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Title: How did gE do it?
Post by: Spracne on April 23, 2014, 06:44:46 PM
WtW.com is hurting.  How was gE able to successfully develop a rebel board and convert good :users: 's away from the mothership? Help us, you're our only hope. (But don't sign up for accounts.  That has been temporarily disabled d/t a recent bot attack).
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: star seed 7 on April 23, 2014, 06:57:38 PM
Western kansas work ethic
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: wetwillie on April 23, 2014, 06:59:18 PM
Only thing holding this thing together is a consistently good football team.  I don't think you can sustain BBS success without it. 
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: slobber on April 23, 2014, 06:59:57 PM
gE was struggling too, and then Mr Bread signed up one day. The rest is history. Until that time, sd pretty much posted 24/7 and started a bunch of new threads none stop. I think that was the formula.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: _33 on April 23, 2014, 09:46:34 PM
You have to have good posters to begin with.  They will attract others.  WtW has no good posters.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: CNS on April 23, 2014, 09:59:01 PM
Go round up those who were banned for being too boss at other sites.  Then weed  them out through a make it or break it PI process. 
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: The Big Train on April 23, 2014, 10:49:53 PM
first you need to quit stealing trademarked quotes  :dubious:
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Cire on April 24, 2014, 05:52:58 AM
You have to be able to criticize and objectively look at your programs and PI the eff out of those that can't.  Wave the phog doesn't do that well
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Saulbadguy on April 24, 2014, 05:55:07 AM
Embrace bot attacks.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: OK_Cat on April 24, 2014, 06:44:15 AM
Don't be afraid to push the envelope, even when it pisses off Saul. Bad publicity is still publicity!
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: slobber on April 24, 2014, 07:27:18 AM
Need to get on TV in Arkansas. Then it just goes absolutely crazy from there. All of the big time things start in Arkansas.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: mocat on April 24, 2014, 08:30:01 AM
Just because the Mona Lisa exists doesn't mean anybody can do it
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: slobber on April 24, 2014, 08:45:15 AM
Just because Marilyn Kay exists doesn't mean she will visit your bbs
FYP
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Cire on April 24, 2014, 08:47:18 AM
I bet if I disparaged bill self on WTW I'd get called a grape followed by a goofy pic of oscar.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Spracne on April 24, 2014, 08:52:35 AM
Some of you aren't very helpful.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Tobias on April 24, 2014, 08:54:44 AM
leadership
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Cire on April 24, 2014, 08:54:59 AM
you need better posters.

lead by example
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on April 24, 2014, 09:00:14 AM
You need a good cast of characters and #1cat
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Tobias on April 24, 2014, 09:01:47 AM
fine, you guys can have eastcat.  sheesh.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Institutional Control on April 24, 2014, 09:43:50 AM
If you hadn't made Beems so jelly, maybe you could have had him jump start your blog.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: star seed 7 on April 24, 2014, 10:16:54 AM
Get Tatown over there and you'd be on the right path
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Spracne on April 24, 2014, 10:17:38 AM
Get Tatown over there and you'd be on the right path

His powers are useless there.  Still, I agree.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on April 24, 2014, 11:33:15 AM
The biggest part to it is having posters on the board that "get it!"
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: OregonSmock on April 24, 2014, 12:45:25 PM
In general, K-State fans have a sense of camaraderie that is simply lacking with most KU fans.  That's basically why WTW doesn't work.  There's no sense of community... it's just a few snarky posters who act like they're above everyone else (see: Spracne).
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Spracne on April 24, 2014, 12:49:50 PM
In general, K-State fans have a sense of camaraderie that is simply lacking with most KU fans.  That's basically why WTW doesn't work.  There's no sense of community... it's just a few snarky posters who act like they're above everyone else (see: Spracne).

No idea why you are pursuing this beef.  I mostly leave you alone because picking on you feels like battering a woman.   :th_twocents:
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Stevesie60 on April 24, 2014, 12:53:46 PM
Have Katdaddy hold a class on how to be a great poster. Don't allow anyone to post on WtW until they have certification that they have taken said class.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: OregonSmock on April 24, 2014, 12:59:57 PM
In general, K-State fans have a sense of camaraderie that is simply lacking with most KU fans.  That's basically why WTW doesn't work.  There's no sense of community... it's just a few snarky posters who act like they're above everyone else (see: Spracne).

