I'd like to start off by saying THANK You TJ for taking the time to ask for our feedback. I initially wanted to say what I'm about to say last night and put it out in the open and NOT through PM's. Some of the bros (some banned, some still here) advised me against doing so but at the risk of this being my swan song or later facing some type of retaliation I will press forward.
I decided to put this in the NYC section and not the other section because I am a New Yorker and for the most part I like to stay out of the affairs of the other territories but as you can see there seems to be a common denominator across the board. I will be as bold to say I'm going to try and speak for most of this section and express how we feel, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
I'll start by answering your questions TJ.
Out of the 3 mods. Myhobby- Yes, hhnyc77- the GOLD standard of what it means to be a mod, rAMPage- NO.
Yes, there is room for improvement but at this point I'm not sure if we can course correct.
For starters, if possible can we add some other sections for the other parts of the country? Please bring back the San Francisco section and possibly rename it "The Bay Area" so that most of NorCal falls under one umbrella and end the destruction of the West Coast. What happens out West really doesn't affect me but it is nice to get the low down regarding the touring girls that start out there and head to NYC. Lastly, relieving Rampage of his duty. I don't say this last part just to say it and I will say why I feel this way.
TJ, you said today is AMPR's 5 year anniversary? Where has the time gone? I joined this site in late 2018 after the fall of SH. I had scoped this place out and refused to join in hopes of the return of SH but the past is the past and I gave up on that pipe dream and what I found here was something way better. I found a true sense of community. If you care to take a look at a lot of my posts I call a lot of the guys (not all) bro because of that sense of community. I was against meeting a lot of these guys in person but around 2021 I started meeting a lot of them, going out for drinks with them, heading to these places, and one time I was so drunk and could barely stand up one of the bros from this site drove me to mom's place so I wouldn't miss Christmas with my family. Yes, we (at least I did) truly built a sense of brotherhood with a lot of the fellas here thanks to this site.
For a time I will say from 2018- early 2020 this was the UNDISPUTED best board around. Did it have its flaws, did some guys deserve to be shown the door, and did some venues flat out deserve to be banned for shilling? YES, without a question yes.
I'm not here to pile on against rAMPage but I am going to state what I consider MY timeline of what has been going on here because the issues are NOT something new, how quick some are to forget but I'm not one of those. We all know we went into lockdown in 2020, no reason to get on that subject because it will just loop and we'll be at each other's throat. It was around that time that I believe a lot of us were stressed, getting cabin fever, some of us got sick, the election was coming up and basically all of us needed to get laid ASAP. I believe a lot of us were getting out of line here and a lot of the punishments given by Rampage and the other mods were justified here. Let's be honest with ourselves boys! I was suspended, given warnings, etc. The past is the past.
2021 and trying to get back to normalcy. I understand and remember what 2020 was and perhaps certain liberties had to be taken away, no problem, my issue is after that. We had probably gotten past the worst of it but the Billy bad ass attitude was just getting started. I noticed a lot of the bros were getting wiped out, they'd come back allowed to reset, drop a few reviews then bam! They were gone again. This is around the time when people started to get banned for no reason. I myself was given a whole shtick about "knowing better and setting an example for newbies", fine I took my licks and accepted it but I could feel the wind changing and started taking my work over to TER via copy and paste because it had now come to the point when rampage didn't like something or someone ELSE derailed a thread, he'd nuke the entire thread and just about everyone who had posted regardless of whether or not they had said something that in violation of the rules. I myself RARELY ever join in on the discussion because I had already figured out, something could be a lighthearted joke or God forbid you "liked" something you were out of here. I never really liked joining in on discussions but after figuring out what could potentially get you the boot I was less keen on joining.
Here's an example of that: See how a lot of members including a MMS was banned? What rules were broken? Do you see any TJ? I don't.
https://ampreviews.net/index.php?threads/how-old-are-you-guys.135525/page-3#post-969684
Some guys are just idiots and really don't bother to read the rules and deserve to get banned, in fact I believe some guys deserve it. What I don't agree with is the constant need to put a head on a pike here. We are told to set an example for others, no problem with that, but how about as a moderator Rampage sets the pace? Shit falls down, not up. How about a little professionalism? Lead by example. In 2022 I think a large amount of us already knew what was going on here was bullshit and we couldn't do anything about it. I will give a prime example of this. Some time last year DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE "WHERE'S HHNYC77?" Thread? HH is the gold standard for what a mod should be and myhobby is alright too but HH had gone missing and the community legit missed him. All kinds of theories about his disappearance started to pop up and then here comes rAMPage and his ego basically saying no one started a thread for him when he wasn't around from late 2021 to early 2022 and something along the lines of "I guess if no one missed me, it's because I was doing my job the right way" Really? The balls and ego. The thread was out of legit concern for our brother in arms HHNYC77 and he had to derail it but what he did after that was talk shit yes, even about YOU TJ and then goes on to throw one of his famous tantrums, erases his post to cover his tracks (as he done many times before) and nukes the thread.
Ego- I just want to ask this, if rAMPage didn't have his superpowers and continued to act as he does, would he still be allowed to roam free? Because NONE of us could get away with a fraction of the shit he does.
https://ampreviews.net/index.php?th...e-following-posts-will-get-you-banned.110661/
Rule #7
Any trolling behavior includes, but is not limited to, personal attacks/bullying, criticism of someone's personal preferences, budget, etc.
No one here makes personal attacks, questions your manhood, feels the need to nail you to the cross, or bully's more than him.
Take a look at what the remnants of the SF said after they got fed up and left. Yes, that section needing cleaning up but not in the way it was handled.
https://forum.sex141.com/eforum/forumdisplay.php?fid=64
For the record
@hhnyc77 and
@Myhobby are both great but that's just my opinion.