my thoughts on Melbourne Beats

Motive · Post by **Motive** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:26 am

damn i gotta say it's good having a fresh forum. big up Melbourne Beats. and it's good that it's not just D&B, bit more of a community spirit. i kinda like how every thread is jammed together, rather than MJ (rest in peace) and its continuous reshuffling (did anyone ever use the chat room?). and there's definitely a lot more posting going on.

goooooood on yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa MB

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:28 am

:falconslayer: <<< need that one too.

Kombat Bass · Post by **Kombat Bass** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:31 am

I'll third it....

quick · Post by **quick** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:36 am

haha, hugh and your smileys.

I forth it, well done Mr. Chan

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:37 am

I love the "and it's not just DnB"...

agreed on all accounts...

morning all.

Post by **system** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:37 am

Motive wrote:goooooood on yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa MB

gotta agree wholeheartedly. right place, right time, right attitude!

<<<- need this one too!.

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote::falconslayer: <<< need that one too.

agreed! thread on this theme started!

Post by **Friday** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:42 am

i love this site!

it's great work lucas...

looking forward to helping it along in every way i can

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:46 am

its already got more posts than MJ had too.

haha

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:47 am

still i do feel for the poor bastards that subscribed to MJ under the impression that it would help. i got quite a good while out of it. but people who signed up a week before it went really deserve a refund. just not on at all that Skot ran off with the cash.

Post by **system** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:51 am

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:its already got more posts than MJ had too.

true that!

mind you, not having auto-pruning on helps.

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:still i do feel for the poor bastards that subscribed to MJ under the impression that it would help. i got quite a good while out of it. but people who signed up a week before it went really deserve a refund. just not on at all that Skot ran off with the cash.

agreed. poor, poor form really. what got me the most was the lack of response to anything and random stuff happening all the time.

I could never get on to Skot by e-mail/IM/'phone either.

valuetime · Post by **valuetime** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:55 am

guilty.

i signed up about two weeks before mj crashed. gave him $100 too.

meh. big up the melbourne beats. they won't go running off with my cash (that i haven't donated).

LÃ³s Kasinoâ€” · Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:00 am

valuetime wrote:. gave him $100 too.

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS!?!?! Fuck man...can u get onto him???
...i was planning to subscribe the day after it went down...whew!

Kombat Bass · Post by **Kombat Bass** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:03 am

valuetime wrote:guilty.

i signed up about two weeks before mj crashed. gave him $100 too.

meh. big up the melbourne beats. they won't go running off with my cash (that i haven't donated).

DUDE!

U didnt tell me it was that much....Tim saw skot at kryal kastle as well...we coulda said somthing.

Motive · Post by **Motive** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:04 am

^^ dude that sucks big nuts. i never subscribed to mj.com > guess I've never agreed with paying for a forum. i know they take time and some money to run - but $50 from each person is taking the piss.

Post by **system** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:09 am

Motive wrote:i never subscribed to mj.com > guess I've never agreed with paying for a forum. i know they take time and some money to run - but $50 from each person is taking the piss.

agreed. I paid the money to subscribe, but that's up to the individual.

just dropping the entire site with no warning at all was a joke.

anyway, delegating things out to moderators/admins saves heaps of time anyway - which never happened on MJ. good to see it happening so early on here.

MJ is dead, long live MB - for the reasons posted so far and more.

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:10 am

yeah and doesnt he work at a hosting co or something? surely the amount of cash he had woulda been cool for the next 5 years.

Post by **lucas** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:11 am

It's been a good 6 months since I looked at MJ. Out of interest, did it have any form of advertising on it (apart from promo threads)?

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:15 am

go mb go

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:16 am

lucas_chan wrote:It's been a good 6 months since I looked at MJ. Out of interest, did it have any form of advertising on it (apart from promo threads)?

had banner ads only for events tho. top and bottom.

valuetime · Post by **valuetime** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:26 am

i don't really care about the $. just wanted to help out.

next time i'm out and he's there, someone should point him out. i'll ask him to go buy me a beer.

