When Will JustJon Sell Off His Share of RFnet?

[Gvac]

We're all painfully aware that JustJon has zero interest in this web site anymore; not only does he rarely (if ever) post here, but he hasn't even logged on in over a week.

It's not like there's something preventing him from doing so, as he still Twitters every 3 minutes.

I figure it's only fair he sells the board to a real fan, not someone who just looks at it as a business opportunity and then abandons it for the latest fad.

Who do you think would be a good replacement?

[Marc with a c]

jeff

[led37zep]

underdog

[PD]

jeff

been there, done that.

[JPMNICK]

why should he sell it? maybe in a year he decides to refocus on it. I am sure he still does a lot of backend stuff we all don't know about it.

I have no idea if he makes money on it, but if he did that is even less reason to sell. That was a smart investment that brings in cash, why sell it off?

[Dude!]

what % does he own
and what is the
selling price?

[Gvac]

why should he sell it? maybe in a year he decides to refocus on it. I am sure he still does a lot of backend stuff we all don't know about it.

I have no idea if he makes money on it, but if he did that is even less reason to sell. That was a smart investment that brings in cash, why sell it off?

Really?

You don't think an owner should have an interest in his business?

Have you ever seen a professional sports team that gets bought by someone who looks at it as a business and has little interest in the product on the field?

[dino_electropolis]

Really?

You don't think an owner should have an interest in his business?

Have you ever seen a professional sports team that gets bought by someone who looks at it as a business and has little interest in the product on the field?

George W. Bush, proud former owner of the Texas Rangers.

[JPMNICK]

Really?

You don't think an owner should have an interest in his business?

Have you ever seen a professional sports team that gets bought by someone who looks at it as a business and has little interest in the product on the field?

No i really don't think so, if you are a smart owner of something, you put the right people in place to handle things for you. You audit at a high level. Why come here and deal with all this bullshit of the drama. I can totally see why he stays away, people fucking talk shit to him the whole time he is here. they bitch about everything from content, to the mods, the chatroom, site speeds, etc.

[Gvac]

George W. Bush, proud former owner of the Texas Rangers.

Exactly.

[Gvac]

Why come here and deal with all this bullshit of the drama. I can totally see why he stays away, people fucking talk shit to him the whole time he is here. they bitch about everything from content, to the mods, the chatroom, site speeds, etc.

That's part of the responsibility of ownership - catering to your customers.

If the product you're selling suffers, the customers go away.

The owner doesn't abandon a franchise and have it thrive.

[JPMNICK]

That's part of the responsibility of ownership - catering to your customers.

If the product you're selling suffers, the customers go away.

The owner doesn't abandon a franchise and have it thrive.

So you think the site was much better when John was here?

[Gvac]

So you think the site was much better when John was here?

I didn't say that.

[JPMNICK]

I didn't say that.

ok so then what is the difference to you or anyone here in your mind?

Do you want him to sell cause he is not here or do you want him to sell to get someone new in here who might make some of the changes that you want?

[styckx]

What's so wrong with this place anyway JustJon needs to give it up?

Can you read posts?

Can you post?

If the answer is yes to both. Who cares.

[TjM]

I can tell the poster now just from the titles

[silks]

I am sure he still does a lot of backend stuff we all don't know about it.

Hot.

[Gvac]

All of you with the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" mind set remind me of the American auto industry.

"Everything's fine! We're still the big 3!"

I think if you're not constantly growing, adapting, and improving your product is going to suffer.

That's all I'm saying.

I find it mind boggling that some of you think it's perfectly acceptable for someone to own a business (no matter how small or insignificant it may be) which they have zero interest in.

[boosterp]

What's so wrong with this place anyway JustJon needs to give it up?

Can you read posts?

Can you post?

If the answer is yes to both. Who cares.

Agreed.

[TheMojoPin]

All of you with the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" mind set remind me of the American auto industry.

"Everything's fine! We're still the big 3!"

I think if you're not constantly growing, adapting, and improving your product is going to suffer.

That's all I'm saying.

I find it mind boggling that some of you think it's perfectly acceptable for someone to own a business (no matter how small or insignificant it may be) which they have zero interest in.

What business is it of yours to decide what is acceptable when it comes to who owns this site?

Seriously, it would be one thing if the site ran poorly or didn't work, but when all is said and done it's been designed to run fine. It serves its purpose. Sure, some things could be upgraded like the chat room, but the essential parts all run smoothly most of them time.

