Another Forum falls to the Evil Empire

[bmblebee]

SBN (sportbikes.net) spent 3 hours today doing "updates" and now Stew is over there as Admin. and the premium member banners are under names...and the ad bomb has exploded

Another system falls under the control of the Dark Side...Looks like there may be more refugees looking for freedom soon

[Phenix_Rider]

Looks the same to me... Adblock Plus is wonderful :rockout:

[Tmall]

It was my understanding they've been bought out for a while. Ages..

[Mikey]

It was my understanding they've been bought out for a while. Ages..

Yeah, I thought they sold out a while back. What the hell do I know, though- I haven't been there in years. :idk:

[Phenix_Rider]

I just posted in there. Didn't directly mention this place, but we'll see how much interest it generates.

[bmblebee]

yep it is true, Whois pulled up:

Whois Record

Registrant:
VerticalScope Inc
111 Peter St
Toronto, ON M5V 2H1
Canada

Administrative Contact:
Laidlaw, Rob
VerticalScope Inc
111 Peter St
Toronto, ON M5V 2H1
Canada
4163418950 Fax --

Technical Contact:
Laidlaw, Rob
VerticalScope Inc
111 Peter St
Toronto, ON M5V 2H1
Canada
4163418950 Fax --

Domain servers in listed order:
NS3.ZONEEDIT.COM
NS9.ZONEEDIT.COM

This is very sad
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[Trip]

SBN has been owned by VS well before they bought TWF and CF. That was one of their first I think.

[bmblebee]

The first clue was the big motorcycle.com banner at the bottom...but now that Stew is over there and it is a pay for premium member site, it won't be long now

[Adeptus_Minor]

It was my understanding they've been bought out for a while. Ages..

I was thinking so as well.. seems like months ago I got some 'come back and give us a try' e-mail from them.

[VatorMan]

SBN has been owned by VS well before they bought TWF and CF. That was one of their first I think.

It won't be long....(brownnoser on)I really appreciate the place here. When the time comes and you can make some extra scratch-I'll be the first to say Thanks. (brownnoser off)

[Particle Man]

SBN was theirs for a while

I stopped posting there probably going on 4 and a half years now...

[Apoc]

I checked out cf last night. It made me giggle, because when it all happened, the 'loyalists' were saying we werent needed for the community to survive :p

[Porkchop]

Oh god yea.... that place had been nothing but ads for 6 months, or longer. Especially the second post ad, and the top/side ads. :panic:

I dont go over there anymore, its too crazy, and big. If VS pisses people off, its gonna take a lot more than ads to clear all those freakin members out.

[Riceaholic]

I was thinking so as well.. seems like months ago I got some 'come back and give us a try' e-mail from them.

I get those once in a while. I was at SBN for years. The day Rez started CF was the last time I ever visited that shitwreck...:lol:

[Adeptus_Minor]

I get those once in a while. I was at SBN for years. The day Rez started CF was the last time I ever visited that shitwreck...:lol:

Same here.
The Rez/Fred break was pretty much the end of me and SB.N as well.

[Papa_Complex]

Yeah, I thought they sold out a while back. What the hell do I know, though- I haven't been there in years. :idk:

Fairly sure that it happened a while back.

[Rsv1000R]

I get those once in a while. I was at SBN for years. The day Rez started CF was the last time I ever visited that shitwreck...:lol:

Well Fred did make that an easy choice, as at the time he'd shut SBN down.....

[tommymac]

I too left SBN after fred and rez split. I have been lurking in the NY forum over there recently, seems they reset my post count to zero too. I though tthey were already owned by VS. I didnt notice much difference today after the changes in the ads.

Tom

[Papa_Complex]

If anyone wonders if a certain forum is a VS property, just look here:

http://www.verticalscope.com/landing.html

[CasterTroy]

If anyone wonders if a certain forum is a VS property, just look here:

http://www.verticalscope.com/landing.html


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Fred sold out over a year ago

[neebelung]

It was my understanding they've been bought out for a while. Ages..

Yup.

[marko138]

I stopped going there about a year ago.