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Posted: 8/21/2004 6:13:11 PM EDT
If you didn't notice the site ranking at the bottom of the page we are now in the top 25 gun sites on the net. The AR side is ranked #2 but we are counted separately apparently. .nutz is beating us for the moment.
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we're number 1!!! we're number1!!!
my porn site is doing much better, now! |
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Cockholsters not included................... |
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A good Bullets and Boobs thread can do wonders. action girls dot com |
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BWHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHhaha...yup can't argue with ol'HDR logic! Them fellas is shootin' not postin right now.....wait until this winter......WHAT A F&CKING DUMBASS!!! .....thank gawd that dipshit hasn't reproduced any more.....if there was ever a call for chlorine in the gene pool....he is the poster boy!
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Top 25 my AZZ ! we are #1 (ar15)
AND # 18 for the AK side, closing rapidly on the OTHER site |
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Ah take it easy on them, their ego's may not be able to handle the criticism.
The sad thing is that when I took over this little adventure, I wanted to try to bring a friendly feeling and a closer bond with all the well run and informative sites. We have a great relationship with GlockTalk, FalFiles, and SubGuns. I actually used to talk to the guys from Gunsnet as well and we got along great. Things went to shit with them when they finally got all their AK stuff working and their head's grew a few sizes bigger. Demands replaced requests and questions and they started weeding out people they did not like there. All it took was one Bulletfest, a few conversations with the guys who are here now, and we decided the best thing was to help in creating an option for people. Campy's never been high on my small conduct code and has been a proponent of free speech. In allowing this place to grow to the size it has and stay positive, friendly, and pretty open, we adjusted things as needed and worked together. This place has a little less strict rules, but stays within the CC which I appreciate. I think we're pulling in the right people and expanding well on this side of the house. We're also seeing a big trend in guys now going AK/AR and no longer just AR! Anyhow, Gunsnet burned bridges with just about every site out there. Threats to FalFiles, their own users, manufacturers, this site (both sides), and probably more people along the way, have soured their appearance and any respect they may have earned through hard work. We believe that YOU guys make the site what it is and we're here to serve you. They believe their users owe them for the site and that money should flow to their coffers for personal gain. Now we all need money to run, but these guys have lied and cheated in order to get where they are, why would they do that if not for themselves. It's always been funny to watch them copy us in as many avenues as possible. They've stolen everything from our graphics to our conduct code to every idea we come up. They're #4 because they're always 2-3 steps behind us. Just remember that the owners of the site are the problem, not the guys in their community. Most of heir users bleed Red, White, & Blue like the bulk of us here. |
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"I think we're pulling in the right people and expanding well on this side of the house. We're also seeing a big trend in guys now going AK/AR and no longer just AR!"
I even have a 7.62x39 Colt upper now... got both! |
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Well Goatboy....I will agree, and disagree with you...... (we can do that here w/o fear of being banned...
Yes we do get along with other forums that is correct, as is much of what else you said. What I do disagree with is the fact that you think most of their good members are still there! Most are already here! (including their mods)....some post under their .nutz name...but many have chosen a pseudo name for fear of retaliation! HDR ....isn't here though....he is afraid we will scan his harddrive BWHAHAHAHhahahahhahaha.....what a ma-rooon! |
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I, for one, don't wanna see all his gay porn! |
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TRS.....
you missed it!(not the gay porn)....he accused us, of sneaking thru his firewall, and "scanning" his hard drive, and making his machine crash!...all of this was prior to him installing an tin foil hat on himself, and his pc!......what a maroooon! |
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Numerous rumors were abound about HDR smoking pole when I was a member of Gun Goons.
Couple of guys brought it up years ago and were banned immediately afterwards. |
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Hey looks like they're about to pull out of the ranking site!