[boosterp]

All of you with the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" mind set remind me of the American auto industry.

I find it mind boggling that some of you think it's perfectly acceptable for someone to own a business (no matter how small or insignificant it may be) which they have zero interest in.

The analogy you used is seriously flawed. How can you intelligently compare a fan site to the multibillion dollar auto industry. Especially in light of completely different business models.

[drjoek]

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[Ritalin]

Really?

You don't think an owner should have an interest in his business?

Have you ever seen a professional sports team that gets bought by someone who looks at it as a business and has little interest in the product on the field?

Rf.net: The Los Angeles Clippers of the Internet.

[Gvac]

What business is it of yours to decide what is acceptable when it comes to who owns this site?

Where did I say it was my business to decide who was acceptable?

I wondered when Jon would sell, seeing as he doesn't seem to be interested anymore.

I never said the prospective buyer needed my approval.

Please read more carefully.

[lleeder]

I hope he sells it to a group of Iranian investors. They're misunderstood but have hearts of gold.

[styckx]

A business? It's a fucking message board for a radio show. If just Jon opens a ronfez.net IPO I'll support your cause.

Growth? It's plugged constantly on the very show it exists for. I don't think you can reach a higher level of growth opportunity than that.

This thread is epically stupid. Just start a thread that says "I want to be the admin of ronfez.net and am over starting threads that bead around the bush of my desires"

[SatCam]

That's part of the responsibility of ownership - catering to your customers.

If the product you're selling suffers, the customers go away.

The owner doesn't abandon a franchise and have it thrive.

The problem is he doesnt make any money off of this site. And I cant imagine there is much he can do to improve that. So I imagine he is off doing things to help keep his bank account in the black instead of posting here.

There are no real problems that affect posting here at the site, so really as long as he is available if the site needs him that is all we need. Things like the chatroom...... those are secondary problems and they are not urgent. Im sure he will deal with them in due time. All other issues can be handled by mikeyboy et al.

im not speaking for jon or the site, but that is the way i see things
:smoke:

[Gvac]

A business? It's a fucking message board for a radio show. If just Jon opens a ronfez.net IPO I'll support your cause.

Growth? It's plugged constantly on the very show it exists for. I don't think you can reach a higher level of growth opportunity than that.

This thread is epically stupid. Just start a thread that says "I want to be the admin of ronfez.net and am over starting threads that bead around the bush of my desires"

Oy.

You are dumber than dirt.

Seriously.

If you don't understand things, just say so.

I'll explain it.

S I M P L Y and S L O W L Y.

I have no prejudices against the learning disabled.

[JPMNICK]

BTW none of the big three are owned by anyone who has remotely the power that just john does here. they are run by stock holders and board members who appoint people to run the company for them.

By your logic, a family business should be sold to the next generation as opposed to handed down and kicking back up to the older generation who put in the work to get it off the ground and lay the foundation?

Also, JJ did move this site from 1.1 to 2.0 which was a huge transition in a lot of different ways. he put a shitton of work into that. i mean i love mikeyboy as much as anyone on here, but no other admin on this site could have done what JJ did for this board in terms of getting it up and running. I am sure mikey would agree with that

[Furtherman]

that bead around the bush of my desires

Hot.





I think.

[Gvac]

I find it mind boggling that some of you think it's perfectly acceptable for someone to own a business (no matter how small or insignificant it may be) which they have zero interest in.

That's in the original quote, for all of you geniuses who keep saying "how can you compare a message board to an auto company???"

UNDERSTAND what you read.

See ALL of the words, not just what you want to.

[hammersavage]

Fiat

[Furtherman]

you genius.

Why, thank you Gvac! You 'ol smoothie!

[ToiletCrusher]

IPO

[styckx]

Nice answer. You keep making threads, posts, and pm's to mikeyboy about what is wrong with this place and I will continue to otherwise enjoy everything that isn't talking about what "allegedly" is wrong here.

The site doesn't crash, it's not full of trolls, moderated properly 95% of the time, has new topics spring up daily, friends are made, plugged on the show, server bills paid.

If the mayor of a town grants money to build a park for people, is he then obligated to use it just because he has a means to fund the building and maintenance of it?

[lleeder]

The problem is he doesnt make any money off of this site. And I cant imagine there is much he can do to improve that.

He should take Ron's advice and go after those Late Show advertisers that are a bit disgruntled.

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[Gvac]

Nice answer.

It was in response to your "nice post" in which you said the thread was "epically stupid."

