i miss the old days of this forum

head_strong · 07-19-09, 02:13 AM

funny but true....

Shortstop · 07-19-09, 02:20 AM

Headstrong, is East Carolina your alma mater?

ryanspeer2001 · 07-19-09, 02:24 AM

You nailed it buddy. I still love SBR but I miss the old(ish) days.

UntilTheNDofTimE · 07-19-09, 02:26 AM

hey ryan u get any of my emails i got 2 spots left

tltaylor89 · 07-19-09, 02:26 AM

True

Dark Horse · 07-19-09, 02:30 AM

class of 2008 talking about the old days. I must be getting old.

Where the f*ck is the original cast?

tacomax · 07-19-09, 02:31 AM

The old days? Everyone posting in this thread joined no more than a year (plus a few months) ago. If you want, I'll tell you about the real old days.

tacomax · 07-19-09, 02:32 AM

Everyone aside from DH, of course. Sharper to the trigger than me it would seem.

ryanspeer2001 · 07-19-09, 02:53 AM

While it is true I joined in early 08' I know I'm not an old timer but I have been lurking since the end of 2006 and into 2007. I had never been into posting on forums but was much an observer. I just feel as if things have changed so much and not for the better.

Untiltheendoftime, Yes I received your emails but god's honest truth I can't afford a spot right now and I could not pay you to the first week of September (I get paid monthly). I would love to be in your league again though.

MrMonkey · 07-19-09, 02:54 AM

Originally posted by tacomax

The old days? Everyone posting in this thread joined no more than a year (plus a few months) ago. If you want, I'll tell you about the real old days.

Taco, before I go to bed, please tell me a bedtime story of the old days? Really like to know!

UntilTheNDofTimE · 07-19-09, 02:55 AM

Originally posted by ryanspeer2001

While it is true I joined in early 08' I know I'm not an old timer but I have been lurking since the end of 2006 and into 2007. I had never been into posting on forums but was much an observer. I just feel as if things have changed so much and not for the better.

Untiltheendoftime, Yes I received your emails but god's honest truth I can't afford a spot right now and I could not pay you to the first week of September (I get paid monthly). I would love to be in your league again though.

honestly the money sits in the paypal account if you wanted to it wouldnt be a issue for me, even tho the draft is in 3 weeks the season dosent start til september 9th so id have a week to boot you,

ryanspeer2001 · 07-19-09, 03:27 AM

I think that can be arranged. I'm not going to no-pay you like that one guy in the league pulled. It is all just a matter of having extra money for the Bash next month and starting School 2nd week of September. I may send you half first week of August and then rest first week of September. Either way we'll figure it out. This thread isn't the spot for it lol. I"m waiting for one of us to get flamed or worse modded for talking about money.

UntilTheNDofTimE · 07-19-09, 03:32 AM

sent you a pm, yea before willie bee gives us a warning,

PAPSMEAR · 07-19-09, 03:41 AM

You guys sound like my demented grandfather who talks about his old war stories and the depression. Live for here and now and the future not the past

ryanspeer2001 · 07-19-09, 04:03 AM

I don't intend to lament on the past, just merely comment about how things have transgressed.

If I didn't like how things are here and now. I just wouldn't be here. But I still enjoy this place and swing by everyday multiple times.

jjgold · 07-19-09, 07:30 AM

Move on forums change every 4 months or so and take many different directions, no forum stays the same

I love how guys some guys want every thread to be what a 2 team parlay pays, what is a scalp, ect, ect

Site would be gone then, like it or not non gambling threads average the most posts per thread

Flying Dutchman · 07-19-09, 07:34 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

Move on forums change every 4 months or so and take many different directions, no forum stays the same

I love how guys some guys want every thread to be what a 2 team parlay pays, what is a scalp, ect, ect

Site would be gone then, like it or not non gambling threads average the most posts per thread

This is why SBR hired on us ghosts...

Dammit JJ, where the fvk is my check!!??!!

jjgold · 07-19-09, 07:44 AM

Thread starters like this should direct their energy to starting gambling threads, ect if they are so concerned. Instead the just are negative and they hurt themselves and the boards.

paco · 07-19-09, 07:48 AM

I actually spend more time in Players talk and i tgink the material is fine for the most part

Nicky Santoro · 07-19-09, 08:16 AM

until, i hate to admit it, but you are 100% right.. this forum is not the same anymore. i made a search of last summer compared to today and it is day and night the diff.. last summer, close to 15% of the topics were gambling related.. today, under 3% are gambling related.. things have indeed changed. this place is like an MSN chat room now.. no one wants to talk gambling anymore.. too much clutter in the forum. and i know if i made a gambling thread, i know for a fact it would get to the bottom of the page in 3 hrs.. no one here wants to talk about gambling and #'s anymore. i would love to talk gambling now, but i know no one would care here. this place really sucks now..

this forum has really changed for the worst.. sbr is not what it used to be..

until, great post, you said exactly what was on my mind.. posting at sbr now is not as fun as it used to be....

Mudcat · 07-19-09, 08:55 AM

Originally posted by Dark Horse

class of 2008 talking about the old days. I must be getting old.

Where the f*ck is the original cast?

