My Top 10 Articles of 2014

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
12/29/2014 at 13:37 • Filed to: top 11, lists, hhfp

Its the end of the year, and that means top 10 lists. In 2014 I had a lot of fun writing on and being in Oppo, here is my personal top 10 articles, enjoy.

1. Tow Me Down! – It's a dumb title, but that's going to be a theme on this list. New Year's resolution: learn to write titles. I was very proud of the research and writing in this piece, but more importantly I was happy I was finally able to have the questions answered for myself.

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2. Your differential and µ - This story didn't get much play but, again, I was happy that I was able to square some of these fundamental physics questions in my own mind.

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3. Why it pays to follow a hunch – Serendipity struck hard with this story, I just happen to be headed someplace that allowed for some seriously scenic travel and I happened to have my production gear with me, this was a highlight for me in terms of just lovely drives in 2014.

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4. The White Rim – Man alive this was a highlight of 2014 for me, full stop. I can't wait to get back, and If I can do the Maze district before the end of may I will have hit up all three in a year.

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5. America's Best Expedition Value – more truck themed stuff eh? Yeah, I was [am] really getting into this idea of using a vehicle to see the world and I let that passion spill over into Oppo. I loved researching this and I love the response I got from it.

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6. What is 4[A]WD and how does it work? – The response to this article shocked me a little, 80k views in a week is pretty strong and considering it was just a re-worked article that got only moderate play on oppo I was stunned. I've learned a lot from writing these.

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7. 2014 KL Cherokee review - Okay, so technically this was in 2013, but Im still proud of this review and the experience that led to it.

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8. Do compact trucks have a place anymore? Yeah, this didn't get a ton of play either but I keep going back to reference it…over and over…so it had some good info and I still think it has a relevant message

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9. Hammerheadfistpunch is – I became an oppo mod in 2014, and I was pretty stoked about being a part of this great community….still am.

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10. oppositelock directory - This one of the moderator assets that I am proud of, this helps us keep tabs on whats going on in oppo. Tags, use em.

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Thanks for everyone on Oppo, Truck Yeah and jalopnik for a great year of ruined productivity at work! What was your favorite oppo post in 2014 (aside from the ultimate ground speed check, which wins the opponet by miles)?

DISCUSSION (5)

Gamecat235 > HammerheadFistpunch
12/29/2014 at 13:54

Neat! A majority of my posts in 2014 have been either moderation related posts for Oppo or posts about music on other spaces on Kinja. This is my online life. I post rules in one space and talk endlessly about music in another.

My best of for Oppo would be almost all moderation posts with a couple of airplane related topics (not the blackbird, that was last year, traffic numbers be damned).

HammerheadFistpunch > Gamecat235
12/29/2014 at 14:54

man, speedcheck was 2013? its been a good year for the blackbird

Gamecat235 > HammerheadFistpunch
12/29/2014 at 15:56

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/favorite-sr-71… - 8/9/2013. It's had an absurd amount of page views this year.

Gamecat235 > HammerheadFistpunch
12/29/2014 at 16:21

Holy cow... at the end of 2013 the Blackbird post had only 35k views. so it's had 360k views in 2014.

Justin T. Westbrook > HammerheadFistpunch
12/29/2014 at 16:57

I don't know about favorites, but you have me to thank for all the random Bond related content on Oppo and Jalopnik in the last three months. That and the announcement of the new film and DB10.

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