TOS Discussion

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:45 am

Merkin wrote:No posts in 4 days.

Officially dead?

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

HiCat · Post by **HiCat** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:30 am

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.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:25 am

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?

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:30 am

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.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:31 am

Stupid auto correct

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:35 am

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?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:32 am

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".

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:28 am

What was the date and time of death?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:34 am

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

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

ANGCatFan · Post by **ANGCatFan** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:02 am

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.

Bear Down Vegas · Post by **Bear Down Vegas** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:47 pm

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.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:22 pm

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.

77HoyaCat4Ever · Post by **77HoyaCat4Ever** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:02 pm

TOS

DNR

RIP . . .

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:45 am

Hold on, hold on, 1329 active users!

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:50 am

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.

Post by **UAdevil** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:16 am

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

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 9:40 am

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?

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 9:55 am

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.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:13 am

Sleesmasmaxab is my sock over there.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:57 am

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.

Puerco · Post by **Puerco** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:43 am

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.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 6:17 am

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.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:13 am

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

He's talking to himself again.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:04 am

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.

JMarkJohns · Post by **JMarkJohns** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:26 am

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.

ZONACAT · Post by **ZONACAT** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 6:22 pm

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

JMarkJohns · Post by **JMarkJohns** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 6:50 pm

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.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:05 pm

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.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:41 pm

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...

JMarkJohns · Post by **JMarkJohns** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:52 pm

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...

JMarkJohns · Post by **JMarkJohns** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:55 pm

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

HiCat · Post by **HiCat** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:28 am

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

JMarkJohns · Post by **JMarkJohns** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:24 pm

I wonder what "Today" means?

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:26 pm

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

JMarkJohns · Post by **JMarkJohns** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:34 pm

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"

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:35 pm

And why would Machina know?

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:39 pm

JMarkJohns wrote:I wonder what "Today" means?

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

Today.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:55 pm

what a turd machina is

Post by **UAdevil** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:59 pm

Attention whoring at its finest.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 2:07 pm

Ok come on, leave poor Phoechina alone.

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

JMarkJohns · Post by **JMarkJohns** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:01 pm

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

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:17 pm

JMarkJohns wrote: Thus far, only Scumdevils has been banned

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

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:34 pm

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.

JMarkJohns · Post by **JMarkJohns** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:03 pm

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!!!

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:43 am

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.

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 7:40 pm

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?"

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:02 pm

I think MAO finally shut down the free boards.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:06 pm

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

why? still works for me.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:08 pm

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.

JMarkJohns · Post by **JMarkJohns** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:09 pm

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

It's like he's lost his mind.

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