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Wizard29

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Interesting. Dave, I suggest that you get GD.com in partnership with the ASA, which has been the driving force behind why Glamis is still open. Without the ASA, Glamis would be closed and if it is closed, GD.com essentially becomes worthless.

Times were there was a group on GD.com who disagreed with some of the ASA direction and thought they'd go start their own group. All that really did was divide resources and when GD.com wasn't real successful in contributing to the fight, all that really happened was creating a divide in the community. When fighting these damn treehuggers who are very well funded, our side does not need to be divided.

I'm sure some will disagree with me, but the fact of the matter is that the ASA is by far the primary reason Glamis is still open. It is one of very few organizations if not the only organization that has successfully had closures reversed.

The enviros will be back to try again. There are also other BLM management considerations and strategies that need input from the offroad community. Hopefully you can bring GD.com around to be a productive partner in it all.
 

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Interesting. Dave, I suggest that you get GD.com in partnership with the ASA, which has been the driving force behind why Glamis is still open. Without the ASA, Glamis would be closed and if it is closed, GD.com essentially becomes worthless.

Times were there was a group on GD.com who disagreed with some of the ASA direction and thought they'd go start their own group. All that really did was divide resources and when GD.com wasn't real successful in contributing to the fight, all that really happened was creating a divide in the community. When fighting these damn treehuggers who are very well funded, our side does not need to be divided.

I'm sure some will disagree with me, but the fact of the matter is that the ASA is by far the primary reason Glamis is still open. It is one of very few organizations if not the only organization that has successfully had closures reversed.

The enviros will be back to try again. There are also other BLM management considerations and strategies that need input from the offroad community. Hopefully you can bring GD.com around to be a productive partner in it all.

Agreed.
 

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been on GD.com since 05. Met many cool people and done many transactions over there. Yes, after the crash, it really never recovered so I did what allot of people did and migrated over to RDP. I think the combo will be a good thing. Now I can waste more time looking at a screen!!!!

I spent $160,000 buying cars sight unseen from GD.com members.
 

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Congrats to both of you....I don't go to GD often as I don't go to Glamis....but great to see a storied website get some new focus and energy behind it!
 

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Looking forward to the changes and the growth of a great platform.

Loosing all the member history when the site crashed was heart breaking. So much history in those threads, between the build threads, tech threads, events, closure fight, closure opening and stake pulling to the members that brought new life with the birth of their children. Relationships made and broken, compound days, weekly trip reports, flag etiquette, Glamis Veterans ceremony, EPO's and so many other amazing memories. The sad and heart breaking stuff as well, with the passing of friends, moms, dads, sons and daughters. memorials stamped in time, all this lost.

All this and all these memories were tough to swallow when the site crashed and when we discussed rebuilding. We knew it would never be the same, but what could it be, what would it be. What if we just walked away and let it go. We all struggled with what to do, how to do it and why should we do it.
We came together as friends, admin, moderators and family, we fought to reclaim all we could and we rebuilt the best we could with what we had. It wasn't easy, it wasn't for us. It was for everyone that had been onboard, that have/had all the same memories. It needed to be reborn and we pulled it off.

It felt good to be back, we took all the grief and grumbling about the site crash and focused on that day and the next. There was no looking back, so we marched forward.

Glamisdunes.com and its operating system are at a point where a major upgrade was due. The site needed an upgrade and a change of pace. The time was right. Dave and his team took on a project that is worth it IMO. Switching to xenforo was due to happen and with this sale/purchase to Dave and Chris it will happen properly and timely.

Glamisdunes.com educated a community in a time that was needed. I personally feel we are in similiar times with the current caos, trash, amount of visitors and uncaring behviour seen in the last 5 years. There will always be a need for someone to stand up for our land, our resources and our freedom. The site and its members can unite and be that force as it once was and if and when its needed again. It takes a good leader and I honesty feel Dave is that leader for today and tomorrow. he has proven that here on RDP and with the fights over land and water in the Parker and Havasu areas.

Been enjoying reading on here the last few days. Neat seeing Chicken Dan, Wash 11, Romans and a few other familiar OG's here. I sure missed you guys.

Carry on and thanks for everything.
 

