(08-27-2016, 12:22 AM)pally Wrote: I'm female

(08-27-2016, 12:36 AM)wildcats forever Wrote: One member from the old board that used Zippy as his avatar, worked in the Middle East on contract, and spent 99% of his time in PnR that I can't remember his username for the life of me. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

(08-27-2016, 12:35 AM)Brownshoe Wrote: Yeah they didn't like hosting a lot of negative talk on that forum. After the 2014 season they even started paying me per word to talk up Dalton   .

(08-27-2016, 12:54 AM)CharvelPlaya Wrote: I know this....but can't remember, lol. 

(08-27-2016, 12:21 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: You know, I still can't believe they closed the forums.  It was a decision most likely made because the team probably didn't want to literally provide a forum for any kind of negativity.  Which is so stupid for anyone familiar with the year 2016, but I digress.  Look no further than the puppet/mouthpiece that is Geoff Hobson.  This team surrounds themselves with fluff, and is slow to divulge much of anything.

It certainly makes no sense from a traffic standpoint.  I would love to see how many page views they've lost.  The board was the only reason I went and I, like a lot of others, was going there multiple times a day.  I'd bet that the site now sees less than half the traffic it used to.

And what about a cost perspective?  The site is already there, it's already been built.  The domain is paid for.  The site was already moderated.  The forums themselves required almost no monetary investment whatsoever.  And a lot of fans, who spent a lot of money, or who could potentially spend money, enjoyed it.  People used to so many different things.

So why pull the plug, and especially why do it the way in which it was done?  I mean, if you're going close the boards at least give some advanced notice so people can make plans to either migrate elsewhere, exchange contact info, say goodbyes or see-you-later'ss.  And why do it right in the middle of the offseason?  Why not after the season, or after the first of the year?  That would make more sense.

But yeah, to shut down something that drives customers to your team site, that cost little to nothing to maintain, to only give a week or two's notice, to decide to do it in May or whatever...something just doesn't add up to me.

Someone didn't like what they were seeing, got pissed, and just blew that thing up.  The team site is supposed to be bubblegum and rainbows.  This didn't fit the mold.  I just wish it could have been done in a way that made it evident that they understood some fans used them a great deal and perhaps deserved more notice.

(08-26-2016, 11:58 PM)CharvelPlaya Wrote: How about BengirlSmasher? Or whatever "her" name was? Lol

I am really old school though. I have been a member since October 2005.

Barrylium (sp?) seemed like a cool dude. I could be thinking of someone else. Shanniefly was a lot of fun. She came and saw my band one night with several other old school message board peeps.

I am glad to see HarleyDog popping in lately. He is my dude. I should probably change my name back to jmccracky so he will recognize me.

(08-27-2016, 12:31 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: How you doin?

(08-27-2016, 12:56 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: They initially offered me a small popcorn to stop being so mean in my descriptions of Marvin.  When I declined I then received a Chase Coffman jersey in the mail with what looked to be a signed Kevin Bacon postcard. 

I'm also about 75% that Jim Lippencott shit on my porch.  You laugh, but it happened.  It was dark, but I'd recognize that FUPA anywhere.  I saw the fat man get into a '87 Lebaron, at which point he yelled "Gun it, Mr. Brown".  The only other evidence I have was the trail of expired Buddy Card's and Reach Magazine coupons, which lead to a brown box labeled "Free Agent Perks", that was sitting in the street.

The whole thing was rather unsettling.  I'm not sure if I should lighten up and laugh it off or constantly be looking over my shoulder. 

(08-27-2016, 12:56 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: They initially offered me a small popcorn to stop being so mean in my descriptions of Marvin.  When I declined I then received a Chase Coffman jersey in the mail with what looked to be a signed Kevin Bacon postcard. 

I'm also about 75% that Jim Lippencott shit on my porch.  You laugh, but it happened.  It was dark, but I'd recognize that FUPA anywhere.  I saw the fat man get into a '87 Lebaron, at which point he yelled "Gun it, Mr. Brown".  The only other evidence I have was the trail of expired Buddy Card's and Reach Magazine coupons, which lead to a brown box labeled "Free Agent Perks", that was sitting in the street.

