This was a "divide" in the old board allegiances. Don't know about the arguments because I intentionally try to avoid them. Please respectfully de-activate my account.
Go Braves!!!
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This was a "divide" in the old board allegiances. Don't know about the arguments because I intentionally try to avoid them. Please respectfully de-activate my account.
Go Braves!!!
No reason to leave, this is the place to be.
We don't talk much about what's happened in the past, we talk mostly about Braves baseball.
You're definitely welcome to stay here. If you want to continue to post here and try to keep scout going, that's fine.
So you're mad that we weren't happy with the way scout handled things? We were the pilgrims leaving the homeland for a better life lol
I just went to scout for the first time in several weeks. That place has died, kind of sad to see. Nobody is even posting on gamethreads anymore.
This isn't a divide in old board allegiances. The place you are at now, is literally shedded skin of its former self.
Patio banned people for questioning his authority which had gone way out of line. I was banned in October for the playoff game when I and everyone else were ranting about Sam Holbrooke. I was banned indefinitely. Didn't troll or calla nyoen names, I just said Holbrooke was a piece of work like everyone else did. Weso got banned for asking a legitimate question.
We all got up and left because that place was run into the ground. We re-formed the community somewhere else and this is where we have settled upon. I hold no ill will against you or parkvadawg over there because you aren't patio and only worked under him.
I've posted with tvsportscaster, nscapi,sentenza for a very long time there. I've been posting with sent for almost 10 years, tvsportscaster for half a decade + and same for nsacpi.
We're not going to simply "up" and leave and come back now that Patio is gone.
1) Because I've spent like $600+ of my own money in this place, so I'm staying here regardless.
2) I have a better vision for our community. I've dedicated a lot of time for stuff here, have even better stuff coming soon.
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Again, it's no disrespect to you or any of the other admins/bosses there, we've just found a new place to enjoy discussing Braves baseball without fear of the iron claw.
Im staying here too regardless. Much more fun..
There is really no reason to go back. All the good posters are over here. This place even looks better than scout and has better features. Plus who knows when scout will transform into foxsports. Remember how bad that was for the short amount of time they had it? This will be my permanent home. I also think we owe it to SAV to stay here after all the hard work he's put into this site.
I left because
a) there was no more intelligent conversation. Baseball or otherwise
b) they made AA a mod. Evidence the confrontation with Skidlee on another thread up page. The first Scoutish confrontation, I might add , I've witnessed since coming here at the end of May
c) where else can I be referred to as a "Creepy Lurking Stalker" ???
This board has everything I need in a Braves forum. Great posters and lots of good info on the Braves thanks to rico and others. Plus this is a better message board... jmo. And it will only get better as the kinks are worked out.
No reason Scout and this board can't coexist. Our problems were with PD as an administrator... not with scout.com
This board is awesome. I was banned under this screen name from Scout for not agreeing with the moderator. Its even funnier when you would see people who entertained the rudiculousness on that page become "Moderators" out of the blue one day. It was also tacky to see the head moderator make a thread thanking the other douche moderators what great a job they were doing laying the law on people. They ruined that board themselves with their egotistical actions and their self righteousness knob slobbing they would do as if there was a 401K incorporated with being a message board moderator.
So, why did you come here in the first place then?
I'm not trying to be snarky, I'm just legitimately wondering.
Just curious I guess.....
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Guys I found this place when someone slipped a link in over there. Good to see most of the band over here. That place is dying the slow death. Been a member since the mid-00's but it is sad.
Should have some more members tomorrow. There is a thread on scout asking where everyone is and I told them we have gone to another board. I've PM'd 3 different members this link. I expect more to ask about it. This will basically be what scout used to be.
Is OP PD? Just has 2 posts.
nah, clv is a longtime poster.
No, I'm not PD (thanks for the clarification Alex), and registered because I received a PM about this board.
As I mentioned, I don't know any details about the rifts between current or former Mods, with PD, or anything else, and have asked to be left out of them. If others have had issues over there, I certainly understand. I also realize how tough it is to try to get a board up and keep it active, and applaud anyone's efforts and hard work in doing so. I was initially asked to help out as a Mod, and have since been asked to help out a little more - not big on "Titles", but as Admin or Assistant Admin or whatever - and am working to bring some outside content to the board and revive the Premium side with chats, etc..
People will always clash because we're all passionate about the Braves, and I think we all enjoy spirited discussions about our opinions. My goal is simply to keep those discussions "civil" so as not to have differing opinions lead to lurkers feeling they don't want to contribute to discussions because they might get ridiculed, etc., and not "pick sides" - we all think we're right and will argue from time-to-time, but it's just because we're fans..."fanatics".
Again I just didn't realize I was stepping into the middle of anything, and apologize for any ruckus my registering may have caused. I've been a Premium member over there for years and have been asked to help out, and feel compelled to do so if I can.
Assistant to the admin
Hopefully someone understands it.
Your registering didn't cause any ruckus, your assumptions that "our allegiances" were divided is what caused a ruckus. We all have a clear mind as to what we're doing here. There's no clouded gray area.
There are plenty here who were former premium members for years.
Chris, post here all you want. It's the same community, it's just in a different location now. It's just the next step in the AccessAtlanta -> FanHome -> Scout -> ? progression.
The reason we moved was because those spirited discussions were eliminated. Basically every active poster here had comments deleted over nothing, and a good portion of us were outright banned for mundane offenses. Basically, we were encouraged to move on, so we did. I don't really view it as a "Team Scout" vs "Team ChopCountry" thing; I have no qualms with you being a Scout admin. But I do think that board has basically reached the end of it's life cycle.
What meta said. Some people are gonna be bitter about scout, but that will all go away at some point. What you do over there and here are 2 monsters. We're not gonna crucify you for being a mod or admin over there. If you want to come here to post go ahead. Meta's point is pretty much the central one, we moved to this board because of wanting more freedom, and every board is bound to die (this one included) and I think the Braves scout forum is at that point. Don't feel like no one wants you over here cause I'll take anyone who wants to add something to the board. A board can't grow without a variety of people and we need that.
Why not just join this board and help this community of those you used to enjoy posting with grow? Why choose to help out a largely absent publisher and an admin who abused his power and banned/ran off most of us? You said in your post on scout that you welcome any and all posters to discuss openly their opinions and such, but unfortunately this was/is just not the case with PD as admin. Why support that instead of supporting us?
This is the new and best place to talk braves baseball. Why not support that if you have no dog in this fight, and you just want a place to read differing views about Braves baseball. Because that's exactly what you're going to get on this board.
Patio left?
Now I'm banned
I guess for posting we are posting on another board. I didn't even advertise this site publicly, all I did was answer the question posed last night on one of the threads. I'm assuming Patio did it. If this doesn't prove we did the right thing by starting this website then I don't know what does.