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  1. SirLaker

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32)</div><div class='quotemain'>

    A couple things I have to say:</p>

    1. For those of you concerned with the server over at <font size="4">Sports Evolution</font>, it did not crash. Tony is in the process of switching servers, and he said it could be back up later tonight.</p>

    2. I don't think Tony is going to admin here, or be active at all, so stop suggesting that he should get an admin position. He is running SE now, where all of BBW's core members went (and by the way, we are very happy with it, and most members see SE's homepage and forums as an upgrade over BBW anyway). It's also not just basketball, it's an all-sports forum with a ton of potential.</p>

    3. To the BBW members: stop freaking out at the SportsTwo admins and swearing at them. I don't like the move any more or less than you guys do, but these are clearly good guys that are putting forth an honest effort to make thing work. I feel sorry for them that it more than likely will not work out, but at least show them some respect. Be mad about the move, be mad at Combs for not telling anybody, but don't sound off on the S2 guys. </p>

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    Thanks for clearing that up.</p>
     
  2. MosDefinitely

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    Wow this is a shocker, I just got back from work and tried checking up on BBW and to see this, Im going to be sticking around but I honestly hope the layout changes because alot of the sections look very bland...hopefully too much members wont leave so I could continue posting knowing that I will get a reply.
     
  3. henry

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    I'm cool with you guys now.</p>

    I may drop by here a few times.Only because i know a few of the people outside of BBW, premier and cpawfan </p>
     
  4. JRICH23

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    Ill stay and probably post but I also really liked the layout of the forum on BBW. So if the layout of this forum would be cleaned up and made alot better, then that would be awesome.
     
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    The guys at S2 wouldn't be in this predicament if they just kept BBW under their management, instead of taking us to a place where it's hard as hell to navigate and very ugly to the eyes. I can tell from what it is now that it will be very hard to make changes here... if we just went back to the old thing, most of this would be fixed. Gotta give props to the people here at S2 that made this change as nice as possible, open to change and everything. But this place looks like it will be too big for me to fit in.</p>

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    You guys should've spent money on a guy to update this site instead of buying us needy members.</p>
     
  6. The Captain

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    I feel you guys at S2 got a raw deal.</p>

    Without Combs telling us, people will naturally be shocked and be very upset and want to leave. If he possibly let us know beforehand, then it would have been an easier transition and this whole drama wouldn't have taken place. People wouldn't be cussing and insulting you guys.</p>

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    Just my 2 cents.</p>
     
  7. Dmoney

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    Do you guys have a thing that says top 20 or how ever many posters for the day like how much the top 30 poseters or more for the day have, or any all time top that shows who has the most posts and all of that, and a stats page would be nice, I mean it's not a big deal but it's kind of interesting sometimes to see how many posts certain members have had in the last week or month.
     
  8. Heatfan32

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    The thing is, had Combs asked us if we would've wanted to merge or even told us it was going to happen regardless, you know what the results would be. All of us would deny the changes and post for it not to happen, so it really wouldn't have made THAT much of a difference at all.
     
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    The more I think about it, the more I feel for you guys. All of the hard work to transfer everything, and all you get are people blowing up in your faces.</p>

    I'll TRY to stick around and post a bit. It's the least I can do. </p>
     
  10. Courtvision

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    Holy ish. How in the world are these guys putting up with all this bitching? Good lord, come on. You guys (new Admins) have to be the nicest people I've ever seen online. MAJOR props to you for putting up with this, and willing to make changes and try to make everybody happy. You've welcomed everybody warmly, explaining everything, good stuff.</p>

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    I was talking about nflcentral.net. Combs owned that too, so it that gone? (the forum it's seldf) I don't know if you knew about that or what. </p>
     
  11. mavsfan1000

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Heatfan32)</div><div class='quotemain'>The thing is, had Combs asked us if we would've wanted to merge or even told us it was going to happen regardless, you know what the results would be. All of us would deny the changes and post for it not to happen, so it really wouldn't have made THAT much of a difference at all.</div>
     
  12. The Captain

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    A message from Combs-</p>

