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That little red star on the schedule.

I was wondering what that little red star on next season's schedule was, so I put my cursor on it and clicked and viola!  I was whisked over to the raider site.  I read but didn't say anything.  There's a reason but I'll discuss that in a minute.  I guess that makes me a lurker.  Is that the right term?  I didn't click on San Diego because I didn't see a red star.  I wonder what that means?  But then I clicked on the red star behind New Orleans, went to their site, surfed around a little and found a similar result. (Man am I impressing myself with all my computer savvy! lol.)

Actually, I didn't say anything at either site because they seemed kind of...I don't know... sluggish?  Listless?  It seemed like their own versions of the Guru were trying to stir things up but nothing seemed to be happening.  Where we can get over a hundred responses on a single item, the most I ever saw on any item over there was 10.  And many of those comments were... banal. 

So anyway, I clicked my heels together while saying, "Help Mr. Wizard!  I don't want to be in raiderville anymore and presto-changeo.  I was back.  Dorothy was right, "There's no place like home."  

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I hope I didn't violate any rules.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on May 12, 2008 10:22 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

youre good to go!

i don’t see anything in your post that said something wrong i skip over to s&bp all the time but I am never impressed with their community so i get my fader news from Horse Tracks!

Davis to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on May 12, 2008 10:26 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks.

I’m a babe in the woods.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on May 12, 2008 10:33 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The base is there

for the other blogs fanbase, so in time, if their quality is up, the fans will come around. I really enjoy reading Chris’s work over at Arrowhead Pride, whiich is my most frequent “NON-MHR” blog I visit, though I ususally don’t have much to say. I don’t check out the raider’s site much, but I think Saint is a solid guy. And no star for SanDiego is probably because there isn’t a San Diego blog. How sad is that?

Other top blogs that I have found in SBnation:

Big Cat Country: I have a ton of respect for the Jags, and River City Rage represents them well.

Hogs Haven: Bring your snark.

Battle Red Blog: Awesome title, awesome team, I go there to have a laugh and celebrate the second coming of the Broncos. Beware: there is more smart-assery and wit than you can shake a stick at over there.

Stampede Blue: Top quality site with lots and lots of community contribution. Colts Homers are a unique breed, which you will see if you hang out there long enough. I think they have a collective complex, but I haven’t nailed down exactly what it is…

Field Gulls: John Morgan is a top quality writer and his technical grasp of the medium is stellar. Love his work, but HATE the seahawks.

If you really want to be impressed by community involvement, check out the sbnation baseball blogs, which routinely get 100s of comments on the smallest stories. We have a long ways to go before we get there, but this is a top notch group of guys and gals here, and MHR is exploding because of that. The content here is absolutely top shelf, and I agree with what you said about banal comments: almost every word I read on MHR is WORTH IT!

Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.

by styg50 on May 12, 2008 10:51 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Culture

I believe that any organization or group develops its’ own unique culture. All of these different sites have essentially the same platform from which to operate and I think they each have thier own “Guru ” who is a quality guy. The MHR has evolved a culture based on knowledge of the game, respect for the sport, respect for one another, diversity and inclusiveness. This is our culture. People who make banal, rude, or offensive remarks do not feel comfortable here and eventually go away. Conversely, people who embrace the same values we do enjoy the site a great deal. This very topic is the subject of a forthcoming post by me.

Great post Jack. Thanks!

I am missing a joke somewhere? Zappa

by firstfan on May 13, 2008 12:25 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I really like the culture here at MHR.

It’s a good mix of young and old, intellect and passion, expertise and naivety. Most importantly, it is open and welcoming. I even like the way members handle those who are banal, rude and offensive. We don’t pound them with a hammer, well except maybe for Zappa, lol. We just let their remarks stand naked and those who make them are rightfully ashamed.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on May 13, 2008 8:53 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks for sharing your experience...

...with some of the other sites. I’ll check them out. A different perspective is always refreshing, keeps you out of any ruts that may develope.

I suspected as much about the San Diego site. Football is not number one down there. They are into other things and that’s alright, I guess. It must be hard on the team though.

And as far as baseball goes. It is the oldest organized professional sport in the world. The National League’s actual beginings are hard to pin down but go back to the post Civil War era. There are people whose great, great grandfathers lived and died for their teams. That’s the kind of tradition that can only come with the passage of a great deal of time. It has its strengths, but also has its weaknesses.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on May 13, 2008 8:46 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Problem With San Diego...

