dontkillspike

:( *HUGS*

Thanks. :)

*nods* that sucks indeed.
Glad you continue posting here.

Thanks for saying so. :)

I've just read your message and it's absolutely awful!

Hate that you had to close the board, but I'm glad you'll keep up posting on LJ.

*hugs you tight*

Thank you. :) At least it's only the one place that I had to close, like you said. I'm still posting here, on my Twitter, and my mailing list, so all's not lost.

If only Oh Internet was a decent website, instead of one that is full of haters of the very group that created it (Dramatica). You wanna see canonization, check out the new Dramatica's canonization of it.

I was so sad I didn't get to see the Bloody Board, mighta even encouraged me to watch that series.

I'd register a forum and let you port your backlogs to there (although I'd ask to have it be kept a secret.) I also try looking for 'odd' and 'creative' ways to store written text online. (Only recently using various wiki's. My thing is worldbuilding. but I so rarely have a nice place to put my info. I like putting it online so I can easily just 'have it' despite tons of PC deaths on my hands.)

I hope you had somewhere to put the BB's archives before you had to cut it down to size.. doesn't the software allow you to just take it down for maintenance? (Or to make it 'invive only' via a flash page or 'answer this question to get access' type deal? Granted it's traffic.. but a random string of 20 alphanumeric's (Capitals and Lower case are different) would be nearly impossible to crack.. at least it'd be too hard to the common /b/tards to bother with.

As to the specific tards responsible, the original /b/tards (those from 05-08ish and may predate /b/ (but generally were somethingawful goons or from related groups online) were always nicer people. Then it seems a second wave of immigrants came to the seeder internet and fucked up good things. (Much in the same way pre-91 internet users bitched about AOL'ers and the Eternal September crowds.) I wonder if there is a thesis to be written about that... This is probably a sign the newfags are about to start submitting retarded articles to Cracked. Oh joy...

Anyways, much sympathies. I can only dread what would happen if somebody found my cubby holes online.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

Well, guess that explains why the address isn't working. :-P

Yeah, unfortunately it means older links from here (ie. Twitter updates) won't work, as they're linked to articles I posted at The Bloody Board. The most recent Twitter updates, however, are linked directly to the original articles themselves, so they'll all work fine.

It sucks, but I'm still updating, so it's not a total loss. :)

so apparently it was only you posting and replying to yourself?
before you delete this comment, could you tell me WHY?

If you'd bothered to take the time to read the above post, you would know that I wasn't simply talking to myself, I was posting news. It was a news forum.

That article was a hilarious foray into the realm of objectivity.. To those people who aren't in your circle of viewers, that forum did look incredibly bizarre at best. I ended up here after doing a little research into it, and it's pretty obvious that isn't the case. I'd like to apologize for the less than stellar reaction on behalf of the Cracked readership. That's got to be really aggravating.

Cheers. :) It is quite aggravating, especially if people, like you, had simply taken the time to actually look at the forum for more than a second, they would have realised how completely inaccurate the article was.

But, I guess most people just see what they wanna see.

Anyways, thanks. :)

SLO Supports you Jamie! Our entire staff are Buffy fans to the core and have more than once visited your site for news, it's so sad that people like the trolls who did this to you can't find a better use of their time. It's absolutely normal on the internet these days to have a fansite that posts news, it's not any weirder than having a facebook account or, say, writing articles on a sarcastic oddities site like Cracked. It IS weird, however, to have so little in your life that you would troll and harass someone you don't even know for absolutely no reason.

Hope things are better for you now. :)

Thanks so much. I really appreciate it. :)

I am so sorry that this happened to you. I read a lot of the cracked articles, but I was outraged when I saw this one. It's one thing to insult websites, but it's another thing entirely to insult individuals you've never met. I've been a fan of the bloody board for a long time, I think it was a wonderful resource, and I'm sad to see it go.

Thanks for saying so. I really appreciate it. :)

I'm not here to bash your site, I was just wondering; How come there were no other registered users? (Besides the trolls). Did you have open registration? I just thought it curious that the forum went on for so long and nobody joined. I would've, Spike is my favorite character as well.

Sorry for the loss of your site.

There were over 150 other members on the board, though most of them didn't post anything regularly, they visited (along with many guests) to get regular updates on James Marsters and the Whedonverse. It was a news forum, wherein I posted news, as opposed to a discussion forum. So the above article was completely inaccurate, and anyone who'd actually spent more than 10 seconds on the board (before it was spammed) would've realised that.

And thanks, I appreciate it. :)

I feel like a complete dick now for assuming you had some sort of mental problem like the rest of the people who saw that article. I wasn't actually able to view the forum though as it had been deleted, so I just made some stupid assumption that turned out to be a huge misunderstanding. I apologise.

No worries. :) Most people who read the article made the same assumptions, so I've gotten used to it. Thanks for apologising, even though it's completely unnecessary. :)

How rude! They don't mention at all that you're archiving news, not expounding on an obsession.

Yeah, they seemed to only see what they wanted to see. But, what can ya do? ;)

Shrug... the internet is for idiots. This is the natural result.
The Cracked article was entertainment media, that should have been obvious to most people but re: the internet is for idiots. It's entertainment until you know the specifics. People don't WANT to know the specifics, they want to believe their entertaining version, that someone was deranged enough to host an entire forum by themselves... instead of realizing it to be a simple news site / archive (which really isn't unusual given how easy forum software can be used).

