Random Thoughts - Part III The Search for Spark (No Politics)

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

Is kind of cumbersome for team clubs because players often get overloaded and tend to injure themselves playing these friendlies or seasonal cups.

Yea, that's the main reason MLS is changing their schedule to more closely match the European and tournament schedules starting in 2027. Rather than playing February to December they will play July to May with a break in December and January to avoid the worst of the cold weather in the open-air stadiums. This way the players will be free late May to early July.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by JD001

I'm a great fan of both the World and European Cup.. The time difference is making it very difficult to follow...

However, have set-up a mini league on the FIFA app.. some friends and work colleagues have joined so making it fun even if we can't follow the game live!

I've been a college level soccer fan since the early 80's and have watched some of the World Cup along the way.

Many of my fraternity brothers in college played for my school's division II team, and a couple were All Americans. I ran the sidelines for a couple of seasons.

It really kicked back up in the last 15 years as my youngest son was a club and high school varsity keeper, so he and I share a love for the game. We became MLS season ticket holders about 3 years ago, and will likely pick up season tickets for Atlanta's upcoming women's league team (2028).

Honestly I wish I had more opportunity to play it in my youth. It's such a great lifetime sport. Most of my college buddies still play recreationally and many of them were coaches for high school and better.

[Sapphireho]

Happy Father's Day.

[weederr33]

Haven't been on the forums in a long time since I sold my twin years ago. Came back today and man, it kinda hit me. This place used to be super active and now it's slowly fading away. And that made me a little sad.

[DarkPira7e]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Haven't been on the forums in a long time since I sold my twin years ago. Came back today and man, it kinda hit me. This place used to be super active and now it's slowly fading away. And that made me a little sad.

Those of us who are left aren't giving up. But we aren't really doing anything...

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Haven't been on the forums in a long time since I sold my twin years ago. Came back today and man, it kinda hit me. This place used to be super active and now it's slowly fading away. And that made me a little sad.

Many of us have sold our Twins but we still enjoy the banter so we keep tabs on this place.

[alex87f]

Yep. All forums do seem to be dying, apart from the very largest ones (Bimmerpost, Rennlist, etc.)
A shame as I'm not big fan of the new social-media style car communities.

[DarkPira7e]

Originally Posted by alex87f

Yep. All forums do seem to be dying, apart from the very largest ones (Bimmerpost, Rennlist, etc.)
A shame as I'm not big fan of the new social-media style car communities.

I agree 100% with this. I find forums so nice. Comfortable like a stinky old recliner sofa. Does it have all the cool new features? No. Does it work? Yes (unless it's this board, and then my answer changes day to day)
I also like how easy it is to follow information and do my own thing without being actively engaged with some central chat or message board.

[RobertPaulson]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Haven't been on the forums in a long time since I sold my twin years ago. Came back today and man, it kinda hit me. This place used to be super active and now it's slowly fading away. And that made me a little sad.

There's a few factors for sure, the rise of social media being the place to connect with other "car people", workplace security locking down forum access (why I stopped coming here with any frequency)

anyone know if Ultramarroon is still around?

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by RobertPaulson

anyone know if Ultramarroon is still around?

Nope, not around anymore.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by alex87f

Yep. All forums do seem to be dying, apart from the very largest ones (Bimmerpost, Rennlist, etc.)
A shame as I'm not big fan of the new social-media style car communities.

I'm on CadillacForums for my current DD (LYRIQ) and it is very active, similar to how this was "back in the day". Their other car forums are also pretty busy.

If Toyota ever does a true MK2 I think you'll see more activity here. I mean at this point almost anything that needs to be said has been said. Still, I agree things seem to be moving to more social media type platforms, none of which I participate in nor have any interest in.

I still check in at FT86Club because I enjoy the conversation and reading what folks are doing with the platform, although I admittedly only check in every few days.

I go way back to BBS type forums (which is really what this is). I'm talking pre-Internet dialing directly into somebodies hosted computer type forums. No one was trying to monetize every click, it was genuine, true hobbyist conversations.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Honestly I wish I had more opportunity to play it in my youth. It's such a great lifetime sport. Most of my college buddies still play recreationally and many of them were coaches for high school and better.

Honestly, it’s never too late. I still playing indoors. 2 wks ago, played against a team what was age around 50’s & 60’s. We knew they were there to have fun and not playing hard. So we made sure to play clean game. We completely destroyed them, but we all had good laughs and no one got injured.

[NoHaveMSG]

Holy shit finally able to log in.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by RobertPaulson

There's a few factors for sure, the rise of social media being the place to connect with other "car people", workplace security locking down forum access (why I stopped coming here with any frequency)

anyone know if Ultramarroon is still around?

I text Ultra a while ago. He’s doing good.