Very few of us left...

Wacco · 51 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 02:23

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Hmm...the absence of Greg explains a lot. I miss that dude.

Patrick Star · 52 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 02:24

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Kyuubey wrote:I haven't been on here as much as I used to. I blame my discovery of Reddit. I hate that website and its community so much, yet I can't stop going there D:

Also I don't think anyone left because of the ponies.

I also blame reddit but i mainly stick to /r/trees and go to the occasional r/nosleep and some r/bf3 in between, but i do usually have this site in another tab
lurking all day er day.

Dropped Da Soap · 53 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 02:45

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Honestly Reddits site layout confused teh shit out o me.

Chewy · 54 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 10:03

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Zillah wrote:I talked to greg a few days ago, he said he's had a lot of "house guests" lately and will be back.

Ah, so he's turned his house into a brothel again, that makes sense.

chunckylover53 · 55 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 10:50

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Zillah wrote:I talked to greg a few days ago, he said he's had a lot of "house guests" lately and will be back.

and for the ponies, it might not be the ponies itself, but it did widen the gap between the older members on the board (none of which liked the ponie stuff) and the younger members.

I'll miss silent avenger Greg.

Ron Swanson · 56 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 10:51

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Zillah wrote:\and for the ponies, it might not be the ponies itself, but it did widen the gap between the older members on the board (none of which liked the ponie stuff) and the younger members.

^ This is the issue I think Metal was trying to hit on. I don't like the ponies personally. I hate having to be careful at work because dancing sigs draw a lot of atttention, but none of that stuff is my buisness so I never complain about it. But the fact of the matter between the site migration and the ponies we lost/alienated a lot of people.

I'm in the same situation that Metal is in. But I'm kinda in between the young, and older groups on this site and I found myself at home more with the older generation here. So I got to see all the hidden topics about why people were becoming fed up with the way things were around here. I saw all the people, who never really spoke out about it, complain about the pony stuff.

So Ante is right to an extent, the pony shit gets scapegoated a bit. But it definetly led to a lot of MY friends leaving the site.

The Mr. E of Hat · 57 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 11:54

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How delightfully amusing~

The forest overrun with neon rainbows leaving the pale pastels endangered and threatened.

Can one blame the survivor? Can one fault that which succeeds? Or should we fault that which has failed to adapt? I suppose the victim always chooses a violator but then who is the true victim? That which is fading or that which is accused for succeeding?

Absolutely fascinating... but perhaps less Animal Planet.

People came. People ponied. Ponies won.

If your upset people left I get it. If your upset there are ponies then fine. But this thread doesn't really fix anything. You have acknowledged people are gone and stated your opinion why. Three pages of "why"'s and "why not"'s and no talk of the future.

If your not going to adapt or fight for your place in this SeC Biom then roll over and extinct already. But if you plan on dying then I dusted my hat off for nothing.

And for those who hate my rants here it is in a nutshell: I have tried changing things around here only to fail over and over again. You can either sit and do nothing and let this thread be a place of bellyaching in which case I win the satisfaction of watching evolution take its course. Or you can fight back and try to make things better. If you succeed then I win knowing it is in fact possible to change things. If you fail. Then I win knowing that it wasn't just me.

In truth the Ponies are irrelevant. People are gone or inactive. Do something about it.

Ron Swanson · 58 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 12:19

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The only problem is most of the people on here don't have a lot of interest in expanding the way you discussed. I would support more arts and literature on here, but realistically I can't do much for it because I'm just not that interested. I read the occasional book, and the GF draws a lot, but personally I couldn't add anything to the conversation in that subject.

Dusk at Cubist Castle · 59 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 12:55

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I will admit, some of the things the younger members posted drove me to my wits' end. Not only was the content of their posts often mind-numbingly stupid, but the sheer volume of such posts was overwhelming, and rendered many topics practically unreadable, due to being assaulted with pics, gifs, and memes.
I really can't stand when people use graphics as a form of communication. How many pictures does the internet need of some stupid face framed by helvetica caps of "Y U MAD" or some such. It's vapid, meaningless crap.

Uh, it's good to be back regardless of what my opinion was when I left last summer.

Duck · 60 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:28

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Ponies just annoy me. There's nothing I inherently don't like about MLP but imo it's always just been a mediocre cartoon not worth this much attention. It'd be like if half the board had a bunch of dora the explorer sigs and avatars, it's just tiresome, but I don't think it deserves to be persecuted in any way.

