OS merging with DSM

[The 24th Letter]

Re: OS merging with DSM

Who cares who gets more visitors? All I know is that I don't want a forum full of immature people. OS, for the most part, has a group of posters who post pretty good stuff. They are knowledgeable about sports...sometimes too good though. They depress me whenever new sports games come out.

The general crowd is older, which actually does mean more mature. Even the youngin's have caught on to this maturity.

The sense of humor rarely gets out of hand and there aren't many "battles" so to speak and it's a good place to come talk about sports and get a couple laughs.

Not too many on OS are here for "status" or whatever trying to be a big shot on an internet forum. Just think of how stupid that just sounded.

Anywho...I just hope maturity and quality posts stay the norm. The 24th letter I didn't say quality threads...so feel free to keep on keepin' on!


*BRING EM OUT BRING EM OUT*

little Jay-Z reference for you

the smartest post in this thread

[The 24th Letter]

Re: OS merging with DSM

more people the better conversations. hopefully dsm will bring some life into os since its usually boring.

and more people for you to disagree with just for the hell of it!

[CaptainZombie]

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and more people for you to disagree with just for the hell of it!

LOL! This place is going to hell.

[realtalktruth]

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i disagree because i disagree. its not my fault that everyone thinks im joking when i post because my views are different then theirs.

[Chaos81]

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more people the better conversations. hopefully dsm will bring some life into os since its usually boring.

And yet you post here on average almost twice a day? :wink:

[BTG]

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But nobody on DSM is really about being a "Big Shot" or whatever either. What keeps me coming back to that site is 1.) The Soap Box and 2.) The NCAA/NFL forums. Those are two forums with a group of people who know each other and understand each other's personalities (for the most part), and people just hang out and have a good time. When people want help they ask and usually get it, and when people want to vent they do, and people let them without getting on their case about it for the most part (unless it's some nonsense like "OMG, I'M SO DRUNK ON STEEL RESERVE!!"). No one person is bigger than the forums, and no one tries to be. It's just a good group of guys that feels like the floor of a dorm.

At least that's the way I (and many other DSM people seem to) see it.

[Millennium]

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Not just the box, but the whole MISC forum, IMO.

I will say this: With the amount of users that want the 'Everything Else' forum back, this is a perfect chance for everyone to have one in the DSM forums.

[The 24th Letter]

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i disagree because i disagree. its not my fault that everyone thinks im joking when i post because my views are different then theirs.

i feel you man, I have no problem with you.....
but for lack of a better term, your a "argument whore"

If the name of the thread is "the sky is blue!"

sure enough youll be there to say,

"The sky is red and black like falcon colors!!, what are you guys talking about!?"

heck I bet by the time I post this youll be arguing with Chaos....

[Chaos81]

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Those are two forums with a group of people who know each other and understand each other's personalities (for the most part), and people just hang out and have a good time. When people want help they ask and usually get it, and when people want to vent they do, and people let them without getting on their case about it for the most part (unless it's some nonsense like "OMG, I'M SO DRUNK ON STEEL RESERVE!!"). No one person is bigger than the forums, and no one tries to be. It's just a good group of guys that feels like the floor of a dorm.

And that's the way many of us here at OS see the whole forum.

[jmood88]

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more people the better conversations. hopefully dsm will bring some life into os since its usually boring.

Why don't you just join DSM then? No one is forcing you to post here.

[Chaos81]

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heck I bet by the time I post this youll be arguing with Chaos....

[TheMatrix31]

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As long as OS doesn't turn into a Digg/Fark/RealGM type place, I'm ok. I cannot stand any of that garbage. Digg has arguably the most moronic people I have ever seen in my life.

[dave374]

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But nobody on DSM is really about being a "Big Shot" or whatever either.

Cough, cough ... Dave here BTG.
You know I have delusions of grandeur.

[mgoblue]

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But nobody on DSM is really about being a "Big Shot" or whatever either. What keeps me coming back to that site is 1.) The Soap Box and 2.) The NCAA/NFL forums. Those are two forums with a group of people who know each other and understand each other's personalities (for the most part), and people just hang out and have a good time. When people want help they ask and usually get it, and when people want to vent they do, and people let them without getting on their case about it for the most part (unless it's some nonsense like "OMG, I'M SO DRUNK ON STEEL RESERVE!!"). No one person is bigger than the forums, and no one tries to be. It's just a good group of guys that feels like the floor of a dorm.

At least that's the way I (and many other DSM people seem to) see it.

I completely understand your mindset and respect what you want.

I guess from my point of view I've "been there and done that". I'm 27, I lived in the dorms one year and then moved into a fraternity house. I've drank a ishload of alcohol (beer or hard stuff), I've done a billion different stupid things that "seemed like a good idea at the time". I loved my time in college, but I wouldn't want to live it now. I'm glad I grew up out of that phase, because if I was living like I did in college I really wonder how long I'd live.

I know that's a drastic difference, and more dramatic than necessary, just pointing out that thought. You also need to keep in mind that OS was trying to be more inviting to youth and families, and that "dorm room" attitude (or frat house, whatever) just can be quite crude and offputting.

I'm not boring now, I still have tons of fun, just that my life is now different than being in a house with all guys, you know? People grow, change, adapt and I personally just like a slightly more mature forum. Hell, I'd personally like the "Everything Else" forum back. I don't always agree with how OS was run, but I just know I don't want it to turn into IGN or Gamefaqs. I see OS as a cool group of guys, maybe just more like college graduates as opposed to recent high school grads. A lot of the guys I'm friends with here are actually older than me, so perhaps it's just the ages showing....

I see where you DSM guys are coming from though, and I'm willing to bet that we're a lot closer than you might think. This was by far the worst way to try and integrate us, but that's a topic for a different day.

[dust247]

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And that's the way many of us here at OS see the whole forum.

That's what I was thinking as well. A lot of new members may see OS as "immature," but a lot of the topics somehow relate to the inside jokes that evolved from other threads. Such as the whole TJ puddle "incident" or Acid's sister and everything that leads to. Which is what the newer members may miss out on.