Posts by feraltrucker5

Larry Morales12 said:Tickets go on sale next week at all Madison Square Garden outlets across America!

Honestly, the sheer audacity of putting tickets up for sale when we don't even have a confirmed lineup yet is just kind of mind-blowing to me. Like, really? 😁

analoggull4 said:Alright, I’m gonna drop some screenshots next! It’s actually kind of a pain to explain this stuff through just typing!

Nah. It’s actually incredibly easy to explain if you just realize you don't understand the difference between the total number of replies versus the actual number of posts. That's exactly why I told you to take a second and actually wrap your head around it first.

analoggull4 said:And hey, even the post counters in these threads seem to be off by one! Like, you’ll be scrolling through a thread and see it says there are 4,353 posts, but then you actually click in and realize the very last post is numbered 4,354!

Seriously though, give that some actual thought. 🤦

gentlegull93 said:Today is... Drummer Night at Crosession

I’d say before tomorrow morning rolls around. 😁

Sophia Wells72 said:Good grief, who in their right mind decided to schedule Drummer Night at such a ridiculous hour? Seriously, what were they thinking? 😢

PBS: It’s one step forward, two steps back. Honestly, I’ll take this as a win because, usually, we’re looking at two massive leaps backward for every single inch of progress they make. 😁

Tyler Kern57 said:Yeah, I mean, I feel like they definitely left out a few tracks from Alice in Chains... it’s fine, don't get me wrong, but I was really hoping for more of that heavy-hitting stuff. It’s almost like watching CNN—you expect certain things to be there, but then you realize the variety is actually decent because they threw in some international acts too. Still, could've used a bit more grit.👍

What a total disaster! 😠 So, I totally missed out on that whole thing... but hey, a silver lining, right? Because by some stroke of pure, unadulterated luck, I ended up stumbling right into The Flaming Lips and Billy Idol instead. 🤦 God, give me strength. 🤷

I honestly can’t wrap my head around this late-night music programming. Like, seriously, who is actually sitting up watching this at this hour? Is there some secret society of night owls out there waiting for this specific lineup to drop? It feels like they’re broadcasting straight into an empty living room. 🤷

Hey there. 🙂

Look, I really shouldn’t be sticking my nose into the whole mess regarding moving the American chats around because the mods and admins have already laid out their reasoning, and honestly, that should pretty much wrap up the debate. But seriously, people acting like this was some sudden, impulsive whim? Give me a break. Back when I was serving as a moderator for the US section—which was about six months ago, if memory serves—and even before then, we were all hyper-aware of how messy the chat situation had become. We were actually trying to design a space that functioned like a genuine community hub for Americans. The whole goal was to create a spot that would finally replace those endless, repetitive threads where everyone just vents about their own personal drama, and instead, actually get people talking to one another and building some real connections.

Look, I thought we were actually going to have a themed discussion here, but clearly, I was getting ahead of myself.

We haven't managed to pull anything off in that timeframe, and honestly, looking around, it’s pretty clear nothing has changed. But then again, how could it? This whole chat topic has just been overrun by people who couldn't write a single constructive post on a major US forum if their lives depended on it. It’s devolved into nothing more than just another generic, mindless chat room where actual substance goes to die.

Look, I know I’m basically just rambling about things that have absolutely nothing to do with my own life, but honestly, I couldn't help myself—I had to jump in here and give Nicholas King a response to this:

Nicholas King said:I don't think these are minor or insignificant issues, especially when they are happening for the first time.

I am trying—in good faith and without using "one mellowraven22 phrase"—to 😁 come up with any logical reason why treating chat threads on a sub-forum like "Weaving Goblen" would be any different from how they treat chat threads on a sub-forum like "Counting Angels on a Needle" — and, I have to admit, I’m failing.

On one hand, a chat is just a chat, isn't it? It's just a specific group of people who get used to showing up at a certain spot—that "where everybody knows your name" kind of vibe—to talk; sometimes it's meaningful, sometimes it's nonsense—which, honestly, doesn't really matter. Some of these people leave "footprints" in other threads, while others don't—but, I would truly love to hear how moving these chats will improve the quality of the sub-forum?! 😕 What is going to specifically happen when a chat gets moved, other than one, two, or three top threads disappearing, thereby (neither more nor less) "improving the quality of the sub-forum"? 😕 I am genuinely, and in good faith, curious about this answer.

