The website has Gone Downhill

[mattyfatty182]

Ever since the first WLIPP, this place has been on a steady decline. The influx of new users has created a rather newbie site consisting of mostly posts of "what should I get?" and 100 Stickeys of Level 10 stuff.

I used to come here every couple of days, but I and friends can't even stand it here anymore. Granted, there are a few oldschool users that are cool, but seriously folks, when Tom posts something new, NOT EVERY MEMBER ON THIS GOD FORSAKEN BOARD NEEDS TO SAY THE SAME THING!.

One, "WOW OMFG I WANT 1 OMG TOM I WILL STRIP FOR U IF U WILL GIVE ME 1 " is quite enough.

Another thing that has been bugging me. Your oversized sig pictures. Is it really necessary to have 3 pictures? All your doing is making this site slower, harder to read, and making it look very tacky.

Next, whats with this Careopia fan club crap? It's the same thing as the WLIPP " OMG AMY I LOVE YOUR PICTUREOMG!!!1!!!" Please people, yes, she's a cool person, but really, leave her alone. Would you want a bunch of horney 14 year-olds with a fan club for you? It's like people and celebritys. They have lives, too, and I'm sure people asking for autographs gets real old.

I'm out.
fatty

[Mav D MagMan]

:\ The great things this site has done have brought in many people, and when school ended many of them had nothing better to do then wander around the internet causing trouble.

I'm not too worried about it because things should level out eventually, the Mods are working very hard and doing a good job.

Mav

P.S. However I never said I condone the way they've been behaving.

[Jonno06]

horny 14yr olds have a fun club for me?!

kick arse...i want one


i know what ur saying though

[mattyfatty182]

that = wrong

[FactsOfLife]

Re: The website has Gone Downhill

Originally posted by mattyfatty182
Would you want a bunch of horney 14 year-olds with a fan club for you?

Since it's probably illegal in my state I'm gonna have to publicly say, no....

[RT_Luver]

Re: The website has Gone Downhill

Originally posted by mattyfatty182
Would you want a bunch of horney 14 year-olds with a fan club for you?

well, if they were girls..that'd be pretty cool. but I DO agree with everything else you said.

[AcemanPB]

yeah i agree with the sig pics 110%

[Restola]

eh everyone goes through their own personal highs and lows with message boards. Sometimes nothing seems important.

I say give it a few weeks and you'll love AO like ya always did!

[irbodden]

I agree.

Postwhores are VERY annoying as are all the "newbie" threads.

<- Been here since "back in the day"

[Restola]

There will always be newbies who refuse to use the search function. They dont bother me so much. Unfortunatly a hundred vets asking the same level 10 question on the main board annoys me, as do the pw'ers. But it's not my board so let the mods do what they want. Ive had fun for the last 17 months, and it hasnt cost me a dime. I'll put up with a few minor annoyances.

[BajaBoy]

100% agree.. these thred are spoze to be for help.. telling people about new stuff in paintball so on.. if u all wanna chat then www.aol.com and download AIM and "chat" on there.. but yea i think im a newbie.. and sometimes do repeat a thred but i dont mean to b-c i do search and some times get lazy.. hope im not annoying to some of u..

and that fan club.. isnt it for like the best purple guns or something?????

[Army]

Ya know....I don't care who posts what about anything too often. Yeah, we Mods sometimes have to work overtime to keep the cussing and rule violators at bay, moving threads to their proper forums, answering PM's and sending endless E-mails, and getting our backs bloodied and splayed open from Toms whip (Ohhhh the pain!). But I, at least, never tire of seeing how nearly 7000 people can talk about paintball and Automags non-stop!

It IS summer after all, leaving way too much time to explore the web. When school starts up again, the traffic will slow some...but I hope not!

[SSMercury]

Originally posted by Army
getting our backs bloodied and splayed open from Toms whip (Ohhhh the pain!).

Stuff like this that makes a cool moderator.

[Snooky]

Im going to have to agree with what is stated above. I havent been coming here nearly as often because the what gun should i get and does the lvl 10 work with...

I guess its just not me that is kinda irritated by it but anyway its not for me to judge what goes on the board and what doesn't. These people just want to get thier questions answered like everyone else and they should be able to ask if the lvl 10 will fit in thier automag 10 times in ten different threads.

As for the Oooo's and Aaaaaaaa's what do u want the people to say? i mean its either i love it, i hate it, or nuthin at all. you really cant do much except either not post or say good job or come up with something different. Im sure tom gets some kind of enjoyment out of reading the threads when he sees that people are behind him in what he and AGD does.

As for the overssized sig pictures i think it should stated more clearly in the rules and have a sticky on top of board if its still not obeyed. However with all the lvl 10 things stickies its hard to tell what u have and havent looked at.

As for the cap fan club i must have missed that week or sumthing. Its great you support her and what she does. Am i gonna join no thanks but I see this as just saying we care about u cap. Do i like the fan club? no. Do i like cap? she is a nice person in the times ive talked to her. Do i think its necisary to give her a fan club? no but thats why im not participating in it.

Anyway i say have fun with the boards. Who cares if someone else is mad just brush it off.

Recently i haven't had much fun with the board but that doesnt stop others from having fun.

[Patron God of Pirates]

Three Pictures eh?...............

Every message board requires an occasional thread like this. Some old timer coming back to complain about the state of the board. Usually, as is displayed here, with very little understanding of what is actually going on.

Capo Fan club: Was started by Fatman (a well respected AO'er by all accounts). It is partly a source of amusement, and partly out of genuine admiration for a fellow AO'er done good. In case you didn't know, Capo has become an official AGD spokes model. We just thought as an official spokes model, she should have an official fan club. The sig button is optimized for the web and is only 8K. I think you'll notice most of the Mods are also members.

I came here as a Newbie a couple of months ago and was greeted by an enormous amount of support and information. I have tried to give back and play a part in this being such a terrific place.

The great thing about Newbies is that they learn the ropes and stop being Newbies.

If you dislike it so much, why come back just to start a detracting thread like this?