What ever happened to the community?

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Snow Patrol

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tylerbillman said:
All you ever do is come on here and complain about how the current status of the SR isn't how it used to be and that somehow that's a bad thing. It's evolved and yes, there are more little kids arguing and whatnot, but it's a much larger community now and it's only getting bigger. It's out-done two other major forums (TRW and Inside) for years now, that must mean something right?
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That proves two things..

That little kids love arguing with eachother over pointless things and will group together to argue even more.

That alot of the older riders have either moved on from forums because they cant stand it, or grew out of it.

I used to be on here everyday too, same with TRW, but people get older and have things to take care of. Popular things on SR like whos scooter looks better and who can be the most sarcastic asshole loses priority over growing up and having responsibilities to take care of so you can even find the time to ride.

Scooter forums went from a supportive community towards a large gathering of kids who like to argue about brands and pointless things rather than worry about something beneficial towards their sport.. Like how are we going to help freestyle scootering get recognized as a worldwide sport after over a decade of involvement and give it the respect it deserves?

Ive lost alot of interest in the community from all this, but I will always be friendly and respectful to an older rider Ive known in the past reguardless of their company or involvement.
 
Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls

M3MB3R
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inb4 this is what sr has turned into. ^

I seem to stay out of anything scooter related on this site because that is were all the kids go and argue about stupid shit.

It's funny seeing all the 2011 people and stuff saying they missed how SR used to be.
 
Dewey

Dewey

BEADY!
btyczki21 said:
I see what you mean but i don't think its completely necessary to have a tight knit online community. As long as people are still riding and connecting in real life that's what will keep the sport going.

Look at anything else, there are countless forums for snowboarding, surfing, archery, stockcar racing, (etc...)and none of them are known to have a main forum. Well as far as i know
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the online community originally showed me that scooter is actually something when i first started scootering like 7 years ago. I had no idea that scootering was actually something that alot of people did until i went to hacketstown skatepark, saw rob riding and was really impressed and then some kid told me about sr(when it was a store also) and it just blew my mind. Now when i look at this site and anywhere online theres alllot of kids compared to back then but theres just a bad vibe alot of the time.
 
Rob.

Rob.

Admin
Staff member
I think we've grown apart as a community due to the sheer excess of new members. It's like trying to have a close knit family with a whole town instead of just the neighbors around you.
 
Carson .

Carson .

Steel Member
Make it so u have to get referred and write why you want to be on the site. And post limits like you need a minimum of 50 posts to get into trade and sell sections but need 10 for buy section
 
CallumR

CallumR

Steel Member
That Sir is an extremely good suggestion, this forum is still the best, maybe we can redirect all the little kids to the mgp forum? or a little kiddies forum
 
Joe Riley

Joe Riley

The Gypsy
Staff member
Carson said:
Make it so u have to get referred and write why you want to be on the site. And post limits like you need a minimum of 50 posts to get into trade and sell sections but need 10 for buy section
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Yeah let's just kick out most of the sport, great idea.

People break the rules, we get rid of them. You guys all seem to be complaining about arguing but if we got rid of everyone who argues you'd complain about us being Nazis. We ban one for it, we have to ban everyone who does the same thing.

I feel like most of the ignorant/disrespectful users will be gone when the BST sections are gone. At least, that's what I'm hoping for.

To those complaining about the forum, if you don't like it then don't use it. We don't force you to stay.

To Tyler, you seem to make this thread pretty often. Why don't you actually stick around and try to improve the forum instead of coming on and making a thread that usually starts a shitstorm.
 
D

D ∆ V I D

Basic Bunch
even though i joined at the tail end of the fun i can relate to you tyler. but thats because the stage scootering is in is different than before. pre 2009, we were just fags to the rest of the world. we accepted it and still had fun for what we did. now theres this urge to leap forward in progression and everyone gets all up tight and serious because the pressure is on. just a humble opinion
 
Hunter Treviranus

Hunter Treviranus

Silver Member
tylerbillman said:
LOL.

And true that, I don't even look at the videos hardly ever on here anymore. I remember I used to check them everyday though.
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i still check them everyday,but i get disappointed most of the videos people post on here because they dont take the time to film its like "day edit"
 
Jordan Jasa

Jordan Jasa

Silver Member
Tyler bro...SR was never good. Ever since it started people complained about all the "new kids" and there was always issues and shit talking. There used to be "pro" and "am" forums, completely segregating the experienced riders from the n00bs. It used to be more popular because people like me found it and pretty much stayed in the sport because of it. Tons of people started/kept riding because of SR. Now it isn't like that at all, only a small percentage of scooter riders that pop up use SR. It used to be a vital part of the sport back when there was SR parts and WEE, and now that just isn't the case.

Facebook/inside or social media in general made SR unnecessary for a lot of riders. Don't think I need to explain that one.
 
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