On the other hand, one could argue the point that chatters don't really care where they gather.

On a third note, to me, this looks like taking a regular crowd from one local diner and moving them to another for no clear reason simply because "it's all the same anyway."

The whole saga of moving chat topics has been seen before: the relocation, the rebellion, and the arguments. During the last major reshuffle I followed (with the IRS), the moderators eventually brought the chat threads back—which I consider to have been a very wise move on their part.

Just like in many other life situations, you can approach this with a restrictive "Why should they exist?" (meaning, why should chat threads exist on topical sub-forums), or with a permissive "Why shouldn't they?". Personally, I find the latter approach much closer to my own philosophy in life.

Therefore, I believe this is something that should be established as a standard forum rule, rather than leaving it to the discretion of individual moderators to do whatever they want with the chats. BTW, if the chats are considered "trash" (which consequently qualifies the participants as well), I think it would be more consistent to just abolish them entirely (with all the potential consequences) rather than periodically posting sentences that, perhaps unintentionally, essentially mean "what you're writing is garbage, be happy we even tolerate you."

I wouldn't use the word "serving" or anything similar to describe anyone's forum duties—but, wouldn't it be nice if everyone, in their respective forum roles, tried to make sure the people on the forum feel welcome?

I don't know if I should mention: to put it mildly, I very, very, very rarely post in the chat threads. 🙂

The moderator really needs to start citing their sources. I don't even know where to start with this whole mess, honestly. It’s just one thing after another, isn't it? You think you've finally got a handle on things, maybe even a little breathing room, and then—boom—everything just falls apart like a cheap card tower in a windstorm. It's almost funny if you stop to think about how predictable the chaos is. One minute you're cruising along, thinking everything is fine, and the next, you're staring at a complete disaster, wondering how you even got here in the first place. It's like that old saying about how life doesn't give you much of a heads-up before it decides to throw a wrench in your gears. Just constant, relentless movement toward more confusion. Have you seen what’s actually going on in his subforum lately? It’s like watching a slow-motion train wreck—you can see exactly where this is headed, right? The chat threads are absolutely exploding, honestly, we’re talking hundreds of posts rolling in every single day. And then there’s me, stuck playing digital janitor, having to comb through every single one of those endless walls of text just to make sure nobody’s being abusive, dropping sketchy links, or leaking private info. It’s just one thing after another, a constant mountain of nonsense to sift through.

Look, let's be real for a second—a moderator isn't supposed to be some kind of glorified janitor sweeping up trash all day; honestly, they shouldn't even be touching that stuff. That’s just not the job description. A real moderator should be out there actually steering the conversation, keeping the discussions on track, and putting in the actual legwork to make the subforum better—you know, like curating the topic lists, spinning up new threads when things get stale, merging redundant ones, and all that good stuff. They should be architects of the community, not just the cleaning crew.

Honestly, after you’ve slogged through five hundred consecutive messages in the general chat—just people rambling about what they had for lunch, what show they’re binge-watching on Netflix, or how many times they’ve had to take a bathroom break today—you find yourself completely drained. You’ve got zero mental bandwidth left to actually engage with the rest of the subforum the way you ought to. It’s exhausting. And let’s be real, that constant stream of chatter adds absolutely nothing to the actual quality of this community; that's what the constructive, deep-dive threads are for. You end up burning through all your time and energy on someone’s incoherent nonsense that, once it hits ten thousand posts, is just going to end up in the digital trash bin anyway. It’s a total waste of breath, don't you think?

Nicholas King said:I don't think these are minor or insignificant issues, especially when they are happening for the first time.

I am trying—in good faith and without using "one mellowraven22 phrase"—to 😁 come up with any logical reason why treating chat threads on a sub-forum like "Weaving Goblen" would be any different from how they treat chat threads on a sub-forum like "Counting Angels on a Needle" — and, I have to admit, I’m failing.

On one hand, a chat is just a chat, isn't it? It's just a specific group of people who get used to showing up at a certain spot—that "where everybody knows your name" kind of vibe—to talk; sometimes it's meaningful, sometimes it's nonsense—which, honestly, doesn't really matter. Some of these people leave "footprints" in other threads, while others don't—but, I would truly love to hear how moving these chats will improve the quality of the sub-forum?! 😕 What is going to specifically happen when a chat gets moved, other than one, two, or three top threads disappearing, thereby (neither more nor less) "improving the quality of the sub-forum"? 😕 I am genuinely, and in good faith, curious about this answer.

