Is CockyTalk dead for good?

[robertfootball]

I agree. They had a couple of mods over there that were just dumb.

They sure had rather obvious bias towards the Tennessee fans over there too for whatever reason. They were best of friends for some reason and could run down USC anytime they wanted. But don’t you dare say anything or stick up for your school or you got gone. Ask me how I know.

 

[Legendary Cock]

They sure had a huge man crush on the Tennessee fans over there too for whatever reason.

EricVol

 

[robertfootball]

EricVol

That’s why I got banned. That jerk was always talking trash with no recourse and I had enough.

 

[Oldblue85]

my reason for my ban, told a guy "to go eat a D**k" bc he was being a smart butt and in that same post the same guy was cussing and I got banned. only thing I miss is the recruiting updates.

 

[Golden Cock]

So, the site was capricious. Would that be fair to say?

I have never referred to a site as “capricious”.

 

[gamecocks94]

my reason for my ban, told a guy "to go eat a D**k" bc he was being a smart butt and in that same post the same guy was cussing and I got banned. only thing I miss is the recruiting updates.

I finally had enough one day and told the mods to go F themselves. I got so tired of posts/threads getting deleted when no “rules” were being broken.

 

[king ward]

I have never referred to a site as “capricious”.

That's OK. I've got it covered.

 

[cockhornleghorn]

Message boards are a dying venue; Twitter and even Facebook have become more popular for discussing sports.

 

[king ward]

Message boards are a dying venue; Twitter and even Facebook have become more popular for discussing sports.

So, you would describe them as "moribund".

 

[cockhornleghorn]

So, you would describe them as "moribund".

Getting there.

 

[robertfootball]

Message boards are a dying venue; Twitter and even Facebook have become more popular for discussing sports.

And they’ll both be on the way out in 5 years because Twitter and Facebook will be being replaced.

 

[cockhornleghorn]

And they’ll both be on the way out in 5 years because Twitter and Facebook will be being replaced.

Yep, the cycle continues and it's ever faster due to changes in technology. 25 years ago almost nobody had access to the internet and email. What would we do without them now?

 

[bayrooster]

And they’ll both be on the way out in 5 years because Twitter and Facebook will be being replaced.

I'm still waiting for someone to bring "smell-o-vision" to consumer TVs.

 

[king ward]

Yep, the cycle continues and it's ever faster due to changes in technology. 25 years ago almost nobody had access to the internet and email. What would we do without them now?

Relate better to others for one thing.

 

[funktavious]

I used to go over there during spring practice for Spurticus's practice reports which is ironically, exactly how I found the original gamecockcentral.com. I was looking for information about spring football and they had practice reports after every practice.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Spurticus' practice reports were very detailed, but his analysis tended to be way off. At one point I had a running tally of all the conclusions he made from his observations that turned out to be wrong. Some posters worshipped at his feet though.

 

[carolinamyke]

So cockytalk is definitely shut down for good ?

 

[92Pony]

So cockytalk is definitely shut down for good ?

It sure is beginning to look that way. (But I have no knowledge of it either way)

 

[GeoCocky]

I've been occasionally checking their corresponding Facebook page for info, and the comments have shifted from "be back up in a few days" to "be back by the end of the month after migrating it" to radio silence. Not looking good.

 

[king ward]

I've been occasionally checking their corresponding Facebook page for info, and the comments have shifted from "be back up in a few days" to "be back by the end of the month after migrating it" to radio silence. Not looking good.

Looks great to me.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I was a very regular visitor on Cockytalk, but I kind of hope it's dead for good just b/c the mods were pains in the neck and treated it like their little kingdom.

 

[92Pony]

From the FB group;

"Not over, but definitely taking it's sweet time getting back up. We paid someone to transfer our site because Ken and I don't have the time to do it. That was a mistake. It'll be back as soon as we can get it back up though.

Will do. It'll be any day now."


Hopefully its close to being back!

 

[GeoCocky]

From the FB group;

"Not over, but definitely taking it's sweet time getting back up. We paid someone to transfer our site because Ken and I don't have the time to do it. That was a mistake. It'll be back as soon as we can get it back up though.

Will do. It'll be any day now."

Hopefully its close to being back!

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7..... times, shame on me.

 

[92Pony]

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7..... times, shame on me.

LOL! Tru - There's that......

 

[flashnash]

Couldn't happen to a better bunch. I don't know when the switch happened but you could tell when it did, sometime around spurrier giving up. The mood changed over there. Cack and Spurs addiciton were my favorite to rile up. The Political forum was fun tho.

 

[carolinamyke]

I was a very regular visitor on Cockytalk, but I kind of hope it's dead for good just b/c the mods were pains in the neck and treated it like their little kingdom.

