There is only one "The dude"... but SirDude comes pretty close

Only one to get a balloon for his birthday here.

I am in luck, in technical view our forum isn't at a standstill, our board is heavely modded, and keeps on changing and adding. I was/am actually kind of afraid for v8 to redo the lot again

I would like some activity on the ubb front, more activity here results in more activity from me.

true.. the big lebowski is the real dude

and i remember that balloon quite well !!

That was a real nice touch Blaas.

...and look how happy us UBBers were back then.

Let me tell you this, trying to document some of the features is kind of crazy with little to no documentation (hint at what we're privately working on; outside of whoever owns the product)

Who are you, Father Flotski? Who are you to tell me how to act? I noticed you still didn't tell everyone what your url is...and I would also ask, what is wrong with calling someone who does not respond to us on the board? Do you think carrier pigeon would be more low-key than a phone call? Maybe we should all just renew our membership for the next 2 years and keep our mouths shut? Again, what did you say your UBB url was?

It's really none of your business and has absolutely nothing to do with this discussion. And do you really expect me to post a link because someone very rudely told me to? If so then you're sadly mistaken.

For a new user, you're certainly showing to be a trouble maker. All of us who run or did run a forum never had a problem posting the url to our sites. At the moment I don't have a UBB site running, but that doesn't mean I won't in the future. This software has had a long and successful run and has a lot of very loyal users. The new owners should be making more visits with updates as to what is going on, even if it's just to say HI we're working as hard as we can.

Guys guys, lets be civil here... A few things:
1. No one has to share their URL, it's none of anyone's business. First off, people like their privacy, secondly, whats legal in one country isn't necessarily in another, sharing such things could lead someone who feels one way, to be treated differently due to their sites content.

2. Where I don't agree with leaving us all high and dry, Brooks has a lot on his shoulders; think of it, he just took over a company, it took Rick months to make the same transition. Keep in mind that he has to learn our code, learn the site systems, figure out a plan of attack on current bug patching, as well as identifying what needs to be tackled with v8.

3. Rick PUBLICLY STATED that the focus for v8 was to attack the front end, with the back end coming later. Ofcoarse it's not complete, he did what he said.

4. For a group of grown men, you certainly don't take into account others feelings, I've been here as long, if not longer, than most of you, grow up; attacking people isn't going to do anything for your "cause", it's going to make you look pigheaded.

I've had the privilege to directly know several of the past developers (Ted, Charles, Dave, Rick), code doesn't just *magically* appear, it has to be written, and rewritten, and tested by users, bug checked, etc. This is true in the modifications scene as well; we make mods to help you, to extend features for you, and we do it without requesting a penny.

Several of you are some of the most demanding people I've ever met. And yes, I understand that it's because your business runs on this infrastructure, and time is your money, but give Brooks a little leeway, even if he's got a group of developers or he's a single man show, he's got to learn the current codebase in and out as well as the v8 codebase to just be able to work, let alone have a voice in the forums.

Before I started frequenting these forums it was nothing but the strictest of business user to user discussion (again, support was all handled via helpdesk), myself and several others tried to make this place more than that, to make it a community; now, at the moment of this posting, I'm sorry to admit that I know several of you, you're not making this a safe place to post, you're humiliating yourself and attacking people who're here just seeking information that a user to user discussion forum just isn't going to currently be able to provide.

The last thing we should be doing is fighting with each other here. "We" are all we have left, it would appear.

I think Brooks is making a HUGE mistake in not responding to our comments. He isn't giving us any reason to trust him or his plans. This is a business to business situation for many of us, and there needs to be some professionalism from both sides. Ignoring us is unprofessional.

It's good to see that Giz is working on things.

Always my friend... Mods, *ahem*documentation*ahem*, support, whatever pops up