Well, i've just arrived in the new sandbox!

Anonymous
Anonymous Posts: 79,667
edited July 2007 in The Crudcatcher
And how bloody crap is this?!

A few questions though... Do we have the same mods?
Is alex one of them?
Is Avi one of them?
Can we have bike pics in our sigs?
Are the WMB lot really as jhey as we first thought?
Is it that much worse?
Is there any hope at all?

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  • ChrisYZ3
    ChrisYZ3 Posts: 78
    Twone wrote:
    Is there any hope at all?

    The magic eight ball says 'Unlikely'. This place feels 'cold'.
    I Will Not Rest, Until This Place Is Full Of Sunlight, Or At Least Until The Darkness Is Quiet For A While...
  • lacuna
    lacuna Posts: 4,004
    no, we can't have bike pics in our sigs
    head_bar_solid.jpg
  • ddoogie
    ddoogie Posts: 4,159
    What's so crap about it?

    The only thing I can think against it is the lack of a quick reply function and the active topics aren't grouped into groups.

    Oh noes!

    EDIT: oh and we have to shout our names apparently.
    S-works Stumpjumper FSR

    I'll see you at the end.

    You'll see me on the floor.
  • ChrisYZ3
    ChrisYZ3 Posts: 78
    ddoogie wrote:
    What's so crap about it?

    The only thing I can think against it is the lack of a quick reply function and the active topics aren't grouped into groups.

    Oh noes!

    EDIT: oh and we have to shout our names apparently.

    People are afraid of change. As I was hardly a regular poster before, I'm sure I'll adjust. Its just an internet forum. I did fear some of the more entertaining regulars might leave. Anyways, the lack of a quick reply function is pretty major.
    I Will Not Rest, Until This Place Is Full Of Sunlight, Or At Least Until The Darkness Is Quiet For A While...
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I used to be a member of the MBUK forum when it first started, on some funny looking, mostly black site. That was pretty poor. Then I left, and came back to the recent one, which was pretty good. Lots of handy features.

    This new forum, however, is annoying, there's far too much white, there's adds to the right and the top of the screen, and it doesn't work on widescreen monitors properly.

    Apart from visual things, and the fact that there's WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY too many sections to trawl through now (seperate FAQ for roadies and MTBers? why?) it doesn't strike me as being too bad.
  • formerlyknownasbonj
    formerlyknownasbonj Posts: 483
    Twone wrote:
    And how bloody crap is this?!
    Nope, it's better.
    Twone wrote:
    A few questions though... Do we have the same mods?
    Don't know but I do know that not only is the louse is a mod but he has taken over modding the roadie forum aswell, I know this because the git locked my topic about getting off your tits. Despite this, it gives me a warm feeling that the world of MTBism is slowly invading, pillaging and taking over the roadie world.
    Twone wrote:

    Can we have bike pics in our sigs?
    Technically yes.
    Probably good etiquette to keep them small though.
    Twone wrote:
    Is there any hope at all?
    No. We are all doomed.
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,280
    I bet you all moan when you move house dont you.

    Face facts pussys, its a forum. If you dont like it take up knitting.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • ruane
    ruane Posts: 268
    homers double wrote:
    I bet you all moan when you move house dont you.

    No - because thats for the better, we moved house with no reason to, and it's NOT for the better, I really don't think there was anyone who wanted the change on the old MBUK...... My opinions, i guess we'll just have to live with it.
  • ddoogie
    ddoogie Posts: 4,159
    ruane wrote:
    homers double wrote:
    I bet you all moan when you move house dont you.

    No - because thats for the better, we moved house with no reason to, and it's NOT for the better, I really don't think there was anyone who wanted the change on the old MBUK...... My opinions, i guess we'll just have to live with it.

    Umm, me. I like it.
    S-works Stumpjumper FSR

    I'll see you at the end.

    You'll see me on the floor.
  • John
    John Posts: 2,499
    homers double wrote:
    I bet you all moan when you move house dont you.

    Face facts pussys, its a forum. If you dont like it take up knitting.

