You may be an ATD'er if....

[seventieslord]

I try and plan the nights my gf comes over to avoid potential nights I pick in the ATD.

lol, good call.

my wife feels totally cheated here. I met her during the lockout and she must not have really understood how crazy about hockey I was. We were dating for almost a year when the 05-06 season started. at the same time I found the Leafs boards and half a year later hfboards. She didn't think she was signing up for all this hockey-related baggage.

 

[Sturminator]

Haha, me getting my wife to join me in the ATD... that's a laugh and a half. No, I just mean doing the ATD when married and/or parenting.

I am married and have three kids. I think it's helped me with my negotiation skills.

 

[Derick*]

lol, good call.

my wife feels totally cheated here. I met her during the lockout and she must not have really understood how crazy about hockey I was. We were dating for almost a year when the 05-06 season started. at the same time I found the Leafs boards and half a year later hfboards. She didn't think she was signing up for all this hockey-related baggage.

You have a wife? I thought geniuses like you didn't have time for relationships.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Wife : '' you think I gained some weight ? ''
Husband: '' prefer saying you have more depth ''

 

[Sturminator]

Wife : '' you think I gained some weight ? ''
Husband: '' prefer saying you have more depth ''

nice

 

[seventieslord]

I am married and have three kids. I think it's helped me with my negotiation skills.

Really, I had no idea!

You have a wife? I thought geniuses like you didn't have time for relationships.

Geniuses find time to do it all. I work 2 hours of OT a day as well.

Wife : '' you think I gained some weight ? ''
Husband: '' prefer saying you have more depth ''

brilliant!

 

[BenchBrawl]

brilliant!

Husband: ''But when I married you you had top end talent ''

 

[papershoes]

by the way, I've been meaning to ask, are LL and I the only two ATD GMs who dare try this with a wife and/or child?

married with a little one on the way...

 

[EagleBelfour]

Single, can't hold into a relationship more than 2 months. I hope I'll be a father one day.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I'm also single , been fooling around a lot the past 2 years.
I'm starting to keep an eye open for a good woman but the hunt still thrills me.

 

[BigDucky]

My wife loves hockey. She's been helping me research my picks.

 

[EagleBelfour]

My wife loves hockey. She's been helping me research my picks.

Might god, that's what we call a real keeper! And you were smart enough to put a ring on it, good for you

 

[VanIslander]

Yeah

 

[Sturminator]

It's great to see new GMs with so much enthusiasm. My wife understands that I love history, and doesn't really differentiate between me reading about Roman generals and western league hockey players.

 

[VanIslander]

...I do not consider myself, nor like being called an 'hockey historian', because I am not. I am a hockey history buff, even a fanatic,...

HERE, HERE!

 

[Sturminator]

Insofar as we work with the raw material of history, we are all historians, and it is simply a matter of whether we choose to be good ones or not so good ones. Eagle underrates himself, and badly, as a means of dodging legitimate criticism. His profiles remain the single best source of historical information about most of the players he chooses to work on whether or not he actually takes himself seriously.

 

[EagleBelfour]

Insofar as we work with the raw material of history, we are all historians, and it is simply a matter of whether we choose to be good ones or not so good ones. Eagle underrates himself, and badly, as a means of dodging legitimate criticism. His profiles remain the single best source of historical information about most of the players he chooses to work on whether or not he actually takes himself seriously.

I don't believe that because we work with historical document that we are all historian. There's a manner and scientific ways to use those documents properly, and I don't consider having the knowledge and expertise to use those documents in an impartial, unbiased and scientific way.

You are certainly right when you say that I'm trying to dodge criticism, it's a fact. However, as I will always try to answer any question to be the best of my abilities and be as unbiased as possible, the fact remain that I am participating in the ATD for the entertainment that it brings me, and not for the advancement of hockey history. Hell, if both can coexist together I'm a happy camper, but the ATD remain a pastime only, albeit a very nice one. It's not that I cannot take criticism, it's more that I want to keep the line that I drawn; that although I'm putting more and work hours into the ATD, it always remain a fun experience. As soon as the ATD will become work, I'll quit without a second thought.

Hopefully I'm making sense. I'm not sure I was able to properly write down my thought on that matter.

 

[Leafs Forever]

I don't believe that because we work with historical document that we are all historian. There's a manner and scientific ways to use those documents properly, and I don't consider having the knowledge and expertise to use those documents in an impartial, unbiased and scientific way.

You are certainly right when you say that I'm trying to dodge criticism, it's a fact. However, as I will always try to answer any question to be the best of my abilities and be as unbiased as possible, the fact remain that I am participating in the ATD for the entertainment that it brings me, and not for the advancement of hockey history. Hell, if both can coexist together I'm a happy camper, but the ATD remain a pastime only, albeit a very nice one. It's not that I cannot take criticism, it's more that I want to keep the line that I drawn; that although I'm putting more and work hours into the ATD, it always remain a fun experience. As soon as the ATD will become work, I'll quit without a second thought.

Hopefully I'm making sense. I'm not sure I was able to properly write down my thought on that matter.

You act like historians aren't bias (Believe me, they are).

Legit, much of the historian is just being able to argue about history using the evidence available and finding such evidence. From that perspective, we'd all pass.
Le

 

[VanIslander]

You may be an ATD'er if the biggest sin you've committed in life was on the ATD board. My apologizes. Forgive me.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

If this is the worst thing you ever did, you have led a much holier life than I.

 

[VanIslander]

If this is the worst thing you ever did, you have led a much holier life than I.

Or else I did something very, very bad on the board.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

I'm more or less aware of what happened, and it's the kind of thing that I may have done myself back when I was 19....

Zamboni Mania is the one that really confuses me.

 

[VanIslander]

Zamboni Mania is the one that really confuses me.

We were short a team back in ATD11 I believe, and recruiting efforts didn't surface a 32nd team. The later foray in the MLDs were, well, an addiction, good intentions gone bad, all run amock, yet even then, all picks were intended to be the best available. Zamboni Mania teams never did well in rankings or playoffs, votes tallied by an outsider, as per tradition when I ran the drafts. No hanky panky there.

 

[Dreakmur]

Maybe I'm out of the loop, but I have no idea what's going one here

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Check the roster thread carefully. If you've been around forums long enough, you'll know what it means