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First topic message reminder :

As many of you come from 606 it woudl be great to know what was your pseudo there. I'll start:


Tenez....was...Tenez..and Borgisback
Y I Man...was....erm.... Y I Man!
kemet was kemet
Wooffie was...Wooffie
legendkillar was legendkillar
fernando was fernando has nightmares over vitaly's rear end = fernando (just seems easier)
Socal was socalfootiefan and FA.
Aha, I was in fact... Mad_for_Chelsea (note the subtle difference or the "_" between words).
Liam_Main was.. liam_main just the same but i've got capitals now.
I was bogbrush, as I am on other chatroom/forums.
I'm erictheblueuk on the following sites:-606 MTL 606v2 ja606
Legend was Legend
I was Riskysports before too
Sportslover …was BOO
graf_the_greatest was........graf_the_greatest
My name is WOW. Wow wow!
CaledonianCraig I was on 606 under my current name campaigning against all WUM's.
Jubbahey was StoneyIsle
Solerina Was ???
polished-man was “also” Polish_mannen
yummymummy was yummymummy
FedsFan is still FedsFan on 606
Lydian was ..Lydian
Ebar86 same name in 606
InvisibleCoolers as Invisible Coolers.
Simple Analyst…seems to be old Wise_Analyst
Laverfan was …laverfan
Jarvik = Jarvik

Let it go Tenez !

Tenez wrote:So are we trying Woffie to take the spice out of tennis forums?

Maybe we should create a "derogative index" now!

Moonballer = strategic high baller (BTW, they were very high yesterday v Sod).
Shanker = "unlucky Framer"
Faker = "unluckily injured maybe"
Choker = Hyperactive with focus deficiency
....

I think most of the so called name calling(listed above) has to be taken " tongue in cheek" considering its usually named at the top players, and after all they did managed to get to the top!

Just think if they were all perfect specimens how boring would that be

Wooffie wrote:Good morning polished-man

Just to say that everyone on this forum (and I do mean everyone), is trying to make a concertated effort to leave behind the tired old 606 derogitives of Moonballer, Shanker, Faker, Choker etc. behind. It doesn't inhibit the debate and just makes for a friendly forum. Thanks

I fully appreciate your point Woffie.

I believe that if you want a sparkling debate on tennis, it is important to consider the sport as a whole and not an edulcorated image of it.

Tennis is a brutal clash of egos and wills.

You do choke under the weight of fatigue and stress,

You do shank when you try to overpower your opponent.

You do moonball in trying to weary your competitors. Which is the tactic that has reworded so much players of the calibre of Nadal, Borg or Wilander.

Some can go as far as faking an injury just to have a minute more of breath.

I wander why the debate may sound more sensible by removing the reality of the game and pretending that all of this simply doesn't exist.

Say that I never called choker anybody in my life for respect (although I now a couple of them for sure) and don't think "moonballer" is such a bad name...........

On the contrary Tenez. Removing "spice" from a forum is not correct. However, the terms you and polished have so described in the context you have, are not how those individual words are generally used, as the individual words are used as a derogatory insult towards the players. Obviously it doesn't bother you, however posters on this forum have previously expressed opinions that they should be left from whence they came, and it really isn't so difficult to use their names or derivatives thereof, instead of derogatives, is it?

But that's just my opinon, and it begs to where it might end. If the majority are happy for the re-introduction of the Moonballer, then will it be Nadull, the Mallorcan Moonballer, Swiss Shanker, Shankmeister, Shanky, Faker, Crabman, Choker, Whinger, etc. It doesn't amuse me and I don't think its a good reflective of the tone of the forum. But I've said my piece and will have to bow to majority opinion.

It certainly doesn't bother me to call Shanky "Shankmeister".

My understanding is that fans have their safe heaven threads where teasing is forbidden. The big playground however should be for posters able to cope with derogative names. We shoudl grow over those little words...I think.

Morning guys, sorry I haven't been around much the last couple of days, work has been a nightmare.

I have said all along that constructive criticism of a player is fine when backed up with an argument. Posts or articles simply entitled "Murray is choker" "Nadull is a moonballer" etc will be deleted and further action may be taken against that individual involved by the Admin.

Such comments are designed to wind up fans of that player. Again, I mentioned that we are all lovers of this sport, so please have some respect for your fellow posters. You are all aware of what winds up other posters by certain comments.

We want the forum to grow even more than it is now and are advertising through various means. We are getting retweets on the tennis twitter for fun, going out with links to v2 to thousands of followers. And seeing derogatory comments or posts may put off a new member from joining, and it upsets the existing members.

