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Y0DA55 · 01-10-2006, 03:01 PM

So here I am again. One year older and just a little bit nuttier. “Another 75 dynasties?” you might ask. Well, I am here to tell you that yes, there will be another 75. I actually toyed with the idea of doing 100. You know, a nice solid number. It would have been a grand challenge too. But then I thought back to all the writing I did last year, and I thought… “No Frickin’ Way!” I could have provided some small links for the last 25, and then started in on the “Top 75.” But I thought it would lose its charm. EVERYONE does top 100’s these days. Who does a top 75?

Me.

What a year this has been, eh? Went through what many would consider a “Golden Age” of dynasty writing, only to have much of it wiped out because of the “Great Crash of 2005.” Wow, did the crash hurt this part of the OOTP Board. We lost 3 months worth of posts. Some were able to recover, some just went on like nothing happened, and some were absolutely decimated. We also lost some guys who were just fed up with different things (politics of the board/losing their dynasties). We just had a ton of highs and lows this past year. And then on top of all that, once the board did come back, the Views counter in each thread didn’t get fixed until sometime in November. However, I don’t know how many people really got into the dynasty writing mode once the board came back after the loss of posts. It was a real morale hit for this forum.

But in the wake of all that, we’ve still had plenty of great dynasties. I look at my list and on top of the 75 that I am about to go through, I have a list of a little under 50 that either a) were wiped out because of the crash, b) started just late enough to miss the cut for next year (Dec-Dec) and didn’t pick up the posts and/or views to get in the top 75, or c) had some really great writing, but didn’t pick up enough steam to have them continued. But no worries, I’ll try to give a little blurb about some of them.

I was much stricter about eligibility this year. The dynasty had to start after Dec 1 last year (as I compiled the top 75 in Jan last year and many of the November ones made it in last year). But, if it made the countdown last year, it wasn’t in this year. So the *** Doubleday Federation 2.0 *** didn’t make it in this countdown (sorry metsgeek, but you won’t be absent from this countdown… so don’t worry… in fact, you’re comin up real soon).

But let me just give a big “Wow” to all the dynasties that were done this year. I was really impressed when making this list, almost impressed enough to make this the top 100.

This one is going to take a while, because 75 is a lot of reading, and I now have a full time job. Last years took until May, who knows if I will be slower or faster than that? So grab 75 bags of popcorn (and get some variety. Do some Kettle corn every now and then), because here we go.

So, if you all are ready for this, I am ready to present to you, the “Top 75 Dynasties of 2005”!

01-10-2006, 03:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Y0DA55 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right in the middle of the East Coast Posts: 1,715	The Top 75 Dynasties of 2005 So here I am again. One year older and just a little bit nuttier. “Another 75 dynasties?” you might ask. Well, I am here to tell you that yes, there will be another 75. I actually toyed with the idea of doing 100. You know, a nice solid number. It would have been a grand challenge too. But then I thought back to all the writing I did last year, and I thought… “No Frickin’ Way!” I could have provided some small links for the last 25, and then started in on the “Top 75.” But I thought it would lose its charm. EVERYONE does top 100’s these days. Who does a top 75? Me. What a year this has been, eh? Went through what many would consider a “Golden Age” of dynasty writing, only to have much of it wiped out because of the “Great Crash of 2005.” Wow, did the crash hurt this part of the OOTP Board. We lost 3 months worth of posts. Some were able to recover, some just went on like nothing happened, and some were absolutely decimated. We also lost some guys who were just fed up with different things (politics of the board/losing their dynasties). We just had a ton of highs and lows this past year. And then on top of all that, once the board did come back, the Views counter in each thread didn’t get fixed until sometime in November. However, I don’t know how many people really got into the dynasty writing mode once the board came back after the loss of posts. It was a real morale hit for this forum. But in the wake of all that, we’ve still had plenty of great dynasties. I look at my list and on top of the 75 that I am about to go through, I have a list of a little under 50 that either a) were wiped out because of the crash, b) started just late enough to miss the cut for next year (Dec-Dec) and didn’t pick up the posts and/or views to get in the top 75, or c) had some really great writing, but didn’t pick up enough steam to have them continued. But no worries, I’ll try to give a little blurb about some of them. I was much stricter about eligibility this year. The dynasty had to start after Dec 1 last year (as I compiled the top 75 in Jan last year and many of the November ones made it in last year). But, if it made the countdown last year, it wasn’t in this year. So the * Doubleday Federation 2.0 * didn’t make it in this countdown (sorry metsgeek, but you won’t be absent from this countdown… so don’t worry… in fact, you’re comin up real soon). But let me just give a big “Wow” to all the dynasties that were done this year. I was really impressed when making this list, almost impressed enough to make this the top 100. This one is going to take a while, because 75 is a lot of reading, and I now have a full time job. Last years took until May, who knows if I will be slower or faster than that? So grab 75 bags of popcorn (and get some variety. Do some Kettle corn every now and then), because here we go. So, if you all are ready for this, I am ready to present to you, the “Top 75 Dynasties of 2005”! __________________ Do, or do not, there is no try!