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10/19/2011 11:38am
10/19/2011 11:38am
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1/27/2012 5:51pm
Instant gold when poto says on matthes monday show that "no one will ever be as smart as the man behind the computer screen and keyboard". Great to hear his take on the situation where he states that "everyone" hates the canned dungey style interview and when he does a different more open and loose kind with matthes the know it all's are upset at that and how its informal.
People can spend their money anyway they wan to but they aren't "owed" an explanation or for a rider to act the way they would which happens all too often around here. If you don't like a rider then don't support them with your (virtual) cheers. The sense of entitlement by "fans" simply amazes me sometimes.
AND once again, for the 983rd time, let me once again reiterate that the industry cares way, way too much about what people say on here.
The Shop
X100
I don't think Romo gives a crap what a bunch of no football playing guys say about how his interviews just tow the line for the sponsors etc. In the end, there's less people on this forum, than at one race. Just sayin...
Respect your fans, don't worry about keyboard cowboys, and be better prepared than your competition. That also seems to work well for those top guys. Some just learn later in their careers than others.
Every race is straight up..
Not this mickey mouse shit.
RV1-000,000
When I am reading Racer X and I see something about stuff that was posted on Vital- I just get a little depressed. It's a very incestuous relationship. An entire industry reacting to the complaints of a small group of people, and reporting it week after week as the "public sentiment."
Like "so and so rider's decision really lit up the message boards." I would wager that every reader of Racerhead also reads Vital. It's a small group of people reporting on what a small group of people think-- a report that is then read by the same small group of people. It's like a tiny, incredibly repetitive vortex of negativity.
If the industry really hates this message board as bad as they claim, then they need to stop talking about it. Everytime a rider mentions it, or its mention in a magazine, or an interview it legitamizes us, and we talk louder.
Matthes is right, the entire industry cares way to much about this place. If RV didn't read the message boards (and there is no logical reason why he should), then he wouldn't know-or care-what we think about his interviews. It's not like people are going to go up to him in the pits, or at the track or on the street and tell him they hate his interviews.
Riders need to stop caring about this place, do things how they (and their camp) feel is best and live and let live. They'll never make 100% of the fans happy....so stop trying.
For a second I thought I was on the TMZ web site...
While I am not a fan of RV I agree with Matthes in that no matter what someone is going to say something. Far too many people just say nothing now and you don't get to know a racer like you do with other athletes in other sports. Too many riders get up on the podium or in an interview and they sound like a robot.
Do you think you are going to get some riding tips from him or something? lol
Any rider who cares what the people on the boards (here) have to say about them needs to harden up. For every 10 who whine and complain about a racer(and I'm guilty), there are probably 100 who have good things to say, but don't.
Carry on..........
Pit Row
5% of posters who actually know what's up. They also generally post the least, usually only when they actually have something to say.
45% of posters are the vocal majority who are pretty sure they know what's up, and post frequently.
10% include a vocal minority who are pretty sure they know what's up, but generally post how they think things should work, rather than how they actually work.
10% have no clue whatsoever, but post like they think they do.
5% just want to stir up crap and cause trouble.
25% read, but don't post.
You have to pick and choose what you read, and who you believe. There are nuggets of good stuff scattered amid the...uh, rest of it.
(please don't say me)
Heck, even I'm wrong on occasion. Though I try and minimize that.
if he knocks up his wife and she leaves him after a few years he'll regret not taking the yearly payout.
RV doesn't seem like a dummy-- as we all know many of his peers are boneheads but marrying that chick was the WORST thing he could of did.
These girls are gold diggers to the max, however..ill be honest..if I had that kind of loot and worked that hard i'd want to slay top shelf pussy too.
You can either embrace this place (ala DV), or totally completely ignore it. Thats it. Any half thing here or there, will just wear you down.
But as a pro rider, here is something EVERYONE needs to know straight up and its not a choice... you better hike up your big girl panties, cowboy the fuck up, and get some thick skin to go with that 6 figure salary to do what you love to do. Thats the price and we have far far far to many riders that are too big of a ... puss... for their own good much less the sports.
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