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Past feedback from our readers
These are actual messages we've received from actual readers. We have neither corrected any grammar nor removed obscenities. Please read at your own risk, and keep the kiddies away. you guys are ethnocentric pieces of putrid ,reeking shit. Not only are you ill-informed about anti-american protests and sentiment but you are also assholes. The US has more blood on their hands than anyone and yet they stand with their bloody rookers in the air in a gesture of utter shock "what we do?" . Try finding out the bloody legacy of your country before defending it instead of falling in line with what the propaganda machines tell you.... Our response: Wow -- you are one bitter Canadian. By the way, how do you like being defended by the U.S. Armed Forces? It's interesting that you cry about propaganda machines when you have clearly bought into some propaganda of your own. The United States is not perfect, but it's the best thing going. By the way, it's pretty clear that the USA has answered the "what do we do" question. Hi - We wanted to let you know that you've been included in Shift Magazine's list of the 100 Best Websites of 2001 in the sports category. Shift's annual State of the Net special issue, which includes the 100 Best Websites of 2001, is on newsstands now. You can also check out the the list online at http://www.shift.com/mag/9.6/html/9.6guide001a.asp Our response: Not too shabby... I just noticed in the "New York Knicks suck" section that you say 28 teams have better point guards than the Knickleheads. I couldn't agree more that the knicks suck, but including the Duke Blue Devils with Jason Williams AND Chris Duhon, shouldn't it be 29 teams with better point guards? Our response: Hey -- are you Dick Vitale? Dude, get over your hard on for the Badgers already. Geez. Our response: Wisconsin sucks, Wisconsin sucks, Wisconsin sucks. I find a great percentage of your predictions to be amazingly right. you guys really do your research. Our response: Pretty cool, isn't it? I really enjoy the forums: it's a good way to find out how dumb some people really are. Our response: Frightening, isn't it? I recent discovered that Sega Dreamcast is about to come out with NCAA Football 2K2 (not sure of the exact title), but the one hitch in the game is that it only incorporates D-I schools. Wouldn't this pose a problem to the likes of K-State and Wisconsin. Our response: You make a good point -- it would be impossible to play either team's schedule if the game only included I-A schools. Oh well there is no point arguing with you, I'm trapped in your self serving argument because when Purdue goes undefeated in the Big 10 you are going to tell me the Big Ten sucks. Will write you in January...after Purdue kicks Miami's ass in the Rose Bowl. Our response: Pay attention kids -- don't drink and e-mail. I'm studing details about Hitler to print in a workpaper, in Brazil. So, I ask you, if tou have the information: what was the height of Adolf Hitler? Thankyou very much for your attention. Our response: Um, we think you might have mistaken us for somebody else. While I agree that our schedule is not strong and unless Syracuse and West Virginia have strong years, the Big East won't be strong either, I just disagree that our non-conf schedule is a creampuff schedule. Virginia, Western Michigan and Central Florida are not creampuffs. Our response: Uh, yes they are. I just stumbled upon your website a couple days ago and it has become one of my favorite sites ever. The laughs are non-stop, and you guys have great views on the reality (not just the humorous side) of sports. Keep up the good work. Our response: Further proof that there is intelligent life out there. Good call on Va Tech. BUT, what do you mean "the Cavs pose no threat?" Our response: We mean VT will beat them without much of a problem. Do you mean to tell us that Barry and the Wisconsin Badgers didn't make the Eclair List for 2001? What gives? How in the world did they get out of it??? Our response: Amazing but true. Like we've always said, we're objective. LSU easy scheduling?? We are the only Sec to have to play both florida and tennesse!! We play in the toughest leauge. Tulane is a rival so that is no cup cake and middle tenn is a top 70 team. Do a little research on them. And just do a little research before you say things like this Our response: The Eclair Awards are based on out of conference schedules, which, of course, is clearly stated in the article. How exactly does Tulane being a "rival" make them a tough game? We have no choice with UConn as they are joining the Big East football conference and we were required to make room and schedule them this year. Our response: Nope. UCONN football is not currently in the Big East. Pittsburgh fans don't think UAB will be a pushover. Our response: Good for you. WHY DO U DIS MY HEAT SO MUCH? ITS OBVIUS THAT U R JEALUS OF WHAT ZO AND MY HEAT CAN DO. WE JUST GET UNLUCKY IN DA PLAYOFFS CUZ OF DA KNIX AND REFS CHETING. NBA DONT WANT MY HEAT TO DO WELL CUZ IT WULD MAKE NEW YORK MAD. AND THATS THE TRUTH. Our response: What the hell is that? What is there to be jealous of about the Heat? They've lost in the first round 3 of the last 4 years. They've lost as the #1 seed, #2 seed and #3 seed. How exactly did the refs cheat? By allowing an illegal basket by Anthony Carter? If the NBA was slanted for the Knicks, explain why they lost in the first round this year and haven't won a title since 1973. By