Progressive Ears forum

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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).

progrockdeepcuts wrote: Ha! Glad you guys dig the Harper and Ut Gret threads. I wonder who posted those? :)

while we continue to get SWilson's favorite breakfast cereal threads here...  Fact... we actually did have a favorite Petrucci breakfast cereal thread here once.. and you all wonder why teh streets here once ran red with blood once Mick and his gang of Art-Rock thugs decended on the DT fans with lead pipes.

Raff wrote: Well, Ancestor's Tale was voted as #12 in PA's Best of 2014 list, so there's still hope...

and would have been higher if I hadn't boycotted the voting for all the SWilson abuse heaped upon previous year's lists.

micky wrote: 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).

I agree... This place was wild, exciting and also dangerous, partly due to the first generation Admin's laissez-faire attitude . Most of my 12000 posts (5/6, I'd say) date from the first four years or so. There were days where I spent most of my time posting away on the PA forums, never drawing my Colts first,but also  never fearing to get in the thick of things ... Though, at first, I hesitated, lurking for a few months before diving from the deep end and biting sharks and killer whales already in there

Micky has a sense of formula, which I like to emulate, but yeah the place has become somewhat boring next to what it ob-nce was