My Take.......Love it or Leave it

[darocker80]

He didn't contact you on purpose.

:lol:

fine i'll go commit suicide, who wants my lincys?

 

[scotty21690]

He didn't contact you on purpose.

:lol:

fine i'll go commit suicide, who wants my lincys?

:::Crickets chirping:::


...Take em with you I suppose..

 

[darocker80]

He didn't contact you on purpose.

:lol:

fine i'll go commit suicide, who wants my lincys?

:::Crickets chirping:::


...Take em with you I suppose..

no wants free money haha?!

 

[Cobra29svt]

He didn't contact you on purpose.

:lol:

fine i'll go commit suicide, who wants my lincys?

:::Crickets chirping:::


...Take em with you I suppose..

no wants free money haha?!

Oh...I thought you mentioned something about free Lincy cards. I'll take free money!

 

[darocker80]

[quote="Weimer":1mvzwbn2]He didn't contact you on purpose.

:lol:

fine i'll go commit suicide, who wants my lincys?

:::Crickets chirping:::


...Take em with you I suppose..

no wants free money haha?!

Oh...I thought you mentioned something about free Lincy cards. I'll take free money![/quote:1mvzwbn2]
cash or credit?

 

[blanning71]

Do we really need another thread for this?

I agree with this sentiment. I understand you're a mod Blanning and feel like you have something important to say but if it was anyone else other than a mod making another thread about this it would either be locked, deleted, or merged. So I don't really see why this needed it's own thread. People are still reading the other one and your post would have fit just fine there.

I'm not trying to start an argument or a stir by posting this. This thread just honestly seems kinda pointless and weird when there's already one that's over 26 pages dedicated to the exact same thing.

I think we have let many similar threads run their course that pertained to the same type of topic. I just felt that as me being a part of this site and helping run it that some sentiment to the situation needed to be heard by the membership as an attempt to cool the situation rather than just posting in a thread that will more than likely end up in a mess with a ton of fingerpointing. I am sorry some of you disagree with my stance on posting my thoughts.

 

[Dpanthers14]

Very good post brian, I think you sumed it up. I come here for one reason and one reason only to bs about baseball cards. If I wanted all this damn drama I would go hang out with a bunch of 15 yr old girls.

 

[darocker80]

Very good post brian, I think you sumed it up. I come here for one reason and one reason only to bs about baseball cards. If I wanted all this damn drama I would go hang out with a bunch of 15 yr old girls.

come visit me sometime, i'll take you to my highschool!

 

[Weimer]

Do we really need another thread for this?

I agree with this sentiment. I understand you're a mod Blanning and feel like you have something important to say but if it was anyone else other than a mod making another thread about this it would either be locked, deleted, or merged. So I don't really see why this needed it's own thread. People are still reading the other one and your post would have fit just fine there.

I'm not trying to start an argument or a stir by posting this. This thread just honestly seems kinda pointless and weird when there's already one that's over 26 pages dedicated to the exact same thing.

I think we have let many similar threads run their course that pertained to the same type of topic. I just felt that as me being a part of this site and helping run it that some sentiment to the situation needed to be heard by the membership as an attempt to cool the situation rather than just posting in a thread that will more than likely end up in a mess with a ton of fingerpointing. I am sorry some of you disagree with my stance on posting my thoughts.

I'm completely fine with you posting your thoughts. I'm glad you did. Your opinion is valued by a lot of people here. I just simply don't understand why it couldn't have been in the same thread along with everyone else's. I understand you wanted to make sure your thoughts and opinions were read and heard and not lost in a big confusing thread. Everyone else seemed to get their point across just fine though and people responded to them and told them they liked their opinion and all that. If the thread was still a complete train wreck where it was 50 different people arguing then I could understand the need for a different thread trying to intelligently talk about your feelings on the issue. That's not the case though.

Like I said, I'm not trying to fight with you or upset you or anything. I just didn't understand the need for an entirely new thread on the matter when there's intelligent discussion going on in the other one. I guess we can agree to disagree and move on and have good times.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

I go to sleep early one night and I miss all the fun...

 

[matty07]

im confused on whats going on here. Did I miss something???

 

[mmorgan]

Do we really need another thread for this?

I agree with this sentiment. I understand you're a mod Blanning and feel like you have something important to say but if it was anyone else other than a mod making another thread about this it would either be locked, deleted, or merged. So I don't really see why this needed it's own thread. People are still reading the other one and your post would have fit just fine there.

I'm not trying to start an argument or a stir by posting this. This thread just honestly seems kinda pointless and weird when there's already one that's over 26 pages dedicated to the exact same thing.

I think we have let many similar threads run their course that pertained to the same type of topic. I just felt that as me being a part of this site and helping run it that some sentiment to the situation needed to be heard by the membership as an attempt to cool the situation rather than just posting in a thread that will more than likely end up in a mess with a ton of fingerpointing. I am sorry some of you disagree with my stance on posting my thoughts.

