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emigre80 wrote: micky wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Dear god its not the wild west its an internet forum where most of the participants are friendly, knowledgeable and welcoming, like most places there are a few trolls to avoid but they can't be more than 2 to 3 percent of the posters. in that PA's has become much more like PE's.  God almighty was this place a glorious chaotic mess in its glory days..  the admins had to refresh the sawdust on the floor twice a day for all the blood spilled with both trolls and the innocent gunned down in broad daylight by roving bands of forum terrorists.   And I arrived too late for the party.  Damn.

yeah.. this forum has matured greatly over the last 6 or 7 years.  I am prone to hypebole.. but ask any of the 05 or 06'rs.. for we talk of it often.. this forum is VERY different from what it it used to be. Much friendlier.. less drive by shootings... more condusive to friendly discussions.. yet in it's own strange way.. a more boring forum. I love the change.. yet in a way miss the old forum.  You got as far as your speed on the draw and how straight you shot..  (wit and knowledge).

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Dear god its not the wild west its an internet forum where most of the participants are friendly, knowledgeable and welcoming, like most places there are a few trolls to avoid but they can't be more than 2 to 3 percent of the posters.

in that PA's has become much more like PE's.  God almighty was this place a glorious chaotic mess in its glory days..  the admins had to refresh the sawdust on the floor twice a day for all the blood spilled with both trolls and the innocent gunned down in broad daylight by roving bands of forum terrorists.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Dear god its not the wild west its an internet forum where most of the participants are friendly, knowledgeable and welcoming, like most places there are a few trolls to avoid but they can't be more than 2 to 3 percent of the posters.

In my case, it wasn't a troll, but a longtime member, and a musician to boot. I also remember that you jumped in my defense (which I will be eternally grateful for). Still, it was enough to put me off - which is a pity, as there are many threads there that interest me, such as the one "little Ian" posted about Ut Gret.

Well...I did post on the recent Roy Harper thread because I'm a Harper fan...but when looking around I couldn't find that many threads that interested me, but I just started perusing so it might take a while.

Sorry, I did not mean to go into personal details.

 Yikes! PE sounds a club for cavemen! Better to ignore it then.

Ahh, it may be those kinds of jokes that put raff off from PE.

^Hmm. Seriously, it's not easy for someone to step into a lions den alone, if that's how he or she views the site. That's why there's always strength in numbers.

dr wu23 wrote: Well....I need to read through more threads there but I find these at PA to be more ....fun.

Okay, with that in mind - I find the threads on PE to generally be of greater interest to me, whereas there are more threads here that seem kind of 'fluff'. Not to imply there aren't 'fluff' threads on PE (there are), there just seem to be less of them. Also, it's been awhile - but it seems when I start a thread, or anyone starts a thread, on a modern band here that isn't well known, the thread sinks, while at least on PE you can expect a page / page and a half before it succumbs to the Genesis threads!

Raff wrote: It would be nice if there were more women on PE. There used to be a few in the past, but they seem to have dropped off the radar. Now the forums are overwhelmingly masculine, and often not in a good way.

Perhaps you should come out from the shadows and represent!!


Edited by progrockdeepcuts - September 14 2015 at 14:36

Actually all I've seen so far are their threads with members bashing PA. I also need to look deeper.