Bear Down Wildcats

Merkin wrote:No posts in 4 days.

Officially dead?

No. Just transitioned to a non-posting message board.

catgrad97 wrote:Not sure where he's going to get the talent to have a Premium-only paywall site that's successful.

Only Matt Moreno was a writer there as of last week, and not sure what incentive he has to stay around.

I had the same thought last week. Wondering why he'd stay with nobody there.

HiCat wrote:

catgrad97 wrote:Not sure where he's going to get the talent to have a Premium-only paywall site that's successful.

Only Matt Moreno was a writer there as of last week, and not sure what incentive he has to stay around.

I had the same thought last week. Wondering why he'd stay with nobody there.

needs the paycheck?

PieceOfMeat wrote:

HiCat wrote:

catgrad97 wrote:Not sure where he's going to get the talent to have a Premium-only paywall site that's successful.

Only Matt Moreno was a writer there as of last week, and not sure what incentive he has to stay around.

I had the same thought last week. Wondering why he'd stay with nobody there.

needs the paycheck?

Yeah, probably not a lot of jobs in sports writing. If there were then some of us would stop selling shares of dandruff.

Stupid auto correct

Longhorned wrote: Yeah, probably not a lot of jobs in sports writing. If there were then some of us would stop selling shares of dandruff.

Longhorned wrote:Stupid auto correct

I'm wondering what it auto corrected from?

PieceOfMeat wrote:

Longhorned wrote: Yeah, probably not a lot of jobs in sports writing. If there were then some of us would stop selling shares of dandruff.

Longhorned wrote:Stupid auto correct

I'm wondering what it auto corrected from?

Something even more random I'm guessing. Like "farts of dandelions".

What was the date and time of death?

Irish27 wrote:What was the date and time of death?

This site started on June 3rd so I would go with that.

I'm calling it. One week without a post. On 15 Oct 2014 MAO's free boards for football and basketball are officially dead.

Now we just need to make sure BearDownWildcats.com gets off to a great start and continues to grow.

I haven't been back. Was curious from time to time but honestly - that whole thing really pissed me off more than bummed me out. I was a subscription member to both GOAZCATS & Scout & all I wanted was good information/discussion as soon as possible. It's still all I want.

They totally butchered the handling of everything over there - which is a shame. Feel a little bad saying it since I had so many good times over there but - good riddance.

This website, even with its funky (current) url...is already rated higher than TOS is.

according to alexa, TOS's current U.S. rank is: 253,429

and this site rank is : 220,322

...

p.s., I find it hilarious that TOS (still) feels the need to have the board metrics lie about currently active users. As if there are really 1500+ people browsing that site right now. mm hmm, sure.

TOS

DNR

RIP . . .

Hold on, hold on, 1329 active users!

MAO once told me that unlike other sites, TOS's "currently active users" logged on some time in the last 4 hours. He said that other sites pad their stats by taking the total number of log-ins over 24-48 hours, or more. Looks like he learned his lesson.

Our currently active users here is based on a 30-minute window fwiw.

Merkin wrote:Hold on, hold on, 1329 active users!

I have my suspicions about Edward Fah, but isn't Boloagogue like ebola for message boards?

Chicat wrote:MAO once told me that unlike other sites, TOS's "currently active users" logged on some time in the last 4 hours. He said that other sites pad their stats by taking the total number of log-ins over 24-48 hours, or more. Looks like he learned his lesson.

I wonder just how wide mao's window is now for active users. 24-48 weeks? months?

I very much doubt that there are 1300 visitors to that site within 24-48 hours.

UAdevil wrote:Our currently active users here is based on a 30-minute window fwiw.

A very honest window. I don't think there's anything wrong with even a window of an hour or two (only cause it's about the length of a basketball game or a little longer than a football half, so people who post before a tip can come back and post again). but TOS is obviously pushing the bounds of incredulity with whatever sized window they're using.

Sleesmasmaxab is my sock over there.

