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"i got a story t' tell"...
i guess i'm part of the clique that would commonly be be referred 2 as 'vets'. i've been here 4 years str8, & seen abt as much as there is 2 c of this board. the rise & fall of ppl, disappearances, comebacks, namechanges, tides coming in/out...the whole 9, basically. i say all this, not 2 give props 2 myself, but 2 establish the validity of my own speech. my claim 2b able, 2 have the qualifications 2 spit on this. thru most of my OKP career, i've been a response phenom -- most e'body who knows my name here can attest 2 this. i started off simply replying, no posts @ all. over time, i posted my work, but always making sure 2 give love from page 7 right thru to page 1. i'd spend 3, 4 hrs of a day doing nothing but reading post after post, giving even mediocre joints a chance, just so i could give indepth, detailed responses...quote from the actual pCe & offer critiques when necessary. @ the height of my involvement, i'd throw up nearly 30 replies in one day. not one-line, nothing jawns but responses w/ substance & yes, volume. the "vet whining" that us old-heads r so well known 4, i've almost never taken part in. i'm one of those who've talked the talk AND walked the walk, but actually i've been nearly ALL walk. what diff has it made? well, i can't go by anything but the current st8 of the board right now...& from that, the only real evidence there is, obv all my grinding made minimal diff. it's great 2b an idealist & talk abt working 4 change & fighting thru things, but u yrself said -- u can't tell who's on these boards, what their backgrounds r, what they've been thru...and HENCE it goes w/out saying that u can't simply sway a tide of diverse, independent, individuals bent on getting their board fix & bouncing. no not e'body falls under that, but the exact thing u're asking folks 2 do -- lead by example, walk the walk...has been done, time & time again by cats like me, 2 no avail. so no, i dont believe in that method anymore, no i dont believe in the ability of the boards 2 revert back 2 this property or that quality. the boards depend on the ppl & u can't trust the ppl 2 get 'on board' w/ any idea or theory or 12step reformation program, no matter how well-meaning or good-intentioned. these ain't even my frickin' boards anymore...4 all intents & purposes, shoot...i've dipped. but like i said in the beginning...i had a story 2 tell.
& i told it.
g'luck y'all...pCe.
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"Pimping ain't art...but grabbing guns is?!" (c) Menphyel
"I've come to realise that I never loved Hip-Hop as a whole, just a particular era that happened at the same time as I was actively checking actively for new music."
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