On the other hand, one could argue the point that chatters don't really care where they gather.

On a third note, to me, this looks like taking a regular crowd from one local diner and moving them to another for no clear reason simply because "it's all the same anyway."

The whole saga of moving chat topics has been seen before: the relocation, the rebellion, and the arguments. During the last major reshuffle I followed (with the IRS), the moderators eventually brought the chat threads back—which I consider to have been a very wise move on their part.

Just like in many other life situations, you can approach this with a restrictive "Why should they exist?" (meaning, why should chat threads exist on topical sub-forums), or with a permissive "Why shouldn't they?". Personally, I find the latter approach much closer to my own philosophy in life.

Therefore, I believe this is something that should be established as a standard forum rule, rather than leaving it to the discretion of individual moderators to do whatever they want with the chats. BTW, if the chats are considered "trash" (which consequently qualifies the participants as well), I think it would be more consistent to just abolish them entirely (with all the potential consequences) rather than periodically posting sentences that, perhaps unintentionally, essentially mean "what you're writing is garbage, be happy we even tolerate you."

I wouldn't use the word "serving" or anything similar to describe anyone's forum duties—but, wouldn't it be nice if everyone, in their respective forum roles, tried to make sure the people on the forum feel welcome?

I don't know if I should mention: to put it mildly, I very, very, very rarely post in the chat threads. 🙂

Honestly, I don't see why it would be an issue. We've got moderators who handle the heavy lifting—reading through posts and keeping the chats in check (and let's be real, they’re usually active in them anyway)—and then there are those who prefer to stay behind the scenes, but that’s hardly a crisis because we have dedicated spaces like the Lounge or the Off-Topic boards specifically for the chatterboxes. There’s absolutely no reason for anyone to feel left out or sidelined; we've made sure there's a spot for everyone to hang out. 🙂

Kevin Garcia70 said:I would’ve swallowed it whole if you just said you were actually working on fixing things and that everything would be fine in the near future.

So, basically, what you're looking for is someone to lie to your face and pat you on the head just so you can feel better about yourself? You should have just come out and said you wanted a participation trophy instead of asking for actual, honest answers.😁

brightridge59 I can't even begin to tell you how much I disagree with what Charles Hill2 just put out there. Honestly, it’s like watching someone try to assemble an IKEA bookshelf without the instructions while insisting they actually invented the concept of furniture. You’re missing the entire point, man. It’s not about the surface-level stuff you're obsessing over; it’s about the soul of the thing. It’s like when people talk about classic rock and act like it's just loud guitars, completely ignoring the way a track like "Bad Romance" captures that specific, messy tension—it’s the feeling, not just the noise. We've been over this. If you actually listened to the production on those older records, maybe you'd see that the layers aren't just clutter, they're the whole damn architecture. Anyway, I’m probably just rambling now, but it’s frustrating to see such a fundamental misunderstanding of the genre being presented as gospel.
The lyrics? Yeah, honestly, that’s where they really trip up. If you ask me, the songwriting is definitely the weakest link in the whole operation.

Man, I really miss those dark, twisted lyrics from that first album. There was just something about that mood that hit different. 😢

Honestly, those last three tracks didn't click with me at all when I first heard them—I was just totally missing the vibe. But then I finally sat down, turned off all the lights, and gave them a proper listen in the dark, and man, they are actually incredible. Especially Let It Be; that one really hit different once I stopped overthinking it. 😍

Well, honestly, I can’t say I’m even remotely surprised. This was basically written in the stars at this point. 😁 I swear, that electronic intro on Let It Be is driving me absolutely up the wall right now. 😲

Charles Hill2 said:Every single one of these tracks drags on for five damn minutes... seriously, bravo. LOL.

Look, I’m totally lost here. I get it, not everyone has the stamina or the vision to churn out ten or twelve-minute epics every single time they hit the studio, but come on—can we at least put in a little effort? If you can drag a track out to at least seven minutes, that would be a start. Five minutes just feels way too short; it’s like a snack when you were expecting a full meal. 😁

Eh, honestly, I don’t really have anything profound to contribute here. 🤷 The album is decent enough 👍, sure, but it doesn't quite top the debut, and as for whether it actually holds up over time or just fades into nothingness, I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. 🤔

Yeah, honestly, there could definitely be something going on there. 😁

It runs perfectly fine at 1600x1200, but once I drop it down to 1280x960, everything just looks totally stretched out.