Since I would always check the checkbox to stay logged in on both of these sites, I never did figure out when I would drop off the active user list on the site if I hadn't logged off.

As far as I know, there, I was always listed online.

Longhorned, I believe Edward Fah was a minor villain in Ben Jonson's legend of Queen Mab.

Longhorned wrote:

Merkin wrote:Hold on, hold on, 1329 active users!

I have my suspicions about Edward Fah, but isn't Boloagogue like ebola for message boards?

Most of those names look like spam posting bots.

catgrad97 wrote:Since I would always check the checkbox to stay logged in on both of these sites, I never did figure out when I would drop off the active user list on the site if I hadn't logged off.

As far as I know, there, I was always listed online.

I wondered that too. Plus I would log in from multiple devices (iPhone, iPad, work laptop, home desktop) so I was likely logged in even when I wasn't actively looking at the site.

For all I know, I'm still listed as one of those thousands of active users.

Who the hell is RCWildcat at TOS? Jim Storey's best friend? His sock?

He's talking to himself again.

UAEebs86 wrote:Who the hell is RCWildcat at TOS? Jim Storey's best friend? His sock?

He's talking to himself again.

If not a sock, then probably a paid employee by now.

What admin failed to realize is in owning a domain and profiting off the traffic he never owned the community. He owns the links to our previous content, but he's fast learning (or ignoring) that without those who fueled his business, what he "owns" now is empty history, empty forums, and foot traffic where once we supplied a freeway system.

I told him. He may have thought owning a message board made him an authority, but I've been a part of dozens of communities over 15 years. I know how they succeed, and I know how they fail. I warned him he'd be left with a meaningless future if his once-proud domain if he didn't heed my attempts at improvement and peace.

It's like what LeBron recently said about the differences in Pride and Progress.

I offered my expertise free of charge. I had a legitimate and workable vision that I've helped implement at other boards, or have seen work at other boards. It was legitimate and workable progress. I was willing to let his backhanded treatment of the forum members slide because of history and my vision for the site's future.

But he was too proud, and if it couldn't be done his idiotic and outdated way, nothing would be done.

So he has what he likely wanted all along: an empty forum free of needing care, attention, or administrating.

He also has what I promised, a nothing site, premium included.

So.......what have I missed?

ZONACAT wrote:So.......what have I missed?

You haven't lived until you've made 4Life's list.

That's mostly it. Status quo other than new domain. Same cast, for most part, same threads, even maybe with identical titles and transferred posts.

You did also miss our opening weekend porn bot spam attack that found me elbows deep in deleting gape, rape, and golden shower hotlinks.

ZONACAT wrote:So.......what have I missed?

Finally, Zona. Don't ask us to pour you a glass, you know where the damn carafe is.

JMarkJohns wrote:You did also miss our opening weekend porn bot spam attack that found me elbows deep in deleting gape, rape, and golden shower hotlinks.

Ah, the good old days...


Hot or Not has been taken to an epic level. So that's good.

Game thread for the Cal game was fairly mind-blowing. I think there was a lot of typing & crying.

The Goat announced himself as the only person outside of St. Louis and Baltimore who didn't want to see the Royals make the World Series.

Oh, and Mystery Admin Overlord at GoAZCats went into full blown meltdown mode and after getting rid of PMs he then made up all these visitor messages from JMark and others talking all kinds of crazy shit. Like a child...

Other than that, things are about the same...

Chicat wrote:

JMarkJohns wrote:You did also miss our opening weekend porn bot spam attack that found me elbows deep in deleting gape, rape, and golden shower hotlinks.

Ah, the good old days...


Hot or Not has been taken to an epic level. So that's good.

Game thread for the Cal game was fairly mind-blowing. I think there was a lot of typing & crying.

The Goat announced himself as the only person outside of St. Louis and Baltimore who didn't want to see the Royals make the World Series.

Oh, and Mystery Admin Overlord at GoAZCats went into full blown meltdown mode and after getting rid of PMs he then made up all these visitor messages from JMark and others talking all kinds of crazy shit. Like a child...