the way, Miami IS a big market. You are an absolute idiot. Maybe you ought to actually read their schedule before ripping them. Seems to me you're pretty misinformed. I guess any buttwipe can have a Web page, though. Our response: First, you might want to reference something in your e-mail. What team are you talking about? Moron. "What sucks?" is about as funny as it gets... especially that bit on Bill Walton... so true. I can't wait to read the rest of the site... this is the most I've laughed in a long time... Our response: We aim to please. Your awards are accurate. As a lifetime Hokie, I am embarrasses by the 2001 schedule. New deals have been linked with NC State, LSU and Texas A&M. At any rate, it is impossible to defend this years schedule and you won't find any Tech fans who try. Our response: If only you were correct about Tech fans not defending the 2001 schedule. VT is REQUIRED to play UCONN by the Big East so the mighty Canes (along with the rest of the Big East) will be adding them as well for next year's schedule. Our response: UCONN isn't in the Big East in football -- they're independent. Whoops. The only Big East teams playing UCONN are VT, Rutgers and Temple (out of the Big East in 2002). Nobody in Hokieland is happy with our 2001 OOC schedule. Thank goodness things change in 2002 w/ LSU and Texas A&M on the slate. It would've been nice if you'd've at least mentioned that we're changing (assuming you weren't too lazy/negligent to do the research), and we don't plan on being a Kansas State forever. Our response: We tend to base the 2001 Eclair Awards on the 2001 schedule. Much like we based the 2000 Eclair Awards on the 2000 schedule. We're quite aware of VT's 2002 schedule, and they won't win the Eclair next year. Hey, I got to admit, the Barry schedule is funny. I am a whisky fan, and am proud of it, but I know their schedule in past years has been cakish making for an imploated final season poll result. Our response: There you go folks -- an intelligent Badger fan. See, it's ok to admit it when your team schedules easy games. You can still be a fan, and still be objective. Do you know Wisconsin's actual schedule for this year? What was Wisconsin's strength of schedule last year. Our response: Yes, and you'll notice they weren't in the Eclair Awards for the first time. It's amazing -- for the last three years, UW fans have tried to tell us their schedule was difficult. Now that it's a little better, they're telling us how much better it is. How can it be better if you told us it was so difficult before? Also, to be a national title contender you have to have a good schedule strength AND win your games! UW can't do them both in the same season. Fla. St. is a very good team, but do you think they would do so well in the Big Ten where they would at least need to play well to win all their games. Our response: Yes. Amen, amen, amen. I can't tell you how many times I practically vomited watching the Ripken bull crap. Does anyone else know that Tony Gwynn's career average is 60 points higher than Cal's? 60 POINTS! Cal only hit over .282 five times in 20 years and two of those years he had far less than a full season of at bats. If he's in the hall of fame for playing a lot of games (he has to be because his stats are totally mediocre), then so should Jesse Orosco. Our response: It's nice to see that not everybody buys into the Ripken media adoration. This site is great. I can't tell you how refreshing it is to know that other people feel the same as I do about the WNBA and Cal Ripken. Keep up the great work. Our response: People who can think for themselves and don't blindly follow the sports media really do exist. Unless you really know what you are talking about, you should do your research about Best Buy. This company has provided some of the best customer service in the United States. And for those dumb pre-teens as you like to call them, atleast there is a company that will give younger people a chance to get experience with a large company. With that in mind. Just because you had one bad experience at a store, try to keep it to yourself. Be the bigger person. Our response: We haven't had just one bad experience. Judging by the number of people writing to us with similar experiences, this is not uncommon. And why should anybody keep it to themselves? So poor customer service becomes the norm? I've written in the past to commend Stand-Up Sports on their hilarity and overall insight, but I know the staff (as well as myself) is jubilant over the recent announcement of Ripken's retirement. Thank you God. Sometime prayers are answer, even a decade later. Keep up the great work. Our response: It will truly be a great day when Cal drags his old bones into the dugout for the last time. Well for all of those who like to complain about Best Buy and how they only hire "idiot teenagers" think of it this way, do you really think we'll just drop what we're doing just because your buying an expensive t.v??? HELL NO last time i checked the world does not revolve around you. And we are not just running around and deliberately ignoring you!! GOD people get a fuckin life! I see you people like to talk sh1t, because YOU have probably never worked in retail before, but just work a day in our shoes and lets see what your comments are. Our response: First of all, every member of our staff has worked retail in the past. We don't anymore. Second, do we think you'll drop what you're doing (chatting with friends or staring into space) because we're buying