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Change the name of Gear Talk to Outerwear Fashion Tips

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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,861
This is getting ridiculous. Half the threads in Gear Talk are about what tall tee you should wear or "I'm 5'5 will a xxl magic suit look steezy?" Gear Talk used to be full of good info on ski gear and now its gone down the crapper. Even though there still is some good info in there.

Stop worrying about how cool you look and start focusing on your skiing. It really doesn't matter what you wear because no matter what some people will love it and others will hate it. Have your own opinion. Do you need the approval of 100s of kids on your normal clothes too?
Thats all for my rant this has been bugging me for awhile.
Oct 24 2009 9:40PM
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selkirks
Posts: 1978 - Karma: 59
NS has never been the site for gear advice. Somehow TGR is much better.
Oct 24 2009 9:50PM
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eurotune2
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 10
TGR is great for big mountain and backcountry stuff, but this place used to be super helpful to all kinds of freestyle gear questions..... i hope we can get it back


but there are people on here that continue to give great advice and help each other out. Keep it up
Oct 24 2009 9:53PM
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Atypical
Posts: 1339 - Karma: 45
I think everyone who goes to register has to take a basic reading test.

The best way to discourage threads like that is to not even look at them..
Oct 24 2009 10:33PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 149
Good, well thought out threads always tend to get good answers
Oct 25 2009 12:12AM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,861
mostly because TGR cares how their gear performs more than how sick they look
Oct 25 2009 2:35PM
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blackoutbill
Posts: 2918 - Karma: 282
Gear Talk is getting ridiculous. It used to be one of my favorite forums to peruse through but now it is all threads like "What Jacket would go steezaliciously with these pants?!?" or "ZOMG where do I get a magic suit that matches my bindings?!"
Oct 25 2009 2:40PM
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RudyGarmisch
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I'm deleting them when I find them, take that shit to project runway.
Oct 25 2009 2:50PM
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family_vacation
Posts: 6200 - Karma: 7,841
thank you.
Oct 25 2009 3:02PM
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wintersway
Posts: 5115 - Karma: 128
im in gear talk all the time and seriously, there are a few of those "choose my outerwear for this year" threads, but right now, a lot more are along the lines of "i need new skis this year" and "which one of these skis are better for me" type of threads

most of these actually have intelligent, well thought out answers and good advice to the thread creator.
Oct 25 2009 7:35PM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,267
yes, thanks rowen

it's fucking annoying, people should be able to decide what looks good
Oct 25 2009 7:41PM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
make a sticky saying that?
Oct 25 2009 8:37PM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,861
I dunno I see a ton of those types of threads. Also I hardly see any well thought out, intelligent answers to boots/bindings/ski questions. Just mostly uninformed opinion based answers on a topic that they know nothing about. Not that I know very much or help out a lot. Just saying, most answers are pretty bad.
Oct 26 2009 5:32PM
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Mr.BOYD
Posts: 215 - Karma: 57
that name sounds gay as fuck
Oct 28 2009 8:17PM
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eNeRGy
Posts: 270 - Karma: 48
how about we dont do that
Oct 28 2009 8:47PM
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shintastic48
Posts: 2909 - Karma: 46
I think in the end of the day. who really cares. so ns gets congested with a few threads like that. just ignore them. If you really have something good to say to them (and by good i don't mean smart ass) then say it. Other than that they will eventually realize that they were stupid when there going down their mountain switch and are unable to see what's coming because there magic suit is so big that they can't look around it. But still in the end of the day. Just ignore them.
Oct 28 2009 8:54PM
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maclem
Posts: 2497 - Karma: 17
i say just let the threads be and PLEASE change the name to 'Outerwear Fashion Tips' it would be too funny
Oct 28 2009 10:16PM
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