Obsessed is the right word for last year. Once DU created a team and started bad-mouthing us with very foul language, we had no choice but to fold for points.
I especially liked the time that a FReeper created charts showing our progress compared to DU. When DU deeplinked to the chart, he replaced it with a map of the US election results by county. HA!
Thanks for thinking of us every now and then. While we appreciate the points, we really appreciate the science behind the points.
Now, how many PS3s can we sneaking into the schools under the guise of a BluRay player?
Them were fun times. I lost my deep secret DU login privledges because I felt sorry for Alfredo, and warned him on what was happening with the linked file. The mods over there shut down thread #12, and they never opened up another.
There were a couple on their team that were really into it for science, and tried to downplay the rivalry, but you know what they say about herding cats.....
But the biggest thing I miss, is the boost we all got, when one of the cosmic clowns posted a thread like, we’re catching up ...... whenever we’d have a down day, and only post about 50K points to their daily average of 12K... They tried so hard, they had me in tears most days, from laughing so hard.
Next biggest thing I miss, is when 8 or 10 guys would be perched on the thread, checking Sanford every few minutes, to be the first to post another “milestone”... like our first million or so points.
Nowadays... any progress is like watching paint dry, so it’s hard to drum up enthusiasm. damn... I’m guilty of it too, I only check the stats about 4 times a day now....