Discuss new ownership of ABXzone.com - Page 6

Wingit · 07-03-2007, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Monkey Hanger

I'm just catching up on all of this.

I must say that I am surprised that all of this has happened without any notification or announcement on the Front Page!

But, that aside, Good Luck to the new owner(s) and Admin team!

I think you have captured my sentiments exactly MH

sandman55 · 07-03-2007, 10:08 AM

I hope the standards stay the same and they don't merge

SpeedDMN · 07-03-2007, 10:34 AM

Wow you miss a lot when you sleep in it seems! I was wondering what was going on with the forum down for those periods. I guess we will be seeing some new faces around here. Where I share the concern about "cross pollination" I am not terribly worried about it. I think the reason this site is so well mannered is the ability of its members to "self police" and not get caught up in flame debates etc. Welcome sanjay/Matty

I think you made a good investment

Brian · 07-03-2007, 10:52 AM

Yay, I'm Brian again!

TQ · 07-03-2007, 10:56 AM

Instead of Brain_abx?

Brian · 07-03-2007, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by TQ

Instead of Brain_abx?

Yeah! I was "Brian_abx" for a while there but some nice person fixed it!

TQ · 07-03-2007, 11:14 AM

I kind of like "Brain". Always have.

TQ · 07-03-2007, 11:15 AM

That avatar always kills me.

***sanjay*** · 07-03-2007, 11:30 AM

Thanks to those who have wished us well on the purchase. Those of you who seem stuck on judging other communities and seeing yourself as better...LOL

You will learn in life that things are not better or worse, they are just different and difference should be respected, if not celebrated.

Brian · 07-03-2007, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TQ

I kind of like "Brain". Always have.

Yeah, I miss using that name, too! Sadly, after I requested a name change from "Brain" to "Brian", a new member joined up and took the "Brain" moniker.

So I guess I am stuck being me!

Hey, I wonder if I can get away with bikini babe pics now...

swannema · 07-03-2007, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sanjay

Thanks to those who have wished us well on the purchase. Those of you who seem stuck on judging other communities and seeing yourself as better...LOL

If you like it or not but this used to be a much better place than other forums, that was before some admin and mods thought they were better than the rest of us and made sure the Zone went downhill quickly.
Good Luck to your team.

***sanjay*** · 07-03-2007, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swannema

If you like it or not but this used to be a much better place than other forums, that was before some admin and mods thought they were better than the rest of us and made sure the Zone went downhill quickly.
Good Luck to your team.

What happened? Why are so many of you so negative? I feel like I am missing some history here...

SpeedDMN · 07-03-2007, 12:53 PM

Though I am a relative newcomer I think some members may fear that it will be reduced to the level of many other boards (I wont name any examples) where the level of maturity is low and flame sessions are common. Also I think this board is a little friendlier to new comers then some of the more cliquey groups which is probably why I remained here after trying several others. So, I guess some of us are just a little concerned that we will lose what we have here. That being said, I personally have no evidence to think that will be the case and certainly am optimistic that it will even benefit from the new management.

SpeedDMN · 07-03-2007, 01:00 PM

sorry to post this board to death but I don't see the million dollar question anywhere (excuse me if I just missed it) Where are our mods? I don't see any comments by any of them. Will Ozzie still serve in some capacity? What about Kongo, Gorganzola, Pointreyes and the others? All new moderators would definitely make me unhappy as I am sure it would others as well.

***sanjay*** · 07-03-2007, 01:14 PM

Hey SpeedDMN- thanks for your willingness to wait and see. As I mentioned before, most of the members of my other community came from Hardforums.com and we miss the tech association.

As for the mods- I have not made a single change to any of their permissions, nor do I intend to. I have had interaction with some of them in other threads (some in the mod forum). I also have no new mods I have in mind.

I like this place- I would not have spend the rich sum I did if I did not like it since there are no revenues I could use to calculate value.

Here are my BIG agenda items:

new default skin (this one will remain as an option, but it is a bit too sleepy IMO)

