Hey MOMs!
So, looking at a few of the more recent posts, Dogss rant and Wigs latest diatribe (thanks for the link Chocks) I wanted to wade into the cesspool that is “The Official M.O.M. Thread”. Everyone should understand that when MOM was formed there were two squads with only a few pretenders represented in the forum. The forum was a dark place controlled by 12-year olds and a lot of thread hijacking (think “Children of the Corn” and you’re Burt). Anyway, the forum was certainly not a place where you would see the word “diatribe” or have literary references. With respect to the game I was an old man (now closer to death than birth) who had stumbled into a game I loved and desperately wanted to master. The Vampires and BunnyBunny’s of the world tried to push me away but in the end I got better always thinking I was flying against and with 12-year olds. MOM came about when the old farts starting posting and a few brave souls realized there was a making of a squad here. Now, we all knew “Squad Wars” was around the corner and MOM provided the old guys an option (“Squad Wars”…”Squad Wars”…”Bueller”…”Bueller”).
Anyway, the MOM thread was born and right from the start it was a cesspool of personalities and thoughts with moments of brilliance (usually by me and occasionally by Wig).

The problem now is that’s it’s still a cesspool but with more personalities and still occasional moments of brilliance. The problem is that we have to wade through more muck (sorry about that Muck) to get to the brilliance. That’s no one’s fault, just a side effect of how large MOM has grown. In the early days, the members could keep track of each other and we could tell their idiosyncrasies but with the large group as it stands now it’s more difficult. So, like in my case, I don’t read through the thread that often and when I do I know I’ve missed 10 pages. This is really the sad part of MOM as the MOM thread was required reading in the early days. BUT, that’s not to say I’m complaining about MOM today. We’ve brought in really great guys (and gals) and they all lend their personalities to the cesspool. But, I think a lot of the conflicts come from not fully understanding others within the squad and the fact that many of us come and go and have an unrealistic viewpoint that MOM should still exist in the exact same way as when we left. In that regard, MOM is perfectly named as don’t we all have a singular vision of our mom and how we see her (or remember her)?
I think Wig’s attempt to break down the squad into manageable pieces is an interesting one. I’m not sure it will work but I’m constantly amazed and his efforts that he puts forth for this squad. MOM is Wig and Wig is MOM and the rest of us continue to suckle on his teat.