Is OO No More????
Apr 12, 2008 10:45:07 GMT -5
Post by Lucky on Apr 12, 2008 10:45:07 GMT -5
1) Noone said he couldn't possibly have known this place existed, so calm down. We're saying we don't KNOW he knows it exists. And presuming that he found it in a google search or was told about it by one of the people talking to him (and seems like we're down to Matt in that department) seems presumptuous. Maybe he just never googled "Online Onslaught Forums" because he had no need to. I never did.
2) He DID let us know that it was just a mistake and that OO would be back. Through 2nd hand parties. I don't see why getting 1st hand information would have made any difference. I presume you had no reason to doubt Jeb, Thai, and Matt's sincerity.
3) No offense, but it sounds like its come back to us wanting Rick to stroke this board's ego. Because we're not some established mirror site or large community of OO posters. We're a tiny board of maybe 2 dozen posters he probably didn't know existed that ended up housing "refugees" when OO went down, most of whom will probably leave when OO comes back. Those refugees found this place mostly because they were seeking information, something Rick wouldn't have done because he has the information.
Noone's denying that it would have been "nice" for him to stop by. And noone's saying you think he "owed" us a visit. But between those two shouldn't the place he's at be "Meh, he didn't seek us out to placate us and he didn't do anything bad to us either, so I'm indifferent to his PR department." I mean, if this conversation took place is it really a dick move?
OOMatt: Hey, what happened to the site.
Rick: Company's screwing me around. They were sending the notices for renewal to an email address I don't have and now won't let me renew it without that address. Its a stupid bureaucratic mess.
OOMatt: That sucks. Glad to hear its not dead.
Rick: No, not dead. Working on it. Hopefully it will be back up soon.
OOMatt: Well I'll pass the word around as much as I can. There's a little board that some of the posters hang out at and are wondering about this so I'll stop by and tell them what happened.
Rick: Thanks.
OOMatt: Want to stop by yourself?
Rick: No, sounds like you have it taken care of.
2) He DID let us know that it was just a mistake and that OO would be back. Through 2nd hand parties. I don't see why getting 1st hand information would have made any difference. I presume you had no reason to doubt Jeb, Thai, and Matt's sincerity.
3) No offense, but it sounds like its come back to us wanting Rick to stroke this board's ego. Because we're not some established mirror site or large community of OO posters. We're a tiny board of maybe 2 dozen posters he probably didn't know existed that ended up housing "refugees" when OO went down, most of whom will probably leave when OO comes back. Those refugees found this place mostly because they were seeking information, something Rick wouldn't have done because he has the information.
Noone's denying that it would have been "nice" for him to stop by. And noone's saying you think he "owed" us a visit. But between those two shouldn't the place he's at be "Meh, he didn't seek us out to placate us and he didn't do anything bad to us either, so I'm indifferent to his PR department." I mean, if this conversation took place is it really a dick move?
OOMatt: Hey, what happened to the site.
Rick: Company's screwing me around. They were sending the notices for renewal to an email address I don't have and now won't let me renew it without that address. Its a stupid bureaucratic mess.
OOMatt: That sucks. Glad to hear its not dead.
Rick: No, not dead. Working on it. Hopefully it will be back up soon.
OOMatt: Well I'll pass the word around as much as I can. There's a little board that some of the posters hang out at and are wondering about this so I'll stop by and tell them what happened.
Rick: Thanks.
OOMatt: Want to stop by yourself?
Rick: No, sounds like you have it taken care of.