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Title: Another forum gone bad.
Post by: firestorm13666 on April 19, 2006, 10:54:28 pm: Tell me whta you think of this and if i acted in a wrong or bad manor.http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=465532.That forum is said to bed one of the best for off-road info.Kinda remind you of the vortex?
Title: Another forum gone bad.
Post by: bhtooefr on April 20, 2006, 11:07:49 am: While I'm not a member of that forum, I read the entire Charlie Wenzel thread on there, and I am totally unsurprised by how they are there.
Title: Another forum gone bad.
Post by: Laurentian on April 21, 2006, 05:00:57 am: I prefer 4X4wire.com for my old '86 Toy PU myself.
Pirate is known for Toyota experts, but they tend to bash beginners I hear.
Anyhow just my .02
Hugh
Title: Another forum gone bad.
Post by: shwartzbewithyou on April 21, 2006, 05:51:26 am: Those guy's were tools. Plain red-neck tools. I agree with the spelling and punctuation bit, but most people on forums complain about the lack of newbies using the search function. That thread seems to be the opposite.

I dunno, lose lose situation I guess.
Title: Another forum gone bad.
Post by: bhtooefr on April 21, 2006, 07:00:35 am: No, they complain about the lack of newbies paying them money. There's a difference.

;)
Title: Another forum gone bad.
Post by: mainer on April 21, 2006, 12:43:44 pm: 4x4wire.com has worked great for me. But I'm only into toyota's, They seem to have less people with other trucks.
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Title: Another forum gone bad.
Post by: Kudagra on April 21, 2006, 03:00:49 pm: HA! I just made my 1st and last post on that site.
Title: Another forum gone bad.
Post by: hillfolk'r on April 21, 2006, 04:00:27 pm: screw them,,,,gotta pay money??? those darn internets :roll: and besides ,the 'tude seemed way worse than whoretex, i got nothing from there but griping from those fruitcakes,,,,i guess money buys you something after all.... the right to be an ahole,,good thing i didnt post anything there,,they would lay waste to my punctuation :roll:
Title: Another forum gone bad.
Post by: DVST8R on April 21, 2006, 05:36:41 pm: I have been a member of Pirate4x4.com for long time many years, I was there b4 the great crash, but didn't renew "quick enough" I read alot but dont post much. It very much is the culture there "it is the most HARDCORE 4x4 fourm out there and as such they dont like newbie questions, however it is a great resource of information on anything 4wd, if you can dream it there is a good chance that someone there has built it. It is esspetially good when the search is working. Pretty much if you realize that you will be flamed for the first 100 posts or so and just go with it you will be fine, they love to prey on those that give them a good reaction. No reaction or one that goes with what they say puts the fire out real fast. Any way I dont need to defend it they have 75,000+ members including many big race teams and some tv personalities, and I personally kinda like there.

Sometimes everyone gets frusterated ansering the same questions over and over. We have a decent faq here that most people read, they have some amazingly indepth faq's there but no one seems to read them, they just post and ask... anyway I have made my point no need to beat the perverbial horse. :wink:
Title: Another forum gone bad.
Post by: DVST8R on April 21, 2006, 05:38:24 pm: I forgot to say that your title is misleading. It is not another forum gone bad, it has "ALWAYS" been that way and infact in the last couple years gotten alot softer in my perception.