No idea why you are pursuing this beef.  I mostly leave you alone because picking on you feels like battering a woman.   :th_twocents:


Case in point.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Spracne on April 24, 2014, 01:01:06 PM
In general, K-State fans have a sense of camaraderie that is simply lacking with most KU fans.  That's basically why WTW doesn't work.  There's no sense of community... it's just a few snarky posters who act like they're above everyone else (see: Spracne).

No idea why you are pursuing this beef.  I mostly leave you alone because picking on you feels like battering a woman.   :th_twocents:


Case in point.

Are you suggesting that women are inferior? :nono:
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: OregonSmock on April 24, 2014, 01:04:54 PM
In general, K-State fans have a sense of camaraderie that is simply lacking with most KU fans.  That's basically why WTW doesn't work.  There's no sense of community... it's just a few snarky posters who act like they're above everyone else (see: Spracne).

No idea why you are pursuing this beef.  I mostly leave you alone because picking on you feels like battering a woman.   :th_twocents:


Case in point.

Are you suggesting that women are inferior? :nono:


No, but kudos on your experience with battering women.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Spracne on April 24, 2014, 01:09:27 PM
In general, K-State fans have a sense of camaraderie that is simply lacking with most KU fans.  That's basically why WTW doesn't work.  There's no sense of community... it's just a few snarky posters who act like they're above everyone else (see: Spracne).

No idea why you are pursuing this beef.  I mostly leave you alone because picking on you feels like battering a woman.   :th_twocents:


Case in point.

Are you suggesting that women are inferior? :nono:


No, but kudos on your experience with battering women.

You would be welcomed with open arms, OregonSmock.  Your passion for KU is peerless.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Cire on April 24, 2014, 01:10:17 PM
In general, K-State fans have a sense of camaraderie that is simply lacking with most KU fans.  That's basically why WTW doesn't work.  There's no sense of community... it's just a few snarky posters who act like they're above everyone else (see: Spracne).

No idea why you are pursuing this beef.  I mostly leave you alone because picking on you feels like battering a woman.   :th_twocents:


Case in point.

Are you suggesting that women are inferior? :nono:


No, but kudos on your experience with battering women.

Well,

He does follow ku athletics and battering women is a common theme/occurrence in Lawrence.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Institutional Control on April 24, 2014, 01:17:57 PM
Have you guys forgotten what the T in TSC stands for? I think so.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: OregonSmock on April 24, 2014, 01:26:27 PM
Have you guys forgotten what the T in TSC stands for? I think so.


Yes, which goes back to my point about camaraderie.  K-State fans are all in on K-State athletics, and they stick by each other.  You guys make each other better posters.  KU fans rarely ever have each other's backs, and consistently fight with each other.  Spracne has rarely, if ever, come to my defense as a KU fan on a K-State message board.  In fact, he usually joins in on the bullying and the groupthink that ensues whenever I ruffle someone's feathers.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Spracne on April 24, 2014, 01:33:16 PM
Not sure why you want to make every thread about me, but let me ask you this:  Would you tell a tree to stop being a tree?  Would you ask a dog to become a cat?  No matter how much you argue with folks here, you won't change the loyalty in their heart.  It's a fruitless endeavor.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: chum1 on April 24, 2014, 01:36:03 PM
I prefer exclusivity and elitism.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: OregonSmock on April 24, 2014, 01:38:53 PM
Not sure why you want to make every thread about me, but let me ask you this:  Would you tell a tree to stop being a tree?  Would you ask a dog to become a cat?  No matter how much you argue with folks here, you won't change the loyalty in their heart.  It's a fruitless endeavor.


