Discuss.

[SUPERCOACH]

Hey CP, I saw your request over there to not change your name to pink.  So I went to your profile and removed the little pink icon.  After spending some time over there today I can see why most ladies would want to leave that gender field empty.  I hope I didn't over step my bounds when a changed it the other day.  Feel free to set it however you want, or leave it blank if that is your choice.  I promise not to change it again.

 

Oh, and have some more e-creds.

[Crimson Phoenix]

Thanks Coach for the e-credits.

You don't know me well enough yet.  I was just kidding with them, and it wouldn't matter because I rarely post there.  They put the screen name of females in bright neon pink. Can you imagine CrimsonPhoenix in a lipstick pink?

I don't mind at all having the pink symbol in the avatar section.  I'm happy for anyone to know my gender.... 

[SUPERCOACH]

I responded over there.  Didn't want to, but after reading through the thread figured I would.

They seem to be obsessed with us over there.  I honestly have no idea why they even care whether or not we exist.  Certain people seem to be very sensitive about it and concerned that we might grow a little bit.

In time we will have a ton more activity, it just takes a little while to get a new site established.  So everybody just hang in there for a little while.

hscoach is working on an A-Day write up.  That will draw a lot of traffic our way.  Lots of the old guys are starting to visit.  In the last day or so we've heard from The Teacher, rueben aka ditchdoc, and now sportsdame is here as we speak:  Click here for link

Taz is also talking to some others that will probably show up soon.  I mean, how could you possibly turn down an invite from Taz?

[SUPERCOACH]

Thanks Coach for the e-credits.

You don't know me well enough yet.  I was just kidding with them, and it wouldn't matter because I rarely post there.  They put the screen name of females in bright neon pink. Can you imagine CrimsonPhoenix in a lipstick pink?

I don't mind at all having the pink symbol in the avatar section.  I'm happy for anyone to know my gender.... 

Well, I can certainly see why you would want to keep that private.  It probably cuts down on a lot of the "what are you wearing right now" comments.

Sorry Smitty, I couldn't help myself. 

[BAMAWV]

So SC, does the topics "read" count increase every time a viewer hits refresh?

[SUPERCOACH]

I think so.

[BAMAWV]

I think so.

I do too. So that would skewer the Read:Post ratio.

[SUPERCOACH]

I think so.

I do too. So that would skewer the Read:Post ratio.

Only if it worked differently at TS.  I don't really know how it worked over there.  But that is a good point.

I don't really pay that much attention to the stats from the forum software here.  I have the site set up with Google Analytics, which tells you everything you could possibly want to know about your traffic.  One example:  we've had visitors from every state in the nation plus DC, except for Wyoming and Rhode Island.

So all you Alabama fans in New England tell your Rhode Island buddies to check us out.  And to you guys in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, or there abouts do the same for your Wyoming buddies.

[LegalAcidity]

I think so.

I do too. So that would skewer the Read:Post ratio.

Only if it worked differently at TS.  I don't really know how it worked over there.  But that is a good point.

I don't really pay that much attention to the stats from the forum software here.  I have the site set up with Google Analytics, which tells you everything you could possibly want to know about your traffic.  One example:  we've had visitors from every state in the nation plus DC, except for Wyoming and Rhode Island.

So all you Alabama fans in New England tell your Rhode Island buddies to check us out.  And to you guys in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, or there abouts do the same for your Wyoming buddies.

Google Analytics is awesome.  I tracked a sports blog I ran for a bit with their stuff.

[2Stater]

I think so.

I do too. So that would skewer the Read:Post ratio.

Only if it worked differently at TS.  I don't really know how it worked over there.  But that is a good point.

I don't really pay that much attention to the stats from the forum software here.  I have the site set up with Google Analytics, which tells you everything you could possibly want to know about your traffic.  One example:  we've had visitors from every state in the nation plus DC, except for Wyoming and Rhode Island.

So all you Alabama fans in New England tell your Rhode Island buddies to check us out.  And to you guys in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, or there abouts do the same for your Wyoming buddies.

There are people living in Wyoming? 

[Vertical]

I responded over there.  Didn't want to, but after reading through the thread figured I would.

They seem to be obsessed with us over there.  I honestly have no idea why they even care whether or not we exist.  Certain people seem to be very sensitive about it and concerned that we might grow a little bit.

In time we will have a ton more activity, it just takes a little while to get a new site established.  So everybody just hang in there for a little while.

hscoach is working on an A-Day write up.  That will draw a lot of traffic our way.  Lots of the old guys are starting to visit.  In the last day or so we've heard from The Teacher, rueben aka ditchdoc, and now sportsdame is here as we speak:  Click here for link

Taz is also talking to some others that will probably show up soon.  I mean, how could you possibly turn down an invite from Taz?

