If you're gonna go please be in the first round.
Points Note
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This has been happening for a couple weeks now and I've gotten enough email about it to provide a front-page explanation: points have started to expire, which they do after a year. This is not functionality I put in intentionally but I might keep it around since it seems to make sense. But that's what's happening. If you get a snarky email about losing super powers but haven't done anything to warrant it, that's what's going on.
A comment revamp is coming and I don't want to touch anything on the site until that's up and going, so please bear with us.
July 16th, 2010 at 8:01 AM | 
Wait--People actually email Brian to ask where
Wait--People actually email Brian to ask where
July 16th, 2010 at 8:47 AM |
Well, how else can you gauge
Well, how else can you gauge
Well, how else can you gauge your MGoPopularity? I'm more concerned with getting the 100,000 points so I can get my lunch with Brian.
Touchdown Michigan!
July 16th, 2010 at 8:50 AM |
You smelt it, you dealt it.
You smelt it, you dealt it.
You smelt it, you dealt it.
July 16th, 2010 at 9:03 AM |
Whoever denied it, applied
Whoever denied it, applied
Whoever denied it, applied it.
Journal Entry - Day 782 of living amongst inbreds - Actually heard this today, "I don't see what the big deal is. All he was doin' was protectin' the players. What's wrong with that?"
July 16th, 2010 at 11:36 AM |
whoever said they didn't do
whoever said they didn't do
whoever said they didn't do it, did it.
Robinson also packed snow into a plastic bag for his return flight.
"Melted on the plane," he said.
July 16th, 2010 at 3:07 PM |
+1
+1
Apparently people 'round here don't like jokes...
...but I laughed.
July 16th, 2010 at 9:36 AM |
omg i
omg i
think this is hilarious as well! Also, you using 'f-ing' instead of the commonly accepted 'effing' should be noted.
July 16th, 2010 at 8:42 AM |
Points should expire
Points should expire
I might feel differently after I have been around more than a year though.
I write my own quotes. Except this one. I obviously stole this from somebody really clever.
July 16th, 2010 at 9:10 AM |
Yes -- it is a good idea
Yes -- it is a good idea
Suggestions:
- Every year, on the day Fall practice begins, post the current top ten point totals (maybe excluding front-pagers?). Include a link to the previous year, and brief notes on any changes to how points were handled (for the MGoHistorians).
- Instead of having people go down to zero, halt point attrition at twenty. That way, people who have earned the ability to post threads can always drop back in to immediately post something newsworthy if they come across it, without having to go through the waiting period again.
July 16th, 2010 at 8:54 AM |
This is outrageous... somebody contact the SEC
This is outrageous... somebody contact the SEC
I was going to buy a Winnebago and retire to Florida on the points I worked so hard to accumulate. MGoBlog owes it to us to follow up on its fiduciary obligations. Where's Paul Volcker when you need him?
July 16th, 2010 at 9:44 AM |
So what you're saying is that
So what you're saying is that
So what you're saying is that on November 5th I'll lose about 2,000 points? Meh, whatevs.
For today, goodbye. For tomorrow, good luck. And forever, Go Blue.
July 16th, 2010 at 9:48 AM |
But if I lose my points I'll
But if I lose my points I'll
But if I lose my points I'll go into MGoForeclosure!
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<
July 16th, 2010 at 12:22 PM |
Dude, just Mgoshortsell. And
Dude, just Mgoshortsell. And
Dude, just Mgoshortsell. And maybe you should have thought about that before you bought your MgoMcMansion.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:06 AM |
POINTS?
POINTS?
We don't need no stinkin' POINTS!!
Recipient of "Rookie Of The Year" award at 2010 Midnight Maize's 100th liveblog awards.
I voted for Dark Blue as "Douchebag of the Year" at 2010 Midnight Maize 100th liveblog awards....
July 16th, 2010 at 10:58 AM |
thanks...
thanks...
...for going for the obvious.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:35 AM |
Thank God!
Thank God!
Thank God! I thought I was losing points because:
A. I was apparently bashing LC yesterday
b. I thought Roger Moore was the best James Bond
oh wait...
July 16th, 2010 at 11:04 AM |
Roger Moore?!
Roger Moore?!
Come on...everybody knows Timothy Dalton was the best Bond.
Sportscenter.com raves: Sgt. Wolverine, "Michigan's biggest fan"!
