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Post by bs10er on Mar 3, 2016 14:49:23 GMT
Was(is)on the Af,but it was sooo depressing.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Mar 3, 2016 14:49:45 GMT
shame there isn't a category for... 'Just like porn mags; in the woods' Wasn't there a thread on the OF about that? Or was that on here?
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Post by aghast on Mar 3, 2016 15:16:31 GMT
The IF gets new members through word of mouth. Gaschat just drives round in a transit van and grabs them off the streets.
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Post by sircolbytit on Mar 3, 2016 16:14:47 GMT
So what happened to the old official forum then? Did the club pull the plug because of fan unrest?
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Mar 3, 2016 16:17:36 GMT
So what happened to the old official forum then? Did the club pull the plug because of fan unrest? Sort of. There was a lot of criticism of the way the club was being run but I think the main issue was around the off field behaviour of much of the squad.
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Post by sircolbytit on Mar 3, 2016 16:28:05 GMT
So what happened to the old official forum then? Did the club pull the plug because of fan unrest? Sort of. There was a lot of criticism of the way the club was being run but I think the main issue was around the off field behaviour of much of the squad. Shame, was a good forum.
Lansdown used to answer questions on OTIB for a while, until it got too uncomfortable. Our "Fans Liason Officer" also used to post, before making up some crap about being abused and sodding off. The general concensus at the time was that the club had told him to stay away as again, awkward questions were being asked.
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Post by supergas on Mar 3, 2016 16:58:24 GMT
Sort of. There was a lot of criticism of the way the club was being run but I think the main issue was around the off field behaviour of much of the squad. Shame, was a good forum.
Lansdown used to answer questions on OTIB for a while, until it got too uncomfortable. Our "Fans Liason Officer" also used to post, before making up some crap about being abused and sodding off. The general concensus at the time was that the club had told him to stay away as again, awkward questions were being asked.
Beginning of the end....in fact, relegation was the only things that pulled the fans together, thank god it only lasted one season... ....but to get back to the old OF, unproved allegations about Ketamine seemed to be the final straw...
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Mar 3, 2016 19:15:11 GMT
Shame, was a good forum.
Lansdown used to answer questions on OTIB for a while, until it got too uncomfortable. Our "Fans Liason Officer" also used to post, before making up some crap about being abused and sodding off. The general concensus at the time was that the club had told him to stay away as again, awkward questions were being asked.
Beginning of the end....in fact, relegation was the only things that pulled the fans together, thank god it only lasted one season... ....but to get back to the old OF, unproved allegations about Ketamine seemed to be the final straw... Sigh....happy days.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2016 19:28:02 GMT
I heard this was where the gays met up, so I decided to cum on it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2016 19:32:19 GMT
I heard this was where the gays met up, so I decided to cum on it. At least it wasn't a knee jerk reaction
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Post by aghast on Mar 3, 2016 21:31:17 GMT
Beginning of the end....in fact, relegation was the only things that pulled the fans together, thank god it only lasted one season... ....but to get back to the old OF, unproved allegations about Ketamine seemed to be the final straw... Sigh....happy days. It was quite a shock for me. I sat down in my special chair that night, fired up my 5 year old lappy, waited 20 minutes for it to boot up, called up the OF from bookmarks, only to be told that "This Page Does Not Exist". Shurely Shome Mishtake, I thought. Tried again. Same result. I'd been expecting to read more sensational revelations about the players and their dodgy habits and how NH and co were the most evil incompetent bunch of f*ckwits for getting us into the conference. And nothing. I went onto the IF to read that it had been shut down by the club. A couple of days later the IF was full of dazed newbies wondering if they should really be there and not knowing quite what they should say. I remember Antonio suggesting it felt like wandering into someone else's house and not feeling sure if you're welcome or not. After a few weeks there were mentions of this mysterious new forum set up by Ras, so I wandered over and found that it was a bit odd, not least the uncensored swearing and unfathomable jokes. So I was a bit doubtful, but decided to give it a try like you might with an untrained cat which is as likely to scratch your eyes out as it is to be a friend.
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Post by Quartermaster on Mar 3, 2016 21:32:57 GMT
@hugotheelder said he'd "do things to me" if I didn't join. I'm only here out of fear.
Not sure which category this comes under...
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Mar 3, 2016 21:45:14 GMT
@hugotheelder said he'd "do things to me" if I didn't join. I'm only here out of fear. Not sure which category this comes under... Certainly not "friends" I'd put "other" I were you.
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Post by socrates on Mar 3, 2016 21:53:13 GMT
When they got rid of the official forum and then we got relegated and then I found the other forum I honestly felt like jacking it all in. Then we built this fantastic battling squad of players who were proud to wear the shirt and fight for the cause and then I found this forum and life was fantastic again.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Mar 3, 2016 21:56:52 GMT
Not a single user from Twitter.
Bizarre.
Get tweeting everyone!!
#gaschat
Or something....
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Post by Bill Bones on Mar 3, 2016 23:13:17 GMT
Can't quite recall the timeline of it all but after the collapse of the OF regime I think I came across the other one first as well - it was already the AF (I think) because it used to occasionally get referenced on the OF as some kind of punishment for those who sullied the clubs good name. I can't remember if I ever posted a single time on the other forum because if people mentioned something crazy like attending Rovers matches they just got shouted out for not hating/loving/fancying Higgs/Bradshaw/Kevin Spencer/Geoff Dunford/Captain Black Arab enough. Wasn't lucky enough to be personally invited to join this forum but it was much closer to the tone of the old OF without the absurd censorship, and most of the posters I liked best were on here. Probably in the end it would've been a google search I suppose, think I noticed it as the result underneath the AF or whatever. I'm here all week.
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Mar 3, 2016 23:22:58 GMT
Last seen burning down his home after discovering a 5ft wide spider...
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Mar 4, 2016 21:50:58 GMT
First and last bump for this.
Thanks to all those who have taken part
Any ideas how we can let the twitterati know about us?
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Post by Quartermaster on Mar 4, 2016 22:33:13 GMT
First and last bump for this. Thanks to all those who have taken part Any ideas how we can let the twitterati know about us? The forum needs a Twitter account and it needs to keep reposting Rovers related stories and adding a #fansforum or similar to everything. I think that's how it works, I'm only an occasional user! Get lots of fans seeing references to the forum.
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Mar 4, 2016 23:41:17 GMT
You invited me!
Was really odd after they closed the OF. Signed up to the AF but only posted a few times.
I remember a couple of other forums popping up which never really took off.
In hindsight it was a blessing the club shutting the forum as this is far better.
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