went to check DML for the hell of it this morning....found this:
www.ducatimonster.org
9:00 am (EST)
DucatiMonster is currently down for site upgrades. We should be up in approximately 6-6 hours.
We will provide an update at around noon (EST). Here are some of the new features you can expect to see:
* A brand new look
* An all new home page
* DucatiMonster Ride of the Month contest
* and more!
Thanks for your support!
DucatiMonster team
bye bye DML - it was fun. dr::
saw that too
so how did all you guys/gals know the dml was going down
Saw it too. The mods knew because it sounded they had done everything possible to keep the board looking the same and not going to the "Vertical Scope" format that all of their purchased sites have gone to ~
JM
I hope you remember the good old smf DML days, they are gone forever.
The dml mods got to see a 'preview' of the new VS vbulletin dml site, and it looks just like ducati.ms - suprise.
mitt
DucatiMonster is currently down for site upgrades. We should be up in approximately 6-6 hours.
We will provide an update at around noon (EST). Here are some of the new features you can expect to see:
* A brand new look
* An all new home page
* DucatiMonster Ride of the Month contest
* and more!
Thanks for your support!
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on May 06, 2008, 06:21:32 AM
* A brand new look
* An all new home page
* DucatiMonster Ride of the Month contest
* and more!
Sounds JUST like where eSportbike went. We even have a Ride of the Month contest over there now...
JM
I saw that this morning. Went over to see who was left.
If all the forums essentially look the same/are the same....eventually why wouldn't they just have one large board that breaks down into smaller baby boards. They could probably charge their advertisers even more money for reaching a much wider audience or break it down individually for more targeted vendors. The whole thing is just so horribly commercial.
guess I was late to the party.
someone want to merge this with the other thread?
Quote from: MrFry on May 06, 2008, 05:55:28 AM
saw that too
so how did all you guys/gals know the dml was going down
one of the benefits of having access behind the black curtain.
the funny thing was that the Forum Admin kept sending me PMs yesterday asking why I was leaving, begging me to stay, yada, yada, yada ;:|
Yikes. Who could wait for 6-6 hours?
:e:v
Quote from: Fresh Pants on May 06, 2008, 06:41:43 AM
Yikes. Who could wait for 6-6 hours?
:e:v
I'm surprised it didn't say 6-6-6. :e:v
Quote from: MrFry on May 06, 2008, 05:55:28 AM
saw that too
so how did all you guys/gals know the dml was going down
R.I.P. DML 5/6/2008
They gave up the ghost this morning. :'( :'( Mr. Fry glad to see you and your news ticker. Welcome bitt of normalacy after yesterdays drama. wt:
Quote from: WannaDucBad on May 06, 2008, 06:47:19 AM
R.I.P. DML 5/6/2008
They gave up the ghost this morning. :'( :'( Mr. Fry glad to see you and your news ticker. Welcome bitt of normalacy after yesterdays drama. wt:
glad to be here ;D
Quote from: ducpainter on May 06, 2008, 06:44:16 AM
I'm surprised it didn't say 6-6-6. :e:v
they probably felt it would give away their true master too easily.... :e:v
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on May 06, 2008, 06:21:32 AM
* A brand new look
* An all new home page
* DucatiMonster Ride of the Month contest
* a lot fewer people with great technical knowledge
* a lot fewer experienced riders with riding technique tips
* a lot fewer people to organize local rides and gatherings
* a comeback of the 14 year olds unmoderated trash talk
* the warm IZ_ feeling that the owners don't know how to ride and don't own motorcycles
* and more!
fixed
ah... and it begins.
I'm wondering how it'll look w/all the ads and missing folk.
Quote from: MrFry on May 06, 2008, 06:53:01 AM
glad to be here ;D
Thank god, we have the ticker. I don't know where else I would get my news wt:
mitt
We should all post "I AM GAY" and "BOOBIES" threads under pseudonyms when it comes back up ;D Without the mods around, those threads are bound to stick...
"I love my dead gay son!"
Quote from: Fresh Pants on May 06, 2008, 08:11:34 AM
"I love my dead gay son!"
Love that movie! Those are the characters Christian Slater should play!
Quote from: Fresh Pants on May 06, 2008, 08:11:34 AM
"I love my dead gay son!"
