Apparently I've been an admin here for 10 years. AMA I suppose.

[DaFace]

Just out of curiosity, I looked at my account, and I was made an administrator on April 10th, 2008. Though I kind of stepped back on the mod duties for a few years, it's crazy to me that I've been trying to keep you guys from killing each other for over a decade.

Anyway, feel free to ask questions about the past 10 years as a mod, what it's like working for one of CP's most illustrious members, why Denver is an OK place despite the stench wafting over from the Broncos, or whatever.

Or don't. I could just ban people randomly instead, which might be about as fun.

[Iowanian]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Heh...tough one. I'll go Redrum because I'm pretty sure he knew exactly what he was doing. Frankie always struck me as being a smidge out of touch with reality.

The cheese isn't sitting firmly atop Frankie's cracker. We had a CP gathering in DM once years ago, and I was sitting on a bar stool chatting with someone and he strutted up with his elbows back and chin out like a fighting rooster because I'd been making fun of him. It was pretty funny because he's a wet fart of a human.



If you could bring back one of the rivals-villains of CP history that generated controversy-conversation and "team chemistry" for the board, which one would it be?

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DaFace

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Is it possible to have one of these animated gifs tat00ed on my ass?

via GIPHY

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

The cheese isn't sitting firmly atop Frankie's cracker. We had a CP gathering in DM once years ago, and I was sitting on a bar stool chatting with someone and he strutted up with his elbows back and chin out like a fighting rooster because I'd been making fun of him. It was pretty funny because he's a wet fart of a human.



If you could bring back one of the rivals-villains of CP history that generated controversy-conversation and "team chemistry" for the board, which one would it be?

Did you suggest his ****ing kitty cat was somewhat less than regal?

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by rico

Who reports the most? Who are the whistle-blowing cry-babies of CP?!?!

It’s never even occurred to me to report anything...I always forget it’s an option...

Eh, I dunno. I don't think that there's anyone who stands out dramatically from the rest.

Originally Posted by rico

Also, were the Alexsexuals mostly mult accounts/trolls... or are there actual Alex Smith fanatics that exist in this world?!?!

We almost never actively allow mults. The exceptions tend to be those that are particularly funny or occasionally a user who wants to get a new start without the baggage.

If we suspect someone is one, we dig into it and ban all but one account if we find someone using multiples. So in summary, I don't know of any of the Alexsexuals who were mults.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Did you suggest his ****ing kitty cat was somewhat less than regal?

He knows Da Face's rubber guard is weak sauce...

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Rausch

Have you ever booty-bonged (butt chugged?)

Would you for tickets to a Chiefs home playoff game?...

Nope. I'm pretty boring when it comes down to it.

And I suppose it depends on the game, the location of the tickets, and whose booty is being used for the bonging. But in general, it would be a difficult sell.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Did you ever go hoggin in the single days?

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Best NHL atmosphere?

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Nope. I'm pretty boring when it comes down to it.

And I suppose it depends on the game, the location of the tickets, and whose booty is being used for the bonging. But in general, it would be a difficult sell.

50 yard line, your ass, your choice of liquor...

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Rausch

50 yard line, your ass, your choice of liquor...

He holds the seat so long as he holds the liquor

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by RunKC

What do you like about living in Denver?

Hope you wanted real answers here, because I definitely thought through it! For me, Denver is the perfect mix of climate, activities, and culture.

Regarding climate:

The stat people love to throw out is that we have 300 days of sunshine per year. That exaggerates things a bit, but it's definitely true that we can have a foot of snow on the ground at 7am and have the roads be dry by 4pm because our clouds rarely stay around long and our dry air means that moisture evaporates quickly. Denver itself definitely gets more snow than KC, but people think "Denver" and equate that to "mountains," which isn't really true. I think I shoveled my driveway 4 times this year, and the biggest snow we got was maybe 6 inches. We rarely get ice storms, and while we do sometimes get extremely cold days in the winter, we don't have the wind that I always remember in Kansas, so it never feels that bad. The summers can get hot, but we usually only bump above 100 a handful of times per year, and we don't have much humidity, so it doesn't feel that bad.