They have two solid independent blogs out there already and both have been unwilling to join the network. One I would recommend checking out is BoltHype.

-TSG

www.milehighreport.com

by John Bena (aka TheSportsGuru) on May 13, 2008 9:10 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

thier site is ok.....

but it looks amaetur compared to the blogs here

fader nation is a conquered nation

by mdierk on May 13, 2008 10:04 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I prefer to blame it on the lack of commitment by Charger fans to their team.

The Broncos have just as many successful blogs outside SBNation as the Chargers, though MHR is by far the best in my humble opinion. So I think the Chargers have hit the limit on their fan base and no longer have the resources to branch out. Pathetic really…

by Zappa on May 13, 2008 11:11 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I just now checked it out

following your recommendation, and while the posts are informative they’re also pretty infrequent. If I was a Chargers fan, though, it would make it easier to get other stuff done, since it wouldn’t be so hard to keep up with the posts and comments like it is here.

"In the empty spaces - lacunae, vacuums, pauses, voids, black holes - new things begin. We are born anew from the unexplored space, the badlands, the outlaw territory." - Sam Keen

by spock on May 13, 2008 2:15 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great point Jack.

And for those of you who have forgotten your Mile High History, the only reason the Broncos exist is because Bob Howsam wanted a Major Leagure BASEBALL franchise.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. - Emerson

by firstfan on May 14, 2008 12:55 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I went for a walk in the other SBN football sites

the other day, and it left me all the more impressed with what we have here. Most of them are one-man gangs, with one guy doing all the front-page posting and a few scattered fanposts on the side panel. A few are two-man gangs. Only on MHR can you not really tell who the site founder is, because the Guru’s contributions, valuable as they are, get lost in the profusion of interesting, informative front-page posts, and the posts that don’t make the front page are very good, too. Both in quality and in volume, MHR stands alone. On some sites posts are so infrequent that the bottom post listed on the Fanposts side panel is several months old. Right now our oldest post is 10 days, 11 days if you count the oldest recommended post. This isn’t only because we’re great fans, although we are. It says a lot about Guru’s administrative and people skills in attracting and encouraging the kind of quality and commitment we have here.

"In the empty spaces - lacunae, vacuums, pauses, voids, black holes - new things begin. We are born anew from the unexplored space, the badlands, the outlaw territory." - Sam Keen

by spock on May 13, 2008 2:08 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I noticed the same thing. The thing I liked the most, early on, was the recognition

contributers recieved when they put up a well thought out post. Guru didn’t even need to agree with the post to put it up on the front page, his only requirement was substance. We have a great leader around here imo. Which I think has really helped MHR become what it is today…so here’s to keeping it up going into this season and beyond.

So long as I don’t miss any jokes along the way(HT). :)

by Zappa on May 13, 2008 4:03 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Guru's avatar is a horse.

It is not a girl, nor problably even a girl horse.

It is only for looking at.

I’m just sayin’

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by hoosierteacher on May 13, 2008 4:06 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LOL!

Haven’t had much time to post, but the boy/girl (and now horse) thing is cracking me up!

Zappa: I’m not laughing at you, I’m laughing with you. Even if you’re not laughing. :o)

Enjoy!

~Uffdah

by Disco_Stu on May 13, 2008 4:24 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That Day

was the hardest my wife and I have laughed in years. We had the kids and grandkids waiting to see the next comment. The humor is just one more way that we are binding as a community.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. - Emerson

by firstfan on May 14, 2008 1:06 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You mean he isn't a she !?!

I’m heart broken, lol.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on May 14, 2008 3:44 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

last time i heard.....that can be changed

in Trinidad…LOL

fader nation is a conquered nation

by mdierk on May 14, 2008 3:53 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, we're the sex change capitol of the world.

It keeps the hospital open.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on May 14, 2008 4:24 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Out of the Clausit

I guess you weren’t there when Broncofanstuckinsd admitted he was a guy and just hosing around with a babelicious avatar. I’m heart broken as well. No lol.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. - Emerson

by firstfan on May 14, 2008 4:49 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I read it too.

It was a fun thread. If I wasn’t already married, and didn’t have a bunch of kids and was twenty years younger, I’d ask him/her out.

O.K. thirty years younger.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on May 15, 2008 8:34 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can believe Guru is a horse.