I prefer discussing things rationally and logically, but if you want to go to a first grade level and name call, I'll oblige.

[SatCam]

That's in the original quote, for all of you geniuses who keep saying "how can you compare a message board to an auto company???"

UNDERSTAND what you read.

See ALL of the words, not just what you want to.

You can't compare this site to an auto company. You can compare a corner store to an auto company. But you CANNOT compare this site to a corporation. For starters, Jon does not make a profit! It is like comparing the Rotary Club to a Shop Rite. And the guy who pays for the meeting place of the club never shows up to the meetings because he is too busy doing more important things.

I cant imagine Jon ever thought of making money when he first joined up with Jeff/Carter. And because of that, RonFez.net is NOT a business! It may be incorporated but that is simply for tax/legal reasons.

Have you ever heard of a silent partner? "A silent partner is one who still shares in the profits and losses of the business, but who is uninvolved in its management, and/or whose association with the business is not publicly known." Now granted Jon is a little more visible than that, but I cant blame him for taking a step back. If he didnt have a username on the site and just handled the back end of things, this thread would never exist!!

[boosterp]

That's in the original quote, for all of you geniuses who keep saying "how can you compare a message board to an auto company???"

UNDERSTAND what you read.

See ALL of the words, not just what you want to.

You analogy of using the auto industry is still seriously flawed no matter the set up. If you want to compare business models to justify your opinion at least use something remotely similar such as IGN.

Also, using the replies in this tread it is obvious that there is GVAC fatigue pertaining to similar subjects in the past.

[JustJon]

I'm glad Gvac cares about my personal well being. I've been going thru a lot of personal shit over the last couple months, nothing I'm going to post here, but I did post it in the staff room, so they are aware of what I'm going thru.

I have been checking in on the site, keeping everything running, paying the bills, etc. that it takes to keep the site running, but have asked others to handle the day to day management in my place.

If you had any questions about my well being, you could have easily emailed or IMed me and asked, but that's not your M.O. You need to post publicly and try to cause trouble instead of talking to me privately. So keep stirring shit and promoting whatever agenda you may have, but leave me out of it.

[SatCam]

http://highbridnation.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bitch-slap.jpg

[EliSnow]

That's in the original quote, for all of you geniuses who keep saying "how can you compare a message board to an auto company???"

UNDERSTAND what you read.

See ALL of the words, not just what you want to.

Yes, you posted that there, but then later on you compare the site to the American auto industry or a major league sports team.

You can't blame people for being stupid, when its your posts that conflict with each other.

And the fact is that different businesses require different levels of attention to the business, especially if you have people to whom to delegate oversight. A car business has multiple competitors, has multiple models of cars that have to be developed every year for different types of buyers (rich, middle class, etc), has to deal with thousands of employees and unions, and has to be continously innovating. A messageboard is a different business model.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Really?

You don't think an owner should have an interest in his business?

Have you ever seen a professional sports team that gets bought by someone who looks at it as a business and has little interest in the product on the field?

this will only mean something to people who first got to drive their cars around paramus in the late 90's, but that kind of not caring from an owner is what turned places like sportsworld and speedway17 into unmaintained shitholes that deserved the demolition they eventually received.

[Tenbatsuzen]

It's funny, Gvac. There was a very interesting discourse on twitter over the current state of ronfez.net.

[boobieman]

God I hope Jerry Jones does not buy his part of RF.net. See his plastic face and dallas star every where. And he would want to cover up all the hot girls on the " The Hot Chick Pic Game V" thread. Cover Megan Fox's boobies with Dallas stars. (she is in every thread)

SEEYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAA

[jauble]

Nice answer. You keep making threads, posts, and pm's to mikeyboy about what is wrong with this place and I will continue to otherwise enjoy everything that isn't talking about what "allegedly" is wrong here.

The site doesn't crash, it's not full of trolls, moderated properly 95% of the time, has new topics spring up daily, friends are made, plugged on the show, server bills paid.

If the mayor of a town grants money to build a park for people, is he then obligated to use it just because he has a means to fund the building and maintenance of it?

We are in that 5%, some nice porn in the WW2 thread.

[styckx]

We are in that 5%, some nice porn in the WW2 thread.

:thumbup:

[grlNIN]

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Where should we set this up?

I'm thinking the Wrestling forum.

[boosterp]

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7173/09568415ih03jesuscarryi.png


Where should we set this up?

I'm thinking the Wrestling forum.