reordering of the subforums to stimulate posting

maybe consolidating some really dead, unsupported forums

07-03-2007, 10:08 AM	#77
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07-03-2007, 10:34 AM	#78
SpeedDMN Silicon Avatar Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hyde Park, NY Posts: 2,927	Wow you miss a lot when you sleep in it seems! I was wondering what was going on with the forum down for those periods. I guess we will be seeing some new faces around here. Where I share the concern about "cross pollination" I am not terribly worried about it. I think the reason this site is so well mannered is the ability of its members to "self police" and not get caught up in flame debates etc. Welcome sanjay/Matty I think you made a good investment __________________ Last edited by SpeedDMN : 07-03-2007 at 12:32 PM. Reason: should have said NOT get caught up in flame debates whoops!
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07-03-2007, 10:52 AM	#79
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07-03-2007, 10:56 AM	#80
TQ You gonna throw that? Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8,442	Instead of Brain_abx? __________________ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me - Psalm 51:10 My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dogs already think I am... Daywalker Studio: Software: Adobe Audition 3.0/Pro Tools LE 7.4/Acid Pro 6.0/Multiple VST, DirectX and RTAS plugins/Kontakt 3 Sampler/Windows XP Professional PC Hardware: D975XBX2-504/E6600/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-6400/eVGA 800GTX/HP f1905 19" flat panel/Echo Audio Gina24 Sound Card/2 Maxtor 6B300SO's/1 Maxtor STM500AS/1 Western Digital WD2500JD/PleXwriter Premium/Plextor 716A/Samsung LightScribe DVD burner/Logitech Revolution MX/Antec P-180b/PPC&C Silencer 610/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF Recording Hardware: Mbox 2 Factory Pro/Mackie SR24.4VLZ Pro Console/M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI Controller/Audio-Technica 4033a microphone/Symetrix 528E/PreSonus Eureka/Mackie MR8 active monitors Game Machine: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6/E8400/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-8500/BFG GTX280/HP f2105 21" flat panel/Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro/Maxtor 6H500F0/Maxtor STM3320/Western Digital WD4000KD/Plextor 760A/Toshiba DVD-ROM/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec P-180/PPC&C Silencer 610/Ideazon Merc Stealth keyboard/Vista Business64 SP1
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07-03-2007, 11:14 AM	#82
TQ You gonna throw that? Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8,442	I kind of like "Brain". Always have. __________________ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me - Psalm 51:10 My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dogs already think I am... Daywalker Studio: Software: Adobe Audition 3.0/Pro Tools LE 7.4/Acid Pro 6.0/Multiple VST, DirectX and RTAS plugins/Kontakt 3 Sampler/Windows XP Professional PC Hardware: D975XBX2-504/E6600/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-6400/eVGA 800GTX/HP f1905 19" flat panel/Echo Audio Gina24 Sound Card/2 Maxtor 6B300SO's/1 Maxtor STM500AS/1 Western Digital WD2500JD/PleXwriter Premium/Plextor 716A/Samsung LightScribe DVD burner/Logitech Revolution MX/Antec P-180b/PPC&C Silencer 610/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF Recording Hardware: Mbox 2 Factory Pro/Mackie SR24.4VLZ Pro Console/M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI Controller/Audio-Technica 4033a microphone/Symetrix 528E/PreSonus Eureka/Mackie MR8 active monitors Game Machine: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6/E8400/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-8500/BFG GTX280/HP f2105 21" flat panel/Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro/Maxtor 6H500F0/Maxtor STM3320/Western Digital WD4000KD/Plextor 760A/Toshiba DVD-ROM/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec P-180/PPC&C Silencer 610/Ideazon Merc Stealth keyboard/Vista Business64 SP1
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07-03-2007, 11:15 AM	#83
TQ You gonna throw that? Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8,442	That avatar always kills me. __________________ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me - Psalm 51:10 My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dogs already think I am... Daywalker Studio: Software: Adobe Audition 3.0/Pro Tools LE 7.4/Acid Pro 6.0/Multiple VST, DirectX and RTAS plugins/Kontakt 3 Sampler/Windows XP Professional PC Hardware: D975XBX2-504/E6600/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-6400/eVGA 800GTX/HP f1905 19" flat panel/Echo Audio Gina24 Sound Card/2 Maxtor 6B300SO's/1 Maxtor STM500AS/1 Western Digital WD2500JD/PleXwriter Premium/Plextor 716A/Samsung LightScribe DVD burner/Logitech Revolution MX/Antec P-180b/PPC&C Silencer 610/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF Recording Hardware: Mbox 2 Factory Pro/Mackie SR24.4VLZ Pro Console/M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI Controller/Audio-Technica 4033a microphone/Symetrix 528E/PreSonus Eureka/Mackie MR8 active monitors Game Machine: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6/E8400/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-8500/BFG GTX280/HP f2105 21" flat panel/Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro/Maxtor 6H500F0/Maxtor STM3320/Western Digital WD4000KD/Plextor 760A/Toshiba DVD-ROM/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec P-180/PPC&C Silencer 610/Ideazon Merc Stealth keyboard/Vista Business64 SP1
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07-03-2007, 11:30 AM	#84
*sanjay* Administrator Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 240	Thanks to those who have wished us well on the purchase. Those of you who seem stuck on judging other communities and seeing yourself as better...LOL You will learn in life that things are not better or worse, they are just different and difference should be respected, if not celebrated.
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07-03-2007, 12:53 PM	#88
SpeedDMN Silicon Avatar Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hyde Park, NY Posts: 2,927	Though I am a relative newcomer I think some members may fear that it will be reduced to the level of many other boards (I wont name any examples) where the level of maturity is low and flame sessions are common. Also I think this board is a little friendlier to new comers then some of the more cliquey groups which is probably why I remained here after trying several others. So, I guess some of us are just a little concerned that we will lose what we have here. That being said, I personally have no evidence to think that will be the case and certainly am optimistic that it will even benefit from the new management. __________________
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07-03-2007, 01:00 PM	#89
SpeedDMN Silicon Avatar Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hyde Park, NY Posts: 2,927	sorry to post this board to death but I don't see the million dollar question anywhere (excuse me if I just missed it) Where are our mods? I don't see any comments by any of them. Will Ozzie still serve in some capacity? What about Kongo, Gorganzola, Pointreyes and the others? All new moderators would definitely make me unhappy as I am sure it would others as well. __________________
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07-03-2007, 01:14 PM	#90
*sanjay* Administrator Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 240	Hey SpeedDMN- thanks for your willingness to wait and see. As I mentioned before, most of the members of my other community came from Hardforums.com and we miss the tech association. As for the mods- I have not made a single change to any of their permissions, nor do I intend to. I have had interaction with some of them in other threads (some in the mod forum). I also have no new mods I have in mind. I like this place- I would not have spend the rich sum I did if I did not like it since there are no revenues I could use to calculate value. Here are my BIG agenda items: new default skin (this one will remain as an option, but it is a bit too sleepy IMO) reordering of the subforums to stimulate posting maybe consolidating some really dead, unsupported forums
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