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Post by SantaFeJim on Apr 19, 2013 5:39:14 GMT -8
The forum membership reached 600 today.
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Post by calzephyr on Apr 19, 2013 6:18:45 GMT -8
The forum membership reached 600 today. Jim Thanks for the update. We should be getting more posts and great new projects with all of the new members. Larry
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Post by atsfan on Apr 20, 2013 15:43:01 GMT -8
The forum membership reached 600 today. Jim Thanks for the update. We should be getting more posts and great new projects with all of the new members. Larry I am not seeing them though.................
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Post by SantaFeJim on Apr 20, 2013 15:57:39 GMT -8
I agree, things have slowed down a lot the past 5-6 weeks.
I don't know why... because it is still Winter here in the midwest.
Had some snow just this morning.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2013 19:18:43 GMT -8
Jim Thanks for the update. We should be getting more posts and great new projects with all of the new members. Larry I am not seeing them though................. The quality of the threads and posts lately leaves a lot to be desired. Page after page after page of nonsense about pre-payment. A couple of pages plus, on hobby shops that lack a web page. Now, the endless patter about Athearn's latest, those that are happy versus those that disapprove or do not care. Lets not forget the monthly the hobby is dying thread and you get....... The old Atlas forum had a reputation attached to it, because many times it was basically the same inane (silly and empty headed) threads week after week, month after month, year after year. The fight over the death of the hobby, locomotive wish lists, who's screwing who, MTH, Kalmbach, the prototype modeler versus the close enough, back seat moderating........and this place is not that much different.
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Post by bnsffan on Apr 21, 2013 11:26:40 GMT -8
So Jim, what are you going to do to correct the situation? When I was in the Submarine Navy, many COs had a policy that when someone found a problem they were required to report the problem and also suggest a solution.
Respectfully, BNSF Fan
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2013 11:39:25 GMT -8
So Jim, what are you going to do to correct the situation? When I was in the Submarine Navy, many COs had a policy that when someone found a problem they were required to report the problem and also suggest a solution. Respectfully, BNSF Fan I've done my part many times over with build threads. I have a couple right now I'm doing.
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Post by bnsffan on Apr 21, 2013 12:52:55 GMT -8
Jim,
It sounds as if you have a solution. I would enjoy a build thread or two. What are you building?
Respectfully, BNSF Fan
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Post by atsfan on Apr 21, 2013 14:30:47 GMT -8
I am not seeing them though................. The quality of the threads and posts lately leaves a lot to be desired. Page after page after page of nonsense about pre-payment. A couple of pages plus, on hobby shops that lack a web page. Now, the endless patter about Athearn's latest, those that are happy versus those that disapprove or do not care. Lets not forget the monthly the hobby is dying thread and you get....... The old Atlas forum had a reputation attached to it, because many times it was basically the same inane (silly and empty headed) threads week after week, month after month, year after year. The fight over the death of the hobby, locomotive wish lists, who's screwing who, MTH, Kalmbach, the prototype modeler versus the close enough, back seat moderating........and this place is not that much different. Not sure what you want this place to be? I like it as is, because it isn't scripted, limited, or just a place with cotton candy. All of the topics you mentioned are relevant to the hobby, and topics some people like to discuss. If you do not, then why are you reading them? It is evident what they are. Or why are you replying? Or even more, why are you replying in a positive thread, about how you think other people are negative, while you yourself are 100% negative in the process? There are lots of thought police and topic police and thread police here, all self appointed. All sorts of negative responses such as "go find it on google", "this has been discussed before", and then yours, self deciding the posts here are not high enough in quality? You are either part of the problem you describe, or you are part of the solution. Posting on this positive thread a negative rant denigrating the forum, it's posters, their posts, and the threads, is hardly anything toward establishing the forum you seemingly long for. Thank you and have a nice week.
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Post by scl1234 on Apr 22, 2013 3:39:56 GMT -8
I think it was Jerry Clower who said " When you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that gets hit hollers".
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Post by riogrande on Apr 22, 2013 8:26:34 GMT -8
A little cotton candy, rainbows and unicorns might nice for a change. The "rock throwing" never goes anywhere good and if I were a new member coming here, it wouldn't be very nice to read those things. Same really goes for many of the regulars.
I realize some topics seem to wind some people up and others just find it interesting discussion. It seems as long as topic's are train/hobby related and the topics are kept civil and free of personal attacks, it's ok. Even the negative comments which may not be considered directly rule breaking etc. can get tiresome and solicit complaints; I've been guilty of feeding the negative post mentality myself in the past, such as in new product announcement topics; I will try hard to resist them in the future.
