FiveseveNForum.com

yea...there isnt a whole lot out there. Ive been researching reloading on the internet since our forum went down, and there is hardly anything of value. Most of the time I was just getting links to the fivesevenforum off of google or from the other forums themselves! *i also learned something new during all of this bedlam. I had no idea our forum's name was forbidden to be spoken on certain forums! How hillarious is that? They must be really insecure (and/or jealous)...

The other thing I learned while browsing other forums was that the people over here are of a much higher caliber. There are no asshats on our forum. For the most part, the people on this forum are very knowledgable, friendly, curtious, and have a good sense of humor...traits u seldom see elsewhere.

I guess you dont really notice these things until they are gone.

Grantness wrote:yea...there isnt a whole lot out there. Ive been researching reloading on the internet since our forum went down, and there is hardly anything of value. Most of the time I was just getting links to the fivesevenforum off of google or from the other forums themselves! *i also learned something new during all of this bedlam. I had no idea our forum's name was forbidden to be spoken on certain forums! How hillarious is that? They must be really insecure (and/or jealous)...

The other thing I learned while browsing other forums was that the people over here are of a much higher caliber. There are no asshats on our forum. For the most part, the people on this forum are very knowledgable, friendly, curtious, and have a good sense of humor...traits u seldom see elsewhere.

I guess you dont really notice these things until they are gone.

True!

This forum will return to shine brighter because it is made up of great people, with patience and perseverance. In fact, I bet it will be better than before, organized, intuitive, thoughtful, humorous, polite and fair.

As long as there is a search feature this site will be found as I did the first time I wanted info on the 5.7! the cool thing is, that
most of the pepole with the most knowledge will be here it will just take a little time! (excuse the spelling)

romer522 wrote:One thing to remember, the instant information is lost but all the knowledge/experience is still here. People will be very willing to answer questions again.

I would still take a Q&A with the members of this forum over the useless crap out there on the web.

Agreed.

About 15 years ago a colleague of mine was describing another coleague of mine's wealth of knowledge to a newcomer to our profession. He summed it up as "Joe [not his real name] probably forgot more about [topic] this morning while he was taking a dump than you know. Try asking him nicely."

Gramaton Cleric wrote:As long as there is a search feature this site will be found as I did the first time I wanted info on the 5.7! the cool thing is, that
most of the pepole with the most knowledge will be here it will just take a little time! (excuse the spelling)

Is there a way to have google fix their results? Even before all this when you search for fivesevenforum, the .com came up top, and when searching fivesevenforum.net you get crap about "fives even forum" lol.


Soon we will be confused with Heinz


O and :drool: at getting the back.

Speaking of people that need to get caught back up with post whoring, wheres Slippy?

Slippy is out of the country for two weeks.

Yeah, we waited til he left to burn down the old house, move into a new one and left no forwarding address.
Whatcha wanna bet he finds his way here anyway? :wall:

Slippy will find his way. :agree:

Grantness wrote:The other thing I learned while browsing other forums was that the people over here are of a much higher caliber. There are no a$$hats on our forum. For the most part, the people on this forum are very knowledgable, friendly, curtious, and have a good sense of humor...traits u seldom see elsewhere.

Yeah, I agree with this. This is a very friendly site. A lot of mutual respect going on here. When people disagree, people (almost always) disagree in a civil manner. Looking at ideas from opposing view points (in a civil manner) is extremely useful because it's the best way to get at the heart of a matter.

I`m baaackkkk!!!

What the FLICK happened?
loss of fivesevenforum.net = :wall:

Bad things happened.

Cyberfly wrote:It can be rebuilt. It can be made even better than what it was before.

Sounds like the beginning of the six million dollar forum :ponder:

I was just thinking about the long thread re Fuzzy's KB that I spend about two hours reading one night. It was an incredibly valuable thread. Those are the kinds of threads that appear to be lost forever. I'm sure there are hundreds of threads like that and, unless someone takes the time to recreate (at least the essence of) those threads, that information will likely be gone. The problem is that no one person could adequately recreate even one of those threads...there was so much back-n-forth and discussion of multiple viewpoints that it would darn near impossible to synthesize the information from one of those threads in such a way as to fully reflect the knowledge.

It's a shame.

I can pull the first post from the google cache, but everyone beyond that, not sure if we'll ever get it back.

Having lost all past posts greatly diminishes the value of this site. I won't say this site is completely and utterly worthless now (at least it's a common place for FiveseveN owners to "meet" and discuss new issues), but I will definitely look elsewhere for FiveseveN information.

Im going to have to say that we have made great progress in the couple days we have been back. I would be willing to bet that this forum currently contains as much or more information on all aspects of the 5.7x28 round and systems than any other forum. If you were to spend your time elsewhere, I doubt u would learn much u couldnt get here (and if you did you would have to spend a lot of time searching through threads....whereas here we have neatly organized/reconstructed the most pertinent information into easy to find threads.)

Can this help at all? http://www.archive.org

skoltuniak wrote:Can this help at all? http://www.archive.org

Only somewhat, the last archive they have is from Feb 06, 2008. A LOT of new information has been posted since then. But this definitely help bringing back older discussions.

Thanks!

My sense on loss of value...

I purchased a five seven and a ps90 at a gunshow about a month after I got home from a deployment. I had nothing but money burning a hole in my pocket and had NO IDEA what I had actually purchased (I know, I know...). All I knew was that they looked cool, I didn't have anything like them, and I wanted them.

I got home and one of the first places I found was the old forum. I learned more about what I had just bought in ten minutes than I could have by looking at the FN website all day. I registered, posted, and within about ten minutes got blasted for not using the search function properly.

