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sundevil777 102
So, are there plans for another big way?
People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am
sangiro 25
QuoteI am calling no record until some one can show me Craig's screen name and when he ever posted on DZ.com.
There's no posting requiement. There are many people who use this site who do not post to the forums. He has been a member for more than a year.
Only requirement: You have to be a DZ.com member in good standing.
Safe swoops
Sangiro
Sangiro
Quotegood standing.
I thought this was an RW record???
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you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me....
I WILL fly again.....
you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me....
I WILL fly again.....
QuoteIf the person doesn't wish to publicly participate in the forum, why should the same person wish to participate in the DZ.com record
This is BY FAR the most logical post in this thread. I'm sorry, but the record is probably well above 20 then. Almost every skydiver I've met with a significant amount of jumps has bought or sold gear with this site. They're not a part of the community.
Why should lurkers be involved? Yeah, you can read all the time, or you could've signed up once long long ago. There's no way to tell.
This has become ridiculous. The last record was about getting together with people you "know" online and making some jumps. It was about putting faces to the names.
This record will be easy enough to break. I'll just register everyone that's on JFTC.
There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning
QuoteThe last record was about getting together with people you "know" online and making some jumps. It was about putting faces to the names.
I think most people who did the jump were glad to put faces to names.
IMHO the dz.com site is a font of information, but there is also a side to it which is dross (and I am NOT criticizing the site).
Not everybody wants to post. I won't post a reply to a question on canopy/base, etc (unless it is to say get coaching) coz I am not the best canopy pilot out there and I don't base jump.
The skydiving world is a SMALL community and every skydiver is a part of it.
I am sure that Craig and Dennis, although they haven't posted on this forum, have given more to the sport and the people in it than a majority of people on this site have ever done or will do.
I know I have posted heaps on this particular thread and it is not to defend the record, but more the spirit in which it was done.
Liz
QuoteIMHO the dz.com site is a font of information
Many sites are strictly information, and you don't see the people who read them getting together to celebrate it.
Without the posters, there would never be a dropzone.com record to speak of, hence I don't see the point of lurkers in a record.
There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning
Well, it definitely sounds like it fits all the rules. Congrats to all involved. 
If we're going to break it, it's going to take some effort.
If we're going to break it, it's going to take some effort.
Quoteyour the biggest complainer here about it.
And, isn't that a personal attack? Isn't calling someone something a negative term an attack by the most common definition used here?
Quoteand be able to fly your slot...on your belly.
I've jumped with her on her belly. She flies her slot. (She just happens to kick major booty in her sit, though.)
I'm just sad that what was once a "Oh, hey! Look, we're a bunch of people that are friends online getting together to jump!" has turned into, "Look! We're technically the biggest!" Having a dropzone.com record doesn't do mcuh for anyone after the fact. However, it does defeat the purpose of a community when you include people who don't participate.
Also, just because they're famous they fall under different rules??????
There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning
This is what it's all about... the 2nd record: http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=51
Dave
Dave
wildblue 7
QuoteDamn I have over 50 posts now (most crap) and still do not consider myself a dz.commer.
I have over 3700 and I don't consider myself a "dizzy-dot-commer" either
it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality
skymama 37
QuoteWhy should lurkers be involved? Yeah, you can read all the time, or you could've signed up once long long ago. There's no way to tell.
This has become ridiculous. The last record was about getting together with people you "know" online and making some jumps. It was about putting faces to the names.
I agree. Since the record doesn't mean anything beyond these forums in the skydiving world, to me, it's a "community" thing. It should involve the people who you really only know by their screen name and you have to actually ask them what their real name is once you meet them.
She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon
ltdiver 3
QuoteQuoteIMHO the dz.com site is a font of information
Many sites are strictly information, and you don't see the people who read them getting together to celebrate it.
Without the posters, there would never be a dropzone.com record to speak of, hence I don't see the point of lurkers in a record.
I completely agree with you, Val.
How many people (some not even skydivers) registered only when they HAD to when they wanted to read the "Incidents Forum"?
ltdiver
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon
HeatherB 0
Bingo. Spirit.
I suggested a Z-hills jump because I thought it'd just be fun to see how many dz.commers we could get together. That's all. I didn't expect the fights about whether a person is really considered a dz.commer or not. Silly me.
I'm happy the the Eloy record stands. We're going to kick their asses though.
Fun competition. That's what it's about. Not about checking profiles and counting posts. Who gives a shit. This isn't nationals.
Yeehaa! Go Z-hills!
I suggested a Z-hills jump because I thought it'd just be fun to see how many dz.commers we could get together. That's all. I didn't expect the fights about whether a person is really considered a dz.commer or not. Silly me.
I'm happy the the Eloy record stands. We're going to kick their asses though.
Fun competition. That's what it's about. Not about checking profiles and counting posts. Who gives a shit. This isn't nationals.
Yeehaa! Go Z-hills!
Quit whining people,,,be glad you are lucky enough to have fun,,,Skymama is right, outside DZ.Com the record is worthless,,forget records, just have a blast,,,whats next the Most DZ.Com folks with Debit cards in their left pocket record? Or will it be the most with pinky rings? How about an all Hard Way? Show some spirit folks,,,team work, guys and gals work it out....Turn some points if ya know what i mean.... ;-)
wally
wally
smile, be nice, enjoy life
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You too apparently missed my point, which I stated in a previous post
Every time the record thread comes up, there is a wave of defensiveness that arises that is more accusatory than just fun ribbing amongst those who were involved in the past/present record. Some people take themselves far too seriously than need be and/or make mountains out of mole hills. I've jumped with you Val as well as Sunny and many others here but it has always been for the fun of the dive. I Don't like the idea of others taking something that is supposed to be fun and using it to divide people into groups or instill bad feelings.
Quoteit's supposed to be friendly and the competativeness is purely jovial not like an east coast/west coast rap thing
Every time the record thread comes up, there is a wave of defensiveness that arises that is more accusatory than just fun ribbing amongst those who were involved in the past/present record. Some people take themselves far too seriously than need be and/or make mountains out of mole hills. I've jumped with you Val as well as Sunny and many others here but it has always been for the fun of the dive. I Don't like the idea of others taking something that is supposed to be fun and using it to divide people into groups or instill bad feelings.
"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required"
Some people dream about flying, I live my dream
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mwolfe 0
This is a very interesting thread. So many people upset with the possibility of loosing bragging rites to the same people they are upset with. It makes very little since to me to nit pic the rules of a record that is purportedly amongst friends. As to the issue of posting, just because one is capable of pontificating does not make them an expert at anything – from silence comes wisdom. Perhaps there is more wisdom needed to clear up this debate.
from silence comes wisdom. Perhaps there is more wisdom needed to clear up this debate.
QuoteA big red infinity in the base? You know that has to be Amazon
I ment off of his right leg. Looks short enough to be her.
Dom
QuoteThere's no posting requiement.
Good to know. We cut people at the 2003 Memorial Day Boogie that hadn't posted. We are going to crush the record in May then. Lot's of good Big Way jumpers out here that don't post.
Dom
sundevil777 102
They should be able to crush the record now in AZ, you'd think they didn't want to do a formation load or something!
Formation load!
That's what I'd want to do if I was there.![[:/]](/uploads/emoticons/dry.png "[:/]")
Formation load!
That's what I'd want to do if I was there.
People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am
Dennis Rook never posted either.
Edit...Who cares?
Also maybe HH should set a standard of rules....Seems stupid, but it would stop all the BS dead.
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