Modern Buddy

Modern Vespa is temporarily closed while we deal with an infestation of bratty children who should really know better. Come back tomorrow.

hacked?

LOL

That's really lame

I don't get why people hack nice little fun sites. If you want to show your madd skillz go hack some government or Scientology sites.

Becktastic wrote:That's really lame

I don't get why people hack nice little fun sites. If you want to show your madd skillz go hack some government or Scientology sites.

Or sarah palin?

edit: Damnit Eric

Not hacked. Actually closed for business for the day.

Not hacked. I got fed up with all the infantile adults sniping at each other. It's offline until I convince myself that there's any point to keeping it up.

what were they fighting about?

Becktastic wrote:what were they fighting about?

Nothing. Stupid, pointless, juvenile, nothing.

jess wrote:Not hacked. I got fed up with all the infantile adults sniping at each other. It's offline until I convince myself that there's any point to keeping it up.

ok sorry jess i wasn't sure, glad to see you on the buddy boards. you know there are a lot of scooter nerds out there wondering what they'll do with all that spare time if you shut MV down.

Wow... I was kinda thinking it was more about some of the postings than an actual hack attack. Been watching a few get outta control the last week or so. But shut down the entire site? That is not the answer... just weed out the wienies messing it up for the normal people with self control.

What is there about the internet that emboldens particular people to let loose with the insults and put downs that they would otherwise never do in face to face situations? I am sure there are reams of stats and research to explain it, but it still puzzles the hell outta me.

Hope you decide to keep M/V going dude... but you gotta figure out if it is worth it to you I guess.

Good luck!

Ted

Bickering "children" can get old very quickly.

Nothing like a smack with a banhammer for a few days to straighten them out, sometimes

jess wrote:Not hacked. I got fed up with all the infantile adults sniping at each other. It's offline until I convince myself that there's any point to keeping it up.

Welcome back....but sorry things have degenerated to this point.

I hope MBers take something from this.

Hey, Jess, what's up? Nice to see you. Have a nice Cannonball? It was particularly exciting from the sidelines. Inspiring, even.

well I hope nothing like that happens here. We should have a disaster plan..maybe go to the Clay Aiken forum or something. I say ban the troublemakers taking note of their IP addresses.

Steady Teddy wrote:Wow... I was kinda thinking it was more about some of the postings than an actual hack attack. Been watching a few get outta control the last week or so. But shut down the entire site? That is not the answer... just weed out the wienies messing it up for the normal people with self control.

Yeah, been doing that for a couple of years. Kind of over it. It's a no-win situation, really. If I let everyone bicker, the site degenerates into a ScooterBBS-like state of poo-flinging. If I come down hard, M@ gets to call me "Li'l Hitler" and I generally get vilified as some kind of anti-free-speech control freak.

As it is, I get both poo-flinging and vilification simultaneously. Fun!

peabody99 wrote:well I hope nothing like that happens here. We should have a disaster plan..maybe go to the Clay Aiken forum or something. I say ban the troublemakers taking note of their IP addresses.

Nothing to worry about on MB right now.

All quiet on the Buddy front. As long as people stop posting about the candidates. Especially you know who. Sarah Palin.

ericalm wrote:Hey, Jess, what's up? Nice to see you. Have a nice Cannonball? It was particularly exciting from the sidelines. Inspiring, even.

Yeah, it was fun. Well... actually it was hard work and a grueling race, but I'm certainly not sorry I did it. In retrospect, though, it would have been nice to have seen some of the country I was passing through, instead of 100 constantly-changing feet of asphalt, my speedo, and my GPS. Oh, and Kansas. I could do without ever seeing Kansas again.

I think Bobo has it right: just hang back and ride a leisurely ride and soak up the country.

Except Kansas.

The brats over at MV is why I spend the majority of my time here at Modern Buddy. Most of the peeps at MV at pretty nice people. There's just a few turkeys that make it not worth my time.

Jess, just jetison the troublemakers.

MB'ers, you are outstanding!

HAH! I am thinking you'd better open it up again, because sooner or later with nowhere else to go, all the MV folk (including the wienies!) will migrate over here and ruin it for the more mature MB crowd!

Spoilers always find away to continue spreading their ugliness on the masses...

Ted

pcbikedude wrote:The brats over at MV is why I spend the majority of my time here at Modern Buddy. Most of the peeps at MV at pretty nice people. There's just a few turkeys that make it not worth my time.

Jess, just jetison the troublemakers.

MB'ers, you are outstanding!

+100 ! Welcome back from Cannonball. Welcome back to the happy world of Buddies! Where no one ever brings up politics or religion or guns. Just happy scooter talk

Steady Teddy wrote:HAH! I am thinking you'd better open it up again, because sooner or later with nowhere else to go, all the MV folk (including the wienies!) will migrate over here and ruin it for the more mature MB crowd!

Spoilers always find away to continue spreading their ugliness on the masses...

Ted

Teddy, what are you doing here? Are you one of the MV brats? I wanted to see if someone got my tag picture on MV today. But no forum.
PCBIKEDUKE AKA Ultra-maniac (MV)

Steady Teddy wrote:HAH! I am thinking you'd better open it up again, because sooner or later with nowhere else to go, all the MV folk (including the wienies!) will migrate over here and ruin it for the more mature MB crowd!