Regarding activities:

In the summer, you can hike through beautiful scenery, kayak on lakes or rivers, go fly fishing, go hot air ballooning, go camping, go backpacking into the middle of nowhere, or just take a drive to get out of the city and get some fresh air. And with the exception of backpacking, all of that is within an hour's drive of my house. I can get up, eat breakfast, go for a 3-4 hour hike, and still get home with plenty of time to spare for Sunday Night Football.

In the winter, I probably ski 10-15 times per year, and almost all of those days are just day trips. Last weekend, I went skiing on Sunday morning. I left my place at 7am, got on the slopes at 9am, skied for 3 hours, grilled brats on a camp stove in the parking lot for lunch, then got home by around 3pm, where it was probably 65 degrees, sunny, with a light breeze. You can also snowshoe or cross country ski if downhill skiing isn't your thing.

Outside of outdoor recreation, Denver is big enough to attract pretty much every major national artist or event while being small enough to not feel like the city is stifling. I probably go to 4-6 concerts per year, 3-5 theater performances per year, and 10-15 sporting events per year. We have teams in all five major sports (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS), not to mention indoor and outdoor lacrosse if that's your thing. We have a comedy club that is known by pretty much ever comic out there; Dave Chappelle loves to try out new material here and seems to drop in randomly a few times per year just because he loves it here.

Regarding culture:

Part of this is just my own set of values, but I really like the people out here (if you ignore their Broncos fandom). People tend to be pretty optimistic and are genuinely excited to be here (as evidenced by our huge immigration rate). This may just be my own bubble, but people tend to be pretty laid back and just want to sit outside at a brewery and have a tasty beverage while hanging out with friends. We're a fairly purple state, and our politicians don't seem to have their heads TOO far up their asses and actually try to get things done collaboratively most of the time. The city just feels vibrant, alive, and growing. Some of that leads to downsides like congestion, but you take the good with the bad.

Are the Donkhole fans unbearable?

Denver sports fans are pretty bandwagon-y, which gets irritating. But then, I only half-ass pay attention to baseball, and I went to the last Rockies playoff series, so I can't complain too much. Mostly, Broncos fans are spoiled and don't know how good they've had it, so I do a lot of pointing out the Chiefs ineptitude over the years to prove the point, which isn't much fun.

How do you live there with such a huge housing cost?

It's definitely an issue. I'm very fortunate to have bought my house in 2009 at the peak of the housing crisis. The feds basically even paid my down payment with the $7500 tax credit they had back then. Since then, my house has gained as much value (on paper) as my parents' place in Kansas is worth. So in short, I got in before it got stupid to live out here.

I do definitely have friends who are paying 40% or more of their salaries toward rents or mortgages. It doesn't seem sustainable, and I have a feeling our growth rate will slow down in the near future because of it.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

If you could bring back one of the rivals-villains of CP history that generated controversy-conversation and "team chemistry" for the board, which one would it be?

Bleh, I don't know. I tend to stay out of heated arguments, so my memory sucks for those who added a lot of discussion. I kind of miss whoever our resident Jets fan was there for a while. Maybe he's still in DC? Don't see him much in football conversations, though. Most of the Broncos and Raiders trolls I can think of are still here, so there's not much to "bring back." I do hope we can eventually get the team rivalries going again, though. It's been boring in recent years.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

He holds the seat so long as he holds the liquor

In his ASS...

[stumppy]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Na, not really. I've really used the same username since middle school (so 25ish years ago). I have no idea why other than middle schoolers are weird, but a friend of mine started calling me "Matt Face." That eventually morphed into "The Face" and in internet world "DaFace." I've never really used anything else.

Were you a member of 'The A Team' ?