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Guitarman going to downvote you twice to retake the lead isn't he?

I have no idea why my username is VT_Warthog.

Arkansas blew a 24-0 lead in the Belk Bowl.

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

It wont be Guitarman, it has to be the officials because we all know how terrible they are and have it in for Alum07.

Rob Peterson
VTCC
Charlie/Hotel Company
Class of 1999

It is Ted Valentine's day, after all!

"Why gobble gobble chumps asks such good questions, I will never know." - TheFifthFuller

Oh its true

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

I'm king of the sub 50k plebs.

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

Alum took down the GOAT, Fencer took down a Horse.

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

Oh nice someone got footage of the Eagles Super Bowl riots

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

I thought they only eat horse crap?

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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MONGO!

I thought I was doing OK at 4K+... sheesh

Is coronavirus over yet?

Gotta go find some guitarman posts to upvote!

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

Good grief, I have been a member for a couple months longer than alum, and about a year shorter than guitarman, and I'm sittin pretty at 6k

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

That's probably because of your Avatar.

"What are you going to do, stab me? - Quote from Man Stabbed

*changes avatar to Emma Watson gif*

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

We all know in a couple years im gonna go be the king

The taste is so divine
A chemical come alive
Welcome to your vice
Good luck with life
'Cause you can't
You can't
You can't kill me that easily

"What are you going to do, stab me? - Quote from Man Stabbed

Shameless self promotion!

Good for you!

We put the K in Kwality

I was once up to like 15th. Then I graduated, and don't have the opportunity to TKP at work.

It's 4:55 pm right now. Get back to work!

We generally work till 4. Except when you're duty officer, when you're there 7am-midnight if you're lucky.

Its tough to do while pulling Gs...

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

I'm a ground guy at a helo squadron. No Gs for me anymore.

Yeah, getting a job really cut down on my TKP posting.

Oddly enough, it hasn't cut down on my TKP reading...

There's always a lighthouse. There's always a man. There's always a city.

I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.

VT_Warthog - if only I had've read this post before Office Trivia... Smh.

"What kind of person would throw away a perfectly good dog?"

You guys doing office trivia without me? Your mistake...

I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.

I went into the game as a cocky young boy and left as a humbled, defeated man. That game will test the knowledge of even the most seasoned Office fans.

"What kind of person would throw away a perfectly good dog?"


I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.

We also played it during the end of the VT/UVA game Saturday night so we kind of have an excuse.

I have no idea why my username is VT_Warthog.

Arkansas blew a 24-0 lead in the Belk Bowl.

That's fair. I'm going to go with that as my excuse.

"What kind of person would throw away a perfectly good dog?"

The "That's What She Said" throw card. Brilliant.

"What kind of person would throw away a perfectly good dog?"

Helped write it...

I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.

That's what she said.

"Don't go to, go through"

I'm going to need you and Guitar to take a few months off. I need my free turkey at 100,000 legs.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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Wait, there is a turkey leg big board? I didn't even notice

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Just checked, I am around 12K legs over four years and four months membership. So at that rate I will need 17.5 years to catch where they are today...

I need to start posting more Emma gifs.

I need to start posting more Emma gifs

Marisa Tomei

FTFY

Even when you get skunked; fishing never lets you down. 🎣

*Natalie Portman

JLaw & Gal Gadot can't hurt either.

J Law

LMAO!

Into It

Even when you get skunked; fishing never lets you down. 🎣

Love it!

Also, when did I break 1k? o.O

Kombucha brewing?

Just imagine if you hadn't gotten all those down votes? /s

We put the K in Kwality

Yeah, but what is your leg to post ratio? That's a better judge of quality. /s

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

Exactly. Paging Joel Smith. We need a "by the (advanced) numbers" post on Guitarman v. Alum

Here lies It's a Stroman Jersey I Swear, surpassed in life by no one because he intercepted it.

Actually I was trying to reference Hokie07ME's post in the D. J. Crossed sets Commitment Date thread about papa Mook, but lack the technical know how to link it. He describes how to to run the numbers for anyone with the time/ability/passion to do so. My money is on a kicker to be in the lead now.

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

Yeah, Mook's dad and Shane are probably right at the top. But Mook's dad drunk-posting is a gorram national treasure. The run-up to the Battle at Bristol was glorious.

Click on your own name (or profile)
Scroll down
Jot down turkey leg count (call it, X)
Click on "View Recent Comments"
Scroll to the bottom
Click on "last >>"
Scroll to the bottom.
Jot down number in bold "call it, Y)
Scroll back up, counting # of posts on this page (call it, Z)

legs/post=X/(20*(Y-1)+Z)

And yes, I think Kick17 wins this outright with 26.4

Alum07 has 6.4
VTGuitarman has 7.0
hokie07ME has 7.6
so there you have it. Unless you are a alumnus player with a storied NFL career, turkey legs is more about quantity of posts rather than quality.

