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General => Industry News/ Announcements/Press Releases/Product Promotion => Topic started by: Command-Z on July 11, 2011, 02:22:15 PM
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Right board for this? It's news to me...
Finally, an OFFICIAL announcement at TSPMB from the new owners about the future of the "Old Boards"
http://forum.screenprinters.net/viewthread/6/422943 (http://forum.screenprinters.net/viewthread/6/422943)
I hope things pick up there, the old place is nostalgic for me, though I do like it here a lot too. The more outlets for networking and education the better, I say.
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>:( I can still smell the sh!t pile over there left by someone I dare not mention.
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Lord Voldemort? What, no, he is known as "he whom shall not be named."
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Lord Voldemort? What, no, he is known as "he whom shall not be named."
We have a Harry Potta fan in the house!
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I think the poop's been cleaned off the walls and I smell bleach.
In other words, I think he's banned from there, too.
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Isnt there only about 5 people left over there? Everyone is either here or at Prestons now. For me personally I cant stand the format of that site.
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I was over there earlier and while old members aren't online as often, I saw that there were quite a few guests, suggesting that it's still viable. Might still be a good place if the new stewards keep the vermin out. I know I have fond memories of it before the "pirate" and "bartender" days.
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A ton of information is there for sure. I still go back and search the archives for stuff. It was a great place in its hay day.
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There are still occasional posts by printers looking for artists. More than anywhere else specific to screen printing. It was a good place to get some freelance work. The Artist section usually had the most activity, followed by Industry Fun. It was an incredible networking tool for freelance artists of all levels of experience. Even now, that's still the section that has the most activity.
We'll see what happens. It was a weird thing... antiquated in format, but none of these updated boards have come close to the level of use. The Freseners started and ran it, but when they started a new board after the "extinction event", it just never caught on like that old one did. So far, this forum looks like the one with the best chance of filling those shoes. I like Preston's board but it never caught on with the art crowd like TSPMB did.
A few still poke around TSPMB with posts, but admit it guys, most of us if not all of us still lurk over there now and then just to see what's up. Now that we know, it will be interesting to see what happens. I don't believe in ghosts or evil spirits. I think the house is clean.
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i really still like that site..and the old style format..i'll be contributing on both.there were ALOT of great threads over there... :)
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I hate the format, I just look at unread posts most of the time and I couldn't find a filter for it over there.
I'm slightly out of the loop with the Hirsh thing, who was cyber-squatting and what happened?
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I'm slightly out of the loop with the Hirsh thing, who was cyber-squatting and what happened?
The whole basis for the initial name of this board first reared its ugly head as Hirsch's man on the scene, helping with the liquidation of US Screen, but apparently picking that one cherry for himself without permission.
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I hate the format, I just look at unread posts most of the time and I couldn't find a filter for it over there.
I'm slightly out of the loop with the Hirsh thing, who was cyber-squatting and what happened?
The same person that is over crapping on DS right now is the reason for the other boards demise. He's been posting over at Prestons site too and the post have been very little lately. Enough kicking a dead horse. Time to get to it.
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TSPMB still has a ton of great info. My "Newbie" questions were answered there and I still have a sweet spot for it.
While I think most printers boards have something to offer, there just isn't enough time in a busy printers day to hit and contribute on all of them.
It's great though, that it's been disinfected over there.
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TSPMB still has a ton of great info. My "Newbie" questions were answered there and I still have a sweet spot for it.
While I think most printers boards have something to offer, there just isn't enough time in a busy printers day to hit and contribute on all of them.
It's great though, that it's been disinfected over there.
Well the "Manchild Virus" as its know simply moved over to DS.....used to be mildly entertaining now just sad and embarassing. Is it me or is the M&R site dead?
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Is it me or is the M&R site dead?
I believe that though many love the gadgets and bells and whistles, they are also a little overwhelming and detract from ease of use. When we first began, our new members seemed to especially express that they like their forum lean.
Here, up to a point, we will try to
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvLR085PRbvKTy3WW8lMVqliU-5yF4oeaw9hYBw9RjvD1CeWZ7hw)
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Yep, Frog, sometimes less is more.
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I agree. Simpler the better. The mobile version of this site is great!
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I still have a bad smell in my nose when visiting there... I mean, c'mon... Hirsch hired the schmuck to do a job... Hirsch has left a lot of stink in their wake. Some of their business practices are very questionable. I just do not like Hirsch, period.