I’ve run into this exact same headache before. Whenever you stumble into those massive, endless forum threads that go back years, the older pages tend to get all wonky and stretched out for some reason, almost like the layout just gives up halfway through.

Jacob Foster11 probably hasn't noticed because he doesn't spend his life hanging out in those massive chat threads that stretch on for a thousand pages. 😬

I honestly wish Ciro and Lino could find some way to jump back into this absolute circus. 🙂 😁

boldeagle20 said:There are way too many shows happening in the States this year, but my bank account is looking way too 😁! I mean, we've got everything from Terror at an unknown venue all the way up to Slayer at Madison Square Garden!
It would be absolutely lovely if they’d finally decide to announce lineups ahead of time, or maybe—get this—actually release tickets after the announcement! Instead, I end up missing out on Flogging Molly, Hatebreed, Anthrax, and Pendulum... all because of this ridiculous system 😢

Why are you missing out? It’s not like every single ticket sells out the second they go live. 🤷

As far as the lineup goes, it’s about time they brought in some actual heavy metal bands. I don't even count Anthrax since they played two years ago; they’re basically fossils whose expiration date passed ages ago. :P

There’s actually this post edit history plugin floating around for vBulletin that would solve all these headaches once and for all. But honestly, looking at how things run around here, asking if we’re ever going to get it is kind of a joke. We aren't. ☕

cosmicskipper39 said:Is there any way we can actually stop people from dumping these massive, oversized images into their posts? It’s honestly getting ridiculous—it feels exactly like those people who think they need to cram twenty different emojis into a single sentence just to prove they're excited. You know the type. They just keep adding and adding until the whole thing looks like a cluttered mess that you have to scroll through forever just to find the actual point. Can we please implement some kind of limit before my screen becomes a giant mosaic of unscaled pixels? 🤔

Yeah, you can totally find a plugin for that—something that’ll automatically grab any image you upload and shrink it down to whatever size limits you've set so you don't blow out your server's storage or kill your page load speeds. It’s honestly a lifesaver if you're tired of manually resizing everything in Photoshop like it's 1995 just to get a single blog post live.

Honestly, given that this entire server is currently running on nothing but prayer and sheer willpower, I’ve got my doubts. It barely stays upright as it is, and let's be real—every single time someone tries to patch a hole or add one tiny little feature, five completely unrelated things spontaneously combust in the process. If we’re looking for any sign of actual progress in the near future, I’m probably out of luck. 🙂

hollowtrucker77 said:So, from what I’ve gathered so far, the idea is that they’re opening up a subforum where basically anyone can start a thread about whatever random thing pops into their head, and then we just let the forum members descend into total chaos debating it?

I mean, honestly, I think we basically already have that.
It’s called 🤔off topic. 😁

lonepanther4 said:What's the best way to get to The Fillmore using public transit from Grand Central Terminal? Are there any streetcars that run out toward the waterfront? I'm really leaning toward a streetcar because, let's be honest, the bus schedules after midnight are basically just suggestions at this point. 😬

I'm pretty damn sure there isn't a single streetcar running anywhere near that area. 🤔

Arthur Doyle70 said:I couldn't bring myself to get out of bed, but looking at this, I think I made the right call. 😁

Qualifying? Please. They’re just letting everyone dump out of the pits at once, so basically it’s just a chaotic survival test to see who’s left standing. 🤣🤣

classic old-school Le Mans style start🤣

casualdriver9 said:Look, The Last Command is a killer record, and honestly, their debut holds its own—I actually find myself leaning toward the first one a bit more. But man, I just can't bring myself to put it on the same level as "The Crimson Idol"...

My bad, just fixed my typo. 😁 Honestly, I have no clue what was going through my head there. 😁

Yeah, I’ve definitely noticed that most people seem to gravitate toward The Crimson Idol. For me though, it’s different; The Last Command was the very first one I ever laid eyes on, and I probably spent way more time spinning that one than all their other albums combined. 🙂

What kind of necrophilia is this, digging up a thread from 2005? 😳 🤣

Are there actually any W.A.S.P. fans left in this corner of the internet, or has everyone already shuffled off to the local nursing home? 🙂 😬

Seriously though, The Last Command is an absolute banger. 🙂

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