03-17-2006, 01:21 AM | #1 | ||
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Ladies and Gentlemen... I give you: SportsDigs.com!
The team at the Digital Stadium at SportsDigs.com is proud to announce the launch of a new website and forum for text sims, sports, news, computer games, and general discussion.
We will be posting original content, including regular interviews with game developers and other persons of interest. Our inaugural feature, 10 Questions with Gary Gorski, is currently online and available. To celebrate the launch of the site, and the start of the NCAA tournament, we are also offerring a free copy of Gary's latest game, Total College Basketball! Details are available at the site. We invite you to come over, kick the tires, and tell us what you think of the new digs. |
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03-17-2006, 01:44 AM | #2 |
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Franklin has done a lot of good things, and brought some talented people in to make a sports sim fansite that will set itself apart from other sites.
Franklin and the guys/gals have worked especially hard on the layout, features, and ideas, please stop in and look around... I think you might find it interesting and informative, fun, and a great alternate site to get your sports and games fix. Congratulations FN. You did a great job.
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03-17-2006, 02:34 AM | #3 |
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Apart from the front page, all I'm getting is a bunch of 'page not found' errors...
Is that normal?
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03-17-2006, 02:42 AM | #4 |
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Try it again... you just happened to catch it right in the middle of a name refresh.
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03-17-2006, 02:50 AM | #5 |
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Hmm, lots of links pointing back to digitalstadium.org. All brokey.
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03-17-2006, 02:52 AM | #6 |
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I'll check it out... We're updating the nameserver settings and such...
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03-17-2006, 03:04 AM | #7 |
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Does this mean that FOFD will be closing?
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03-17-2006, 03:45 AM | #8 | |
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I don't foresee FOFD being active any longer, no.
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03-17-2006, 06:05 AM | #10 |
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No ads???
I thought we were told that was impossible here? |
03-17-2006, 06:46 AM | #11 |
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Glad that you like the design guys, yesterday was a bussy day.
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03-17-2006, 07:12 AM | #12 | ||
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Nobody has ever said it was impossible here.
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03-17-2006, 08:51 AM | #13 |
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very nice
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03-17-2006, 10:11 AM | #14 |
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We need Christina Aguilera avatars over there!
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03-17-2006, 10:52 AM | #15 | ||
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I wouldn't say it's closing, actually. The "gold" membership for the crummy EZBoard is paid for three months. But more importantly, we actually had one user come on to the board with an actual FOF question - he had found the place doing a search on EZBoard for "Front Office Football" So, there's at least some value in leaving the board there, even if it's not going to be active. Quote:
WVUFan already had the webspace and a killer hosting plan that didn't cost him too much at all, so, right now, we don't need to do any advertising. Fortunately, the SportsDigs effort includes a team of people that bring a lot of great ideas and professional expertise to the project. What you see there is a result of a great collaborative effort. |
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03-17-2006, 07:27 PM | #16 |
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You guys need to check out the board. Very nice interface and it looks like it will draw different people other than just FOFCers.
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03-17-2006, 07:28 PM | #17 |
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So, Franklinnoble hates FOFC, except when he needs to advertise (for free) for his website?
Dumb.
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03-17-2006, 07:31 PM | #18 |
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I don't think he hates FOFC. FWIW, it looks pretty good and I like the helmet avatars.
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03-17-2006, 07:35 PM | #19 | ||
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Franklin, the site just got earmarked as a phishing site by my filter.
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03-17-2006, 07:35 PM | #20 |
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Very original content in the forum. Why not just link back here and be done with it?
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03-17-2006, 07:43 PM | #21 | |
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Have to agree completely with this. The wording and the rolleyes are going to add uneeded fuel to the fire, but what is the point of this new board? It is FOFC without as many visitors or posts. Give me a break if the answer involves something stupid like modding. |
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03-17-2006, 08:15 PM | #22 | |
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By that logic, there should only be one website for sports information. After all, SI and ESPN both cover the same sports. Surprisingly, there's dozens upon dozens upon dozens of forums and websites devoted to similar subjects, and that's the way it should be. By your thread of reasoning, there should only be one forum for general football talk. Or talk about World of Warcraft, or any other game. Or only one brand for toothpaste. After all, why offer more than one type of a similar thing? Many forums have similar topics and discussions, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't exist. Sportsdigs exist for alternative discussion, especially about things other than FOF, since there are other games out there. We're not trying to be FOFC Part 2, and I'm sorry if that's how you see it.
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03-17-2006, 08:16 PM | #23 | |
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OOH! I want to play! So, RPI-Fan wants to make smart-ass comments, because he has nothing better to do? Dumb. See, I can do it too.
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03-17-2006, 08:16 PM | #24 | |
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Ok, I see now. They give you 3 posts about Firaxis' next games. We only have one here. |
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03-17-2006, 08:19 PM | #25 | |
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03-17-2006, 08:22 PM | #26 |
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To be fair, FOFD lasted longer than I thought it would.