We are all adults here, lets try and get along. The tennis section has massive potential, so please lets all work together to make it work and make it very successful.

Cheers

Hear, hear Y I Man

Hi All,
FedsFan is still FedsFan on 606. Nice to some of you guys up here

Hey fedsfan, good to see ya!

Wonder what happened to guys like duggietoo?

polished_man wrote:Who is BOO?

What was your pseudo on 606 polished?

Because of some split personality problems I actually held a couple of them. Polish_mannen wes the one incarnating my most ludicrous side.....But they are all new......you old forum foxes don't know much about them!

Welcome here. As mentioned many times, the more we are here the better. And if you have 2 personalities even better!

polished_man wrote:Because of some split personality problems I actually held a couple of them. Polish_mannen wes the one incarnating my most ludicrous side.....But they are all new......you old forum foxes don't know much about them!

I remember you posting originally as Polish_mannen with the broken English but hey you must have taken a "quick-fire Linguaphone course" because within a few days your posts in English were near perfect

same name in 606


but wheres 'noleisthebest'?

NITB was posting fine here but I believe he was victim of a too zealous mod so he seems to have left since unfortunately.

That's why moderating shoudl be used with much care cause he is a very good poster we have lost here.

That is incorrect Tenez. He took a joke the wrong way.

Y I Man wrote:That is incorrect Tenez. He took a joke the wrong way.

He I believe may be a she!!

I can never tell, at least with my name there is no doubt lol

sportslover wrote:

Y I Man wrote:That is incorrect Tenez. He took a joke the wrong way.

He I believe may be a she!!

hm,,i thought so



and
unbiased educator? haha miss his antics

Is NITB a she?

Tenez wrote:Is NITB a she?

According to legendkillar on the Djokovic thread?

Yes, so she said. And according to her words she is "a blond dudette" when questioned if she was a dude (please refrain from over-excitement here....)

polished_man wrote:Yes, so she said. And according to her words she is "a blond dudette" when questioned if she was a dude (please refrain from over-excitement here....)

I actually know a pretty blond from Serbia fan of Djokovic in my tennis club...maybe it's her!

Tenez wrote:

polished_man wrote:Yes, so she said. And according to her words she is "a blond dudette" when questioned if she was a dude (please refrain from over-excitement here....)

I actually know a pretty blond from Serbia fan of Djokovic in my tennis club...maybe it's her!

Lucky guy!! There are mostly middle aged fatty nuts in my tennis club

polished_man wrote:Lucky guy!! There are mostly middle aged fatty nuts in my tennis club

We have our share of those too!

InvisibleCoolers as Invisible Coolers.

Welcome here IC- Good to have you.


It's looking more and more like 606. Is simple Analyst the old CP?

Simple Analyst is CP.

I'm not CP or whoever that is by the way. I wanted to join MTL but that is an incredibly boring forum sorry to say so will be here and JA606 when it find it's way back again but this is a good forum too.

Wyse Analyst then? Welcome anyway!

lydian wrote:Wonder what happened to guys like duggietoo?

He has not been posting on 606, H2G2, MTL since Feb 2011. Just wish him well, and hope to see him post when he feels like it.

Thanks laverfan...yep, wish him well too and hope to see him posting soon as always liked his points.

lydian wrote:Thanks laverfan...yep, wish him well too and hope to see him posting soon as always liked his points.

me too and I even like reading points from Laverfan, Knowledge is good, truefan, pottiella.

Indeed wow - and we all love tennis

wow wrote:

lydian wrote:Thanks laverfan...yep, wish him well too and hope to see him posting soon as always liked his points.

me too and I even like reading points from Laverfan, Knowledge is good, truefan, pottiella.

WoW.. I am grateful for your kind consideration.

Tenez wrote:Welcome here IC- Good to have you.


It's looking more and more like 606. Is simple Analyst the old CP?

Same here, saw some friendly names here and thought would join, however 606 flair is still missing.

invisiblecoolers wrote:

Tenez wrote:Welcome here IC- Good to have you.


It's looking more and more like 606. Is simple Analyst the old CP?

Same here, saw some friendly names here and thought would join, however 606 flair is still missing.

It's early days, definitely better than two months ago...don't tell AIR though.....
I liked those alliterations and high-brow wummery....

Ditto NITB, AIR was a higher level of WUM...he made shanking humourous. Impartial Lion wasnt bad either.
Good to see you IC...

