Sir Chris' Top 40 Users on Board 8

Complete text of Sir Chris's Top 40 Users on Board 8 topic, posted in November of 2007.

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I figured it was about time I finished a project, no jokes, no stalling, hell, even leaving my arrogant gimmick at the door for once. I never have gotten around about thinking of top user lists aside from quick ones entered for contests or something like that, but I thought it'd be kind of cool to do this just because I talk about everything else in such an amazing degree, why not, just this once, do a top user list so I can praise some of the people I really like. You won't see a lot of old users on this list, I am not big on living in the past with faded memories of once good friends. You will see... 2 big names from the past though that are just far too massive and impressed me too much to be left off.

This isn't really much of a big deal, so unless you are interested in my opinions I wouldn't really post here. A lot of popular users, or even users I like pretty well did not make this list. It is only the ones that really stuck out to me and usually ones I talk to a great deal. If you want to token post, then by all means, otherwise this is just something done out of curiosity to where it leads me, and to let some awesome people know they are awesome, nothing more.

40. Ulti
Ulti is a good friend of mine, but he has also hurt me a lot in the past. At this point I admit it is almost petty on my part, but I am the type of person who can forgive a lot of things, but can’t forget them. That is what drops Ulti down to 40 for the most part, also he is elitist about the stupidest things, and it angers me greatly. Of course, the reason it angers me is because I know Ulti to be a kind and good person at heart, and I consider him a great friend when he is being just himself. Ulti is a complex beast, I won’t doubt that. He is pretty interesting overall, if you talk to Ulti only one day a week you will only know 1/7th of his personality, truth be told. I worry about him sometimes though because he seems to have these radical mood shifts that indicate something just isn’t right. But above it all, there is a witty, interesting, funny and dedicated guy under all of those problems. Ulti can also be surprisingly humble, perhaps at times not even realizing it. He will quickly access and admit his faults with no doubts in his mind. He understands his limitations and that is an extremely mature thing. I just wish he could do it all the time, he’d be one hell of a person. We all have our faults, and Ulti is not without his. Sometimes he pisses me off to high hell and I can’t stand him, but I guess it is a testament to how much I enjoy his company that I still maintain my fondness for him overall.

39. Zachnorn
Zachnorn’s write up won’t be as large as Ulti’s, because Ulti and I have a lot of past that Zachnorn and I don’t have. However when I think of Zachnorn I think of an honest and relaxed guy who is just trying to get by and help others. Is he always right? No. Is he the smartest and quickest witted? No. However he s very helpful, very honest, and he likes to make people happy and give them a way to enjoy themselves. There is nothing wrong with any of these things, yet some people like to think so. There are many measures to a man, and sadly Board 8 loves intelligence and the ability to be blindly nice above most things a lot of times. Zachnorn’s best feat so to speak is his Stickam chat he does, where he and red13n host a variety of stuff. It was a pleasure to be able to play Pokemon Stadium with someone across the country in front of an audience and act my usual elitist self calling them all newbs, I rarely find so much fun on the internet, so thank you for that. Watching all of those seasons of Pokemon, a lot of which I had missed was also extremely entertaining, and getting to laugh with all the guys there was very fun. God Mode will forever be remembered by many people, I’d imagine. So no matter what you do, as long as you don’t change your ways Zachnorn, you have my backing.

38. DSRage
DSRage probably earned my respect in the most dubious manner out of any one on this top forty.

*Looks down at list*

Okay that might be stretching it, but the point is it is when I remember gaining a liking for DSR, or whatever shortening of his name you wish to use. He managed to actually vote rally equal to me for a tournament, it was either one of those UUL cups or Smurf’s thing, perhaps both, and that is just damn impressive. When I vote rally, I vote rally because I really want to win and I enjoy winning, it is my overactive competitive streak working its way through my body. It is just a lot more fun to see your name as the winner than the loser, and the minimal effort it requires to swing the votes necessary for victory. It took me at least twenty people to beat you in that stupid UUL cup. That was impressive. You either have to be one persuasive SOB to get that many people to vote for you on whim or you’ve got a lot of black mail on some people around here. I know that’s going to sound dirty and stuff and how you should play fair and all, but where is the fun in that? Anyway DSRage has matured by leaps and bounds over the years, I just thought I’d share the story of how I first started to see him in a new light, it just happened to be in a vote rally duel to the death as it were. DSRage isn’t always certain of who he is yet, and constantly tells me that I shouldn’t be so cold and unfeeling when it comes to giving him advice, I suppose he has a point with that. I know how it is to be uncertain DSRage, but you are a good kid with a good heart, just believe in that and don’t betray that and you’ll turn out all right, good things happen to people who are just a tad nicer than the next guy, as long as you also keep that steely resolve you sometimes comes out of left field and owns me, which is quite an impressive feat considering I am one stubborn guy myself.

