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I've gotten in fights with Fresh and massive DOA wars over the year

I remember seeing a lot of Fresh ranting and just gettng SO upset on DOA it was amazing..for such a big artist to get so involved and also come across as such a rantyman was hilarious

Aww I missed out on this. Does it still occur?

That was in about 2004, not really gone on it for about 6 years myself

Oh... that is disappointing.

I have tried to go on but the level of hostility if you disagree with someone is just exhausting...Theres a lot of frustrated heads out there..think I mentioned dubstep once in about 2007 to be met with snarling and general poo-pooing

[wormcode]

I've gotten in fights with Fresh and massive DOA wars over the year

I remember seeing a lot of Fresh ranting and just gettng SO upset on DOA it was amazing..for such a big artist to get so involved and also come across as such a rantyman was hilarious

Aww I missed out on this. Does it still occur?

I think Fresh sold off his share of DOA. I don't think he goes on much these days except to promote. Everyone there just chats shit about him anyway.

[BonerJams04]

if you dont fight back, how will people know if your cool?

[pete_bubonic]

DOA, man I used to love that place. Genuinely. Went to some great parties, met some cool people and made some friends I still hook up with regularly now. It was a proper community of safe people, into music. I dunno quite when it started losing that vibe, maybe around the time DnB started falling off in early 2000's, or maybe it was just the huge influx of people (which always makes it hard to retain a community vibe). Either way, it started becoming a troll playground, for half wits to pick on and make laborious tired in jokes out of those not as sharp witted as even them. In the land of the blind etc etc. I try going on there from time to time now days and it's just a cold aggressive place, everyone sniping shots at everyone else, a tired circle of DOA self appointed celebrities just being malicious to people. It's a real shame.

Either way, if for whatever reason you think I'm being militant handed with the ban hammer or editing, just remember it's for the good of the community!
x

[pete_bubonic]

Or I'm having a bad day.

[gwa]

sup pete

[wub]

DOA, man I used to love that place. Genuinely. Went to some great parties, met some cool people and made some friends I still hook up with regularly now. It was a proper community of safe people, into music. I dunno quite when it started losing that vibe, maybe around the time DnB started falling off in early 2000's, or maybe it was just the huge influx of people (which always makes it hard to retain a community vibe). Either way, it started becoming a troll playground, for half wits to pick on and make laborious tired in jokes out of those not as sharp witted as even them. In the land of the blind etc etc. I try going on there from time to time now days and it's just a cold aggressive place, everyone sniping shots at everyone else, a tired circle of DOA self appointed celebrities just being malicious to people. It's a real shame.

All genre specific forums turn that way eventually IME, just a matter of how long it takes.

[pete_bubonic]

sup pete

I even love you gwa. x

[gwa]

thanks. i bought one of your records once so i guess i like you too.

xXx

[pete_bubonic]

thanks. i bought one of your records once so i guess i like you too.

xXx

So you're the one.

[gwa]

to be honest i always thought DoA banter was dry.

yellow pages was prime for it back in the mid 00's with OEM, razor, j majik and co.

[oddy]

going off subject here a bit but lads; don't ever get a girl to snort nosebag off your nob.

just don't.

i liked it.... sniff and suck..

[oddy]

going off subject here a bit but lads; don't ever get a girl to snort nosebag off your nob.

just don't.

i liked it....they sniff and suck..

[pete_bubonic]

to be honest i always thought DoA banter was dry.

yellow pages was prime for it back in the mid 00's with OEM, razor, j majik and co.

DnBA certainly didn't disappear up it's own arsehole like DOA, but there were bare heads posting on the forum (especially the production bit), Fresh, DBridge, John B, Noisia, Dylan, Dom and Roland etc etc as well as Ben Kei and Cromz looking after the production forum, it was a production nerds dream.

[gwa]

do you suffer from nostalgia when you go on here then?

[pete_bubonic]

do you suffer from nostalgia when you go on here then?

Sometimes, this forum is great but has followed suit a bit. It'd be nice to have a place where the big names in the scene felt comfortable posting here again, giving everyone a chance to interact with them, get free tunes and generally have a good time. But with any forum this big, you get a few people who feel the need to mouth off or just be pricks for the sake of their own ego. You only remember the loud ones so many of the original heads leave because they remember a place dominated by dickheads, which is a shame for everyone. And no, I don't mean people shouldnt express their opinion, but a modicum of respect should be applied, which sadly the anonymity of the Internet seems to make people think they can chat all types of shit.

[capo ultra]

or maybe people have better things to do with their time

[pete_bubonic]

or maybe people have better things to do with their time

Why waste their time and effort whining about it on Facebook or twitter, or having some massive melodramatic leaving thread like plasticman?

I think it's because they liked it back when the forum was dominated by good upbeat community vibes, I know some even found it inspiring that early tunes of theirs got positive feedback and pushed them to send to or start up labels.

[jameshk]

Small active communities are a lot better than large ones, in most cases.

[Basstronomer]

Pete nailed it