Maggot qualifications?

I think it's lame that lurkers can just go into gear swap, nab good deals and bail.
If there's low interest in an item and they're helping out a maggot, that's one thing....but not contributing to the community and at the same time taking advantage of it doesn't seem cool to me.

Soooo, what makes us a maggot? Is it just someone who posts here once, or is it someone that becomes part of this community?

I think there needs to be some sort of criteria standard to be met before someone can obtain maggot status. Thoughts?

Hatred for moguls?

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Originally Posted by Z

Hatred for moguls?

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That would surely qualify me.

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Originally Posted by Z

Hatred for moguls?

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I must not be a maggot (maggette) then! ;)

hatred for icy moguls?

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Originally Posted by Z

Hatred for moguls?

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it would qualify me as well....

What about hatred for markers?

i think you're a maggot once you've contributed to the community
and avoiding moguls and markers like the plague helps

For starters, I think you have to be able to ski or ride pretty well.

I think you guys are missing the point.

hatred for moguls sounds good

maybe once you meet some folks from the board in "real life" instead of just via the interweb?

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Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

I think you guys are missing the point.

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Really?:D

Your point makes sense, but how would someone selling gear go about simply saying "no" to someone with only a few posts? I guess maybe a general rule could in gearswap could be that the seller has priority to choose, but that pretty much kills the whole "dibs" thing....

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Originally Posted by acostiga

maybe once you meet some folks from the board in "real life" instead of just via the interweb?

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I like this idea.

As a longtime lurker, I tend to agree on a gut level. I already get far more out of the maggot community (through TRs, great info, funny stories, etc.) than I give, and that's without going into gear swap and getting a sweet deal on an LS9000.

On a more intellectual (though realisitic, in this case!) level, a seller is perfectly aware of a potential buyer's "community" credentials, so the market is efficient in that regard. Because of PM's, it's not like there's any real way to regulate transactions on gear swap if the seller is intent to unload their wares. By limiting gear swap to board members with a certain number of posts (for example), thus dramatically constraining the number of potential buyers, my sense is that many people would forego the board in favor of other outlets when attempting to sell many of the best items.

Dislike of the summit county bro brahs?

You gotta have a thick skin and a sense of humor. And be a snowrider..:cool:

I don't know if I even qualify as a true maggette myself yet.... but I think if you post enough, contribute enough, so that people on the board pretty much know who you are, then you're a maggot. Obviously someone coming in here to buy shit with no contribution is not a maggot. Also, I think true maggots do what they can to help one another out.... a true part of a kick-ass community.

Oh, and BTW, all of you who hate moguls: it's b/c you just don't know how to ski them right! Anyone can ski pow. It takes years to learn to rip in the bumps!

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Originally Posted by Z

Really?:D

Your point makes sense, but how would someone selling gear go about simply saying "no" to someone with only a few posts? I guess maybe a general rule could in gearswap could be that the seller has priority to choose, but that pretty much kills the whole "dibs" thing....

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Well, what if all shops gave bro deals to the public?

Is everyone in the world one mouse click away from being a maggot, or does it take participation?

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Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

I think you guys are missing the point.

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I hear ya, but I think it goes against the "Welcome Wagon" to start to create some sort of requirements.

If you don't want a newbie gear swap poacher to buy your kit then don't sell it to them. Gear swap is a good thing for both buyers and sellers, though ebay seems to make more sense.

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Originally Posted by DaveTV

a sense of humor

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very important.

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Originally Posted by Below Zero

For starters, I think you have to be able to ski or ride pretty well.

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well then I guess I can't be a maggot because I'm a big fat gaper. :biggrin:

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Originally Posted by truth

I hear ya, but I think it goes against the "Welcome Wagon" to start to create some sort of requirements.

If you don't want a newbie gear swap poacher to buy your kit then don't sell it to them. Gear swap is a good thing for both buyers and sellers, though ebay seems to make more sense.

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I hear you, but I only use gear swap as a good example. How about lurkers reading TR's and poaching those areas, never to give back to the stoke here?

oh the D Lemma. Say something clever about hating moguls or contribute to the thread ... hmmm. I do so hate moguls.
But ... Blurred has a point here. I am not sure how one would enforce "qualifications" and outwardly the concept seems to go against what this loose community is all about. Maybe if we just self regulate by being discerning in who we choose to sell to in gear swap the issue could be resolved. Good point there Blurred.

