How about an Autococker Forum??

[ralicea]

Tom,

I would keep it AGD only.

my .2cents

[alf]

i think

the idea is worth trying...my concern is the same as some of the other members, in that the site will become a dojo...but, with the right moderators...and it sounds like a lot of people would VOLUNTEER to moderate, we could keep it under control...the community IS very family-ish...and yes that is nice, but expanding that family atmosphere to include OTHER quality markers should be fairly easy...i think we could all pitch in and help the moderators out when we see abuse on the boards

i also own a cocker, and dont know a THING about them...i have to ask the little guys at the field whats wrong with my cocker...i feel SO helpless with it, compared to my mag (thanks to the things i have learned here)...if i could have that same confidence in my cocker (or any other gun i own), because i have learned it here, i would be grateful to the board, and continue to urge non mag shooters to come and visit, because the site could help them too

but, bottom line is that it is YOUR decision, and you will take members opinions into account...im sure that the members will support your decision no matter what it is.

-alf

[Drizit]

after considering all the possible outcomes of doing this I think I'll change my opinion a bit. As they say Tom, if it ain't broke' don't fix it.

however I do like Army's idea regarding the links page, that should accomplish some of the advertising you wanted, perhaps not as much but all the same with the family atmosphere around here it may be more effective rather then showing it to more people who aren't going to pay any attention anyway. any time I see someone with a mag problem I can't fix or even if I do fix it I suggest they go here. how often do you see the foul language filter in use? now take a look at many of the other more populated forums out there and read some of the language that is used? the conversation here is kept at a fairly high level whereas on other sites it becomes a case of "you suck", "oh yeah? well...well...Your MOM." I for one don't want to see AO become that.

[gimp]

I can see what everyone else is saying. I hate paintballcity too, but I still think we should give an "other guns" forum a try. It's not like we get many posts about other guns in here anyway, so I doubt the site would grow much more because of an extra section. It would make it easier for people to get information they want. If we do anything, I think it's worth a shot, we can always shut it down.

[Tubby_Ninja]

Don't like it, not one bit...

I hear enough crap about my mag at my field from all the Cocker/Angel wannabe's. Don't need to hear it on my forum too...

[joeyjoe367]

Hmmm... I think the Idea for an "Other Quality 'Guns" Forums would be .... tolerable.

I, for one, prefer This forum to ANY other online forum on the net. I won't bring my questions or oppinions on 'mags to any other forum, whether it be paintball city, PBnation, or PBreview.

Sometimes, I do drop some info once in a while (Mags DO work on Co2 )

Anyway, for AGD's benefit, giving people a broader range of forums to go to here would probably help with sales, and disspelling the 'mags reputation (the E-Mag is already helping out with that)

If it were up to me, I'd stick with these forums just the way they are. I understand that people would like to talk about other 'guns here, so I guess just an "other guns' forum would be a compromise.

The thing is, you can go to just about ANY other forum and get information on differant 'guns. All the automag forums on other sites are kinda bare.

But that's just because everyone worth talkin' to is right here

[Drizit]

the thing about an "other guns" tech forum is that people will probably get less answers there then they do now. Reason being that less people will see the posts. I know my way around blowbacks and mags so if I see a spider or tippmann question in the mag tech forum I can answer it. however I don't think I would spend much time in the "other guns" forum because I'd be looking at the mag tech forum or the main forum to learn all I can about my mag. unless we suddenly gain lots of cocker and angel users the forum would likely stagnate. however if we did suddenly gain enough users to justify having it then the other forums would likely become over run with cocker and angel users.

[TheTramp]

I like the idea of adding an "other guns tech" forum. That'll even help people already here who may not want to post questions about non-AGD markers. Plus it will attract people who are looking for intelligent help but don't own a Mag.

[Dubstar112]

If AGD is looking for a specific forum for the cocker, I think it would be cool to help Autocockers.org get started back up and jumpin, it has the potential

and by AGD helping.. i mean like pursueding Bud Orr to Join that forum and help get the site rollin, and have a link on Automags Online to the Autocockers Online, and visa versa

Im sure that Bud has atleast heard of this site, and he must realize how much help a crowd like this can be..

this to me looks like a viable solution, to adding another forum, without adding another forum

Ive been reading this site since the old days before AGD, and I never joined untill just before AGD took control,(in a positive way though).. I purchased my mag because of this site.. And having too many people could cause a disaster..(seen it happen.)

[RTrampage]

Well, the thing I dont like about that idea is one of the many things that makes AGD better than the rest is if you have a problem you can come right here and not only get help and input from other automag owners but the owner of the company himself. This may not be a good thing but this is another thing I share with people that like to say automags suck without a reason.