Really though, the internet is for idiots. It's so much easier to follow the crowd to feel "a part of something" than to take a moment to think about your actions... and this is the result of that :(

Eventually laws will be passed to allow direct persecution of those responsible (being those who attacked your forum, and Cracked for encouraging others to do so). But until then, people will continue to hurt others for their own enjoyment, using the anonymity of the internet to remove the faces of their victims.

Absolutely. It's like I said before, people only see what they want to see. And then run with it to the extreme.

How sad. I visited that site once or twice, after reading the Cracked article. At first look I laughed, but after browsing topics, I noticed that the article of Cracked was a lie, and that the forum was for news. I'm so sorry for ever even assuming your insanity X3
-LVLY

No worries. :) You certainly weren't alone in that assumption.

My name is Nic Schweitzer, and I am from the Cracked boards, but I am not a moderator or a founder, just a regular member. First, we apologize for whatever destruction the article may have done to your site, and the authors have expressed remorse for whatever they may have done. There are 4 pages of conversation on how to make it up to you, which you may read here:

http://www.cracked.com/forums/topic/76148/the-7-most-unintentionally-creepy-places-internet/0

The best way we have agreed on is to try and build you a new board. Now, you are free to accept or decline this, but we just want you to know that we are very sorry for what happened, and that you were forced into deleting your board. We want to find the people who trolled your board as much as you do, believe us.

If there is anything else, I have attached my Facebook profile, you can contact me through there, or try the Cracked forum I have listed. Again, sorry.

-Nic Schweitzer

Thanks for your apology, it's appreciated. I don't hold the Cracked writers responsible for what happened to the board, although I do hold them responsible for writing a misleading article that resulted in what happened to the board. It's frustrating, because if they'd taken the time to spend more than 30 seconds on the board (or simply clicked in to a topic) they would've realised it wasn't some crazy person talking to themselves. It was a news forum, wherein I posted news, reviews, etc relating to James Marsters and the Whedonverse in general. This whole issue would've been a non-issue if they'd simply researched what they were posting in the first place.

That being said, I wanna say "Thanks, but no thanks" in regards to starting a new forum. I appreciate the offer, but I'm happy to remain posting as I am now, without the Bloody Board.

Read about the board on cracked, was very curious as to the the content of the messages. Read on wiki about the spammed attacks and it closing down. *sigh* some people just can't appreciate a unique phenomena, but rather must seek to destroy what they don't understand for the little joy they get from being a55h0l3z.

-wish you luck on your future endeavors.
-JT

Thanks, I appreciate it. :)

i saw the site on cracked as well. i dont have anyone to talk to about my fandoms and thought i would join. sadly its closed. can you re-open it?

No, I won't be re-opening the board. But there are plenty of other forums out there that, unlike mine was, are more targeted towards discussion, as opposed to news posts. If you have a Google, I'm sure you'll find a bunch. :)

I just read that article a few minutes ago (I'm not much of a Buffy fan, I like reading weird articles, obviously) and I'm sorry that your site was made out to appear bizarre, but I think the point of that article is really just to humor its readers and not meant to cause problems as it had for you. I wish u luck in the future and hope you can get things up and running again like before.

Thanks, I appreciate it. :)

That sucked man, you did a really good job with that, but /b/ are assholes, cracked wasnt the perpetrator, they just pointed out your sight, honestly, i thought the way they put things was a bit humorous, at face value, your sight was a bit weird, not that i agreed, but most people take things too far on the internet. Really. Damn. that blows.

Thanks for saying so. I apprecite it. :)

hi mike from germany.. i just have one question,i hope your not offended. what is your motivation to spent 6 years,post news about an actor? or did i get something wrong? (sorry for my bad english) nice greetz from germany.

I would imagine it's the same reason anyone else runs a fansite. I'm a fan, and it's fun.

I think it's a shame what happened. It seems some people have nothing better to do than attack others in order to suit their own needs. I think you are a creative person & I admire that about you. Personally,I am one of the biggest"Buffy the vampire slayer" fans. Many people create their own websites for different reasons & I think "the bloody board was cool:I defend your creativity & ingenuity. While I find the humor on the cracked website very funny at times-I just really wish things didn't go down the way they did & I wish you continued success in whatever way you continue to post. Bless you & all the best in the future.....

Thank you. I appreciate it. :)

I never got chance to read the website, but it seems you must have been pretty obsessed, right? 40,000 posts in 6 years? That's like 3 posts every hour! How could there have even been that much news about 1 person?

If you'd actually read the above, you'd know I wasn't just posting about 1 person.

well, i know this is incredibly late to say, but i wanted to express myself as well, if that is okay?
I found out about that forum and decided to research it. I found this page, and now i must say, i am very disappointed that the internet has given a very false impression of you and your news board. I wish you the best in the future, and i dearly hope something like this never happens to you again.
PS: I miss Buffy. I miss Spike too.
<3

Thank you. I appreciate that. :)

The Cracked community is feeling sorry. Honestly, we meant no harm. Unfortunately 4Chan got a hold of it. It's agreed that if anyone should have been taken off the list it was you. The Cracked forums are in total agreement that their treatment was wrong. Please accept this absolutely informal apology.

Thanks. I appreciate it.