Ahh, one of the best threads at 'the other place'.

[StolenThunder]

...for a while, anyhow...

I was flicking around TrekBBS yesterday... [Yes, I still go there ] when someone posted a new thread in the very quiet DS9 forum... I started of a wonderful chain of events... Look and smile...

trekbbs.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/004149.html

[star3]

Good example of why I don't visit the Trek forums over there anymore.

[Zeph]

Oh that is priceless...another great example of why I only go there to read, not post....thank you

[Ana Ng]

Wow.. so this is what you guys have been talking about.. I'm so glad Spacedock was my first Trek forum

So let me get this straight.. there are a great many people over there who factionalize and feud because they're either a DS9 fan or a Voyager fan?

Silly me, all these years, I've liked BOTH shows!

[Elric3960]

^^^Apparently, this "Chell" character likes neither one! ST, when you find out which Trek shows, if any, he does like, please let us know.  There's nothing sadder than a soldier who attacks all fronts and couldn't figure out that he was outgunned from the start because of it!

I knew that the male-bashing big-boob-hating Ms. Green wasn't the only reason why I left that insane place.

Thanks for the look-in, and you had some excellent postings on that thread!  I couldn't have responded better myself.

[StolenThunder]

Unfortunately, it's been closed now...

Still, to answer ana's questions... Basically, there are warring factions at the TrekBBS. Niners hate Voyagers and vice versa... There are also those that fall somewhere in between [Me]... However, the Voyager bashers are far more obvious - Hell, there can be some fantastic battles.

And pretty much always, the DS9 fans win... Most of the Voyager fans that go into the other forums specifically to bash are hopeless - especially when compared to those such as Reza. [I'm not saying that all Voy fans are stupid, mind you, just those that bash without justification]...

Unfortunately, at the TrekBBS, pretty much everyone hates Voyager... Leading to just a few 'interesting' threads.

As I said, I like both series, but not those posters that are completely stupid...

Ahh, it was fun.

*Reads through post again for a bit of a laugh*

[UltimateTrekker]

I've always been a Niner (even back when we were few and far between in the days just as the war arcs were coming together)

Even though I try not to bash, it was hard there.  They pulled you into those conversations very easily.

I noted once over there that there seemed to be people that did nothing but complain about (seemingly) all trek.  I asked if it made sense to constantly gripe about something you "loved"

I got called a troll by basically the entire board.  That was my last post.

[Christina]

I don't post much in DS9 - not a show I remember an awful lot about.
Things do get polarised very rapidly over there, don't they?

So glad we are not like that!

[StolenThunder]

Christina said:

Things do get polarised very rapidly over there, don't they?

Just a little...

[Gnom]

Gag. What a classy place...
In a nutshell why, whenever I bother visiting there, I seldom set my foot outside TNG forum. It's remained relatively tranquil for some reason, save an occasional lout deliberately attempting to stir the pot.

[Friendly_Tree]

Now now now... Let's play nice...

You wouldn't want people to make fun of Spacedock, do we?

[Gnom]

I used to like TrekBBS.
Now I just can't fathom why such a vile athmosphere around something that is supposed to be fun.

[StolenThunder]

Hmm, it isn't always that bad... [Probably explains why I'm going for commodore]

[Christina]

And he'll get there before me, too.

Like any board, it's what you choose to make it.

Just avoid threads by certain posters and it's not so bad.

[Aurian]

I will forever stay a fleet captain over there. I go there once in a while to read the gossip pages.