OMFG, blaen99 complaining? No way!!!

Scroll to the VERY bottom of the page, where it has a drop down menu saying "MT 2011". Change that to "Miata Turbo old school".

I never liked the new skin, hurt my eyes.

I am pretty certain they will pull something together for you guys.
I tried to convince them to NEVER EVER put tapatalk on here but they wouldnt listen.

They need to make revenue just like I did. They have to follow the same TOS with Google as the next guy.

Perhaps they will uncensor the site, I don't know what they will do on that front but if they did they would be opening up a bag of you know what ;)

I can only speculate about who you are talking about, but IB is good in the sense they wont jack this place up with ads. They have a good running track record of being very different from every other forum company out there.

Yea, IB wont be changing staff or doing anything drastic. I am going away and in my place they sit. It was good for me to refocus and it was a good fit since I knew they wouldn't turn this place upside down (which would be putting it right side up :rofl: ).

IB has a good track record, check out their sites.
http://www.internetbrands.com/our-brands/automotive/

Have you sold them all of your sites, Rick, or just mt.net?

Internet Brands and forum advertisers
 

Not in the least.

I do not like the way IB does business. For starters, they'll usually double the ad rates. That makes it impossible for a small advertiser like 949 Racing and SuperMiata to support as many forums as we do. IB comes in, I let my sponsorship lapse and go elsewhere. There will be larger advertisers taking up the slack. Advertisers that are in no way involved in the community but are able to pay the price and only too happy to see their scrappy little competitors (me) go away.

IB is a huge and highly profitable company. They are also growing fast, gobbling up forums at a startling rate. Turns out there are lots of advertisers willing to pay whatever rates they ask.

You notice this board is using vBulletin 3.73? That's about a 4 year old version. IB bought the previously open source vBulletin software and promptly started charging for updates and tech support. Cruise the web and see how many forums are still on 3.84, including miata.net.

The forum members, contributors are cogs in a wheel, need see nothing and are not really affected. There is a lot more to IB than most forum users are aware of. They are not a well loved company.

So yes, my prepaid annual sponsorship will run out and both 949 Racing and SuperMiata will cease to support this board. I will no longer visit nor post on this board.

I harbor no ill will towards those who profit from the sale of this property. Business is business and everyone has to do what they feel is right for their them.

It's been fun guys. Thanks for your business and support over the years. See you elsewhere on the web and of course, on the track.

Signing out,

Emilio Cervantes
949 Racing
SuperMiata

What about miataforumz?

http://www.miataforumz.com/showthread.php?t=850

Bad news man, bad news.

IB doesn't have serious competition?

Oh WTH Rick! I'm logging onto SC2 and TK'ing you EVERY MATCH!!!!!11!!!1one!


No but really, I hope to catch you on vent with SC2 or BF3. I wish you the best of luck!

Meh. I don't know you all that well Rick, but good luck with whatever you do.

This blows, but I don't doubt it.

Goddamnit so much, Emilio demonstrates my previous experience within hours.

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

:D CR 2.0? lol, I am seeeelling my miataer guysysys.

Can I start a revolt here please? I need uncensoring for that though...
:party::party:

Ill keep it short and sweet since I am on daddy duty. :p

From what I have gotten in email and verbally, rates of current vendors don't increase just because they took over.
The best person to discuss it with is IB Nolan as you can pm him here:
https://www.miataturbo.net/members/ib-nolan-26157/

I didn't upgrade VB because of custom dev and designs, not because of cost.

This is a very niche market and if the users have treated you well I am not sure why you would leave if the rates are the same.




Rick

That is really sad. I have bought 6ul wheels (through Goodwin) but you have done a lot for the miata community. I always love you reading your post as well as looking at the innovations that you come up with. It would be nice to know where we still might find it besides M.net.

Wait until it goes to ---- to complain. We may be fine, but there is no reason for 99% of us to cry.

Where is IB Nolan? And when do we get to harass him about censorship? We got questions!!

Ummm.. Hi. I haven't gone anywhere Joe. You can harass me about the censorship stuff on gtalk :fawk:

I tried to talk to you, but you were being a h8er and didn't respond!

Im on right now, been on since 8am. Gtalk ;)

Or pm me.

Skype is off.

h8tr

Sad to see you go, Rick, but good luck. I hope you are right and IB doesn't mess with what works, I would never have been able to get my car and my skills to where they are today if m.net was the only forum for miatas.

if m.net was the only site around, we would still be on stock suspension and have a lot of chrome.

Don't forget style bars with windblockers and katzkins seat covers!!

