There is a reason I am typing this thread up, and this reason is VERY important to me and Rob, the other moderator of this forum.
While moving files around on my computer last night, browsing my /video/ directory of mattweb (which, if you haven't seen, is insane), I saw a filename that seemed kind of familiar.
doritenvol1.wmv
a simple windows media video file reminded me what drifting was about, with the message as clear as a 400x300 mpeg4 compressed video file possibly could.
A group of friends gathered behind private property, a medium sized small parking lot / truck loading area, hooked up 5 large garden hoses they purchased from The Home Depot (not to be confused with "the ho' depot"
) and proceeded to wet down the parking lot so they could learn how to drift and slide their cars around together. They proceeded to slide around, have a good time, fall in the water, watch themselves spin out, and do random antics with their cars all while spinning out hundreds of times, sliding all over the place, and having quite possibly the most fun they've ever had with their cars.
That group of friends was us.
Why is it that people can't hang out anymore and have fun together? Why is it that people suddenly are competing against each other? That's not what drift is about. Drift is a big joke, lets keep it that way! Who cares who has waht body kit, what engien with more mods, who has what tail lights, who has waht front end conversion, what size turbo, what horsepower, what coilovers, what arms, what not!!!! It's lots of fun, its good times, it's doing flips off of fences, it's sliding around with the rear hatchback open on an rx-7, it's all of these things that are fun. How come people are 'chicken' if they dont' slide their car into a wall? How come people are worried about if they win this competition or that competition. Don't you know that these competitions are a big 'who's coolest' contest anyway? Have fun for yourself. I know I do, every time I get behind the wheel of my car. I want all of you to think about waht's going on and what has happend in the past 6 months. It feels like drift is the biggest competition now, and nobody has fun anymore.
I miss those evenings where people would call each other up, it would be raining out, and everyone would just go around in the rain slowly through industrial areas and maybe slide around a bit, but usually just go hang out.
it's gotten way too lame lately.
now , with the legal events that I am making a point to try and protest the competition, just keep it hangout style, people should be having tons of fun, everyone helping everyone to go out there and slide the hell out of their car, but it jsut seems like everything is going down the drain.
If this forum cannot maintain quality any better than a sewer, then I will warn you one time, and then ban you from it for a period discussed with the uppers of TR. If you still think you're so cool to just do whatever you want on this forum, than do it on drifting.com, because you won't be allowed in here.