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DeadHamster wrote:SourceGuy's being ridiculous. He ruined the site, drove it into the ground, changed everything that made this site great all without even mentioning any ideas to the community. And now he wants I_F to pay for everything he messed up, so that I_F can do him the favor of taking it off his hands?

Here's how I see it, SG, you're fucked. You're trying to make a profit off of a site, and you can't do it. It's not possible. No matter what you do here, you won't be able to profit from it. People aren't going to click ads just because you shove them in our faces. While I might have when Gren had the site for to help him out, I would never do that for you, because you have no care for the site. You don't listen to members who said what you did wrong, you ignore suggestions to make the site better and push your own agenda. You screwed over all the lasting staff and rearranged the entire administration. You ruined this site.

/angry rant

DeadHamster wrote:Set up a new one somewhere else, screw that. That's completely ridiculous.

Iron_Forge wrote:OK, an update to where we stand...Source was kind enough to contact me regarding the transference of the site...After Gren gave (key word there) him the site, SourceGuy bought two servers, one of which he managed to break...These are apparently the really good kind of servers that don't come with warranty...He doesn't pay to host it, since he hosts it himself (one of the reasons I recommended Gren transfer the site to him), however he feels he's put alot of effort into the site, to which I can only assume he means to alienate the majority its members...Course, I've put alot of effort into the site over the years too, but that was out of the kindness of my heart for the community, not because I'm a greedy whore...

That being said, the site is as good as mine, as long as I'm willing to compensate SourceGuy for the two servers he purchased (including the one he broke), and his efforts thus far...He's going to sleep on it to come up with a value for that...Should I not be willing to pay that value, he'll hold onto the site until it at least breaks even for him with the pitiful ad revenue he somehow expected to be miraculous...I hope you all like pop-unders and banners with virii...I hear those pay the best...

We'll have to wait till tomorrow to see what the damage in theory is going to be to my wallet...Couple of things, should I obtain the site, banners will just go away...There might be a small google ad near the top if I can incorporate it well, but ads are all but pointless anyways, and I'd rather have a happy community...I will also be looking for a development crew...I have several good ideas on how to build on the community feel and draw in new members to the community without trying to become a generic modding site, or something else that we're not...Think along the lines of building the community we have to be a great place to be and hang out, without forgetting where we came from...

Here's crossing our toes that all works out...