Is this the same people who got NCgunowners a while back?

 

yes, but the sites are still going to be run separately by the people that have been running them forever. It is just a different server and different advertising network, the culture won't be changing.

 

Hey Everyone.
I will be here working with the existing mod team on the webmaster type duties here. You wont see much change here other than a few new faces in the halls checking up on the site functions. My main focus here is to take some of the weight off Ed & Neil managing the tech issues.
Thanks,
Phil

 

Congrats to you both @NEO and @soreshoulder

You've built one hell of an awesome site/forum and I hope you are able to enjoy the fruits of your labor and a little more free time.

 

None of this will change.
-Philip

 

I'm only here cause I was banned everywhere else.

 

Welcome and we will be watching.....

 

Does this mean the end of the Minefield?

I'm not too worried about the change in ownership. If Second Media starts running this site with the kind of editorial discretion that Facebook and most leftist run organizations use, we'll all go elsewhere and the value of this site will go to zero.

 

These guys are here to run a business. I don't think anything will change, don't fix what works.

Now, if we start seeing banners telling us to whitelist the site on our ad blockers(you should all have them)...

 

Thanks for reporting this.
-Philip

 

In all seriousness, the same thing happened to another forum I am a member of. Same company bought them out. (I think the guy there was a Phil too) After the initial "OH CRAP" from everybody,nothing changed for subscribers. The biggest change came for people that are not subscribers and are just cruising in without being logged in, thats when you get hit with tons of adverts.

 

Its possible it was me, the team I work with is not that big.
-Philip

 

So this feel like my local dive bar just got bought out by Applebee's
Sure you can still get a beer, but instead of a local brew, its going to be a Labatts. Both will get you drunk, but at least you knew the guy who made the local beer.
Well, I left other site to start hanging out here. Its not like I had a lot invested here ( well other than that life time subscription). So if the changes sux (and there will be changes, just slow so that the new folks that find site will make up for old folks that leave) I can bump my fat arse on down the road.
On the other side, as a business owner myself, I say congrats on the exit. I how you were able to get what you want/ needed for the site!

So are there changes you suggest for this site? I am interested in hearing what you think the dive bar has always needed?
-Philip

 

Well, can I just say that I am glad to have my husband back? There were times that I would head for dreamland while Soreshoulder was spending time trying to work out site issues. He and Neo put a lot of effort into the operation of the site, and I think they did a great job. Now, with someone else doing the heavy lifting, they can enjoy the site and the hobby like the rest of you.

 

I know Ed and Neil, I know the effort put into this place (CSC) I know that when CSF went to CSC everyone's personal life was in a different place then now.

CSC has only been on the up swing, never a down turn, I will remain a member and sponsor of this site.

Now I hope Ed and Neil can go shoot and have fun at the range, and fun hanging out with us.

 

I understand the new owners are a business and they don't want to change the forum and runoff the locals. However, a business is rarely content with maintaining current revenue. They always want to develop the new acquisition into something bigger. I've been through this two times before. At first, just a few minor changes to fit their policy. I believe that has already happened in the last week or two. Then they expand, in my case the forum was about one particular model of jeep. The new forum owners tweeked, created sub-forums for other jeep models, and advertised the forum as all inclusive. Slowly the forum transformed into a site mostly about the new jeeps. The new jeep members looked down upon the original jeep members. At that point the forum that I knew was gone. But hey, it's a business decision based on profit and that's what businesses who buy out other businesses do.

 

This whole thing is sad.

No talk, no questions, no "hey, what do you think about this?", no nothing, just boom, bam, here ya go sucka's.

Sad I tell ya ...

 

This whole thing is sad.

No talk, no questions, no "hey, what do you think about this?", no nothing, just boom, bam, here ya go sucka's.

Sad I tell ya ...

If you were devoting your time or responsible for paying the bills, you might have had a voice in the decision.

 

I have done nothing to any of the forum's on here. Not sure what was removed if at all. I am monitoring the site from my phone right now while I am in transit home. Trying to keep up on here is proving a little challenging.
-Philip

 

All I can say is if I start seeing competition or advertising that isn't paying the same as we are I will take my advertising dollars elsewhere

Until them business as usual

 

All I can say is if I start seeing competition or advertising that isn't paying the same as we are I will take my advertising dollars elsewhere

Until them business as usual

We know where you are, Don. You'll keep our business whether you are here or not, whether CSC is here or not.

 

Ok, everyone got to say their peace, back to talking guns.