OT: Roo's Miracle...A TPB's Community Thread Of Unity and Support

[FoutsFan]

I appreciate that man. Well said. And the move to LA nearly killed this board. We lost half our members. And the personal attacks on me were plentiful. Could be the genesis of my admin trauma. lol

That took a lot of work to navigate. And some really heavy tactics by myself to stop the trolling here. Which meant getting medieval with a lot of old friends here and cutting them.

They mostly moved to Bolt Talk. Which then became a Raider site i think.

Ill never understand how a former Charger fan....can take up arms for the Raiders. lol

Aloha

Regardless of football, baseball, or anything I am praying for you, TPB, and all the members here. I love what you do here for all of us.

Thank you

[Topcat]

My friends daughter Gianna passed. Thanks for all the prayers TPB.

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My prayers are with you all..."Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me;." (Psalm 23:4). GOD IS WITH US IN THE VALLEY!

[Fleet 1]

Thanks for what you do and put up with Fleet.

I think in large, its a good and dedicated group of Charger fanatics here and a good community.

It is for sure. Good group. Just a few that are a little more needy of my time than others. Is what it is. lol

Thanks for the support man.

[CanadianBoltFan]

I appreciate that man. Well said. And the move to LA nearly killed this board. We lost half our members. And the personal attacks on me were plentiful. Could be the genesis of my admin trauma. lol

That took a lot of work to navigate. And some really heavy tactics by myself to stop the trolling here. Which meant getting medieval with a lot of old friends here and cutting them.

They mostly moved to Bolt Talk. Which then became a Raider site i think.

Ill never understand how a former Charger fan....can take up arms for the Raiders. lol

Aloha

Thanks for what you do and put up with Fleet.

I think in large, its a good and dedicated group of Charger fanatics here and a good community.

[Fleet 1]

LOL, yeah the site was Bolt Talk not Blue Bolt (who was a great compadre of mine on CMB and a graphic artist extraordinaire in addition to a being an awesome and even-keeled Bolts fan). Sorry, it has been so long and with my occasional senior moments, I had my wires crossed! I know that BT was also affiliated with the Packers on a sister site but I had no idea that it morphed into a Raiders site! You are right Fleet, I could never do that even if I transplanted myself to LV! I may be getting a bit too old and somewhat less bright through gray matter attrition but I have never been a sell-out 😊

Yeah i was sad to see a couple of my main Admins leave for that site. But understood it. Really miss guys like TTK and Fender. Is what it is.

I did finally get a chance to smooth things over a few years ago there. Padres discussion. So in the end...peace was restored.

Which is usually the direction i want to steer towards. As violent of a person as i used to be. lol

[Factotum]

LOL, yeah the site was Bolt Talk not Blue Bolt (who was a great compadre of mine on CMB and a graphic artist extraordinaire in addition to a being an awesome and even-keeled Bolts fan). Sorry, it has been so long and with my occasional senior moments, I had my wires crossed! I know that BT was also affiliated with the Packers on a sister site but I had no idea that it morphed into a Raiders site! You are right Fleet, I could never do that even if I transplanted myself to LV! I may be getting a bit too old and somewhat less bright through gray matter attrition but I have never been a sell-out 😊

[Fleet 1]

I truly appreciate YOU!!!
Thank You..

You are a good person man. Thank you. Aloha

[FtheTurds]

I appreciate that man. Well said. And the move to LA nearly killed this board. We lost half our members. And the personal attacks on me were plentiful. Could be the genesis of my admin trauma. lol

That took a lot of work to navigate. And some really heavy tactics by myself to stop the trolling here. Which meant getting medieval with a lot of old friends here and cutting them.

They mostly moved to Bolt Talk. Which then became a Raider site i think.

Ill never understand how a former Charger fan....can take up arms for the Raiders. lol

Aloha

I truly appreciate YOU!!!
Thank You..

[Fleet 1]

Fleet, I am sorry to hear about the emotional ebb and flows of being the HPIC (head person in charge for those who don't Google!). My input is only meant as a person who in a former life was banned (reportedly by none other than Roo himself) as a totally pee'd off poster on CMB. Funnily enough, I self- exiled and took a long hiatus back then from posting but I guess that my constant negativity regarding Dean, John Jr. and their incompetent meddling in player / personnel decisions which started from the canning of Marty and then snow-balling to when the team left San Diego, was enough cause for the CMB mods to banish me as my sort, constantly pounding on the ownership with onslaught of negativity mainly regarding the ownership was just too intolerable.

Thereafter I went and joined the Blue Bolts website which later morphed into another entity (San Diego's Finest something something or of that nature?) where a few of the former CMB posters had decided to migrate to in order to sulk about the franchise leaving SD. Initially I basked in all the barrage of negativity. uttered eventually even I became sick and tired of all the toxicity specially when everyone is so toxic that it is no fun trying to outdo other folks toxicity! I just quietly faded away, stopped caring about the Chargers till Jim Harbaugh got hired when I noticed that the Spanos Family had finally decided to step up to the plate in a meaningful way to becoming truly competitive as an NFL franchise. In hindsight, I truly believe that none of this would have happened if the team was to stay in SD even if bestowed with a brand spanking new state-of-the-art stadium!

