RC CRAWLER gone?

[Suburban_Hooligan]

Is ECX Forum still alive?

idk, never had and ECX and never used that forum.
the only 3 RC forums i know of that still exist in any useable form are this one, RCTech.net (which can suck it), and RCUniverse, but that ones all but dead. last i checked, it was getting more spam posts from bots than actual user posts.

i know there was a traxxas forum that everyone liked to bitch about, idk if it's still going. i remember hearing some real horror stories about that place.
and i think there's and Arrma forum, but idk anything about it.

 

[Spksh]

RCTech.net (which can suck it)

Ooh is there drama I don’t know about?

 

[-zapper-]

i know there was a traxxas forum that everyone liked to bitch about, idk if it's still going. i remember hearing some real horror stories about that place.

That place was very sensitive in the past

 

[HPIguy]

I know some of the mod team over there, they haven't heard a peep from other mods or owners about it. Not looking good.

 

[Doom!]

RC Crawler had some talented long time regulars over there. I feel bad for them if it doesn't come back. I know I would be really bummed if RCTalk shut down.

 

[81exige]

idk, never had and ECX and never used that forum.
the only 3 RC forums i know of that still exist in any useable form are this one, RCTech.net (which can suck it), and RCUniverse, but that ones all but dead. last i checked, it was getting more spam posts from bots than actual user posts.

i know there was a traxxas forum that everyone liked to bitch about, idk if it's still going. i remember hearing some real horror stories about that place.
and i think there's and Arrma forum, but idk anything about it.

whats with rctech other than being that one place where like everyone suffers from FOMO for not getting the latest race kit that offers them a 1% advantage over their old one?

 

[Chubaka]

RC Crawler had some talented long time regulars over there. I feel bad for them if it doesn't come back. I know I would be really bummed if RCTalk shut down.

We need @WoodiE to tie this in with his kids inheritance. Tgey must pay 20 years to get the inheritance.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Did the site go away? I can hang around here I guess....

Lets try not to settle, this is a great place to hang around.

 

[WoodiE]

Says site suspended, maybe didn't pay a bill?

That would be my same assumption, hopefully that's all it is and it's back soon.

Is ECX Forum still alive?

Yes, that's another forum I own. While it's much much slower these days since ECX has been discontinued, it's still up as I really hate closing down a forum.

RC Crawler had some talented long time regulars over there. I feel bad for them if it doesn't come back. I know I would be really bummed if RCTalk shut down.

RCTalk ain't going no where, unless I get hit by a bus.

We need @WoodiE to tie this in with his kids inheritance. Tgey must pay 20 years to get the inheritance.

I'll be honest, I'm not as young as I was when I started these forums more than 20 years ago and one thing I've been racking my brain on is how to ensure the sites continue to stay up should I get hit by that bus or a piano drops on my head.

Right now I have someone who will help my wife navigate keeping the sites up but neither he nor her are system admins, none one else but me is involved in the day to day back end, servers, backups, coding, and billing. That's not a good thing and if something happens to me today then I'm not happy with what would likely happen to all of the sites, but I don't have an alternative at the moment.

My kids are still both pretty young, but my dream would be one or both take over when I get to that age and keep all the sites up and running. I just got to hope nothing happens to me for the next several years.

 

[HPIguy]

It's like the Marines, @WoodiE, you have to request permission for something to happen to you. That request will get denied.

 

[jjbigfly]

Well, I will hang out here I guess.

I don't think I had anything to do with the RC Crawler shutting down. But, I was a member there. I hope all of you are safe here.

 

[Doom!]

RCTalk ain't going no where, unless I get hit by a bus.

I think we should outlaw busses immediately!

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

Ooh is there drama I don’t know about?

not really. just a mod over there that seems to have a mild political agenda and a God complex. I'm shadow banned over there. all my posts have been deleted, i can still post but it doesn't show up. i can receive PM's but can't send PM's. i was able to start a community group and invite people to talk its all rather amusing to me.
can't say I'm really missing anything. its racer dominated and i don't race. and the off topic section has gotten really boring. that's where everyone went after UltimateRC "crashed" (lol). it's just the vibes over there suck, the moderation is inconsistent and seems to rely on tattle tales. and one mod likes to push his weight around while breaking rules he punishes users for braking (he has made fun of users and given "vacations" to users for making fun of other users or him). if you're one of the elite racer types with deep pockets you can do whatever you want. if you're anywhere under that they don't seem to want you there. it's not a welcoming, inviting, or even friendly place.

That place was very sensitive in the past

that does seem to be the word on the street. i remember hearing people getting banned for making posts about looking for aftermarket parts alternatives because OEM parts kept failing. it had to be 100% traxxas praise 100% of the time. and done in a way that made Sesame Street look like an X rated horror movie. it was so bad even fanboys hated the place.

 

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[-zapper-]

that does seem to be the word on the street. i remember hearing people getting banned for making posts about looking for aftermarket parts alternatives because OEM parts kept failing. it had to be 100% traxxas praise 100% of the time. and done in a way that made Sesame Street look like an X rated horror movie. it was so bad even fanboys hated the place.

Yeah, I got banned from there in the early 2000's for a similar reason it doesn't help that the T-Maxx *in my opinion* is a poorly engineered truck *I have 3 of them still in my dads basement* and that was one of their most popular models back then. Of course in those days there was millions of aftermarket parts and manufacturers around

 

[WoodiE]

I really hope badger is able to bring that site back. That site is a cornerstone to the RC crawling community.

 

[-zapper-]

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It's funny because I went to their site and clicked "log in" using my old -zapper- credentials at the end of January around the same time I joined this forum. My account from 2005 was still there and I put in the correct password lol I had all of 2 posts there from 2005-2026. I was so surprised they were still up and running for that long that I upgraded to a supporting member to help keep it going and then not even a month later and it's down. Ironic

 

[Cranberry Juice]

And podcasts resurrected them!

 

[xjtorc]

aw man. I posted there all the time back in my early crawling days. I liked revisiting it from time to time to see all my old rigs still posted there but long gone from my camera rolls. Hopefully it's a technical difficulty.

 

[xjtorc]