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Fighting Friday Night Fights

Every week my wife complains a little bit about Friday Night Fights. We have to plan our weekend around it. Its not so much the “not doing anything on Friday” that bothers her as much as the amount of time I spend on the computer making my entry, checking email, following links, and typing up the post. The reason my wife puts up with me on the computer from 7-10PM (average time) every Friday is because I enjoy it. Friday Night Fights is time consuming, time I could be spending with my family, but I really enjoy doing it so she doesn’t mind.

When I was just a participant I enjoyed the challenges when Bahlactus (the originator of FNF) would do themes such as Uppercut, Ladies Night, and Black-n-White more that his “free for all” type fights. Yeah it took longer for me to find an image to post, but in the end it always seemed better than taking the easy route and just posting a random fight image. When I took over Friday Night Fights, I continued the themes that Bahlactus originaly implemented, but since doing so people have complained about them, especially with the newest round.

I want Firday Night Fights to be challenging, I want some cohesiveness, and I don’t want just any fight images being posted. I think of it as writing another post for the blog. I can either post something that does not take a lot of time or thought and then no no one will probably read/discuss, or I can put more time and effort into a post that may warrant more readers and discussion about the topic.

I guess what I am trying to say is with all the complaining about the fights (themes) along with the time it takes away from my family, I am rethinking Friday Night Fights. By rethinking them I decided that I will not give up my integrity and change the rules, instead I just may rethink how to host them. This is not a threat, nor is it a guilt trip. I just thought I should let everyone know how I feel about this situation since many have shared their dislike to me. So there it is… with my fun removed from FNF by many complaints I am rethinking whether or not to host the fights anymore and spend the time doing something else that wont generate as much negativity – like posting quality fights myself.

Friday Night Fights will continue. If you have a proper entry please let me know every Friday by 8PM, and if you can’t find something that works for that particular night just come by and vote for the winner because at the end of the tweleve rounds someone is going to get the Amazon gift certificate to buy themselves some new “fight music” no matter how many compete each week.

Posted by Fred on May 30, 2009 @ 11:38 AM Under: Friday Night Fights, Other
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