Does Gvac visit the Wrestling forum?

[grlNIN]

Does Gvac visit the Wrestling forum?

No one visits the Wrestling forum, thus the point.

[led37zep]

No one visits the Wrestling forum, thus the point.

We have a wrestling forum?

[Death Metal Moe]

I don't know, I just sit out of these discussions. I have no idea what Justjon does for the site, if he does shit behind the scenes, or whatever. I get people's frustrations at certain things on the board, believe me. I've been there.

But I've sat down to dinner with Justjon and he's a nice guy. Always been nice to me in emails too, so I hold no ill will.

Is he the best webmaster here? I guess not, but if the staff worked it out it's kinda their business. I still log on, post and leave like I always did. We fuck trolls up a little, discuss things and move on. So as far as I'm concerned, he's holding up his side of this.

[styckx]

Does Gvac visit the Wrestling forum?

No if he did he'd probably complain about.. Actually all we do is complain in the wrestling forum..

Nevermind carry on.

[boosterp]

We have a wrestling forum?

No if he did he'd probably complain about.. Actually all we do is complain in the wrestling forum..

Nevermind carry on.

That is one of the only forums I have never posted in.

[Hottub]

As Jon said, the board is running fine. The staff is taking care of business. There are no problems as far as the site is concerned.
JJ can easily be reached by any number of methods. AIM, Google, Twitter

Or even a simple phone call or text.

I love the great leap that was taken.:wallbash:
Jon has some personal stuff going on, therefor he must sell out. What the fuck, bro?
Take a few minutes and gather the facts before starting another baseless crusade. I know you have his number.
It's easy. Let me walk you through it.

"Hey Jon, you haven't been around much lately. Is everything O.K?"

Now I will let you jump on me for toeing the company line, and following orders, blah blah blah.

Talk about negativity.

[DolaMight]

fuck justjon. I want solely gvac coding here.

[Snoogans]

maybe if we throw in justjon's share of this board, along with buffalo, all of ohio and michigan, plus milwaukee and Bismark, we can get a few hundred bucks from canada

[boosterp]

maybe if we throw in justjon's share of this board, along with buffalo, all of ohio and michigan, plus milwaukee and Bismark, we can get a few hundred bucks from canada

Add West Haven, CT and I'll take that offer as a rep of Texas.

[Fallon]

Donald Trump just bought ronfez.net.

http://i41.tinypic.com/11axzs4.jpg

[Friday]

Donald Trump just bought ronfez.net.

http://i41.tinypic.com/11axzs4.jpg

:lol:

[Death Metal Moe]

Donald Trump just bought ronfez.net.

http://i41.tinypic.com/11axzs4.jpg

And it seems Jon used the money to get one of those owl necks put in so he can look behind himself. Sweet investment!

[boosterp]

And it seems Jon used the money to get one of those owl necks put in so he can look behind himself. Sweet investment!

Pastic surgery can be a bitch. :laugh:

[styckx]

Donald Trump just bought ronfez.net.

http://i41.tinypic.com/11axzs4.jpg

:clap: Fucking funny

[mikeyboy]

Fuck this. Where's my owl neck?

[boosterp]

Fuck this. Where's my owl neck?

Hippo ate it when eating the rest of the owl.

[Death Metal Moe]

Fuck this. Where's my owl neck?

It seems you have nothing to sell The Donald, so you don't get one.

Good news is Donald will still need a lot of you to run the day to day goings on here so during the next Ronfez.net Pay Per View event, "Bash at the E-Beach," you will be named the new Ronfez.net Commissioner.

Unfortunately, it will be short lived as GVAC will do a run in with Blowhard and beat your candy ass.

[mikeyboy]

Dag. Websites are hard.

[Tenbatsuzen]

Dag. Websites are hard.

"Mikeyboy is a fucking pussy." - Missy

[Tenbatsuzen]

Donald Trump just bought ronfez.net.

http://i41.tinypic.com/11axzs4.jpg

Needs hot daughter with giant implants.

[mikeyboy]

"Mikeyboy is a fucking pussy." - Missy

Don't make me shoot the messenger.

[styckx]

Needs hot daughter with giant implants.

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[Death Metal Moe]

Dag. Websites are hard.

Not really, that just sets you up to be my new Tag Team partner as we do a 3 month long feud with them to a lead up title bout at "Big ASS Bash 09" where you and I become the new champs.

Then I'll develop an Oxycontin addiction and you'll be commissioner again.

[boosterp]

Don't make me shoot the messenger.