Quote from: desmoquattro on May 06, 2008, 08:07:23 AM
We should all post "I AM GAY" and "BOOBIES" threads under pseudonyms when it comes back up ;D Without the mods around, those threads are bound to stick...
Aren't we better than that?
Isn't that why we're here and not at cdc or some other board?
just a question....
can we leave the drama at the DML? ;)
I have a dream! That one day! The DMF, CDC, and DRL can peacefully coexist on the interwebs!
Quote from: MrFry on May 06, 2008, 05:55:28 AM
saw that too
so how did all you guys/gals know the dml was going down
Musta looked kinda weird to the non-mods. You come in one morning, the DML looks exactly the same and pretty much every moderator throws in the towel at once. I'd be wondering WTF was goin' down as well.
Like mitt said, they debuted their 'new' site to the mods and asked for feedback. The feedback was to quit and open the DMF up for business. It's been waiting in the wings and hiding as an insurance policy in case the sky fell.
Quote from: ducpainter on May 06, 2008, 08:39:37 AM
Aren't we better than that?
Isn't that why we're here and not at cdc or some other board?
just a question....
Okay, will do.
I was just quoting a movie. ;)
Quote from: Fresh Pants on May 06, 2008, 09:29:40 AM
Okay, will do.
I was just quoting a movie. ;)
I realize Mr Pants.
I quoted you, but also quoted someone else.
We want to be a fresh board...like your pants. wt:
wt:
Quote from: Lumbergh on May 06, 2008, 09:28:05 AM
Musta looked kinda weird to the non-mods. You come in one morning, the DML looks exactly the same and pretty much every moderator throws in the towel at once. I'd be wondering WTF was goin' down as well.
Thats exactly what happened to me. I had no freakin clue what was happening ;:|
I'm just glad I'm addicted and checked the board last night. I almost didn't even get on the computer yesterday. I would of been sooo lost today. I just checked DML to see if anyone was still there and got the construction notice.
Guess I'm changing my home page for good wt:
Good riddance, I say. ::)
The funny thing is that they still haven't brought it back up...they just keep changing the time estimates. You would think they could figure it out, as many boards as they have taken over and destroyed already.
They didn't realize how big an implosion there would be for them to clean up after.
And there it is . . . http://www.ducatimonster.org/
:'( :'( :'(
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
Its begun!
Can anyone else login using their old ID? I can't. It's either everyone or just the former mods.
nope
my old login (620mblack) is showing up and wont let me log in
none of my passwords and logins are right
I can't log in either :-\
evidently some people can becuase B-Rock has posted since it has been back up
make the beast with two backs that.... as soon as I figure out how, I'm deleting every god damn post I have there.......
Dood, wow, that shit is make the beast with two backsed
Just got home from work, and checked it out.
Just as I feared... a page of advertising with a few member posts mixed in! (Why don't we have a barf smiley yet?)
Ugh. Lee. Wow it's annoying.
It's funny, I have my first 6 PMs available, but the other 200 some are gone.
I think people's names are their original login names (if you changed it).
Looks like they hit the wayback machine on the way down the ugly tree.
*edit - the DML store is exactly the same though ;:|
Quote from: Fresh Pants on May 06, 2008, 03:07:30 PM
Ugh. Lee. Wow it's annoying.
It's funny, I have my first 6 PMs available, but the other 200 some are gone.
I think people's names are their original login names (if you changed it).
Looks like they hit the wayback machine on the way down the ugly tree.
I wonder whats going to happen to my 1900 pms......
but I have to wait 15 min like a good boy to try to login pu::
Quote from: Lumbergh on May 06, 2008, 02:51:51 PM
Can anyone else login using their old ID? I can't. It's either everyone or just the former mods.
nope, not me either...
Quote from: Rev. Millertime on May 06, 2008, 03:05:09 PM
Just got home from work, and checked it out.
Just as I feared... a page of advertising with a few member posts mixed in! (Why don't we have a barf smiley yet?)
You mean like this? ---> pu::
;)
Hey guys, my login was screwed too. I just hit the 'get login information' link (or whatever the hell it is) and went through resetting my password. Its like the passwords are all f'ed up. Try that and see if it works.
BTW, its ugly and quiet over there (except for some members bashing mods for leaving. blah.).
I tried. Nope won't except my old username and password.
