Did you migrate here?

[barfo]

A lot of us blazer fans migrated here from basketballforum.com around Sept 2008. ABM was the instigator of the move. A lot of us migrated there from fanhome.com, right around New Years Day 2003. L4L was the instigator then. Some probably mass-migrated to fanhome from someplace else before that, but that was before my time, so I can't comment on that.

I'm curious what fraction of the current community was at the previous sites. I know this isn't going to give a statistically valid answer, but I'm asking anyway.

barfo

 

[jlprk]

In Summer 2003, half of the ESPN board went to basketballforum. My path is too complex for your 3 choices, so I can't vote.

 

[barfo]

In Summer 2003, half of the ESPN board went to basketballforum. My path is too complex for your 3 choices, so I can't vote.

Well, I don't know - you would seem to fit precisely into option #2.

barfo

 

[THE HCP]

I actually heard about BBF from Kevin Pritchard. I started over there in June 2005 (My first experience with any internet forum). Then over here in the great migration of '08.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

I was with jlprk, coming from ESPN to BBF

 

[Natebishop3]

basketballboards.net

 

[MickZagger]

I started posting in Blazer related message boards back in around 99' in a Foxsports forum when the Blazers were playing the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. Then a year later went over to ESPN for like 4 years, sporadically posting. Then went to BBF in like 2003-or -04? Then came over here in 08'.

 

[Denny Crane]

I started posting in Blazer related message boards back in around 99' in a Foxsports forum when the Blazers were playing the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. Then a year later went over to ESPN for like 4 years, sporadically posting. Then went to BBF in like 2003-or -04? Then came over here in 08'.

I figured you put an "IP tracker" on the board and followed PapaG here.

 

[MickZagger]

I figured you put an "IP tracker" on the board and followed PapaG here.

How did you know?

 

[oldguy]

I was at OL back in the mid-late 90's, when LakerLanny turned that place into a shithole. I think the first migration was to fanhome, but there may have been another site between the two. I remember ABM, Blazer Prophet, tlong and Eric (and a few others) from back in the dark Lanny days.

Go Blazers

 

[Wheels]

I posted in O-Live with shady characters like Sly from when I was 15 or so, that puts it around 2000. O-Live started doing their lag posting ( I assume to raise hit count) around 07/08 I got sick of it and Sly told me about this place.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

O-Live was a great place to cut my teeth. I didn't like the format, but it was dog eat dog. I was also on a couple of private boards (still on one) but they have their ups and downs. On those it only took one person to ruin it for everyone. Here, since their are more posters a few rotten apples can be tolerated.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

I've lurked around this core community for a long time. I seem to remember fanhome, basketballboards, and then basketballforum.
I found basketballforums after losing track of the community for a time, but recognized some of the names so I just started going there for all my lurking needs. I found this one by googling some of the boardnames I remembered from basketball forums, after the board traffic completely died. I doubt I even posted on those first two boards. Fly on the wall and all.

 

[tlongII]

I'm Spartacus!

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Joined basketballforum/basketballboards around 2003... followed the crowd to SportsTwo in 2008.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

I'm Spartacus!

Then you should be starting right now!!!

 

[porkchopexpress]

I was on basketballboards for a bit before the mass exodus. I think I was out of town or something when it happened because I came back to the forum after not visiting for a month or so and it was DEAD. I missed all of the drama and everyone leaving. Every thread was about "that site that shall not be mentioned". It took a bit of digging for me to find everyone over here and I've been wasting my time on here ever since.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I was part of the great migration as well.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I came from BBF, but I originally came over from the AOL Boards. I had disappeared from the AOL Boards for a long time, then someone that I kept in touch with via AIM later told me about BBF. And then we rolled deep to S2.

 

[PapaG]

I wonder if that "Rockstar" d-bag is still on BBF? I haven't visited there in a long time.

 

[PapaG]

I figured you put an "IP tracker" on the board and followed PapaG here.

Sweet. I'm getting trolled by the site owner now.

Mom, I've made it! Your baby boy is all growed up!

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I wonder if that "Rockstar" d-bag is still on BBF? I haven't visited there in a long time.

Who was that? Or was "Rockstar" the name?

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I started out lurking at fanhome, then migrated to bbb.net/bbf.com and posted sporadically/lurked until s2 started. I came over here about a year before most of the blazer fan migration based on cpawfan being here. I came over and saw a few posters like ktrulez and speeds that I knee from a fantasy league we are in, and have been here ever since.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Who was that? Or was "Rockstar" the name?

His name was r-star.

 

[PapaG]

I came here because Hap/Dan had a meltdown in the BBF OT forum and started deleting posts that were critical of Obama. He then had other moderators start banning posters.

It was one of the greatest moderator meltdowns in internet history. This community has had problems with mods for as long as I can remember, but really, the current Blazer mods here are about the best we've had in my memory. I rarely bitch about them, so that says something, I guess.

 

[PapaG]

His name was r-star.

That's right. The Crazy Canuck.

 

[Wheels]

but really, the current Blazer mods here are about the best we've had in my memory. I rarely bitch about them, so that says something, I guess.

thats only cause Sly beat me in the Blazer Mod primaries in 2010

 

[PapaG]

thats only cause Sly beat me in the Blazer Mod primaries in 2010

Sly's a good mod. No real power trips out of him, ever. Unlike the first batch of mods we had here. barfo and then NateBishop. I mean, just horrible horrible moderators.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Sly's a good mod. No real power trips out of him, ever. Unlike the first batch of mods we had here. barfo and then NateBishop. I mean, just horrible horrible moderators.

Do the mods do much here? That's not a dig at them.... That's a serious question, because after the Nazis that had BBF on lockdown, this place seems like it's run by a bunch of damn hippies.

We can swear, we can post risque pictures, there are even some snarky remarks/digs made directly to posters, and it's okay (as long as it doesn't get too crazy). Hell, I was starting to feel like we couldn't even be sarcastic or make jokes about each other on BBF.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Sly's a good mod. No real power trips out of him, ever. Unlike the first batch of mods we had here. barfo and then NateBishop. I mean, just horrible horrible moderators.

LOL! Thanks for compliments.

I can kick most of your asses so there isn't really much to have power trips over.