Theoretically how legal would it be too...

Fantastic Mr Fox
Fantastic Mr Fox Posts: 848
edited July 2007 in The Crudcatcher
Mimic the MBUK forums as they were, under a new name?

Would any one actually use them? How much would a years hosting cost? I can't see the Future dudes making these forums any more suited to the needs of the average MBUK user.

Theoretically speaking, of coarse.
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  • Shadow_Conspiracy
    Shadow_Conspiracy Posts: 1,403
    Theoretically, if the people from here would use it, i would use it as much as i used the original.

    They won't have copyrighted the layout, so legally, it's just another mtb forum?
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  • John
    John Posts: 2,499
    I wonder if it has been done already....
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,716
    You could just go to www.mbukquotes.co.uk and see what happens...
  • Fantastic Mr Fox
    Fantastic Mr Fox Posts: 848
    Well, yeah. But, as it is, I'm only allowed in the 'Newbie' bit. Which consists of 1 thread and 2 replies...
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  • unknown02
    unknown02 Posts: 110
    ^^^

    Same goes
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  • dan_trials
    dan_trials Posts: 597
    I come here for the content though, not the layout, which seems to have received more regailing than any of the other unfortunate things that have happened this year.
    The answer is here! Spell it right! Fix it right!
  • lambo man
    lambo man Posts: 105
    and i cant even reply to the threads in that forum :(
  • tom_majski
    tom_majski Posts: 432
    Chris, i can't believe you just stuck up a link to the reserve! but is funny that you show areas that can't be accessed by people - its like a tease!

    :evil:

    plus i can get in all of it thanks to alex *dances* 8)
  • neil h
    neil h Posts: 499
    thats not 'the other place' is it?
  • jamiejim
    jamiejim Posts: 244
    The layout on the other site is 100X better than here.
    MBUK
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    I can post in the sexy people sexions 8)
  • John
    John Posts: 2,499
    andrew156 wrote:
    I can post in the sexy people sexions 8)

    Same :mrgreen:
  • Gingersaurus
    Gingersaurus Posts: 466
    I can't :cry:
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  • unknown02
    unknown02 Posts: 110
    Agreed, the layouts a millions times better than here.
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  • Matt
    Matt Posts: 5,288
    jamiejim wrote:
    The layout on the other site is 100X better than here.

    You know you've made a shit forum when it's beaten by the standard InvisionFree forums... Not that they're bad, just widely used.
  • jamiejim
    jamiejim Posts: 244
    I can post in the other place's Sandbox, does this make me special? Or is there a secret store that is still hidden from me? :cry:
    MBUK
  • joshleb
    joshleb Posts: 623
    Its not really hard to beat this forum though tbh!.

    I want to just go back to MBUK forum. I dont feel safe here, with loads of people looking at me.
    And theres no strikethrough!!! :shock:
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  • miggillicuddy
    miggillicuddy Posts: 554
    The front page of each section of the forum on here is ridiculously long.

    There's topics from may at the bottom of the general page and its not needed!!!! :x It needs shortened so that only the recent topics show.

    Grrrr I just hate change! :(
    ~~StumpJumper~~
  • Drfabulous0
    Drfabulous0 Posts: 1,539
    The old forum was a standard OS forum called snitz, so if you had hosting you could easily duplicate the old forum. Don't know how many would use it though.
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  • RobA
    RobA Posts: 151
    Drfabulous0 wrote:
    The old forum was a standard OS forum called snitz, so if you had hosting you could easily duplicate the old forum. Don't know how many would use it though.

    Yer I was looking at that as well, at the bottom of mbuk forum is a link and I would deff use it rather than this place.
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  • Matt
    Matt Posts: 5,288
    Drfabulous0 wrote:
    The old forum was a standard OS forum called snitz, so if you had hosting you could easily duplicate the old forum. Don't know how many would use it though.

    We're already looking into making a replacement...
  • RobA
    RobA Posts: 151
    Woooo!, I would deff go on there and probably leave here.
    Alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of lifes problems!
  • ddoogie
    ddoogie Posts: 4,159
    Meh, happy with Bikeradar. The home site is decent as well
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  • nirveous
    nirveous Posts: 79
    ddoogie wrote:
    Meh, happy with Bikeradar. The home site is decent as well
    Yup, this forum is probably a lot better, MBUK hadn't been funny for ages. I was starting to go off it tbh. Hah, I haven't been let into the 'other place', my mind has been made up.
  • neil h
    neil h Posts: 499
    ok this is actually quite sad. i cant believe there are people considering setting up a new forum identical to the old one. there's obviosly some points being missed here, firstly the only thing that made the old forum good was the fact it was 'our own' and had that sorta group history going on.

