SR vs. TRW

[Scott Trainer]

I know this is going to start a bunch of crap, so thats why i posted it in this section. Hoping that only people mature enough to calmly hold a conversation will post in this.

Anyway, Im just curious, why are we all so into these damn forums?
I read Brian Bostons "Thanks You" post, and im not trying to disrespect Brian in anyway, But was that really necessary? SR and TRW are both SCOOTERING FORUMS, and some users still use both, so of course theres going to be some similarities. I know a "Mature Discussion" section isnt scooter related, but theres forums out there that are ONLY mature...

Im also posting to see why everyone always gets so butt-hurt and argues back and forth about these two forums. All you hear is people on SR bashing TRW, and people on TRW bashing SR, Im fucking tired of it. Its always just a competition of who uses which one more. Heres how i see it:
1. SR was the first and used to be the only scootering forum. Anyone seriously into the sport was on it. Now theres a bunch of little kids, which is to be expected with a growing sport. And the little kids are always the main arguement about SR, but half of them followed everyone to TRW too...
2. Also, I respect both forums, but people need to remember that everything started here. There would be no TRW if there wasnt a SR (I dont care what happened or the reasons why TRW was started. I know all that, but its irrelevant, there still would be no TRW without SR.). So i dont care whos forum is "better" or who has more posts. If you like one so much better, then grow the fuck up and stay out of the other.

I mean no disrespect by this post. Its pretty long but i hope some of you will take the time to read it. It may just seem like an angry rant, but im tired of all this drama. No one can have fun anymore, its always about whos better. Seriously, we dont need a fucking forum to ride and have fun. I rarely even come on here because im tired of the bullshit.

As i said, this is in this section for the possibility of maybe having a mature conversation about this, but I highly doubt that will happen...

Warn me, ban me, do what you need to do if this breaks any rules. But please just dont delete it. Let this stay up here and maybe people will open their fucking minds and grow up. We dont need all this drama and argueing over an internet forum.

 

[DevonIs1337]

the scooter community is just like every other community out there... there will be idiots, and then there will be intelligent people. unfortunately, in the scooter community, the idiots shine much brighter than the intelligent people.

people in this community are going to find a way to turn ANYTHING into an argument/battle... no matter what perspective you have about it. 80% of the scooter community are 16 year olds and under... usually, young kids and forums don't mix too well... they've still yet to learn any type of forum etiquette, and it really shows in certain scenarios.

in comparison, nothing is different about TRW and SR (aside from the physical appearance of the actual forum template). on BOTH forums you will find the handful of matured and seasoned veterans of the sport, the sponsor hungry children, the egotistical douchebags, and the incredibly unintelligent 12 year olds that make you facepalm.

let's not argue about the forums itself, let's argue about the scooter community in general, and what it has come to in the past year or so. after all, forums reflect back onto the community in which they serve.

I may be a douchebag 99% of the time, but I certainly know what I'm talking about in this situation.

 

[Anthony_Q]

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im sorry but really this should get locked. you know this is going to turn into some bullshit. the scooter community is too immature to talk about things like normal people at this point.

 

[Joe Riley]

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im sorry but really this should get locked. you know this is going to turn into some bullshit. the scooter community is too immature to talk about things like normal people at this point.

You're one to talk considering you get into a lot of arguments around here.
I'm not locking it, he made a good point. People need to grow up and not care, IT'S A FORUM.

Quit being hardasses over the internet because you're so 1337 and c00l and this place would be a way better place.

 

[Scott Trainer]

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im sorry but really this should get locked. you know this is going to turn into some bullshit. the scooter community is too immature to talk about things like normal people at this point.

At the end of my post i said i dont care if this gets locked. If you feel like this should be locked, so be it. As long as it doesnt get deleted, itll still be here for something to think about.

But Devon seems like he gets what im saying. He maturely responded and offered some more legitimate points. The whole community is getting out of hand. We should respect everyone as a rider, not by how good they are or what forum they use.

A mod can do whatever he wants with this thread, but i dont think it deserves to be locked after only one relevant post.