I appreciate your post; I got to page 16 on the other one and just couldn't read anymore about minors and who is right and wrong. I also appreciate the trip down memory lane. I was reading the other thread and remembered the whole night crew thing when I guess Mike started this. Raymond was suspended and this was the other place for the night crew (if I remember right). I joined and hung out a little but it wasn't a place to get my hobby fill. Ahh I remember the old days, being laid off, having to work a horrible night job to make money for my family, and destroying my cards on the Internet.

That is what the old Beckett used to be and that is why I spend my spare time here now. I love baseball and a love the hobby, I like to read about what other collectors think and collect. I appreciate seeing other collection and reading the ranting and raving of the hobby. It is a shame about how things happened, I didn't get an e-mail nor do I want it. Nobody gets anything just because they think they deserve it, you get something because you deserve it.

This is a business, servers aren't free, sponsors aren't free, and the time that it takes certainly isn't free. I appreciate the work it takes to have a forum like this, and I hope everyone does too. Anyone can have a forum on the Internet, there are plenty of places that you can go but that doesn't mean that anyone can make it successful.


You can be the inventor of sliced bread but if you can't make everyone want your sliced bread, or make enough sliced bread for everyone, or make your sliced bread look the best. Nobody will care if you invented sliced bread.

 

[Chris D.]

Base - ball - cards

 

[bratcher1]

Hey folks,

I came home this evening from work, all full and ready to enjoy another Saturday night relaxing, and hanging out on the boards chatting about whatnot. I see that is not the case now. I have spent the last couple hours reading and soaking all of this in. I thought I would take a moment to address all of you as I felt my post would be lost in translation on the "Master" of all threads in the Mypens thread.


I guess I am a little dissappointed by how this whole situation was handled. I am a pretty active moderator on this site and I feel like I am in the know on many of the projects and situations that are going on amongst members and staffers. Tonight,however, really kicked me in the gut and caught me off guard.

I have always appreciated and respected the fact that Mike had an idea to unite people to go somewhere else when the old Beckett boards changed. I was heavily involved with the now defunct "Night Crew" website at the time and I didn't immediately sign up. However, when I saw the amount of people making the jump, I decided to see what it was all about. I am glad I did.

Mike, in my eyes, always seemed to be a Collector/Moderator rather than a true "owner" of the site. I guess it is because I know that John and Chris have put a very healthy amount of money in the setup and logistics of keeping this site going. Mike seemed to drift a bit and I guess its because he had school to handle and that is perfectly fine. No problems there. I always thought he was OK with his role of administrator and never saw this coming.

I really do think though that we can all move past this and keep this place moving forward. I know the guys that own and run the site that Mike mentioned he was promoting and I really hope that they didn't have anything to do in swaying him to promote them via a PM through here. (this statement was based on some comments made in the hot topic that is ongoing at the moment)


I wish Mike all the best in his future endeavors and if the grass is greener at another website, then so be it.

Now I get to the point of all of this.

I moderate these forums and I know many of you on a first name basis. I really would like everyone to really step back and think for a moment about the situation that has unfolded today. I also ask that if any of you are considering jumping ship that you stop, breathe, and digest all of this and really consider this. This site was set up for all of you. Its not about money, or getting free product, or having manufacturers come on here and argue the pro's and cons of their products. It was a place to go and get away from the mess that resulted in the changeover of the old BMB.

I would hope that with all of the work that Chris and John have done for this site and the money that they have laid on the line to keep this site running, you all would see that they are NOT out to pull the glory and the site from Mike. It just takes people sometimes that are better trained and in some cases more financially stable to be able to run an organization. I have been in similar situations in my work career in the past. I have a ton of respect for many of you and I would hope that the reputations of the people that help run this site speak for themselves and you will continue to support us in our efforts to make this site a very enjoyable and valuable accompanyment to the hobby.

I am damned proud to be able to say that I am part of this site and that I have had the opportunity to help make it grow as many of you have that were here since the beginning. I hope that this is merely a small bump in the road and that we can all move past this and realize that things aren't as bad as they may seem at this point. Its all about baseball cards folks. We all are here for the common goal of collecting these little pieces of cardboard with pictures on them. Please remember that.

I thank you for your time and I look forward to seeing all of you on the boards.

Brian

Brian,

Thanks for your post on this subject...very well put.

 

[teachervido]

I never knew blanning71 was an admin nor do I care. However I do appreciate the long read dude. +1 for admin of the month!

 

[Wes]

Here's my take:

Mypens created the BMB2.
About 50 people joined.
Three weeks later Gilmo + Mypens made FCB
Since then Gilmo + the staff have built this place into what it is.
Mypens impact since step 1 has been minimal at best - he was recognized as the BMB2 creator and given admin privileges on this site.
He became unhappy with his lack of a leadership role - never said a word about it to anyone on staff.
Sent out a ridiculous email begging users to join some hogwash site where he is nothing more than the puppet of a couple of others while spreading users emails to all recipients.

Essentially his impact was gathering about 50 email addresses from the BMB users and inviting them to a couple of new sites. Many of those initial 50 were connected to others etc and that is how we became what we are now.

Mypens had a hell of a lot more than 50 people before the conversion. I know that for a fact.

Don't disregard the bolded.