You're making a lot of assumptions here.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: kso_FAN on April 24, 2014, 01:42:36 PM
The gE secret:

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftopstepconsulting.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fgroup-think-3.jpg&hash=7f6759f875fb3751b55f1e46957bf3e8992a4471)
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: CNS on April 24, 2014, 01:45:54 PM
1.You guys ahould pick a beef with some old school media guy that most of your fans follow religiously but is really a huge dumbass.

2. Wave some wheat

3. Profit
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: OregonSmock on April 24, 2014, 01:47:57 PM
1.You guys ahould pick a beef with some old school media guy that most of your fans follow religiously but is really a huge dumbass.

2. Wave some wheat

3. Profit


Shay at Jayhawk Slant is already worse than Fitz, if you can believe it.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: CNS on April 24, 2014, 01:48:34 PM
1.You guys ahould pick a beef with some old school media guy that most of your fans follow religiously but is really a huge dumbass.

2. Wave some wheat

3. Profit


Shay at Jayhawk Slant is already worse than Fitz, if you can believe it.

On to step two, you guys!
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Cire on April 24, 2014, 02:14:48 PM
If Fitz went to ku he'd be like that shay guy.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: CHONGS on April 24, 2014, 03:43:32 PM
We have it.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: CNS on April 24, 2014, 03:50:07 PM
Someone from WTW needs to find some zeal and press the #KUGroupthink on twitter hard but without one of the tweeters getting sued by Joe Davis.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: mocat on April 24, 2014, 06:12:43 PM
goEMAW.com has an amazing assortment of people with great wit, people who are ITK, people who are very talented with videos and shops, people who don't go all OMG BEWBS all the time, and mods who firmly believe in self-policing. That's a rare combo and I don't think you can just snap your fingers and create it at your whim
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: bubbles4ksu on April 24, 2014, 06:24:02 PM
ku doesn't have the turmoil that is necessary to separate good bbs'ers from the masses. there is apathy in one sport and dominance in the other. great bbs'ing comes from .500 seasons where there is week to week excitement and speculation. ksu had a lot of those seasons from 04-09.

Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: CNS on April 24, 2014, 06:59:55 PM
ku doesn't have the turmoil that is necessary to separate good bbs'ers from the masses. there is apathy in one sport and dominance in the other. great bbs'ing comes from .500 seasons where there is week to week excitement and speculation. ksu had a lot of those seasons from 04-09.

Thank god.  The other would be boring as hell imo.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: AST on April 26, 2014, 01:55:01 PM
just from my unique set of skills i would like to point out that the cooking thread is pretty meh and they don't even have a separate bbq/grill thread

KISS OF DEATH
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: 0.42 on April 26, 2014, 02:28:59 PM
Three things WtW has working against it:

1. The more creative posters from the phog who broke off and formed WtW were at their best when they were faced with controversy (i.e. TomLight being a dumbass/racist/fascist/WuShock). That controversy has been taken away and they've sat on their laurels as a result.

2. No Missouri posters there to rile up anyone. We did some half-assed attempts but they're too familiar with gE's tactics to really get all that angry when we try to troll.

3. Basically WtW never totally broke off from the Phog culture in general. Which is mostly why when they get sizable numbers of KU tuck refugees from the Scout network going down those posters essentially go back to the Phog after Scout gets fixed because despite its terribleness the Phog still has two draws: 1. Massive KU groupthink and 2. Sheer numbers. All WtW offers to them is the ability to cuss, criticize the team/programs, and make photoshops that TomLight would consider risque (and they don't really do the latter anymore), none of which KU tucks really want all that much. If they want to become a larger force in the longer term they have to start recruiting more wacky(squawk) personalities and forging their own brand, but they've been focused on picking off Phog and (to a much lesser extent) KUSports posters which was imo to their long term detriment.