But it didn't matter, because there were enough people who were there who took time to ANSWER me and were very helpful. This is the first and only forum in which I have participated for that very reason. And even though the extensive history of posts isn't here at the moment, I have no doubt that if I were in that same position and asked the same questions, they would be answered by friendly fellow firearms enthusiasts quickly.

There is no loss of value. The members are here. I have absolutely NO DOUBT that within months this forum will have a searchable knowledge base based upon new posts that will easily eclipse any other FN product oriented forum. And before that happens, anyone will be able to inquire and their questions will be answered. In a way, it may be a blessing in disguise -- all of the countless threads consisting of "use the search function, jackass" and flames from certain banned members won't be here.

For those reasons I will continue to be a paid member. My hat's off to the admins for keeping this thing rolling.

Wolly-
That's exactly why the decision was made to go straight in to a brand new forum rather than try to raise the old one from the ashes.
And most of the thanks goes to Fuzzy for his tireless efforts in getting this new home built for us. And to Justin for doing what needed to be done...I dunno if either of them slept until the doors were opened.
It may be new, but with the core members here, and new ones joining daily, and old ones straggling in with them, the new forum will overshadow the old one and before we know it, the old vBulletin forum will be a distant memory.
But just as before, it's the members that really make it what it is. A home.

Okay...enough of the mushy stuff. Back to work. :guns:

Yep, Jake did all the work, I watched. :laugh:

Horse manure.
I saw all the posts, Fuzzy, can you do this? Sure. Justin, can you do this? Gotcha. Can you do this? Back and forth.
I felt like i was a spectator at a tennis match.
If anybody WATCHED, it was me!
I'm a good watchfly.

I agree, I like some are old time members going back 4-5 years. I was really into it when I first started years ago and seen a bunch of little changes as the years went on, then my log ons were less frequent as a wealth of information and clutter surfaced, I actually got tired of hearing "That was already discussed about, do a search on it", but now having a clean slate with updated and correct information will be even better, and most people would be more willing to answer your questions if you have any. I've already noticed myself being more involved than I have been in years. It's like Christmas and I have a new toy

Let me be the first to Welcome you back then :cya:

Hey it's me stg2ahn!!!
I was on haitus because of my move. I thought the forum was gone.

Sorry to hear about your troubles. I am glad that everyone is back and things are getting back inorder.

I don't understand why the prior owner would give everyone such a hard time.
But that isn't my business. No point in complaining about the lost info, what's done is done.

No doubt we can rebuilt this forum and I am grateful that the new owner(s) see potential in this forum.

Welcome back.

Welcome back stg2ahn!

Guys, you keep participating, keep asking questions, and you will see soon enough that everything that was lost will be back.

flyingirish04 wrote:Guys, you keep participating, keep asking questions, and you will see soon enough that everything that was lost will be back.

Exactly. And if you want a ported suppressor, we can tell you where to go.

:lmao: nice.

Welcome back stg2ahn!

Welcome back bro!! Its good to see more and more familiar faces showing up!

I don't understand why the prior owner would give everyone such a hard time.

He was an a$$.

At least most of the old folks are back and the database is growing each day.
I haven't had many questions that haven't been answered on this forum.

I learned to live with the loss. IT really sucks...

meh...
Its hardly noticable now. In fact, the info is a lot more organized and easier to find.

Grantness wrote:meh...
Its hardly noticable now. In fact, the info is a lot more organized and easier to find.

Totally agree.

Don't consider it a loss, consider it a fresh start.

+1.

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://fivesevenforum.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's some more from 2007.

Hi, Just registered today. perhaps someone would care to enlighten me what happend to the old forum? Hopefully it wasnt a blowout of sorts.

either way I look forward to learning what I can here you all seem like a great group of folks!!

Jack

Long story short, everything went *POOF* and disappeared.

:lmao: :laugh: :lmao: :laugh:

One hell of a clif note there ferret.

Well, its true.

Go to the cage for an x-rated clif note, narrated by Jenna Jameson and MrSlippyFist.

But seriously, having a fresh slate is not a bad thing. In a few short months we've got almost 700 members. All relevant information that was requested or mentioned is still readily available.

And although it really IS a fresh start, we have most of the old faces, a lot of new faces and you don't have to worry about anybody telling you to 'use the search function' :furious: and then banning you when you ask them "How?"

Well, at least not yet anyway...hehehehe

there's a search function???

Grantness wrote:there's a search function???

:banned:

:p

:p

Cyberfly wrote:And although it really IS a fresh start, we have most of the old faces, a lot of new faces and you don't have to worry about anybody telling you to 'use the search function' :furious: and then banning you when you ask them "How?"

Well, at least not yet anyway...hehehehe

lol THANK GOD,

eh, the only thing i dont like about this forum is it makes me procrastinate doing my work. Its like im typing up a history report but some how my mouse always seems to go twords the link to the forum, kinda like right now lol

but otherwise you guys realy did a good job in setting this all up :thumb:

We can ban you for a few days so you can get some work done.

f3rr37 wrote:We can ban you for a few days so you can get some work done.

lolol its ok, i was able to pull my ass away from the forum long enough to finnish it, but when finals come around i may need to ask of that service lol

:laugh:

Hey Fuzzy? Remember when you asked us if you ever started acting like someone?
Ummmmm....
hehehehehe :lmao:

Cyberfly wrote:Hey Fuzzy? Remember when you asked us if you ever started acting like someone?
Ummmmm....
hehehehehe :lmao:

Shut the hell up :p

:laugh:

Okay, but I was just saying....

Cyberfly wrote:Okay, but I was just saying....

:laugh: