SkiADK Gone?

[mattchuck2]

Too bad the Gore board had to go down, too . . .

I never liked Whiteface anyway HPD ;-)

And I guess I should've taken the over . . . It was about an hour and a half :-D

 

[AdironRider]

Bummer to see it go. I never met anyone on the board other than HPD, and that was only a brief gondi ride up one day at Whiteface.

Would it be possible to create perhaps a sub-forum here on AZ for ny mtns? Someplace that AZ could govern as they wish but could still provide some valuable content such as conditions, etc.

 

[Greg]

Would it be possible to create perhaps a sub-forum here on AZ for ny mtns? Someplace that AZ could govern as they wish but could still provide some valuable content such as conditions, etc.

AZ can certainly be used for Whiteface and Gore discussions. The AZ coverage area is the Northeast which obviously includes NY, but I'm not going to start fragmenting the current forum layout at this point by creating sub-forums by state. However, if at some point that is warranted, we'll consider it.

 

[mattchuck2]

I assume they'd have the same problems . . .

If I knew thing one about web design/domain name registration/forum moderation, I'd open one up myself. No restrictions, no censorship, no limits on what could or could not be talked about. True freedom of speech.

People may not like it, but hey, they don't have to go to it.

 

[Greg]

If I knew thing one about web design/domain name registration/forum moderation, I'd open one up myself. No restrictions, no censorship, no limits on what could or could not be talked about. True freedom of speech.

People may not like it, but hey, they don't have to go to it.

Which is fine. But one thing I've learned is you'll never please everybody.

 

[mattchuck2]

That's okay . . .

I generally don't like people anyway . . .

:-D

 

[campgottagopee]

Greg

THANK YOU for the explination. After reading that I fully understand why you did what you did and respect your decision to pull the plug. It is too bad a few bad apples ruined the bunch, but hey, that's life. Guess I'll have to rely on HPD on WF/Gore info. Thanks again for giving it all the chances you did.

 

[ajl50]

I have to support the deletion of the SKI adk board. While I loved reading and posting there about my favorite mountain I can't argue that the board often turned into a dumb contest for idiots.
Do what you gotta do Greg.
They'll get over it.

 

[jimmer]

yeah its really to bad that it took a few bad apples to ruin it for everyone else that enjoyed that forum, i myself really liked that site. gore being my home hill, to bad that went down with the ship. az is allright, but not like having your home hill discussed,

i could say that your choice is fair, but i dont think it was by any means, some of those guys where totaly off the wall, but i thougt you had a tuffer hide than they did, man you let them get to you and they won, i say f them, please dont let them get to you. and bring back the forum, please please please.:sad:


jimmer

 

[andyzee]

Greg, I can understand your fraustration. All I have to say is, if they don't like it, let them start their own forum. I may even enjoy that train wreck.

 

[pepperdawg]

you'll never please everybody.

Exactly.

 

[BeanoNYC]

I've been MIA,so I don't know all the details but that won't stop me from chiming in.

Greg puts a lot of time, money and HEART into these sites. If one site become a burden because of some ungrateful twerps he should dump it. I doubt that skiadk was even breaking even. Greg's only fault is that he's too patient. Given the story I would have folded that site long ago.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

I have to support the deletion of the SKI adk board. While I loved reading and posting there about my favorite mountain I can't argue that the board often turned into a dumb contest for idiots.
Do what you gotta do Greg.
They'll get over it.

I'll get over it too, but right now I feel a sense of loss and to some extent betrayal. I approached Greg with the ADK idea to replace the RSN forum when it got shut down. I hoped for a place where people who liked WF as much as I do could meet again to discuss the goings on there. Some of the people who I thought would like this new community the most where the ones who seemed to go out of their way to bring it down. If they didn’t like that forum or the way it was run they should have went somewhere else and left it to those of us who did like it. If you don’t like the service at a ski shop you don’t burn it down you take your business somewhere else.