Moved this to the crew lounge as it doesn't appear to have anything to do with HO train's.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2013 11:06:22 GMT -8
One thing missing on this forum is layouts. There were some contributors on the old Atlas forum, like Joe Atkinson and his Iowa Interstate, that posted regularly about modeling projects and his layout. Good and informative viewing and reading.
Sunday Photo Fun after a big re-start has settled down to a handful of contributions. This happened on the Atlas forum too. Surely there are more than a few of us doing some sort of modeling, either in builds, layout construction or even running the choo-choos in loop on the carpet.
What will do more to turn away newcomers and even folks that have been here a while is reading threads like the one concerning SMD. Do we really need to know that in Section 3, Sub-section 7(a), Paragraph 2 of the user agreement......quickly turns into a line drawn in the sand and folks taking sides.
People engage in a hobby to forget about the world around them and have some fun. Because of the price of our toys and the volatile situation that is Chinese manufacturing, the ugly side of business is on many hobbyist's mind. But do we really need to discuss it every other week?
I'd personally like to see the moderators put a moratorium on hobby business related threads. It doesn't have to be permanent, but for one month NO discussion about stores closing, web-sites or lack there of, prices, etc. and emphasize layouts, building and model photography. I think you may draw some good people into the forum and make the place more of a place to have fun, not argue like Democrats and Republicans.
I know there are people on this board that do not like me. I have to say there are people on this board that I do not care for, welcome to life. But if you look at the statistics, the forum may have 600 members but 98% of the posting is by maybe less than 10% of the membership. I'll also point out, that over 80% of the members on this forum have never made one post. Why is that? Maybe that would be something for the moderators to pursue. The answers they get back might give some insight into how to make this the BEST forum on model trains.
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Post by riogrande on Apr 22, 2013 12:21:44 GMT -8
One thing missing on this forum is layouts. There were some contributors on the old Atlas forum, like Joe Atkinson and his Iowa Interstate, that posted regularly about modeling projects and his layout. Good and informative viewing and reading. Sunday Photo Fun after a big re-start has settled down to a handful of contributions. This happened on the Atlas forum too. Surely there are more than a few of us doing some sort of modeling, either in builds, layout construction or even running the choo-choos in loop on the carpet. I miss the Iowa Interstate photo's and others and would love to see them back. I don't even have space presently for more than a 2 seat sofa, but maybe when my wife learns how to drive we can look for a place with more space thats in a more affordable area - so right now, choo choose on a loop on the carpet is about all I can manage. One of the SMD topics became high maintenence and is removed. Makes sense to me. Conceptually it seems fine on one level that it a topic is train related and people remain civil, its fine. But as I've seen here and in other forums, some topics become a worn out record and try individuals patience. That sure seems reasonable to me. I'm all for giving some topics a rest but maybe Donnell can chime in on this too as this is his baby. Certainly giving things a rest for a while seems reasonable, even a month. Thats the trick, getting a diverse group of folks to play nice in the sand box. It sounds like a good idea to get feedback from many of our silent members. Perhaps Donnell can solicit feedback or a poll?
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Post by mlehman on Apr 22, 2013 15:12:53 GMT -8
Cheer up, Jims! I like ya' both, even though I don't always agree with you. ;D Not missing that thread much. The only reason I participate in things like that, hopefully with appropriate restraint, is to try to dispel the towering clouds of gloom they represent. One would think one's method of payment would be rather tangential to the hobby itself, but I guess not. My sole regret is that people will likely remember only the Tower of Doom, rather than those who suggested things just aren't that dramatic. I'm OK with suggesting we all take a staycation from that sort of stuff. In the end, those sort of things recycle, as has been noted, so it's really best to just take things to the woodshed quickly, rather than letting them fester. Otherwise it becomes my "Sure, I'm happy to debate that fragile proposition...." versus the Hard Place of the Temple of Gloom. I will note I'm doing my part, with a pic of a recent ops session here and a link to a layout thread elsewhere in SPF this week. I'm editing my diss right now, so that's draining most of my creative energy, but I'll see what I can do to pump it up a notch.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2013 16:41:37 GMT -8
A forum begins to die when people log on and see "same old, same old" or "SOS different day". Lately we've been SOS different day, its just repackaged a little differently each time. I may take a photo of "massive" 5'x9' which was supposed to be my "testing ground" and has become the only place to put power to a choo choo. Its a layout out of an Atlas track book, that I substituted code 83 flex for the sectional track. Its your typical Atlas double track layout plan designed for sectional track. Though it does have 22 inch radius curves on the outside main. Woo Hoo!!!! I call it my NASCAR layout with two groves for racing....it even has a pit road! The plan reminds me of the "paper clip" or the Martinsville Speedway where NASCAR races a couple of times during the year. Maybe if I share some photos, I'll be so motivated, I'll progress a little further with "testing"......