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Being a lifetime member on GD.com, ok just since 2001, I have now just registered for this site for the first time. In the past, I just cruised over to this site once a year to look at topics and such. A new chapter for all of us.
 

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Ironically enough once it’s on xenforo admin side can actually synchronize the usernames and passwords..

Meaning I could actually set it up so anyone on rdp has the same username and password on both sites..

There’s all kinds of things I can do once we move it.
Will RDP names supersede the same names on GD if they’re not the same person?
 

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Will RDP names supersede the same names on GD if they’re not the same person?
Good thing I have the same screenname over there. LOL . I wasn't even sure I was a member.


RD- You better start liking Glamis if you intend to help make it GREAT AGAIN.

I agree with ASA getting involved with the site, I'd also reach out to the Clean Dune Project People. They have a FB page.
 

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Good to see it was a good site back in the day and has fallen off the last 10 years. Hope you can bring it back never cared for the whipper sites.
 

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Don't forget about Pismo Dunes too.... Every bit of support helps keep that place open too.

it would be wise to combine the two, however, I think he'd have to buy a new domain then convince everyone to jump over.

I also think the Glamis and Pismo crowd are different people. Maybe he can add a dunes sub forum that carries Pismo, St. Anthonies etc... ?

Its important to support the challenge of fighting the government agencies in SO CAL trying to shut down Pismo and Glamis...
 

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I visited the website last week for the first time since the crash to verify a rumor that a buddy was selling his sand car (without telling anyone in the group it was for sale). Place seemed absolutely dead. Used to have a ton of great tech for a noobie getting into sand cars for prep and maintenance but all gone with the crash sadly. Just my opinion, but overall RDP has a much more mature culture and membership (thats probably hard to believe), and is a better environment for online entertainment, current events and networking.
GD sucked due to the management & moderators. Thats why the good tech and knowledge went away! Hopefully that gets better.
 

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The site itself has some issues currently that are gonna get resolved pretty quick. Once that happens, I think you’ll find the participation will go up quickly.
I hope some of the issues you are going to clean up is the management & moderators.

Does this mean previous ban members will be able to join again?
 

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It was great info for old school buggies. You could look up that 7 series cv was same as 930 and 5 series axles fit 2x3 etc.
But to me it got too big and not casual anymore. Lost interest in Glamis insanity.
 

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Interesting. Dave, I suggest that you get GD.com in partnership with the ASA, which has been the driving force behind why Glamis is still open. Without the ASA, Glamis would be closed and if it is closed, GD.com essentially becomes worthless.

Times were there was a group on GD.com who disagreed with some of the ASA direction and thought they'd go start their own group. All that really did was divide resources and when GD.com wasn't real successful in contributing to the fight, all that really happened was creating a divide in the community. When fighting these damn treehuggers who are very well funded, our side does not need to be divided.

I'm sure some will disagree with me, but the fact of the matter is that the ASA is by far the primary reason Glamis is still open. It is one of very few organizations if not the only organization that has successfully had closures reversed.

The enviros will be back to try again. There are also other BLM management considerations and strategies that need input from the offroad community. Hopefully you can bring GD.com around to be a productive partner in it all.
I had a long talk with Dave Kuskie this morning and we are meeting next week to discuss ASA and how we will be working together!

Devious Chris
 

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it would be wise to combine the two, however, I think he'd have to buy a new domain then convince everyone to jump over.

I also think the Glamis and Pismo crowd are different people. Maybe he can add a dunes sub forum that carries Pismo, St. Anthonies etc... ?

Its important to support the challenge of fighting the government agencies in SO CAL trying to shut down Pismo and Glamis...

Have a section for OR. dunes as well!!.. I joined all the sand message boards back in the day, I'm thinking 99-01?. Haven't been back to GD.com in years. I drove from WA. to Glamis in 2000 for a save the dunes from closure deal Thanksgiving weekend. Still have the T-shirt 🤣 Congrats on the purchase RDP👍.
 