something? Yes, dumbass, we do -- that's your friggin' job! Just stumbled upon this site and wanted to tell you what an awesome one it is! Our response: Just wanted to post this because it's accurate! Best Buy totally sucks. I just bought a DVD palyer along with a DVD for my dad. He had already seen the movie but wanted it to start a DVD collection. Consequently, we opened it after the 30 day notice. There was no disc inside. The store manager told me that he would "let" me buy another one at half price. Then I called the rude district manager, and he told me that "Chip" the store manager was nicer than he would be and tough luck. Now I'm stuck with an empty box, and I'm out twenty bucks just for walking in there. I will never shop there again. Our response: But the Best Buy employees that write to us say things like that never happen! id appreciate it if u stopped talking trash.....if the heat win a title..u better shut off your website and go suck on your nuts Our response: We'd appreciate it if you mastered elementary grammar and spelling. your a fucking idiot. Our response: "Your" doesn't mean what you think it means. The shake machine piece is hysterical! I go to McNasty's at least twice a year, either looking for shakes or ice cream, and the machine is always broken! You hit the proverbial nail on the head. Now, if someone who works there could actually use tools like a hammer. Great site. Keep up the great work! Our response: Perhaps our friends at Best Buy could find new careers as shake machine technicians. They all claim to be so good... I work at bestbuy, have been for 7 years now, I love how little pathetic web admins will right their nice comments on how best buy is ran, unfortunalty, your, or they, have no clue in a "behind the scenes" look. Yea, we have those "pre-teen morons" running around, selling performance service plans, or sorry "protection plans" and those "morons" have made BestBuy the number one electronics store in the united states. Hrm.. wonder why? How could that be, I mean, we're not on commission or anything.. Anywho, come by store 231, (I wonder if you know that we number our stores) Ask for Bryan. Our store has been in the top 10 stores of bestbuy, Ill show you how bestbuy is ran. Not your little show you got going to some preteen moronic protection plan selling , Probably #400 store. Get a peak behind the scenes dumb shit. Our response: Judging by your superior writing and grammar skills, it's difficult to believe any Best Buy store can possibly be bad. Seven years? Wow -- you must be pretty high up the Best Buy food chain. Thanks for that "secret" knowledge about numbering stores -- you know, just like EVERY other chain. By the way, it takes a big man to hide behind a fake e-mail address. What I find odd about the Miami Heat is this--they were granted an "injury exception" for Mourning, yet the Minnesota Timberwolves, who had Malik Sealy KILLED in the offseason, did not receive one, to the best of my knowledge. Very odd. Our response: Yes, the power of evil is difficult to explain. By the way, the late Bobby Phills is still on the cap for Charlotte until July 2002. Dude, what is with you and Wisconsin teams?? You rip every team from Wisconsin CONSTANTLY! Our response: Dude, it isn't all Wisconsin teams. In fact, it's mainly UW football. Part of it is because UW fans might be the most annoying, biased people in all of sports outside of Miami. I can't believe that someone can actually believe that buying a TV gives you more priveledges than someone buying a cd. ANd maybe the employees at Best Buy are young, but it's VERY unfair to say that they are idiots. SO maybe they havne't been working in the real work for as long as an adult, but that's no reason to call them all idiots. Go to hell. Our response: A lot of our readers would disagree with you. Do you stand in line at Sears to buy a refrigerator? Hmmm, let me think about Best Buy for a little while. Ok. Have you ever wanted to just kill yourself after being in the company of a horribly disturbed group of people? Well, that was me for five and a half years. I was a services supervisor at the Canton Ohio store #286. If you are looking to get screwed, lied to, abused, kicked around (really, not the same as abused) and manipulated, than thats the store to work for! The General mangaer not only lied to me every occassion he got, but to almost every employee he has ever had work for him. Non-commission? Yeah right. All the company cares about is having the sales person shove a useless service plan down your throat. I know, I ran the instore service for them! Our service center RANDOMLY fixed items. That was when they didn't make them worse. I must have sent every customers unit back three to four times before replacing it for them because our inept technicians couldn't fix it. Oh and by the way why don't you also sign up for three years of internet service at 21.95 a month to "save" some money on your purchase. Talk about a dumb idea. Yeah, give me a paper towel to use for a bath towel while you are at it. Three years from now, dial up will be all gone, bye-bye, except for you idiots dumb enough to pay for it for three years in advance. By the way, I am not a disgruntled ex-employee, i'm just a normal guy who woke up and smelled the coffee and said hey I make $17.00 an hour and I hate myself for having to tell a good customer Best Buy is a good place to shop. You could never pay me enough to work at such a company. Our response: Wow. Best Buy Really Sucks Same thing happened when i