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Post by BogoGog24 on Sept 1, 2015 2:30:17 GMT
The only thing I honestly would want back is my review of Avril's concert. Unfortunately I never saved it anywhere.
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Post by sam on Sept 1, 2015 2:30:42 GMT
As much as I appreciate how you feel you aren't obligated to use this forum if you don't want to, we made this site because of the long wait and thought it would alleviate that a bit for many members; hence why I've added updates such as the blog and other features to give it a more Bandaids feel. But I suppose that you cannot please everyone- believe me I miss Bandaids as well and we would update everyone on the progress of the site if we got a response. To address some of the stuff you miss: User ranks- not sure what you mean by this; I'm assuming mod, admin, member ect- we have those and we can do custom user titles MOTM- stay tuned won't say anything else Your posts- while this sucks and I completely agree it is just the trade off of this being a different forum platform, if we could transfer threads and posts we definitely would Thanks for addressing the stuff ...well, I'd really love to have my MOTM banner again, it must be lost somewhere in cyberspace lol..guess I could ask Amanda if she still has it since she designed it. Even if for some that´s crap, it means something to me, however small it is. It is a nice accomplishment I've obtained on this forum, a result of my 3 years of being a periodical poster and I'd love to have it back up.I'd also love to have my post count back up again, and not only mine but everyone else's, but I understand it's basically impossible. Bandaids was also about all those things, and if the old forum is never coming back, then we have to try to make the whole thing as close to it as possible. You could definitely try asking her for it thanks for understanding though, I know it's not the same and I know the old site is better in terms of social experience and content just know we did make this for you guys
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Post by TomX on Sept 1, 2015 2:32:47 GMT
What part of the "as much as I can see the effort put into this" did you not get? I appreciate what they've done. Of course it's better than nothing, but let's face it: IT'S NOT THE SAME. You might be still around, and so other members, but around at least 50% of the members from the old forum have never come back, again, IT'S NOT THE SAME. And seriously, try not to take every word so literally, when I say "this situation sucks" I mean THIS situation in the forum. I barely ever check the site, it's the least of my concerns in my life. Btw, you have no idea what my life is like, so please keep those comments to yourself. Thanks. Blizz, I never meant to offend you. I think it's great you're trying to keep things together, even if I don't feel like it's Bandaids anymore, but that's just me..why the fuck should anyone be offended by my own opinion? Or why should you even care? It's called freedom of speech, people. Some are so susceptible these days.. Because you actually did not show any appreciation at all... You just whined and complained about stupid trivial parts of the site that don't exist anymore, you said nothing about the old members. All I saw were complaints and not one ounce of appreciation or gratitude. You also don't know what MY life is like or ANYONE else's life is like here either. This is really the least of your concerns? Then why are you complaining about stupid crap like your data being gone (which, by the way, happened to ALL of us, not just you) instead of just being happy about having the forum at all? People are going to get offended by your "opinion" when you say things like "This sucks." Your post was simply worded extremely poorly and sounded bitchy, immature, and ungrateful. And it pissed me off. If this site doesn't meet your needs, then you're perfectly welcome to go back to the old forum. Oh wait.... Wow, some of you have gotten really bitchy on this new forum ...I don't think I sounded bitchy at all, I said "this situation (OF NOT HAVING THE OLD FORUM BACK UP) sucks"..from now on, I'll just clarify every single statement I make about everything because I'm fucking tired of being misinterpreted by people like you, who are so little receptive towards a different opinion..We've gotten along pretty well, Andrea. It surprises me you came to me with such rude comments as if I were a stranger on the forum. Looks like the forum isn't the only thing that changed here...
