Extreme Prometeia now part of Overclock3D!!!
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Could EP-UK members who read this and have sent Phil money for the site, could you email me contact details and amounts please? I will confirm with Phil so don't try to pull a fast one, not that I think for a second that any of you would, just have to cover my back just in case.
Mav if you wanna add me to MSN boardy@live.com I have something to discuss with you.
Cheers
Boardy
Mav if you wanna add me to MSN boardy@live.com I have something to discuss with you.
Cheers
Boardy
maverik-sg1
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Boardy u got PM
Welcome to OC3D Dudes.
I know how it feels to loose your own forum that you have created and be ported to another one (I used to run my own busy forum) but trust me OC3D have plenty to offer to compensate for this loss.
We have a great community here and as you can see are all pleased to have you on board.
I know how it feels to loose your own forum that you have created and be ported to another one (I used to run my own busy forum) but trust me OC3D have plenty to offer to compensate for this loss.
We have a great community here and as you can see are all pleased to have you on board.
Hi everyone.First i'd like to thank everyone here for the extremely warm welcome and kind offer to join what i'm sure is a very nice forum.However i am with most of the other longstanding and loyal members of the close knit EP community,in that this situation has come as quite a shock and could have been handled much better.
I appreciate that this site may have much to offer in the shape of review hardware,competitions,discounts,etc,but if that were important to me,i would have been elsewhere long before now.We did things in our own way at EP,out of our own pockets,for our own reasons and a very small number of dedicated members made a considerable impression in the benchmarking world.Right now,i'm not sure how much of that spirit and sense of united underdog determination would be lost here in what has been proposed and it's too soon to decide if i want to be a part of it at all.
Once again,i've nothing against anyone here,you all seem very nice,but i will definately be taking a few days to evaluate my options.
I appreciate that this site may have much to offer in the shape of review hardware,competitions,discounts,etc,but if that were important to me,i would have been elsewhere long before now.We did things in our own way at EP,out of our own pockets,for our own reasons and a very small number of dedicated members made a considerable impression in the benchmarking world.Right now,i'm not sure how much of that spirit and sense of united underdog determination would be lost here in what has been proposed and it's too soon to decide if i want to be a part of it at all.
Once again,i've nothing against anyone here,you all seem very nice,but i will definately be taking a few days to evaluate my options.
Hi and Welcome to EP-UK, I hope you guys can stick around and be part of the community, but at the same time keep the community you guys have obviously been attached to. I understand how you guys would feel, but I sure hope you can share your knowledge with us and join us.
See ya round!
See ya round!
pants marshall
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Hello
I have been at 'EPUK' for many a time now and even though these days i dont bench i have been lucky enough to become friends with many of its members.And class it as my second internet homeMy first being in my sig.
Saddened to hear about 'EPUK' moving to here since it was a great place with out ads and spamm, i mean people there didnt flame each other\post sh1t and crap just for the hell of it.
People there are really friendly and helpful and have worked really hard to keep 'EPUK' as independant as it can be, and must feel like a kick in the nads (for you americans that testicals\balls\bollox....etc), to suddenly 'get' moved to here for no reason (hence the hostility).
Any way to cut it short i speak my mind without remorse(why would i have, i dont know you lot from adam?), so..........i have noticed that there are some problems with your forum..
1)When you goto post you have to first click 'quick reply' to start this off..........I'am sure this must be a problem with the site and not an oversight
2)I have also noticed that even though 'EPUK' has now been moved here and that the forum admins here at oc3d have said that 'EPUK' will still have its own forum.........that ALL 'EPUK's posts have not been moved the the correct subsection
.............instead all of 'EPUK' postings have been moved to the overclocking and memory section of the forum...........again i'am sure the the admins at oc3d will rectify this before the day is out
..... i thought i should post about this small problem before we all go............where the feck is everything.
3) Its has come to my painful (eye) attention, that you also have a broken link in your processors and platform section............called CPU Clocking...........just thought i'd point this out.
4) When do i expect to get my free sunglasses, so i can spend a substantial amount of time reading through the 'EPUK' posts without getting retina buring issues from the horrid flashing ads???
