Is this a New Era in The Yahoo Answers Hockey Section?

Question

It seems like it because of the recent goodbyes by our fellow Top Contributors of the Hockey Section.

HERE is the actual question:

Just to let us know, are you considering retirement from the Hockey Section?...I am not.

I think most of the chaos should be over because now the season is over, but we might see some people with "I-Miss-Hockey Illness" that I am starting to come down with.

I am announcing 2 YAHC (Yahoo! Answers Hockey Section) Holiday's

1. LITY Day, September 15 (Day his account was created)

and

2. Bob's Day, February 1 (Day his account was created)

Any other thoughts of this chaos?

Answer 1

I think everybody has the right to share their opinion, rather than having the same people providing answers through their perspective.

Answer 2

I'll be sticking around.  So far I've found this section to have some of the most awesome people, but also some of the most ignorant.  I'm sorry to see people leave though.  I've met some great friends here...and I think the good people around here are fun!  =)

Answer 3

Let's hope this isn't a new era.

Yes, change may be nice, but for Yahoo! Answers hockey section, change is not good; atleast when it comes to great contributors leaving.

The only change that would be good if all the puck bunnies, trolls and ignorant people leave.

All these people just as I get my top contributor badge...d**n. =[

I hope Bob, LITY, NIPS, and others come back.

I will stay here for as long as Yahoo! Answers exsists.

And maybe one day the rest of us may become the new Bob's, LITY's, and NIPS' of this section?

But hey, atleast we still got some committed people.

And we still have Joe and his hilarious answers. =D

So we can look on the brightside.

But, yes, this is definitely a sad day in Yahoo! Answers Hockey Section.

TDK put it perfectly...I could not agree more.

Answer 4

I'll stay and I'm changing my name to be more hockey like and same as my icon.

Answer 5

I will be here i am still young lol...

I agree that it will calm down because the bandwagon fans and confused people will go away for the nfl and baseball of whatever else they do. There will be no more games : * ( so people wont be as interested and the bandwagoners have gone back to their cave

Answer 6

I'm not going anywhere either.Alot of the people that answered this question is the reason I'm staying because the summer is my busiest time with working outdoors I won't be on as much but try to at night.

Honestly I think Bobs day should be April 1st when he got so many on an April Fools joke.(Not me of course)LOL

Answer 7

i'm going nowhere and i hope most of the regulars will be back for the new season

Answer 8

I visit this section often, but I'm not a frequent contributor so any retirement talk would be pretty much meaningless.

As for the fallout, these things tend to happen on any sort of message board.  A negative trend occurs, there's some kind of big blowup, and when the pieces are picked up some of the players involved are just too frustrated to continue.  Life goes on, but in many cases there's not a full recovery, or the board never reaches the level it was once at.

I'm sure others will slide in to take their place, but if those who claim to be leaving actually stay away, then this board will have lost something.  Part of the reason I rarely answer here is that others do a better job than I could of answering many of the questions, and it's too bad that some of those people are leaving.

Answer 9

Things aren't looking very good for the hockey section. Hopefully it will be back to normal as soon as possible!

Answer 10

I'll still be at Y/A for now but I won't be on as much as I used too especially since my life requires alot of time from me to be away from the net.

Answer 11

Starred for truth, Teal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Myself-- I'll be around from time to time this summer.. Work prevents me from being on as much (gotta make the dough so I can go hear the horn blow------------------------- ya know)....

Y!Answers needs to simply let go the reins and let the section take care of itself--- we know who the turds are and we are well capable of flushing them out of our hockey haven...

Well put Teal---- Well put...

BTW--- I LOVE Zam's last line......(H e l l ---- the whole answer really)

Answer 12

Im never leaving!!! but its hard to see people who contributed so much to this section leave! we are definately going to miss them and i definatly want to see them back again!

p.s  Cool idea about the holidays. im up for celebrating them!

Answer 13

i am not retiring yet i am tooo d**n young to retire lol and i am only going to be on here PT for the summer so i can enjoy  the summer i know i know i havent been on much lately mosty b/c its been so nice out and i want to get some sun since being in B-Lo we dont get much of it  haha i will be on to probably discuss draft, awards, and the Free agency time oh how much fun that will be

oh and i will participate in LITY day and Bobs day as well ( i guess i havent been on in a while where did they go whatis going on with them that they left)  i didnt hear anything until a couple days ago

Answer 14

I will be in here less but am not retiring just spending more time in baseball.

I'd add NIPS day

Answer 15

It's really too bad to see what has happened here, and that people are leaving.

Hopefully, things will get back to normal around here.

Im defiantly not leaving, I still have a long way to go on here,

I met many friends on here, who I don't wanna leave.

I believe in a few days this section will be back to normal, or hope so.

Answer 16

why are lity and bob leaving.??

Answer 17

im not leaving any time soon, but the hockey section will be back to normal soon!

Answer 18

if we dont regain some smart hockey guys this will be a bad era .i have also cosidered retireing from the hockey section. But ill stick around. i learn alot from here.

ill be making an effort to try to recruit people who talkk hockey alot. I think everyone else should too.

its mainly the rpetativness thats pissing me off. but instead when im on ill just ignor previously asked questions and only answer new, improved or rarely asked ones. i wont be on as much, but youll still see me around lots.

alright....im anouncing another holiday. Rememberance day on June 5 - to remember those itellengent top contributers who mad a major difference to this site and left.

Answer 19

I thought about retirement from Y!A for a while, but there is no way I can leave Y!A, I don't have much else to do, and not too many friends left in real life.

I'll participate in LITY Day, but not Bob's day, Bob and I are not on good terms.

I got I miss Hockey illness too, but what I suggest you do is go to NHL.com and watch old highlights of regular season games of your favorite team, that's what I am doing.

King - Right on! Grab ya gunz bro, we goin' hunting!

King- Oh you know I will!

Answer 20

If you read my question I kind of bottled up my thoughts. What about NIPS day. http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

I have considered leaving but desided I will stay for a long time. STUPID TROLLS

Answer 21

It's not just LITY, I also miss contributions from PuckDat, ZapCity, Komiseric is da man, Snoop (although he has been on a bit) and a bunch of others who really had a lot to offer this site. The problem is, we will never replace LITY's knowledge of the game although I can see how he could offend some people. When people put up a wrong answer he would let them know, which rubs some people the wrong way. I know he caught me a couple times, so did PuckDat, so did Bob, but them I'm not the type of guy to let facts get in the way of a good story.

I haven't been on nearly as often as I was at the start of the season so the changes here are probably more apparent to me than some of the other regulars.

As long as we have 288, Awesome Bill, Zam Driver, and a few others, I'll hang around to see what happens. Somebody's got to keep Erica in line.

Answer 22

I'll stay around--nothing else to do at work! Nobody really cares too much about me, though. I'm only really smart where the Sabres are concerned. It's getting kinda crappy around here without all the old favorites who really know their stuff, though. I think we'll all step up and fill the gaps in the end!

Answer 23

In a perfect world there would be a very basic 50 question exam on hockey and its history.  The test would be made up by LITY and you would have to pass with an 80% minimum score in order to post in this section.

That would eliminate at least 70% of the fair-weather morons who post here just to spread their stupidity and annoy the real contributors.

But in a perfect world, Guinness would also flow freely from my kitchen faucet. Oh well.....

Answer 24

To be honest, i've been thinking about leaving this section.  

Things have definitely changed here.  Quality has diminished and users have vanished.  Fortunately there are still great users here that have kept this section interesting, but they are definitely getting overshadowed by the useless rants/posts/questions that seem to be filling up this section day by day.  

I feel like a player at the crossroads of his career.  Do i play another year or do i call it quits?  Thankfully i'm just a depth player where my decision won't have such an impact like LITY's, Bob, and NIPS! lol

Answer 25

No i'm not leaving, I dream of being a top contributor here, im nothing without hockey/this section.  Its time to take up their tourch and make them live on

Answer 26

Nah, I'm sticking around.  Hopefully the trolls and bandwagoners will fade away now that the season's over.  And then, hopefully the good users will come back.

I'll give you another star :)

Answer 27

I blame the stupid trolls. I'm not leaving. Nothing scares me I'm a sub teacher I'm used to this sort of chaos.

People might return after some trolls leave.

Answer 28

I'll stick here to the end of YA....or when I just feel like I don't wanna be here anymore...

I'm resigning my Bandwagon destroying line and going to send my army forces to destroy the fortress of where these "trolls" stay.I heard many are in basements so if you see someone in a basement,you know for a fact it's a troll.