Edit: Edited just to thank Joe Riley haha <3

 

[Anthony_Q]

You're one to talk considering you get into a lot of arguments around here.

not anymore.. i dont think.

i guess ill contribute though.
scooter resource is like vitalbmx and the ridewire is like thecomeupboard (before A22 fucked it up).
nothing wrong with that really, its just 2 different crowds.

and sr will always have more people and be more active just because its been around for sooo much longer and so many people know about it. half of the people that go on sr dont even have accounts. and tbh i though that trw would turn out to be a new c4 forum, i guess i was wrong.

theres no "better" forum, just whats better for you. imo

 

[Joe Riley]

I've seen a few, not many.

SR is more "OG style" while TRW is more like the new generation.

 

[ExistBMX]

TRW is alot better in my opinion, mainly because the people arnt talking in leet speak like ------s and when i ask a question I get quick and helpful responses, on here I just get retarded banter between 12 year olds... Also the riders on TRW are seemingly better, McKeen, Zig, Jake Clark, DMazz... you get the drift, Dmazz quit this fourm like 2 weeks ago and McKeen doesnt even go on here

 

[christianewing]

Just because there are alot of pro riders on TRW doesnt make it "better" then any other forum. There is alot of really good riders on this site too that just dont have the sponsor's yet that help out just as much as pro's do. I personally am going to stick with SR because i have always been on here and i like the people on here. I really dont like TRW because Brian had to come over to another forum and talk crap about 1 little password. But those are just my opinions.

 

[Scott Trainer]

TRW is alot better in my opinion, mainly because the people arnt talking in leet speak like ------s and when i ask a question I get quick and helpful responses, on here I just get retarded banter between 12 year olds... Also the riders on TRW are seemingly better, McKeen, Zig, Jake Clark, DMazz... you get the drift, Dmazz quit this fourm like 2 weeks ago and McKeen doesnt even go on here

Well, those riders you named always had accounts on here and only really posted in the beginning. After that, they rarely posted.
I believe that they didnt/dont post much BECAUSE THEY DONT NEED A FORUM TO RIDE. Theyre all big names, they dont need website to tell them how to ride. And thats the point Im trying to make in this thread, Im using the SR and TRW shit as an example of how everyone worries too much about a website, instead of just riding and having fun.

 

[DevonIs1337]

I see what you're trying to get at here... but we definitely NEED scooter forums to continue to progress as a sport. the scooter community is an incredibly large family, so to speak... we need a place to discuss riders/products/events/etc... basically anything involving the sport.

sure, you can choose to be an underground rider and never visit forums, but just realize you'll be incredibly out of the loop when it comes to the general progression of the sport, and you'll be at a great disadvantage if you're looking to get the FULL experience out of being a freestyle scooter rider.

I also didn't go to sleep yet, so I apologize if I'm sounding like an idiot and making no sense right now ahahah

 

[Scott Trainer]

I completeing agree with you, but Im not saying we dont need these sites. They do help with any questions, feedback on videos, etc. But we dont need the bitchfest.
These sites were made with the intentions to offer help to ALL riders, sponsored or just staritng. Now everyone just worries about there reputation on the internet. Who gives a fuck who you are on here. We all ride and espect all riders for ridin, not just for a name.
But no one seems to get that anymore. I do agree we need these sites, its a great place to help upcoming riders, but its not helping when they come on here for help and advice and just see everyone on here whining and crying about what sites better, whos better than who, blah blah blah.

Hence my point, people need to grow up. Use these sites for the intentional purposes,not all this competition between people and websites.

 

[DevonIs1337]

I've recently came to the conclusion that message boards/forums should be looked at similar to how people look at life in general... sure, there are going to be people who know their place in the world (in this case, TRW/SR), but the majority of the population is going to continuously get caught up in stupid/irrelevant shit that doesn't matter, and that makes their stay in this world (once again, TRW/SR) much more difficult than it essentially should be, and it ends up making everyone else around them miserable as well.

the best thing to do is just brush it off and try not to let it get to you too much... there are idiots/assholes/etc. EVERYWHERE in everything you partake in. they're not going anywhere, trust me. just by trying to get your point across in a mature fashion, that ALREADY makes you in the minority... like I said, it's best to just brush dumb stuff like this off.. don't worry too much over something you have virtually no control over.