July 16th, 2010 at 1:07 PM |
Timothy Dalton was the best Bond?
Timothy Dalton was the best Bond?
You, sir, are daft. Everybody knows the best Bond was George Lazenby.
July 16th, 2010 at 3:46 PM |
Agreed
Agreed
I hereby suggest a rule that we all must give an obligatory +1 at any given time whenever anyone says the name George Lazenby.
July 16th, 2010 at 11:12 AM |
my
my
my tag-line speaks for itself....please fix....soooon!
My self-esteem is directly related to my MgoPoints.
July 16th, 2010 at 11:15 AM |
I'm pretty sure I'm pointless
I'm pretty sure I'm pointless
I'm pretty sure I'm pointless anyway.
July 16th, 2010 at 11:21 AM |
best. thread. ever.
best. thread. ever.
point>
July 16th, 2010 at 11:25 AM |
I blog for points?
I blog for points?
Now I know why there has been so much useless blah blah blah comments posted, it's because bloggers are trying to raise their point levels in case they lose some points. That is sad. Before, I would only speak when I had something to say, but now I need to be like everyone else I guess...more blah.
The Original Voice of Reason
July 17th, 2010 at 9:05 PM |
The answer to your question is: No.
The answer to your question is: No.
Mr. Voice of Reason,
I believe we "comment" because we have...comments. Apologies if they're not useful to your life. I don't think anyone's crying too hard over lost points.
Only 745 miles from Ann Arbor to Lincoln. Roadtrip?
July 19th, 2010 at 3:08 PM |
I love it.
I love it.
Guy who hasn't even been here a year, who only has 51 points (as of this writing), fretting over teh points, teh points, teh points. I guess you are being like everyone else then! Please continue to acquire points by mindlessly posting drivel and getting hammered by the MGoCommunity, thus losing more MGoPoints than you would have had if you simply kept your keyboard shut.
Oh wait, how many points do I have? Dammit! (I almost wrote 'would of' above just as grammar nazi bait, but couldn't bring myself to it.)
July 16th, 2010 at 11:38 AM |
So what you're saying is I
So what you're saying is I
So what you're saying is I should probably go ahead and retire at the end of September?
July 16th, 2010 at 11:50 AM |
hold it...hold it.....awh crap!
hold it...hold it.....awh crap!
July 16th, 2010 at 12:24 PM |
I KNEW IT
I KNEW IT
BRIAN'S SHAVING POINTS.
July 16th, 2010 at 12:38 PM |
Great
Great
I'll have zero points and.....I'LL BE LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER.
Fuck it, Dude, let's go bowling.
July 16th, 2010 at 1:01 PM |
ARGH!!
ARGH!!
What will happen to my self esteem?!?!
July 16th, 2010 at 1:16 PM |
This is a disaster.
This is a disaster.
This is a disaster. Not only people's MGoSelfEsteem but MGoCredibility will suffer. What will we do?
Mr. Cook should have waited for 2012 for points to start expiring. It would have fit the whole end-of-the-world theme much better :)
July 16th, 2010 at 1:51 PM |
MGoWorkers of the Net Unite!
MGoWorkers of the Net Unite!
Meet at the MGoBoard at midnight! We must throw off our shackles and demand the MGoPoints that are rightfully ours!
Stand Up To The MGoMan!
July 16th, 2010 at 3:39 PM |
No justice, no points?
No justice, no points?
Or should that be no points, no peace?
I am so confused...
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
July 16th, 2010 at 4:39 PM |
You want my points do ya?
You want my points do ya?
You want my points do ya? Well you well have to pry them from my cold dead hands! You are so lucky I didn't go all caps lock on this bitch.
July 16th, 2010 at 6:40 PM |
Points
Points
Wow! I have the opportunity to lose even MORE points! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!
July 16th, 2010 at 9:07 PM |
I dread 45 minutes after the
I dread 45 minutes after the
I dread 45 minutes after the hour because I know there is a good chance my Mgopoints are gonna take a hit.
July 17th, 2010 at 12:23 AM |
Yayyyy! Old thread to post
Yayyyy! Old thread to post
Yayyyy! Old thread to post in, with which I shall gain... points!!!
their points went? Are you f-ing kidding me?
"Everyone gets dumped Gabe. Let me give you some advice: a little coverup on your Adams Apple will make it appear smaller. Which will make you appear less like a transvestite."