Mills was a cool guy, not happy he left.
GM was just confusing as balls, I have no idea what was up with him. Half the time he was funny half the time he was annoying.
Blackholedreams, arrogant angtheist. glad he left.
Heebs? Did she leave?
Symbolic was alright until he started sharing his opinions. He came off as an arrogant asshole after that point.
Not sure if Texas is here or not still.

D · 61 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:30

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What's been going on here?

Manila Plague · 62 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:32

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is this really another one of these threads?

why can you guys just tolerate each other?

stop fighting over stuff that doesn't matter

DRGN LRD 1213 · 63 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:32

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Ehat...... Stop!!! Your going to make people think! People hate thinking for themselves! HAHA

Opinions are like assholes right everyone has them. I'm one of the biggest assholes around here so I'll chime in.

Ponie, brony bullshit caused people to keave! FACT! THere's no use in shading it in any light because I know from people that left, and will not come back because of it. You may have your own board but it is still in avatars. and sigs. People don;t want to see it. So they left. Also Ante your reactions to it also caused a lot od problems. I'm not saying all your reactions were always wrong, but most of the time you were a major dick head about it. You know I;m right because we got inot once as well. Your passionate about something I get that. Your way of.... expressing it can be toned down tho.

THe generation gap also exists but that was never a major problem I don't think. I'm 33 one of the few older guys around here left and I have a lot of respect for some of the younger folks that post here. Tallness is one of the coolest young guys I ever met, and when he turns 21 I would drink a beer with him anyday! I would say where the generation gap does come into play some of the younger folks think they are a lot wiser than they really are, and also...... use their mouth more than they should. BUt hey even I am guitly at running off at the mouth sometimes. I will say it cracks me up sometimes when I see a kid talking about something he has no clue about in regardes to girls, politics, or religion. I just stay silent for the most part. And hey it's also how we learn things but its still funny from my perspective.

I lurk more than post for a few reasons. First I've become really busy with work and have a lot less time to flood the boards liek I used to. As the person with the secons amout of posts I can imagine me not posting would be part of the cause to the lack of activity here. Sorry I'm still around just busy.

I will say I have thought about burning my account tho a few times. There have been points were I have been so aggravated with some of the folks here I just don;t think its worth it. Plus at one point I was having my own personel issues going on with life, and I also had a lot of members pming me with issues, and causing board issues it would drive me insane. I miss a lot folks that are gone. A few of them I still have contact with through other means but not having D, Mills, Heebs, Sheep, Tex, Cram, Greg, Tater, and others around here sucks!!!

I still talk to some of these folks and I will tell you without a doubt tho that the pony stuff was a factor in them leaving and they will not come back because of it. I underatand their point some... THere are probablly My little pony boards out there and that shit should be there. Not at the SeC. The SeC was not built to be a place for pony stuff. And to an extent they are right on that.

I know what Metal;s is saying and how he feels tho. There was a Golden era where regardless of age everyone had a great time here. THere where multiple factors for the shift tho. Pony was part of it but not all of it.

Gah Frostbyrn has definitly been a factor in the staff room HAHA I understand tho do your thing man! You just can;t do your thing and also be a mod! It's just not a good combo!

Tom, yea man you were a topic for a while. I always thought you were alright, and your tech posts were always good but you had some angst in you for awhile. HAHA

Ponys in the staff room! BAH! if it creates an issue than its still an issue however you feel about it don;t kid yourselves pony people. Personally I think your all fucking insane for being male and liking that crap! Ok I said it! BUt I can also tolerate it because I am sure I do things that people think are insane. And Ante if you want to to argue about it, or be like wow just send me a PM. I'm really not trying to start a war here.

Soap I think your booby avatar may have been the staff room issue. I don;t tink there was anything else.

And GM.... What a troll haha he created so much needless bullshit.

So basically yea there are still some originals, and there are some regulars, but the place has changed so much it does feel...... not the same. Thats a bad thing in a lot of ways to me because I had so much fun back then I miss those people and times.BUt things are going to always change and people are always going to miove on. And while I'm not burning my account, in addition to being busy there really hasn;t been much going on around here thats been interesting enough for me to get involved.

DRGN LRD 1213 · 64 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:35

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So I started that this morning, had a meeting, went to lunch, forgot anout my post, typed a few more words, posted, and in the meantime I see Cramtrom is back, and also D has posted! two guys I thought were gone for good! HAHA

Duck · 65 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:36

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Could just be there's not much to talk about. I'm on often but if I don't see some interesting topic I don't post.

D · 66 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:41

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I thought the board was created for people to express themselves however they see fit. Now this same expression is apparently the reason why some people left?

I don't get it.

DRGN LRD 1213 · 67 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:44

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Hmmm while thats a valid point D there also come a time were when you shove your expresion in someones face it becomes less tolerable.