Even the Supreme Court has trouble defining maggots:

"I shall not today attempt further to define....and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it" -Justice Potter Stewart (Jacobellis, 1964)

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Originally Posted by mtnbikerskierchick

Anyone can ski pow.

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Ahhhhh....not really.

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Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

I think it's lame that lurkers can just go into gear swap, nab good deals and bail.
If there's low interest in an item and they're helping out a maggot, that's one thing....but not contributing to the community and at the same time taking advantage of it doesn't seem cool to me.

Soooo, what makes us a maggot? Is it just someone who posts here once, or is it someone that becomes part of this community?

I think there needs to be some sort of criteria standard to be met before someone can obtain maggot status. Thoughts?

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How about not giving a fuck about having to meet some made up criteria on internet message board to be a "maggot"?

Poor spelling?

Bad grammar?

Posting of nude pics of gf/sister?

Trolling, using big words, posting nsfw pics and spewing about how rad so and so is would all seem to qualify as well.

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Originally Posted by Below Zero

For starters, I think you have to be able to ski or ride pretty well.

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Ha. That's funny.

1) Declare hatred of Michael McDonald.
2) Do not talk about SAC.
3) Do not talk about SAC.
4) Recommend a new ski for 5 other pre-maggots when they ask the inevitable question.
5) Sell something that is nearly new for dirt cheap.
6) Cut the tails off of some twin tips.

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Originally Posted by mtnbikerskierchick

Oh, and BTW, all of you who hate moguls: it's b/c you just don't know how to ski them right! Anyone can ski pow. It takes years to learn to rip in the bumps!

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Oh please:rolleyes: . Bumps are for beaters.

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Originally Posted by iskibc

Oh please:rolleyes: . Bumps are for beaters.

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Bumps are for rippers. You're the one who's a beater :)

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Originally Posted by mtnbikerskierchick

I don't know if I even qualify as a true maggette myself yet.... but I think if you post enough, contribute enough, so that people on the board pretty much know who you are, then you're a maggot. Obviously someone coming in here to buy shit with no contribution is not a maggot. Also, I think true maggots do what they can to help one another out.... a true part of a kick-ass community.

Oh, and BTW, all of you who hate moguls: it's b/c you just don't know how to ski them right! Anyone can ski pow. It takes years to learn to rip in the bumps!

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You contribute, you post stoke, and you ski with maggots. Need I say more?

(and I like zipperlines too-on bump skis ;) )

i do think that at the center of the board are relationships that extend beyond internet anonymity. that's one of the reason why some of the stories are so entertaining, because i can identify the people involved. gives the TR, joke or whatever a different quality. there are people around here who are quite different in some ways but alike in certain other ways. maybe friendship and shared experiences and longevity of interest are what help folks feel more like part of a group?

the cashier at the supermarket made fun of me today for having only a cheap bottle of bubbly, a box of wheat thins and my albertson's card... don't listen to me, i'm a loser.

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Originally Posted by phUnk

Ha. That's funny.

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You don't think that's true, phUnk? Or maybe it's just usually the case if you are on this board?

Actually, why am I even bothering to respond to this.

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Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

(and I like zipperlines too-on bump skis ;) )

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Holy crap, Blurred! Do you actually own some SKINNY skis?

Also, overuse of any of the following words/phrases:

sick
bro
der pooperhausen
positive vibes
powpow

etc etc etc ....

Edit: How could I possibly forget "steeze"? Duh.

This is so fucking stupid.

The biggest wastes of online real estate are chat rooms and graveyards
This whole place sucks. The only reason I'm here is maybe I'll buy it
http://espn-att.starwave.com/media/p...oto/danger.jpg

I doubt that someone who never posts would consider himself a maggot. Regardless, who cares? There's going to be asshats who ski lines they learn about here, and never contribute shit to the board. not much we can do about it it without taking away what makes this board special in the first place. there's also people who contribute a lot of stoke but who, in the minds of others, might not qualify as a maggot based on the "negative/positive contribution" criteria.

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Originally Posted by Lone Star

but who, in the minds of others, might not qualify as a maggot based on the "negative/positive contribution" criteria.

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So what would be "their" definition of a maggot be? Would be someone who only posts on here, or actually gets out and skis with the community?

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Originally Posted by Greydon Clark

This is so fucking stupid.

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"He's too smart! He's one of them!!"