Yep , always new guys wanting to have a conversation , wanting to talk about pack weights , ect. Good thing a forum is an open and continuing conversation and not a bound reference manual sitting on a shelf. So many feel the need to reference old threads because they have already participated in the topic and I believe feel it's been talked about so it's all settled. Just because you are bored with the topic doesn't mean the next guy should just read old threads and keep quiet. It's fresh for each successive wave of new members and their conversation is just as relevant to them as it was to you the first time you discussed it. If the topic is old news to you then don't participate but when some asks a question they should be treated with respect and not dismissed with a link to an old thread.
Dude. This has to be one of the most insightful posts I've ever read here. And I don't know how it could be put any more eloquently. Great job...now stop. This is a hunting site. We don't want people thinking we're smart or anything.
Seriously though, that puts it more succinctly than I was going to. This is such a friendly site, and I know its the moderators that make it such. They don't let anything get out of hand. Rokslide and a football forum dedicated to the Montana State Bobcats are the two sites that I frequent the most(FTG, just kidding any griz fans. But that's the point too. I shouldn't put that on a post but I could do it on the MSU and UM sites until you know where freezes over. It'd be like me posting F Acme. As Matt said in his post, they won't let me do that here.) The football site sees a lot of traffic from me during football season, spring practice, fall practice, and national signing day. I check it weekly the rest of the time. I check Rokslide daily because its such a friendly place. Hunting season is a short time, and if anything this place seems to be busier during the off season. And that to me is amazing. That a hunting site is just as busy or more so during the off season. I could be wrong, but it seems like everyone is out hunting, not posting. The mods here are the bomb.
I've only been on BPL once to look at an article that someone posted here that he had written. I couldn't read it since I don't pay to be there so I haven't been back. Its too bad too, because I'm pumped to get out and do some backpacking trips this summer. I get the info I need here for that too.
Here on Rokslide, it seems its the people posting that give a lot of the reviews and I would have an issue paying to see my fellow Rokslider's reviews. And it does seem the high end sponsors know that this is a place to advertise. Noone here says they're looking to pay cheap for something, they ask what is something cheaper that I can buy until I can afford whatever expensive brand. You never see a thread like, "I love the Columbia clothing system I put together"
) of those things were set aside for people who contributed monetarily to keeping this site up and running.