When gE was formed after the matt scott/ksufans controversy it already had two things going for it: 1. A distinct culture that had very little bleeding over between it and GPC/KStateFans despite their common backgrounds and 2. A sizable community. WtW had neither.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: WillieWatanabe on April 27, 2014, 09:02:55 PM
gif thread.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: slobber on April 27, 2014, 11:01:01 PM
No @ksuboobs to side track us
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: CNS on April 28, 2014, 07:38:15 AM
Mike Leach would have absolutely made you guys.   
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 01, 2014, 04:19:14 PM
Just melt down about the football team after every loss. That will make for enjoyable reading, and your fellow good bbs'rs from KU will melt down with you. Organize fundraisers to get rid of Weis or something.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Cire on May 01, 2014, 06:24:23 PM
ksufans was like 8 dudes for a while.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: 0.42 on May 01, 2014, 08:45:22 PM
Just melt down about the football team after every loss. That will make for enjoyable reading, and your fellow good bbs'rs from KU will melt down with you. Organize fundraisers to get rid of Weis or something.

Great point. WtW right now is the equivalent of a bunch of disgruntled dudes drinking in the corner making snide remarks about the team but not doing anything else. Raise hell.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Trim on May 02, 2014, 03:36:15 PM
Do something crazy that will have everyone getting sued hahahaha.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: OregonSmock on May 02, 2014, 05:46:02 PM
It might help if people could actually register at WTW.com. 
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Spracne on May 02, 2014, 05:59:45 PM
It's very exclusive. You need to be sponsored.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: steve dave on May 02, 2014, 06:01:17 PM
I will start posting there. I am already a premium member so hold onto your dicks (I have no idea if I did that correctly or not bread).
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Benja on May 02, 2014, 06:05:11 PM
Well, it's always good to have an exorbitant amount of cash and some power players as backers.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: wetwillie on May 02, 2014, 06:15:01 PM
Have you guys banned anyone yet?
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: _33 on May 06, 2014, 02:09:11 PM
I tried to get this discussion started on WtW.  Apparently nothing came from it.  I can only do so much.

http://www.wavingthewheat.com/showthread.php?14471-www-wavingthewheat-com-Brainstorm-Thread
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: puniraptor on May 06, 2014, 02:18:34 PM
I tried to get this discussion started on WtW.  Apparently nothing came from it.  I can only do so much.

http://www.wavingthewheat.com/showthread.php?14471-www-wavingthewheat-com-Brainstorm-Thread

good effort and great community service.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Tobias on May 06, 2014, 02:28:15 PM
I tried to get this discussion started on WtW.  Apparently nothing came from it.  I can only do so much.

http://www.wavingthewheat.com/showthread.php?14471-www-wavingthewheat-com-Brainstorm-Thread

to answer the OP, just do the opposite of whatever went down in that thread
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: The Big Train on May 06, 2014, 03:16:26 PM
I tried to get this discussion started on WtW.  Apparently nothing came from it.  I can only do so much.

http://www.wavingthewheat.com/showthread.php?14471-www-wavingthewheat-com-Brainstorm-Thread

good god i'm glad our board doesn't have that design  :Yuck:
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: star seed 7 on May 07, 2014, 02:01:16 AM
wtw is just the phog with cussing  :frown:
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: The1BigWillie on May 08, 2014, 02:07:13 PM
Here's the deal... There just aren't that many ku "fans" who really give a crap about basketball, football, KU or bbsing... A very large majority of KU "Fans" are just dipshits that want to follow a winner.  They have no emotional investment or tie to the university.  They watch KU basketball because KU wins basketball games and winning feels good.

KU's best "fans" are the football fans because they truly care about the sport/team. I have a good friend who lives and dies with that football team.  Poor guy.  But he's a "FAN". 

You need to basically tell the basketball "fans" to piss off and concentrate on football and general entertainment.  That's my advice FWIW.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: puniraptor on May 08, 2014, 02:08:32 PM
the deal is all ku fans hate each other so why would they want to party rock with eachother on a blog all day err day
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on June 04, 2014, 03:09:53 PM
I went to register over there today, but then I saw some of the avatars and decided I don't want to hang out with those perverts anyway.
Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: Fedor on June 04, 2014, 10:21:29 PM
Judging from _33's thread, you don't have the intellectual capital to make a go of it.


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Title: Re: How did gE do it?
Post by: slobber on June 04, 2014, 10:26:30 PM
In regards to the OP: Have you seen the size of our penises? We can pretty much do whatever we want.