OT: General OT Thread #43 - Fugu Appreciation Thread

[Lapa]

As some of you may have noticed on the main board, our long-time admin Fugu has passed away after a long fight with cancer.

Rest in Peace.

 

[SupremeNachos]

So I guess I have an infected hair follicle. I wear rubber boots for a lot of my day for my job, but I never really thought those could mess up my skin so much. I know it's not just me that does this, but once I notice a bump or a pimple I cannot help but poke at it incessantly.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

The weather in the twin cities today is absolutely perfect.

 

[Wild11MN]

The weather in the twin cities today is absolutely perfect.

It was pretty chilly in the early afternoon when it was cloudy and really windy. Otherwise, it was pretty nice once the sun came out.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Exctied. Creed blew me away.

 

[Wabit]

Middle School is more dangerous than hockey for my kid (who is a klutz). 6 years of hockey nothing more than bumps and bruises for her.

1 year (+ less than a month) at school shes:
- gotten a concussion at lunch
- broke her wrist
- bad ankle sprain
- and now this morning she broke a finger on the growth plate.

I thought Middle School was supposed to inflict emotional/psychological injuries, not physical ones.

 

[saskriders]

So just looking for some opinions from you guys as you are one of the two cities to lose a team, but get it back within your lifetime. I'm sure you saw that the Hurricanes revealed new Whalers jerseys, and I am curious how you would feel if the Stars revealed a throwback North Stars jersey. Would it upset you that they are claiming the games you can remember experiencing, the highs and the lows, actually belonged to their history (even if most of them would not have been North Stars fans that shared those experiences)? To be honest I even wish that there was a rule in place that if a team moved they had to change their name, so that any new team in the city could bring back their old name. While I do like the Wild, I much prefer the North Stars name/logo/jerseys. Also, sorry if this is not the best thread, I didn't see any "around the league" thread.

 

[2Pair]

So just looking for some opinions from you guys as you are one of the two cities to lose a team, but get it back within your lifetime. I'm sure you saw that the Hurricanes revealed new Whalers jerseys, and I am curious how you would feel if the Stars revealed a throwback North Stars jersey. Would it upset you that they are claiming the games you can remember experiencing, the highs and the lows, actually belonged to their history (even if most of them would not have been North Stars fans that shared those experiences)? To be honest I even wish that there was a rule in place that if a team moved they had to change their name, so that any new team in the city could bring back their old name. While I do like the Wild, I much prefer the North Stars name/logo/jerseys. Also, sorry if this is not the best thread, I didn't see any "around the league" thread.

Dallas wearing North Star throwbacks would bother me a lot more than it probably should.

 

[Wabit]

So just looking for some opinions from you guys as you are one of the two cities to lose a team, but get it back within your lifetime. I'm sure you saw that the Hurricanes revealed new Whalers jerseys, and I am curious how you would feel if the Stars revealed a throwback North Stars jersey. Would it upset you that they are claiming the games you can remember experiencing, the highs and the lows, actually belonged to their history (even if most of them would not have been North Stars fans that shared those experiences)? To be honest I even wish that there was a rule in place that if a team moved they had to change their name, so that any new team in the city could bring back their old name. While I do like the Wild, I much prefer the North Stars name/logo/jerseys. Also, sorry if this is not the best thread, I didn't see any "around the league" thread.

I'd be fine with it, it is a nice jersey. The North Stars moved to Dallas and took their legacy/history with them, all they did was tweak (re-brand) the name/colors. Teams in all major sports move/re-locate. it's just the nature of the beast (money).

 

[Wild11MN]

I think the number who would dislike it would be quite high.

 

[TaLoN]

I would be very upset!

The NHL officially owns the North Star name/logo/history though, and they've already allowed the Wild to utilize it at the stadium series alumni game, so I don't think Dallas will wear the North Star logo anytime soon.

 

[gphr513]

So just looking for some opinions from you guys as you are one of the two cities to lose a team, but get it back within your lifetime. I'm sure you saw that the Hurricanes revealed new Whalers jerseys, and I am curious how you would feel if the Stars revealed a throwback North Stars jersey. Would it upset you that they are claiming the games you can remember experiencing, the highs and the lows, actually belonged to their history (even if most of them would not have been North Stars fans that shared those experiences)? To be honest I even wish that there was a rule in place that if a team moved they had to change their name, so that any new team in the city could bring back their old name. While I do like the Wild, I much prefer the North Stars name/logo/jerseys. Also, sorry if this is not the best thread, I didn't see any "around the league" thread.