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Post by BogoGog24 on Sept 1, 2015 2:47:37 GMT
Because you actually did not show any appreciation at all... You just whined and complained about stupid trivial parts of the site that don't exist anymore, you said nothing about the old members. All I saw were complaints and not one ounce of appreciation or gratitude. You also don't know what MY life is like or ANYONE else's life is like here either. This is really the least of your concerns? Then why are you complaining about stupid crap like your data being gone (which, by the way, happened to ALL of us, not just you) instead of just being happy about having the forum at all? People are going to get offended by your "opinion" when you say things like "This sucks." Your post was simply worded extremely poorly and sounded bitchy, immature, and ungrateful. And it pissed me off. If this site doesn't meet your needs, then you're perfectly welcome to go back to the old forum. Oh wait.... Wow, some of you have gotten really bitchy on this new forum ...I don't think I sounded bitchy at all, I said "this situation (OF NOT HAVING THE OLD FORUM BACK UP) sucks"..from now on, I'll just clarify every single statement I make about everything because I'm fucking tired of being misinterpreted by people like you, who are so little receptive towards a different opinion..We've gotten along pretty well, Andrea. It surprises me you came to me with such rude comments as if I were a stranger on the forum. Looks like the forum isn't the only thing that changed here... I might be in a bitchy mood at the moment and your comment drove me further, but I've also seen you post a lot of similar comments on Twitter. And even though Blizz isn't saying it now, he's told me it hurts him to read people like you and other old members complain about this new forum because he has worked so hard on it. Everybody knows it isn't 100% the same. I get that not having some of the old members here makes it feel different. That's a totally legit thing to miss. But I also think people who act like this forum isn't good enough is an ungrateful and snobby attitude. There are hardly any differences, except that, yes your data is gone, yes we don't have MOTM or ABAs, or a gallery (honestly not having a gallery is something far more important), but what makes Bandaids Bandaids is the fact we are a community of people who are all here to support Avril. That's what we come here for every day. We don't come here to play posting games, get awards, or rack up data points. We are here for the latest Avril news and to discuss and support Avril Lavigne. The other stuff just really doesn't and shouldn't matter that much. And when people act like it does, still holding out hope that the old forum will return which doesn't look at all likely anymore, and they act like a perfectly functional and active thriving forum isn't good enough, you can bet it pisses me the hell off. What good is the "old" Bandaids at this point? It's not functional and doesn't appear to be making a comeback anytime soon. If you really think about it, it doesn't make sense to say that a currently inactive and dead site is "better" than one that is active, fresh, and thriving. No, the community isn't what it used to be, but we keep growing by the day. More and more old members keep returning. It's certainly a ton better than sitting around waiting for the old site to come back.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 11:10:43 GMT
This forum is awesome. I don't get why people complain about it tbh. It works, it's easy to use, has up-to-date info, looks good and has good members on it.
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Post by sadserenade on Sept 3, 2015 14:28:28 GMT
To y'all out there complaining,it's better than having nothing so stop hurting Blizz's feelings.The fact that he(and the other mods) took his/their time out to make a site for us is worth taking notice of so instead of yapping like brats,we should appreciate them and their efforts to keep the spirits of bandaids alive.Thank you.
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Post by TomX on Sept 3, 2015 21:49:19 GMT
I'm sorry that maybe I didn't make myself clear, or that I wasn't interpreted in the way that was meant...I just said I missed the old forum because we all had our records, history, files, whatever you want to call it..and it was all lost. Starting from scratch isn't always easy, but I've been posting much more on this site, and I think I could get used to it in the coming weeks/months. This is SO MUCH BETTER than nothing, of course it is. And I appreciate that Blizz and other mods have taken the time to bring back the essence of Bandaids. I hope the old site will be back in the future, but if it isn't, well, I won't cry over spilt milk any longer. This isn't so bad after all, I'm starting to like it more.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 11:53:58 GMT
This forum is awesome. I don't get why people complain about it tbh. It works, it's easy to use, has up-to-date info, looks good and has good members on it. Word. I don't even think of this site as "temp Bandaids" anymore. This IS Bandaids.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Sept 4, 2015 12:06:15 GMT
Yeah I think it's time to give up on hoping the old site will come back at this point. They don't return any of the staff's messages about the progress of the update, they haven't take any time to write a simple tweet explaining what's going on, it would take literally a minute to write a simple explanation of what's going on and they haven't done that. I think they've just stopped caring. Once they changed the URL of the old site to redirect to here I think that was the final nail in the coffin. It has been practically a year since they started. No upgrade takes this long to finish. Safe to say I think old BA is dunzo.