That post is no longer there and if they follow typical protocol, they will now run, hide, and declare that the public system was wrong and that the statistics lied. I expect that they can't continue to spread the word that their site is the "#1 Gun Discussion on the Internet" when they are being shown as having 1/4 the strength of this site. |
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Maybe our 4 day avg jumped from a ranking of 24 to 18 so fast because they were kind enough to point out our site over at .net?
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11k average, almost 4 times that of GunsNet... I think DTHOR/BowHunter is out there somewhere crying.
I'm actually shocked at how well things go on here without major problems every hour... that's a lot of friggen people on the site every day! |
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Agreed. I love the fact that the AK side here is much more relaxed. It is great to read a joke from Pave and information on the SEAK II project without having to jump around to different areas. BTW, here's to being #11. |
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They killed that thread. I missed the fun on that one. Guys, I hate to say this, but ya got to go over to GD on the AR Board and pimp the AK side to get it up above WWW.AK47.Net and hopefully even up above GunsNet. |
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4 Guns Network LLC #1 Gun Discussion on the Internet. Come and see why we have over 78,754 registered members. We have the AK-47.net Discussion Forum, AR15 Discussion Forum, FN-FAL Discussion Forum, Rim Fire World... |
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Funny thing, I couldn't afford a SEAK. (as much as I desired one)
But they exist! Gunsnet promised and promised... (and continued to promise...)AR15.com and ORF delivered. That "5 stars" from SGN should be retracted and redirected to the true dedicated Kalishnikov crew. I hit all the boards for fresh ideas and mods. Their site relies on newbie questions but depends on trashing their opinions with "the voices of experience" (those voices consisting of the opinions of 4 or 5 guys). What a waste of time and Dthor's ever popular reference point, "bandwidth". Before I posted a single thread on any of these boards I searched long and hard for answers so as not to be such a "newbie". Case in point a certain poster who just scored an NHM91 for $300 bragging on Gunsnet. Seems like an o.k. fella but a simple site search that accompanies his membership there would have dug up everything he needed to research the purchase and further modifications. Why waste "valuable bandwidth" when a simple search scores the answers? Hmm..? |
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The plot thickens!
Gunsnet accuses cheating and prepares to drop from ranking system! SURPRISE!!! Obviously they don't want their advertisers to see how badly they are being crushed. We don't fake online lists, we don't fake stats, we don't bullshit or lie about what we are. What you see is what you get here and in some cases it may offend, cause you to laugh, or simply annoy, but we don't hide anything. These guys are so motivated by the wrong reasons that they just can't handle fact. Any respect or potential desire to help them out has gone out the window faster than DTHOR/Bowhunt/Admins honor. I guess it's simple for a guy who lied about his past, dishonoring vets, to call the sky black and everyone evil instead of admitting to the truth and maybe trying to work problems out. My goal is to grow this AK site and focus on stomping them into the ground!!! We'll do that with quality and we'll provide as much quality content as possible. Cheater my ass, learn how things work ya exNavy Seal!!!! |
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And you somehow manage to avoid begging/bullying for money to pay those pesky out-of-cycle bandwidth bills
Once again, your efforts are very appreciated GB!!! ED- from your link to over there... Those ranks don't mean much as we run their counter on our main front sign in page only. That is it and it is obvious that other websites place there counters all over there website to get more clicks. Another words they CHEAT, yeah that's the ticket. Anyways nothing new about how to out smart the counter. All we would have to do is run a counter on 10% of our 600 forums and we would be at 12,000 unique visitors in less then a day. Then build the counter into the banner program then whaala 20,000 clicks. We are most likely going to take it off as it serves really no purpose, other then who has been copying what we do month after month, lol Bunch of copy cat moes... ROTFLMAO always trying to stay in step with us. It must be they ain't doing much, so we better mimic what we do maybe learn a thing or two, ha ha Wonder how they count 600 forums???? |
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allow me to translate...