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Post by rhpd42002 on Apr 22, 2013 18:18:43 GMT -8
A forum begins to die when people log on and see "same old, same old" or "SOS different day". Lately we've been SOS different day, its just repackaged a little differently each time. I may take a photo of "massive" 5'x9' which was supposed to be my "testing ground" and has become the only place to put power to a choo choo. Its a layout out of an Atlas track book, that I substituted code 83 flex for the sectional track. Its your typical Atlas double track layout plan designed for sectional track. Though it does have 22 inch radius curves on the outside main. Woo Hoo!!!! I call it my NASCAR layout with two groves for racing....it even has a pit road! The plan reminds me of the "paper clip" or the Martinsville Speedway where NASCAR races a couple of times during the year. Maybe if I share some photos, I'll be so motivated, I'll progress a little further with "testing"...... Jim, I hope this doesn't offend you, but........ LOLOLOL!!!!! This almost describes my current layout!! It's actually based on my modification of an Atlas, 4' x 6' layout (Morgan Valley Central) that I then, greatly expanded upon. It's still "flat", with little scenery and all code 100, but the track that has been painted and ballasted, doesn't look too bad. I still have a lot of work to do to get it " presentable", but I'll keep at it as time permits. BTW, I'm a BIG fan of the builds you do, as they are quite amazing in scope and detail. I don't have those kinds of skills, but I guess I should post here, what I did do with a "toy train" caboose to show that I can do some fairly presentable work, when time permits. Never give up on this place, as life, as a rule, consists of many who talk and few, who do. I recommend you keep on doing!
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Post by Donnell Wells on Apr 22, 2013 20:02:58 GMT -8
Hi Jim, I do hear you, and appreciate your concern. I also would like to promote the "modeling" aspect of model railroading specifically here on this forum. I do enjoy seeing layouts, but equally wouldn't mind seeing dioramas, structure building, rev and non-rev rolling stock builds, and obviously various locomotive builds. After all, it's pretty much what we do in this hobby.
There is one point you made that I am considering heavily, or at least some iteration of it, and that's the point of restricting all non-direct modeling related content to the crew lounge. This means if it is not showing a model that was scratch built, detailed, painted, or bought for display or use on your railroad, diorama, display case, club layout, etc., or if it is not a picture of a layout, your layout, a run session on club or private layout, or if it's not tips and tricks, prototype content, tool or technique, it will be removed from that particular board and placed in the crew lounge. That's what the lounge was created for. I don't mind product announcements, but all of the associated banter needs to be relegated to the lounge.
I like the poll started by Chris of Microscale because it directly promotes modeling. I've seen modeling challenges on other forums and think they may also be beneficial here. One idea that come to mind is a freight car detail and/or weathering challenge, where submissions can be voted on by forum members, and the first, second, and third place winners can win prizes like a premium freight car (1st), RTR or Kit (2nd), and a detail parts assortment (3rd), or something to that effect. The whole point would be to encourage participation and get people modeling and sharing!
Donnell
The quality of the threads and posts lately leaves a lot to be desired. Page after page after page of nonsense about pre-payment. A couple of pages plus, on hobby shops that lack a web page. Now, the endless patter about Athearn's latest, those that are happy versus those that disapprove or do not care. Lets not forget the monthly the hobby is dying thread and you get....... The old Atlas forum had a reputation attached to it, because many times it was basically the same inane (silly and empty headed) threads week after week, month after month, year after year. The fight over the death of the hobby, locomotive wish lists, who's screwing who, MTH, Kalmbach, the prototype modeler versus the close enough, back seat moderating........and this place is not that much different.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2013 20:19:50 GMT -8
Putting the "business 101" threads in Crew Lounge should help. But still stuff that has been discussed before and before needs to vaporize. Each time certain subjects appear its a good five pages, which by the end has some people at each others throats. Even in Crew Lounge lets keep the topics fresh.
