Why was SOS Formed
04-27-2010 | 05:12 PM
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If that guy really claims that, then he's lieing..
I own the 2nd largest (arguable by some to be the largest) boating website on the west coast, and mine, PB, this place, and his all run virtually the same v-bulletin software.
The license is about 100 bucks a year.
The classified system while it looks nice wouldn't cost more then 500 - 800 bucks.. I'll just say it's weak for what it is.
His website would cost in the neighborhood of 100 - 150 bucks a month to host in total.
Not starting anything, just giving you the gods honest truth from a board owners perspective.
The hard part isn't the $$$ to get started. Anybody can have a board up and running by tomorrow afternoon.
The hard part is to get the people to the site, and keep em there. Which I think he might've just.... how they say "screwed the pooch."
RD
I own the 2nd largest (arguable by some to be the largest) boating website on the west coast, and mine, PB, this place, and his all run virtually the same v-bulletin software.
The license is about 100 bucks a year.
The classified system while it looks nice wouldn't cost more then 500 - 800 bucks.. I'll just say it's weak for what it is.
His website would cost in the neighborhood of 100 - 150 bucks a month to host in total.
Not starting anything, just giving you the gods honest truth from a board owners perspective.
The hard part isn't the $$$ to get started. Anybody can have a board up and running by tomorrow afternoon.
The hard part is to get the people to the site, and keep em there. Which I think he might've just.... how they say "screwed the pooch."
RD
As for this B.S. about brandon being a Mod, I was a founding member from just about day one and became a Mod about a week after and have talked to most of the others and we had no idea he was still working over here and yes Chris did tell us AFTER he appointed him super mod(without the usuall vote) that he was done here and B himself told us the same and as AP has said Sunkin has deleted a very valueable part of what the place was all about and blamed the loss on one of us after we had been blocked from the site. Another big pile of you know what.
And whenever anyone posted a OSO bashing thread we stopped it or asked for it to stop and reminded everyone we were not there for that and if they were there for that kinda thing they needed to leave, so I really don't know who he is talking about doing the bashing, it wasn't me or the rest of the board members.
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04-27-2010 | 05:16 PM
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I'm sorry, which part was "obvious" again?
The part where it says moderator under BLee's name here like it did on Serious?
The part where Brandon posted in the SOS boardroom that he was sick of the chit over here and as soon as his friends had all relocated to SOS, he was leaving here? ( sorry, can't prove this one as the entire history of every single post of the thousands that were in the boardroom of SOS was DELETED for some mysterious reason by Chris Sunkin)
The part where Chris made a big hoopla about Brandon" LEAVING" OSO to come join the Board of Directors of SOS or the part where at least 5 former moderators of the 8 that were on SOS that I have asked DID NOT KNOW. Read back, 3 besides myself and Catastrophe, while not a moderator but a prominent B.o.D member have already pointed out in this thread that we were never informed that Brandon was retaining his moderators position here after becoming a super moderator on SOS.
I guess we were all really stupid because we believed that he had resigned here huh?
The part where it says moderator under BLee's name here like it did on Serious?
The part where Brandon posted in the SOS boardroom that he was sick of the chit over here and as soon as his friends had all relocated to SOS, he was leaving here? ( sorry, can't prove this one as the entire history of every single post of the thousands that were in the boardroom of SOS was DELETED for some mysterious reason by Chris Sunkin)
The part where Chris made a big hoopla about Brandon" LEAVING" OSO to come join the Board of Directors of SOS or the part where at least 5 former moderators of the 8 that were on SOS that I have asked DID NOT KNOW. Read back, 3 besides myself and Catastrophe, while not a moderator but a prominent B.o.D member have already pointed out in this thread that we were never informed that Brandon was retaining his moderators position here after becoming a super moderator on SOS.
I guess we were all really stupid because we believed that he had resigned here huh?
Interesting........seems like.....ah never mind!
04-27-2010 | 05:25 PM
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Thank you, now I really feel like a gullible fool
As for this B.S. about brandon being a Mod, I was a founding member from just about day one and became a Mod about a week after and have talked to most of the others and we had no idea he was still working over here and yes Chris did tell us AFTER he appointed him super mod(without the usuall vote) that he was done here and B himself told us the same and as AP has said Sunkin has deleted a very valueable part of what the place was all about and blamed the loss on one of us after we had been blocked from the site. Another big pile of you know what.
And whenever anyone posted a OSO bashing thread we stopped it or asked for it to stop and reminded everyone we were not there for that and if they were there for that kinda thing they needed to leave, so I really don't know who he is talking about doing the bashing, it wasn't me or the rest of the board members.
As for this B.S. about brandon being a Mod, I was a founding member from just about day one and became a Mod about a week after and have talked to most of the others and we had no idea he was still working over here and yes Chris did tell us AFTER he appointed him super mod(without the usuall vote) that he was done here and B himself told us the same and as AP has said Sunkin has deleted a very valueable part of what the place was all about and blamed the loss on one of us after we had been blocked from the site. Another big pile of you know what.
And whenever anyone posted a OSO bashing thread we stopped it or asked for it to stop and reminded everyone we were not there for that and if they were there for that kinda thing they needed to leave, so I really don't know who he is talking about doing the bashing, it wasn't me or the rest of the board members.
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04-27-2010 | 05:29 PM
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RD.....thanks for posting! Yep.....lieing is SOP with Chris Sunkin.
Too bad most of the screwing has happened to the folks that worked so hard on the site.
04-27-2010 | 05:35 PM
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04-27-2010 | 05:47 PM
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Good pickup Jay. When I saw that one, I immediately remembered the pole-sucking comment.
Even GS boating sites have become like the darkside of real life. Shows me that they may be serious about competing with Goldman Sachs on equal footing
Even GS boating sites have become like the darkside of real life. Shows me that they may be serious about competing with Goldman Sachs on equal footing
04-27-2010 | 07:01 PM
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Saw this today and figured it applied:
Don't kiss an ass if it's in the process of $hitting on you!!
Don't kiss an ass if it's in the process of $hitting on you!!
04-27-2010 | 07:28 PM
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You are right......you dont' know me and I have no axe to grind.....but everytime a liar is exposed in the boating industry......that is doing "our sport" a service.
04-27-2010 | 07:52 PM
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Hey Sunkin.......you have to log out on your fake names before posting about yourself.
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