Hey y'all, I'm sure you're wondering why I gathered you here today.
After some conversations with a number of people that I enjoyed, and after getting to know alabamagrizzly, he had an idea of helping other people connect the way we had, and making a sort of pen pal here and there among us. It has made Egriz certainly more fun for us, as we found some good common ground and have had some very fun conversations as we connected around Griz Football. Like many of us, we also talked about how much more fun Egriz is when it is in a more positive spot and not a negative place with people being kind of dicks to each other. His idea is something we both want to run with, we think the Egriz Pen Pal Program is a good idea.
Our thought was like Remember The Titans, when they had people talk. Sometimes, getting a bit more connection is a really valuable thing. And it would make anyone be just a little bit more kind even when you think someone sounds stupid.
We both also know that a lot of you know each other from long time posting here. I'm sure plenty of people don't need to know each other, but there are MANY here who only know each other as arguing football points and not as the Griz die hards we all are.
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HOW IT WOULD WORK
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1) This is NOT about doxxing yourself or giving personal information away. We are not trying to get you to share your real name or job or location. Conversations can be way more general than that.
2) When matched with someone, we will give you a template with a general starter questionnaire that is not personal. Think "Who is your favorite Griz player?" "What was first game you got to go to?" "What is your favorite WaGriz memory?" "Is there a fun activity or hobby you are doing?" We would provide a little template with questions, and you fill it out and send it to whoever you are matched with. It is a starting point, and maybe a conversation flows. Maybe it doesn't. No harm, no foul, either way.
3) Drop a response here if you are open to doing it. We will give it a few days, and then put the names down.
4) We will take everybody that is down to do it, and draw names out of a hat to match people.
5) If people want to keep doing it, we would give it a week or so and do a round two, and make sure we don't match the same people twice.
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Conclusion
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We just both found that we enjoy posters here more when we have a little connection. There are a good number of you that I would say I have enjoyed more after messaging and knowing you. It is a lot easier to share thoughts when you are not worried about random people coming at you for your Griz Football opinions, and I think the vast majority of people on here are kind people who can have those good Griz football conversations. Alabamagrizzly, and many others I've gotten to know, became much more real people after I got to know them a bit.
We both realized nobody may be in on this idea, and that's cool too. We figure there is a 50/50 shot that nobody is in. But it seems like Egriz can go through a lot of phases for positivity, negativity, drama, or whatever else. It is the off season, there isn't a lot to talk about, and maybe this is a good way to keep the tone going in the right direction.
After some conversations with a number of people that I enjoyed, and after getting to know alabamagrizzly, he had an idea of helping other people connect the way we had, and making a sort of pen pal here and there among us. It has made Egriz certainly more fun for us, as we found some good common ground and have had some very fun conversations as we connected around Griz Football. Like many of us, we also talked about how much more fun Egriz is when it is in a more positive spot and not a negative place with people being kind of dicks to each other. His idea is something we both want to run with, we think the Egriz Pen Pal Program is a good idea.
Our thought was like Remember The Titans, when they had people talk. Sometimes, getting a bit more connection is a really valuable thing. And it would make anyone be just a little bit more kind even when you think someone sounds stupid.
We both also know that a lot of you know each other from long time posting here. I'm sure plenty of people don't need to know each other, but there are MANY here who only know each other as arguing football points and not as the Griz die hards we all are.
-------------------------------
HOW IT WOULD WORK
--------------------------------
1) This is NOT about doxxing yourself or giving personal information away. We are not trying to get you to share your real name or job or location. Conversations can be way more general than that.
2) When matched with someone, we will give you a template with a general starter questionnaire that is not personal. Think "Who is your favorite Griz player?" "What was first game you got to go to?" "What is your favorite WaGriz memory?" "Is there a fun activity or hobby you are doing?" We would provide a little template with questions, and you fill it out and send it to whoever you are matched with. It is a starting point, and maybe a conversation flows. Maybe it doesn't. No harm, no foul, either way.
3) Drop a response here if you are open to doing it. We will give it a few days, and then put the names down.
4) We will take everybody that is down to do it, and draw names out of a hat to match people.
5) If people want to keep doing it, we would give it a week or so and do a round two, and make sure we don't match the same people twice.
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Conclusion
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We just both found that we enjoy posters here more when we have a little connection. There are a good number of you that I would say I have enjoyed more after messaging and knowing you. It is a lot easier to share thoughts when you are not worried about random people coming at you for your Griz Football opinions, and I think the vast majority of people on here are kind people who can have those good Griz football conversations. Alabamagrizzly, and many others I've gotten to know, became much more real people after I got to know them a bit.
We both realized nobody may be in on this idea, and that's cool too. We figure there is a 50/50 shot that nobody is in. But it seems like Egriz can go through a lot of phases for positivity, negativity, drama, or whatever else. It is the off season, there isn't a lot to talk about, and maybe this is a good way to keep the tone going in the right direction.
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