Define....... "old timers"
After the Sandy Hook school shooting, the site got flooded with $3000 DPMS AR's and $1500 WASR's. The For Sale section became a "Who can screw who the worst, and still get away with it". Unfortunately, people were actually buying at those prices, so the problem just kept getting worse. We began to police the price gougers, in a less than friendly way, and the moderators didn't like that (for some reason). Instead of removing the people who were only here to make a buck, they started banning people who spoke out. Quite a few super knowledgeable guys got banned or left because of these actions.
Between not being able to buy reasonably priced ammunition, and seeing people try to take advantage of a horrible situation - the "fun" of firearms quickly wore off. I honestly haven't been shooting in probably 2-3 years, considering I used to hit the range twice a week, and had just won my first few competitions.
I now feel like my father, who didn't know what the .40S&W cartridge was when I told him about it. Haha. People ask for my opinion on new guns, and I'm clueless. So many new models and manufacturers have come and gone in the past few years that I've become a complete dinosaur.
So, what used to be a super tight-knit community has become more like a smaller ARFcom, if that makes any sense...
Speaking of the past, anyone remember the scam run by Long Gone Days and the melted glock story? What happened to that meth head anyway?
How can we forget?! I still go crosseyed thinking about that crap, and the snarky way he'd present it. It was indeed great comedy though! When asked to provide documentation, links, etc. his standard reply was always, in effect, "I don't HAVE to prove any of this! The truth is out there; go find it yourself. Such mundane tasks are beneath someone so enlightened as I!"Anyone remember Mjolnir and the nutty stuff he posted ?
How can we forget?! I still go crosseyed thinking about that crap, and the snarky way he'd present it. It was indeed great comedy though! When asked to provide documentation, links, etc. his standard reply was always, in effect, "I don't HAVE to prove any of this! The truth is out there; go find it yourself. Such mundane tasks are beneath someone so enlightened as I!"
His blow of the banhammer was one that I cheered!
LOL...yeah, the black helicopters went to Mjolnir for their orders, didn't they?
Hate to say it, but IMHO only, this place got moderated to near extinction. But hey, I am no angel and did push the limits at times, and the site is privately owned!
As the ultimate Freedomist I respect that.
But, I see strikethroughs on some users from the past and I shake my head and say, "Damn! This guy has been here longer than me and I've never read him/her ever say a negative thing on anything; and now he/she is banned? What could they possibly have done?"
Exactly ! You would have loved it in the good old days . I couldn't wait to log on and see what was up .