No one stated it was perfect or infallible. It is a website that many people enjoy. I simple see no reason for people to be rude in their comments as to why it is completely down for the upgrade.
Why is respect for others so hard to come by when dealing with people nowadays, especially on the internet? On Feb 2, 7:10 am, DuckAndCower <[email protected]> wrote: > People who suggest things are teh stupid. > > Let's all take up arms in defense of the perfect and infallible BGG! > Remember, any criticism of that big database of boardgames is a > personal insult to you! > > On Feb 2, 9:52 am, Locusshifter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I knew this was going to happen as soon as Derk told the beta testers > > about the outage. > > > Shame really, as BGG is nothing but good to it's users. > > > On Feb 2, 8:28 am, "[email protected]" > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So, being rude about the issue is the best way to handle it? > > > > The people that run BGG do more than most people ever imagine and for > > > their "pay" it's pretty damned impressive for a FREE site. > > > > Feel free to to create the world's largest gaming database and take > > > their place and then get back to us on how easy it is to do a major > > > upgrade to the entire system. > > > > On Feb 2, 5:21 am, Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Feb 2, 11:40 pm, ColtsFan76 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > You shoulsd have joined the Beta Testing group. We have everything as > > > > > of last Firday or Thursday at our disposal! Muh ha ha . > > > > > 1) I sent the email for beta testing and never heard anything back. > > > > > 2) For many uses, it's irrelevant. Thousands of sites, including > > > > blogs, link to game descriptions by linking to BGG. The main BGG site > > > > being down means all those links lead nowhere useful. BGG's game pages > > > > are a resource on the web for games just like wikipedia is for > > > > everything else, so having them down for significant periods impacts > > > > huge numbers of people. If there is a frozen version available to beta > > > > testers, that is exactly what should be at boardgamegeek.com until the > > > > new version is ready to be switched on. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BGG_down?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