I'd sticky a remember to the top of the forum announcing and encouraging model building and layouts. Don't care if its blue box kit that was built, show it off! There are some very talented people that did not make the migration over here from Atlas or if they did they haven't been seen much. Getting some of them interested, if it means taking out certain topics in the HO forum, would be beneficial to many.
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Post by IAISfan on Oct 15, 2013 7:54:51 GMT -8
One thing missing on this forum is layouts. There were some contributors on the old Atlas forum, like Joe Atkinson and his Iowa Interstate, that posted regularly about modeling projects and his layout. I still stop in here every now and then, but apparently I don't do so often enough, since I missed this thread from April. For me, my lack of posting here is mostly just about my desire to limit my on-line time. Posting updates to multiple boards really drained my hobby time, so now I pretty much focus on the Yahoo Proto-Layouts group, the MRH forum, and TO. Lately, I've just been posting pics to my MRH blog and then linking to them to further simplify the process. FWIW, the latest updates are at model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/9031?page=12#comment-118847 . I miss keeping up with my old friends here from the Atlas Forum, but too much time on-line meant very little time on the layout. Hopefully I'll see you all around?
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Post by mlehman on Oct 15, 2013 10:12:30 GMT -8
Joe, Impressive work you have done. Really beautiful vistas that look like Iowa, thankfully without snow.
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Post by IAISfan on Oct 15, 2013 12:11:42 GMT -8
Thanks Mike. After seeing Mike Confalone's work, I considered modeling winter for a while, but barren cornfields in winter look a little like the surface of the moon.
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Post by jamesbrodie67281 on Oct 16, 2013 0:21:31 GMT -8
Hello gents, Am back having survived my last hospital stay/operation/etc. Now fitted with a second type pacemaker pain relief sort of thingy !! Looked through the most realistic photos of a model railway and certainly given me the incentive to try and model up to those standards. How was the grass achieved please. I have the lower level baseboards in situ and in my mind what 'sites' I would like to include but like most English areas have to try to fit a quart into a pint pot. When I do get working up to the high level then that is where the passenger side of things will work to and from. Regards to all. James.
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Post by IAISfan on Oct 16, 2013 8:36:26 GMT -8
Hello gents, Am back having survived my last hospital stay/operation/etc. Now fitted with a second type pacemaker pain relief sort of thingy !! Looked through the most realistic photos of a model railway and certainly given me the incentive to try and model up to those standards. How was the grass achieved please. I'm glad you're back James. Hopefully the health issues are behind you. Thanks for the kind words about the grass. I should mention that I'm fairly new to scenery work of any kind, so if I can do it, anyone can. While I'd been apprehensive about applying static grass, there's really nothing to it. You just put some paper towels and/or painter's tape down to make it easier to salvage excess grass that lands in areas you don't want to flock, wet the area to be flocked with diluted white glue (in irregular, spotty patterns along the edge to give a more natural look), tap a nail in the wet area, attach the applicator to the nail, load it up with grass, and turn it on. Static electricity does the rest. Right after application, I use a small 1.5gal Shop Vac, with the hose held a couple inches above the grass, to help it all stand vertically, which is especially important on slopes. This layout is my first to get beyond benchwork, and this is the third time I've applied static grass. Couldn't be easier.
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Post by calzephyr on Oct 17, 2013 5:30:07 GMT -8
Hello gents, Am back having survived my last hospital stay/operation/etc. Now fitted with a second type pacemaker pain relief sort of thingy !! Looked through the most realistic photos of a model railway and certainly given me the incentive to try and model up to those standards. How was the grass achieved please. I have the lower level baseboards in situ and in my mind what 'sites' I would like to include but like most English areas have to try to fit a quart into a pint pot. When I do get working up to the high level then that is where the passenger side of things will work to and from. Regards to all. James. James Nice to have you back. Larry
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Post by nscaler711 on Oct 21, 2013 5:03:26 GMT -8
From Donnel "Hi Jim, I do hear you, and appreciate your concern. I also would like to promote the "modeling" aspect of model railroading specifically here on this forum. I do enjoy seeing layouts, but equally wouldn't mind seeing dioramas, structure building, rev and non-rev rolling stock builds, and obviously various locomotive builds. After all, it's pretty much what we do in this hobby.