(a la "frank the tank" in old school).

NOW! you KNOW IT!

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:27 am

Can't say anything that hasn't been said. Bigups Lucas and MB!

Post by **lynt** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:28 am

Yay Lucas!

Post by **Friday** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:29 am

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:
lucas_chan wrote:It's been a good 6 months since I looked at MJ. Out of interest, did it have any form of advertising on it (apart from promo threads)?
had banner ads only for events tho. top and bottom.

i think stores and labels advertised too...

i'm sure i saw inertia adverts up there? and dmc?

Post by **lynt** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:30 am

yeah we had a banner up there ..

Post by **system** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:31 am

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:yeah and doesnt he work at a hosting co or something?

yeah, but I'm not sure how long MJ was ever hosted there for. it was offshore (USA?UK) for some time towards the end.

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:surely the amount of cash he had woulda been cool for the next 5 years.

I would have thought so too, especially with the kind of hosting deals you can get these days.

anyway. big up MB and keep up the good work.

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:32 am

prolly right. didnt really take much notice of the ads...

Post by **system** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:33 am

Friday wrote:
Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:
lucas_chan wrote:It's been a good 6 months since I looked at MJ. Out of interest, did it have any form of advertising on it (apart from promo threads)?
had banner ads only for events tho. top and bottom.
i think stores and labels advertised too...

i'm sure i saw inertia adverts up there? and dmc?

yep to both. there was also one of those "vote for me in the ____ top 100!" style links down the footer end of the page too.

Kombat Bass · Post by **Kombat Bass** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:56 am

lynt wrote:yeah we had a banner up there ..

So did I...Yo lucas u gonna do banners on MB or is this strictly a no advertising joing...threads / posts exclusded..

LÃ³s Kasinoâ€” · Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:12 pm

Kombat Bass wrote:
lynt wrote:yeah we had a banner up there ..
So did I...Yo lucas u gonna do banners on MB or is this strictly a no advertising joing...threads / posts exclusded..

I dont see the big deal with banner ads...if it keeps the site "ALIVE"..then i rekon go for it!

Post by **lucas** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:12 pm

The original idea was to have no advertising.

I've been toying with an idea however...

Because I'm not interested in making money from MB (and will be covering all costs myself); I've been thinking of offering free advertising in exchange for having the Melbourne Beats logo on all printed material.

Banner ads aren't normally something small promoters can use because the cost is so prohibitive, so I'd like to do something to change that.

I need to flesh out this idea a bit more however. Because, I'm relucatant to put ads in the forums because the pages load quite fast without them and I'd like to keep page load times down.

What do you guys think?

Post by **lynt** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:19 pm

Hmm.. in exchange for MB.C on flyers.. I reckon its ok .. though you dont want to cloud content with advertising... we know other sites turn into rundown pieces of shit because of all the flash and what not..

valuetime · Post by **valuetime** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:21 pm

ad content could be specified as one frame gifs, 12KB max.

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:45 pm

As far as I know, MJ.com never charged to have headz' banners on the site.

But I'd much rather have paid advertising on the site than have to pay to use it myself.

I can deal with a few small ads here and there. Not like ITM please tho.

Post by **system** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:16 pm

lucas_chan wrote:Because I'm not interested in making money from MB (and will be covering all costs myself); I've been thinking of offering free advertising in exchange for having the Melbourne Beats logo on all printed material.

a fairly good solution, especially if you won't be offering separate classes of users (apart from the usual general/moderator/admin classes of course). a good way to promote the site to people too.

lucas_chan wrote:Banner ads aren't normally something small promoters can use because the cost is so prohibitive, so I'd like to do something to change that.

perhaps a dedicated forum is the place for that - i.e. "Promotional".

lucas_chan wrote:I need to flesh out this idea a bit more however. Because, I'm relucatant to put ads in the forums because the pages load quite fast without them and I'd like to keep page load times down.

it'd be good to have the option (in the user profile) to turn the advertising off. not sure how much you want to hack the phpBB files though.

would be worth developing an offshoot from one of the existing mods though - that way it could be easily integrated via EazyMOD anytime the phpBB install was upgraded.

offering more styles is another way to go - that way if people prefer a "no images" version for ultra quick page renders, they don't cop the ads.

anyway, that's just what came to mind after reading the post.

