Date: 2013-09-28 03:50 pm (UTC)
Ahhh, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I had been thinking about writing one for a bit but I also was worried that I wouldn't know enough, and that older fans would be like "whoooa it's totally not like that at all", cos I also only got into hockey after the lockout! But it turns out that reading through almost every single thing any of them have ever tweeted (except Grabs, I only got back about a year before I lost the will to live) gives you a lot of information! XD If I'd written the blurbs at the beginning of the process, they would have been totally different, and I actually did have to go in and edit them a bunch as I progressed and found more articles and stuff!

Oh god, why are they SO BAD at fluff pieces and promotion??? They have such a delightful group of guys! It did make doing this kind of rewarding because every time I found a linkable video or article it was like discovering buried treasure, but... Ugh, I get so, so jealous of the other teams. Especially the Blackhawks, their PR team is so good!! I have to laugh at how goofy some of the Islanders stuff is in comparison. Totally share your hopes about Barclays. If we get nothing else from that move, may it lead to better fluff pieces. And the Nets have a whole TV deal with... YES, right? Ugh, as a Mets fan that makes me feel dirty, but maybe we won't just be the ugly stepchildren of MSG.

Thank you SO MUCH for Isles Empire!! It's so, so nice to have someone who's thorough in collecting Islanders stuff (and who tags! Why do the fuckyeah blogs not tag???) because I would have missed so much of that. And the right pace, so I get lots of Islanders stuff on my timeline but it's not flooded all of a sudden. I'm so glad it exists and I used it SO much in making this!

And your twitter bitterness about Picker gives me life. XDD I think he really is that annoying. Or at least, his voice is!! The stuff he says is fine, not great but not terrible, and he seems fairly pleasant, but his weird little drone, gah!!! We should just get Stan Fischler to do everything. :DDD

No need to apologize for the long comment!! :D It's great to talk to another enthusiast - and someone who understands the struggles of being an Islanders fan! I hope you're able to maybe use the primer or some of the resources in it to lure in fans of other hockey teams. ;) Of course, it can only really be used with people who are slash-friendly, but... it's not my fault they flirst with each other so much!
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