There is one point you made that I am considering heavily, or at least some iteration of it, and that's the point of restricting all non-direct modeling related content to the crew lounge. This means if it is not showing a model that was scratch built, detailed, painted, or bought for display or use on your railroad, diorama, display case, club layout, etc., or if it is not a picture of a layout, your layout, a run session on club or private layout, or if it's not tips and tricks, prototype content, tool or technique, it will be removed from that particular board and placed in the crew lounge. That's what the lounge was created for. I don't mind product announcements, but all of the associated banter needs to be relegated to the lounge."
I have said something in one of the threads in the HO category about this, I was met with snide remarks and nothing came of it. I'm sorry but the last time I checked micro drill bits can be used in any scale not just HO, Donnel, moderators, please watch for that type of stuff, it doesn't belong in one scale if it applies to all. I also understand how hard it is being an admin of a forum, I had two not too long ago. But please try and fix this. It is not that hard to add a subsection for general discussion that doesn't have to be in the crew lounge either. Take for example of nscale.net's layout. I have been apart of that forum since 2006 it hasnt always been laid out like it is today.
Sorry to throw you fine people under the bus like that but it has always bothered me that the HO is filled with things that don't correlate to the scale/gauge or modelling for that matter, I would love to help clean it up, but I do not have that much say as I am still new to this forum. Also minus the banter I enjoy the discussions and the people here, lots of knowledge to be seen.
I did not mean for my post to end up in your quote, typing this on a phone is a pain!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2013 15:49:31 GMT -8
I have said something in one of the threads in the HO category about this, I was met with snide remarks and nothing came of it. I'm sorry but the last time I checked micro drill bits can be used in any scale not just HO, Donnel, moderators, please watch for that type of stuff, it doesn't belong in one scale if it applies to all. I also understand how hard it is being an admin of a forum, I had two not too long ago. But please try and fix this. It is not that hard to add a subsection for general discussion that doesn't have to be in the crew lounge either. Take for example of nscale.net's layout. I have been apart of that forum since 2006 it hasnt always been laid out like it is today. The kinder gentler me can understand both points of view. On one hand you have the original poster that was asking a simple question that actually applied to modeling and not the latest gossip. He posted it in the HO section because he'd like to get as many opinions as possible and quickly. Posting his question in Crew Lounge would more than likely result in a fraction, if that, of the responses he received in HO and unlike the Crew Lounge, his question was answered in this century. The opposing view is it is a general question that does not pertain directly to HO. This adds additional threads to the HO section. Now the argument could be made that the forum is not that active and what harm if any did this thread do? None, that I can tell, at least people were more or less somewhat civil. As far as another subsection.... it ain't going to happen. When Donnell suggested the Project Archive subsection for HO scale, it was met with stiff opposition. People said such a sub-section was splintering the HO section. It was unnecessary and the vast majority don't want sub-section after sub-section like too many forums. I belong to one model train forum that is so bogged down with sections you don't know exactly where to post things. When Donnell did roll out the Project Archive subsection on HO, I think there people on this board that still to this day bemoan and grind their teeth over it. That is why I highly doubt another subsection will be met with any enthusiasm by the masses. Sorry to throw you fine people under the bus like that but it has always bothered me that the HO is filled with things that don't correlate to the scale/gauge or modelling for that matter, I would love to help clean it up, but I do not have that much say as I am still new to this forum. Also minus the banter I enjoy the discussions and the people here, lots of knowledge to be seen. I did not mean for my post to end up in your quote, typing this on a phone is a pain! I think you shouldn't worry yourself with HO being "filled with things that don't correlate to the scale/gauge or modelling". I'd worry more about the pi$$ poor attitude of late on this board. I post my build of an RTA E8, one of a few I've done, and get called out by one person for wasting the time of the forum with another RTA build....among other shots. Tom(user id) posts some photos of his usual top notch work and is called an egomaniac by someone! Tom doesn't even post that much but when he does, his work is exceptional. Both of us posted threads on modeling and both went soundly into the toilet. Mine was flushed and removed, I admit my response to the person that also called my change of user id "lame and pathetic" was one of the seven words you can't say on TV. But, the words hurled my way were meant to hurt and belittle. Same with Tom and the "egomaniac" shot. There have been over the last month or two a good deal of snipping, mud slinging and internet bullying. The old Atlas forum got a bad reputation for allowing people to go back and forth a little too much. But it was nothing like some of the stuff that has gone on here as of late. I know Donnell has said to me through PM's that he wants a more laid back moderating than most sites. Some sites are heavily moderated and people end up walking on egg shells, for fear of being thrown off the site. Even engaging in civil discussion with differing points of view may be frowned upon by the moderators. This leads people to feel threatened to openly express their point of view, even though they are not attacking another person. This is not something I want to see this place become. At times you need to sterilize the proceedings and boot the troublemakers. Atlas used to eventually boot the malcontents but only after they had made their bed of thorns and were lying in it. In the meantime, feelings on many good people were hurt, some that packed up and left, all because of one or a couple of people. That is a shame. Someone once said on the Atlas forum, "don't feed the trolls". Its awfully hard not to fight back when the attacks are aimed directly at you and they are deeply personal too!