Those ranks don't mean much not to losers like you. as we run their counter on our main front sign in page only. where no one (or "noone", as dweebthorn usally uses) can see how lame you are??? That is it that is 'what'??? are you a moron? and it is obvious that other websites place there counters all over there website to get more clicks. are you a complete fucking idiot or just a retard??? Another words they CHEAT, yes. this coming from the official liar's club usn seal website. that's rich! whadda dumbass. and what the hell is this "another words they cheat" shit? what the fuck kind of 3rd grade engrish are you trying to mangle now?????? do you mean, "in other words, they cheat."???? well, that would be 'negative', there mister moron. we do not cheat. hits from distinct ip's are hits from distinct ip's. yeah that's the ticket. Anyways nothing new about how to out smart the counter. like you could "outsmart" the engrish language, let alone a computer. are you really as dumb as you type? All we would have to do is run a counter on 10% of our 600 forums and we would be at 12,000 unique visitors in less then a day. Then build the counter into the banner program then whaala 20,000 clicks. and you would still have the crappiest website on the net. We are most likely going to take it off as it serves really no purpose, other than to show that every other website on the net kicks your fat asses. morons. other then who has been copying what we do month after month, lol Bunch of copy cat moes... remember when you stole your site layout from ar15com? we do. ROTFLMAO always trying to stay in step with us. no...just trying to keep putting a boot up your fat asses...and it works every time...including this one! thanks for stepping on the landmine we set for ya! It must be they ain't doing much, so we better mimic what we do maybe learn a thing or two, doing well and laughing at you! our future's so bright we gotta wear shades!! ha ha bwahahahahahahahaha! |
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I figured I'd grab this one before it mysteriously disappeared.
This guy isn't going to last long, if he isn't banned already. How dare he, question one of DimwiT's post's AR4Life Junior Member Offline Registered: Jan 2004 Location: NY Posts: 9 Trader Rating: (0) We're Quitters? quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Guns Network Staff Those ranks don't mean much as we run their counter on our main front sign in page only. That is it and it is obvious that other websites place there counters all over there website to get more clicks. Another words they CHEAT, yeah that's the ticket. Anyways nothing new about how to out smart the counter. All we would have to do is run a counter on 10% of our 600 forums and we would be at 12,000 unique visitors in less then a day. Then build the counter into the banner program then whaala 20,000 clicks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That makes no sense. The counter works on unique IPs hitting the site, not clicks. That means they have 12k unique users to our 3k, no big deal they do more traffic. Our banner is on every page, as is theirs, so how is that cheating? I don't think you understand how the thing works. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are most likely going to take it off as it serves really no purpose, other then who has been copying what we do month after month, lol Bunch of copy cat moes... ROTFLMAO always trying to stay in step with us. It must be they ain't doing much, so we better mimic what we do maybe learn a thing or two, ha ha -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't see what the hard feelings are for, not to mention this site has probably borrowed a bunch of their ideas. It's probably safe to say both sites borrow ideas from each other. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For those who do not understand what I mean above just read my signature below the one in RED, lol -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again, I think you need to understand how the ranking system works. As a developer I'm well aware of this and the only way to fake numbers is to have people renew IP leases (annoying as hell and not often easily done) or to drive all over town and surf the site from as many pcs as possible. There's nothing wrong with a little competition and AR15.Com is obviously a big dog with bite. Why not work to solidify a good relationship and take their AK users through content and product quality? Quitting the ranking system does nothing but put blinders on us to ignore what the rest of the world is doing. Does it really matter in the long run, nope, but it is a nice way to gauge where we stack up against some of the biggest firearm sites. AR4Life\AK4Ever Last edited by AR4Life on 08-24-2004 at 01:17 PM Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 08-24-2004 12:14 PM |
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....the plot hasn't thickened.....that's just the sound of DUH-Thors hollow head! BWHAHAHAHhahahhaha....
hey DUH-Thor.....hows that yacht these days BWHAHAhahahahhahhaha....whata maroooon! |
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He needs a new sig line:
GUNS NETWORK......Never Imitated.....Often Duplicated |
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I bet if they were #1 they would think the rankings were fair. I;m just glad that my membership is here and not at that site.
