Dont worry, Powder hasn't been very good in the past few years anyways. Oh snap Kevin! looks like you got a crash in that window.Quote:
Originally Posted by ANON-505
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Dont worry, Powder hasn't been very good in the past few years anyways. Oh snap Kevin! looks like you got a crash in that window.Quote:
Originally Posted by ANON-505
Time to reprint THE WELCOME WAGON.. http://www.msprotege.com:8080/smilies/freak3.gif
Cletus's "WELCOME WAGON" to help with the journey to the new world
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"Cletus" our humble moral leader from another board (which shall remain nameless). Helped us with some guidelines in that nether world. They may help us here along our journeys to keep the stoke flame burning a white hot snow colored flame. But do not forget your heart. It will take you far in this world. So we are here. Let us not forget what helped our journey to this place.
Welcome to the Board Room, one of the zaniest, craziest, coolest places on the entire net, and the ultimate haven for hard-chargin', story-writin', zappa recitin', flame-throwing, 24-7-365 thinkin' (about skiing, anyway), gear-debatin', pow ridin' people in the world!
Before you get started here you may want to read the following thoughts by some of the regulars around here. I have no idea what they'll say, and most threads around here degrade pretty quickly, but nevertheless, reading this will quite likely help you ease your way into what may become your second worst addiction, if you're anything like us. Just remember, at least you get to keep your teeth.
1. There are no moderators here.
Believe it or not, this place, although hosted and maintained by Powder Magazine, has no active moderators. We did have one or two at the very beginning (but they left years ago), and occassionally, someone shows up to fix stuff (when they've broken it), but basically, no moderation. This means that we've become, for the most part, a wholly self-regulating entity. If you put up some nasty sh!t, or worse, something truly heinious and criminal, we're going to track you down and beat the crap out of you, and you're going to remove it. This also means that we, as a group, are responsible for the quality and nature of the dialogue. So, while I can tell you to SUCK ME BEAUTIFUL, you WANKER, MORON, JERK-OFF NEWBIE GAPER (and someone probably will at one point or another, and no one can do anything about it but them), too much of that kind of spray gets old eventually. Although it does help us get through the summers. Heh. Heh heh. Oh yes, that brings me to...
2. Its only an internet chat room.
So don't get your panties in a wad. Sometimes - well, okay, A LOT of the time, in fact, MOST of the time, we slag people for the crap they say, do, and so on. That's just how it is around here. Don't like it? Grow a spine or go away. No whining or wanking allowed.
3. Its not just an internet chat room.
The thing is, this aint yer ordinary chat room. Not anymore. This chat room is filled by writers (budding and pro, Powder staff and regular Joe), photographers (amateur, up-and-coming, and old guard), pro freeskiers, heli-guides, engineers, lawyers, programmers, doctors, students, drop-outs, high schoolers, new schoolers, old schoolers, knee-droppers, lift oppers, party hoppers, tourons, morons, and bombshell blonds (although it'd be nice to have more of those ) More importantly, MANY - if not MOST - of us have skied together, partied together, and slept on each other's floors as a direct result of this place. Those that haven't probably will soon enough. For being an anonymous internet chat room, this place is actually a very well-connected f'ed-up little community. And we're freaking everywhere. West Coast, East Coast, North Coast, Deep South, Cali, Wash, OOtah, NYC, Beantown, New Zealand, Austria, France, and more. Which is exactly why you should never, I repeat
4. Never judge this book by it's cover.
Cause you just don't know who you may be talking to. And that, combined with #1, #2, and #3, makes for truly hilarious situations. We semi-regularly spew at the editors and interns of Powder (who can barely read at the third grade level, but they do try hard and they spray right back at us. We had a long running joke with industry icons Shane McConkey and Scott Gaffney about their behavior behind closed doors, until Gaffney kicked McShlonkey out in a vicious lover's spat; they slagged back too. I'm afraid I once ribbed (very lightly, but with no lubrication...ewww) one of the most accomplished ski mountaineers in the country, and he hasn't been around since. Oh well. Guess it just wasn't his style. Maybe he prefers studded? Look, I'm not saying that it's all childish, immature stuff that goes on here - there's a lot of fairly intellectual, soul-stirring, heart-warming posts hidden here and there. But you gotta search for it amongst the noise. And to really get it, you've got to engage, read and write, to participate, to debate with some intelligence, to create. In short, to give before you are able to receive. That's because
5. There's a bit of history here.
I'm not going to over do it - in the end, we're all still just a bunch of skiing internet weirdos - but a lot of sh!t has gone down here in the past three and a half years. We've made t-shirts, produced stickers, and have shwag for sale. We've raised money to support a new ski area. We've named chairs on their chairlift. We've raised cash for charity and collected gear for a friend of a friend of a friend whose house burned down. We've designed the topsheets for a totally new ski that came out this past year. (They rip, by the way. Look for the No Ka Ois at a hill near you!) We've had two 60+ person annual "summit" meetings, and countless nutty mini-summits. We've been written up in Powder. Gone to MSP and TGR premiers together. We went through 9-11 ('nuff said) together. We've seen people quit their jobs to pursue the dream of skiing. We've seen people get new jobs and leave skiing behind (although, not for long, we hope). We've seen people's newborn babies. Heard of deaths in the skiing family. We've even lost one maggot to the white room in the sky (RIP GSpot).