Case in point, some of us are just a bit wayward and not all rah rah all the time. I changed my whole perspective with Jim and Joe, I was lurking in here for a while w/o having joined as I had recognized the posting IDs and avatars of many of the CMB refugees so decided to join in to enjoy the ride with Justin / Jim and Jo while it is supposed to last. Once this experiment is done and dusted whatever the results, I very much doubt if I will get back on the bandwagon with a completely revamped FO, coaching and the next QB because frankly I'll be too old to put up with another specter of constant beatdowns, diapoointmets and heartbreaks.

I decided to post this in here although the Roo is mentioned in the title and also to shed some light and perspective on your current state of mind, although this has nothing to do with the essence of the thread! In closing, I don't believe in banishing people but I do understand the frustration that comes with trying to manage specially when there is constant poking and badgering. I was one of those who went above and over the deserved critiquing, I tried to be too clever in my negativity, to constantly outsmart myself and it eventually got tiring and boring even for me! I guess that I finally grew up 🤷🏻♂️

Just my 2Cs.

I appreciate that man. Well said. And the move to LA nearly killed this board. We lost half our members. And the personal attacks on me were plentiful. Could be the genesis of my admin trauma. lol

That took a lot of work to navigate. And some really heavy tactics by myself to stop the trolling here. Which meant getting medieval with a lot of old friends here and cutting them.

They mostly moved to Bolt Talk. Which then became a Raider site i think.

Ill never understand how a former Charger fan....can take up arms for the Raiders. lol

Aloha

[Factotum]

Fleet, I am sorry to hear about the emotional ebb and flows of being the HPIC (head person in charge for those who don't Google!). My input is only meant as a person who in a former life was banned (reportedly by none other than Roo himself) as a totally pee'd off poster on CMB. Funnily enough, I self- exiled and took a long hiatus back then from posting but I guess that my constant negativity regarding Dean, John Jr. and their incompetent meddling in player / personnel decisions which started from the canning of Marty and then snow-balling to when the team left San Diego, was enough cause for the CMB mods to banish me as my sort, constantly pounding on the ownership with onslaught of negativity mainly regarding the ownership was just too intolerable.

Thereafter I went and joined the Blue Bolts website which later morphed into another entity (San Diego's Finest something something or of that nature?) where a few of the former CMB posters had decided to migrate to in order to sulk about the franchise leaving SD. Initially I basked in all the barrage of negativity. uttered eventually even I became sick and tired of all the toxicity specially when everyone is so toxic that it is no fun trying to outdo other folks toxicity! I just quietly faded away, stopped caring about the Chargers till Jim Harbaugh got hired when I noticed that the Spanos Family had finally decided to step up to the plate in a meaningful way to becoming truly competitive as an NFL franchise. In hindsight, I truly believe that none of this would have happened if the team was to stay in SD even if bestowed with a brand spanking new state-of-the-art stadium!

Case in point, some of us are just a bit wayward and not all rah rah all the time. I changed my whole perspective with Jim and Joe, I was lurking in here for a while w/o having joined as I had recognized the posting IDs and avatars of many of the CMB refugees so decided to join in to enjoy the ride with Justin / Jim and Jo while it is supposed to last. Once this experiment is done and dusted whatever the results, I very much doubt if I will get back on the bandwagon with a completely revamped FO, coaching and the next QB because frankly I'll be too old to put up with another specter of constant beatdowns, diapoointmets and heartbreaks.

I decided to post this in here although the Roo is mentioned in the title and also to shed some light and perspective on your current state of mind, although this has nothing to do with the essence of the thread! In closing, I don't believe in banishing people but I do understand the frustration that comes with trying to manage specially when there is constant poking and badgering. I was one of those who went above and over the deserved critiquing, I tried to be too clever in my negativity, to constantly outsmart myself and it eventually got tiring and boring even for me! I guess that I finally grew up 🤷🏻♂️

Just my 2Cs.

[Fleet 1]

Getting pissed off at members here is so effing toxic for me. It ruins me. I wish i didnt have to do it. Im sorry to all of you for seeing me get triggered.

There comes a time when if people dont change or just dont try i feel like i have to tap into some dark asshole side of me.

I dont want to be that guy. I wish i knew how to handle things more assertively. But i am really down on myself.

I dont know how to take care of this community given all the personalities and little gangs that attack and or support one another.

I absolutely hate being the guy that makes threats. Or has to ban people.

Im trying to be a good leader. No sides taken. I care about this community as a whole. But its tough sometimes managing these emotions from people.

After 20 something years of this its only becoming more toxic for me. I have to figure this out. And im sorry i show that side of myself.

[Fleet 1]

I had a few moments of remembrance for Gianna today at Noon. Prayers for her family.

Thanks Bra. Crazy how much she looks like my daughter.

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