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Yeah, that guy is not gonna last long. It would seem that he does not know that all here originally migrated from there simply because of the guy he was trying to be logical with. I see another new member joining here soon.
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Guns Network Staff Site Administrator Offline Registered: Feb 1999 Location: USA Posts: 2012 Trader Rating: (91) Guns Network Platinum Contributor LOL, sometimes I do think after reading the above posts some of you all been drinking to much of the funny water and then put on these head caps proclaiming your experts in this field, lol. I mean the validity behind most of your reasonings is comical to say the least. What is that old term "don't blow smoke up my ass and call it something else". I mean come on, one would think we have been doing this long enough to know who is running the shows around the gun discussion websites and what they are capable of doing when it comes to numbers. I think some of you all have been fooled by bogus numbers and facts but what do I know right? AR4Life, no pun guy but justifying that you are a developer does nothing for me or to your arguement as you do not know what we have done with the counter software. As a matter of fact you are showing your ignorance in thinking you know what we have done and were doing. Guys understand as much as you may want to make it look as if they are our competition but that is not going to happen. Guns Network is completely and totally a different animal. Our objectives are quite diffent and the mission of this website is heading in the opposite direction from them and most of the other gun discussion clone websites out there. We have played with "Top Gun Sites" counter program and in the end we are not impressed as the counter can be and has been manipulated oh so easily. I mention this as we have once had huge numbers for a day only to take it out and we are not the only ones who have done this as well. Due to other websites using our numbers for there arguements, we do not list our current total registered members. We do list our current active member as that number does not include members who have not visited the website in 30+ days. In the end we do not play into propoganda and really why would some of you all even care, unless you have a hidden aganda maybe?!?! just kidding but one never knows these days, just makes you question deep down some of the posts above that you newbies put up. This thread has run the course as far as I am concerned. GNS |
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Ok I need to lighten up on those guys a little... or not.
I don't think they have any technical or software knowledge amongst them. Everyone obviously knows DTHOR doesn't know anything about PCs from the past. Chris has some technical skills, but I believe those are on the networking/server side. The fact of the matter is that the counters are as current or invalid as they are across all sites they monitor, thus how they can rank things. DTHOR is trying so hard to cover the fact that they are outclassed, that he's making up bullshit and leaving it public in an attempt to protect their investment. I don't doubt they have some nice bills. They probably use about 2Mbps in bandwidth (over a T1) and they probably have to manage a good amount of mail and moderation of their boards. Making money to cover your ass or for your efforts was never a crime. My problem with them is the fact they try to con people, gouge people, and they're dishonest. When we talk to vendors we want to work with them, especially quality ones. When we look at companies, we look at what positive impact they will make here, not how much they are willing to pay. We've had some iffy vendors here before and we removed them for their poor practices. Since then we've worked to keep only the best here based on YOUR input, not their wallets. In reading some of the anti-Joeken posts here lately, I'm glad we did not follow through with their request to be advertisers here. It would have simply made for more problems having a company with poor business practices representing the site. It also would have reflected poorly on the other companies who are here providing quality and customer satisfaction every day. More work is being done this week on our AK content and library. I hope to have a lot done by the end of this weekend and with it being unique content donated by AK-74.Net (Thanks Luke!) as well as some of our Staff and Mods, we should have a very well rounded and kick ass collection. As we continue to move forward, we'll begin contacting more AK vendors and gunsmiths in an effort to bring the best names in the AK world here to you!!! We are also making an effort to partner with a few special companies to bring new and fresh content and discussions to the site. I'm very excited about this as it will only enhance the community and bring more quality to the table! This has been a great year and we're still pushing the limits to bring in more, especially for this group. |
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Oh ya, I do think they still have some nice and intelligent users there mixed in with the nut jobs and diehards... hopefully they will stumble over here and see that there are options.