IMO simple pleasures help us get through our daily lives. I liked going to ADK to see what was new, to chat with people about WF I knew personally and those I only knew by their screen names. I also liked taking pics at WF and posting them. Sounds kinda dumb but I liked it.

Greg showed a lot of patience for along time and I appreciate everything he did. My attentions where good, and I really was trying to help out not just myself, but my “friends” in the old RSN community. I guess it’s true that no good deed goes unpunished.

I know it was just a ski forum, and I’m not one to hold a grudge, but right now I’m kinda pissed about the whole thing. Like I said though I'll get over it.

 

[Harvey]

Say it ain't so

I had probably a 100 posts on the Gore board. I barely ever went to Whiteface, the mountain or the board. I have no clue about the controversy that brought the board down, but I gathered from reading the thread that it was a Whiteface board issue, not a Gore issue.

I am really bummed. I skied Gore over 30 days this year, and the info I got from locals and regulars really helped me get the goods. The Gore board was a great place to be.

If there is some way I can help Matt, Jimmer, Keith, Sara get another board up PM me.

It's a sad day in mudville.

Harv

 

[C2H5OH]

I witnessed death of skiadk forum yesterday and it wasn't pretty. We had too small of a group for a real forum, the good thing is - I'll be posting more here.

To the defense of skiadk regulars I must add that the worst forum posts came this week from new member "free my willy" who, we were told, was someone taunted on AZ by skiadk regular. I got to read "free my willy's" posts before they were deleted - all were nasty sexual references, not "you can't ski bumps" level comments

Come forward "free my willy"

 

[2knees]

I witnessed death of skiadk forum yesterday and it wasn't pretty. We had too small of a group for a real forum, the good thing is - I'll be posting more here.

To the defense of skiadk regulars I must add that the worst forum posts came this week from new member "free my willy" who, we were told, was someone taunted on AZ by skiadk regular. I got to read "free my willy's" posts before they were deleted - all were nasty sexual references, not "you can't ski bumps" level comments

Come forward "free my willy"

well here i am. and yes, my posts were purposefully disgusting and over the top. You have members over there coming onto this board and others for over a year with the sole purpose of trolling/insulting/abusing members and the board in general. You want to play, so i played. But i guess its only fair if you play within YOUR guidelines of acceptable insults. Now you want to draw a line in the sand as to whats too much or too offensive? Give me a break. Push people far enough and long enough and you'll get a response. Did I offend you? Boo hoo.

And dont waste my time with the hiding behind an alias garbage. Your lovely friend woodlandclown didnt use her name from skiadk.

 

[mattchuck2]

Wait a minute . . . let me get this straight . . .

People "over there" come onto this board and for the purpose of "trolling/insulting/abusing members", you go over there and do the same thing, and now your'e happy about being the reason for the plug being pulled?

Wow . . . That's messed up man . . .

If you have time, Pot, Kettle is online, and he wants to post something about you . . .

 

[2knees]

Wait a minute . . . let me get this straight . . .

People "over there" come onto this board and for the purpose of "trolling/insulting/abusing members", you go over there and do the same thing, and now your'e happy about being the reason for the plug being pulled?

Wow . . . That's messed up man . . .

If you have time, Pot, Kettle is online, and he wants to post something about you . . .

Hey, if you think i caused that board to go down, well that is your opinion. If you think i am happy about that board going down, you are just wrong.

For what it's worth, if my 9 posts on a wednesday night at after 10:00pm that were deleted by 8:00 am the next day were enough to bring an entire board down, then it wasnt going anywhere anyway.

 

[mattchuck2]

It just seems weird that you were fed up with the actions of some people over there, so you decided to drop some bombs of your own . . .

I guess I was never very good at Logic . . . Two wrongs make a right now?

 

[2knees]

It just seems weird that you were fed up with the actions of some people over there, so you decided to drop some bombs of your own . . .

I guess I was never very good at Logic . . . Two wrongs make a right now?

So you and I aren't wired the same. So what?

But you are correct. Two wrongs never make a right. I am certainly guilty of that.