is AO becoming like the nation?

[neppo1345]

Protip: LURK MOAR, newblar.

[SCpoloRicker]

Protip: LURK MOAR, newblar.

O HAI!

[behemoth]

OP, you're a turd. You know nothing about AO culture, because you weren't around then.

To try to call out scott was so weak... BigE has done more for maggers and this board than you could dream of doing.

Like I said earlier, pbn is a great forum. There are a lot of retards, but that's anywhere you go. AO had a higher standard at one point, but people trying to take petty stabs at members pretty much throws that out the window.

Also, LURK MOAR.

[dark blade]

i use the search button quite frequently for tech problems, sales that i once saw, and other knowledge that is non changing.

However... i felt as though me stating my opinion and asking about others opinions in a thread would not require a search due to the fact that it is my opinion and would not have been found in other peoples threads. Therefore a new thread felt appropriate to me.

also, behemoth. was your last post towards me? or someone else. I am very tired this weekend from having many little children invade my house and am obviously out of any type of loop that is now going on.

[behemoth]

I'm so sorry that you're in a child induced haze... However, you are OP and you did try to call out BigE.

[dark blade]

i never meant disrespect i just found it ironic and i didnt know OP meant original poster... which i just figured out from a friend.

Secondly, i feel that the past few posts have been a little unnecessary and a simple "this topic has come up before" would have sufficed and there was no need to bring up anything regarding how long i have been here.

For as long as i have been here i have been respectful to all and have been a great trader and helpful in the tech section. I might not have been here when AGD was in its prime but i was only 11 or 12 at the time and didnt have a computer. It really isnt fair to form a "clique" and disregard me as a member just because i was not there in the "prime" of the forum.

The whole purpose to this thread was to show that what i was shown when i first joined (as far as how people are on this forum) has now changed and there seems to be a less of a standard with the new members and that not as many new members are being fully respectful to others. I understand i was not here in the beginning and never will have been here during its pride, but that does not mean i do not understand the respect that AO has always carried as a motto

On that note, i am going to let this thread get back to its topic seeing as that was why i put it up. I wanted to see peoples opinions of the CURRENT AO and not their opinions on this matter of a thread from a year ago that i could have searched to see

[behemoth]

Still need to lurk moar...

[dark blade]

haha ok, i will SEARCH MORE and you and your oldschool buddies can LURK MOAR

and now, back to the opinions!

[Beemer]

The whole purpose to this thread was to show that what i was shown when i first joined (as far as how people are on this forum) has now changed and there seems to be a less of a standard with the new members and that not as many new members are being fully respectful to others. I understand i was not here in the beginning and never will have been here during its pride, but that does not mean i do not understand the respect that AO has always carried as a motto

For the most part we try to be self Moderated. Have you ever reported a post?

Show me where you get this opinion from. Report the posts

[dark blade]

i have reported posts in the past. However... after reporting a thread with pornographic material directly posted in it and watching it go unremoved or changed for 3-4 hours after reporting it... i kind of lost hope with the report button.

However. I will start reporting more often if that be the noble request of the mighty beemer

[Beemer]

i have reported posts in the past. However... after reporting a thread with pornographic material directly posted in it and watching it go unremoved or changed for 3-4 hours after reporting it... i kind of lost hope with the report button.

However. I will start reporting more often if that be the noble request of the mighty beemer

How long ago did THAT happen. We have the spam problem under controll now.

Mods are not on 24/7 and it could take awhile to see a report. That is a poor reason not to report something that might be a problem.

So I would still like you to show me where you get your opinion from. You thought it enough to make a Thread on it, so show me where the issues and disrespect is.

[dark blade]

i will go work on finding the posts right now, they have been dispersed over the past few months so this may be difficult

edit: also... it happened a while ago when the spam seemed to be starting to happen frequently... there was a week or two where it got pretty constant

[Beemer]

i will go work on finding the posts right now, they have been dispersed over the past few months so this may be difficult

Well if its over a few months then it isnt an on going, day to day thing then is it?

The Mods dont see every post and when we miss something for the most part the members point it out by reporting it if they feel it might be a problem.

[dark blade]

the pornography incident was months ago (last fall)... the problems with not following the forum rules and with being immature, bad sellers, and disrespectful have been happening throughout the spring and summer.

Unfortunately, the BST section only goes back about a month and i cannot find most of the posts i was referencing to. (most were/are in the BST) For the most part, the pb talk section is great still because the only reason people are coming over from the nation is to sell.... hence the BST problem.

[snoopay700]

AO is the best PB forum in the world. People here help each other, are honest (by most part) when doing business, the moderators are the best I've ever seen on a public forum and there's no "First Post!" on each and every thread. I still love this community and that's why I access it on a daily basis.

MCB and PBL are equally as good but I still access AO more often.

I have to agree with that, no matter what paintball forum i've gone to i've always come back to this forum, and there have been many times where i just come back from not posting for a few months and start posting, and it's usually on this forum (this is one such occasion).

And for the record, it's not the first forum, i signed up to the nation, but quickly stopped posting there at all often, and when i did post there it was in the custom or AGD forums for the most part. Granted this forum isn't the same as it was in it's heyday, and it's not the same as when i first joined, but saying that it's even remotely like pbnation is false.

EDIT: At the bottom of the page you can make the forum show more threads from further back.