Reaching out to former Nicks BB posters

[What'sinaname]

and where is Hal?

hal/

Hal's dead baby, Hal's dead

[David]

HAL is dead.

[neil]

A few flame wars and a lot of trolling ended many posters
Hopefully a few new ones will turn up
There are a lot of visitors at times hopefully some join

Nicks is crap on the phone
Do we have any secret millionaires or gun programmers out their that could help

[dalyc]

Bring back Jack Spain, Mr Dapper Travis Cloke and Thompsoc,

I’ve always thought these were you.

[Piesnchess]

and where is Hal?

hal/

Hal's dead baby, Hal's dead

Oh no, did Hal blow a fuse or a gigabyte ??

[dalyc]

Moved to Siberia

[Woods Of Ypres]

should never have implemented the 'invitation only' to sign up.
prevents new people joining
mostly only older posters around now

[think positive]

reserect Hal!

[RudeBoy]

reserect Hal!

No toasters please!

[stui magpie]

he could come back as an air fryer?

[Jezza]

reserect Hal!

Oops. Too much data.

[dalyc]

should never have implemented the 'invitation only' to sign up.
prevents new people joining
mostly only older posters around now

Yeah .. and trolls cycling through accounts

[Mike]

should never have implemented the 'invitation only' to sign up.
prevents new people joining
mostly only older posters around now

Nick's has never been invitation only - anyone can register. The home page says "You must be registered to post messages in these forums. Registration is easy and free. Register now." Invitations are issued to members so that they can invite others, but that's the only place that the word 'invitation' is mentioned. Registration codes were introduced because we were being flooded by spam bots; the code system eliminated them overnight.

The database supporting Nick's is currently 15 GB, holding posts going back to January 1999 (before some of our posters were born). Before that the bulletin board had a format similar to the one still use by Hotrod's Bullet 'n' Board. Those posts, going back to 1996, have been archived. It's a significant social archive and documents, from a fan viewpoint, the past 26 years of the Club's history. The Bullet'n'Board started when we adopted a new format and Hotrod, preferring the old format, left to start his own forum.

[rant]
Apart from occasional donation which, last year, amounted to a total of $50, and the time and energy contributed by the moderation team I supply all the resources that the site uses and put a significant amount of time and energy into its hosting and maintenance. I realise that Nick's is dated and has shortcomings when it comes to using it from phones, but at the moment I'm not inclined to try and find the extra energy, time and expense required to upgrade what is currently a working site when it's not valued enough by 99% of its members for them to contribute.

Nick's has spawned many new sites over the years, started by others doing it better - only the Bullet'n'Board has survived. Nick's carries on.
[/rant]

[think positive]

and in answer to that,
somewhere David posted in the Tavern that he dreamed Nicks Dissappeared, and how he felt about that,
a timely reminder to those who whinge at the school gate,
instead of going to the head master!
if you dont want to fix something, or do the work yourself,
shut up and appreciate the work of those trying

Thanks Mike, for all you and your son do and have done.

I for one love Nicks, i love that it doesnt change and get all sparkly and fangled up! im old school, and i appreciate the mods too, even if i have had the occassional pot shot at them!

aside from Big footy its the only site im on, and i only go to big footy for laughs! never when we lose, only when we win or to laugh at another team, such as the essendrug fiasco!

- but i still want Hal back, i love Hal, and seeing new posters fight with him made me spit my drink more than once!

[Skids]

but i still want Hal back, i love Hal, and seeing new posters fight with him made me spit my drink more than once!

Yes, pure gold.

I'd like to express my thanks too Mike. I joined 20 years ago after talking to Joffa at the Cricketers before the GF. Being in WA, Nicks is my go to web page, always.