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Doubters, Please Form a Line To Submit Your Apologies

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by DonKnock, Feb 3, 2017.

  1. Os Trigonum

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    lol stick to the other thread, you're doing fine :rolleyes:
     
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  2. heypartner

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    If you haven't noticed, DonKnock is only calling out quotes in the Game Thread made during the game.
    If you b**** and whine in the Game Thead and can't form a line to eat crow after the win, you can't handle your own premature criticism.
     
  3. Daddy Long Legs

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    Right?! he should be happy to eat crow if it means the rockets win!

    Its like he roots for them to lose after he predicts that because his pride is more important to him than the rockets team success
     
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  4. DonKnock

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    It was disappointingly telling how active that game thread was when we we were down and how barren it got once we had the lead:(
     
  5. Daddy Long Legs

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    they are scared of you. crap I would be too [​IMG][

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    I feel like I need to be more involved I'm game thread. I don't travel those because it seems to be full of idiocy and I'd rather watch the game more intently rather than debate. Maybe I'll give it a try tonight @DonKnock
     
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  7. Os Trigonum

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    you can kind of do both if you surf the game thread during the commercial breaks ;)
     
  8. BigMaloe

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    This is definitely going to be my approach lol

    Have a feeling my girl won't love me tonight haha
     
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  9. Os Trigonum

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    well if you schedule your lovin' with your girl during the commercial breaks then you'd better just stick with that plan. The game thread ain't no thing :cool:
     
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    I already gave her her daily loving. ya feel meh? :cool:
     
  11. DonKnock

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    I just want to raise the level of dialogue in the game thread from dystopian to something constructive:)
     
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    This is how I go about posting in the game threads.
     
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    yeah, but does she call you Big, Maloe?
     
  14. Daddy Long Legs

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    Im with you. I criticize rockets too when i think its warranted but i wont mindlessly take out my frustration on their leader when things arent going well by saying dumb emotional blanket statements like "harden is the most coddled superstar ever" lol
     
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    hmmm....I thought that was due to my liberal use of the Ignore function during that game.
     
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    Serious question, has the level of cussing in the game thread risen dramatically this year. Or did that start last year. Reddit luvs to cuss, so I thought maybe we had an influx of kids from reddit, who never knew there was a real fan site, but brought their neggable habits here.

    Oh for the days of the Game Chat with the Rockets2K bot who would throw you out for cussing. Although dealing with pages is a pain vs a rolling chat, I guess the Game Thread here really helps Clutch with ad revenue, and it's a great place to put game vids and tweets that you can't do in IRC. So, after a few years of rebelling against it, I'm all in now.
     
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    It's a large outpouring of cynicism and anxiety.

    I think some of it comes from the influence of football and how many football fans we have in Houston. The understanding of the game gets filtered through a football paradigm. There's much more nuance in the gameflow in basketball.
     
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    It seems higher than last year.
     
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    I agree. Basketball is tougher to define and understand. It is so much more about pace and rythym than football. It requires more of a holistic perspective.

    Its easier to verbalize and communicate whats each player is doing and what is happening on a football play.

    You can understand football with analysis but you need to understand basketball with synthesis.

    Football is for engineers and Basketball is for musicians.

    Lmao jk
     
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    last year we didn't have @Tha_Dude . clearly it's his fault

     
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