I've been around a short amount of time and I just want to get some things off my chest. (don't worry this will all tie in later)
Yesterday one of my threads was removed mainly because it was a terrible thread and included some very lewd topics, and this is fine with me. That thread was pure cancer and should be removed.
Now obviously that thread does not reflect my personal views or opinions because It was posted in the FFA forum simply as a joke.
Now how does this tie together with Dan 53?
It's simple, this topic of Dan's dam time has been discussed and re-hashed a multitude of times and SHOULD NOT be needed to be discussed again. This is a form of shit posting that is far more annoying than what I was doing. Mine was obvious and most sane people wouldn't even give it the time of day, but this topic gets people all fired up and causes extremely unnecessary drama. Granted, I have not been around that long and my opinion shouldn't make a difference to you. HOWEVER, I'm not going to be in the community long if all you do is argue about a pointless time that was set before most of you have been in this community!
The reason I wanted to make a post of my opinion is because I have learned facts about his time that makes me believe it should stay on the boards.
Argument: "Clemens time should still be on the leaderboard if Dan's is."Fact: Clemens clearly did not follow the rules, Dan did. There was not a hard rule that every WR had to be proven by video back then. It was strongly encouraged, but the final say was left up to the rankings moderators.
Argument: "How can we trust his time if there is no video?"Fact: Berube is good friends irl with a guy named Tyler Prober t who had been around for a long time and Prober t vouched for him, Dan sent a tape with a bunch of 54s and some other times.
This included depot 26 (WR) and some others.
Argument: "No video, no Proof"Fact: He had very little proof but had met with/known some of the proof mods and was verified by them, the rankings mod at the time accepted the 53 on the ranks and Berube was never asked in a reasonable time period to have a video for 53.
All in all the argument can be viewed from either side but the fact of the matter is that most people weren't around then and the rules were different. Moreover this is a dumb thing to argue about and is bad for the community and the outsiders looking in just like myself.
