State of the boards

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by JaceXXX

I may have to give JBM a shot again, last time I was there on a consistant basis it struck me as rather "stuck up"...but then again, if I didn't know most of the people on this board on a personal level, the same could have been said (not now though, most of "those" people are gone nowadays)

Going all the way back to AOL, Compuserve and the BBSs before it, every forum, chatroom or online community of any shape or form has always been a bit of a clique as well. It's part of being a community.

They all get to know each other really well and when an outsider comes along, it's almost like when someone you dont know tries to pull up a chair and horn in on a conversation amongst a bunch of friends at a party. It's tough to crack. It takes time.

Historically Oprano was one of the worst at this. Someone new came in and they were immediately scrutinized by everyone. And if your sole purpose for being here was to whore something, you best have your A-game....the bullshit detectors are/were very strong. I have seen that tempered back in the last year, but it hasn't been 18 months since the old crew here practically tar and feathered Shemp after he was invited over just because they hate that TGP's give away so much free content.

[Evil Chris]

Oprano. I've been reading and posting mainly to Oprano for quite some time now. Interesting topics and people. I'm here pretty much every day.

JBM. I drive by once in awhile. It's ok but there is a lot of post whoring / uninteresting 1 or 2 word replies to increase post count. Good football discussions.

GFY. No time to read it all. I tend to rely on people ICQing me threads I need to read or reply to.

XNations. Well I own it so of course I'm there. 3.5 years old and still doing quite well thank you very much.