I like Matty, but I am all about shooting Kill Him!

[Snoogans]

Add West Haven, CT and I'll take that offer as a rep of Texas.

Fuck, you can have all of CT for all I care

[styckx]

How about we just toss in Vermont and make everyone happy

[boosterp]

Fuck, you can have all of CT for all I care

East Haven is actually nice, West Haven is ghetto. I thought I could add West Haven to outside the loop of Dallas. The rest of CT, fuck you the deal may be off.

[boosterp]

How about we just toss in Vermont and make everyone happy

Vermont, I can't even get 20 off of it on Ebay.

[Death Metal Moe]

New Hampshire on the other hand is worth at least 400 just due to Sleeves alone.

[monkfish]

Vermont, I can't even get 20 off of it on Ebay.

Vermont demands a reacharound.

East Haven is nice, but only when compared to West Haven.
Their school mascot is still pretty cool though (a mean blue and yellow bee.)
My favorite East Haven moment - meeting Chico Resch.

[monkfish]

New Hampshire on the other hand is worth at least 400 just due to Sleeves alone.

I've looked high and low in local phone books and have yet to find a single "Sleeves" in the white pages. I think he's actually pulling a "Pump Up the Volume" operation and broadcasting out of Maine. :)

[Death Metal Moe]

I've looked high and low in local phone books and have yet to find a single "Sleeves" in the white pages. I think he's actually pulling a "Pump Up the Volume" operation and broadcasting out of Maine. :)

He's right there, in the heart of Lemon.

Look again.

[TheMojoPin]

Where did I say it was my business to decide who was acceptable?

I wondered when Jon would sell, seeing as he doesn't seem to be interested anymore.

I never said the prospective buyer needed my approval.

Please read more carefully.

You said it was mind boggling to you how many people find the way the board is run perfectly acceptable, implying that anyone thinking along those lines is in the wrong. With that single statement you decreed what you thought was acceptable and anyone thinking otherwise was "mind boggling" to you.

Besides, why does the owner have to sell the site if they simply don't want to post or lurk on a regular basis? Jon has never made himself unavailable if needed. He's easily found on IM. He can always be e-mailed with board needs and responds quickly. Just because he's not logged in doesn't mean he's seperated from the board.

The owner of the site doesn't have to be an active member on it. This is not saying that your ideas of how a board should be run by its owners aren't valid...I'm just saying that it's not necessarily a bad thing if our owner isn't a regular member so long as he can be easily reached.

[spoon]

No i really don't think so, if you are a smart owner of something, you put the right people in place to handle things for you. You audit at a high level. Why come here and deal with all this bullshit of the drama. I can totally see why he stays away, people fucking talk shit to him the whole time he is here. they bitch about everything from content, to the mods, the chatroom, site speeds, etc.

And those customers are right!

[TheMojoPin]

And those customers are right!

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[spoon]

The problem is he doesnt make any money off of this site. And I cant imagine there is much he can do to improve that. So I imagine he is off doing things to help keep his bank account in the black instead of posting here.

There are no real problems that affect posting here at the site, so really as long as he is available if the site needs him that is all we need. Things like the chatroom...... those are secondary problems and they are not urgent. Im sure he will deal with them in due time. All other issues can be handled by mikeyboy et al.

im not speaking for jon or the site, but that is the way i see things
:smoke:

Like living in your mother's house until 40?! Yep, ur right!

And how off can one be....holy fuck.

[Hottub]

Please get your facts straight before slandering a person's name.

[styckx]

How anyone takes any messageboard, let alone this one, this seriously, is mesmerizing.

[spoon]

Yes, you posted that there, but then later on you compare the site to the American auto industry or a major league sports team.

You can't blame people for being stupid, when its your posts that conflict with each other.

And the fact is that different businesses require different levels of attention to the business, especially if you have people to whom to delegate oversight. A car business has multiple competitors, has multiple models of cars that have to be developed every year for different types of buyers (rich, middle class, etc), has to deal with thousands of employees and unions, and has to be continously innovating. A messageboard is a different business model.

HOLY FUCK.

Are you all so stupid that you can't understand his comparison and what level it was made. It was simply to say ronfez.net is stagnant just like the auto industry and it needs an owner or ownership group who is not only involved but gives two fucks. It's actually pretty simple.

[TheMojoPin]

HOLY FUCK.