Duck · 68 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:48

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we've struggled with the freedom of speech thing many times before, with politics, religion, porn, homosexuality, and we haven't seemed to have come up with a solution that preserves this place not being strangled by rules but at the same time not having everyone being offended or pissed off.

People left because they became annoyed by ponies. Like it's been said, there's no point in getting into whether or not they were justified in being annoyed by MLP, but they were, and they left. That's all there is to it.

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Manila Plague · 69 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:48

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as adults i would think like me you could learn to ignore it

there is shit that goes on in this forum that's more annoying that ponies but that doesn't give me the right to jump down people's throats at make all kinds of hate topics

Ron Swanson · 70 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:52

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I don't think this is a hate topic. I don't blame the pony stuff on whoever enjoys it. This isn't MY forum so I have no say over what people sy or do. If it makes you happy, then go for it. Just don't expect everyone to be happy about it.

Either way, when I went through this topic I didn't sense much hate. I thought the topic was discussed with a certain level of restraint and respect. I don't like the pony stuff, but I respect those peoples rights to do it, and I feel like the others who spoke out on this behalf feel the same way.

DRGN LRD 1213 · 71 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:53

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I have always tried to play the role of the peace maker, I've always tried to find middle ground. For the most part I used to always try to make whatever rules we made to fit everyone.

I couldn't be silent on this one tho because while I;m not saying the pony people should leave its also true that it drove people off.

I also feel like if there was to be a recruitment for the site it could drive of people before they even come.

So again it didn't drive me away but I do see and understand why it did, and will.

DRGN LRD 1213 · 72 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 13:57

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I agree with what Terry said this has been one of the more relaxed threads.

Also about me.... To be honest I am pretty tolerable with most things. I have gay friends, I have friends of many races, I am friends with jocks, geeks, nerds, rednecks, rich people and poor. They all do things I don;t agree with and get on my nerves but their still my friends.

So like I said when I say I think the pony stuff is stupid. Yea I think it is, but if its your thing go with it.

Thats one thing that has always bugged me in life. A lot of times the people that love something get more mad at the people that don;t like something than vice versa and can create more drama than already existed.

D · 73 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 14:03

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Manila Plague wrote:as adults i would think like me you could learn to ignore it

there is shit that goes on in this forum that's more annoying that ponies but that doesn't give me the right to jump down people's throats at make all kinds of hate topics

Agreed.

Granted I may be speaking out of turn since I haven't been around alot lately, but I will say that my absence had nothing to do with any members, factions, opinions, etc.

I've had my moments in the past when I did let some of the stuff that goes on (here and other forums) get to me, but then it dawned on me that the things I thought bothered me wasn't really a bother at all and it was more a problem with me being accepting of others personalities. I left for a bit, dealt with it, and came back with a more refreshing mindset when it came to things of this nature.

Frostbyrn · 74 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 14:13

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Know who I miss?

Dark Horizon he was my wingman!

Ron Swanson · 75 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 15:24

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I would never ask anyone here to stop doing what they want to do. I have never got into it with any of the Bronies, even when the whole Symbolic thing went down. He was one of my best friends on here, but he was wrong and I told him that. I harbor no ill will for any of them for anything that has transpired in the past. I still consider everyone here a friend to a certin extent.

But that doesn't mean that when its time to voice my opinion I won't do just that.

Chewy · 76 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 15:32

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Yeah I have to agree with you there D, this board was founded to avoid excessive censorship, it would be ridiculous that we would censor an entire subject like that.

I mean I can understand if it gets a little annoying worrying about people watching over your shoulder during work and wondering why the fuck you're looking at a bunch of ponies, but you should be doing your jobs anyways you freeloading hippies.

The bottom line is that it's the internet, things are going to be diverse. People should learn to accept that rather than get mad at it.

JrTapia1991 · 77 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 17:01

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I get what everybody says,I'm horrible with words,blame my shitty town's school I guess and bein a hermit crab lol,but yea man I remember the good old days so to speak.I used to get so tired of all the cheesy pics,memes,and gifs too that never even added anything but I just ignore,and I forget who said it,but it's pretty true for most topics go to shit by like page 2....

I miss the old people that used to be here.Yeah I thought I was the only one who felt the generational gap as well.I'm kinda in the middle I guess.It's nice lately there's more gaming topics I've noticed than just random stuff,which is good,but personally I find alot of it pointless but I'm just a cynical cynical bi polar depressed bastard Razz

Dropped Da Soap · 78 Re: Very few of us left... 2012-02-27, 17:12