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Did you get banned or did you ban yourself because of the Speed threads that didn't seem to go your way?
It actually had nothing to do with the Speed thread at first. And they banned me, because (Off Line & in PM’s) I questioned some of the mods on how they did not follow the forum conduct policy they pushed on some, and how they conducted themselves and suspended/banned others. I got threatened to mind my own business or I would get banned. So I protected my personal images and technical information on the Speed thread only, and the main guy & owner got pissed and band me for life as he put it. There was a few of us that got band on that same day for the same thing. One of the mods was actually pretty cool and was trying to control the troll mobs, and would PM me saying he’s trying to do his best, but some of the mods were part of the issue and he could not control them.

Funny after the huge F-up when they lost all their data and crashed the site, because the programmer & management were to dumb to not back up the site before doing the update. The owner or a few of the main guys were emailing me to please go back through all my technical info and pictures and please repost to help build the site back up. They even said they would try to keep the trash and insults down, as they lost something like 15 years of the forum in one stupid key stroke. So they were cool with me then.


No biggy, I moved on to other forums! Like someone said, GD has been dead and worthless since the crash. If I get back on, cool! If not, no biggy!
 

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It actually had nothing to do with the Speed thread at first. And they banned me, because (Off Line & in PM’s) I questioned some of the mods on how they did not follow the forum conduct policy they pushed on some, and how they conducted themselves and suspended/banned others. I got threatened to mind my own business or I would get banned. So I protected my personal images and technical information on the Speed thread only, and the main guy & owner got pissed and band me for life as he put it. There was a few of us that got band on that same day for the same thing. One of the mods was actually pretty cool and was trying to control the troll mobs, and would PM me saying he’s trying to do his best, but some of the mods were part of the issue and he could not control them.

Funny after the huge F-up when they lost all their data and crashed the site, because the programmer & management were to dumb to not back up the site before doing the update. The owner or a few of the main guys were emailing me to please go back through all my technical info and pictures and please repost to help build the site back up. They even said they would try to keep the trash and insults down, as they lost something like 15 years of the forum in one stupid key stroke. So they were cool with me then.


No biggy, I moved on to other forums! Like someone said, GD has been dead and worthless since the crash. If I get back on, cool! If not, no biggy!
While I can agree that there were some questionable goings on with some of the mods and admins, IMHO, your "taking your football and going home" by removing your often valuable opinions and content was also a questionable choice.

And as far as the crash and loss of data, based on your statement, you clearly don't have all of the information that led up to that.
 

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While I can agree that there were some questionable goings on with some of the mods and admins, IMHO, your "taking your football and going home" by removing your often valuable opinions and content was also a questionable choice.

And as far as the crash and loss of data, based on your statement, you clearly don't have all of the information that led up to that.
You might think my choice was questionable, but put yourself in my shoes. They owned the football. I just got to play and be a valuable part of it. Remember back then people did not have the access to Speed that I did. I was careful to post what I did as I was getting some of those pictures and info directly from Robby or from guys who worked at RGM. I had knowledge & access very few did at that time. Then when they threatened to ban & block me, yet keep my pictures, or information, especially after begging me to repost a few years worth of info, to help build back up their site. What would you do? Also I did not break any forum rules doing what I did.
 

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Have a section for OR. dunes as well!!.. I joined all the sand message boards back in the day, I'm thinking 99-01?. Haven't been back to GD.com in years. I drove from WA. to Glamis in 2000 for a save the dunes from closure deal Thanksgiving weekend. Still have the T-shirt 🤣 Congrats on the purchase RDP👍.
Yup. Wincheser/Coos Bay is an awesome place, a section for them would be great too!
 

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You might think my choice was questionable, but put yourself in my shoes. They owned the football. I just got to play and be a valuable part of it. Remember back then people did not have the access to Speed that I did. I was careful to post what I did as I was getting some of those pictures and info directly from Robby or from guys who worked at RGM. I had knowledge & access very few did at that time. Then when they threatened to ban & block me, yet keep my pictures, or information, especially after begging me to repost a few years worth of info, to help build back up their site. What would you do? Also I did not break any forum rules doing what I did.
You're right in that it was their game and you were but a player, but w/o the info you've just shared about what occurred, it looked like a chickenshit move to pull all your content to the unwashed masses (e.g. me, lol). Thanks for clarifying what happened though!

I can't say what I would've done because I've never been in that position...
 

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I hope some of the issues you are going to clean up is the management & moderators.

Does this mean previous ban members will be able to join again?

Does this mean you will join back up? Your tech threads were good.
 
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