Quote Originally Posted by ggiese
That's more like it!!! That's my ol' pal cocky!!!

I gotta be honest, cocky... I thought you were done with this site. When you left in a huff, you cleaned out your cubicle and snuck out the back door. No goodbyes to your compadre's, who were a bit disturbed with your sudden departure (as a matter of fact Hex stood outside the back door of this place for over a week with a tear in his eye hoping you'd change your mind and come back - it was a pretty sad sight to see...). You were trying to position yourself at the time as being the voice of reason... That was until you didn't like being told you were being a fool (AND YOU WERE A FOOL - BOTH OBLIK AND SCOTTY WERE PROVEN TO BE SCUMBAGS!!!)... Now 5 months later you come back and it's supposed to be talking about cigars like nothing ever happened??? Please....


I gotta think, cocky - you have to be amazed that Bill is still on this site. I believe you were one of the bandwagon occupants at the time who thought that Bill and I came over here to go after a mod - not contribute anything useful, or stick around for any length of time - but just come in and stir up the pot - cause grief and aggravation and move on... That obviously didn't happen. If you look around, the place has rather improved quite a bit since you've been gone...
I agree there ggiese. At the time, I was exclusive to this site and didn't know the history between Scotty, Bill and everyone else. All I knew was that Scotty acted fine on this board. You guys came on here and brought that with you, so I naturally blamed you guys. Time has proven that to be wrong. I am shocked in fact that he is still here and will admit I was wrong about that.

Quote Originally Posted by ggiese
Cocky - I for one believe you owe the long time members on this board (Hex, Roham, LabMonkey, Me, Bill, etc., etc., etc.) an apology for your VERY childish and nasty behavior during your departure. Like Bill or not - the reality is he's shown himself to be a much more stand up member than you.
Please accept this post as my apology. At the time, I didn't like the direction this board was taking and I spoke up about it. I made one post about it and left. So be it. I apologize.

Quote Originally Posted by ggiese
As far as you not liking Bill for who he is... Bill is who he is - you either choose to accept him that way, or you can write him off. I happen to like people like Bill - so it's a no brainer for me. Bill represents the good people who SHOULD occupy a site like this - not asswipes like Scotty or Oblik.... Maybe you realize that and aren't willing to admit it - I was kinda hopeful you got it with you earlier post. This most recent post of yours is the cocky I've come to know and love...
I don't know Bill personally, so I shouldn't comment. However, I don't personally agree with his and many other's style of posting. To me, cigars are a luxury to be enjoyed. They are "fun". The short, harsh attacks that people on this board make aren't compatible with that luxury IMO. As the median age of a cigar smoker is older, I expect people to act their age. It is strange to me that this board has the environment it does.

Quote Originally Posted by ggiese
That little site of yours breeds all kinds of assinine behavior aside from your members petty disagreements with CockHole. And you're not happy with CockHole's posts? Please... I think CockHole handled himself very well over there, considering the grief he was getting because he wasn't a "Gamecock" fan and didn't care to participate in the circle jerk.

What is that site of yours all about, cocky? Is it about talking "cock" football, or giving each other back rubs and hand jobs? I would think if you're serious about wanting to talk college football, irregardless of what the persons leaning is, you'd want someone like CockHole who has a knowledge of it. Clearly he sees the disparities between teams your friend obviously missed - hence his winning bet...

Cocky - if you want a "kinder-gentler" website, where no one flames, start a site about sewing, or arts and crafts, or knitting... I'm sure you won't have the headaches you have from having such a controversial site... In the mean time, wake up and smell the coffee...

As the man once said... "Lighten up, Francis"
That "little site" has 1500 members. The only rules I have on that site are to keep "smack talk" in its appropriate place and to not have personal attacks, the same as this site. That wasn't being done; CC joined purely to harass me, not talk sports so I banned him, plain and simple. Then, pyro and a few others joined to do the same and fortunately lost interest. If CC wanted to attack me for leaving, that's his perogative, but I surely wasn't going to sit back and watch him do it on my site.

As for the members of that site, we are fans pure and simple. We pull for the team we pull for because we love it. Why do people pull for the BoSox or Cubs? Why do people pull for the Clippers? These are all teams that went a very long time without championships. Their fans love them nonetheless. Same with Gamecock fans, we don't have a history of winning, but so what? I got two degrees from there and will love them whether they win or lose. Sure, I could become an FSU fan or a Florida fan, but then I wouldn't be a fan.

Anyways, it's been a long time. I apologize for leaving. I did the very first pass on this site when you and I were some of the first posters giese, and as already stated, we have seen it go from 50 to 800+. I had a lot of fun here prior to leaving and am personally happy for hex that his site has grown so well. I'm willing to move on. Hopefully, ya'll will be too.