The Amazing Race > Racers Corner
Comments and Questions for the Racers
Andrew from DanDrew:
Hi Andrew - welcome to RFF!
Its unfortunate that your first exposure to RFF left you feeling bitter about us. Hopefully you'll give us another chance - I know lots of the detectives here would love the opportunity to ask you questions! Most of us are really fun - please don't be discouraged by a few people who think that just because you are a public figure it gives them license to be rude and invade your privacy.
When you put yourself in the public spotlight I think you should expect some scrutiny, criticism and misguided ridicule. In your case I believe your detractors are jealous of your achievement and luck at being on The Amazing Race. You and Dan provided entertainment for millions of people and your antics still provide water cooler discussion to this day!
Just so you know - I think there are two distinct groups of people here at RFF. Some - and I include myself in this group - enjoy using our internet detective skills to track the race and racers as they travel around the world. We get to vicariously live the adventure that you are privileged to be part of. This enhances our enjoyment of The Amazing Race and hopefully our enthusiasm is contagious and helps to increase the ratings of the show. I like to think we are something along the lines of being investigative reporters mixed with a smidgen of paparazzi.
The other group of members at RFF are people that like to use the forums as a way of being heard, broadcasting their opinions to an audience that they'll never have a relationship with. They bandy about terms like love, hate, retard, freak without understanding the power of their language and the effect they may have on the reader. Unfortunately the internet and the lack of consideration of consequences inherent in the me generation has given rise to this type of cowardly pseudo journalism. Please understand that in an open forum such as this there is little that can be done by the moderators to censure this type of behavior and I hope you can tune out the misguided posts.
Where is your sports blog - I'd love to read it!
[/quote]
walkingpneumonia,
My first encounter with RFF left me uncomfortable but only because it was the first I ever experienced people who were following me or stalking me. I could care less about remarks and opinions made towards me and my appearance and such. It was simply that first feeling I got where I thought to myself, "Wow people really do this kind of stuff? Why would anyone ever want to follow me like this?"
After a while it sunk in and once the season was released back in August, I became fully adjusted to the mentality that people were going to be talking about me often for the next few months.
DrRox:
--- Quote from: Andrew from DanDrew on May 12, 2009, 11:41:27 AM ---Whoops, did I post under the wrong thread? Or is the other thread solely for racers?
--- End quote ---
You can post in ANY thread you choose and we hope you choose a lot of them. The other thread is just for racers.
TARAsia Fan:
--- Quote from: Andrew from DanDrew on May 12, 2009, 11:44:06 AM ---
--- Quote from: TARAsia Fan on May 12, 2009, 08:02:35 AM ---Hi Andrew,
I met you last December at the lunch before TARCon and you could not have been a nicer guy. Plus I got to meet Dan last week and he was so funny. Enjoyed you both.
--- End quote ---
I'm trying to retain that day in my memory, especially since I was still drunk from the night before. Did we talk at that sandwich shop that we all went to? And what is your name? That might help me out a bit.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, we met at the sandwich shop. My name's Ken. I'm the Asian guy. You sat next to me.
Snooky:
Hey Andrew! Nice to meet you!
Andrew from DanDrew:
--- Quote from: TARAsia Fan on May 12, 2009, 12:22:28 PM ---
--- Quote from: Andrew from DanDrew on May 12, 2009, 11:44:06 AM ---
--- Quote from: TARAsia Fan on May 12, 2009, 08:02:35 AM ---Hi Andrew,
I met you last December at the lunch before TARCon and you could not have been a nicer guy. Plus I got to meet Dan last week and he was so funny. Enjoyed you both.
--- End quote ---
I'm trying to retain that day in my memory, especially since I was still drunk from the night before. Did we talk at that sandwich shop that we all went to? And what is your name? That might help me out a bit.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, we met at the sandwich shop. My name's Ken. I'm the Asian guy. You sat next to me.
--- End quote ---
Yes I remember now. Thanks for the kind words.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version