    True, Were just going to have to make the best of a bad situation,

    Fact of the matter is I need to waste my working days away somewhere, And I like reading what most of you lot have to say.
  • SJ
    SJ Posts: 2,871
    Quit moaning about it, it's not that bad! It's just new and different! Plus it's still a work in progress!
    a dirtbag of the most delightful variety
  • me_groovy
    me_groovy Posts: 2,877
    it shouldn't be though. some of the problems are just way too obvious to be allowed
    http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/?op=list& ... rid=109153
  • formerlyknownasbonj
    formerlyknownasbonj Posts: 483
    they need to bloody well fix the quoting software. It was working this morning, now it's not.
  • TSawyer
    TSawyer Posts: 721
    When everything is fixed it'll be good.

    Until then, judgement reserved.
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  • smileydan05
    smileydan05 Posts: 1,200
    Hello all, i have just come back from a week in spain.

    Have to say, not liking this new layout etc...

    Might get used to it but we will see...

    How is everyone anyway's? Have i missed anything?
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  • Gibbon on an Orange
    Gibbon on an Orange Posts: 7,528
    So, i came back onto the forum while out here in the french rain, to discover the whole MBUK forum locked, so came onto here. It seems ok so far, i'll get used to it, BUT, there's too much white, so the screen os confusing, and there's no quick reply function. Other than that (and the fact that my Trials Moderatorship seems to have died), it seems alright.

    Hello to all the C+ and WMB guys!
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  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,401
    There is one HUGE advantage of this new forum....... :twisted:
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  • mjones
    mjones Posts: 1,915
    formerlyknownasbonj wrote:
    they need to bloody well fix the quoting software. It was working this morning, now it's not.

    It is because Bulletin Board code has been disabled, presumably to prevent use of the IMG tag. Hopefully they'll find a way of restoring BB code with the IMG function deactivated. There are plenty of other image sharing sites, so let's stick to plain text on this one.

    I'm from C+ by the way. Is this the equivalent of C+'s Soapbox? Seems quite tame in comparison- I can't see any of the eternal debates about religion, the failure of socialism, private schools, speed cameras or climate change!!
  • John
    John Posts: 2,499
    mjones wrote:

    I'm from C+ by the way. Is this the equivalent of C+'s Soapbox? Seems quite tame in comparison- I can't see any of the eternal debates about religion, the failure of socialism, private schools, speed cameras or climate change!!


    Tame? You obviously havnt been here for the days of the dead baby jokes and madeline mcanne rape jokes, Plus all the other disturbing things such as CRD.
  • RobA
    RobA Posts: 151
    mjones wrote:
    formerlyknownasbonj wrote:
    they need to bloody well fix the quoting software. It was working this morning, now it's not.

    It is because Bulletin Board code has been disabled, presumably to prevent use of the IMG tag. Hopefully they'll find a way of restoring BB code with the IMG function deactivated. There are plenty of other image sharing sites, so let's stick to plain text on this one.

    I'm from C+ by the way. Is this the equivalent of C+'s Soapbox? Seems quite tame in comparison- I can't see any of the eternal debates about religion, the failure of socialism, private schools, speed cameras or climate change!!

    The reason its so tame is that most of the regulars are in Morzine riding, just wait till they get back then it'll be chaos.
    Alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of lifes problems!
  • Matt
    Matt Posts: 5,288
    me_groovy wrote:
    it shouldn't be though. some of the problems are just way too obvious to be allowed

    I would QFT you, except that the forum is b0rked, and quoting of any kind becomes impossible. I'd be a lot less pissed off about the whole thing if they hadn't done such a half assed job on it.
  • nirveous
    nirveous Posts: 79
    mjones wrote:
    formerlyknownasbonj wrote:
    they need to bloody well fix the quoting software. It was working this morning, now it's not.

    It is because Bulletin Board code has been disabled, presumably to prevent use of the IMG tag. Hopefully they'll find a way of restoring BB code with the IMG function deactivated. There are plenty of other image sharing sites, so let's stick to plain text on this one.

    I'm from C+ by the way. Is this the equivalent of C+'s Soapbox? Seems quite tame in comparison- I can't see any of the eternal debates about religion, the failure of socialism, private schools, speed cameras or climate change!!
    Yes, I can see debates really scaring people off.
  • The Joe Show
    The Joe Show Posts: 9,413
    mjones wrote:
    I'm from C+ by the way. Is this the equivalent of C+'s Soapbox? Seems quite tame in comparison- I can't see any of the eternal debates about religion, the failure of socialism, private schools, speed cameras or climate change!!

    No no, we had Off Topic for that kind of thing.

    The Sandbox is for acting like a fucking prick.
    Less gears, more beers.

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