Interesting to see a CC clone BBS with strong linkage to the team. Mango ------------------ Get it right or just don't do it! Resistance is futile....you will be assimilated.
Since the UBB is a commercial product that is in wide use, I wouldn't exactly call the Mavs board a "clone". They're just using the same software (rather than copying it). ------------------ Houston Sports Board Help Finance My Movie - Buy A T-Shirt or Make a Donation
I understand about the UBB software being in common use, but the Forums are split along similar lines. It definitely came after the CC BBS, so it will tend to get stuck with the clone tag. Seems like there are several NBA BBS sites using UBB: A Pacer Board A Griz Board A Spurs Board? and now this Mav BBS There are probably a few more that I haven't visited yet that use UBB. I can't really say which NBA Fan BBS (using UBB) was first, but CC sure isn't the latest one to use it Mango ------------------ Get it right or just don't do it! Resistance is futile....you will be assimilated.
I can guarantee that the Mavtalk board was created without prior knowledge of this one. This one was discovered by the Mavs 2 months after the fact. I must say that I do like this one though - very impressive for just fan contributions... The Mavs were just sick of their NBA site looking like crap, with no control over their own content. ------------------
No research done prior to implementation? Doesn't come across as very thorough. Mango ------------------ Get it right or just don't do it! Resistance is futile....you will be assimilated.
He means he doubts that you guys did in fact find UBB and all the other BBS Software without visiting other fan-based websites. ------------------ Never Underestimate the Heart of a Champion
Wow.. Michael Finley posts here? I guess there's hope of signing him next year after all. ------------------ My dream job is to be a Houston Rockets towel boy.
"I'm just glad we don't have a forum dedicated to posting pictures of Rockets and have topics such as Who's the best looking Rocket?" i hope most of those people are girls. But you know, whatever floats your boat . ------------------ http://www.democrats.com mgh 1925-2001 [This message has been edited by dc rock (edited March 24, 2001).]
Actually dc rock, I think many members of this BBS do the exact same thing when fans from other teams come here. The excuse for lack of civility is often "What do you expect? This is a Rockets fan site," which is true enough, to an extent. There are too many people here who just look to jump on posters from other teams, even when those posters are trying to be civil. ------------------
I agree that the guy that stooped to Rocketfan's level on our board was just as big an idiot as Rocketfan himself. But most of us aren't like that. In fact, if you looked at the replies most of us (Mavs fans) repremanded him for acting like such a loser. Ya'll have a very good team as well as us and I wish you luck. Fadeaway - I'm not really Michael, I'm white, and he'll probably stay in Dallas anyway. ------------------
Yeah, I can see how one wouldn't think of dividing one's boards into a Talk About the Team section, and a General NBA section without having been here first. ------------------ Houston Sports Board Help Finance My Movie - Buy A T-Shirt or Make a Donation
The Grizz guys admit to copying us. But i was surprised to see that many on their board think we suck. You think after we beat them a couple times, they would respect us a bit. Instead they keep bringing up the loss. ------------------ Never Underestimate the Heart of a Champion
I think he was being sarcastic. Don't worry you'll get used to remarks. ------------------ Note: It was my cowhead. I started the cowhead craze, and my cowhead inspired Mooch to step up and bring us a victory. Thank you for your time.
You have to understand the average Dallas fan. They haven't cheered for the Mavs in oh... a couple of decades almost because they've been a losing team for so long. Now with America's Crackwagon aka, the Dallas Cowboys, on the decline, the Dallas fans have to jump on another bandwagon. First it was the Stars, now it's the Mavs... they'll cheer for whoever's winning. ------------------ "We need a chicken butt." -- heypartner is moving swiftly to help make the CC.net BBS more efficient and run faster. RAM was the first step, apparently this is the second!
mrpaige, This BBS keeps having more Forums cleaved off as demand warrants. It is possible that the Mavs BBs was done/setup without viewing the prior art of other sites such as CC, but doubtful in my eyes. Question for you mrpaige: Do you believe the claim that they choose UBB and setup the Mav BBS without looking at the work of others on the 'Net such as CC? Mango ------------------ Get it right or just don't do it! Resistance is futile....you will be assimilated.
I don't particularly care. I just still don't see how having a UBB that happens to have two obvious forums that happen to be the same as here amounts to that site being a clone of this one anymore than I think that ClutchCity.net is a clone of any site that happened to use the same software prior to Clutch adopting it. ------------------ Houston Sports Board Help Finance My Movie - Buy A T-Shirt or Make a Donation
Hey now, it's only been ONE decade. We haven't sucked THAT long. About bandwagoners, every Dallas team has a strong core of dedicated fans that has been with them from the start. Even though the Mavs didn't have good attendance through a lot of the 90s, they still had a lot of fans. They were just afraid to show themselves in public. However, I gotta admit there many, many bandwagoners in Dallas, probably more than most cities. vj and Dr, I think most of the people on the Mavs board (at least the intelligent ones) respect the Rockets because they are such a young, explosive, and dangerous team. However, when making a point, it is convinient to point out the fact that we beat you once and ignore the two losses. Also, if you are making this judgement by the responses to RocketsFan posts, then I think they were just flaming him back by saying anything bad about the Rockets even if they knew it were false. I'm sure many of you would have said the Mavs suck if some idiot came on here saying bad things about the Rockets. Personally, I think the Rockets are good and hope that they can beat out Minn or Phoenix for the 8th spot. I'm really looking forward to our final game against each other this year (assuming we don't meet in the playoffs ). ------------------