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Post by Dillon on Sept 4, 2015 20:16:08 GMT
Well unless a statement from Sharifa is given out that the site won't return, we can't really call this site a replacement, but I think that this site has been around long enough and will continue to be around long enough in order to not call it a "temp" site. It's more like a long-term alternative as of now (without knowing the future of the vbulletin site).
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Post by BogoGog24 on Sept 4, 2015 20:35:44 GMT
Well unless a statement from Sharifa is given out that the site won't return, we can't really call this site a replacement, but I think that this site has been around long enough and will continue to be around long enough in order to not call it a "temp" site. It's more like a long-term alternative as of now (without knowing the future of the vbulletin site). Who knows if she'll even do that though. She can't be bothered to respond to any messages or give an update about the site. I assume she is just too busy with her job and other real life things to care anymore about BA. At this point I think she'd have said something about the status/future of the site, one way or another. It's too bad we can't get in touch with any of them, not Sharifa, not Zach, not Devon… what happened to all of them? Due to the complete silence over these last several months, I'm not holding my breath for Sharifa to give any kind of official statement about it.
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Post by sam on Sept 4, 2015 20:41:57 GMT
We'll have to wait and see what happens, for all we know it could be back tomorrow. Unlikely? Yes But of course, we'll update you ASAP if we ever get any message about the site or announcement
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Post by BogoGog24 on Sept 4, 2015 20:47:54 GMT
If by some miracle it ever did come back, they better have a damn good explanation ready.
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Post by sam on Sept 4, 2015 20:52:54 GMT
If by some miracle it ever did come back, they better have a damn good explanation ready. I think at the start of the upgrade it was going fine, but then considering the amount of data they had to transfer/new server etc must of been a big undertaking- I think I recall Sharifa/Zach saying it had been running for "weeks" and going "very slowly" i respect that but I'm still annoyed that the last reply we got from Sharfia was on Marliz's Facebook in March (when we launched) and she has replied to another account (I can't remember who it was) that asked her to do the redirect. As she said she'd do it back in March. Anyway, my speculation is basically the above, ran into issues, saw how big it was and then didn't have the time to do it; as Sharifa said the issue is time, not money. I'm not sure why they haven't given us an update at least though to tell us- there is absolutely no shame if it has gone wrong. The reason the upgrade started was because of all the issues with the site; I remember all of the staff asking for it. But I don't think any of us predicted this kind of situation would stem out of it. I think at the time it was try to upgrade the site as a clean slate/leave it in its current buggy/unstable state-that was basically what everyone was saying.
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Post by In Wonderland on Sept 4, 2015 21:03:18 GMT
If by some miracle it ever did come back, they better have a damn good explanation ready. I think at the start of the upgrade it was going fine, but then considering the amount of data they had to transfer/new server etc must of been a big undertaking- I think I recall Sharifa/Zach saying it had been running for "weeks" and going "very slowly" i respect that but I'm still annoyed that the last reply we got from Sharfia was on Marliz's Facebook in March (when we launched) and she has replied to another account (I can't remember who it was) that asked her to do the redirect. As she said she'd do it back in March. Anyway, my speculation is basically the above, ran into issues, saw how big it was and then didn't have the time to do it; as Sharifa said the issue is time, not money. I'm not sure why they haven't given us an update at least though to tell us- there is absolutely no shame if it has gone wrong. The reason the upgrade started was because of all the issues with the site; I remember all of the staff asking for it. But I don't think any of us predicted this kind of situation would stem out of it. I think at the time it was try to upgrade the site as a clean slate/leave it in its current buggy/unstable state-that was basically what everyone was saying. It was Amanda that managed to get a reply from Sharifa and get her to re-direct the page. But come on if time is the reason, next sunday we can "celebrate" 6 months on this forum. If they have given up, either because they feel like this forum have replaced the old or other reasons, Sharifa or Zach should say so. If they have moved on from being so big fans of Avril that they won't be handling the forum, pass it on to somebody else. I don't want to step on Sharifas toes by saying this, but if she don't see BA as her baby no more, why don't say so. If the upgrade didn't work and went to ****, then please be honest. If money were to be an issue - i guess if some of us give say 5 dollars each.. it would be a lot of help. I see this as bandaids now. I don't want the old site back anymore. I did 6 months ago, but this works out as good.
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