[kurtsimonw]

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MILANFAN Member Awards 20011 Edition

Categories for votes:

1. Best Poster:

2. Best Moderator:

3. Best Newcomer (Must have joined during 2010 or 2011):

4. Funniest Poster:

5. Nicest Poster:

6. Most Calm Poster:

7. Most Critical Poster:

8. Most Helpful Member:

9. Best Avatar & Signature:

10. Most Dedicated Defender of his Idol(s):

11. Your Favorite Poster:

12. Best 'MilanFan' Sub-forum (News, Matches, Transfers, etc.):

Rules

-You have until January 31st to vote.

-The one who gets more votes wins on that category. If a draw, the moderators will decide who's the winner.

-You can edit your post (your choice), as many times as you want, until January 31st.

This post has been edited by kurtsimonw: Jan 18 2012, 08:15 PM

[Milan Are Brilli...]

Ah yes, CuteNews. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Worked with that platform a few times back in the days. Now it's either Wordpress or Joomla, it's amazing really how far the smaller guys get left behind.

Drupal too! Though yes, about as simple as they come, it only fed the news, think the rest of the site was just hand-coded, not like these days where the CMS' do everything and you have millions of plug-ins at your disposal!

True enough. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) While I can see why people wouldn't want a massive influx of new members, I still wouldn't mind a few good men (and women) singing up and becoming regular posters. In fact, I'd love it, love it, love it!

Yeah, of course I'd like that too. Just saying that without proper work just chucking a portal on the site would not generate a mass influx of people to the boards.

[acid911]

Agreed. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) By the way, just noticed: 8,888 posts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) I'd have a hard time counting them!

[Danny]

Aye. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Seeing that I was a lurker back in 2006, I can attest to this fact. The fact that there were fewer Milan forums, and blogs those days, also helped a bit. Heck, we haven't even topped the "Most users ever online was 344 on Jun 28 2007, 10:39 PM". I do have a dream, seeing this record broken!

I suspect 334 of those users were bots or guests.

[Milan Are Brilli...]

To be honest back then we had a ton more people use the site, not 300+ more many but it's not like it is now.

[Danny]

Before my time. Back in those days I used a different board.

[acid911]

Back in those days I used a different board.

Name or it didn't happen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[d'Arc.LP]

Name or it didn't happen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

my money are on phpBB or vBulletin (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[acid911]

my money are on phpBB or vBulletin

Yeah, but I think what Danny meant was another AC Milan fan forum, or message board. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) There are quite a few communities around, some more famous than others. Plus, there were quite a few brilliant general football forums too, one of which that unfortunately went down due to a lack of funds.

That place was massive, with fans from a lot of clubs, uploading match highlights and other stuff.

[Milan Are Brilli...]

That place was massive, with fans from a lot of clubs, uploading match highlights and other stuff.

That's probably why it went down.

[Danny]

Yeah, another Milan board. Devilsmania. Was on it for years until one guy started picking on my every post and implying I was a Nerrazzuri. Wouldn't let it go. Reported him to admin who were sympathetic and didn't want to lose me, but he continued his vendetta and in the end I decided it wasn't worth the hassle and decided to find a new home.

And I have to say this is a much better forum - more active, and a lot of good guys on here. I mean, MF has its moments, don't get me wrong, but overall it's a good community.

Even if Mike REALLY NEEDS TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[acid911]

That's probably why it went down.

Could very well be. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) Though, the board administrators said they were having problem footing the bill for hosting and all the other expenses. But it was so big, they could definitely have sold it if they wanted. If I recall, there certainly were a few offers from people who wanted to buy that forum.

The thing about that one was that there were fans from at least 100+ clubs there, and each member had an image tag below their username displaying whatever club they supported. That made for some fun discussions. Think of it was a more elaborate and classy Goal.com (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) I am sure I have the URL saved with me in my old hard disk.

Yeah, another Milan board. Devilsmania. Was on it for years until one guy started picking on my every post and implying I was a Nerrazzuri. Wouldn't let it go. Reported him to admin who were sympathetic and didn't want to lose me, but he continued his vendetta and in the end I decided it wasn't worth the hassle and decided to find a new home.

Ah, Devilsmania. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devilsmiley.gif) Used to lurk around it and a few other boards back a few years. Now, with the advent of blogging software, a lot of new communities are blog-based, instead of forum-based. The thing with too many members is that usually there is a dip in quality, pretty much guaranteed.

And I have to say this is a much better forum - more active, and a lot of good guys on here. I mean, MF has its moments, don't get me wrong, but overall it's a good community.

Word. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) There's nothing like it. Almost feels like home.

Even if Mike REALLY NEEDS TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) You've said it 20 times already. Another 80 and Mike will listen, I am sure!

[Danny]

He'd need to be on to listen!