    and my second point. ITS ONLY THE INTERNET it's not like losing a forum is gonna change your lives, it's not like the death of a loved one or something ffs.
  • Shadow_Conspiracy
    Shadow_Conspiracy Posts: 1,403
    neil h wrote:
    ok this is actually quite sad. i cant believe there are people considering setting up a new forum identical to the old one. there's obviosly some points being missed here, firstly the only thing that made the old forum good was the fact it was 'our own' and had that sorta group history going on.

    and my second point. ITS ONLY THE INTERNET it's not like losing a forum is gonna change your lives, it's not like the death of a loved one or something ffs.

    It was the death of a loved one.

    Out. Now.
    The Internet World Ended On 04/07/2007
  • fleabag
    fleabag Posts: 1,253
    I would revive the forum as it was a few years ago. It got sh|t a while back, about the time the forum invasions ended, and now here is as good as the actual forum - It provides a distraction. The old forum, with sams blog, fleapitfan and invasions of ramblers forums actually had me in hysterics quite a few times.
  • John Stevenson
    John Stevenson Posts: 962
    edited July 2007
    "Mimic the MBUK forums as they were, under a new name?"

    Knock yourself out. The slightest mention of MBUK in a way that could be construed as 'passing off' and I doubt the editorial team would be able to stop our legal Nazgul from doing their thing though.

    As I understand it, my colleagues have had to fight Legal a few times over the years to keep the forums open. Remarkable as it may sound, we are actually on your side. Hard to believe I know, when you'd rather see us as The Man.

    "I can't see the Future dudes making these forums any more suited to the needs of the average MBUK user."

    Why not? This particular Future dude goes back right to the beginning with MBUK, before Future even owned it. (Admittedly, I have done a couple of other things in the meantime.) Why wouldn't we care?

    We know there's problems with these forums, and we'll be working to fix them over the coming weeks. Please bear with us.

    You could even give us some feedback about what you'd like us to improve. Not just 'make it the way it was', but since we have developers working on this site and these forums for the first time in years - what would you like to see here?
    John Stevenson
  • RobA
    RobA Posts: 151
    john_stevenson wrote:
    "Mimic the MBUK forums as they were, under a new name?"

    Knock yourself out. The slightest mention of MBUK in a way that could be construed as 'passing off' and I doubt the editorial team would be able to stop our legal Nazgul from doing their thing though.

    As I understand it, my colleagues have had to fight Legal a few times over the years to keep the forums open. Remarkable as it may sound, we are actually on your side. Hard to believe I know, when you'd rather see us as The Man.

    "I can't see the Future dudes making these forums any more suited to the needs of the average MBUK user."

    Why not? This particular Future dude goes back right to the beginning with MBUK, before Future even owned it. (Admittedly, I have done a couple of other things in teh meantime) Why wouldn't we care?

    We know there's problems with these forums, and we'll be working to fix them over the coming weeks. Please bear with us.

    You could even give us some feedback about what you'd like us to improve. Not just 'make it the way it was', but since we have developers working on this site and these forums for the first time in years - what would you like to see here?

    Feedback- Change the colour/ actually bring some colour into the forum and bring back the BB code.
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  • jamiejim
    jamiejim Posts: 244
    john_stevenson wrote:
    "Mimic the MBUK forums as they were, under a new name?"

    Knock yourself out. The slightest mention of MBUK in a way that could be construed as 'passing off' and I doubt the editorial team would be able to stop our legal Nazgul from doing their thing though.

    As I understand it, my colleagues have had to fight Legal a few times over the years to keep the forums open. Remarkable as it may sound, we are actually on your side. Hard to believe I know, when you'd rather see us as The Man.

    "I can't see the Future dudes making these forums any more suited to the needs of the average MBUK user."

    Why not? This particular Future dude goes back right to the beginning with MBUK, before Future even owned it. (Admittedly, I have done a couple of other things in teh meantime) Why wouldn't we care?

    We know there's problems with these forums, and we'll be working to fix them over the coming weeks. Please bear with us.

    You could even give us some feedback about what you'd like us to improve. Not just 'make it the way it was', but since we have developers working on this site and these forums for the first time in years - what would you like to see here?

    Have you not seen all the constructive criticism? its all over the forums, people have told you what they want from the forum and what is wrong with it at the moment. You cant blame the users for getting pissed off when this place is in Beta and doesnt work, why couldnt you keep the old forums open while bikeradar is in Beta?
    MBUK

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