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1 hour ago, arnie_uk said:

I thought the others word would have less chance.

Got both boards saved in my favourites. I'll give it a few weeks to see which one sets off faster. 

7 hours ago, arnie_uk said:

 

@BOLDnPurPnBlacK you really need yo get in touch with them. You can see some posters are being turned by their site already.

Don't make it a [profanity deleted] measuring contest 

That's exactly what I don't want to happen. Because it will just lead to future conflicts and both boards won't reach their full potential. Still waiting on a PM from @BOLDnPurPnBlacK

5 hours ago, BOLDnPurPnBlacK said:

And just to reiterate... the link provided is simply the temporary home created to keep those of us together that wish to do so. Over 130 joined so far and growing -- glad to see the enthusiasm. 

But the beginning stages are already under way to develop a fully customized, privately hosted and scaleable forum community. 

The goal is to have it up and running as soon as possible - no later than the start of the regular season. 

Eventually id like to have user submitted articles and other features to make it truly our own. 

Glad everyone is as committed to sticking together as I am. 

 

Hey Bold. You are saying that the new board you are building is just in the beginning stages. Purplepitta and I already have a board that is more than halfway complete and fully customized as well. I hope that we can come to some agreement or merger between the two boards. I have a PM I want to send you regarding the whole situation and what both parties can benefit, but you have incoming messages disabled. Please PM me as I'd like to discuss this with you.

We are just today opening it to signups, so to all users that want to give it a try, you can sign up at; https://purpleflock.com

We are also acquiring some staff members from the official board.

However, some features will be limited until later this weekend.

Again, you can visit @purplepittabread88 's and my new unofficial board at https://purpleflock.com.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can also email forums@purpleflock.com

After reading the replies, I do think that opening the board early is in good interest, for members to sign up. It is important to note that some features will be missing until it is complete on Friday. I believe I will be able to get it "complete" enough to open it to signups in a few hours.

I will also be messaging @BOLDnPurPnBlacK about the situation to see what can be done.

Edit: Bold, it seems as though you aren't receiving messages right now. Could you private message me so I can send you my message? Thanks.

I thought purplepitta was going to post this last night, but I guess he didn't.

Here is a quick preview of what the new board that he and I are creating. Sorry for the bad quality. I couldn't upload the full sized picture, but you get the idea.

4 hours ago, arnie_uk said:

The issue with your site is many have jumped with @BOLDnPurPnBlacK who's a long-term member here. No one knows you and people will.be loyal to him even if yours is better, and it is looking promising. You really need to PM him

 

Will do

11 hours ago, allblackraven said:

Definitely. Much better to work together than duplicate the effort.

That is true

8 hours ago, K-Dog said:

Plus I really like PurpleFlock.com

Thanks, @purplepittabread88 and I took quite a while coming up with a name that sounded good and wasn't already taken haha

3 hours ago, flynismo said:

Same here brother. There is always the new forum being put together if you're interested in migrating there

As one of the creators alongside purplepitta on the new board, I can say for sure that it will look great and work well

3 hours ago, flynismo said:

I can email him; I'm a programmer and web developer by trade, so can lend a hand if he needs it.

I believe that we are going to be using the XenForo platform as it works better than most other forum software out there. I think as purplepitta said, we are keeping it closed off to just us currently until release. However, the possibility remains that if we need the extra help, we can definitely contact you.

2 hours ago, SepticeyePoe said:

Here's something that I just thought of. I think I remember someone saying that other teams link to other boards. Would it be possible to have the Ravens site link to wherever we go next?

 

 

 

 

I don't know the possibility of the new forum's link actually being linked on the official ravens site, but it could work. Who knows

If anyone has any questions or concerns about the new board, suggestions, etc. Be sure to email us! You can find the email on the countdown page. https://purpleflock.com

13 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

You might want to get in touch with @BOLDnPurPnBlacK - there's been an effort going on since the announcement to keep the board going elsewhere, quite a few people have signed up on a transitional board already.

 

 

 

I have noticed this, and I don't want to bash on BOLDnPurPnBlacK, but the current forum software he is using seems kind of outdated. You said it was transitional, but I don't know how he then expects to get the 100 or so users that have already signed up to move to a new forum without much grasp of the community he has acquired.

By the way, I am a friend of the OP (@purplepittabread88), as well as a creator of the new forum board alongside him.

Anyway, I do believe that possibly getting in touch with him would be beneficial as he already has quite a bit of users, and we have the domain name. Not only that but we will be using our own site with a more sophisticated board.

Again, not bashing, but yeah. It could be beneficial. I will definitely talk about it with purplepitta.