True. :ashamed:
When I first started reading figure skating boards I was quite naive. I thought it was all just fun and games. LIke, ha ha, Michigan is going to crush Ohio State. Ohio Skate can't play ball worth a lick, ha ha.
It took me a long time to realize how invested we all are in our favorite guys and gals. It's great for figure skating to have passionate fans, but the flip side is that we can't joke around in cheerleading for one side and displaying our cleverness by taking witty jabs at the other.
The only skater that I ever said anything really bad about (skating-wise) was Irina Slutskaya. True, she did have the colossal nerve to try to beat Michelle Kwan, but now I forgive her for that and I wish I had a couple of those posts back.
I don't get the intensity either, quite frankly. I mean there's quite a bit of trash talking in other sports boards, but it's usually taken lightly. (UK will always beat Louisville! Well sadly they did on Saturday. ) If a non-skating fan read some of these posts, they would think that the skater/couple did something personally to some of these posters. In this thread alone we have people angry, ashamed, upset...so on and on..
As I said before, if a skating competition that you're not even competing in gets you that riled up, you are seriously living the good life. There are some people out there who probably wish that is the only thing they're sad about...