Other than that, things are about the same...

That's right! I forgot about MAO turning my messages into pedophilic accusations, sexist insults, and sophomoric turns of phrase.

What a clown...

Oh, also, I worked lights and photoshopped images of an aspiring model turned future Hustler cover girl.

JMarkJohns wrote:

Chicat wrote:

JMarkJohns wrote:You did also miss our opening weekend porn bot spam attack that found me elbows deep in deleting gape, rape, and golden shower hotlinks.

Ah, the good old days...


Hot or Not has been taken to an epic level. So that's good.

Game thread for the Cal game was fairly mind-blowing. I think there was a lot of typing & crying.

The Goat announced himself as the only person outside of St. Louis and Baltimore who didn't want to see the Royals make the World Series.

Oh, and Mystery Admin Overlord at GoAZCats went into full blown meltdown mode and after getting rid of PMs he then made up all these visitor messages from JMark and others talking all kinds of crazy shit. Like a child...

Other than that, things are about the same...

That's right! I forgot about MAO turning my messages into pedophilic accusations, sexist insults, and sophomoric turns of phrase.

What a clown...

wow..nasty stuff!

So much for the good ole days. Guess it's time to turn the page

I wonder what "Today" means?

huh? something on the lower boards? I haven't been able to see the lower boards on TOS for 4 months now

scumdevils86 wrote:huh? something on the lower boards? I haven't been able to see the lower boards on TOS for 4 months now

Machina bumped the "Stay tuned to GOAZCATS today" classic in GD forum with a post, simply reading "Today"

And why would Machina know?

JMarkJohns wrote:I wonder what "Today" means?

Dial 602-840-3950 to find out. Get in the loop.

Today.

what a turd machina is

Attention whoring at its finest.

Ok come on, leave poor Phoechina alone.

He's probably just alerting everyone to the daily special at his favorite place in the world.

Admin finally got around to deleting the links to this site, likely responsible for the influx in new members this last week.

Merk posted one for all to see in the proud tradition and it lasted for almost 35 hours.

Thought Merk might be banned, but no, just had his post deleted.

He still loves ya, Merk!

Thus far, only Scumdevils has been banned

JMarkJohns wrote: Thus far, only Scumdevils has been banned

Yeah but you've been libeled, so there's that.

JMarkJohns wrote:Admin finally got around to deleting the links to this site, likely responsible for the influx in new members this last week.

Merk posted one for all to see in the proud tradition and it lasted for almost 35 hours.

Thought Merk might be banned, but no, just had his post deleted.

He still loves ya, Merk!

Thus far, only Scumdevils has been banned

The links definitely helped-the only person from TOS I know personally was DWINS and he managed to make his way over here this weekend
thanks to some of the messages that got posted. I posted one tonight for DakotaKid who was wondering where everybody went.

PieceOfMeat wrote:

JMarkJohns wrote: Thus far, only Scumdevils has been banned

Yeah but you've been libeled, so there's that.

Check out my rear!!!

JMarkJohns wrote:Admin finally got around to deleting the links to this site, likely responsible for the influx in new members this last week.

Merk posted one for all to see in the proud tradition and it lasted for almost 35 hours.

Thought Merk might be banned, but no, just had his post deleted.

He still loves ya, Merk!

Thus far, only Scumdevils has been banned

Yea, what's up with that? I posted several times direct links to this site.

No one has posted in a week anyway which begs the question. "If a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it does it make a sound?"

I think MAO finally shut down the free boards.

UAEebs86 wrote:I think MAO finally shut down the free boards.

why? still works for me.

UAEebs86 wrote:I think MAO finally shut down the free boards.

Huh? Its still there. Just is completely void of any activity for days or weeks on end. I'm even a little shocked. Top 10 basketball and football teams and there is absolutely no one who posts there anymore.

Somebody locked every "recent" thread in the football forum.

It's like he's lost his mind.