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Site Help and Rules / Closing registration and Bg's future.

« on: March 17, 2008, 11:33:50 AM »

Sheepdong just wants to be cool like bmxboard.

This website is both a great service to the bmx industry, and a great drain on humanity as a whole. Stupid people+stupid people= stupid, stupid people.

*gets banned for making fun of your leader*

As I was saying earlier...

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Site Help and Rules / Closing registration and Bg's future.

« on: March 17, 2008, 12:52:22 AM »

Doug is a pretty common name.....

And I suppose Bikeguide is too.

i look at it this way bg is what it is and we have to deal with it

I don't see a whole lot wrong with it. Yes, it can be improved, but what can't. Compared to a lot of places I think this place is run pretty well considering the age of the people here.

do you weed out old user names that are abandoned? some people sign on, post one or two threads, then never return. (probably a wise decision on their part and evidence that there is life after bikeguide.) is this a drag on the infrastructure of the site?

We have in the past but the problem is that a lot of people measure a boards size and success on the number of members on the index. May not be the best way, but a lot of people do. I used to, but then realized the number of people online was a better indication. I don't like purging for that reason though.

Is it a drag on the infrastructure, no. A ton of threads can be though, especially if someone searches for a 3 or 4 letter word.

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Site Help and Rules / Closing registration and Bg's future.

« on: March 16, 2008, 10:22:10 PM »

I think banning people simply because they are knobs is way better than waiting for the knobs to break a rule.

I know it seems like the smart way to do it, but is it?

How fair is that, the person has not done anything wrong and you are banning them for it? Thought crime anyone? Not exactly fair is it? A lot of people think I treat them unfair enough as it is when they do break a rule.

I have a shitty enough reputation on a lot of other forums as it is. Many people think I am a total dick or the next coming of Hitler, I cannot imagine the reputation I would get if the staff started banning people without a good reason. Trust me, seeing your name dragged through the mud constantly gets old real fast.

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Site Help and Rules / Closing registration and Bg's future.

« on: March 16, 2008, 07:32:22 PM »

Due to the thread about all of the new people here there seems to be a lot of talk about closing Bg’s registration. Let me set the record straight (for the 50,000 time).

Bg has and always will be open registration. It was the premise it was founded on and it is partly what I believe makes it what it is. Does it go through good and bad cycles, of course, but every site has that happen. Closing registration causes its own set of problems, none of which I want.  One of which is how do you know who the next George (Gsport) is and know to let him in: or how about the next Ted (Seshin). Locking the place down keeps out some bad, but you will not know how much good you are blocking out either.

Does this mean Bg will get so big that I cannot keep it running, not likely. Between the ads and what I make, I can keep this place going pretty easily. Some things may need to change, but it should not be a problem. I can always ad more moderators of need be or adjust how pages are displayed. Let me worry about that side of it.

Just be nice, welcome the new guys, and appreciate the place for what it is. That new guy you are ragging on could be the next Dave Mirra, Rob-O or George French. Or it could even be one of them.

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Site Help and Rules / Current Bg staff (updated)

« on: March 16, 2008, 11:40:09 AM »

What's the difference between an admin and a mod?

Mods have enough power to carry out day to day operations.

Admins can control everything.

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Site Help and Rules / Current Bg staff (updated)

« on: March 16, 2008, 11:38:57 AM »

About three inches. Hey-oh!

So uh, sheep. Am I expected to do anything one of these days or is this position kind of like the supreme court?

Actually its about tree-fitty.


Sorry, I thought you were happy doing what you were doing.

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Site Help and Rules / Posting about P2p, limewire, warez etc...

« on: March 14, 2008, 12:29:09 PM »

How about in private?

Doug-Ween has always been a fantasy of mine.

I only do that after a few dates and after getting to know you, I am not that kind of person.

And no, McDonald's does not count as a date.

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Site Help and Rules / Posting about P2p, limewire, warez etc...

« on: March 13, 2008, 09:57:58 PM »

well endowed too

And if anyone says "this thread is worthless without pics" or "Pics or Ban" forget it, I am not showing you my junk.

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Site Help and Rules / Posting about P2p, limewire, warez etc...

« on: March 12, 2008, 07:28:00 PM »

sheepdog is just scared of the law.

Yeah, because I love putting 6 years of work down the drain.

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Site Help and Rules / Help, can't post pics.

« on: March 10, 2008, 12:04:29 PM »

Try changing the file extension to lowercase. May sound trivial, but try it.

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Site Help and Rules / Help, can't post pics.

« on: March 09, 2008, 01:41:09 AM »

How large is the file size?

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Site Help and Rules / Another thread about...

« on: March 08, 2008, 07:56:02 PM »

Yeah but your Sheepdog, you started this thing and you ultimately have the power to take it down when you wish.

I would rather I disrupt as few people as possible.

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Site Help and Rules / Another thread about...

« on: March 07, 2008, 08:45:54 PM »

I want to, and I need to update the forum, unfortunately I have not been able to get a good backup. Until I do, I cannot do anything.

It is getting harder and harder to find a good time to shut the site down for the amount of time I need as it is always packed.

I do have the stuff to do it though.

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Site Help and Rules / Where did my thread go?

« on: March 06, 2008, 04:19:09 PM »

where did my thread about birdmang getting ban go

Refer to this thread.

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Site Help and Rules / Deleted or missing threads.

« on: March 05, 2008, 01:17:59 PM »

The Anal Sex Thread was pure gold.

So bummed that it dissapeared.

Sheep keeps talking about using Google, but there's no better source than a first hand account from someone around the same age.

Actually there is.
Someone who knows what they are doing is better advice.

Getting it from someone who has done it once maybe twice is about the worst place for advice.