Where is everyone?

Hawk said:
I wish all the best to my old friends and will PM you in time. I'll keep in touch with you, I promise.

Don't you be bailing out on us you old fart!!!!!!! Things will get better.
 
Hawk said:
This forum has bored the living shit out of me lately. The dumb ass treads by Soundmaster simply drive me away. Saying moronic shit like "Dream Theater never composed a songs with any emotion in it" [I am paraphrasing here] show that the IQ level has dropped below zero here.

The constant slagging of glam band by Marine and others have ruined this board for me. And I do not even like glam!

You may all be very happy discussing "banging Angela from Arch Enemy" but I demand a little more from a community were I would be participating.

In short; recently this board has been invaded by idiots. And I am reminded of a wise saying:

"Never debate an idiot, after a while the onlookers will not the able to see the difference between you and the idiot"


I wish all the best to my old friends and will PM you in time. I'll keep in touch with you, I promise.

You are a wise man. I've always said it, always meant it, and these words cement it as fact.
 
The frivolous threads don't bother me much. I think you have to accept that on any public forum. People get bored, want to chit-chat. I'm not much of a chit-chat kinda guy and I seldom get bored, so I like serious discussions and conversations about old classics and new bands we've all stumbled upon. Those are the threads I tend to post on. The others I pay little attention.

In Soundmaster's defense, I think he has started some pretty good discussions (banging the chick from Arch Enemy not withstanding) on some old school bands like Dio, Dokken and EEK!, dare I say, Winger.

If he's to be lashed 40 times with a wet noodle, I make plea for his sentence to be reduced to 20 lashes.
 
Hawk said:
This forum has bored the living shit out of me lately. The dumb ass treads by Soundmaster simply drive me away. Saying moronic shit like "Dream Theater never composed a songs with any emotion in it" [I am paraphrasing here] show that the IQ level has dropped below zero here.

The constant slagging of glam band by Marine and others have ruined this board for me. And I do not even like glam!

You may all be very happy discussing "banging Angela from Arch Enemy" but I demand a little more from a community were I would be participating.

In short; recently this board has been invaded by idiots. And I am reminded of a wise saying:

"Never debate an idiot, after a while the onlookers will not the able to see the difference between you and the idiot"


I wish all the best to my old friends and will PM you in time. I'll keep in touch with you, I promise.

Heya Hawk ... You're a bit too radical here I think...
Yeah, okay, the intelligence level of the threads dropped below level with the "banging" thread, I just ignored that one...But if you sort stuff out like Wyvern says there still is enough interesting stuff around to keep on going and have somekind of a fresh start (with hopefully all the regulars)... I made some good friends here, the UM Old School fired up my interest for Metal again and I will stay here and hope all of you guys will do the same !!! :rock:
 
carnut said:
Heya Hawk ... You're a bit too radical here I think...
Yeah, okay, the intelligence level of the threads dropped below level with the "banging" thread, I just ignored that one...But if you sort stuff out like Wyvern says there still is enough interesting stuff around to keep on going and have somekind of a fresh start (with hopefully all the regulars)... I made some good friends here, the UM Old School fired up my interest for Metal again and I will stay here and hope all of you guys will do the same !!! :rock:

WB carnut.. where u been?
 
Unfaithfully Metalhead said:
WB carnut.. where u been?

Been very busy lately with all kinds of things...ermmmm...like alot with cars ofcourse. I'm restoring a car with a friend wich takes up heaps of time. I also follow evening school wich takes up my wednesday and thursday evening the next 5 days...That leaves limited time and I got a little family here. I try to spend some old school time at night though on a regular base !!
 
Unfaithfully Metalhead said:
Am i on your list Wyvern? .... :erk:

No because I can read you :lol:

Don't worry UM you still post intelligently for my taste. I'm just banning idiots, flamers, kulters and people like that.

Is good to see carnut again, but I'm worried about some regulars been MIA lately.

Hawk we already have a conversation but anyway follow as carnut says. Filter the bad, keep the good and we will have the forum as it always has been for us. Same goes to all the gang you know who you are :wave:
 
Hawk said:
This forum has bored the living shit out of me lately. The dumb ass treads by Soundmaster simply drive me away. Saying moronic shit like "Dream Theater never composed a songs with any emotion in it" [I am paraphrasing here] show that the IQ level has dropped below zero here.

I find this particularly interesting.

For one, the concept of DT's emotion - or lack of - can ONLY ever fall into the realm of opinion. If one find's them emotional, then great. Others do not, however. To label such an opinion as "moronic" is, well, moronic. With all due respect. If, somehow, you can prove your opinion concerning art, you'd be doing something that no human has ever done. So, please...feel free to indulge us.

And yes, the Winger threads have been made in jest. But, if you read closely, the latest Winger thread was answered in DEFENSE of the "hair" genre - which you criticize Marine for slagging. So, if I understand you correctly, you slag him for criticizing them, and, oddly enough, ALSO slag me for defending them. That makes little, to no, sense.

And, finally, the "banging thread" explicitly states "I'm bored". That blurb easily states the very reason that such a comical thread was posted.


But, with all of that said, you're still FREE to start your own threads. If those of others bore you, feel free to start your own. It may, just may, bring the IQ level of ALL posters back up a notch!

I still can't believe the DT comment.....as if someone's opinion on art can ever be moronic. Unreal. Let me see if I understand correctly: YOU happen to find said band's music emotional. That's great. They must do something for you that they don't do for me. Someone disagrees with your view - simply disagrees - and it's "moronic". This represents a new high in lows. Again, feel free to do something that NO human has ever done before: that is to prove that his opinion of art, somehow, is more valid than another's and, better yet, can be proven. We await in eager anticipation...

Enjoy!
 
Unfaithfully Metalhead said:
someone takes this board too serious... cant put down a band or genre without getting bent out of shape... as for everything else that is posted .. as long as their is no flame wars i dont see what the big deal is about discussing them... if you dont like what the thread is about its easy to just ignore it and not post in it... and not go down on everyone who is enjoying the chat... i'm not starting a flame but sometimes people just need to chill out ...