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It's early days, definitely better than two months ago...don't tell AIR though.....
I liked those alliterations and high-brow wummery....[/quote]

yea even though some wummery irritated some of them were so much fun as they made no sense other than being funny, wums will forever be missed.

Same here Lydian.

I don't know why people are so tetchy about those names, I found them really funny, and they still make me smile when I remember them: General Shanko, Mallorcal a rather successful tennis player, OK...Smurf , funny I can't remember any for Murray, but there were loads ARod, Donkey Dr Ivo....I don't remember who coined all those but it was fun...it's nice here ut a bit too prim and proper and sterile, but still early days, maybe it's better to start safe like this and establish, I dunno....

And do you remember those post Christmas kill the time threads: If tennis players were....songs, cars, etc.....

Yea without those nicknames and some bit of wummery the board will be less fun, after all we need wums to counter arguments just like there is no tomorrow .

Countering the wum arguments and make them look dumb was the best part of 606.

Yes it was actually, Basle Bungler, etc. Some of those posts had me in stitches...here's an example:

"Continuing the bile, Roger Federer damned Muray with the faintest of praise: "Andy Murray is a great counter-puncher".
Puh-lease. What was there to counterpunch? Swiss Shanky barely kept the ball in court. In boxing terms, all Murray had to do was stay on his feet, keep moving, jab all night and watch the wet paperbag champion fall apart. Roger Federer urgently needs someone in his entourage to tell him a few home truths. And no, I don't mean Gwen Stefani. Salutations!"

or

"What a nightmare draw for the discombobulated Swiss. Flattened by Fish in Indian Wells, routed by Roddick in Miami and now about to be quashed by tennis journeyman Sam Querrey; the American nightmare continues. By the time the college standard player has finished running Roger all over Roland Garros with public park standard serve and volleying, dazed and confused Swiss shanky will surely be seeing stars. Misguided fans of Roger Federer would have been hoping that he could at least get past the first round in his final asterisked slam but sadly it is not to be. Querrey to quell the Swiss rebellion in four. 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6."

Sadly, wummery of that calibre has gone downhill. AIR where art thou...?

I was never sure if Tetra_Tyger was AIR either....with this contribution:

"Blazing Benneteau bashes baffled Basle Bungler
People grumbled. People complained. They muttered dark words such as ‘choke’, or ‘tanking’ when Rafael Nadal came back from the brink yesterday against the inept Muggy. Well what a breath of fresh air the stupendous match last night must have been for every tennis analyst!
World number one Roger Federer played the match of his career, and tried every trick in his well used book; erratic serving, wild forehands, timid backhands, clumsy volleys, and even his party trick of ‘the festival of errors’ in a bid to unsettle his foe, yet Benneteau was far too strong. The fearsome Frenchman refused to either choke or tank a match in which he clearly recognized he was the vastly superior player.
One must now wonder what the future hold for Roger Federer. After his whipping at the US Open to Caveman Potro, then his humbling defeat in hometown Basel to the frantically ball-bouncing Djoker, and now his clear cut loss to a tennis journeyman taking us back to the glory days when he was regularly schooled by the likes of Canas, Fish and Volandri, the Swiss Shanky is struggling to stay afloat in a rough sea filled with increasing numbers of hungry sharks. One suspects it is merely a matter of time before the sinking Swiss swallows his pride, and takes firm hold of his only life buoy; a life buoy blessedly marked ‘retirement’. Salutations."

Even when you didnt agree with the article you could only help but laugh.
Ah the sweet nostalgia of high level humourous wummery.

yeah, and the lingo was always there: knowledgeable members, salutations....

I dug this one out...for old times' sakes :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A78078955

&

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/F19138652?thread=7828049&show=50

I can't believe it's totaly over....

If ever I open a pub or a restaurant , I'll call it 606 (at least for a week 8) )

The chances are still bigger than me winning Wimbledon


Maybe we can form an ex 606 reunion at wimbledon or during TMC...btw, has anyone heard or applied for Wimbledon olympic tickets..I haven't heard a thing for two months....

nice ones Lyd, while some of them were really funny, some wums irritated by spamming 606 with multiple posts resulting in good posts going out of front page, good thing is we don't have tat problem here.

noleisthebest wrote:I dug this one out...for old times' sakes :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A78078955

&

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/F19138652?thread=7828049&show=50

I can't believe it's totaly over....

The second one is a laugh riot and there was a proper discussion going on. Unbelievable!

(to Tenez who asked)

Jarvik = Jarvik