I have been at 'EPUK' for many a time now and even though these days i dont bench i have been lucky enough to become friends with many of its members.And class it as my second internet home
My first being in my sig.Saddened to hear about 'EPUK' moving to here since it was a great place with out ads and spamm, i mean people there didnt flame each other\post sh1t and crap just for the hell of it.
People there are really friendly and helpful and have worked really hard to keep 'EPUK' as independant as it can be, and must feel like a kick in the nads (for you americans that testicals\balls\bollox....etc), to suddenly 'get' moved to here for no reason (hence the hostility).
Any way to cut it short i speak my mind without remorse(why would i have, i dont know you lot from adam?), so..........i have noticed that there are some problems with your forum..
1)When you goto post you have to first click 'quick reply' to start this off..........I'am sure this must be a problem with the site and not an oversight
2)I have also noticed that even though 'EPUK' has now been moved here and that the forum admins here at oc3d have said that 'EPUK' will still have its own forum.........that ALL 'EPUK's posts have not been moved the the correct subsection
.............instead all of 'EPUK' postings have been moved to the overclocking and memory section of the forum...........again i'am sure the the admins at oc3d will rectify this before the day is out..... i thought i should post about this small problem before we all go............where the feck is everything.3) Its has come to my painful (eye) attention, that you also have a broken link in your processors and platform section............called CPU Clocking...........just thought i'd point this out.
4) When do i expect to get my free sunglasses, so i can spend a substantial amount of time reading through the 'EPUK' posts without getting retina buring issues from the horrid flashing ads???
pants marshall
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5) you cannot edit a post after it been ermmmm posted......wtf
6) Sorry my bad...... but i have noticed that all of 'EPUK's posts are now spread aropund oc3d forum like a nasty rash, instead of being nice and tidly being placed in the 'EPUK' sub section.
6) Sorry my bad...... but i have noticed that all of 'EPUK's posts are now spread aropund oc3d forum like a nasty rash, instead of being nice and tidly being placed in the 'EPUK' sub section.
Blindfitter
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Morning, Good it is not,
been off air 24 hours, what a lot has happened,
Will sit back read, digest and then decide what i want to do
been off air 24 hours, what a lot has happened,
Will sit back read, digest and then decide what i want to do
name='Thickbrit' said:
Hi Thickbrit, sorry mate i have just PM'd baz about this and asked him to let you know whats going on, as you said mate we have had all the offers of hardwear testing and benching for outher forums/ sites but decided to stay becouse of the fredship we all had at EP-UK, drop me a PM with your number mate and we can have a talk about whats going on.
Mr. Smith
New member
Hi there mate, just thought I'd attempt to answer a few of your q's.
To all - Jim (XMS) has been working incredibly hard to migrate all your EP data across and integrate you all into the OC3D forum. Granted you might not have wanted this BUT the alternative (from what I can gather) is you would have ceased to exist. Perhaps you weren't aware this is how things were heading but with that in mind can you not make some concessions?
You worked hard to maintain your independence, your sense of personal identity. You feel you have been swallowed up by a large 'sell out' forum? That is not the case.
Although we have thousands of members the community consists of ~50 regular posters. Furthermore, once we establish what you all want - it would seem a separate EPUK section, which is being constructed - it will happen. EP admin are working with OC3D admin together to deliver an acceptable solution to all.
It is early days, there is only so much one man can do so it may take a while to implement all the changes.
Please, try be a little more understanding and patient.
Everything will be alright
name='pants marshall' said:Hello
I have been at 'EPUK' for many a time now and even though these days i dont bench i have been lucky enough to become friends with many of its members.And class it as my second internet home
Saddened to hear about 'EPUK' moving to here since it was a great place with out ads and spamm, i mean people there didnt flame each other\post sh1t and crap just for the hell of it. I'd say we share the same ethos here
People there are really friendly and helpful and have worked really hard to keep 'EPUK' as independant as it can be, and must feel like a kick in the nads (for you americans that testicals\balls\bollox....etc), to suddenly 'get' moved to here for no reason (hence the hostility). I understand, however, it would seem without this move EP would have ceased to exist. Surely better to move than die?
Any way to cut it short i speak my mind without remorse(why would i have, i dont know you lot from adam?), so..........i have noticed that there are some problems with your forum..