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I'm at 6.59 as of now. But your formula doesn't account for legs given to the authors of newly created posts. Still a good metric though

Here lies It's a Stroman Jersey I Swear, surpassed in life by no one because he intercepted it.

Right. I totally forgot about legs for post rather than comments. I can't think of a good way to account for those...so they don't count.

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Works for me

Here lies It's a Stroman Jersey I Swear, surpassed in life by no one because he intercepted it.

I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.

To preface my next statement, I got about 3 hrs of sleep last night and I'm already on redbull #2 for the day.

Following your directions and figuring out that my legs/post ratio is 6.33 pushed me to my limits, both physically and mentally.

I need a nap

3.85. Booo

Need to judge this the same way we do citations in academia: h-index. Your h-index is n when you have n posts with at least n legs. E.g. if you have at least 10 posts where each has 10 legs, then your h-index is 10. It's an elegant way to quantify a good blend of quality and quantity.

And yes, I did a math major before going to grad school so I get way too interested in all things math.

would be v tedious to calculate for tkp

"Why gobble gobble chumps asks such good questions, I will never know." - TheFifthFuller

Yep. I just saw that I'd busted 10K, and without ever posting a gif. But, like the man just said, oh so many posts with 0 or one leg, so it's maybe more an indication of how much free time I have than how much I've contributed to the site. Hopefully, I'll do better in the future. 20K is a long way off.

Reel men fish on Wednesdays

Don't Alum and Bud both get a pass every now and then?

As long as he (Alum07) continues to bring in 4-5* TKPC members.

So does this mean all Mod powers now transfer to Alum? I kind of like the idea of TKP being an eternal power struggle.

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

Can we find some way to make an imperialism map for TKP, but instead involving turkey legs?

Territories have value and you can purchase them as you please. Once monthly, everyone puts in bids. Their legs are the total amount they can bid. Winner each month can legally form a sovereign nation out of their owned land.

Want Blacksburg? Be ready to pony up some fat legs. Don't care where your territory is? Form an empire in the frozen north and march on Kings Landing.

Outspoken team cake advocate. Hates terrapins. Resident Macho Man Gif Poster. Distant cousin to Dork Magic. Frequently misspells words.

Ill take Finland and trade you for all your lions

Here lies It's a Stroman Jersey I Swear, surpassed in life by no one because he intercepted it.

"That move was slicker than a peeled onion in a bowl of snot." -Mike Burnop

2014 was a pretty strong TKP draft class.

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

Yeah but what was the breakdown of contributors vs busts?

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2015 draft class is looking strong too. Skutt is making a push to be the 4th '15er in the top 25.

Outspoken team cake advocate. Hates terrapins. Resident Macho Man Gif Poster. Distant cousin to Dork Magic. Frequently misspells words.

2014 would be the year I quit using facebook. Don't regret it one bit, but I clearly haven't actually gotten better at time management since then...

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Everyone... Totally not supposed to tell you this. But a secret perk to The Key Players Club is an automatic boost of 20,000 turkey legs when you sign up. They will probably take my membership ring for telling you this, but think about it....

I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.

...I've been downvoted a lot.

There's always a lighthouse. There's always a man. There's always a city.

Shhhh...they only show up on the double secret TKPC Turkey Legs Big Board

I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.

When you pay for TKPC, you an unlock a loot box that contains either: automatic 2.75x turkey leg earning rate, 3 auto-plaid posts, or a yearly subscription to a pre-hype and post-letdown signing day experience.

My loot boxes have been rigged.

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

And here I am lurking with my small number of legs.... lurkers unite.... anonymously

VT 2016
Go Hokies

I'm giving you a leg, in support of your apathy for legs.

I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.

Yep, another long-time lurker here with minimal double digit legs.... trying to keep my legs < fans at uva spring game (though some may claim i have already passed that count)

β€œI'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter”~steven wright

Arnie's going to catch up when he gets released from the penalty box.

"What kind of person would throw away a perfectly good dog?"

Speaking of which, did he ever check in and see if he could get out? I'm ready for the dam truth.

You can't handle the truth.

Outspoken team cake advocate. Hates terrapins. Resident Macho Man Gif Poster. Distant cousin to Dork Magic. Frequently misspells words.

That's the damn truth.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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But seriously, congratulations on your new title of king of the dung heap.

Looked at my legs. You average 10x more legs than me, per day.

Actually, VTGM has now reclaimed the throne and leads rival Alum by 106 legs. Major power play by the VTGM faction today to reclaim control of our TKP feudal society.

Clearly Guitarman is using his position as a professor to get his students to give him legs.

I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.

Also, it's a good thing guitar's a professor and not a high school teacher. Otherwise, crime.

Old sigline: I've been cutting back on the drinking.

New Sigline: lol it's football season.

Time to get Guitarman some more upvotes.

Lmao, I fucking love this community.

If I keep up the #sauses I will be there soon enough. Watch out Alum!!

"Welcome to the Terror Dome." -- Corey Moore

Oh is THAT what that logo stands for. Christ, I saw that thing on that other conference thread the other day and couldn't figure it out at all. It's a BAG.

