Chickfighter

OK, I knew they were reviewing avatars, presumedly I thought to remove the plethora of soft porn. I could understand that although it didn't really bother me either. Now I've been informed my innocuous avatar, a headshot drawing of me with a mask and a Clemson orange background, is going to be removed. Obviously there is no justice or sense of humor here. I'm a superheroine who fights Gamecocks you idiots! It is very specifically sports related! Anyway, what with the recent ratings fiasco still mystifying me, if my headshot drawing is removed and that headshot of Dennis Dodd that makes him look like the ultimate pervo stays, I'm out of here! I'm slow, but I catch on eventually. Apparently I am not wanted here and I can find plenty else to do.

I don't want to make too big a deal about this because ultimately it's not overly important I guess. But it can be a little disheartening when your rating drops from 96 to 93 overnight and then continues to melt away to 92 in the following days. Then you actually make several posts one day and the next morning you find your rating has dropped to 91.

I heard a rumor that they allow only x-amount of Superstar posters and had to drop some Superstars to make room for the returning baseball fans who post on Glogs. I heard that college basketball fans like me might get bumped back up when the baseballers leave in the fall. Well that rules out me glogging any basketball going forward. And it would also be dumb since baseball is currently meaningless and college basketball is entering into its exciting March Madness stretch. Maybe I need to favorite a pro baseball team or join a fantasy league? I'm kidding. Watching baseball for me is like watching the corn grow... field of dreams indeed.

I've also heard that they're trying a new system and haven't worked the bugs out of it yet. I suspect that not being able to see who rates you anymore has made it easy for haters to travel about handing out low ratings to everyone as well.

If participation is a bad thing I guess I'll just stick to the occasional Clemson basketball post. I was going to follow golf some during the neverending baseball season, but if those extra posts are gonna cost me points maybe I'll just watch and keep my mouth shut.

Ultimately I know I really shouldn't be worried about my rating number, but when it goes backwards it does tend to make one feel unwanted. Is anyone else as mystified by theses ratings as I am?

I've been noticing that a lot of the people here on CBS (and everywhere) are more interested in posting about football recruiting than about sports that are currently being played... like basketball! I know Clemson folks are all excited today because this Tajh Boyd quarterback recruit says he might be coming. Let's not forget he's already decommited twice before. Then it hit me! I knew what my next blog question should be. What the hell is this fascination with recruiting when nobody's actually signed yet and we know half of those who do will be losers anyway? Is it just me or is this degree of interest in football recruiting a bit obsessive?