::shudder::

I heard from a guy over on LS1tech that IB isn't bad. He had a couple little things that changed, but neither of them really seemed like things we would have issues with here. I have hopes that the new owners will bring good things, and use their powers (and capital) for good, not evil.

98 lbs?


Reverse hyper??????? I had to google that. Seriously? I don't like the lifting on a machine idea.

Good mornings are ouchy. Me no likey.

Squat is yay of course.

Front squat is even more yay.

Power clean is awesome as fu (I did a 205lb squat clean this week) but is pretty advanced. Scott/Matt, I recommend you get a trainer before starting to go heavy on this.

Do you do pistols? SLS looks pretty good without the learning curve of pistols.

and those "flossy" semi "bikini" top things. shiver

Can a mod change back my username before mods stop having mod powerz and my username becomes permanent?

Scott and Matt if you want me to come down and train with you I would be glad to. Faeflora will help you get pumped.

Oh BTW Scott when we went for a drive that spark breakup was actually caused by a loose plug wire :p

Boooo, accept your username! ACCEPT ITTTTTTTT!

Admins and Mods will not be changing. The only changes will be Rick no longer an admin and IB Nolan is an admin.

Can we change Faeflora back to Faeflyper so it gets permanent?

I had no problem supporting Rick as a paid supporter when I was supporting the little guy. I really could care less about supporting some bigger corporation with my paid subscription.

Please tell me how I can cancel my paid annual subscription.

I might be the first to ask it but I can't be the first to think it.

Jason I vote your username gets permachanged to "Tiny Hole"



I feel the same way.

you think i weight 98 lbs?

Really Fae? I'd think he weighs 316 lbs!

I felt the same initially. I figure I'll wait and see how the transition is handled and if/when something happens that I feel badly about, I'll re-think it.

One can still hope there's a little guy at the end of every corporation right?

I still don't understand why fagflora hasn't been changed to failflora yet.

Typo. I think he meant 89lbs.

hahalolz.








but not as lolz as 2 yrs ago when scott's jowls weighed 98 lbs.

i can say i've lost 40lbs in the last 2 years.

Which leg did they amputate?

That's because it's never been violated, unlike yours. :D

You can't rape the willing.

Bazinga!

Naw I'll guess 175.

Good luck Rick.

I will continue to support MT because MT is a valuable resource that I depend on for information and you cawksmokers make life interesting. I would be seriously pissed if a bunch of you nancys bailed out. When I first got here they were still talking about how bad Philip was and this place seemed a fair bit smaller. Rick was careful about who he went with and I understand that he didn't want to but needed to. Just hang on and see how it works out.

I'm stayin' 'cause this is home.

Thank you, Steve. :giggle:

spot on.

Dicks and balls.

Two of Brainy's favorite things? :giggle:

spot on. :brain:

Hopefully the community will survive. I mean, where else am I going to go to have the potential to both a) learn something useful about my car or some random electronic subject and b) read the rant posts of a bunch of repressed latent homosexuals (who couldn't quite repress their choice of car) ?

+1

It'll go on, maybe with minor changes and a few people crying about change, but it will go on. Of the few big names buying up these small forums, IB seems to be the best, so I thank Rick for being kind to us in that regard. Hopefully Emilio is wrong and IB will keep the rates for sponsors the same. Its nice having smaller companies like his and Trackspeed around. I will continue to pay my union dues if these companies are able to stay with the forum and its not littered with other ads. If they have to leave and I start seeing mass amounts of google generated ads taking their place, I'm done paying. If the ads get annoying, I'm staying in M.net. Since I'm just a normal sheeply Joe on here, I'm sure many others feel the same. Again, I don't feel this will happen unless we let it.

And matt weighs 190.

but together they weigh 100.

Sad to see you go, Rick. This place became a lot better because of you. Hopefully the new guys will keep the improvement trend. Except for the censoring. ---- that ----.

I weighed 190 ... maybe a year and a half ago. now 175. scott is more like 178.

I am desperately trying to keep this as a minimum, though I may dip below it in "no refined carb April".

on a totally unrelated note, is there a way to replace sandwich bread with straight protein in a soft, loaf-like shape?

Attachment 240025

Not straight protein but about as good as bread gets:

http://www.foodforlife.com/procart_c...0160029_md.jpg

I think 4g protien, 3g (15% RDA) fiber a slice. About as good as bread gets.

You could also make a seitan loaf. This is made from what glueten. Pure protien, and if made in the right manner, it's pretty darn soft.

http://www.vegancookingwithlove.com/...en-firmjpg.jpg

?

maybe if i deep fry it first?

Miata Turbo is my home. I am not going anywhere. Respek

Get out of here with that...

http://obscureinternet.com/wp-conten...nal-Poster.jpg

JK.. JK...

:D