1)When you goto post you have to first click 'quick reply' to start this off..........I'am sure this must be a problem with the site and not an oversight
2)I have also noticed that even though 'EPUK' has now been moved here and that the forum admins here at oc3d have said that 'EPUK' will still have its own forum.........that ALL 'EPUK's posts have not been moved the the correct subsection
3) Its has come to my painful (eye) attention, that you also have a broken link in your processors and platform section............called CPU Clocking...........just thought i'd point this out. Again, everything is a bit up in the air this will be fixed.
4) When do i expect to get my free sunglasses, so i can spend a substantial amount of time reading through the 'EPUK' posts without getting retina buring issues from the horrid flashing ads??? The ad's are required to keep things going.
name='pants marshall' said:
To all - Jim (XMS) has been working incredibly hard to migrate all your EP data across and integrate you all into the OC3D forum. Granted you might not have wanted this BUT the alternative (from what I can gather) is you would have ceased to exist. Perhaps you weren't aware this is how things were heading but with that in mind can you not make some concessions?
You worked hard to maintain your independence, your sense of personal identity. You feel you have been swallowed up by a large 'sell out' forum? That is not the case.
Although we have thousands of members the community consists of ~50 regular posters. Furthermore, once we establish what you all want - it would seem a separate EPUK section, which is being constructed - it will happen. EP admin are working with OC3D admin together to deliver an acceptable solution to all.
It is early days, there is only so much one man can do so it may take a while to implement all the changes.
Please, try be a little more understanding and patient.
Everything will be alright
FarFarAway
New member
I think the EP-UK guys should talk to boardy from EP-UK if anyone is of any doubt as to how much Overclock3D want to support EP-UK as a group and as a domain. We've given you guys an oppertunity you would not have otherwise had on EP-UK...but speak to boardy please before you totally dismiss it out of hand.
Yes it's a change, no we're not a faceless "sell-out" forum (actually pretty angry anyone would call us that, what do you know?), yes ads are there to keep the site and reviews going "cause we have to", yes we want to keep EP-UK bench team as a seperate entity as it should be
Forum posting issues will be sorted soon (they were changed due to update and integration)
Dead link will be removed in about 1 minute.
Yes it's a change, no we're not a faceless "sell-out" forum (actually pretty angry anyone would call us that, what do you know?), yes ads are there to keep the site and reviews going "cause we have to", yes we want to keep EP-UK bench team as a seperate entity as it should be
Forum posting issues will be sorted soon (they were changed due to update and integration)
Dead link will be removed in about 1 minute.
Welcome to OC3D guys. My name is Dave
Sorry to hear that you aren't entirely enthusiastic about this move, that is understandable. However we aren't a bad bunch, quite the opposite infact, and I just hope that enough of you stick around to at least give us the benefit of the doubt in this matter.
Looking forward to seeing you on the forums.
Regards,
Dave
Sorry to hear that you aren't entirely enthusiastic about this move, that is understandable. However we aren't a bad bunch, quite the opposite infact, and I just hope that enough of you stick around to at least give us the benefit of the doubt in this matter.
Looking forward to seeing you on the forums.
Regards,
Dave
No it wasn't. I'd already said it would be hosted free of charge. The members had all donated to cover domain names (afaik), and when that time came round they'd have donated again. I'd volunteered to deal with maintenance of the forum backend. In short, EP-UK was standing on it's own two feet and was in no risk... the same was offered to PCLincs.co.uk when they were in a similar position, and that forum is still operating. The members donate regularly to cover any incurred costs (of which there aren't any other than to renew the forum software license).
Tis all very bizarre.
maverik-sg1
New member
Guys,
Just a few things that you might need to be aware of:
1) Boardy, who I know personally, is not representative of the majority of EPUK Members or was/is he part of the current admin/mods, although I understand that you have contact with him - we do too now.
2) No-one is disputing that this is a bad place to be, in fact I have spent some time looking around and it's seems nice.
3) Please understand that like yourselves, we (EPUK members) have been round for a few years (registered on a lot of forums to post etc...) and as Thickie said we could of moved before (people often ask us to join them), but did not because we were happy where we were - of course it turns out that collectively we are quite good at what we do.
