NorthSideSox72 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 So, I was a registered member over at WSI too. Used to visit occasionally, post rarely, had a coouple hundred posts over there. I tried to log back into there today, and was rejected. So that was odd. But then it really got strange. Only four of their forums are still open - the others are all literally empty now. The four main forums... the primary clubhouse forum has only 3 threads with any activity in it today, the others have even less. It's like a ghost town in there. Anyone have any clue what happened? Any current WSI folks here that might know? Just curious if it was their being too stringent, or something else? They were always more strict than us on rules, but that alone shouldn't cause that. Looks like something must have happened over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Soxtalk is WWF as WSI is to WCW. Jason bought his competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Whatever happened to southsiders.net. Forget what it was called? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 3, 2014 -> 04:31 PM) Whatever happened to southsidesox.com or southsiders.com. Forget what it was called? southsiders.net. No idea. SSS is still very much up and running, though I'm not sure what happened with The Cheat/Gene Honda Civic. He was all kinds of awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 3, 2014 -> 04:31 PM) Whatever happened to southsidesox.com or southsiders.com. Forget what it was called? Southsiders.net They shutdown a while back IIRC. I think they are still on facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 3, 2014 -> 02:36 PM) southsiders.net. No idea. SSS is still very much up and running, though I'm not sure what happened with The Cheat/Gene Honda Civic. He was all kinds of awesome. Yeah, I meant southsiders. Cheat/GHC was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 If you google variants of White Sox Message Board, or Forum, or Discussion Forum, you usually get the mlb.com one on top, then SoxTalk, then WSI, then the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Wow, I hadn't posted there in ten years. I forgot they even existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Lucy's Avocado Farm Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 The admins (ie: fat bitter old men) ruined WSI for everyone. A few years back, there was "The Night of the Long Knives" when one of the mods banned everyone that was known to be friends with one of the posters IRL... which was literally 100 people. We all left and started our own board for a while and some joined here (like me). Some of the younger posters just aren't active anymore due to career/family/priorities. I still talk to all the friends I made on WSI (that I don't see IRL) on facebook etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 wsi, wow what a name from the past. the first mass exodus happen the night I registered here. look at the date is signed under my name and you can see the date. wsi had a great mod/admin from cali. I think his name was FarWestSide. a poster who was a construction something became a mod and he started a lot of crap. I took offense and came to a poster defense. it was a natsy fight, something like 2-3 hrs. Jason came on and told us about this site and I first signed up and then many others came over. FWS accuse me of trying to ruin his site. it was the construction guy, who through FWS bought ($$) into the site. I am sure there are still some who were on that site with me. that site was ruined. Hey TEX were you here when we had that huge arguement / fight with the espn white sox forum. If I remembered they had to shut it down to banned us? man I miss Yansy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I left in 03. Got suspended for posting a girl in a bikini as a joke response to a post and was told it was pornographic. It wasn't even close. Found this right away. Bye WSI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasox24 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 4, 2014 -> 03:50 AM) Wow, I hadn't posted there in ten years. I forgot they even existed. Same here. Completely had forgotten about WSI. Last time I posted there was probably 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 5, 2014 -> 02:07 AM) I left in 03. Got suspended for posting a girl in a bikini as a joke response to a post and was told it was pornographic. It wasn't even close. Found this right away. Bye WSI. Greg were you also a member there? the night I left, someone was going to be suspend for a simple joke. then oh hell broke lose. was that you? maybe head22 or someone else can answer. I totally forgot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I know this is not the right forum but does anyone have the story about the the guy from hawaii that knew Reinsdorf and was one of only three people to see Frank Thomas contract? Ncogi I think it was. There was a period when I was out of commission in regard to this site for a few months and he was just gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 6, 2014 -> 10:09 AM) I know this is not the right forum but does anyone have the story about the the guy from hawaii that knew Reinsdorf and was one of only three people to see Frank Thomas contract? Ncogi I think it was. There was a period when I was out of commission in regard to this site for a few months and he was just gone. Ncorgbl. Pretty sure he was the one that was exposed by JimH and Quickman, and then he disappeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 6, 2014 -> 10:32 AM) Ncorgbl. Pretty sure he was the one that was exposed by JimH and Quickman, and then he disappeared. Talk about blasts from the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabiness42 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Ncorgbl. Pretty sure he was the one that was exposed by JimH and Quickman, and then he disappeared. I did not participate in message boards of any kind until 2005, and not on this one until well after that, but I've heard bits and pieces of the story about this guy. Would love to hear the full story, or is this a taboo topic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 6, 2014 -> 10:45 AM) Talk about blasts from the past As if he doesn't have an alt on here right now.... But yeah that's why message boards with strict molding never last. When you ban half your userbase, there's no one left to post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 6, 2014 -> 11:02 AM) I did not participate in message boards of any kind until 2005, and not on this one until well after that, but I've heard bits and pieces of the story about this guy. Would love to hear the full story, or is this a taboo topic? I wasnt around when it went down, but long story short is Ncorg presented himself as someone in the know, and irritated a lot of people in doing so. JimH and Quickman did some internet digging. IIRC they even went so far as to contact his ex wife to verify some of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 6, 2014 -> 10:45 AM) Talk about blasts from the past Quickman is still a member as far as i know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 (edited) QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 6, 2014 -> 11:13 AM) I wasnt around when it went down, but long story short is Ncorg presented himself as someone in the know, and irritated a lot of people in doing so. JimH and Quickman did some internet digging(which probably could have gotten them arrested now) and busted the guy out on the site. IIRC they even went so far as to contact his ex wife to verify some of it. one of the most deep cutting "outs" ever. Better than finding out you dont have season tickets to the niners. Edited October 6, 2014 by RockRaines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 6, 2014 -> 11:17 AM) one of the most deep cutting "outs" ever. Better than finding out you dont have season tickets to the niners. He outed himself, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 You can’t see their off-topic forums without logging in which is probably where the majority of the activity is now. Also their political forum is a completely separate board with separate registration. The place used to be fun but the mods got way too over-zealous in banning people for even minor infractions. The worst thing that ever happened to that place was that they started getting recognition from the local media and the team itself. So anything rated above PG is no longer allowed. I haven’t been back since I got banned for something I posted on a completely different message board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 4, 2014 -> 07:18 PM) wsi, wow what a name from the past. the first mass exodus happen the night I registered here. look at the date is signed under my name and you can see the date. wsi had a great mod/admin from cali. I think his name was FarWestSide. a poster who was a construction something became a mod and he started a lot of crap. I took offense and came to a poster defense. it was a natsy fight, something like 2-3 hrs. Jason came on and told us about this site and I first signed up and then many others came over. FWS accuse me of trying to ruin his site. it was the construction guy, who through FWS bought ($$) into the site. I am sure there are still some who were on that site with me. that site was ruined. Hey TEX were you here when we had that huge arguement / fight with the espn white sox forum. If I remembered they had to shut it down to banned us? man I miss Yansy. You’re talking about FarWestChicago. AFAIK, he got married and moved to Canada. Him and his wife basically own/run the site from their own servers although I don’t know that either of them actually post anymore. The other guy you are talking about is Daver. He’s FWC’s right-hand man and he was/is a plumber. He’s never been wrong about a single subject either. Just ask him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 6, 2014 -> 04:06 PM) LOL, very true. Daver and Voodoochile are kind of the henchmen of WSI. Their form of "moderating" has done a great deal of help for SoxTalk. I was an eight year poster there until they forced my hand into finding and joining SoxTalk. Now we know who to blame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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