Point being, this place, like the magazine that supports it, is truly For Skiers, By Skiers. If you wake up in the middle of July, sweating not because of the heat, but rather, because of the sheer intensity of your desire to get back to ripping knee-deep powder, if you can form complete sentences and articulate your thoughts, then we want you and your creative juices here. And if you're a hot 6' blond named Victoria, we want pictures too. Nekked ones. Lot's of 'em.
Anyway, that's all I got to say. Now, shut yer damn cake-hole for a little while, and read before you post. Remember, post first, then smoke crack. Or is it the other way around? I can never remember.
Much luv to the powdermaggots,
cletus
"the PHOENIX RISES"[/B]
Amen. Anon grow up.
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Originally Posted by DaveTV
Anon - what I don't understand is this: You say you have back issues at home?
Well then, why didn't you open one of them up, go to the Editorial Credits page (most of my issues it's about page 4 or 5), and you'll see the phone number under the capital letters SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. The phone number is listed there, it's an 800 number. That means it's a free call. I won't post it, someone else already did that for you.
wow, people are really pissed off about this question. sounds like its been answered.
It's nice to know that a sandy vagina can lead to a gravel filled cunt. I'll have to remember that in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by ANON-505
holy crap, most of you are contradicting yourself 100%.
by posting your little rules bible, making the text all huge, calling people jongs and telling them to get out of here, and acting like a pack of (retarded) wolves...doesn't that pretty much break your precious little rule #2?
My panties certainly arn't twisted, my reproductive organ (penis) is mostly sand-free, and I'm not at all upset. In fact, I'm psyched, because now I have an email of an actual person (thanks again kd) and a 1-800 number.
so, for the love of neil diamond, can we end this stupid debacle. I posted this in hopes that someone would give me a number or email. Mission Accomplished.
All of the douchebaggery that happened was as a result of me giving absurd comebacks to a bunch of overly serious desk jockeys. Somehwere in your little mission statement doesn't it say something about growing a spine??
So I told a 1000+ poster to go fuck himself. get over it.
Time to duck and cover, this one could get scary..
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You can get another subscription here if all else fails.https://store.primediamags.com/subsc...owdermag/8259/
Honestly, was it really easier to start a thread here and have to defend yourself than checking the site?Quote:
Originally Posted by ANON-505
Hmm...one of my lightbulbs needs changing. Maybe I'll start a thread complaining about lightbulbs and how they burn out. Yeah. That'll be easier than just changing the lightbulb.
I find your repartee trite and your rhetoric base, sirrah!Quote:
Originally Posted by HotTate
(Oh, and I hate your editing. Poopyhead.)
I do hope HotTate gets the call, however I'm worried he's going to pre-ejaculate all over the cover and delay my issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by HotTate
ANON-505, may I suggest that you come and join the good natured tom-foolery at http://forums.alpinezone.com/. Our members would have answered your question respectfully and without the sarcasm, disrespect and immaturity that you unfortunately received after asking a most fair and civil question. I feel sad that you were forced to defend yourself from these juveniles. If that had happened at our forums, the matter would have been dealt with swiftly and sharply by our seasoned moderators. Come join the fun! :smile:
I used to like Alpinezone before it became populated by rapists and upskirt snipers.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlpineZone
Although I did like "I've been over there (TGR) once its all fat skis this and hucking that. I would like to see some of those guys doing some real skiing here on the east coast. Anybody can ski powder with those cheater boards." Shortly before the thread got locked by the zealots.
Holy shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Squatch
I feel SO BAD about cruising that site and missing the phone number. Also, I missed the number in the little info box of back issues (damn, that is a SMALL number). sorry. I mean, can you imagine the horror???? I looked for a phone number, couldn't find it, so I asked if anyone new it. How terrible! This thread could have been done in two posts.
Seirously, far too many of you assholes take this shit wayyyy too seriously. I know sitting in your cubicle flogging your pencil dick to gay teen porn isn't too much fun, but give a guy a break.
Again. Get your little thong panties out of the fat crease you call your ass.
I got the fucking phone number, and I'm going to use it.
If you have anything else to say on the matter, I'd suggest you try to say it with my cock in your throat, because that's where it belongs, bitches!
I am here to post in this thread before I leave for work.
Let us know how you get on. I find the best way to deal with the Primedia subscriptions department is to set out your stall right from the get go by calling them jizz-gargling cocktrumpeters and taking it from there. Be sure to let them know in no uncertain terms that they are really really gay.Quote:
Originally Posted by ANON-505
I've PM'd with one Powmag guy, (KD, from eariler in this very enlightning thread) and I didn't call him a cumguzzling jiz dumpster even once. In fact, I believe I was very polite.
I called all of the not-so-helpful "go back over to gapic ski, jong, use google bitch" names.
thanks for the tips though.
Our pleasure. Try the veal.
FUN? you surely mock us. fun is yelling at each other with a keyboard over a meaningless subject.:cool: that is fun. and he was not FORCED to defend himself. he could have said my bad and continued with his life. but instead he added fuel to the fire and let us continue in our fun of arguing for no real apparent reason. and moderators who are anal suck.:fuckyou: he was just as immature and "juvenile" and you invited him to your forum. nice.:tdo13:Quote:
Originally Posted by AlpineZone
Every single time AlpineZone posts, somebody falls for it. It's amazing, really.
Every.Single.Time.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Whoever is behind it, has got to be having a good laugh. Nice work.
And you know what, if you didn't say something, the next post would have been someone else falling for it.
Yeah, I probably should have just kept quiet and watched, but wanted to give AlpineZone, whoever he is, some props for good work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Z
He is good....