k thx 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2006 Not as in the circumstances that led to you taking over, more why do you do it. It seems you pay money each month to be harassed by members on a board you don't post on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
admin 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2006 That’s pretty correct, I am not sure what keeps me supporting this site, it may just have to do with something back in 99' or 98 whenever I started managing the servers for Scott Keith and then he didn't want the forums anymore so I took them on. It does look pretty nice on a resume as well saying you own a site which gets nearly 10 million hits a month too. Google ads help pay for the site and the poker thing is actually doing better than Google ads, however that requires extra money being fronted on my part, but better returns. I like to see a prospering online community of users, is why I am still here and I feel if I let the site go, that’s a lot of work, not only done by me, but hundreds others in the last few years all gone down the drain. Look @ our stats, over 2million post and counting by several thousand a day! If TSM was not here tomorrow, what would you guys do? j/w, its not going anywhere for @least another year according to contract. I think the question is why do I get “harassed” by the members? I know many of you guys think I am a “bot” or “computer” with automated answers, but in reality I am no different than all of you, the users. If anyone has a problem with me, address it with me, PM me or let me know, rather than jumping to conclusions and making rumors or such. How’s that for a computer generated response? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NYU 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2006 Damn admin for posting right before I did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2006 How’s that for a computer generated response? Pretty good. Slimy yet satisfying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2006 How’s that for a computer generated response? Difficult as hell to read Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CWMwasmurdered Report post Posted April 22, 2006 I think most of us don't like that the mod staff usually don't seem to care to tell the posters why they do things. When a poster is banned it'd be really nice if the mods would straight away make a thread (or use one all purpose thread) to explain why the poster was axed. And like when you decided to delete the gimmicks, if we had been warned before hand maybe we could have helped to come up with ideas to allievate the problem without deleteing the gimmicks. Thanks again for holding off on that btw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Copper Feel 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2006 Admin their is one way to make us more accepting of you. Got any opinions on pro wrestling? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
admin 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2006 To be honest on that part, I use too be all into it... The days of the Giant, Eric Bischoff, Hogan, and the other ones where my days. But when the NWO, WCW, WWF and all those started falling apart and merged is when I lost interest. Also, a buddy of mine does the indoor pyrotechnics, which we did several shows for wrestling, across southern Texas. The superdome in San Antonio is where we did most of the shows. The ones which WCW we were called only on occasion and partnered with their normal crews, since you have to be licensed by state now. Since the nightclub in New York and 9/11 though rules and licensing on who all can setup and fire the shows changed things and that's when I began to fade out of that. The one we did the most for was when Houston started a wrestling league, which I met Booker T and his brother & several other guys. He only does outdoor shows now, like the Lackland AFB in San Antonio is the only one I help him with now, which is 2 full days of setup. If you were to ask that question a few years ago, I could of written you several paragraphs on what I thought. One thing that's amazing is the stunt work that's involved in it. Doing those shows, we were there all the day many times and the wrestlers are there quite a bit too, acting and preparing for different moves and those stages are designed for maximum noise on impact. Those were my wrestling days/memories. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2006 ... I think I liked you better when you didn't post Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k thx 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2006 ... I think I liked you better when you didn't post Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted April 23, 2006 Chav, shut up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Copper Feel 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2006 Brilliant spelling mistake there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k thx 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2006 Chav, shut up. Czech, you're a moron. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k thx 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2006 Brilliant spelling mistake their. Crap one there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Copper Feel 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2006 I have seen better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2006 ... I think I liked you better when you didn't post The hell you do Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2006 Pissssss..... This is mine! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2006 How much does this board cost, anyways? Just in case I felt like dropping a few hundred bucks to smite my enemies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CWMwasmurdered Report post Posted April 23, 2006 How much does this board cost, anyways? Just in case I felt like dropping a few hundred bucks to smite my enemies. http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...dpost&p=2190547 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iggymcfly 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2006 I think the question is why do I get “harassed” by the members? I know many of you guys think I am a “bot” or “computer” with automated answers, but in reality I am no different than all of you, the users. If anyone has a problem with me, address it with me, PM me or let me know, rather than jumping to conclusions and making rumors or such. I'm pretty sure that you're just an easy target because you have "admin" in your name and a lot of the members on here fuck with somebody just to fuck with someone. I think hardly anyone honestly dislikes you or actually thinks you are a computer. It's just a cheap and easy joke. That's a neat story about the pyro by the way. As someone who's heyday of wrestling fandom was 1998-2002, I have to say you're really not missing much. People tune into Raw to see how much Cena will get booed but that's about it as far as the entertainment goes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrestlefreak 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2006 Have you guys in Admin ever thought about putting up a forum history section about how this site got started? I think it would be interesting to read about how it's evolved over the years. It would also be great to post old threads of when WCW and the original ECW where still around, just to see the kind of topics people were discussing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2006 I think we lost a lot of early stuff when Dames broke the board a few years ago. The history is simple: Scott Keith bailed on his site TheSmarks along with it's forum, some posters decided to throw the cash in to keep it and renamed it TheSmartMarks. TSM as it is has only been around since 2002, so WCW and ECW were pretty much finished by that point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