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What makes you think he isnt already a member here |
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I consider myself to be an intelligent person, as well as thoughtful. After I joined the Army (it seems like a million years ago, but is only twelve), I pretty much lost interest in firearms and computers. After I was discharged I started getting interested in computers again, and when I found out I was moving to Memphis I bought a coupld of pistols, but still was not very interested in guns beyond staying just profecient enough with them to hit a target at ten meters. Several years later, I had moved from Memphis to Fayettville NC, and needed ammo for my CZ52 I had bought years ago for 59.00, so my brother and myself went to the local gun show as we browsed the rows of tables looking for what I considered exotic ammo we passed the table of Classic Arms where they had on display surplus M16 kits with all US parts, at that point I was not in teh slightest bit interested, however my brother was fit to be tied. For the next half hour my brother (who had never been in the military and hadn't shot an AR since we were 12 or 13, pestered me about what i knew about M16's and Ar15's, and wanted to know if I could put one together (he knew that it had to be built semi, and that he would have to replace some parts) I told him that yes with the upper alreasy built I could do it with no problem, that I had in fact torn M16's down and put them back together in the Army. The next thing I know he tells me he needs to go and get something, ten minutes later he tells me we need to find a reciever for a civilian AR15, we found a Bushmaster stripped lower for $129, and went home. He had to leave as soon as we got back to my house, so he left the parts with me, and I got real nervous (while I was in the Army A good friend of mine was a big AR fan and I remebered him making comments about having auto sears at home if you own an AR being a big no no), so I got onto the internet and started looking for information. I came across several site claiming to be the top gun sites on the net, but the one I found to be the most credible was AR15.com, however I spent the entire night reading different site making sure I knew everthing I could learn about building that rifle. When I get interested in something I take it very seriously, and become very deeply involved with it very quickly. The next day (I had a day off from work) I found a local shop that sold Colt AR15 parts, and bought what I needed to complete the rifle, brought them home and a little over half an hour later had asembeled the rifle, I took it to the local indoor range and bought a hundred rounds of ammo (I had already went through my old Army stuff and dug out some magazines), the rifle worked flawlessly (emotinally as well as mechanically), now I was hooked. I took out the reciepts from the kit and reciever and went out that day and bought myself a reciever and had ordered another kit by that afternoon. The next weekend I bought a couple of smith brakes and soem silver solder to keep the rifles legal, and ground of the tits on the bayo lug, and had a blast. Within a week I had purchased a SAR1 for $249 and was hooked beyond hope. During all of this I looked all over the internet, read through so many forums you would not believe (includign some site who are no longer around), but only found two that I felt wre worth registering with, I first registered with the FAL-Files and AR15.com. I remeber lurking around gunsnet, and being very turned off by all of the petty bickering that went on, and quickly got the feeling that the owners of the site were more interested in maintaining thier egos than helping the newbies, or learning from the old timers. Since then I have only become more convinced that I am already a member of the best gun sites on the web, and am far better off not even registering on gunsnet, just a few weeks ago the owner of that site reconfirmed that himself.
The really funny thing is that I am actually very proud of being a member and Mod here, but would not even consider being a nonpaying member over there, I have often been told that there is good information over there, but from what I have seen there really isn't, they have nothing other than shady vendors, that Ak47.net doesn't have. |
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Looks like a couple of the members are calling bullshit, and Thornton is nothing more than a big fat liar.
I am not surprised in the least bit that Thornton would lower himself to this level. After all, he is only a fake sea mammal. I can hear it now "Shut yer cockholsters!" "I'm in charge of this circus, not you!!" "HDR, you better get my cockholster moderators busy and start deleting these threads before I fire your pole-smoking ass !!!" Just wait till the shit hits the fan with Jokin. He's in for one big surprise. He'll never be able to afford to take that piece of shit boat in his driveway in the water again! Besides, he's too busy trying to fix that crackerbox "KB" home he lives in with the exalted "circular piece of furniture." Stay tuned! |
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Oh yes, it has been a long time since I have heard anything about the circular piece of dining room furniture. |
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AK-47.nutz -objective:to alienate as many as possible in the shooting community -mission:to do what is needed even if it means lying to the members -direction:to the rear of the pack
Could we be shown.....again, how this is "easily done by manipulating the counters"?
