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Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:25 pm**

I'll miss all the gun butthurtz. Can we has gun butthurtz here?!?!

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:30 pm**

I do hope we get enough traffic, and hopefully new people who can contribite to the lulz and gear talks.

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:31 am**

I'd be down to put in a monthly donation if it comes to that.

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:36 am**

Back on the subject though, one thing I loved were the mega thread meltdowns and shitstorms. Probably won't get those here for a while though.

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:38 am**

lol, like losers honour internet boundaries, the butthurtz & meltdowns will come

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:47 am**

Honestly it was a really cool place but it wasnt the place that made it cool, it is the people. Seems like the people I care about are here and that's all that matters.

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:59 am**

guitarbilly74 wrote:
izzy wrote:HCAF was a community, not a URL. If the brethren comes here there's really nothing to miss. There is such a richness to said community, from lulz to expert advice, babes ad infinitum it's too big a task to list it all. Suffice it to say the outcry and backlash we've seen every time they fuck up the forum is telling enough.

O/T: Billy, what's your plan if this place grows monstrously and forces you into higher priced plans? Presumably you're on the personal starter at $9/month in order to get URL redirection and are picking up the tab. Will you ask for donations, incorporate diminutive ads or ... what?

O/T2: At this stage a one man admin team is more than enough. If you get to the point you need some help i'll offer mine now. I was the admin for one of the largest programmer's forums (about 1/2 million posts) for about 5 years. It was initially phBB based, later on, and to this day SMF. Wouldn't call myself an expert but I was able to do everything we needed to do throughout those years, doing everything from custom graphics, CSS tweaks, backup, yada.

Anyway, best of luck with this forum, hope the community fully embraces it and ditches HC for good.

Iz

Hi Izzy,

Quite a bit more than $9/month because I need enough page views limit and bandwidth for the forum to operate properly but it's manageable. I have made good decisions in my life and I am in a position where I can afford to this. do HCAF has been a GREAT community to me and I want to give it back to that community.

If it gets to the point where it's too big and the costs are too high, then I will figure it out. Maybe a donation system, volunteers to help me with the administration will be needed at that point.

We will cross that bridge if/when we get to it and we will do it together. I will be honest and open with you guys at all times. But at the moment, we're good

I am up for donations

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:08 pm**

I'd kick in right now , perhaps make a thread somewhere up in here for folks that want to keep the train rollin , like buying the man a beer , you deserve it . I know you are not asking now and that's cool but I was at HC for 10 fucking years this could go the distance easily . Make the option available , you see it on other forums "doners" or care givers or ally, associate, colleague in their title , set up a paypal and lets do it .

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:11 pm**

Down to donate as well.

I am going to miss some of the epic threads over there. Especially the EVH Photoshop threads. I am sure this place will develop it's own personality and I am optimistic it will be better. HCAF 1.0 was amazing and this place has that feel for sure.

Thanks again will.i.am.

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:17 pm**

Billy, let us give you moniezzzz.

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:11 pm**

It was the people that made it special, a lot of good knowledge.

Posted: **Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:31 pm**

JC's epic smackdowns/perma's.

Posted: **Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:06 pm**

The tooth pick arms and turd babies.

Posted: **Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:35 pm**

Gunslinger wrote:Back on the subject though, one thing I loved were the mega thread meltdowns and shitstorms. Probably won't get those here for a while though.

this. im waiting. i got shifts to burn, people.

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:00 am**

Awesome billy!

I have been frequenting the usacharvels website recently and it is a 1-man operation too.
It has a 'donations' thread that is only visible after you create a username.
Don't hesitate to use this model as I am sure there are many here who would help to support this community.

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:40 am**

Having some random new person drop in and post looking for help, getting it, feeling comfortable and part of the group only to make the mistake posting in one of the off topic threads and getting shredded by the guys in three wolf moon t shirts (us).

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:55 am**

I will miss "George Lynch in a piece of crap" the most :cry:

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:29 pm**

I will most miss the reviews and of course Anderton, that guy made the website man! :shock:

I do think though that if expenses get to be too much you might want to consider merging with the other sites that we have all fractured to as well as donations. The community on HCAF made it great so having as much of the people together as possible would be nice, just a thought.

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:38 pm**

Yeah, if every one comes here, there wont be anything to miss.

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:45 pm**

I will miss all the old shampoo in the pussy threads.

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:58 pm**

The gdwill2u thread embodies everything that made HCAF great. I hope that we carry that same camaraderie across url boundaries.

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:48 pm**

post counts, join dates, etc.. i'd been on HC (not in Mapz tho til much later) since Apr 2002 and when JC went Armhold on some of the douchies from the HCBF and they all migrated i found youse guise and it felt like home again. agreed that most cool folk have already come over but that was a cool place for everyone to go, our Rally Point if you will. sad it had to crash and burn as such.

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2013 6:49 pm**

guitarbilly74 wrote:Quite a bit more than $9/month because I need enough page views limit and bandwidth for the forum to operate properly but it's manageable. I have made good decisions in my life and I am in a position where I can afford to this. HCAF has been a GREAT community to me and I want to give it back to that community.

If it gets to the point where it's too big and the costs are too high, then I will figure it out. Maybe a donation system, volunteers to help me with the administration will be needed at that point.

We will cross that bridge if/when we get to it and we will do it together. I will be honest and open with you guys at all times. But at the moment, we're good

My mate runs a web hosting company and I give him a hand with graphic design and shit, so I get free servers with unlimited bandwidth and storage space. It can be a bit unreliable but if you ever started struggling I could probably sort something out!

Cheers for getting this going, it feels like the old HCAF I used to enjoy.

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:10 pm**

i miss the funnies thread. browsing it now. tear in my eye.

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:16 pm**

I miss the lulz/illuminati

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