Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

[spazzxb]

I pretty much always know what threads are trending here and ,especially due to tapatalk, check in a lot. sometimes threads or conversations hook me in and sometimes I lurk. Mostly I spend 1-5 minutes here a few times a day unless something hooks me in. If I am bored I take a glance along with msnbc, CNN, espn, colts.com, youtube, my flipboard app. During the season (or if something interesting is happening,),its near the top of list. I also get notifications for threads I post in. Most of my friends don't care about sports so It does fill a void missing from my real life.

Currently its helping me kill time on a roadtrip with my parents.

If the site shutdown I would mostly loose a source of entertainment. I have no real life relationships here, but I would certainly miss this place and the people here. I do have little characters associated with quite a few posters here but it would be horribly unfair to apply them to a real person.

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[Ace E.Anderson]

Re: Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

This is a fun place to come and I check in often. Have learned lots from the many very knowledgeable posters
who are much more in tune with the basketball world than I am. PD is at the top of my favorites list for sports
websites and by far the one I visit the most. It is the only one I post on as well. Would have to say that
reading Peck's post-game write-ups has become as much of a ritual as any other Pacers related ritual I might
have. I would have to say though that I try to keep things in perspective, and that anything sports related is
an entertaining diversion in my life that takes a back seat to more important priorities such as health, family,
household responsibilities, financial responsibilities, and survival in general. In other words I really like coming
here and participating in the Pacers online community, but would not say it is one of the most vital or
important things in my life.

It's funny that I check Pecks post game write ups the day after a game way before I check out the star's "coverage".

The best thing about PD is being able to discuss everything pacers with fans that are as knowledgable and devoted as I am. I randomly found this site one day in college study table, and have been addicted ever since. Aside from Seth I could never pinpoint any of the fellow posters out of a lineup; but I enjoy every one here. I check PD multiple time daily, and it's one of the few things that can get me riled up that doesn't have to do with real-life everyday happenings.

The best thing about PD is the fact that it truly can make you forget about everything else for a little while. After every big win; there's nowhere else I'd rather be than online sharing the good times with everyone

[Nuntius]

Re: Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

PD is an integral part of my Internet routine. I tend to log into PD the moment I open the browser. It's a very nice place to talk about basketball and we even have an Anime thread

I don't really rank my interests so I'm not sure that I can vote but I can say that all of my interests make me into who I am so PD has played a role in it as well.

[dal9]

Re: Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

check it almost every day, often before 5 PM, but I could stop whenever I wanted

[speakout4]

Re: Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

PD is also about friendship just a different type of friendship.

[RamBo_Lamar]

Re: Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

This is a fun place to come and I check in often. Have learned lots from the many very knowledgeable posters
who are much more in tune with the basketball world than I am. PD is at the top of my favorites list for sports
websites and by far the one I visit the most. It is the only one I post on as well. Would have to say that
reading Peck's post-game write-ups has become as much of a ritual as any other Pacers related ritual I might
have. I would have to say though that I try to keep things in perspective, and that anything sports related is
an entertaining diversion in my life that takes a back seat to more important priorities such as health, family,
household responsibilities, financial responsibilities, and survival in general. In other words I really like coming
here and participating in the Pacers online community, but would not say it is one of the most vital or
important things in my life.

[MagicRat]

Re: Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

Thank you, Pacersdigestdotcom, for being a place where I can chat with Pacers fans and post stupid pictures. #ThankYouNotes

[Coopdog23]

Re: Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

It check it quite often daily, it's a great place to discuss Basketball with fellow fans. When the offseason starts and free agency dies down, I do become disappointed as there is little to talk about basketball or the Pacers in general.

No games to talk about, but we could talk prospects for the upcoming draft

[SycamoreKen]

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I joined the RATS board the summer of '97 after I got married and with that came internet access at my in-laws. I've been around ever since and have had the opportunity to meet Seth and kester on different occasions. I met Travmil before PD when we worked at the same place I met my wife. As we get ready to move to Houston, it will be interesting to contribute from another NBA city, but the Rockets will not gain my allegiance like the Spurs did.

[immortality]

Re: Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

It check it quite often daily, it's a great place to discuss Basketball with fellow fans. When the offseason starts and free agency dies down, I do become disappointed as there is little to talk about basketball or the Pacers in general.

[Naptown_Seth]

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That was a glorious day wasn't it. The only thing better was the day Jim (Satan) O'Brien was fired.

I honestly have some slight worries that I took way too much enjoyment from that moment. I don't like to celebrate the misfortune of others, but then again when they are making everything miserable for everyone else (and I'm not talking W-L even) then I guess it makes sense.

Still JOB being fired is in my top 10 Pacers moments, next to things like 8 in 8.9, being at game 5 of the Finals, Smits miracle, game 4 vs Bird's Celtics in MSA...I think there might only be 2 other non-game moments in my top 20 list. The trade for Detlef (he was my favorite non-Pacer at the time) and when they got Jax back from Denver.

[Naptown_Seth]

Re: Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

I voted right behind family and faith, but only if you count "faith in Pacers" as the faith part. I'm more devoted to the team than PD, naturally.

It's wife, friends, Pacers, and it's a really close race between 2nd and 3rd. Also a lot of my friends are actually "Pacers friends", people I know from following the team.

[Brad8888]

Re: Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

Much like having a love interest who only returns that love sporadically, I hate that I love PD so much.

[Peck]

Re: Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

Hm. I want to clarify my response (I was in the large majority)
I've never met anybody on PD but I really enjoy it and the interactions I've had here have been very positive. I will be completely honest PD has also gotten me through some pretty hard times - the one that sticks out most to me was after a particularly clumsy basketball play (in real life) I ruptured my achilles tendon and proceeded to have complications with the anesthetics during surgery, making it one of the longest weekends I've had in a loooong time. I came home to a very nice long thread about Troy Murphy being traded for Darren Collison, which really helped pad my pain and hurt feelings.
I love you guys and I love PD!

That was a glorious day wasn't it. The only thing better was the day Jim (Satan) O'Brien was fired.

[BornReady]

Re: Off season poll of reflection: What place does PD play in your life?

Hm. I want to clarify my response (I was in the large majority)
I've never met anybody on PD but I really enjoy it and the interactions I've had here have been very positive. I will be completely honest PD has also gotten me through some pretty hard times - the one that sticks out most to me was after a particularly clumsy basketball play (in real life) I ruptured my achilles tendon and proceeded to have complications with the anesthetics during surgery, making it one of the longest weekends I've had in a loooong time. I came home to a very nice long thread about Troy Murphy being traded for Darren Collison, which really helped pad my pain and hurt feelings.
I love you guys and I love PD!