Yeah, a very large majority would be extremely upset to see Dallas wearing our uniform.

Oh, and f*** Norm Green.

 

[Lapa]

So just looking for some opinions from you guys as you are one of the two cities to lose a team, but get it back within your lifetime. I'm sure you saw that the Hurricanes revealed new Whalers jerseys, and I am curious how you would feel if the Stars revealed a throwback North Stars jersey. Would it upset you that they are claiming the games you can remember experiencing, the highs and the lows, actually belonged to their history (even if most of them would not have been North Stars fans that shared those experiences)? To be honest I even wish that there was a rule in place that if a team moved they had to change their name, so that any new team in the city could bring back their old name. While I do like the Wild, I much prefer the North Stars name/logo/jerseys. Also, sorry if this is not the best thread, I didn't see any "around the league" thread.

It would piss off a lot of people.

 

[Soldier13Fox]

Public service announcement: The Haunting of Hill House is really, really, excellent.

 

[TaLoN]

Bad Times at the El Royale is awesome! Feels like a Tarantino type film.

 

[FVM]

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/political-discussion-forum-removed.2558803/

The political discussion forum on this site has been removed. It will be not be resurrected. After months of discussion with the admin staff it was unanimously decided it was consuming an inordinate amount of our time as well as our moderators time. They didn't sign up to deal with problems that aren't related to the mission of this site. It has poisoned relationships and driven a wedge between users. Political discussion will no longer be permitted unless it is directly related to hockey (eg Russia banned from Olympics, Exchange rate hurting Canadian teams).

This really, really sucks. Yes things got crazy there often, but there were a lot of insightful posters there and tons of quality content - poof, all gone, in an instant. I feel like this site is going downhill. There's been a lot of usability issues related to the migration to this new host, and now they do away with a big section of the board, with lively discussions. I'm going to be spending less time here in the future.

 

[NHL1674]

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/political-discussion-forum-removed.2558803/



This really, really sucks. Yes things got crazy there often, but there were a lot of insightful posters there and tons of quality content - poof, all gone, in an instant. I feel like this site is going downhill. There's been a lot of usability issues related to the migration to this new host, and now they do away with a big section of the board, with lively discussions. I'm going to be spending less time here in the future.

This is just......wow. Bad. Not cool.

But I sure as hell wouldn't want to be moderating that forum either, so..........still sucks.

 

[FVM]

This is just......wow. Bad. Not cool.

But I sure as hell wouldn't want to be moderating that forum either, so..........still sucks.

It was supposed to be unmoderated, so I have a hard time believing the "too much time moderating" excuse. But I guess we're not supposed to be discussing this...

 

[tomgilbertfan]

#MakeHFWildGreatAgain

 

[Lapa]

This is just......wow. Bad. Not cool.

But I sure as hell wouldn't want to be moderating that forum either, so..........still sucks.

I feel bad for the posters who were having civil discussions on that board.

That said.. It was a shit show sometimes.

 

[57special]

I've always found any civil political discussion to be really hard to maintain on a discussion board. Name callers can't seem to help themselves, and angry idealogues seem to drown out reason and understanding.

 

[TaLoN]

I've always found any civil political discussion to be really hard to maintain on a discussion board. Name callers can't seem to help themselves, and angry idealogues seem to drown out reason and understanding.

Politics/religion both.

Religion is politics and politics is a religion.

 

[SupremeNachos]

Ugh where am I going to get my daily dose of political photoshops?

I've always found any civil political discussion to be really hard to maintain on a discussion board. Name callers can't seem to help themselves, and angry idealogues seem to drown out reason and understanding.

I view conversations via text in a similar light. One sentence can have multiple interpretations without any form of personal interaction which generally is the cause of arguments. If I said "Lapa you are a smelly person" without any context some people might not know I am teasing him (I'm not you really are smelly).

 

[57special]

Did not know that Lapa was smelly. Diet, you think, or personal hygiene?

 

[W75]

It's actually amazing. How one can be so smelly and still that popular with the ladies.