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facefirst wrote:

izzy wrote:

That comment is what was the nail in the coffin for me leaving HC. I know he pops up on here now and then, for whatever reason. He can come on here and try to act like he's our friend but he came off like a pompous asshole and I have no desire of ever going back to HC. That place is dead to me.

I'm pretty sure that's not really him.

madrigal77 wrote:

facefirst wrote:

izzy wrote:

That comment is what was the nail in the coffin for me leaving HC. I know he pops up on here now and then, for whatever reason. He can come on here and try to act like he's our friend but he came off like a pompous asshole and I have no desire of ever going back to HC. That place is dead to me.

I'm pretty sure that's not really him.

Oh good. As far as I'm concerned that guy is a douchnozzle cockmaster.

The anderton here is not the anderton there.

Anderson is still a douche, regardless.

I still find it hilarious that a few members are hanging on there for dear life. I mean, it's dead Jim, move on.

madrigal77 wrote:I still find it hilarious that a few members are hanging on there for dear life. I mean, it's dead Jim, move on.

Let them be. Most of us have moved on.

soundgardener75 wrote:

madrigal77 wrote:I still find it hilarious that a few members are hanging on there for dear life. I mean, it's dead Jim, move on.

Let them be. Most of us have moved on.

Oh, I'm letting them be. I just find it funny. "They'll all be back!! You'll see!!"

soundgardener75 wrote:

Dropsix wrote:Hmm, not as much drama as I would have liked, but it really does look and feel like a POS.

The part that put me off was unable to see pics and vids like before, but for the most part, it's the functionality like primeholy just said.

I hated that fucking censor. That pissed me off more than anything. And Andertons "shut the fuck up and learn to like it" mentality.

How certain are we that Anderton didn't want an exodus?

HCAF has been a pretty rock solid community for years. Possibly one the top dogs didn't like.

What if they've successfully deployed the GOP tactic of self exodus for immigrants whereby they make the conditions for immigrants so shitty that immigrants wouldn't want to stay there anymore anyway?

/morbid food for thought

Agree the censor part is the hands down worst aspect of the new forum honestly.

Regardless I think you guys are generally taking this waaaaayyy too seriously.
Its just an internet forum, I don't understand all the vitriol and continued talk about it.

Drama = Visibility.

Nobody cared about Rihanna as much as they do now till Chris Brown punched her in the face.

Nobody cared about Chris Brown till he punched her in the face.


Lesson = Punch Anderton in the face.

K-Bizzle wrote:Agree the censor part is the hands down worst aspect of the new forum honestly.

Regardless I think you guys are generally taking this waaaaayyy too seriously.
Its just an internet forum, I don't understand all the vitriol and continued talk about it.

They took a place we all hung out at and enjoyed and completely trashed it. Then that tard Anderton basically tells everyone to just shut up and like it because people only come there for his killer pro reviews. Am I mad? No, it's just a forum. I just think it's run by complete asshats who are completely out of touch.

Dropsix wrote:Drama = Visibility.

Nobody cared about Rihanna as much as they do now till Chris Brown punched her in the face.

Nobody cared about Chris Brown till he punched her in the face.


Lesson = Punch Anderton in the face.

And I just realized I haven't logged in since HC 2.2.1 or whatever it's called happened. Lol, wonder what the stats for that is?

K-Bizzle wrote:Regardless I think you guys are generally taking this waaaaayyy too seriously.
Its just an internet forum, I don't understand all the vitriol and continued talk about it.

It's like talking about an old girlfriend. It's part of your past, but never forgotten.

Dropsix wrote:

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No?

Holy chit, dropsix is back where ya been mang?

Shockwave wrote:I gave it as long as i could..The place is officially dead..I was hoping they would have pulled a HC2.0 thing and revert back to the old forums no matter what condition they are in. I held back registering here as this is most likely just a transition place to whatever the future forum is.

What if this place really takes off and gets thousands of members? Who is in charge? What does he know and does he have the resources to keep this place going? Is is run on a laptop in his basement with a comcast connection?

Setting up a forum is the easy part, any of could do it here and a few have over the years. It gets harry though when you start getting a lot of members and a history to the forum.

I see you missed out on the migration we already had from the "temporary-transition" place...That's already happened. This place had 550k views in 12 days. 500 members, 16k posts...In 12 days. It outgrew the forumatic server it was on. Which is a good time to bring up your concern about who's in charge and what he knows. Billy runs this place. And he is doing a damn good job at it. If it grows, he already bought a dedicated server plan...So this place is setup for the future.
Resources for the technical side? He needs none. He asked for help to transition from forumatic to the new site, and several people volunteered and it was handled in the span of a few hours. Tweaks and fixes happen in the span of a couple of hours too.

All this to say, you're concern is legitimate, but it's already been thought through and pieces are in place to handle future growth and modifications...

KCTigerChief wrote:Resources for the technical side? He needs none.

GAB has plenty of IT talent who know what they're doing, unlike Bain-Crapital (HC).

Chops Malone wrote:

K-Bizzle wrote:Regardless I think you guys are generally taking this waaaaayyy too seriously.
Its just an internet forum, I don't understand all the vitriol and continued talk about it.

It's like talking about an old girlfriend. It's part of your past, but never forgotten.

That's exactly my point.
Really feels like that guy who always talks about his exgirlfriend and about how awful she is and how he's moved on when he's clearly still hung up.

We've got a new sexy lady here gents, lets not run her by dwelling on the past...

I hear its ok to post here without signing a pledge that you won't post at hcaf. You won't hit the upper echelon of e-badassery but your account won't be banned.

NeloAngelo wrote:

Demiurge wrote:God dammit how did this scumbag make it here?!

fucking open door policy, and equality.

it's bullshit in my opinion.

you should be thankful for it. It's why you're here too

oh my god I just realized we got the back!

hell yeah HC emoticons. thats when i knew we were whole here

It must not fade away!! Our butts must stay hurt!!!

Mike LX-R wrote:

NeloAngelo wrote:

Demiurge wrote:God dammit how did this scumbag make it here?!

fucking open door policy, and equality.

it's bullshit in my opinion.

you should be thankful for it. It's why you're here too

Nice!