If it’s not dead for good then why not just decide to not go to the site?
I actually enjoyed the site

 

[king ward]

If it’s not dead for good then why not just decide to not go to the site?
I actually enjoyed the site

I think your position is correct. I also hope it never breathes another breath. See, I ain't tryin' to be fair-minded.

 

[USC75Grad]

Couldn't happen to a better bunch. I don't know when the switch happened but you could tell when it did, sometime around spurrier giving up. The mood changed over there. Cack and Spurs addiciton were my favorite to rile up. The Political forum was fun tho.

Spurs Addiction was the dumb illiterate one, correct?

 

[flashnash]

Spurs Addiction was the dumb illiterate one, correct?

Yes.

 

[Conway Gamecock]

I know one thing during all the years of my posting over there: I've never seen threads last forever like this one here, about other USC Sports forums with posters trashing them or any posters or moderators, like it seems to be fun for people here to do with this one. Perhaps maybe one thread, and it was actually a hijacked thread that I'm sad to say I participated in, and that was more to trash a particular poster than a forum or site. And those posts were quickly deleted from the thread.

When the Scout forum - GamecockAnthem - went dead, there was nothing but respect and compliments for the forum (although the publisher was attacked a bit for letting the site dry-rot). But nowhere near the kind of vomiting pettiness I'm reading in this thread.

Sure hope they bring the site back. Everything has a place, and every place for everything, I suppose....

 

[jonesz21]

Bring back cocky babes only

 

[PC31]

Bring back ANTHEM!
The more choices the better.

 

[MookieBlaylock9]

It's a good site, but I don't feel the need to fire someone after every loss. I can imagine why some aren't allowed to post there.

 

[Flameout12]

I know one thing during all the years of my posting over there: I've never seen threads last forever like this one here, about other USC Sports forums with posters trashing them or any posters or moderators, like it seems to be fun for people here to do with this one. Perhaps maybe one thread, and it was actually a hijacked thread that I'm sad to say I participated in, and that was more to trash a particular poster than a forum or site. And those posts were quickly deleted from the thread.

When the Scout forum - GamecockAnthem - went dead, there was nothing but respect and compliments for the forum (although the publisher was attacked a bit for letting the site dry-rot). But nowhere near the kind of vomiting pettiness I'm reading in this thread.

Sure hope they bring the site back. Everything has a place, and every place for everything, I suppose....

As posted earlier, CT would never allow the bashing of other sites like has transpired repeatedly in this thread.

 

[king ward]

As posted earlier, CT would never allow the bashing of other sites like has transpired repeatedly in this thread.

Soft.

 

[18IsTheMan]

If it’s not dead for good then why not just decide to not go to the site?
I actually enjoyed the site

There were a number of reasonable and informed posters It was a good place to get information. Mods were just too rigid to allow for any true open discussion Forum rules were inconsistently enforced. Some mods simply wouldn't tolerate any other posters disagreeing with them. If it comes back up I'll still use it, warts and all. If they got rid of the mods, it would actually be a very good site.

 

[18IsTheMan]

It's a good site, but I don't feel the need to fire someone after every loss. I can imagine why some aren't allowed to post there.

But who cares? It was a place for Gamecock fans to express their opinions. So what if a fan, in the heat of the moment after the loss, called for a coach to be fired? That's what fans do sometimes. Other fans would support the head coach no matter the circumstance. Mods seemed not to realize that their can be a variance of opinion among fans. Some are die-hard to the point that they would never utter a word of criticism about the program. Others consider themselves equally die-hard in that they see areas for improvement and express those opinions, refusing to settle.

 

[JohnShadows]

I know one thing during all the years of my posting over there: I've never seen threads last forever like this one here, about other USC Sports forums with posters trashing them or any posters or moderators, like it seems to be fun for people here to do with this one.

I didn't get banned at CT. Left voluntarily after a mod edited one of my posts in the Political Forum. Like a year ago. As some have pointed out, most of the mods over there were dooshtoids, and play favorites. There were a couple of exceptions.

OTOH, there were some cool posters, the game threads and Vent threads in the cockpit were fun, the Proving Ground was an excellent forum (imo). There was an ok Panthers thread there, too.

Assuming you use the same alias, I saw you over there in several of the threads, you're fairly knowledgeable. But I would say that there's not like 1,000 posts in this thread, and it seems to be revived more often than not by CT fans who want it back. Then others chime in. Not sure your criticism there is on-target.

Sure hope they bring the site back. Everything has a place, and every place for everything, I suppose....

I don't care if they bring it back or not. But it would be alright if some of the game thread regulars migrated over here, and multiply the fun of game day right here at FGF. I haven't seen any sign of vendetta or grudge from a mod here yet.

 

[uscnoklahoma2]

Cockytalk was like the Mother Russia of forums.

 

[polo-loco]

That’s why I got banned. That jerk was always talking trash with no recourse and I had enough.

Same here. I got banned after telling Eric that Kiffen would leave their program a smoking crater.