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I mean the bottom-feeders. Phantom Regiment, Star of Indiana, Crossmen... all of 'em used to be second-rate corps compared to Cadets, Cavaliers, Santa Clara, and Blue Devils. Of course, I'm going back 20 years or so...

I didn't see DCI's this year, but I understand that Cadets were pretty bad (relative to their usual pace-setting excellence.)

Reliant121 wrote:The mods, IIRC, had a massive conflab about whether he was in fact Blackstar. I can't remember the name, but it was something about vengeance or the character involved was about vengeance. It wasn't even obscure. Just the sort of apt, yet pitifully easy to spot kind of bull he would pull. He lasted 3 days then ranted at Graham.

Not quite - we were pretty confident after he'd made half a dozen posts that it was him, the rest of the time was just making sure (in which your input was indeed most helpful). I won't go into detail, to avoid providing useful information on our counter-sockpuppet strategy, but suffice to say that as soon as we were confident we had a genuine Chakat he got the boot. No ranting involved.

I stand corrected. And it merely stands to the efficiency of the mod team.

Mikey wrote:I mean the bottom-feeders. Phantom Regiment, Star of Indiana, Crossmen... all of 'em used to be second-rate corps compared to Cadets, Cavaliers, Santa Clara, and Blue Devils. Of course, I'm going back 20 years or so...

I didn't see DCI's this year, but I understand that Cadets were pretty bad (relative to their usual pace-setting excellence.)

That is what I heard. I only got to see 1 DCI show, but the Cadets didn't seem that impressive. Two people from my college marching band marched the Cadets this year, but I have heard from others that, compared to normal, the Cadets have been a bit lackluster recently. The only other Corp I really cared about this summer was Jersey Surf but that was because my girlfriend marched with them this season (that's a good reason right?). I was a bit underwhelmed by their show. It was a nice patriotic medley-type thing, but I had hoped for more.

Jersey Surf, nonetheless, has made great strides in the last 5 - 10 years. They used to be on par with the Buccaneers, and now they're actually an enjoyable corps to watch on the field.

Mikey wrote:Jersey Surf, nonetheless, has made great strides in the last 5 - 10 years. They used to be on par with the Buccaneers, and now they're actually an enjoyable corps to watch on the field.

Eh? Your a Snookie and Situation fan?????

grrr... "Surf," not "Shore."

Mark wrote:

Mikey wrote:Jersey Surf, nonetheless, has made great strides in the last 5 - 10 years. They used to be on par with the Buccaneers, and now they're actually an enjoyable corps to watch on the field.

Eh? Your a Snookie and Situation fan?????

Jersey Surf

Mikey wrote:Jersey Surf, nonetheless, has made great strides in the last 5 - 10 years. They used to be on par with the Buccaneers, and now they're actually an enjoyable corps to watch on the field.

Indeed. I like their performance, it was the music that was just kind of meh for me. They performed what they had really well though -- of course I'm biased (toward the colorguard at least) and our Marching Band this year has quite a few Surf alumni in it. If I were any good at any of the instruments I play in band (and had money) I'd go out for them.

Seriously, our thread drift is powerful enough to affect planetary orbits at this point.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Seriously, our thread drift is powerful enough to affect planetary orbits at this point.

Why? Forum membership -> drum and bugle corps. Seems logical to me.

An another tack... have you seen the DITL forum yet?

Mikey wrote: grrr... "Surf," not "Shore."

Lol....I'm guessing there's a difference

Mark wrote:

Mikey wrote: grrr... "Surf," not "Shore."

Lol....I'm guessing there's a difference

Quite a bit ... see my above post

Mikey wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Seriously, our thread drift is powerful enough to affect planetary orbits at this point.

Why? Forum membership -> drum and bugle corps. Seems logical to me.

An another tack... have you seen the DITL forum yet?

Thanks, anti-Spock!

And it's a lovely forum! I might join, but I don't think I'll fit in too well.

You do. We need our mild mannered people, there are not that many (:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

Mikey wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Seriously, our thread drift is powerful enough to affect planetary orbits at this point.

Why? Forum membership -> drum and bugle corps. Seems logical to me.

An another tack... have you seen the DITL forum yet?

Thanks, anti-Spock!

This reminds me... I joined the national honorary band fraternity last semester. Guess what my nickname is... {eyebrow raise}