 

[ExistBMX]

Well, those riders you named always had accounts on here and only really posted in the beginning. After that, they rarely posted.
I believe that they didnt/dont post much BECAUSE THEY DONT NEED A FORUM TO RIDE. Theyre all big names, they dont need website to tell them how to ride. And thats the point Im trying to make in this thread, Im using the SR and TRW shit as an example of how everyone worries too much about a website, instead of just riding and having fun.

I wasnt saying one needs a damn fourm to ride, i was saying alot more of the pros are choosing TRW at the moment because of the smaller community... Dont get me wrong I would LOVE SR, but when I came on here, looked at the edits that people were posting I got a lot of 12-14 year olds thinking a tailwhip or a 360 was filmable material, then when I told them (kindly mind you) that they should get a tad bit better before filming they cussed me out and told me a your mom joke then said we should fight... real maturity, I've ridden a total of 3 months (6 total but I had a 3 month break) And I getting better, def not pro or comp material yet but whatever, but when I have a question i like answers not jokes and mindless debate over dumb shit...

also both fourms have a problem in my opinion... only like 4 of us on both fourms combined are not pussy ass snitches, i see "my scooter got stole, so i called the police even though i knew where he lived and his name"... God damn it, if he rode DC or any big city that idiot would have been shot, ----- Im getting annoyed that the scooter community isnt hardcore at all... Im not saying we need to be, but it really helps your overall appearance as not pussys

 

[Joe Trainer]

Soon enough TRW will have tons of little kids and all the douchebags on there as well. It's a free forum and anyone can join at any given time. Me personally, I like both forums just because I have more resources to find stuff out if I need to know something. I also don't give two shits who the big names are on either site, because in the end, they are just people. I'm not going to glorify a website just because it has riders on there that people look up to more than others. That's just childish. But Brian is doing a good job at maintaining TRW and all the mods on here who are taking charge of SR are doing a good job even though Andrew is hardly on here. I don't blame him because he's got lots of business and shit to work on. But I still think that anyone mature enough to look at the usefulness of both sites should go on both, it doesn't necessarily mean they have to like both of them, but more or less use them for the purpose they are made. SR will always have that place in my heart for being first, but TRW is a great addition to our community and I will continue to visit both. I just hope the people on either site who bash the other will realize that our sport isn't strong enough to withstand two internet communities to be at war. That will not look good at comps or anything like that to the people who are spectating. In the beginning we were all together with things and now, you're not cool if you like one site that someone else doesn't like. Like Scott said, everyone needs to grow up and work together instead of trying to separate the people in the sport already.

 

[DevonIs1337]

Soon enough TRW will have tons of little kids and all the douchebags on there as well.

looool, where have you been?

 

[Joe Trainer]

I just left never never land. Don't wanna talk about it...

 

[Scott Trainer]

I've recently came to the conclusion that message boards/forums should be looked at similar to how people look at life in general... sure, there are going to be people who know their place in the world (in this case, TRW/SR), but the majority of the population is going to continuously get caught up in stupid/irrelevant shit that doesn't matter, and that makes their stay in this world (once again, TRW/SR) much more difficult than it essentially should be, and it ends up making everyone else around them miserable as well.

the best thing to do is just brush it off and try not to let it get to you too much... there are idiots/assholes/etc. EVERYWHERE in everything you partake in. they're not going anywhere, trust me. just by trying to get your point across in a mature fashion, that ALREADY makes you in the minority... like I said, it's best to just brush dumb stuff like this off.. don't worry too much over something you have virtually no control over.

I completely agree with you and understand what you mean. Thats how Ive always looked at it. But now Im just puttng it out there. I love the sport and Im tired of this bad reputation of al tis drama being reflected on the whole community. Im only one person, but im taking a stand starting now. We dont need this drama and shit.

Haha Joe. I love our posts.

 

[Bear Grylls]

I've seen a few, not many.

SR is more "OG style" while TRW is more like the new generation.

Thats how I think of it. I prefer SR over TRW, but I admit that I sometimes lurk TRW. I don't know why, but theirs something about TRW that I don't like. And I may come off as a dick on here, But when you actually meet me Im really nice.

 

[The Batman]