Hi, Guest
I guess I'm not done.
If this place turns into FJ... I'm gone.
There's a sense of real community here that you'll never find on the Jet, partly because we're Canadian. This is THE Canadian Focus club, and rightfully so.
Again, if everyone wants to treat this place like the Jet, then it WILL end up like the Jet with nothing but trash-talking newbs, large bills, and large ads to pay the bills. There's what, 5 guys in the SPI forum that are hardcore members, and 30-40 in the main tuning areas? That's sad. We're close to that here with a fraction of the membership because this place is QUALITY, not quantity.
I'm trying to understand everyone's abhorrence of an optional support system. If you don't like it, don't support it. No one is twisting your arm in the matter.
What I had come up with was an idea where anyone could sponsor a draw for contributing members. This responsibility wouldn't just fall with company sponsors (although their support would be cool) but contributing members if they so desired. Flo's Stanley Cup draw that I won my awesome door pull covers comes to mind - they're still my fave interior item, period :D The idea behind the draw was that more contributing members meant a better server / better reliability and a more active community.
I'm all for it personally, and I was/am more than ready to sponsor a month's draw for (insert item here). Maybe it's just my nature, maybe I view money as something different than the rest of you. I currently co-sponsor and co-host North Bay's most successful LAN party in years (last 6 anyways). We've got store sponsorship and a new location as of July as well. Every other month I sponsor $30-40 dollars' worth of store merchandise from our sponsor's store as a free door prize. On alternating months, the owners do the same. I've actually won once in 6 months. :)
Again, it's what I like to do (support community-minded events and organizations) so my view on it is largely different than most by the looks of all of it.
Rather than bitch about people, I ought to just respect their ideas and beliefs.
Actually, I've got some more even WACKIER ideas
If this place turns into FJ... I'm gone.
There's a sense of real community here that you'll never find on the Jet, partly because we're Canadian. This is THE Canadian Focus club, and rightfully so.
Again, if everyone wants to treat this place like the Jet, then it WILL end up like the Jet with nothing but trash-talking newbs, large bills, and large ads to pay the bills. There's what, 5 guys in the SPI forum that are hardcore members, and 30-40 in the main tuning areas? That's sad. We're close to that here with a fraction of the membership because this place is QUALITY, not quantity.
I'm trying to understand everyone's abhorrence of an optional support system. If you don't like it, don't support it. No one is twisting your arm in the matter.
What I had come up with was an idea where anyone could sponsor a draw for contributing members. This responsibility wouldn't just fall with company sponsors (although their support would be cool) but contributing members if they so desired. Flo's Stanley Cup draw that I won my awesome door pull covers comes to mind - they're still my fave interior item, period :D The idea behind the draw was that more contributing members meant a better server / better reliability and a more active community.
I'm all for it personally, and I was/am more than ready to sponsor a month's draw for (insert item here). Maybe it's just my nature, maybe I view money as something different than the rest of you. I currently co-sponsor and co-host North Bay's most successful LAN party in years (last 6 anyways). We've got store sponsorship and a new location as of July as well. Every other month I sponsor $30-40 dollars' worth of store merchandise from our sponsor's store as a free door prize. On alternating months, the owners do the same. I've actually won once in 6 months. :)
Again, it's what I like to do (support community-minded events and organizations) so my view on it is largely different than most by the looks of all of it.
Rather than bitch about people, I ought to just respect their ideas and beliefs.
Actually, I've got some more even WACKIER ideas
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.