went to get a tv they sold me a open box one had to wait inline gave me $5 bucks of a $900 36" TV for it being open box and on the way out to the car i looked at the hole in the box. The hole went straight through to the other side some idot must have drove the fork lift through it. Then i couldnt get anyone to help me this kid was taking on the phone with his friends talking about tonights party etc.. I even wrote head quarters best buy about it. You would think they would give me a coupon or something nothing... nothing.. Oh i also for got to mention they gave me another tv with the whole screen bashed in.. Then they closed the store when i was walking about and made me drive back the next day to return it. They Just Suck. Our response: It's truly amazing how many people have had similar experiences at Best Buy. I hope your reconition of sports is better than your ear for music. Our response: We hope your ability to provide for your family is better than your ability to spell. i was reading your heat bios and although they were funny i just realized how clueless you are.You keep saying we traded nothiing to get jones and mason.so i guess a guy who single-handedly torched the heat and dominated the best team in the nba is garbage.Also can u please update the heats bios to include stephon marbury(who riley will pry away from the nets.thank you Our response: If a team is dominated by Jamal Mashburn, can they be the best team in the NBA? And thanks for the example of the way Heat fans think -- "Just give us your best players now!" Who did you want to offer for Marbury? House and a resigned Bowen? Have you guys thought about this for a "Non-Motorsports" topic: jackass retards who write complaint letters featuring ridiculously incorrect grammar and spelling? You might talk about how they, as a whole, make all Americans look stupid and uneducated. If you are going to showcase your writing skills, please attach a copy of your Fourth Grade diploma so everyone can know just why it is that you sound so damn stupid. Our response: The fourth grade diploma idea is a good one. It is a shame that those people who can't write often try to do just that. I've been meaning to write this in for a while, but I believe that I heard Bill Walton say that the Jazz's acquisition of Donyell Marshall is "one of the greatest offseason moves in the history of basketball." Any damn sentence he says either ends with "...and that's why no good basketball player is under 7 feet tall," "...greatest in basketball history," or "...John Wooden is the greatest man to walk the earth." I suppose he ends sentences in other ways, but you can't understand 1/3 of the words that proceed from his garbled mouth. You guys got it right: he is one of the worst announcers of all time. Keep up the good work. P.S - Future reference for those who write in to complain about this wonderfully spectacular site, please check the spelling of your words: you'd be suprised how incredibly difficult it is to find credibility in a person's statement when they spell "Nazi" with a "K." Thanks. Our response: You can't argue with this perfectly stated case. the nets need to trade marbury cause hes a cancer.The nets gm whos name is escaping me,is in love with mase and could use a quality guard such as carter.With the heat being a pg away from a title you and i both know god on earth will find a way to aquire marbury,payton or a high draft pick.We could also throw in ricky davis who shows tons of potential. Our response: Wow. How did this guy not get hired as an NBA GM?! Referring to Anthony Carter as a "quality guard" is pretty funny, as is the notion that either Seattle or New Jersey would trade away its franchise player for a 35-year-old power forward and an undrafted 3rd year backup point guard. And how are the Heat "a PG away from a title?" They haven't gotten out of the first round 3 of the past 4 years! HALLELUJAH for the story about Streisand. Her political views suck as much as her music and acting. Our response: You bring up a difficult debate. What sucks more, her politics, her singing or her acting? That's a tough, tough question. You make fun of a man who is brillant by looking @ natural flaws becasue he has none in broadcasting. He has won an Emmy what have you won. Nothing Zilch Nada. If you listen to Hubie Brown you would realize you no less about basketball than him and that scares your ego of thinking you know all about sports. Grow up and listen to the best, and quit jabbing at a Great announcer and most of all person. Our response: Where in the world did you learn how to write? If Hubie is so smart, why isn't he coaching? And no, he has NOT won an Emmy. He was nominated for a Sports Emmy in 1994 and lost. You are scared to listen to Hubie on Basketball. You might just learn something. Hubie brown knows more about basketball than your whole staff combined. How could you say something bad about such a nice person. Our response: Based on your response, we can only assume you are (a) delusional, (b) a comedian (in that case, your comments are very funny), or (c) related to Hubie Brown. Exactly why would anyone be "scared" to listen to Hubie? We could understand if you had said we'd be scared to look at him. Thank you to all of those that work at Standupsports.com. Finally someone intelligent to come out and speak the truth. Streisand is an idiot, Jordan is an ego-maniac, and the Yankees are NOT a product of their farm system! Our response: You're welcome. |
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