Cappybara Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) Okay, I'm kind of just annoyed by this whole thing so bear with my mini rant. This season, for whatever reason, there has been a crazy rise in the number of people overthinking and over analyzing shows on this forum (let's call them OT's). They have been incessantly trying to shove down our throats how horrible today's shows are. We've gotten everything from complaining about "skirt-like" elements in uniforms, complaints of body movement (let's make a rotating cube instead of doing the chicken dance!), to complaints about how the Cadets are doing their #### math. They all have their own issues with current shows and the way that corps choose to exhibit their theme, but they all one thing in common: they all love to over analyze and go into obnoxious detail. You'd think, "hey, maybe they would like BD's show then!" BUT NOPE. It turns out they even have issues with the way BD is doing things. Hm. What has DCP done to deserve this? But I'm not here to wonder about the sins of committed by us crazy DCP posters. My question is this: what is the point? Yes, I do think all of your ideas have merit. Especially the complaints about body movement. But at the same time, how does it REALLY make a difference? How many people will realistically pick up on your little nitpicks about the way a corps presents their show? How many people will actually see the Cadets Waltz section and see the French horns (aka the "one") being attacked by the "many" (the rest of the corps)? How many people will look at the colorguard uniform and think "wow! Even the boys are wearing skirts! I sure wish the corps would stop the androgeny!" All these OT's will complain about "lazy design," but who really cares? When a majority of the audience is enjoying these shows without needing a ####### English major, what does it matter? There was a complaint about Cadets' colorful banners, oh so eloquently calling them "grade school art class bulletin board ugly." First of all, isn't that your own ####### opinion? Second, why is that bad design? Those banners are clearly helping the audience get a grasp of the theme at hand. Please don't take this as a personal attack. Nor should anyone take this as me trying to stifle discussion. I encourage people to share their views, no matter how much hate they get for it. I do the same. I'm just so sick and tired of seeing these OT posts and I want a real explanation of WHY it actually matters. And I want to know just how many of the audience is even going to pick up on these details. EDIT: edited to remove as many traces of the word "Pseudointellectualism" on this post with the exception of the thread topic since I can't change that. Please try to bring this back on topic. Edited June 29, 2015 by Cappybara 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 You might have to hire some real PI's to look into this issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Guns Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 DCP is way for certain people to *****, moan, and complain about certain corps who are consistently beating their favorite corps year after year. So they come here, say some stupid, sarcastic things in hopes to gain some likes at the bottom right corner of their post to feel better about themselves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_another_fanatic Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Somone will point out that this thread is about complaining about people complaining. Then someone else will say that that person is just complaining about someone complaining about people complaining. Ad infinitum. The point is, people always complain. It's the internet. Pay attention to what you want, ignore the rest. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumbargleeful Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) There is a segment of drum corps alumni, and many of you will know (or are) that segment I'm talking about. They make jack ##### out of themselves in college band. They fail out of music ed because, "This is ridiculous stuff and they [professors] don't know what they are doing." They get fired from marching band tech jobs for treating students like dirt. They say, "well, at drum corps we did this..." incessantly. Those people grow up and a lot of them jump into DCP. Because SO MUCH of their frail identity is based in their drum corps experiences, they think changing that activity in the slightest will make them more irrelevant. Or change the way that (they falsely perceive) people view them. Those people freak out over the changes in the activity. They claim that because the activity is changing people are leaving. In reality, far more people are driven away from drum corps and drum corps shows by interactions with those type of people, than they are concert french horns. Then, because people avoid those alumtards, the alumtards point and say, "SEE EVERYONE IS LEAVING THE ACTIVITY BECAUSE YOU RUINED IT!" Even though, they are largely to blame for the activity's demise, because they refuse to allow it to change, and act like jack ##### to everyone. Edited June 29, 2015 by lumbargleeful 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 There is a segment of drum corps alumni, and many of you will know (or are) that segment I'm talking about. They make jack ##### out of themselves in college band. They fail out of music ed because, "This is ridiculous stuff and they [professors] don't know what they are doing." They get fired from marching band tech jobs for treating students like dirt. They say, "well, at drum corps we did this..." incessantly. Those people grow up and a lot of them jump into DCP. Because SO MUCH of their frail identity is based in their drum corps experiences, they think changing that activity in the slightest will make them more irrelevant. Or change the way that (they falsely perceive) people view them. Those people freak out over the changes in the activity. They claim that because the activity is changing people are leaving. In reality, far more people are driven away from drum corps and drum corps shows by interactions with those type of people, than they are concert french horns. Then, because people avoid those alumtards, the alumtards point and say, "SEE EVERYONE IS LEAVING THE ACTIVITY BECAUSE YOU RUINED IT!" Even though, they are largely to blame for the activities demise, because they refuse to allow it to change, and act like jack ##### to everyone. I've never marched, but I had a few in my HS band who were like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2000Cadet Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I can see this thread lasting about 2 hours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 I can see this thread lasting about 2 hours. It had to be done, regardless of how long it lasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2000Cadet Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 It had to be done, regardless of how long it lasts. No it didn't. This is the internet. People go on the internet to complain. Have you been on facebook lately? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaseyW Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Okay, I'm kind of just annoyed by this whole thing so bear with my mini rant. This season, for whatever reason, there has been a crazy rise in the number of Pseudointellectuals on this forum (let's call then PI's). They have been incessantly trying to shove down our throats how horrible today's shows are. We've gotten everything from complaining about "skirt-like" elements in uniforms, complaints of body movement (let's make a rotating cube instead of doing the chicken dance!), to complaints about how the Cadets are doing their "####" math. So many possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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