FFH 101: Intro to Howling
by Travis Hair on Oct 20, 2010 9:00 AM MST
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Hi everybody! Welcome to the site today. I thought since the site was experiencing an odd boom in traffic that now might be a good time to start a series of posts dedicated to how we do things around here and how things work.
I thought I'd get started by explaining what the heck we're doing here and what you should be doing here. I'm here writing stuff. Jordan writes some other stuff sometimes. Carl takes care of the links in the morning and we've even got some beat reporters on a couple affiliates with Jessica and Valerie. We write these things partially for fun, but also so that people can read them. I sometimes know people read them by looking at traffic numbers and seeing where people are going on the site, but you know what the best way to let us know you're reading is? Commenting.
Commenting is what this site is really all about. Sure, seeing my words on a cool page is fun sometimes, but without comments it's just yelling into the void. This isn't the Travis' opinion page, it's supposed to be a community of Coyotes fans hanging out and talking. While i've set these tutorial things up as a "classroom" theme, it's really more like, to steal an analogy from Pension Plan Puppets, a sports bar. Sure, there are rules and saying on topic is nice, but in general we just want people to hang out and have a conversation with eachother. If I put up a post about, for example, Shane Doan's recent suspension, you should use that space to talk about said suspension. Staying on topic is nice. But there is one big exception. The daily Coyotes Tracks posts. In these posts you can talk about pretty much everything you want. Want to talk about traffic, the weather, world peace or more important topics like your Justin Beiber hate? That's fine (for now). We're wanting Coyote fans to just connect with other Coyote fans. Talk hockey, talk... just TALK! This isn't some library, have fun with it.
If you have question about something we haven't addressed on the site put that in the tracks' comments and someone will help you out. Please, if you're reading but haven't started commenting come out of the lurking shadows and join us! We don't bite much.
Class dismissed.
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Yeah, but did you get the credits for it?
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
I thought it would have been kind of funny if THIS were the post that didnt have any comments! Besides, isnt “yelling into the void” what a blog is all about? If not, our readers are all fired… :)
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Well, sometimes it is, but you know, we want to talk to the people reading it too sometimes. It’s so lonely… =P
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
by Travis Hair on Oct 20, 2010 10:32 AM MST up reply actions
I got my SBN credits for this class over at Japers’. I’m just auditing the class here.
The Artist Formerly Known as CP2Devil.
Links guy at Five For Howling.
We don’t accept credits from that two bit “school” here =P
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
by Travis Hair on Oct 20, 2010 10:49 AM MST up reply actions
Hello
I am on SBN a lot but just signed up here for the hell of it.
So hello Coyotes fans
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by bestbostonsports on Oct 20, 2010 11:05 AM MST reply actions
Sorry for giggling in class
But I now have the mental image of Hultzer singing “If you liked it then you shoulda put a comment on it”
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I try to comment – but my SBN tutor (ahem, Jordan) usually steals the computer from me.
I’m posting this comment during an actual class that I teach (they’re watching a movie…it’s ok) – that’s got to get me extra credit, right?
Only up to the next half letter grade.
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
I only ever steal the computer during away games for GDTs…in my defense.
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(Oh, and go Philly teams as well!)
by Jordan Ellel on Oct 20, 2010 3:17 PM MST up reply actions
I wasn’t hiding – honest. Real life > hockey. Now they have balanced out a bit. I even started writing some too.
On game days though I have to watch the Coyotes on delay, so I won’t be around here because I don’t want you guys spoiling it for me. :-D
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I suppose I should introduce myself.
I was born one dark and stormy night, there was flashes of lightening and thunder in the background….
But seriously, I am a 25 year old die hard Dbacks and Coyotes fan. I was a Hartford Whalers fan (before they moved aka disapeared into thin air because I refuse to recognize the Hurricanes).
It was pretty tough back in April and May going from rooting for a winning hockey team to witnessing 1,001 ways the Arizona Diamondbacks can lose (dont even get me started on the walkoff balk against the Dodgers). I hope to post more often this season, well actually I just lurked last season lol.
I am a CNA if anyone cared to know.
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Can I get a copy of my transcipt?
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
I've been reading Five for Howling ever since last season
I commented more that season and wrote a few posts too. I’ll start commenting more often now.
I’m really active on Revenge of the Birds though. I was active and participated in AzSnakepit gamethreads sometimes, and I post sometimes on Bright Side of the Sun. Just a little of my Sb Nation history.
Sounds great!
Just trying to get as many people commenting as possible. Commenting just creates even more. People like jumping into conversations =)
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by Travis Hair on Oct 20, 2010 10:07 PM MST up reply actions
FFH newbie
I am new to the site, get the RSS feed so commenting isnt always on my mind….but I will try and chime in now and again. Dont live in PHX anymore but the Coyotes are still on my radar….got Center Ice pretty much so I could see the games.
I feel like I gotta also admit this, but I am also a Flyers fan (been since age 3 so its in my blood)…but I figure if I out myself now maybe people will be nice to me the rest of the season.
Jordan is a Flyers fan too… can’t win ’em all… =P
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by Travis Hair on Oct 21, 2010 12:09 PM MST up reply actions
That’s right and slowly but surely we will overrun the site….MUAAHAHAHAAHAAA…or not.
Welcome upcamogie, always good to have a fellow Flyers fan in the mix…
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by Jordan Ellel on Oct 21, 2010 1:05 PM MST up reply actions
Well, you may know me.
Or you may not. I comment when I can, but these games so far have either been at 7 AM in the morning or 7 PM at night (right when our family has dinner, which makes watching hockey hard and commenting even harder). Five For Howling is my first blog on SBNation, and I believe hockey is my favorite sport.
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