Are you all so stupid that you can't understand his comparison and what level it was made. It was simply to say ronfez.net is stagnant just like the auto industry and it needs an owner or ownership group who is not only involved but gives two fucks. It's actually pretty simple.

And it's a ridiculous analogy. The board isn't "stagnant." It doesn't need to constantly evolve. It's a fucking message board for a radio show. It works fine. Boom, great. It's not failing like the auto industry. Is it perfect? Of course not. Stuff like the chat room could be upgraded, but even that is inconsequential to the main functions of the message board which work just fine.

[spoon]

As Jon said, the board is running fine. The staff is taking care of business. There are no problems as far as the site is concerned.
JJ can easily be reached by any number of methods. AIM, Google, Twitter

Or even a simple phone call or text.

I love the great leap that was taken.:wallbash:
Jon has some personal stuff going on, therefor he must sell out. What the fuck, bro?
Take a few minutes and gather the facts before starting another baseless crusade. I know you have his number.
It's easy. Let me walk you through it.

"Hey Jon, you haven't been around much lately. Is everything O.K?"

Now I will let you jump on me for toeing the company line, and following orders, blah blah blah.

Talk about negativity.

You know what Hottub, fuck that bullshit you just wrote. Justjon used the same bullshit excuse when he banned me for saying twitter sucked. Also, if it was such an issue, which we all have in our lives, it sure didn't hurt his twittering.

[styckx]

I keep noticing a trend

People saying this board is dying, not growing, blah blah blah, but I never see their awesome ideas to turn this into the next Google or some shit.

Vbulletin is in 2009 as WWIV was in 1995. Get a grip. This is as good as it gets.

[TheMojoPin]

You know what Hottub, fuck that bullshit you just wrote. Justjon used the same bullshit excuse when he banned me for saying twitter sucked. Also, if it was such an issue, which we all have in our lives, it sure didn't hurt his twittering.

Lord knows I've taken my shots at Jon over the years, but harping on the Twitter thing like it's somehow detrimental to the board is beyond redundant at this point. Again, he can be easily reached through e-mail and IM, same as if he was logging on to the board more often. If there was an actual problem that was detrimental to the board being able to run we can contact him the same as before (plus some of the staff can call him if need be). The Twitter stuff is meaningless. He doesn't have to be here a set amount of time.

[Snoogans]

The only time Jon cares about this board is when he is tryin to use it, and failing, to get laid by some waitress at the bar we went to

[spoon]

The only time Jon cares about this board is when he is tryin to use it, and failing, to get laid by some waitress at the bar we went to

"you know, i set this whole event up..."

[Snoogans]

"you know, i set this whole event up..."

"yea, great.....you need a drink or what?"

[spoon]

"yea, great.....you need a drink or what?"

"Yah well, how you doing tonight. I know Ron and Fez personally."

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[Snoogans]

"Yah well, how you doing tonight. I know Ron and Fez personally."

http://media.knoxnews.com/kns/content/img/photos/2007/08/08/0809suit4_t220.jpg

What did Jon pick up a rug?


MAURY'S WIGS NEVER COME OFF

[spoon]

This better!?

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[boosterp]

Vermont demands a reacharound.

East Haven is nice, but only when compared to West Haven.
Their school mascot is still pretty cool though (a mean blue and yellow bee.)
My favorite East Haven moment - meeting Chico Resch.

Ever fly into Connecticut? You'd wish your plane had crashed. That fucking town (Hartford?) by the airport is nice driving into it until you get to the mall and realize how bad it sucks. Fuck that shit hole state.

[~Katja~]

What business is it of yours to decide what is acceptable when it comes to who owns this site?

Seriously, it would be one thing if the site ran poorly or didn't work, but when all is said and done it's been designed to run fine. It serves its purpose. Sure, some things could be upgraded like the chat room, but the essential parts all run smoothly most of them time.

sounds plenty flawed and ignored for a long time to me... most of the time is not really acceptable

I don't care if Jon signs on or not as the (or one of the) owner(s) here... or even posts... but if things get brought up over and over by the members posting... wouldn't it be in his best interest to work on having it fixed or made better? After all, it is like a virtual business card with his name all over it... and it's not looking too good when you look at it closer.

[ToiletCrusher]

maybe if we throw in justjon's share of this board, along with buffalo, all of ohio and michigan, plus milwaukee and Bismark, we can get a few hundred bucks from canada

I know a shitty deal when I see one. Leave me and my city out of this.

rf.net drags my value way down.

[frye hole]

He should take Ron's advice and go after those Late Show advertisers that are a bit disgruntled.