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

It's exactly why I stole it. It's all I could see

"Welcome to the Terror Dome." -- Corey Moore

Wow did people go back and vote for Guitar mans stuff? He's got a nice lead restablished


Guitarman back in the lead. Alum07 right now.

VB born, class of '14

Guitarman back in the lead.

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

"Nope, launch him into the sun and fart on him on the way up"
-gobble gobble chumps

"11-0, bro"
-Hunter Carpenter (probably)

I was shocked to find myself at 889 of 2400+. Actually surprised there are so many pages of negatives

TKP does not suffer troll accounts for long.

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

Guitarman still has the -10 legs hammer right? Alum might start sinking quick!

Plan for the worst and hope for the best, not the other way around.

You were drinking anyway, right?

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

Maybe... this is what you get when you don't refresh the tablet while watching Shaun White shred the half pipe

Plan for the worst and hope for the best, not the other way around.

The top 100 posters should have a Hokie plaid border around their picture (just saying)

Keep calm, Gobble on

Pshhhhh, top 25.

Outspoken team cake advocate. Hates terrapins. Resident Macho Man Gif Poster. Distant cousin to Dork Magic. Frequently misspells words.

I WANNA FEEL SPECIAL

Keep calm, Gobble on

Mean Gene Okerlund doesn't care.

via GIPHY

Outspoken team cake advocate. Hates terrapins. Resident Macho Man Gif Poster. Distant cousin to Dork Magic. Frequently misspells words.

How about top Checks rankings top 4?

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

Join us in the Key Players Club

Nah, let's just keep it to the podium...top 3.

#totallyfinewiththirdplace #hitmyceiling

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It is a little-known fact that the Alum07 account began as an alt, programming by some crappy AI code that I came up with one day after getting extremely drunk (codename: project A07). I failed to account for the "if (becomes_selfaware)" condition and did not code in an escape clause. An account set up to automatically up-leg my own posts and serve as a slightly more cantankerous version of myself was thus on a path to unseat me. And there was nothing I could do. The alt had already changed the login password, set up its own email account, and somehow purchased large quantities of bourbon on my credit card (respect).

In all seriousness, congrats, buddy. Turkey legs are a fun way to show positive engagement in the community, and their accumulation reflects longevity on the site, important contributions, or both. I knew as soon as I accepted my new job that my reign of terror benevolent, exemplary leadership would soon come to an end.


Β 

Oh wait, that second one was just for me. DAMMIT THE AI IS HACKING MY POSTS!

"Exit light..."

I am not tkp'n hard enough

1-0 every week

And here I am just trying to get to the top 100 Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

You put those words together, those are my favorite words, Popeyes and bahama
- Mike Burnup

I was so excited when I made the front page...
then when I could see my name without scrolling down...
then the top ten...
then all excitement died when I realized I'd never catch up to the two ahead of me.

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I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.

My first thought after reading this thread was "So what":

then it was:

and then I went back to:

wow i aint even get a h/t for pointing it out /s

"Why gobble gobble chumps asks such good questions, I will never know." - TheFifthFuller

That's cool and all, but how many pussy touchdowns do you have?

@CraigThompsonVT

Be sure and count this thread.

Buy yourself a new miata to celebrate

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
β€œI served in the United States Navy"

This.

VT '10--US Citizen; (804) Virginian By Birth; (979) Texan By the Grace of God.

Rick Monday... You Made a Great Play...

I also root for: The Keydets, Army, TexAggies, NY Giants, NY Rangers, ATL Braves, and SA Brahmas

Bitch, you know me, pink Miata 4lyfe!

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

It's shit like this that lost you the leg lead.

Outspoken team cake advocate. Hates terrapins. Resident Macho Man Gif Poster. Distant cousin to Dork Magic. Frequently misspells words.

Its a joke that goes back to about 2010

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

Outspoken team cake advocate. Hates terrapins. Resident Macho Man Gif Poster. Distant cousin to Dork Magic. Frequently misspells words.

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

@CraigThompsonVT

I guess miatas must have been funnier back then.

Its a joke that goes way back to the old espn boards before we all got kicked off of them and then made them facespace required...

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
β€œI served in the United States Navy"

Is the baconleague site still up and running? Haven't been on there in probably a year or so

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

I wondered the same thing they other day, once I found TKP haven't been back. I assumed it was still up since Jander's doesn't seem to pop up here all that often. I forgot all about you having the Alum account over there as well.

Plan for the worst and hope for the best, not the other way around.

I tried the link a little while ago, but it looks like they switched it so you have to login through FB. Welp, FB is blocked for me at work, so as far as I can see, I can't get there anymore. Oh well

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

PF just created his 4th iteration of it actually, went live this week
http://baconleague.herokuapp.com/

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
β€œI served in the United States Navy"

lol blocked

oh well

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

First!

Am I still doing it wrong?

Plan for the worst and hope for the best, not the other way around.