So long as you don’t try to take away my hot chick avatars. :)

by Zappa on May 13, 2008 5:40 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was fortunate....

Way to play around with the technology, Jack. I have been very fortunate to start MHR during a perfect storm of sorts.

1. There just weren’t alot of Boncos-centric sites out there, that weren’t message boards. While great, they can become a haven for negativity and new users can find it hard and intimidating to join the conversation(post count means way too much to some people)

2. Point #1 has helped me maintain a solid relationship with the team.

3. Broncos fans are EVERYWHERE and I cater to them.

4. I had a theory and stuck to it from Day 1. To be fair, while there are some of you that have been here from the beginning it took about 15 months to really get this puppy running. Despite the early growing pains I was persistent and stuck with it. I believe if you give someone a consistently good product people will come.

5. Most importantly, you guys and gals welcome new people into the fold. There are “lurkers” everywhere, but what brings them out is the site of a lively debate that doesn’t turn personal and can end with both sides feeling “right”. It is ok to disagree, as long as everyone remembers we are all on the same team in the end….

-TSG

www.milehighreport.com

by John Bena (aka TheSportsGuru) on May 13, 2008 5:21 AM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was sold...

When i read your roster-ananlysis last summer – found it by incident… by luck…

Remember: New England won 18 last year; Oakland's won 19 in a half-decade
/The great Dane - formerly known as Claaaaas!

by Claus Vestergaard on May 13, 2008 7:11 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Guru's roster analysis...

...was what took me from being a sometimes lurker to a permanent lurker. A few months later I made my first post. I hope to bring other lurkers in from the dark, and encourage them to write comments and posts.

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by hoosierteacher on May 13, 2008 4:04 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've learned more about how this technology works here,

than in years of stumbling around on my own. Thank you. You DO provide a quality site and…

...your spelling is much improved! lol.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on May 13, 2008 9:00 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My fingers...

are slowing down with age…

-TSG

www.milehighreport.com

by John Bena (aka TheSportsGuru) on May 13, 2008 9:01 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Me too!

That is because the guys on this site will explain everything from computer stuff to 3-3-5 formations to us old farts in shirtsleeve English without looking down their noses at us.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. - Emerson

by firstfan on May 14, 2008 4:53 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, It's kinda nice...

...being able to bump elbows with these kids. They have some awesome talent but they don’t rub our noses in it.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on May 15, 2008 8:31 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That becasue you know tons of stuff we dont!

I would have loved to be able to say I was there for Floyd or the otehr Broncos in the Ring. When your fan base starts with TD and Sharpe in teh 90’s its hard to compare how much you guys know to how little I know! There maybe somethign we “young bucks” have on you as far as tech and break down but in the end you guys had the insider to the biggest games in Broncos History! I would trade you. Plus You guys are cool and keep up with the young guns which makes you young guns in your own right. Are you sitting int eh home eating pudding? NO youre on your computer rocking it out and giving thoughtful insigh and well written articles for our fanbase! Anyone who calls you OLD answers to this young buck!

Until Terrell Davis makes it into the Hall of Fame, I refuse to acknowledge the existence of such a place other than the Ring of Fame at Mile High!

Davis to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on May 15, 2008 12:07 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

By the way

just so no one gets offended. That was a fun statement and no offense intended~

Until Terrell Davis makes it into the Hall of Fame, I refuse to acknowledge the existence of such a place other than the Ring of Fame at Mile High!

Davis to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on May 15, 2008 12:07 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Youth

is respect for IDEAS. That is why some young people seem old (their minds close to the wonder of possibility) and why some old people seem youn (they are always open to being fascinated).

Keep your respect for ideas, and your youth will never leave you. Which of course, isn’t to say that your knees, back and memory are going to stick around….

Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.

by styg50 on May 15, 2008 12:17 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hear that, Styg50

And thanks for the kind words Jon. Now I’m going to go read this article on Marlin Brisco.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on May 15, 2008 3:59 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, I guess there aren't that many Broncos centric sites other than message boards..

my bad on my previous comment. I still say the Chargers and their fans suck! I can think of only one other solid Broncos blog and that’s Broncotalk.net He’s a cool guy.

by Zappa on May 13, 2008 11:15 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd be typing faster but I dislocated my shoulder.

Yeah, I was patting myself on the back, lol.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on May 14, 2008 8:36 AM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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