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InGoodCo

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Paid his bet. I also wanted to say that the second he did, it immediately made him a real person to me (cause I know who he is now). We've had some great debates over the years and we've got at each others throats more than I can count. We're on two opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to our views on Iowa sports. But again, after finding out who he was, it immediately made him human to me instead of just some guy I was fighting with on the internet. He blocked me for a long while cause I was being an a hole. I deserved it. I said I was sorry and I am. I've been a jerk to him and he to me over our views of Iowa sports for years. I shit on his opinion and he shits on mine. That's dumb. I just wanted to say that he earned a lot respect from me and to be honest it's not at all the feeling I thought I would have. I thought I would be gloating - I thought I would be putting up memes with dollar signs and trolling him hard. That's not at all how I feel, I considering denying the payment. I am sorry to anyone I've conflicted with on here, ya'll some of my favorite Hawks.

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InGoodCo said:
Paid his bet. I also wanted to say that the second he did, it immediately made him a real person to me (cause I know who he is now). We've had some great debates over the years and we've got at each others throats more than I can count. We're on two opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to our views on Iowa sports. But again, after finding out who he was, it immediately made him human to me instead of just some guy I was fighting with on the internet. He blocked me for a long while cause I was being an a hole. I deserved it. I said I was sorry and I am. I've been a jerk to him and he to me over our views of Iowa sports for years. I shit on his opinion and he shits on mine. That's dumb. I just wanted to say that he earned a lot respect from me and to be honest it's not at all the feeling I thought I would have. I thought I would be gloating - I thought I would be putting up memes with dollar signs and trolling him hard. That's not at all how I feel, I considering denying the payment. I am sorry to anyone I've conflicted with on here, ya'll some of my favorite Hawks.

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This board would be pretty boring without @lightning1 and yourself. Everyone that posts here or on other boards are probably some of the biggest fanatics out there. The varying viewpoints and opinions from all of you guys/gals are the reason I keep coming back. I'm glad he paid his bet, respect earned.
 
ssckelley said:
What was the bet again?
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Last off season he said Iowa had a 0% chance to dance and he and I made a $50 bet and also the other user had to have an autosig of something along the lines of " "I go to InGoodCo for all of my basketball knowledge" for a year. I was not surprised he paid at all, but at the time I just wanted him to cool it so we put money on the line. We've disagreed, he's called me dense and stupid (sometimes I really am & I am ok with it) - I think that it's all water under the bridge now and in fact, I kind of thought that before he even paid. He does have a lot of good takes but I always focused on his negative ones. I hate being an a hole to anyone and for that I am sorry.
 
Being a huge Hawk fan it was probably the best 50 bucks he ever spent. If I bet 200 again it iowa tomorrow, I'd still be rooting hard for them to win and consider it money well spent if they did.
 
The difference between the extreme negative posters and the extreme positive ones is probably pretty small in real life. I used to be a middle of the road poster as far as positive/negative goes. I've slowly gravitated towards to positive side more over the years to where I am now. I think the over the top negative posts stood out to me more so those were the ones I responded to and it morphed me into the positive poster I am today. The funny thing is it didn't change my opinions in real life one bit. People would probably be shocked here if they heard me on game day and how negative I can be.

On the flip side, at the Rose Bowl a few years ago I met a guy who is considered one of the most negative guys on here. He was just a normal, cool dude who didn't come off as negative at all in real life. He even told me that the negative things are just what chose to discuss. We were just 2 huge Hawk fans at the biggest game in our lives and you couldn't tell the difference between us at all, yet one guy was an overly positive message board poster and one was an overly negative one.
 
PCHawk said:
The difference between the extreme negative posters and the extreme positive ones is probably pretty small in real life. I used to be a middle of the road poster as far as positive/negative goes. I've slowly gravitated towards to positive side more over the years to where I am now. I think the over the top negative posts stood out to me more so those were the ones I responded to and it morphed me into the positive poster I am today. The funny thing is it didn't change my opinions in real life one bit. People would probably be shocked here if they heard me on game day and how negative I can be.

On the flip side, at the Rose Bowl a few years ago I met a guy who is considered one of the most negative guys on here. He was just a normal, cool dude who didn't come off as negative at all in real life. He even told me that the negative things are just what chose to discuss. We were just 2 huge Hawk fans at the biggest game in our lives and you couldn't tell the difference between us at all, yet one guy was an overly positive message board poster and one was an overly negative one.
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That's kind of me too - I am super negative during games - I feel like being a Hawkeye fan is just automatically set up for heartbreak. I get pissed. I say horrible things. I get sick and tired of it. I want championships. I don't settle for mediocre sports, I have nothing to do with it. My contributions mean virtually nothing to the U of I. I have no say in how things are ran. But, I end up hating when people tell me that I'm the problem just cause I still support the team. There's a part of me that isn't that over the top and I find myself compelled to stick up for the team and coaches at the school I cheer for.
 
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InGoodCo said:
That's kind of me too - I am super negative during games - I feel like being a Hawkeye fan is just automatically set up for heartbreak. I get pissed. I say horrible things. I get sick and tired of it. I want championships. I don't settle for mediocre sports, I have nothing to do with it. My contributions mean virtually nothing to the U of I. I have no say in how things are ran. But, I end up hating when people tell me that I'm the problem just cause I still support the team. There's a part of me that isn't that over the top and I find myself compelled to stick up the team and coaches at the school I cheer for.
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You're super negative during games? Good Lord what does that make me...
 
Stanzi said:
You're super negative during games? Good Lord what does that make me...
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yeah the minute something goes wrong I immediately am the "Here we go again, JFC - why is it always this fing way? F, fire this shit, I'm through with it....F this team and sport" .... 10 minutes later Iowa takes the lead "Ya know this team is probably final 4 worthy"
 
InGoodCo said:
yeah the minute something goes wrong I immediately am the "Here we go again, JFC - why is it always this fing way? F, fire this shit, I'm through with it....F this team and sport" .... 10 minutes later Iowa takes the lead "Ya know this team is probably final 4 worthy"
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You must keep it in your head or at least off the interwebs. I should probably do that too.
 
Stanzi said:
You must keep it in your head or at least off the interwebs. I should probably do that too.
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yeah, honestly I do that. I try not to project that type of thing on to another person. My buddies or my wife typically are my sounding board.
 
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