Oh well. ;)
Oh well indeed! ;D
I did the password reset and got in. It looks weird and I can't find anything. A couple of people have discussed hating the new design and a couple of people said they aren't displeased. It just looks/feels weird.
All of my PMs are gone. :-\ So anyone on my Christmas card list (or if you would like to be), please send me your address again. ;)
Someone named NateDog? posted a link over to this site in their Welcome to the Redesigned Site thread.
Some notes/questions:
- What's becoming of the DML store stock?
- Password doesn't work. Have to reapply to see what's the difference in ads/content/abuse.
- A lot of the sponsors seemed to have pulled out faster than hearing "I love you" on a 1st date.
- I need to get in to get my pics off. I miss my old avatar.
- The BP Board lost it's spark. Almost kinda.. twisting the knife.
Quote from: slowpoke13 on May 06, 2008, 03:25:07 PM
Some notes/questions:
- Password doesn't work. Have to reapply to see what's the difference in ads/content/abuse.
- I need to get in to get my pics off. I miss my old avatar.
- The BP Board lost it's spark. Almost kinda.. twisting the knife.
I thought I had been banned, but I just had to reset my password. Apparently that's the case for everyone.
It appears at first glance that the pics that were attachments are gone, but I could be mistaken.
Seeing the BP board over there made me kinda sad.
I was able to get in, but could not see the lates pictures that I had posted.. pu::
Holly Shit!!
I wish I hadn't just finished dinner. pu:: pu::
I can't believe how bad it is.
Hopefully our PMs come back. I would have been more proactive if I had known the sky was going to fall so soon.
It reset me back to my old screen name too, but I have to wait before I can log back in. I had about 1600 PM's in there too. The pics are likely gone because they use diff software, not the [img] tags we use to link pics from photobucket and stuff.
Hey Maureen, you're a LIFETIME PREMIUM MEMBER! Isn't that great?
Also, our membership here has gone up about 50 in the past few hours...
I agree I wish I didn't see it after dinner. Haven't been on it in a day or so. Shocked, upset and need to clean up the floor.
Thanks to "LAWYER" for the link.
funny, how they're calling it the "Ducati Monster Forums" ;) and there's just a tiny blurb about how DML is an online club, yadda yadda
It sent me back to my original name and password....couldn't remember the password so they reset it. They made me a Premium Senior Member. Yeah, riiiiiight, I'm impressed.
It is one of the most fugly message boards I have ever seen.
Thank you to the mods that had the foresight to set this up.
I also have premium member! :D
couldn't help but think of the guy from everything is illuminated when I saw that badge-thingy above my avatar ;:|
QuoteCurrently Active Users: 1536 (151 members and 1385 guests)
true or bull?
Quote from: TiAvenger on May 06, 2008, 05:14:35 PM
true or bull?
Gotta be bull, those numbers sound ridiculous.
Holy cow is that place ever a mess! :o
ain't that the understatement!
I just sent an email to the webmaster asking that my account and all of my posts be deleted. I saved what I wanted. I was looking through some of my posts and there are ads IN my posts. I don't want to be part of a place that alters my posts by putting ads in them. I expect them to comply...
Quote from: NAKID on May 06, 2008, 05:58:26 PM
I just sent an email to the webmaster asking that my account and all of my posts be deleted. I saved what I wanted. I was looking through some of my posts and there are ads IN my posts. I don't want to be part of a place that alters my posts by putting ads in them. I expect them to comply...
Just a random question - Do they own your posts? How does that even work? I know when you are in college they make you sign a thing saying that any work you produce is property of the school. Was there ever anything that said whatever you post on the DML is their intellecutal property?
Quote from: Vindingo on May 06, 2008, 06:52:13 PM
Just a random question - Do they own your posts? How does that even work? I know when you are in college they make you sign a thing saying that any work you produce is property of the school. Was there ever anything that said whatever you post on the DML is their intellecutal property?
I assume since they're posted on a public forum, open to everyone, that they can do what they will with them.
I'm pretty sure the TOS says that the posts belong to the member (to prevent them from being liable for what is said tht may harm the website)...
i just got back in to TOB.
the only pms i have left (sent and recieved) are from 2006 and earlier.
:bang
Quote from: dolcissima on May 06, 2008, 05:07:35 PM
...
Thank you to the mods that had the foresight to set this up.
