Looking for a new home :-)

[amigaoneproductions]

I will not go into reasons here,  but I find myself unable to continue support of the usual Amiga forum that I usually frequent,  I was not banned or suspended,  I simply wanted to leave.  This leaves me looking for a new home to give my support to all things Amiga.
If the residents of this site are in agreement,  I will move here right away.  I will lurk around for a little while to bring myself up to speed with what has happened here recently, and slowly introduce myself to those that do not know me.

[amigaoneproductions]

@Thread

Thanks to all for the welcome,  some of you already know a little of what went on over at AW.net,  it was the "Moderators are GOD and woe betide anyone who questions" attitude that was the final straw.  I had had enough of people being treated like children instead of the the adults that we are.  

This site amiga.org was recommended to me by a few people,  so here I am.


Appologies to those that already know me,  you can probably skip this bit,  but for those that don't and are interested, here is a  brief intro

For those that do not know me,  I run the website www.amigaoneproductions.co.uk,  I have spent the last few years producing videos of various Amiga events around the UK, and also the AmiGBG event at Gothenburg, Sweden for the past two years.  I am working on this years DVD at the moment (from footage of the event earlier this year).

My history of Amiga use goes back to around 1987 with an A500,  I wrote demos and applications which were released as  Public Domain and Deja-Vu Licenseware,  I was a Beta Tester for Amos so I got free versions of that to play with a couple of years before release.

I was still using Amiga into the mid 90's but defected to PC use because of the lack of Amiga support around that time,  but I've been back since the release of the AmigaOne (hence the name AmigaOneProductions ;-) )  

My plans for the future are to get back into program development within the coming year, spending less time on video production (which came about completly by accident as no-one else was bothering at the time)

Also for anyone interested,  I have the fix details for the AmigaOne XE DMA and USB fixes and can perform this fix in the UK,  I have the official details from Eyetech,  but due to Non-Dislosure Agreements,  I am not allowed to pass the documents on to anyone else.

I am sure you will get to know me over time and what I am interested in (Hint, Starts with an A, five letter long,  and ends with an A :-) )

Thanks again for the welcome,  I'm sure you will see me around :-)

[amigaoneproductions]

lorddef wrote:
 Don't leave board just because of this - that's what they want you to do.

It has been some time coming ;-)  this latest episode was just the last straw :-)

I have actually been signed up as a member here for a couple of years,  just never really took part here,  although did lurk from time to time.

Hey guess what,  my goodbye speech over at aw as been locked,  now why am I not surprised  :roll:

Anyway,  it looks like we are on for completing the AmiGBG DVD over this Xmas holiday,  some other work that was planned has fallen though, which leaves a window of opportunity to get this project finished.
The race is on,  gotta get the DVD done before the release of OS4  :-D   (now some would say that gives me plenty of time,  but that's not the positive attitude of us Amigans now is it  :-) )

[amigaoneproductions]

uncharted wrote:
I always figured (from seeing you at the BB shows) that you had a good relationship with the AW staff.

Yes I did,  and I hope that I still will do,  I just don't like the way some of them have treated people lately,  they are not all bad ;-)  

Don't forget that I am not one of the people who have received a suspension,  I came out in protest on behalf of the way I was others being treated. - Even if I did not always agree 100% what was said,   I think the following phrase sums up the way I feel:

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".

Source: http://www.encyclopedia-of-world-knowledge.com/default.asp?t=Freedom_of_speech


I suddenly realised what a biased place I was in and did not want to be a part of it any more.

[amigaoneproductions]

@Karlos

Funnily enough I have been a member here for quite a long time:

Statistics
Member Since    2003/4/12
Comments/Posts    10
Rank    Merely Curious

But up until a day ago,  my post count was a lowly 5 ;-)  As you can probably tell  most of my posting was done elsewhere ;-)

I thought I'd treat this as my re-introduction into the site as I intended to become a lot more active now :-)

[amigaoneproductions]

Karlos wrote:

amigaoneproductions wrote:

Hey guess what,  my goodbye speech over at aw as been locked,  now why am I not surprised  :roll:

Just looked for that but your account seems to be gone all together. They didn't waste much time by the looks of it; did you ask them to remove it?

Yes,  I did ask them to remove my account.  It took about 15 mins for my account to die,  nice of the mods to try to persuade me to stay wasn't it  :-D

My last post is still there at the moment,  just locked from futher posts

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=16362&forum=7

[amigaoneproductions]

@nicomen
Thats quite a good observation of the situation,  I had a choice and I took it.

Things may change in the future and I may want to return,  but changes are not going to happen quickly,  so I don't expect to be going back any time soon.

Moderation is a difficult job,  I do not dispute that,  but to ban any posts that even begin to question the Status Quo, or worse ban users who comment on something that they do not agree with is plain wrong IMHO.  If someone starts posting with bad language or insulting people then of course I would have expected to see a mod or a ban,  but for having a different opinion ?

Nobody can get it right all the time but not to accept constructive critisism will not help you improve things.

Just chill and vote with your buck

I am perfectly chilled, and that's exactly what I did :-)

Edit: Spelling

[amigaoneproductions]

I guess Mikey_C is NOT the second one you mean!?

Let's NOT make this a personal attack against AW staff members,  that is not the reason I came here.

I have no personal gripes with any one person at AW,  only the general methodolgy that is used by the mods as a whole.  I have met with many of the staff and they have a difficult job to do,  I just don't happen to agree with the way they are doing things at the moment.