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[GreatAmericanZero]

I'm glad Gvac cares about my personal well being. I've been going thru a lot of personal shit over the last couple months, nothing I'm going to post here, but I did post it in the staff room, so they are aware of what I'm going thru.

I have been checking in on the site, keeping everything running, paying the bills, etc. that it takes to keep the site running, but have asked others to handle the day to day management in my place.

If you had any questions about my well being, you could have easily emailed or IMed me and asked, but that's not your M.O. You need to post publicly and try to cause trouble instead of talking to me privately. So keep stirring shit and promoting whatever agenda you may have, but leave me out of it.

good luck dealing with your personal things! Do what you gotta do, life should always come before a radio fansite/messageboard

[TheMojoPin]

sounds plenty flawed and ignored for a long time to me... most of the time is not really acceptable

I don't care if Jon signs on or not as the (or one of the) owner(s) here... or even posts... but if things get brought up over and over by the members posting... wouldn't it be in his best interest to work on having it fixed or made better? After all, it is like a virtual business card with his name all over it... and it's not looking too good when you look at it closer.

I said "most of the time" as a caveat to the slowdowns when we have to access the control panel, particuarly to do IP checks. That's a basically a "necessary evil" given the template that the board uses. You essentially have to make some choices: the site doesn't generate very much money so you have to go with a model that both works on a regular basis and is affordable. In those terms I think the site works very well. You have the slowdowns that lock things up for a few minutes, but is that really a serious problem? It's not like the site is going down for sustained periods of times. For a free message board of this size that allows all of the photos, .gifs. videos and so-on that it does it runs very well.

The other recognizable "problem" is the chat room, but that's due to the setup by service that hosts the chat room, not anything we actually have here. We're exploring cost-effective replacements and it's there in the meantime (and despite the hype it's not giving people's compurters viruses) as the non-essential option that it's always been.

None of that is ignored: it's fully recognized as being the best option right now given the cost of the site. New owners aren't going to want to invest more money and time (that latter only if they can do the the tech stuff themselves. If not, they have to pay other people to do it, which just ups the costs even more) into a free website that isn't going to turn that money around, which is the key point. Free message boards of this size have a ceiling as to how "perfectly" they can run. Unless we REALLY bomb the place with ads and install things like pop-ups and start selling e-mail addresses and so on, you have to work with the money available.

[Space Edge]

FWIW JustJon has been asking around if there is a chat hack that is available for this version of Vbull.

[styckx]

Mojo is correct, most of those vbulletin chats are nothing more then an integrated client connecting to an outside service. Most of them really suck a lot. (look at the STI chatbox. That's how most of them are) I have never really seen a good vbull chat. Most are slow featureless and relay traffic from where ever they are connecting to back to the board causing inflated guess counts sometimes into the 1000's. Not really guests, just relayed traffic.

[Space Edge]

Mojo is correct, most of those vbulletin chats are nothing more then an integrated client connecting to an outside service. Most of them really suck a lot. (look at the STI chatbox. That's how most of them are) I have never really seen a good vbull chat. Most are slow featureless and relay traffic from where ever they are connecting to back to the board causing inflated guess counts sometimes into the 1000's. Not really guests, just relayed traffic.

There are always a few people complaining here about how this place is run and how some of the features don't work correctly I would love to see them try and figure this shit out.

[disneyspy]

There are always a few people complaining here about how this place is run and how some of the features don't work correctly I would love to see them try and figure this shit out.

at least this place doesnt go down everyday(usually right before the show started)

[styckx]

There are always a few people complaining here about how this place is run and how some of the features don't work correctly I would love to see them try and figure this shit out.

Exactly, and Vbull is notorious for being one of the hardest to work with and have the steepest learning curve.

People make livings doing Vbulletin maintenance

http://www.installvbulletin.info/professional-vbulletin-services/vbulletin-maintenance-services/

$50.00 a month they ask to maintain and run Vbulletin for you.

Then there are people who make livings doing custom work for Vbulletin messageboards

http://www.minerskinz.com/service.html

$250 - $1000 for a custom design.

These are just two sites but there are plenty of them out there. Running, maintaining, and fixing this shit isn't a cake walk.

[Sinestro]

There are always a few people complaining here about how this place is run and how some of the features don't work correctly I would love to see them try and figure this shit out.


