ODSA Forum Gone for good?

[stempson]

So, I see a lot of the old names from the ODSA forum here now. I have been checking in at the ODSA forum and notice it is f'd up for quite a while now...has it been hijacked for good or...

[Jet]

RIP, I guess.

[Ol' Bob]

It's being held as evidence.

Are you now, or were you ever, a member of the ODSA BBS?

[Scott]

The site has been slammed with viruses/bots/nasties. Rumor has it that Jerry was quoted $100.00 to get it up and running again and is currently accepting donations.

But it's been down so long, I wonder if anyone would bother going back to it?

R.I.P.

["Over the Hill" Bob]

The site has been slammed with viruses/bots/nasties. Rumor has it that Jerry was quoted $100.00 to get it up and running again and is currently accepting donations.

But it's been down so long, I wonder if anyone would bother going back to it?

R.I.P.

What's that sound? Oh yeah..........that's TAPS playing in the background.

RIP ODSA!:cheers:

Bob

[RonTheWhip]

it had a good run. there were good times and bad times alike...

we'll kinda miss you ODSA...maybe...well, not really

Viva la NWDiscGolfNews!

[Wes Hansen]

I'm hoping it comes back and Brian and Jub Jub can use that one.
Wouldn't that be sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

[Sam]

Odd. Were it this site, we would shell out the money to get the site back up so that we would not lose continuity and then accept donations to cover the expense. Not the other way around.

Maybe the writing on the wall is clear enough at this point that ODSA will never come back? It's clear that the community for current DG information and current DG discussion has found another home.

[Scott]

Odd. Were it this site, we would shell out the money to get the site back up so that we would not lose continuity and then accept donations to cover the expense. Not the other way around.

Maybe the writing on the wall is clear enough at this point that ODSA will never come back? It's clear that the community for current DG information and current DG discussion has found another home.

I consider it a blessing. I'm happy to see the disc golf community in one happy place. I think NWDGN is fast on its way of becoming THE place to check for ALL local tournaments, events, maps, and information.

[Sam]

It is the communal effort that makes this happen. I am absolutely beside myself that some key figures who are widely respected for their contributions to the DG community have stepped up to help out with the site. From those who are moderators (like yourself, Scott) to Adam Schneider who has been instrumental in filling our site with content to Ryan Gwillim for his course records work to all of the people who have made suggestions or contributions in other ways. This IS becoming the site that I saw in my mind's eye and I couldn't be happier about that than I am.

:cheers: to all of you.

[snap7times]

Delegation to the right people is the key to success. Keep it up. ODSA had and still does have it's spot in our hearts. Without it's foundations and what it provided over the years, this NW website would not be as good as it is, so gotta be thankful in one way or another. I look forward to the video part, where we can start putting up videos of different courses and tournaments for all to enjoy. Maybeeee even host tournament registration???? lol...

[Scott]

Delegation to the right people is the key to success. This is one area where ODSA failed, and probably the biggest reason why it isn't here today. I know several people offered their services to improve the website, including security, and were turned down.

Maybeeee even host tournament registration???? lol... That would be sweeeeeeeeeet. :drool:

[Sam]

I do appreciate what ODSA has done (and didn't do) that inspired this website to exist.

Tournament registrations, though? Let's not try to give Adam and I bigger headaches. :D

[stempson]

well good enough. I am just glad I found the site that replaced the ODSA forum. No need for multiple forums anyway really. Thanks for all who are making it happen.:rockon: plus I like some of these new icons...laters:explode:

[SMOKIN JOE]

options are allways better
i don't think this sight would be as good without something to compare,better,share, to
hope to see it up and running soon:cool2:

[Sam]

Could not disagree more. Having two forums is a sure-fire way to make sure that people miss stuff.

You want something to compare this site to? How about this one: http://www.horserentals.com/virginia.html

[snap7times]

I do appreciate what ODSA has done (and didn't do) that inspired this website to exist.

Tournament registrations, though? Let's not try to give Adam and I bigger headaches. :D

Guess Sam missed my last post, delegation to the right people is the key to success... no one said you or Adam would have to do it. I could name a few hippity hippies who would love to oversee this 24/7 and make the "registration updated hourly" thing a reality... :biggrin2::whistler:

[Scott]

http://www.horserentals.com/virginia.html
I think my eyes are bleeding.

[Sam]

Yeah... that site is not what I would call "easy on the eyes". :D

[Scott]

Yeah... that site is not what I would call "easy on the eyes". :D

It's the anti-Google

[SMOKIN JOE]

so you only get your weather or world or political news from only one sourse
sounds kinda commie to me:cool2:

[NWDiscer]

Yeah... that site is not what I would call "easy on the eyes". :D

I'm not sure i wanna even temp it.........

[Sam]

Uh, Joe... you do know that most news sites/services get their information all from the same place(s), right?