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G'damnit.....who went and woke the sleeping bear? ....look I been kinda busy with work and stuff....don't go makin' DUH-Thor cry and go home before I have a chance to kick at him awhile! ..... atleast keep this going until this evening! |
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Looks like ole DuhThor has deleted the thread (gee imagine that!) I can tell you from personal experience he doesn't know all that much about computers as he claims to, he's a liar (no surprise). His sponsors aren't too bright either if they seriously think he has 75,000+ active members lol. More than half are banned or have left the site. 900 people online at one time? I don't think so. Check out the who is online feature, you'll note that members stay logged in for several HOURS, so if someone stops in at 8AM then leaves for work at 8:15AM, they remain online until almost noon. Therefore, the number of users online is inaccurate. When the online users # gets low, suddenly Fred Sanford shows up. I think the following is quite a coincidence:
Fred's site http://www.parrotheadfred.com/ DuhThor's profile at a cigar site: http://lalunacigars.com/aspboard/viewuser.asp?name=DavidT Once enough people have logged on to see what ole "fred" has to say, suddenly he is 'banned', yet will show up over and over again when traffic gets slow. Ironic , isn't it? BTW, I've lurked here for quite awhile and used to post here back in the 'Drew' days (at least I think that was his handle). I don't want to give out my user name as I haven't been lucky enough to have been banned at ak-47 yet, but I can tell you all, DuhThor has screwed people over all through the net, and I'm one of them. You guys have a good site here and I hope the 'normal' people from over there make their way here. I eagerly await the day DuhThor's site goes down, there will be many cyber-parties, I'm sure. her |
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Hey,I "are" a certified AK owner now. )] |
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There are good people all over the net and I am a member both here and there. There is a great deal of knowledge at both these sites and many others and as a spectator I can't believe this...
Mine is bigger then yours discussion... Now, from what I see it is the other site that is crying and they are the ones that have promoted themselves as being the biggest site on the web. Hell, I have figured we are bigger for a long time now! I don't think it is necessary for ARFCOM to become the only place for people to hang out and while I spend far more time here I like the fact that there are other boards out there... |
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Why can't I read that post? I'm logged in and everything. |
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They deleted the thread... |
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You're 100% right and I feel like crap when I look into this thread. But a strange thing happens next, i start thinking of the help and countless phone calls with David to help them in getting things setup and running, the lies and bullshit he put me through, and the way he systematically isolates people all over the net. When he threatens friends, it becomes more personal and this sort of discussion no longer makes me feel badly. When they first bought AK-47.Net I was there supporting them and helping out. When they had issues and problems, questions and needs, I always offered to assist. When they got all over Campy and I offered him a place here with friends, I got insulted and threatened by them. All of this because of the mighty buck. There's a TON of good people across a bunch of firearm sites and we're actually making an effort to try to get a few sites worknig together to improve things for everyone. Sharing information, promotions, events, and basically working together to improve the firearm community as a whole and not just our small ponds. I hope that this works out and we're able to bring people together because the stronger we stand together, the more we can accomplish. I do feel like a child bickering over who has the best bike, but occasionaly when a self inflated bully talks crap and gets his ass kicked, you need to stand back and smile. |
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Agreed. But, DThor has continually isolated himself at every chance he gets. I feel sorry for all the people who got banned from that site simply because they decided to speak out against the horrible service that some of that site's advertisers were giving them. |
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Any one that grabs a Beta-C mag and throws it into some one else's M16 and empties it without asking permission, fires down range while other people are down range checking their targets, claims to have been a Navy SEAL...and wasn't, or fucks with Campy deserves all the misery that comes his way.
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Are you serious? |
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