What's so hard about logging on? Anyone can do it.:wink:

[disneyspy]

What's so hard about logging on? Anyone can do it.:wink:

i once thought i was banned for a week cuz i couldnt log on

[Space Edge]

Exactly, and Vbull is notorious for being one of the hardest to work with and have the steepest learning curve.

People make livings doing Vbulletin maintenance

http://www.installvbulletin.info/professional-vbulletin-services/vbulletin-maintenance-services/

$50.00 a month they ask to maintain and run Vbulletin for you.

Then there are people who make livings doing custom work for Vbulletin messageboards

http://www.minerskinz.com/service.html

$250 - $1000 for a custom design.

These are just two sites but there are plenty of them out there. Running, maintaining, and fixing this shit isn't a cake walk.

Exactly install a hack like Ispy for example then install a chat hack and a blog hack next thing you know the Ispy hack gets a update but the updated Ispy hack isn't compatible with the chat hack or the blog hack. I'd love to see any of the people that constantly complain give the webmaster thing a shot it would be interesting to watch.

[styckx]

Exactly install a hack like Ispy for example then install a chat hack and a blog hack next thing you know the Ispy hack gets a update but the updated Ispy hack isn't compatible with the chat hack or the blog hack. I'd love to see any of the people that constantly complain give the webmaster thing a shot it would be interesting to watch.

I doubt most would even be able to get past installing vbull itself. I've installed, and played with all the major ones, Vbull, SMF (the best) phpbb etc. Vbulletin easily has the roughest install process out of all of them.

[Sinestro]

I doubt most would even be able to get past installing vbull itself. I've installed, and played with all the major ones, Vbull, SMF (the best) phpbb etc. Vbulletin easily has the roughest install process out of all of them.

You mean there is more to this board than just logging on and posting away??

[epo]

maybe if we throw in justjon's share of this board, along with buffalo, all of ohio and michigan, plus milwaukee and Bismark, we can get a few hundred bucks from canada

You sir are an asshole. An asshole I tells ya!

[Tenbatsuzen]

I have a solution if anyone wants to hear it.

[mikeyboy]

nope

[disneyspy]

people that eat bloody pizza have no room to talk

[styckx]

wtf is bloody pizza?

[mikeyboy]

wtf is bloody pizza?

Matty losing his shit (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=81537)

[disneyspy]

wtf is bloody pizza?

apparantly its the kind of pizza they serve at subways in NJ

[A.J.]

East Haven is actually nice, West Haven is ghetto. I thought I could add West Haven to outside the loop of Dallas. The rest of CT, fuck you the deal may be off.

There's an old joke about the "Stavens": "How do you drive from Italy to Africa? Across the Q Bridge." Well, I guess it's the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge now or something to that effect.

Ever fly into Connecticut? You'd wish your plane had crashed. That fucking town (Hartford?) by the airport is nice driving into it until you get to the mall and realize how bad it sucks. Fuck that shit hole state.

That would be Enfield. But Hartford does suck.


That "shit hole state" is the 3rd richest state in the country. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_the_United_States_by_income)

[EliSnow]

That would be Enfield. But Hartford does suck.

Yes, it does. But the suburbs are really nice.

[sink]

Who is Just Jon?

[weekapaugjz]

I have a solution if anyone wants to hear it.

I'd love to hear it. Does it revolve around you?

[styckx]

Who is Just Jon?

The Tits of ronfez.net, except he owns part of the site and doesn't break shit.

[sailor]

The Tits of ronfez.net, except he owns part of the site and doesn't break shit.

tits is good, right?

[sink]

The Tits of ronfez.net, except he owns part of the site and doesn't break shit.

Well, without my man tits, our shithole of a board would crumble. It's not like any of the admins know how to do shit besides delete users.

Tits has skills, just ask him about that SQL injection.

[sink]

tits is good, right?

Tits rules and has a very hot chick with nice tits.

[disneyspy]

Well, without my man tits, our shithole of a board would crumble. It's not like any of the admins know how to do shit besides delete users.

Tits has skills, just ask him about that SQL injection.

your site is great,its given me some good chuckles,i would like to thank your titts

[styckx]

I love how everyone thinks someone other then the actual owner owns that place

[WampusCrandle]

so, any word on when JustJon is gonna sell out? (double entendre, people)

[sink]

I love how everyone thinks someone other then the actual owner owns that place

He's evil and I love it

[Friday]

i like Tits too :wub:

[Gvac]

Tee hee hee.

It's too easy.

[WampusCrandle]

Tee hee hee.

It's too easy.

that's what i hear.