37. Neonreaper
This might throw some because I don’t really talk to neon a lot and I am sure I don’t talk about him a lot, but when reflecting on this list this was one person I just couldn’t do without. I don’t think I have ever read a post from neon that I didn’t see some logic in or some reason that I could at least understand, even if I didn’t always agree. Neon isn’t the type of person I’d usually call my friend, because I don’t really hang out with guys as mellow and laid back as neonreaper, but it is something that stands out on the board to me. That being said, there have been a couple of times, I doubt neon even remembers, where I have given him some crap and he has shoved it right back in my face in the most forceful way possible, I liked that. Neon is someone I believe I can count on for a fair opinion on almost anything, I just wished I knew him a bit better. I admit, I also felt really bad for doing that one trade in fantasy baseball after he was so fair about it all season. Although, Majin did end up winning that deal. (Neon will know what I am talking about I think) Anyway Neon, I really respect you and almost anything you have to say, and I have enjoyed your posts here for years, even if I may have denied it, I just have always wanted to say that, and I don’t remember ever getting the chance.

36. Semi
This is a hard person to describe for me, quite honestly. We never seem to get along in any sense of the word, but I must admit a great fondness for his sharp wit and his cutting remarks, even when they are addressed directly to me. I don’t talk to Semi much anymore, nor did I ever really do so, but every time I have Semi has been neutrally polite to me and we have gotten along well enough to discuss some stuff. I don’t know what it is, but Semi is a really cool person to talk to away from the board and his cutting of me on it makes me smile usually, because I’ll be damned if I can come up with a comeback that doesn’t sound horribly lame. I don’t know if many people realize it but one of the things I respect the most about Semi is how loyal he is to his friends in some of the most subtle ways I have ever seen, but it has shown in conversations where I have made fun of someone he talks to every now and then I can feel a mood shift, and I know I struck a chord. I’ve got really nothing to say to you semi, you’d just turn it around and own me anyway, I’ll save myself the embarrassment and break one more DQ5 cartridge in your honor.

(That was one of the funniest comebacks to me ever, by the way)

*Lowers the Sledgehammer down upon it*

35. Swirldude
Swirldude has a special place in my heart where I keep a dagger where I stab all the annoying things that have ever crossed my path. Joking aside, I have grown to like swirldude’s odd way of approaching me over the years, and if it ever stopped it would be something I would miss terribly. We have a lot of common interests which we constantly war over: Baseball, Football, fanfiction, various video game characters doing battle to the death. I guess it isn’t much of a surprise that I like talking with you given how much we have in common. You are very combative, and as odd as it might sound, you sometimes remind me of the little brother I never had, I guess. I don’t love you or anything, but you are great fun to argue with in a way I can only describe as sibling like. Sorry if I was ever too much of a jerk to you, I never meant any of it.

34. TurnTurnTurn
I guess my preview hax was good for something, this one was pretty obvious to everyone except for Bellis (har) so well done. I like Turn a lot, he has a razor sharp wit and is obviously very intelligent. You can’t read his posts and not think this is a really smart guy who is really clever. It is obvious, it is there in almost everything he does. Beyond his innate intelligence, because that hardly gets you anywhere with me. I like turn the most for his good natured personality. That might catch some people off guard, I genuinely don’t know, but Turn always comes off to me as a guy who is just looking to have a good time in any way possible, and like a robot with a kill command, he’ll search and destroy anything that conflicts with his ideal for a good time. Kind of funny how he constantly goes after Andy, except this leads to the reason why he is even this low, and as I alluded to earlier, he takes on the weakest of board 8. Andy is hardly an intellectual challenge, even if you like the guy you have to admit that. (For the record, I am neutral to andy I don’t care either way about him, in case no one has noticed this before). Every time I have ever baited Turn for a debate he has always backed down, which saddens me. I don’t know why, but you seem afraid of me Turn, as if I am going to embarrass you or something. Do you not argue with friends? Are you incapable of having a good debate without resulting to petty insults and trying to degrade your opponent? If you are I want to see it more, stop arguing with people who can’t fight back, it is pathetic of you and you are totally beyond that. Sorry for my harsh words, but it is something I have wanted to say to you for awhile. You can be better than that.

33. Meisnewbie
You were the hardest one to place on this list, although I knew you should be on it. That being said, seriously, I have no idea what I can say about you. You are just really awesome and you make me laugh a lot and any time you take the time to be serious your posts are thought provoking and well composed. You even give me cute nick names all the time which I don’t mind because I find it endearing and sweet. That’s basically all I’ve got on you.

32. MaxedOutRyu
Fighting on the streets, Street Fighter, Ryu. That was probably terribly confusing, but I used some sort of logic there I suppose. Anyway I like MOR a lot just because we used to play Yu-Gi-Oh all the time and that was a blast. One of the users here I am pretty sure has no idea how much I like him because I never seem to find the time to chat with him as much as I should. He IMs me like every day and I am ready to chat and everything and then I am either pulled away or someone asks me to join a game and I am whisked away on an adventure. I always feel bad when I am pulled away because it just seems like he is the person I do it to the most, even though I am sure I do it to a lot of other people. MOR is a really awesome down to earth guy who is fun to talk to and is very personable. I see MOR as an everyman so to speak, great to get along with and I have a hard time imagining how anyone could dislike the guy. MOR, you really freaking rock, and I doubt I have told you that in a very long time, so hit me up sometime and we can D-D-D-D-D-DUEL ONCE MORE!