends. Been posting with a bunch of you since the year 2000 when I was 18.
 
Been posting since 1999. I was one of those kids that would post fake trades because I thought it ws funny/fun at the time. Got banned many times, but to be fair I was ****ing 10 years old. With that said, I kept coming back and 17 years later I'm probably even less mature than ever. PTBNL's disappearance is a bit sad actually. It came completely randomly and suddenly. And he clearly hasn't been posting anywhere else - you have to wonder what happened there. He was a great guy, it's too bad. We have definitely lost some good ones but it's nice to have a decent amount of the old gang still kicking around.

As soft as this may sound it's a nice sense of community and it brings a sense of comfort in my life when I know I can kick back after a long day and browse around here. I mean, I have a great life as it is - calm, routine, and quite frankly boring - just how I like it. This is one of the 5000 little things in life that you take for granted, but really brings a larger sense of importance than we may realize. So thank you. Some may think it's sad to have been posting here for 17 years, but **** that shit. I'm embracing that shit. For anyone posting here that long, it's a larger part of your life than most of you care to admit and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
 
I thought about this issue when I saw a couple of names I didn't recognize posting a few weeks ago, it would be nice to get some new people on board once in a while. It's odd it happens so infrequently, because this site ranks highly in Google searches, you'd think there's be more traffic. I guess the part about the Leafs sucking for so long now may have something to do with it. Welcome to the newbies!
 
I think you guys are intimidating to be honest. Razor sharp jabs at each other might have the onlooker think twice about joining the melee. That's not a slam either, it's the nature of the beast. There are some highly intelligent hockey fans here and they don't suffer fools gladly. That being said, you lurkers should sign up, it's a great board.
 
What ever happened to SirPsychoSexy? Is he still waiting for bail money?
 
Preston_Mizzi said:
Been posting since 1999. I was one of those kids that would post fake trades because I thought it ws funny/fun at the time. Got banned many times, but to be fair I was ****ing 10 years old. With that said, I kept coming back and 17 years later I'm probably even less mature than ever. PTBNL's disappearance is a bit sad actually. It came completely randomly and suddenly. And he clearly hasn't been posting anywhere else - you have to wonder what happened there. He was a great guy, it's too bad. We have definitely lost some good ones but it's nice to have a decent amount of the old gang still kicking around.

As soft as this may sound it's a nice sense of community and it brings a sense of comfort in my life when I know I can kick back after a long day and browse around here. I mean, I have a great life as it is - calm, routine, and quite frankly boring - just how I like it. This is one of the 5000 little things in life that you take for granted, but really brings a larger sense of importance than we may realize. So thank you. Some may think it's sad to have been posting here for 17 years, but **** that shit. I'm embracing that shit. For anyone posting here that long, it's a larger part of your life than most of you care to admit and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
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I didn't realize you had been posting that long. What were your past monikers?
 
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