And you say commie like it is a bad word. Careful or we might think that you are a right-winged Bush-supporting nutjob. :D

[SMOKIN JOE]

no i hate bush and his one only fox news
the government wants you to only have one sourse that's why talk radio is so good
it seems your contradicting yourself,you only want one golf news sourse ,yet you say we get are news from only one sourse and you think this is good
that is bush like,
i want as many sourses as possible,:cool2:

[Sam]

OK, maybe I am not being clear.

If we have two sites, that encourages people to pick their favorite and post stuff there. If we only have one site, that encourages people to post there and only there.

The first scenario leads to information missing at both sites. The latter scenario ensures that information will be complete on one site.

I fail to see how the first scenario is any good for our community.

[Adam Schneider]

One forum does not mean your information comes from one source; the info comes from 291 sources, and growing.

[SMOKIN JOE]

how about the people that use only one ,,then you've lost all that info
and i don't understand missing
if it's there then it's not missing
because you have a problem with odsa doesn't mean everybody does
so there should only be one paper to read ,one newscast to watch,one radio station to listen too,
still don't understand missing,you can brouse this sight and find what you want but are uncapable to find what you want on a different sight
so the people in washington and southern oregon that i know that don't post here must be missing it as well,, those other forums must be all wrong too,,
there's too much missing info for me to handle
could someone close all the forums beside this one please:cool2:

[Adam Schneider]

I give up. He's living up to his name a bit too much, I think...

[SMOKIN JOE]

it seems strange in a country built on diversity and freedom that only one candidate would be what would be right for a community
i'd give up too if those were my beliefs
another good example,how many times do you watch the same story on two different news chanells yet not the same story with different pictures that leaves you with different views and different thoughts:cool2:

[Adam Schneider]

Against my better judgement, I'll try to explain one more time: the "news" here does not come from one "channel." It comes from you, and me, and the other 290 members of this discussion board. The owners of the site don't control what information gets out. That makes it COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from a television station or a newspaper.

If anything, this forum is the television itself; wouldn't you rather have one TV that gets all the channels, rather than a few different ones that only get some of them?

[SMOKIN JOE]

its the opinions that matter
and it seems strange i went to my friends up north tacoma sight and behold me if i didn't see links to other websights like odsa and club sights with there own forums and who is there main forum
sounds kind of contradictory to me
better straighten them out too:cool2:

[snap7times]

:slapface: what in the world.... :slapface:

[Scott]

OK, let me try...

When you go shopping, do you buy one thing at every store in town or do you go to a big box store like Fred Meyer or Target? At those stores, you can get most everything you need in one stop. Shopping is more convenient, and you're lessl likely to forget something.

In many ways, this website is like one of those stores. Many of the features you could not get on ODSA are now available here, in one place.

[AchimbaProphet]

Scott, this is a good analogy. One stop shopping is great. I think that this analogy also illuminates the idea that there are other stores open and even other all-in-one stores to choose from. I find value in the websites of my local clubs, this regional site, and of the national (international) PDGA site.

I have found it a better use of resources to participate in and grow an existing community rather than creating my own. The ODSA forum served me well in that regard and now this forum does in its place.

[Flatroc]

We use what we have available.
Some are good, some are better depending on our OP's.
I hope ODSA get's back up and running. :cheerleader:
There are way too many youngsters on this site that either don't know or care about answering old disc golf trivia ?'s :rolleyes2:

[Scott]

Scott, this is a good analogy. One stop shopping is great. I think that this analogy also illuminates the idea that there are other stores open and even other all-in-one stores to choose from.

Aboslutley!

I love FM, but I don't do all of my shopping there. Far from it.
But for many things, it's the first place I look. That's what I hope will become of this site - the first place to look for anything dg related.

[SMOKIN JOE]

you said it yourself,, target, fred meyer,, right there are two options
so one of them should close because we don't need both
there are alot of things i don't find here that were on odsa
and vise virsa
it seems to me the whole point is the other websight because your points are pointless
so what your saying is that odsa had nothing to offer should not have been up and running anyway
so why does tdgpa websight have links to odsa and other forums if this is such a bad thing:cool2:

[Scott]

there are alot of things i don't find here that were on odsa


One great feature that you'll find here that you couldn't find at ODSA is very responsive moderators. What do you think is missing here? Just ask, and there's a good chance it will happen.

[AchimbaProphet]

so why does tdgpa websight have links to odsa and other forums if this is such a bad thing

*I* do not think that it is a bad thing. I am the administrator of the Tacoma Disc Golf Players Association website. It will always be my preference to include links to other relevant sites and I will continue to include them. Viva la TDGPA!

[AchimbaProphet]

One great feature that you'll find here that you couldn't find at ODSA is very responsive moderators.