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    I know I am probably the most hated man on the sports forums right now. But I think some are over-reacting. If I did anything wrong I guess it was that I didn't talk this over with everybody and reasoning being that I know online folk are generally scared of change. What I did was not selfish. I have been offered MORE money then I took this time for BBW in the past. I said no because I knew intentions from the other people weren't good. When I was presented with an offer this time though I thought it was a great thing they had going. SportsTwo is nice guys. If I would have created all of those features at BBW you guys would have been in awe and thankful. Just because they come with a different domain name..don't be scared away from it. When I first saw the layout I DID realize it was different. I was lost. But honestly it took no more then 4-5 clicks to figure out what I was doing. It's not hard to navigate, it's just different. And once you know what you're doing I actually think it's better how the team layouts are there.With that said I did sell for 2 reasons which are personal besides BBW's gains.1. My time has been so minimal recently. I have been barely able to login and check stuff out. Balla really wasn't around any more then I was really. People were PM'in me about this and that and I didn't even know what they were talkin about how could I take action? Sure sometime in the next few months I would have regained it and been active again but I didn't want to wait for that. I already felt heat from people on the forums. And i'm sorry I can't do everything. I have a lot of work things going on which pay the bills. It's hard to put those aside and just do BBW stuff though I always wanted to. It's also hard when I felt I couldnt even put ads up on the site without being harrassed about it when I was just trying to pay the hosting bill. I could have kept the site. I could have worked a lot harder on the site and spent more time on it, But it would have meant loading it with ads. My time is money. Upgrading is money. I couldnt continually pay for things and not get any return. Not being selfish but just look at it from my perspective. I didn't WANT to sell BBW..I had no plans to. But it just wasn't logical as I was stuck in the middle.2. First let me say I respect Balla a great deal. He was the catalyst in creating BBW and what it stood for. But he seemed to forget that he sold the site to me. He seemed to have a big ego, and a control problem. I couldn't do so much as add a forum without it being deleted and takin down because "he's **** and it doesn't look good". Whatever I did..it was deleted, removed. He went behind my back twice and made arrangements to put ads on the site for his benefit and cash. HE was profiting from a site that I was paying for. And when I talked to him about this HE got mad and tried to make a huge thing of it like I was being a prick. If i banned somebody monday morning..they were unbanned Monday night. It didn't make sense to me. We couldn't work together. I don't care who's fault it was but bottom line is we couldn't. I have no ill towards him though and he seems like a great person. But when it comes to working with me on a website forum..it didn't work. Not the end of the world.So basically..your first reaction was wow..BBW changed to a different format it's been sold, end of the world. Well once the shock wears off, and you give it a second thought. I hope you go back to BBW in the form of SportsTwo.com and keep your posts history and continue building it and start competing with the best of em. IPB's are for kids, and are so yesterday. Why use the same forum software forever? You got tons of stats. Tons of articles. Tons of members. Tons of just all together features. What is so bad about that? Honestly you are free to do what you want. And my stock is not invested anywhere in this but I feel like you should give it a shot, as BBW is still BBW it's just changed a little bit.</p>
     
  13. mavsfan1000

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Heatfan32)</div><div class='quotemain'>The thing is, had Combs asked us if we would've wanted to merge or even told us it was going to happen regardless, you know what the results would be. All of us would deny the changes and post for it not to happen, so it really wouldn't have made THAT much of a difference at all.</div>I agree. Combs was going to do it no matter what so it is pointless for him to mention it I guess. 
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Heatfan32)</div><div class='quotemain'>The thing is, had Combs asked us if we would've wanted to merge or even told us it was going to happen regardless, you know what the results would be. All of us would deny the changes and post for it not to happen, so it really wouldn't have made THAT much of a difference at all.</div> </p>

    Combs was a pretty bad admin... he never really cared about the site at all. He never asked us for our opinions, and even when he did he usually ignored them anyway. When we made suggestions, he said we were bitching... when we really did start bitching about him not doing the things he said he would (i.e. updating the homepage, etc.) then he said he would have done it if we had asked him politely (which goes back to the whole suggestion thing)... I'm glad he's not running this site, because he was a total asshole. The only time he ever got anything done was that one day when everybody started calling him and Tony out, and that was the only day he actually did anything worthwhile for the site. All that "behind the scenes" bullshit he said he did doesn't really matter, because in the end he just sold the site to make a quick buck without even having the courtesy to let anybody know that it was going to happen.</p>
     
  15. Courtvision

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Courtvision)</div><div class='quotemain'>

    Holy ish. How in the world are these guys putting up with all this bitching? Good lord, come on. You guys (new Admins) have to be the nicest people I've ever seen online. MAJOR props to you for putting up with this, and willing to make changes and try to make everybody happy. You've welcomed everybody warmly, explaining everything, good stuff.</p>

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    I was talking about nflcentral.net. Combs owned that too, so it that gone? (the forum it's seldf) I don't know if you knew about that or what. </p>

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    ^^^ before this gets lost.</p>

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    And by the way, I think this place looks kick ass, a litle getting used to, but it looks great to me. Whoever is leaving will be missing out.</p>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Courtvision)</div><div class='quotemain'>

    Holy ish. How in the world are these guys putting up with all this bitching? Good lord, come on. You guys (new Admins) have to be the nicest people I've ever seen online. MAJOR props to you for putting up with this, and willing to make changes and try to make everybody happy. You've welcomed everybody warmly, explaining everything, good stuff.</p>

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    I was talking about nflcentral.net. Combs owned that too, so it that gone? (the forum it's seldf) I don't know if you knew about that or what. </p>

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    Haha word</p>
     
  17. GArenas

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    Combs is a stupid bitch, anyone have a way to contact him. I'm still in shock.
     
  18. SirLaker

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    Guys, SE is almost back up. It might be up by later tonight and will be by 2morrow. Be patient.
     
  19. The Captain

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas)</div><div class='quotemain'>Combs is a stupid bitch, anyone have a way to contact him. I'm still in shock.</div></p>

    He's a mod here-</p>

    http://pistons.infopop.cc/eve </p>
     
  20. GArenas

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SirLaker)</div><div class='quotemain'>Guys, SE is almost back up. It might be up by later tonight and will be by 2morrow. Be patient.</div></p>

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    How do you know this? I talked to Tony and he knows nothing about it.</p>
     

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