I wouldn't say anyone's obsessed over there, except perhaps FTBLFN, and he's not exactly thought of too well over there.

And, to me, at least, it's pretty clear why some of the posters there would care. I'll bracket out a section here for you lazy tl;dr readers, feel free to skip it.

-- begin tl;dr section
<tl;dr>
TideSports was an interesting blend of posters - some who offered great posts, well thought-out insight (hscoach), and also some really witty antics (Kingpin). Everyone was drawn there not by the readership or the posters there, but rather because it was the official forum for the Tuscaloosa News, as close to an 'official' Alabama football forum as you're going to get. Thus, the two types of posters co-existed out of the common desire to be on TideSports. As time went on, I'm sure that reason became less and less important to some as they formed bonds with other posters.

When the TideSports ship sank, it went down fast. People were scrambling for a place to go - WA was already up and running (an incredible stroke of luck), so they got the lion's share of the displaced posters. It became the default choice mainly because of a lack of alternative. But as it was started by people who were already turned off by some of the over-moderation at TideSports, it also had a distinctly anti-authority flavor to it, and controlled chaos was allowed. This, by it's very nature, encourage people to behave in a juvenille manner.
Once this forum was available, a lot of the posters who that type of environment didn't appeal to came here. The immature posters over there obviously took that as some kind of insult or judgement on their behavior. And since they're fairly anti-authority and loud-mouth reactionary types, the result of that is some posters 'caring' that this site exists. Its very existence, as they see it, is a physical emobodiment of people rejecting their behavior and antics. So they get all bent out of shape and need to get on their soap box and shout and yell about how lame this place is.

</tl;dr>
-- End of tl;dr section

I went there because there are a lot of fun posters over there, and this place just took too long to get off the ground.

I didn't post here because initially the site was painfully slow to load, and it had a low member count. I don't come to forums to read blogs. I come to interact, to be entertained. If you don't have a high member count, forums tend to stagnate. Will this place pick up during the season? I'd wager yes. And you'll see more posters here then.

But WA will always have a core membership that's not really going to change, and this forum will probably be the butt of jokes for a while because of the reasons I outlined above, as well as the fact that it is the new home to some former TS mods, whom some members at WA have problems with.

Do your thing, let them do theirs, there will be plenty of people who visit both. But people painting either site with too broad a brush aren't doing either site any favors.

[Marshal Dillon]

Vertical.  Excelent post. I mostly agree with the posting, but there is just too much hate coming from that place to say they aren't somewhat obsessed. The constan ripping of smithgeneral is realy overkill.
I think you nailed it about the anti-authority mentality. I think that goes back to the age of many of the posters, they are just too immature and respond in an inapropriate manner to express themselves. Also, they want this site to fail as a way of proving their way of behaving is approved by others.

[yellowpope]

I nominate this thread for the hall of fame. It has been very interesting to read.

Good thoughts, Vertical.

Marshall, I'm not sure what happened to you over at Woolly but some would say that what you are doing is no different then what they are doing. It seems there is a lot of unnecessary trashing of both sites. From what I've seen, it was FTBLFN, no one had said anything really until HE started that thread. I'm not trying to be rude or anything like that but the less CRS talks about Woolly and the less Woolly talks about CRS, the better. Hope that doesn't offend because it's not meant to in the least bit. Just some honest thoughts.

[rueben]

That thread is what made me aware of CRS, so therefore, why I am here.

[Marshal Dillon]

I nominate this thread for the hall of fame. It has been very interesting to read.

Good thoughts, Vertical.

Marshall, I'm not sure what happened to you over at Woolly but some would say that what you are doing is no different then what they are doing. It seems there is a lot of unnecessary trashing of both sites. From what I've seen, it was FTBLFN, no one had said anything really until HE started that thread. I'm not trying to be rude or anything like that but the less CRS talks about Woolly and the less Woolly talks about CRS, the better. Hope that doesn't offend because it's not meant to in the least bit. Just some honest thoughts.

No offense. I'm just giving my opinion and nothing happned to me over there. You'll notice I never metioned any poster's name, I never wished anything bad to happen to someone, I never cursed anyone out, and tried to discuss this in an intelligent manner. I think you agree, that is much different from several of the posters over there. It was more than "just one" poster talking trash over there. Also, I have seen other threads in days and weeks past in which they attack individual posters here, one in particular.

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