Spoilers always find away to continue spreading their ugliness on the masses...

No… please, no…

I know just the place for them to go.

modernbuddy 2 forum. wow. For no particular reason, I find it interesting that all 9 registered members were on line Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:37 pm.

ericalm wrote:

Steady Teddy wrote:HAH! I am thinking you'd better open it up again, because sooner or later with nowhere else to go, all the MV folk (including the wienies!) will migrate over here and ruin it for the more mature MB crowd!

Spoilers always find away to continue spreading their ugliness on the masses...

No… please, no…

I know just the place for them to go.

ericalm wrote: No… please, no…

I know just the place for them to go.

You have an evil mind Eric. I would have suggested they go to the BBS .

Good point, but his response was funnier

ericalm wrote: All quiet on the Buddy front. As long as people stop posting about the candidates. Especially you know who. Penelope Pitstop.

Sorry about that Eric. I will bite my tongue from now on. I suppose it was naive of me to think mentioning firearms wouldn't head down that path. For me it's not a political thing at all, just a personal preference and I forget not everyone thinks that way.

Hey Jess,
You could suggest that they join the RBSC forum! I'm sorry, I shouldn't open that can o' worms.



This could be their "Lucky" day.

pcbikedude wrote: You could suggest that they join the RBSC forum! I'm sorry, I shouldn't open that can o' worms.

Anyone can join the forum. The Texas Bastards have a Rally coming up!

hey jess, i hope i didn't add to mv madness, congrats on cannonball....

MV'ers, the MV is back up.

pcbikedude wrote:Hey Jess,
You could suggest that they join the RBSC forum! I'm sorry, I shouldn't open that can o' worms.



This could be their "Lucky" day.

Official MB Can of Worms: When only the best can of worms will do.

ericalm wrote:Official MB Can of Worms: When only the best can of worms will do.

That looks like day of fishing on my favorite lake.

jess wrote:Not hacked. I got fed up with all the infantile adults sniping at each other. It's offline until I convince myself that there's any point to keeping it up.

Dude you need to get over it. Your site is very important to a lot of folks. I for one have learned so much from the members and I try to give back. Do not doubt what you have started just because you don't like what some people post...just lock em out if you feel you must but let the rest of the majority go on to productive talks...

If you can't do that then close the dang thing and move on with your life.

stickyfrog wrote:

jess wrote:Not hacked. I got fed up with all the infantile adults sniping at each other. It's offline until I convince myself that there's any point to keeping it up.

Dude you need to get over it. Your site is very important to a lot of folks. I for one have learned so much from the members and I try to give back. Do not doubt what you have started just because you don't like what some people post...just lock em out if you feel you must but let the rest of the majority go on to productive talks...

If you can't do that then close the dang thing and move on with your life.

Make him a monetary offer for the site. He may want to off-load it. Or start MVII.

stickyfrog wrote:

jess wrote:Not hacked. I got fed up with all the infantile adults sniping at each other. It's offline until I convince myself that there's any point to keeping it up.

Dude you need to get over it. Your site is very important to a lot of folks. I for one have learned so much from the members and I try to give back. Do not doubt what you have started just because you don't like what some people post...just lock em out if you feel you must but let the rest of the majority go on to productive talks...

If you can't do that then close the dang thing and move on with your life.

This isn't the place for this conversation. Move it to MV. In all seriousness, I don't want this stuff spreading to MB. We have our own problems to contend with.

Becktastic wrote:

ericalm wrote: All quiet on the Buddy front. As long as people stop posting about the candidates. Especially you know who. Penelope Pitstop.

Sorry about that Eric. I will bite my tongue from now on. I suppose it was naive of me to think mentioning firearms wouldn't head down that path. For me it's not a political thing at all, just a personal preference and I forget not everyone thinks that way.

This has happened in several threads on several occasions, so you're in no way responsible or to blame!

ericalm wrote:

Steady Teddy wrote:HAH! I am thinking you'd better open it up again, because sooner or later with nowhere else to go, all the MV folk (including the wienies!) will migrate over here and ruin it for the more mature MB crowd!

Spoilers always find away to continue spreading their ugliness on the masses...

No… please, no…

I know just the place for them to go.

I got unbanned from MB2.com!!! I was the first person to get banned there... and he told me it was for life.... I guess that makes me a zombie>????

Maybe he just missed you.

MikieTaps wrote:

ericalm wrote:

Steady Teddy wrote:HAH! I am thinking you'd better open it up again, because sooner or later with nowhere else to go, all the MV folk (including the wienies!) will migrate over here and ruin it for the more mature MB crowd!

Spoilers always find away to continue spreading their ugliness on the masses...

No… please, no…

I know just the place for them to go.

I got unbanned from MB2.com!!! I was the first person to get banned there... and he told me it was for life.... I guess that makes me a zombie>????

You beat me to it! I was second. Haven't been back to see if I'm unbanned. How did you get unbanned? Maybe its felt that some of your "excessive" postings will flow to MBII?