TOTALLY! Mad props to y'all for setting this shit up. Good work! wt:
Quote from: BWClark on May 06, 2008, 08:36:49 PM
TOTALLY! Mad props to y'all for setting this shit up. Good work! wt:
You be welcome bro. 8)
Part foresight, part tin-foil-hats, part luck, and part love of the heart and soul of the old board brought us to the decision that we should act. We didn't even know for a LONG time if our efforts would be in vain or not. I personally held to my convictions that VS would eventually shit in the pristine waters and forever pollute them with thier corporate ad-space whoring.
It's VERY nice to see the way in which the DMF has taken off today. I haven't been this happy with a motorcycle forum in at least 6 months.
Welcome and enjoy....this is for you guys/gals!
--Stuart
I tried to spend a little time on the DML VS train wreck of a site. My eyes hurt.
Unbelievable how screwed up things are.
Very happy to have been shown the way here yesterday with around 30 some members, and less than 24 hours later, there's 410 of us. be::
Yeah. So glad you assmunches let me know about this place! *bird*
;)
Quote from: ZLTFUL on May 06, 2008, 09:47:30 PM
Yeah. So glad you assmunches let me know about this place! *bird*
;)
You found it, didn't you? ;D
I scared the crap out of one of my fraternity brothers passing by my door because after I logged in to the DML earlier today, a big, loud W...T...F... came from my room. It was so loud that someone from the basement(2 floors down) heard me yell :P. luckily, I was able to get to the safety of the DMF within the hour be::
Oh, and I forgot... ALL MY FINALS ARE DONE!!!!!!!!!!! Time to party ;D
Quote from: Duck-Stew on May 06, 2008, 09:02:34 PM
You be welcome bro. 8)
Part foresight, part tin-foil-hats, part luck, and part love of the heart and soul of the old board brought us to the decision that we should act. We didn't even know for a LONG time if our efforts would be in vain or not. I personally held to my convictions that VS would eventually shit in the pristine waters and forever pollute them with thier corporate ad-space whoring.
It's VERY nice to see the way in which the DMF has taken off today. I haven't been this happy with a motorcycle forum in at least 6 months.
Welcome and enjoy....this is for you guys/gals!
--Stuart
Amen Stew, Amen
GAY!
DucatiMonster Ride of the Month contest
696 owners will eat that shit up though, I'm sure!
Not to sound like a post whore, but how does one start on a forum with over 8,000 posts with a name that has not been seen before.
Do they transfer from their other forums across each other? cause that's gay ::)
Quote from: printman on May 07, 2008, 03:37:30 AM
Not to sound like a post whore, but how does one start on a forum with over 8,000 posts with a name that has not been seen before.
Do they transfer from their other forums across each other? cause that's gay ::)
I had a name that I used as a logon that I never used as my screen name. It appears that whatever they did, my logon now appears as my screen name over there. So while nobody has ever seen that name before, it now appears to have a huge (relative to a noob) number of posts.
It's all idiotic. :bang
wow. it's like the supermarket on a sunday afternoon before a holiday or snowstorm over there. people are just being dicks for the sake of being a dick.
it's really sad to see everything we built and the community that came of it get tossed in the shitter. :bang
Anybody been to DML lately?
no....haven't been to my old myspace in months either....abandoned amusement parks are eerie
Proud to say I was banned from over-there... [evil]
They changed 'Duck-Stew' to a series of 6 or 7 numbers IIRC... I had cleaned out a TON of my posts before they banned me so whatever.
Quote from: RAT900 on November 14, 2012, 01:08:23 AM
no....haven't been to my old myspace in months either....abandoned amusement parks are eerie
Fun to go pee in the corners once in a while though.
Quote from: Duck-Stew on November 14, 2012, 06:57:05 AM
Proud to say I was banned from over-there... [evil]
They changed 'Duck-Stew' to a series of 6 or 7 numbers IIRC... I had cleaned out a TON of my posts before they banned me so whatever.
They did the same to me. I guess that is how they keep their member numbers up.
Went and had a look cos of this thread...now I feel soiled.
Its a dirty, lifeless place over there.
Its the Chernobyl of ducati forums
;D
Quote from: brimo on November 14, 2012, 11:33:55 PM
Went and had a look cos of this thread...now I feel soiled.
I know how you feel... I forgot how bad it is over there.