Redickulous Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 (edited) Ok guys, this is a really important post. All members of OTR please read this, and give your honest opinion. Real Deal has authorized me to make this post. Since the creation of the infamous OTRBasketball, members have talked basketball amongst eachother. OTR has always been the biggest not-for-profit basketball board on the web: dedicated to pleasing the users and talking basketball. Now, there is a certain something OTR has lacked in the past. That is a real site for members to talk about other sports. I have a plan to fix that. My forum, TBEBaseball, has been a great place to talk baseball, and really has a lot of the qualities that OTR has - great members, great discussion. Recently, we have established the idea of opening a network of forums and blogs, Pro Sports Networks. We opened a basketball site as well, TSTBasketball, which has been decent, but is very young. With a forum so intelligent as OTR is, when we thought of this idea we immediately knew that this idea was golden. The plan is to create OTR as a member of a giant network of forums. One for baseball (TBE), basketball, and all the other major sports (will be added soon, by us). TST, the basketball site we opened, would obviously be deleted. The recent hacking has obviously been a major impact to this website, and this idea would spread out activity between sports forums, and ensure you guys that OTR stays strong, and continues to get stronger, forever.<br><br>The URL to the actual network would be prosportsnetworks.com (already purchased this domain), and on the site would be blogs from all the different team blogs that are being added to TBE, and would be added to OTR and the other sister sites as well. So our question to you, the members, is would you like this to happen? http://www.virtualsportsnetwork.com/upload/ad1.gifhttp://tbebaseball.com/misc/psn To clear up confusion, this site will not be changed whatsoever. All that would happen is the membership with the network, Pro Sports Network. Edited June 29, 2009 by Redickulous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerFan Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 (edited) Here's what would happen. TBE would be your home for baseball discussion. OTR would be the home for basketball discussion and then the members of OTR and the members of TBE would come together and create a football forum. OTR would gain activity and more members. TBE would get some more members, then we would combine and make the best football forum around. Everyone would win in this situation, no money would have to be bought on a IPB and it would work out for all of us. Also, no ownership changes would be made on here or TBE, this means no one else would become owners of OTR, anything to that nature. Edited June 29, 2009 by BadgerFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great iBoldin Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 In a nutshell - No. Not a chance. OTR does not need to be relied upon to generate activity amongst a network of mediocre sites. Even with the recent string of hackings and unrest amongst a certain amount of members, it`s tried to be done before, and it`s never been positive. And to be quite honest, your track record (and age) don`t exactly speak too much about what your trying to accomplish here. I just don`t like the idea. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redickulous Posted June 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 In a nutshell - No. Not a chance. OTR does not need to be relied upon to generate activity amongst a network of mediocre sites. Even with the recent string of hackings and unrest amongst a certain amount of members, it`s tried to be done before, and it`s never been positive. And to be quite honest, your track record (and age) don`t exactly speak too much about what your trying to accomplish here. I just don`t like the idea. Sorry.I am not the leader of this network, just an admin on the baseball site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadillak Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Personally, I think it's an outstanding idea that could take OTR to new heights. I know RD had experimented with creating a network among boards a few months ago, but with a different set-up. A website with team blogs run by the intelligent users of TBE and OTR would be extremely powerful. Just think how many hits that could give OTR considering a good portion of that kind of site would be original content and not just a RSS Feed from magazines like RealGM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuckey3 Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 If executed correctly, I honestly probably could see this working. To be able to combine two massive communities could be crucial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted June 29, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 The problem you're going to run into and have absolutely no answers for will be losing posts. You may say it won't happen, but the truth is, single-sport sites rely on a lot of activity for their respective sports, especially during the off-season. On a boring day in mid-July, OTR would be dead in this case, unless a huge blockbuster trade went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadillak Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 The problem you're going to run into and have absolutely no answers for will be losing posts. You may say it won't happen, but the truth is, single-sport sites rely on a lot of activity for their respective sports, especially during the off-season. On a boring day in mid-July, OTR would be dead in this case, unless a huge blockbuster trade went down.Very true. But I don't think it's something that Sim Leagues, Re-Drafts, contests, and things of the similar couldn't fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 It's a good idea but I don't know if it'd work. For some reason I'm leaning toward not trying but maybe that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 problem would be having to register on every site and blah blah blah. not to mention I already like discussing other sports and such here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog17k Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I'm voted no, nice offer but I like OTR on it's own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboveLegit Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 OTR is much better off on it's own. We didn't need it the past 4 years, we don't need it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nissan Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I voted no because I want us to build this site from the ground up with our dedicated members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heir Rose Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 [expletive] no. OTR's fine the way it is, it doesn't need to be part of some outsiders' network. Keep it separate, that's the way OTR should be. There's no need to mess with things, the community's great and there's no need to change jack [expletive]. Don't do it, B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I honestly don't mind to be honest, but I like OTR the way it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurbyFX Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Should just make OTR all sports and name it OTRSports. Better idea then joining a network. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse The Body Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Should just make OTR all sports and name it OTRSports. Better idea then joining a network. Voted No, and I agree with this post. Good post by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.RoCkEtS1 Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 No. First of all it is so much smarter to just have one forum instead of a bunch of small ones. You can guarantee that they will all be active all the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoSixers Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I voted no, I like OTR the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 After looking at the poll, I doubt this will be happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmelamare Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 As long as Real Deal likes the idea, and I am assured this will work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Yeah, leave OTR as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I like talking sports on OTR with members I post with about basketball. With that said it's not my site so it's your call Real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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