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Post by mlehman on Oct 21, 2013 19:02:00 GMT -8
Could be a Narrowgauge Section, too... Just kiddin' I think those of us who model in some minority interest -- N scale is only a little less minority than NG is these days -- just have to be flexible. Yes, there's a lot of good stuff in HO. Yep, I do HO standard gauge, too, so maybe more natural for me to read it anyway. But I'd expect to have to look elsewhere for some things in N just because that's the way the world works, just like I get most of my NG content elsewhere. Setting up another section in the forum isn't going to change that, even if it turned out to be popular here. Of course, there's another way to look at it, which is why aren't N scalers posting more info about building stuff, which requires tools, which requires discussion of tools. In other words, this could just as easily be seen as a problem with the N scale forum, rather than laid at the feet of those sinister, hegemonic HO scalers As for moderation, I solved my problem of irritation by using Ignore. Doesn't solve the problem of someone new choosing to do a drive-by on you, Jim, but I highly recommend it for known irritants. I can understand Donnell's resistance to moderation past a certain minimum. I've done editing and moderation on numerous boards and lists. It gets very labor-intensive, whether or not it's really effective, to try to get very hands-on. I tend to think it's up to all users to exert community standards on bad actors. That's why I stuck up for you, Jim, when someone had to be a jerk about Toto. Sometimes something like that hanging around after the fact is far more effective in getting that person to bite their tongue the next time than any sanction a moderator might hand down. I don't want to play independent mod or anything, so I rarely do something like that. But it only takes one of those to really take the wind out of most who do something as uncalled for as that. One can only hope that others do the same from time to time, carefully chosen of course, but when someone get unnecessarily rude or crass I apply it or hope that someone else does if I'm not in a position to do so.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2013 19:19:57 GMT -8
One crack at my former user id(australianterrier) and the picture of Toto was "what happened did your dog die?", when in fact he did, was a cheap shot. Too many cheap shots at the good people on this board lately, and I'm not counting myself, but the incident with Tom wasn't cool. Then folks like in the case of my now dearly departed RTA thread, came to rescue to back Tom and myself up. Thank you to all and I'm sure Tom thanks the people that stepped up and shouted the bully down.
One thread right now in HO that could be moved to Crew Lounge is the "what is Athearn going to unveil in Milwaukee". It now on page TEN and still going strong! It still THREE BLOOMING WEEKS TIL TRAINFEST!!!! Meanwhile modeling threads are withering on the vine. Maybe there should be a sub-section of the forum called "Gossip, Speculation, I Want this Train, The Hobby is Dying, The Hobby Shop is Dying, Its all the Other Guy's Fault, Yo' Mama Wears Combat Boots, etc." This would leave the HO section to be only threads about builds, layouts and few other things. I can also tell you if you strip out the "chatter" threads in HO, I'll be in the corner warming up the bugler as they practice taps for the HO forum.
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Post by bnsffan on Oct 21, 2013 20:14:50 GMT -8
Guys did it ever occur to you that the content of this forum is exactly what a majority of users want? As I have mentioned once before, people enjoy different aspects of this hobby. Like it or not speculating on Athearn's announcement is giving enjoyment to many folks. If it wasn't the thread wouldn't be 10 pages and growing. Maybe it should be renamed "the thread that ate the forum".
Respectfully, BNSFFan
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Post by mlehman on Oct 22, 2013 4:37:12 GMT -8
Well, it is just one thread. Good thing there's not 10 of them, instead of just one that's 10 pages long. Leaving it in HO does rather undermine the general principle of keeping HO as a modeling forum. Actually, for this I'd be willing to suffer another sub-forum -- since I would rarely visit -- to implement a "Gossip, Speculation, I Want this Train, The Hobby is Dying, The Hobby Shop is Dying, Its all the Other Guy's Fault, Yo' Mama Wears Combat Boots, etc" Forum. It's easy enough to separate that chaff from the wheat.
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