Shhhh. We need to just listen and learn from these vets.

pavyracer · 07-19-09, 09:01 AM

I believe MySBRForum ruined everything. People post picks in spreadsheets now or blogs or go to chat and talk. The days of good discussion threads about picks are gone now. The influx of young immature paid posters has turned off all the old time good cappers as well as the likes of DacBietViet, CrazyLou etc with their -500 locks who lose daily. SBR is actually the joke of forumville in terms of actual capping discussion. Where all other forums are the Wall Street Journal SBR is the supermarket gossip tabloid.

Flying Dutchman · 07-19-09, 09:05 AM

Originally posted by Nicky Santoro

until, i hate to admit it, but you are 100% right.. this forum is not the same anymore. i made a search of last summer compared to today and it is day and night the diff.. last summer, close to 15% of the topics were gambling related.. today, under 3% are gambling related.. things have indeed changed. this place is like an MSN chat room now.. no one wants to talk gambling anymore.. too much clutter in the forum. and i know if i made a gambling thread, i know for a fact it would get to the bottom of the page in 3 hrs.. no one here wants to talk about gambling and #'s anymore. i would love to talk gambling now, but i know no one would care here. this place really sucks now..

this forum has really changed for the worst.. sbr is not what it used to be..

until, great post, you said exactly what was on my mind.. posting at sbr now is not as fun as it used to be....

LISTEN UP DICKHEADS!!!!!

IF YOU WANT TO POST PICKS, POST THEM IN THE PICKS FORUMS UNDER THE CORRECT HEADING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Players Talk is for JJ's videos....oh, and bashing people, like you!

head_strong · 07-19-09, 10:00 AM

Originally posted by Shortstop

Headstrong, is East Carolina your alma mater?

Of course....how did you guess

HAPPY BOY · 07-19-09, 10:09 AM

old days.... 05 thats the old days and yes I was here day 1 and its true this forum has gone through changes some i love some I dont. we also lost some great ORIGINAL posters, but I think its still the best around and a great help to gamblers. Since Ive been on here I only use recommended books and have had no more payout problems. I also met some friends on here.

jjgold · 07-19-09, 10:11 AM

Bashers are cancers to a forum.

Guys that do try and change things here even if not happy are winners.

UntilTheNDofTimE · 07-19-09, 10:25 AM

Originally posted by Nicky Santoro

until, i hate to admit it, but you are 100% right.. this forum is not the same anymore. i made a search of last summer compared to today and it is day and night the diff.. last summer, close to 15% of the topics were gambling related.. today, under 3% are gambling related.. things have indeed changed. this place is like an MSN chat room now.. no one wants to talk gambling anymore.. too much clutter in the forum. and i know if i made a gambling thread, i know for a fact it would get to the bottom of the page in 3 hrs.. no one here wants to talk about gambling and #'s anymore. i would love to talk gambling now, but i know no one would care here. this place really sucks now..

this forum has really changed for the worst.. sbr is not what it used to be..

until, great post, you said exactly what was on my mind.. posting at sbr now is not as fun as it used to be....

you act like im not right on with most of my posts, im more of a realist i dont participate in the childish antics around here. i agree things have to change but now this forum is almost like a sorority and anyone new they treat like shit, i mean you and JJ have to take every new poster under your arms just for them to last through the first 2 weeks,

Bread · 07-19-09, 10:31 AM

Sorry I wasn't around for the "old days."

In '05 I was busy banging broads. My last hurrah before getting married.

Actually, now that I think about it, I miss the "old days" too.

jackpot269 · 07-19-09, 10:45 AM

Originally posted by Bread

Sorry I wasn't around for the "old days."

In '05 I was busy banging broads. My last hurrah before getting married.

Actually, now that I think about it, I miss the "old days" too.

Now thats what i call the "Good ole Days"

Bread · 07-19-09, 10:47 AM

LOL. My current days are pretty damn good as well.

And as for the "old timers" who stuck around, I'm glad that Taco, Muddy and Happy are amongst them. Solid fellows.

jackpot269 · 07-19-09, 10:59 AM

Originally posted by HAPPY BOY

old days.... 05 thats the old days and yes I was here day 1 and its true this forum has gone through changes some i love some I dont. we also lost some great ORIGINAL posters, but I think its still the best around and a great help to gamblers. Since Ive been on here I only use recommended books and have had no more payout problems. I also met some friends on here.

Not many great posters like Happy Boy (new or old) but i guess it takes all kinds to make it interesting new and old and some in the middle. It makes sbr a great PLACE to be. IMO

capitalist pig · 07-19-09, 11:05 AM

I dont ever remember it ever being any different, just the usual new cast of characters/ghosts every few months or so.

later

InTheHole · 07-19-09, 11:21 AM

Originally posted by Bread

Sorry I wasn't around for the "old days."

In '05 I was busy banging broads. My last hurrah before getting married.

Actually, now that I think about it, I miss the "old days" too.

I am on here and still banging broads.

Robyn · 07-19-09, 11:24 AM

Question. The many, many other forums and categories on SBR....do you guys ever venture in there? Why do you stick to Players Talk (the off topic forum of SBR) if you can't stand the antics that take place? I never, ever, ever, ever, EVER understand posts like this.

You want to bet on a baseball game and want some serious advice? Click here http://forum.sbrforum.com/baseball-handicapping/

If you want to surround yourself with sharp handicappers, click here http://forum.sbrforum.com/handicapper-think-tank/ .

Whatever sbrforum.com used to be, it has evolved. Message boards have to evolve, otherwise they die out. Either get with the program or get the fuck out.