I am not sure what the gain was from you guys purchasing the forum, maybe someone can explain - we were/are very happy to fund our own forum and stay as the team we are right now. In fact we donated a lot of money to Phil Standbridge to do just that, I hope this can be seen as a reflection of our determination to stay together as a team of like minded people.
Having said that - I think that there could be some sort of compromise as to how the current EPUK comunity fits in here - the compromise being that we have our own site linked here somehow, not an EPUK sub section.
Somethings that seem wrong:
1) This was done without notification or agreement from individual members and we are all now registered here, meaning private and personal information has been passed from one party to another without prior agreement from each member.
2) All our hard work as independants has been ported into here, again without notification or agreement, not only that it's been fused into your exisitng forum.
3) I realise that you guys are only one part of the collective decision to do this, but you did do it and all the information regarding this was here, not one word of it on the 'old' EPUK forum.
All of the above has led to members pulling their team affiliation with EPUK, which is no longer top 20 material in global overclocking world and has in fact alienated a lot of people already - maybe this was inevitable, the actions over the last 24hours has certainly been a catalyst.
The ideal process would of been to leave the EPUK forum running as it is, make all teh announcements and do all this talking beforeand of any movement or fusion of account data - then whatever transpires would of been done correctly.
I think the truth be known if we really wanted our home to be OC3D we would of been here a while back, however that's all the things from our side.
I am also sure that you would of expected this sort of a reaction from the EPUK members and I am certain that your business reasons for aquiring the EPUK forum were greater than making sure the UK's top benching team stay at OC3D - I would be interested in hearing those reasons for aquisition.
At Phil Standbridge - I am disappointed in what has transpired, understanding that it's been a horrible year for you so far which I sympathise, does not excuse the way this was handled - I still think you're a great guy and I have repsect for you, but this is not very 'phil' like.
@ Marci, thanks for posting, you got PM.
Just a few things that you might need to be aware of:
1) Boardy, who I know personally, is not representative of the majority of EPUK Members or was/is he part of the current admin/mods, although I understand that you have contact with him - we do too now.
2) No-one is disputing that this is a bad place to be, in fact I have spent some time looking around and it's seems nice.
3) Please understand that like yourselves, we (EPUK members) have been round for a few years (registered on a lot of forums to post etc...) and as Thickie said we could of moved before (people often ask us to join them), but did not because we were happy where we were - of course it turns out that collectively we are quite good at what we do.
I am not sure what the gain was from you guys purchasing the forum, maybe someone can explain - we were/are very happy to fund our own forum and stay as the team we are right now. In fact we donated a lot of money to Phil Standbridge to do just that, I hope this can be seen as a reflection of our determination to stay together as a team of like minded people.
Having said that - I think that there could be some sort of compromise as to how the current EPUK comunity fits in here - the compromise being that we have our own site linked here somehow, not an EPUK sub section.
Somethings that seem wrong:
1) This was done without notification or agreement from individual members and we are all now registered here, meaning private and personal information has been passed from one party to another without prior agreement from each member.
2) All our hard work as independants has been ported into here, again without notification or agreement, not only that it's been fused into your exisitng forum.
3) I realise that you guys are only one part of the collective decision to do this, but you did do it and all the information regarding this was here, not one word of it on the 'old' EPUK forum.
All of the above has led to members pulling their team affiliation with EPUK, which is no longer top 20 material in global overclocking world and has in fact alienated a lot of people already - maybe this was inevitable, the actions over the last 24hours has certainly been a catalyst.
The ideal process would of been to leave the EPUK forum running as it is, make all teh announcements and do all this talking beforeand of any movement or fusion of account data - then whatever transpires would of been done correctly.
I think the truth be known if we really wanted our home to be OC3D we would of been here a while back, however that's all the things from our side.
I am also sure that you would of expected this sort of a reaction from the EPUK members and I am certain that your business reasons for aquiring the EPUK forum were greater than making sure the UK's top benching team stay at OC3D - I would be interested in hearing those reasons for aquisition.
At Phil Standbridge - I am disappointed in what has transpired, understanding that it's been a horrible year for you so far which I sympathise, does not excuse the way this was handled - I still think you're a great guy and I have repsect for you, but this is not very 'phil' like.
@ Marci, thanks for posting, you got PM.
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