First Post, hello to all

So it isn't just me or my post that get's tabbed as troll!!!

Just keep your head down for awhile dude. I think you gotta get to like 100 posts before being accepted.

snipers everywhere .... you're hit before you hear the sound of the shot ... it's battle scars that count around here - not always the post counts

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Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer

Todd 4 State, its an honor to reply to a question from you. You are the top dude on this board.

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Ok now we know

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Originally Posted by Pioneer Dawg

Ok now we know

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Now that drew a chuckle! Good stuff.

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Originally Posted by FISHDAWG

snipers everywhere .... you're hit before you hear the sound of the shot ... it's battle scars that count around here - not always the post counts

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Originally Posted by Pioneer Dawg

Ok now we know

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Yep. I was gonna cut him some slack until that. All credibility just went down the pooper. ;)

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Originally Posted by Dak4Heisman

So it isn't just me or my post that get's tabbed as troll!!!

Just keep your head down for awhile dude. I think you gotta get to like 100 posts before being accepted.

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I have found, after years at SPS and now here, that the "introductory" post is automatic cause for raised suspicion. Just register and jump right in to casual conversation and 9 times out of 10 you won't catch any flack. Once the introductory post is made, it can take a while to get rid of the cross hair on your back though.

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Originally Posted by chainedup_Dawg

I have found, after years at SPS and now here, that the "introductory" post is automatic cause for raised suspicion. Just register and jump right in to casual conversation and 9 times out of 10 you won't catch any flack. Once the introductory post is made, it can take a while to get rid of the cross hair on your back though.

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That's pretty much it. If you make an introductory thread, the target on your back gets quite large.

I don't post much but based on your post you're an engineer working for an insurance company. How did you become a Bear and a Braves fan living in St. Louis?

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Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer

It's risk mitigation to paste from Word, my daughters, 2.5 and 11 months, love to hit keys on dads PC when he is typing. Cheers.

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Just curious but your original post was at 2 am. Why would your young kids still be awake?

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Originally Posted by Catdawg

I don't post much but based on your post you're an engineer working for an insurance company. How did you become a Bear and a Braves fan living in St. Louis?

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Excellent analysis. He's an engineer for sure. Probably a manager. Only a manager would type a billeted list in Word and paste it to a message board.

That said, engineers are cool. Welcome.

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Originally Posted by sbcmortgageman

Just curious but your original post was at 2 am. Why would your young kids still be awake?

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Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer

Hello Gentlemen, first post on Elite Dawgs! I have been visiting for a while and just reading the posts. I like the group and I especially like MSU baseball talk. Outside of MSU: I am an Atlanta Brave and Chicago Bear fan. I am also a fan of MSU women's sports, softball, soccer, and volleyball.

Dog related facts about me:

• I am a second generation dog alumnus
• I was present, in the DNF grandstand, for the Master?s Grand Slam
• I lost my mind when we failed to score on the LSU goal line in 2009
• I lost my mind when refs robbed us of Vick Ballards TD at Auburn and later Relf came short
• I lost my mind when refs gave BYU a victory in Starkville
• I lost my mind when Jay Barker's fumble was ruled a forward pass...this call was as pivotal to MSU's fortunes as the Brady tuck against Oakland
• I don?t understand why MSU is currently letting Ole Miss recruit the heck out of St Louis metro area without contest (all sports)
• I was sitting in the student section last time we beat LSU, never thought it would be this long
• My MSU engineering education has served me well, no complaints. Even done work in Ivy League schools, MSU prepared me like a Champ

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you suck at being a troll

I disagree. If someone came in and just started talking about things then if they didn't agree with the masses then they would be tabbed a troll or bear. Especially if they had anything negative to say about the coaches or program. Besides isn't it kind of rude to just start talking without introducing yourself? Just saying.

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Originally Posted by Dak4Heisman

I disagree. If someone came in and just started talking about things then if they didn't agree with the masses then they would be tabbed a troll or bear. Especially if they had anything negative to say about the coaches or program. Besides isn't it kind of rude to just start talking without introducing yourself? Just saying.

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Not in most message boards. I know that I didn't make an intro post and most people here wouldn't say I was rude for not making an intro post.

Nope. Just good ole fashioned pragmatism. The appeals to emotion and dear old Msu is what is suspicious.

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Originally Posted by Dak4Heisman

I disagree. If someone came in and just started talking about things then if they didn't agree with the masses then they would be tabbed a troll or bear. Especially if they had anything negative to say about the coaches or program. Besides isn't it kind of rude to just start talking without introducing yourself? Just saying.

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That's why your first few posts are ones to not go against the grain. It's not rude on message boards. This isn't a meet and greet. You won't offend anyone by diving right in. By posting an introductory post you open yourself up to immediate ridicule rather than just entering conversation about the teams we all love.

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Originally Posted by Dawg61

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Since we are going into Dr House territory now....Some of you guys are awesome, like the Lemurs in Madagascar, scared of the foosa. I have to watch that damn movie at least one per week.

(1) Post started at 7pm, kids made it impossible.
(2) Started over in word
(3) Put one kid down for the night, read another a bed time story, came back and forgot about it
(4) Started writing again, wife asked if this was a pervert site with sports fans discussing strip joints and the like, logged out again and lost thought pattern
(5) Showed the wife the great baseball talk that has drawn me here for a while - thanks Todd-4-State and MsStateBaseball
(6) Finished and finally posted

Other Dr House stuff
(1) For the young-men, you are no longer an Engineer in title after 30...but you remain one mentally but you adopt PPT and bullet formats
(2) My big bulldog memories never include OM, if you are true maroon, do our big moments ever include them?
(3) Trolls come in during the height of recruiting season when the venal kids are all in-play
(4) I guess I could be a Soviet style troll that comes in years ahead of an actual need and then will strike when Moscow needs it...like in the book "the company"

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Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer

Since we are going into Dr House territory now....Some of you guys are awesome, like the Lemurs in Madagascar, scared of the foosa. I have to watch that damn movie at least one per week.

(1) Post started at 7pm, kids made it impossible.
(2) Started over in word
(3) Put one kid down for the night, read another a bed time story, came back and forgot about it
(4) Started writing again, wife asked if this was a pervert site with sports fans discussing strip joints and the like, logged out again and lost thought pattern
(5) Showed the wife the great baseball talk that has drawn me here for a while - thanks Todd-4-State and MsStateBaseball
(6) Finished and finally posted

Other Dr House stuff
(1) For the young-men, you are no longer an Engineer in title after 30...but you remain one mentally but you adopt PPT and bullet formats
(2) My big bulldog memories never include OM, if you are true maroon, do our big moments ever include them?
(3) Trolls come in during the height of recruiting season when the venal kids are all in-play
(4) I guess I could be a Soviet style troll that comes in years ahead of an actual need and then will strike when Moscow needs it...like in the book "the company"

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