Dismantlement

Holmes

of the Rare Bird Show
#1
So... I hear that Filth is no more, Dillinger is no more, Optimist International is no more. I'm out of the loop; why are teams no more?
Does this mean that there will be new teams? interesting new combinations of players?
Fill Me In!
 

Erin

Belle of Kilronan
#2
Dillinger is not gone. Some teams remain, some have been dismantled. There is a restructuring of the Harold team system going on right now. No one knows exactly what's going on right now, because things aren't fully sorted out yet.

I assume that when everything is settled, an official announcement will be made.
 
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Rory

Guest
#6
The interesting thing is that this isn't happening in UCB universe continuity, it's actually a what if series where Terry was kidnapped by the counter parts of UCB players in a parallell universe and now we have to get him back or the space time continuem may fold in on itself.
 

Erin

Belle of Kilronan
#8
dethtron5000 said:
It's not obsolete...just not being updated.
It is obsolete. It would be impractical to maintain such a database and track changes on teams if teams are going to change line-ups every few weeks.

The roster Terry kept was a way of seeing how teams change over time, and look back at older teams that are gone now. But if teams have no longevity and line-ups change every few weeks, it seems impractical to track them.
 

Erin

Belle of Kilronan
#9
EpicZero said:
Anthony King is also taking over for Owen Burke as Artistic Director. I think that happens in January.
Anthony is taking over in January. He has nothing to do with what's going on now. It was announced at the same time, which may have been misleading.
 

Erin

Belle of Kilronan
#12
I don't know how the UCB is planning on releasing this info. It's been brewing for over a week, but since there's been no official notification I don't want to be the one to break the story. I was just trying to avert an IRC disaster with everyone speculating based on rumors.

Let's talk about the weather, instead. It's fucking cold out, right guys? Dang!
 

DJ Plan B

Enemy Combatant
#14
Erin said:
It would be impractical to maintain such a database and track changes on teams if teams are going to change line-ups every few weeks.
Wow. I hadn't heard that. I know I don't actually improvise but, to me, that does not sound like a great way to build group mind and/or trust.
 
#15
As someone who's seen this stuff happen as both an insider, fence sitter, outsider, and now semi-retired member of this community for five years...

As someone who has felt both the harsh reality and the clouded view from what you think is the only cloud in the sky, but is really just another invisible hydrogen filled bed next to 100 other ones just like you...

I present...

JOEY CATZ'S 12 RULES TO LIVE BY* TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE ANNUAL UCB ARTISTIC SHAKE UP:

1) People will second guess and complain about the decisions, publicly and privately,

2) People will applaud and approve the decisions, publicly and privately

3) Someone really deserving will finally get their shot, proving that perserverance and hard work pays off.

4) Someone really deserving will get passed up again, and never be seen or heard from again, prompting conversations six months later to the tune of "What ever happened to..."

5) Someone who has potential but is just okay as a performer right now will get their shot and other people will secretly complain about it. The potential performer will turn into one of the bright spots on the UCB roster, 2 years from now, the complainers will still be at McManus, and the potential person will still be performing.

6) Someone who has potential but is just okay as a performer right now will get passed up and complain about it by posting under a pseudonym in a scathing post on these boards, that will be 20% factual, 80% hateful, and 100% vilified by the community, even though 60% of the 100% villifying it secretly agree with 70% of it. 2 years from now, no one will remember the person, but they'll still refer to the pseudonym, in whatever post is made then, completing the vicious circle.

7) The really incredibly talented performers will continue to be incredibly talented, regardless of what happens to them, and won't let any decision affect them.

8) The really average taleneted people will be devastated or elated, depending on which way the wind blows at them, in a life or death kind of way.

9) 99% of the new people will be the right choices, and 99% of the people let go will be the right choices, but people will only talk about the other 1%.

10) There will continue to be incredible harolds done by both incredible and mediocre harold teams, every tuesday night

11) There will continue to be mediocre harolds done by both incredible and mediocre harold teams, every tuesday night.

12) Joey Catz will audition if there are auditions. However, auditions or not, Joey Catz will not get put on a team.

And everything will be right in the universe once again.
 
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GoldDustWoman

difficult but worth it
#16
Just watching passersby passing by.....

Erin said:
I was just trying to avert an IRC disaster with everyone speculating based on rumors.

Let's talk about the weather, instead. It's fucking cold out, right guys? Dang!
Are you trying to start a rumour about the weather?

Crap!

youngcat said:
6) Someone who has potential but is just okay as a performer right now will get passed up and complain about it by posting under a pseudonym in a scathing post on these boards, that will be 20% factual, 80% hateful, and 100% vilified by the community, even though 60% of the 100% villifying it secretly agree with 70% of it.
Best post math ever. And so true!
 

EpicZero

Unregistered User
#19
Erin said:
Anthony is taking over in January. He has nothing to do with what's going on now. It was announced at the same time, which may have been misleading.
yeah people, dont be misled by this. Listen to Erin, shes smart. my post was meant as another piece of news I heard about from practicly everybody. No ensenuations were meant and im sorry if it led anybody to think Anthony King is in charge at the moment or responsible for any of the changes going on right now. Anthony King did not kill any teams nor slept with as many hookers as people say he did.

BUT getting off topic for a sec... in regards to official anouncements about this kinda stuff, I definitely feel out of the loop when everyone seems to have gotten the email and everyone seems to be talking about it and I have to sit back and piece together information for weeks afterwords. Part of me says its none of my business cause im "not on a team" and "i didnt get the email so what do i care", but the other part of me is like "does this affect me?" and "wow, i wish i knew what you guys are talking about so i could be more involved in conversation with you guys" etc., etc..

ehhh. i feel secluded. Anyways, can we go about releasing this info differently next time? like a follow up anouncement on the boards or something, like a "dont go crazy other people, this is whats going on" anouncement?

Am i being retarded about this?
 
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