Whatever happened to clan THOTA ?

by **ManBungalow** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:59 pm

I see that the usergroup still exists, but I never see any posts about how great it is anymore. Perhaps this correlates with the massively over-hyped shaming of Blitzaholic and his subsequent decline of activity in the fora, or maybe it's just because I don't follow the clan league-type events these days (I didn't know my clan had even participated in the 2nd Conquerors Cup until I was told that we'd won).

There's a whole bunch of great players in THOTA, make no mistake, but - in so many words - what's the deal ?

by **Robinette** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:46 pm

Perhaps they have been busy planning the one year anniversary of Blitzaholic's Big Blunder...

Wait... do you call such a thing an anniversary?
It wouldn't be a party, so Is it better to plan a memorial?
A wake?
Nine Nights?

I really don't know...

But it amazes me that somebody with his passion for this place would abandon the forums so totally and completely.
For a Full year...
Over a year i think...
Haven't been counting, but with it being Easter, it kinda feels familiar.
Didn't that all happen around Easter?
You know, he who was crucified, but did not rise again..
Talking about Blitz, not Jesus... just to clarify..

by **squishyg** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:19 pm

Perhaps they are sitting shivah?

by **AAFitz** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:29 pm

Great Generals never die...they just fade away.....

This isnt an answer...just a great quote...well...misquote

Enjoy the speculation though.

by **Robinette** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:05 pm

AAFitz wrote:Great Generals never die...they just fade away.....

This isnt an answer...just a great quote...well...misquote

Enjoy the speculation though.

Wait... are you referring to the fading of THOTA itself? or just some of it's members?

And yes, that was certainly a severe mis-quote...

General Douglas MacArthur was quoting a popular ballad from his West Point days when he said "old soldiers never die; they just fade away."
Interesting to note that this the closing part of his farewell speech to Congress after he was "banned" by the President for "Breaking the rules" so to speak...

The big difference between this General and yours, is that MacArthur stepped up to the plate and spoke his passion for years to come after that happened, and he was loved by many for it... So in fact, he really didn't fade away at all... he stayed very active in many ways, and he was even solicited by Kennedy and later by Johnson for war advice. A great General to be sure... and i'm talking about MacArthur here, just to be clear...

by **owenshooter** on Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:07 am

i thought all the C&A activity with their members took a lot of the tarnish off of them...-el Jesus negro

by **greenoaks** on Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:15 am

what's a THOTA ???

by **niMic** on Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:35 am

Shame they're not involved in clan events anymore. The more top class players the better, so that you know that whoever wins actually deserved it.

by **betiko** on Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:05 am

yup, and seeing that some are abandoning the ship doesn't make it simple to be back where they were.

by **Robinette** on Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:49 pm

owenshooter wrote:i thought all the C&A activity with their members took a lot of the tarnish off of them...-el Jesus negro

uhhh... don't you mean it added tarnish... tarnish refers to dirt and crud and stuff...
so one could say "it took a lot of shine off of them", but taking tarnish off is like, well, spring cleaning...

by **jammyjames** on Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:54 am

Robinette wrote:
owenshooter wrote:i thought all the C&A activity with their members took a lot of the tarnish off of them...-el Jesus negro

uhhh... don't you mean it added tarnish... tarnish refers to dirt and crud and stuff...
so one could say "it took a lot of shine off of them", but taking tarnish off is like, well, spring cleaning...

+1

by **DiM** on Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:58 am

greenoaks wrote:what's a THOTA ???

who cares? :roll:

by **owenshooter** on Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:18 pm

Robinette wrote:
owenshooter wrote:i thought all the C&A activity with their members took a lot of the tarnish off of them...-el Jesus negro

uhhh... don't you mean it added tarnish... tarnish refers to dirt and crud and stuff...
so one could say "it took a lot of shine off of them", but taking tarnish off is like, well, spring cleaning...

how about varnish? and where is blitz? no active games... interesting...-el Jesus negro

by **Robinette** on Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:04 pm

owenshooter wrote:
Robinette wrote:
owenshooter wrote:i thought all the C&A activity with their members took a lot of the tarnish off of them...-el Jesus negro

uhhh... don't you mean it added tarnish... tarnish refers to dirt and crud and stuff...
so one could say "it took a lot of shine off of them", but taking tarnish off is like, well, spring cleaning...

how about varnish? and where is blitz? no active games... interesting...-el Jesus negro

tarnished . past participle, past tense of tar·nish (Verb)

.....Verb:
............. Lose or cause to lose luster.
............. Make or become less valuable or respected: "his clan was tarnished by scandal".

by **codeblue1018** on Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:17 pm

Say what you will about Blitz; he can move up the scoreboard at will by playing anyone, anytime. Aside from the shenanigans, simply put, he's a proven winner, which I bet after a while becomes mundane. Since he made up 1500 points in a little over a month, I was hoping he'd get just one more point than GLG, take the conqueror rank away from that sham, then take his break; if that's what we're calling it.

Thota had so many top notch, polite players in it's ranks; its a pity that so many went inactive / quit; I liked several of it's members. One thing I'll bet on though; they'll all be back in time and will continue giving clans very tough battles.