Post by **lucas** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:26 pm

Actually, that's a good idea. An image-less forum skin. I'll have a look into that one too.

Post by **system** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:05 pm

lucas_chan wrote:Actually, that's a good idea. An image-less forum skin. I'll have a look into that one too.

it wouldn't be hard to implement. let me know if you need any extra fingers, as my day job is knee deep in PHP and CSS.

Hatsudai · Post by **Hatsudai** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:28 pm

Thanks to Lucas and co.
Its great to be able to keep up with whats goin on in Melbs.
I dont mean to diss but Skot at MJ always seemed to make us feel like we were such a burdon and we were so lucky to be part of MJ (well we were really I guess

). He was almost a Mayrtr for MJ.

Melb Beats:The promo section is a great Idea, banner advertising perhaps is not. Either way thanks so far and good luck to MB in the future!!

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:37 pm

Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love for MelbourneBeats

Kombat Bass · Post by **Kombat Bass** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:52 pm

Lizkins wrote:Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love for MelbourneBeats

Ohhhhh OOOOOO - someone taught her how to cut and paste

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:52 pm

Kombat Bass wrote:
Lizkins wrote:Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love for MelbourneBeats
Ohhhhh OOOOOO - someone taught her how to cut and paste

Bite me

Post by **system** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:05 pm

no, no!

why use words when a pre-generated image can put in the hard yards for you?

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:07 pm

have ya got one for 'bite me'?

btw System - you know any good manga out of late. I been watching Wolf Rain, and i want more...more i tells ya

Post by **system** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:26 pm

Lizkins wrote:have ya got one for 'bite me'?

Lizkins wrote:you know any good manga out of late. I been watching Wolf Rain, and i want more...more i tells ya

Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
Howl's Moving Castle
Astroboy (Collectors Edition)

that's what springs to mind.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:11 am

system wrote:
Lizkins wrote:have ya got one for 'bite me'?

Lizkins wrote:you know any good manga out of late. I been watching Wolf Rain, and i want more...more i tells ya

Ghost in the Shell: Innocence

Howl's Moving Castle

Astroboy (Collectors Edition)
that's what springs to mind.

hehehe thanks for the bites System

Sweet as on those choices! Already got access to Astro Boy so i reckon i will be planting my arse in front of my boy's tele watching them all back to back soon enough!

Howl's Moving Castle? What's that one about?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:46 am

biggup Melbourne Beats.... (back on topic dudes)

biggup the lack of pidgeonholing, biggup loads of posts... biggup something new

Kombat Bass · Post by **Kombat Bass** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:47 am

Lizkins wrote:
Kombat Bass wrote:
Lizkins wrote:Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love for MelbourneBeats
Ohhhhh OOOOOO - someone taught her how to cut and paste
Bite me

Awww c'mon Liz where's the Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love????? hahaha just kiddin...

U have been warned tho - If ur boy asks where u got bite marks from it wasnt me!

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:55 am

LOL

have no comeback...brain not functioning at full capacity today....like it ever is

Post by **system** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:07 am

Lizkins wrote:Howl's Moving Castle? What's that one about?

who cares? it's Miyazaki Hayao!

info (on IMDb)

info (on Studio Ghibli)

trailer (on Studio Ghibli)

Post by **system** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:07 am

fickuss wrote:biggup Melbourne Beats.... (back on topic dudes)

my bad.

fickuss wrote:biggup the lack of pidgeonholing, biggup loads of posts... biggup something new

yeah, big up!

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:13 am

hahaha nice on System. I might head on down to Hobby Japan today

ok back to the topic, soz Fickus