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79/Dragin-Ink/Success.jpg)
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It has more than a tone of stuff. It has mega tons of old history. Some I'd rather leave behind..HA.. But I would hate for them to clean the history out and start over. I sure don't think they'd do that, but they may go back so many years and purge. I would like to just pay someone to copy all of my old post. I currently have 7578 post but that is after I had already put in another 5 or 6000 on it before they were hacked years back. I been on it since around 1996 or so. That was around the time, CammandZ just graduated high school and entered into archeological school for the autistic...er, I mean Artistic. :) and Frog still wore bell bottoms and a bandanna and tried to make tadpoles not war.
Anyone remember Darkmire? He's actually living near me (or the last time I spoke to him he was). He was an art machine. I think he retired. He was always good for some controversy, but not like that new kid Sick.
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Yea, if someone could just hack that place and make sure the archives are saved & safe, I wouldn't care if it all went *poof* after.
Robert a.k.a. Darkmir hung up his mouse in favor of a guitar and is making music professionally (as of a year or so ago). Many a late night in the old chat spent with that guy....... among others :)
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I look at it this way. This is home now.
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I saved all of the tips articles from there just as the site was taking a turn for the worst.
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I hate the format, and I really don't care for Hirsch at all. I suppose it's easy for people to not hold Hirsch responsible for any of the crap that happened over there, but the way I see it...they let it happen so I think they are as responsible as anyone. I tried and hoped like hell that spof would become everything and then some to what tspmd was in it's hayday, but that didn't pan out very well.
I really hope that this forum will take the place of the future I thought spof had, and it becomes the central hub of screen printing knowledge sharing. It already has a base of members who's knowledge far outweighs any other forum today, and some of the guys who post occasionally are such a wealth of knowledge that I'm in awe when they speak to us little guys.
I'm actually quite selfish when it comes to what and where screen printing knowledge is shared. I'd like for it all to be in one or two locations from here on out, and right here would suit me just fine.
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I look at it this way. This is home now.
AWE. :'( :'( BIG HUGS BACK!! ;D
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I learned a lot and made good friends, but I came to that site to network and grow my business. As long as the 'Fraid-To-Talkabout-Him-One is banned there, I don't see a problem and my greedy capitalist side has no problem using that resource as long as it helps my business, no matter how I feel personally about who owns it.
The friendships I've made there endure on this site and Facebook.
Hey Dan, isn't Darkmir the guy who would show up occasionally on TSPMB all drunk or depressed and harass you and call you names? Or am I thinking of someone else.
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Hey Dan, isn't Darkmir the guy who would show up occasionally on TSPMB all drunk or depressed and harass you and call you names? Or am I thinking of someone else.
Oh no no no no no. That was another guy. Darkmir was cool. I don't think he got along with Scott for some reason. I think he bad mouthed his FastFilms or something early on and was kicked out and back in and kicked out again. He was a good guy.
The one you are referring to is another one of those (that shall go unnamed) openly for fear of retribution. He would go after me and even call people up on the phone and trash talk them. He called my business phone at all hours of the night with threats. He's called and emailed threats to about 12 others on the old forums. He always registers under a totally different screen name every time. He pops in about 2 times a year there and gets canned after about 10-15 post. Luckily, he came back to TSPMB well after all the hoopglah or (you know who) would have let him run wild. That guy just recently posted again about 3-5 weeks ago and someone cleaned up his doo doo post. He was loving that nobody was monitoring the boards so he could get away with what ever he wanted. It's a sad story he has. Lets just say he has all of the horrible issues you don't want to have. Forums are his way of letting loose. Kind of like someone else we all know. It's such a small industry. I actually know of 4 different screen print shops that he's worked at and they've all parted way pretty quick. I freelance for some of them and they all tell me the same type of stories.
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Yea, Darkmir knows his shiet and he was adamant about the way things "should" be done.... like a lot of us.
He taught me quite a few things I thought I knew... like a lot of you here have :) and others long gone have. :(
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I hate the format, and I really don't care for Hirsch at all. I suppose it's easy for people to not hold Hirsch responsible for any of the crap that happened over there, but the way I see it...they let it happen so I think they are as responsible as anyone. I tried and hoped like hell that spof would become everything and then some to what tspmd was in it's hayday, but that didn't pan out very well.
I really hope that this forum will take the place of the future I thought spof had, and it becomes the central hub of screen printing knowledge sharing. It already has a base of members who's knowledge far outweighs any other forum today, and some of the guys who post occasionally are such a wealth of knowledge that I'm in awe when they speak to us little guys.
I'm actually quite selfish when it comes to what and where screen printing knowledge is shared. I'd like for it all to be in one or two locations from here on out, and right here would suit me just fine.
Exactly and me too.