05-08-2021, 12:31 AM
There were no such thing as non-weird encounters with bubbles. Never met him in person, but I was on the receiving end of his rather unique brand of "humour" once when he created a profile imitating me and trolling the hell out of the site. Total asshole that guy was.
I'm genuinely sad at what's happened Boards. I joined in 2003 but never posted much, however it has been a large part of my life since 2006 when I had a bad accident and needed something to occupy myself with. To say it has been life changing for me is an understatement, it's where I met Toto, and Ive also met a large number of truly excellent people (and a few dicks too, but that can't be helped) over the years. I spent nearly 10 years as an admin on the site, plus quite a few more as a regular mod before that, so to see how the migration has ripped the soul from the site is awful to see.
The best thing about Boards was the communities that grew up all over the site, and unless something drastic is done with the new setup I can't see those communities ever re-forming. But even at that I fear it may be too late and this may just be the start of a slow and lingering death for the site. It'll be hard to attract new posters if the old ones don't want to post there any more. Personally I'm finding I go days without ever looking at it now, mainly because it's so terrible on my phone, but that said it's not a whole heap better on my PC.
I'm genuinely sad at what's happened Boards. I joined in 2003 but never posted much, however it has been a large part of my life since 2006 when I had a bad accident and needed something to occupy myself with. To say it has been life changing for me is an understatement, it's where I met Toto, and Ive also met a large number of truly excellent people (and a few dicks too, but that can't be helped) over the years. I spent nearly 10 years as an admin on the site, plus quite a few more as a regular mod before that, so to see how the migration has ripped the soul from the site is awful to see.
The best thing about Boards was the communities that grew up all over the site, and unless something drastic is done with the new setup I can't see those communities ever re-forming. But even at that I fear it may be too late and this may just be the start of a slow and lingering death for the site. It'll be hard to attract new posters if the old ones don't want to post there any more. Personally I'm finding I go days without ever looking at it now, mainly because it's so terrible on my phone, but that said it's not a whole heap better on my PC.