The whole thing was rather unsettling.  I'm not sure if I should lighten up and laugh it off or constantly be looking over my shoulder. 

(08-26-2016, 10:05 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I'm not sure why I started thinking about this exactly, but I did, and I'm wondering what happened to some of our old members from the other site.  And a few who made the transition but have since disappeared.  I thought it would be fun/interesting for people to bring up other names too.  I think it's been long enough now where a lot of names have either not been seen or in awhile or they've been completely forgotten.

-OSUfan.  An absolute legend of the game.  Probably one of the biggest trolls of all time, and yet I'm still not sure if it was intentional or not.  Didn't this guy make the switch?  What happened to this guy?

-Bengalthing.  Super nice guy.  I liked this dude, and that's even coming from a guy who he disagreed with often.  Was always pretty cool about it though.  Did he make it over here?

-Denny.  Where did this guy I end up?  Is he active on a twitter, or is he on another forum?  I always thought there was more to this character too.  You can't have your own business, appear to have some money, and have a wife that hot and not be pretty smart.  I kinda think he dumbed down his character to be denser than what he really was.  If not, the world is a very unfair place.  Oh, yeah.  God awful mod.  Just the worst.  And that has nothing to do with differing opinions.

-Cornerblitz.  He made it over here but I haven't seen him awhile. He was always a fellow hater so he was always at the weekly meetings we have but he just stop showing up. (We lost him and DJS.  We're dwindling in numbers, but we're always taking applications.)

-SavageHenry.  Way up there as far as active posters.  Lotta content.  I'm surprised he's not seen here more.

Who was the guy that had all of the alts?  Someone died, a fake daughter, a dead son, he was writing a book on hwo smart he was to fool a forum of annonymous sports fans. (How well could you be fooled if you didn't give a shit?)  God damn, was that weird.  What a weird ongoing saga and waste of time.  The internet is such a strange place.

I know there's a bunch of names I'm forgetting, so refresh my memory.

(08-26-2016, 10:39 PM)treee Wrote: Bat
The Bengal Thing
Joe from Flo
The dude who got banned on the old board for saying he was gay(jamie or something like that?)
That one guy who was an over the top homer but eventually made a post admitting it was all a ruse and he actually had multiple accounts(BengalsBarry?)

Those are just the ones that I can think up over a couple of minutes.

(08-27-2016, 12:06 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Damn, I didn't know that was you.  I wonder if I don't know a lot of the people who changed their names. 

Fwiw, I changed mine primarily because I hated being associated with Fred. 

(08-27-2016, 12:36 AM)wildcats forever Wrote: One member from the old board that used Zippy as his avatar, worked in the Middle East on contract, and spent 99% of his time in PnR that I can't remember his username for the life of me. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

(08-27-2016, 07:42 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I'm really dating myself here, but there was a Samoan gentleman that had some of the most hilarious, and well thought-out posts I have ever read way, way back in the days of (gulp) dial up internet.  It was an AOL message board for Bengals fans and I loved it.  He went by UMADDOG, and later UMAFLYY, but I think that had something to do with his obession with Uma Thurman.

(08-27-2016, 12:46 AM)bfine32 Wrote: What you wearing?

(08-27-2016, 12:36 AM)wildcats forever Wrote: One member from the old board that used Zippy as his avatar, worked in the Middle East on contract, and spent 99% of his time in PnR that I can't remember his username for the life of me. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

(08-26-2016, 11:58 PM)CharvelPlaya Wrote: How about BengirlSmasher? Or whatever "her" name was? Lol

I am really old school though. I have been a member since October 2005.

Barrylium (sp?) seemed like a cool dude. I could be thinking of someone else. Shanniefly was a lot of fun. She came and saw my band one night with several other old school message board peeps.

I am glad to see HarleyDog popping in lately. He is my dude. I should probably change my name back to jmccracky so he will recognize me.

(08-26-2016, 10:39 PM)treee Wrote: Bat
The Bengal Thing
Joe from Flo
The dude who got banned on the old board for saying he was gay(jamie or something like that?)
That one guy who was an over the top homer but eventually made a post admitting it was all a ruse and he actually had multiple accounts(BengalsBarry?)

Those are just the ones that I can think up over a couple of minutes.