View Full Version : Another forum falls to the VS monolith....
Sauron
11-26-2008, 04:22 PM
Looks like svrider.com sold out a month ago...
VS has been really stealthy about the switch though, until I just opened a can of works when my donation renewal came around... And I noticed the payment was supposed togo Vs and not the old owner....
Sad, Sad days...
Particle Man
11-26-2008, 04:40 PM
Fuck
dReWpY
11-26-2008, 05:00 PM
influx of noobs shall plague us all again!!
rogue
11-26-2008, 05:04 PM
FUCK!!!!
Wierd...I just logged in. I don't see the ads (yet)...however my screen name is back to the original one.
Sauron, is there a linky somewhere that says SVR was bought out?
Sauron
11-26-2008, 05:05 PM
influx of noobs shall plague us all again!!
Probably not so much. It's been almost 35 days since the switch over happened, and nobody noticed till I said something... (Site was already on VB and they actually didn't add any ads since probably 85% of the site were contributing members/subscribers, I think that will change now though...)
Another Member had a site called http://www.eviltwinsbk.com/ and people are already signing up there....
rogue
11-26-2008, 05:06 PM
influx of noobs shall plague us all again!!
Let's hope not. Most of those people on SVR are used to being babysitted. *rolleyes*
Sauron
11-26-2008, 05:06 PM
FUCK!!!!
Wierd...I just logged in. I don't see the ads (yet)...however my screen name is back to the original one.
Sauron, is there a linky somewhere that says SVR was bought out?
http://forum.svrider.com/showpost.php?p=1311647&postcount=102
It's on page 11 of this thread: http://forum.svrider.com/showthread.php?t=90306
rogue
11-26-2008, 05:14 PM
Damn. It sucks to see it go that way. I thought that's why they started the membership thing....so SVR didn't die or get bought out? And they have alot of paying members too.....
Sauron
11-26-2008, 05:40 PM
Damn. It sucks to see it go that way. I thought that's why they started the membership thing....so SVR didn't die or get bought out? And they have alot of paying members too.....
Rob's just a Cash whore weenie is really what it came down to....
pickle.of.doom
11-26-2008, 05:41 PM
Sounds like someone is laughing all the way to the bank with a big ol fat check to deposit...
Shame to SVRider, another greedy admin throws his site away.
Mr Lefty
11-26-2008, 05:46 PM
damn SVRider had a lot of knowlege in their archives... RIP
OneSickPsycho
11-26-2008, 06:47 PM
Invite everyone, but let trip know who to give the swinging cock to...
Gas Man
11-26-2008, 07:17 PM
OK... get everybody over here..
GO GO GO
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l311/cjclark69/avatar/army_baby.jpg
neebelung
11-27-2008, 11:12 AM
Looks like svrider.com sold out a month ago...
VS has been really stealthy about the switch though, until I just opened a can of works when my donation renewal came around... And I noticed the payment was supposed togo Vs and not the old owner....
Sad, Sad days...
Yup, that's their M.O. That's how I noticed the CF takeover -- a notification on a subscribed thread came through from an @verticalscope email address. *sigh*
FT BSTRD
11-27-2008, 11:26 AM
Shame to SVRider, another greedy admin throws his site away.
Sometimes it isn't greed more than just wanting to get out. It isn't like running a bulletin board is a profit center for the owner or administrator. I'm a mod on the Buell board. We aren't paid. The owner, Blake, isn't paid. He works for sponsorship in order to provide for the cost of hardware, software, and bandwidth. He ain't makin' nothin.
At some point in time, these folks get tired of the grind, and someone comes along and offers them a check. It's not that different when someone sells their business to a larger company. The difference here is that at least your business was paying you something for your efforts.
If VS came buy with their checkbook and was willing to write a check for $25,000-50,000 for your bulletin board, it would be hard to pass up.
this websites mission should be to get everyone on all the VS forums to sign up here and give VS the ole redflip. i'm a member over on SVrider but i don't really go over there too much...oh well (que Queens Another One Bites The Dust)
marko138
11-27-2008, 12:31 PM
Shame to SVRider, another greedy admin throws his site away.
The clock is ticking...
FT BSTRD
11-27-2008, 12:58 PM
this websites mission should be to get everyone on all the VS forums to sign up here and give VS the ole redflip. i'm a member over on SVrider but i don't really go over there too much...oh well (que Queens Another One Bites The Dust)
The bigger the board gets, the more expensive it is to run, and the harder it is to manage. The money to support that site has to come from somewhere: Donations, Sponsorship, or Advertising.
If this site swells up due to the failure of the other sites, the same pressures will exist here.
Be careful what you wish for.
neebelung
11-27-2008, 01:54 PM
The bigger the board gets, the more expensive it is to run, and the harder it is to manage. The money to support that site has to come from somewhere: Donations, Sponsorship, or Advertising.
If this site swells up due to the failure of the other sites, the same pressures will exist here.
Be careful what you wish for.
All very true (and wise).
SteveP
11-27-2008, 02:04 PM
I read that about SV rider as well. I stop by that site several times a day and read. It's a shame really.
Big thanks To TWF for having all these new refugees (I'm a former CF guy)
Tmall
11-27-2008, 04:00 PM
How good is Vs? There's been over 30 minutes since there's been a new post on Cf..
I remember when there'd be 2 pages worth in that time in the grandstands alone..
Dragonpaco
11-27-2008, 04:06 PM
i maintain that VS is just a front for the canadian government attempting to censor the internet....
Tmall
11-27-2008, 04:21 PM
i maintain that VS is just a front for the canadian government attempting to censor the internet....
We don't censor a whole lot up here. Boobies and F bombs on the tele quite often. :drool:
Carolina
11-27-2008, 04:37 PM
VS needs this logo
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q246/kuku6/TakeOver.jpg
Dragonpaco
11-27-2008, 04:56 PM
We don't censor a whole lot up here. Boobies and F bombs on the tele quite often. :drool:
but you like your internet like you like your syrup... pure.. and made out of the blood of trees
Gas Man
11-28-2008, 07:42 AM
this websites mission should be to get everyone on all the VS forums to sign up here and give VS the ole redflip. i'm a member over on SVrider but i don't really go over there too much...oh well (que Queens Another One Bites The Dust)
That is our secondary goal.
The bigger the board gets, the more expensive it is to run, and the harder it is to manage. The money to support that site has to come from somewhere: Donations, Sponsorship, or Advertising.
If this site swells up due to the failure of the other sites, the same pressures will exist here.
Be careful what you wish for.
Won't happen. Trip would just tease them and string em along.... or if he did he'd export the whole site, move it over to another site, then I (not being under contract) would send an email out via the site to get everybody to leave once Trip had his money.
Mr Lefty
11-28-2008, 07:45 AM
That is our secondary goal.
Won't happen. Trip would just tease them and string em along.... or if he did he'd export the whole site, move it over to another site, then I (not being under contract) would send an email out via the site to get everybody to leave once Trip had his money.
and this is what I think would be best... it'd be fuck'n funny as hell!
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