This is an extremely welcomed improvement. :yay:

[Sam]

Terry, it must take you forever to do your grocery shopping. I mean... to use your "logic", you probably get your coffee filters at Albertson's and then your coffee at Safeway and then the sugar at WinCo and then the Half and Half at 7-11 and the coffee cups at Fred Meyer. Then you go to a friend's house to make the coffee and then eventually sleep there because you can't just have one house.

Dude... you simply are not getting it. For news and events and such, it makes MUCH more sense to have ONE place where everyone knows where to look for that information rather than have a multitude of sites where the information you are looking for may or may not be there. If you see something that you enjoyed about ODSA that you do not find here, perhaps speak up and tell us what it is so we can consider adding it. (Honestly, I don't think that there was anything there that isn't here and you are just being difficult but I had a relaxing weekend and I have found a little of the extra patience needed to combat your "points".)

[Ol' Bob]

...it makes MUCH more sense to have ONE place where everyone knows where to look for that information rather than have a multitude of sites where the information you are looking for may or may not be there.

When I asked for an alphabetical listing of acronyms and abbreviations for DG, clubs, leagues, and tournaments, I was told they are available on someone else's site.

I don't think there are a lot of disc golf abbreviations, although there's some funky vocabulary. I think other sites have already compiled these lists though...

[Adam Schneider]

When I asked for an alphabetical listing of acronyms and abbreviations for DG, clubs, leagues, and tournaments, I was told they are available on someone else's site.
We claim to be the definitive place for Northwest-related disc golf information, not general disc golf info. There's no sense re-inventing the wheel, unless the existing wheel is broken.

[LJ Jubner]

You know Moderators are fine But the idea of self moderation is a only as effective as it members feel they need to act.

But it seems here that members are more likely to follow the rules because they know the mod's are out there. On odsa it seemed because there were no repercussions it was A free for all. As the one who tried to moderate and was crucified for it. I m just sorry we could not figure out a way to contain ourselves

[Roller Bob]

I was wondering, since I'm kinda' new to this computer/internet stuff, if there was a way to Atom/RSS feed all the different forums you belong to? And then use something like Newsfox or another news reader to see and read the new posts all in one place? Sometimes its hard to remember all the places to check. I know I bookmark them all, but I was wondering if there is a simpler way?

[Tim]

I think that this forum has every advantage over ODSA other than the history. ODSA had some great content in the depths like the Dyed Discs thread, or the recurring Pinkal's mom jokes (I've never met Pinkal, but I still found that theme to be pretty amusing). I know there are some old ODSA personalities, that for one reason or another, don't want to make the switch over to a new forum. A forum's content is dictated by the users, so if people want to have input on something, it's up to them to post it. It's free to sign up here, and folks are allowed to say whatever they want (within reason), so you can't really blame a forum for not giving the opportunity for "all points of view."

Bob, I think that's fine if you want an alphabetical acronym list--even though there are lists that already exist, there are regional colloquialisms that can pop up here that are fun (like my reference to Grandma--likely only NW golfers would have a clue who I'm talking about). If you want to put forth the effort to alphabetize it all, by all means, have at it, you got the powah!

[TYVEK]

Personaly i like this site beacause its not just a forum, I mean NOBODY has said one word about the ARCADE!!! this forum is awesome because it has an arcade in it!!:cheers: :nahnah::jumpspin:

[Jet]

Personaly i like this site beacause its not just a forum, I mean NOBODY has said one word about the ARCADE!!! this forum is awesome because it has an arcade in it!!:cheers: :nahnah::jumpspin:
Yeah. That's right no one has said anything about the arcade. :slapface: -There's just a whole thread dedicated to it. :biggrin2::nahnah:

[Ol' Bob]

Bob, I think that's fine if you want an alphabetical acronym list... If you want to put forth the effort to alphabetize it all, by all means, have at it, you got the powah!

The reason I asked (as I did before at ODSA) is because I DON'T KNOW THEM. What's more is, I have terrible short term memory and don't know them the next time they come up. Everyone likes to flop out KOTS or RCO without ever writing it out just once in parentheses.

As soon as I posted that acronym thread, a newbie said, "yeah, that would be nice." Then everyone had a good time making it into a fun and jokes thread. Cool, I like fun too. But this is pretty much the only DG site I haunt, and it would be nice if I could find it here where I encounter the bizzillion initials used over and again.

It would just be nice is all.

[Sam]

RCO = Rose City Open
KOTS = King of the Sound, I believe.

[TYVEK]

Yeah. That's right no one has said anything about the arcade. :slapface: -There's just a whole thread dedicated to it. :biggrin2::nahnah:




no no no. i meant on this thread. :shooting:

that was just one reason why this site is far better than ODSA.


I totally agree with Tim about all the disc dyeing knowledge that was on ODSA. its a shame. we need more disc dyers posting here.