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03-17-2006, 08:24 PM | #27 | |
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You should check your hearing, because Skydog and his moderating style has not been mentioned ONCE on Sportsdigs. We're not here to do anything but provide a new site for sports sims and discussion. I don't understand why people would have a problem with it. Skydog doesn't seem to (yeah, he knows about the site). We're not here to REPLACE FoFC, nor bash it, not say anything negative about it. Hell, I'm posting in both places and people should (and will continue to do so). Why you would seemingly go out of your way to bash something you evidently have not given a shot to is disapointing.
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03-17-2006, 08:33 PM | #28 | |
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If somebody got kicked off the Colgate board because their wife was a troll and then tried to create several different Aquafresh or Crest boards that all failed I would call that person out also. I don't get the obsession with this place. I like it, but if people on here did something to piss me off I would leave. I wouldn't leave, come back, leave, come back, on and on trying to win people back over that don't seem to care. |
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03-17-2006, 08:37 PM | #29 | ||
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Took about two seconds on the new board to prove this wrong... Quote:
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03-17-2006, 08:38 PM | #30 | |
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Exactly, esp. plagiarizing several non-sports threads just to make content on the forum. WVU, it is obvious you and FN have issues with SkyDog in the past and just calling you on it. There is nothing wrong with having such a site and forum, but don't go around pretending that your motives are pure. |
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03-17-2006, 08:39 PM | #31 | |
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Panerd: Sportsdigs is MY web space, not FranklinNoble's, if you want to be technical about it. The site itself was designed by Icy and myself (mostly Icy), not FranklinNoble. The content and decisions about content were made by a group of people, including a moderator on this board, not just FranklinNobel. True, he is a administrator, but this is truly a group effort with a number of people. So unless you're referring to my wife, I think you're mistaken. And I'm not married.
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03-17-2006, 08:41 PM | #34 |
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Top Ten Reasons to Visit SportsDigs.com
10. A chance to win a free copy of TCB. 9. No one there has ever heard of MAIXMUM FOOBTALL. 8. No werewolf threads. 7. No strange obsession with Tucker, Ga. 6. Still 100% POL free! 5. Still 100% Poll free! 4. Free of banner and interstitial ads. 3. Patriotic undies not required. 2. Designated Asshat sub-forum. And the number one reason to visit SportsDigs.com: NO F'ING ELITISTS |
03-17-2006, 08:43 PM | #35 | |
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That's fine, but than I should have bolded the next sentence. "You are granted one thread to vent your frustration, and you are expected to be done venting within 48 hours" I really don't care if there is an alternate board or not. I just have to pull out the old about how it isn't an obsession with FOFC just a board that mimics it and tries to recruit people on FOFC to come join it. |
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03-17-2006, 08:44 PM | #36 | |
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Sorry, I've already volunteered over there to be the one that does the Daivd interview.
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03-17-2006, 08:46 PM | #37 | |
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You might be surprised, but I frequent quite a few messageboards and I'm not locked down to just one. |
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03-17-2006, 08:47 PM | #38 | |
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Sigh. My issues with the modding was clear, and then I said I would drop it when I was in the minority. I've dropped it, not mentioned it since(until now), and I still post here. I don't have a problem with SkyDog. Again, and let me make this clear -- Sportsdigs isn't there to rag on FOFC or Skydog. If you choose not to visit, that's entirely up to you, but you are mistaken if you think it's here to attack anyone or any forum. Again, sorry if you feel this way, but it's simply not true.
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That sounds super gay.
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03-17-2006, 08:51 PM | #42 |
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My utopian view of a sports text sim site is one where we talk about sports and text sims and not really anything else. I welcome any site that can pull that off.
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03-17-2006, 08:51 PM | #43 |
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Gawd dang timestamp bug.
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03-17-2006, 08:53 PM | #44 |
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This thread has more legs than I thought it would. We finally got some decent entertainment for a Friday night?
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03-17-2006, 08:57 PM | #45 | |
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Stupid work. I wish I could get entertainment here. :-)
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03-17-2006, 09:03 PM | #46 | |
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FWIW, I got the 2K news from IGN.com. I was surfing for relevant gaming news, and posted the threads. I didn't realize FOFC had exclusive rights to invite commentary on any particular issue. Nobody's attacking FOFC, SkyDog, or anyone/anything else here. I don't know why you feel provoked over something like this - we're not trying to take down FOFC or even compete with FOFC. As it's been stated by others in this thread, most of what's over there isn't even my doing - it's folks who have never been banned, suspended, or had any other major issue with FOFC. A few people got together, came up with an idea, and have tried to share it with as many people as we can. Most of the response has been positive. I'm sorry you feel differently. I hope you'll give it a chance, and see what we're really about. |
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03-17-2006, 09:13 PM | #47 |
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I think it's funny that people think I'm moderating at a board thats sole purpose is to counter FOFC. Me, the man who spends WAY more time here than anyone ever should...
*chortle*
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03-17-2006, 09:16 PM | #48 |
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I just wanna know if there will be a QOTM?
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I wonder if there's a Crest or a Aquafresh board. That would rule. Toothpaste discussion. **Goes to check**
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