Well, lets see here!

[Zombay]

What to say 'bout the bbs?

Needs more Sim Masters, and nicer ones at that!
People need to be nicer.
People should stop being so stuck up and think that they are better than every one else.
The Bene System should be deleted all together. It just creates controversy between people.

The few people that I actually see following the above rules, are invited personally to this site. (few join, however. )

[xtroubledtimesx]

Ahh man the BBS is like a train wreck.
I recently read an article on 'cyber-bullying'. It was interesting...but I can't remember what it's about...wait, I remember now...lol
Anyways, it basically tells you how to deal with them...and such..it's in the PLugged In magazine.
But they should definitely do something about the BBS. And I agree with you on the bene system. They should just get rid of that and everyone should be ranked on how many posts you have.

[Oh No!]

Ack the BBS. It was such a good idea, which just went horribly wrong..
Ive made like 7 posts in 3 years cause some people there are just plain rude.
And the benes? I hate how theyve become like rewards for taking part in stuff, not because of actual good and helpful posts..

[ƒЯε@κziiLLa]

I'm starting to hate it [... yet I'm always coming back =P]
There's just something about the attitude of some high ranked individuals that annoys the hell outta me.
I don't like it when they are acting like Mods or SimMasters and look down on people with lower ranks.

The rank system... cow-crap. Like xtroubledtimesx said, why don't they just base it on the post count?!
I've seen people who registered recently, have about 400 posts and are Tongue Tied Tourists while others with 2005 accounts and maybe less than 100 posts are VIPs. :/

The BBS is also lacking competent and nice SMs.
You know about the new >>never mention InSim rule<< right?
Well, about two or three days before they came up with that bullsh*t I posted a link to Marvine's Bodybuilder meshes [which are located at InSim] because someone asked about them.
Not a big deal, right?
Well, three days later I got that nice little warning from a SM about never mentioning that site again if I don't want to get banned.
Come on, do I look like I can read minds?

I don't even want to get started on how annoying and useless the bene system is.

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[sparklechu225]

I actually thought most forumers on the BBS's (BBSes? Plurals anyone?) were pretty easy going. There are a few people with some attitude problems, but you'll always have that. A majority of the people are really nice there. I guess I'm an optimist... oh ye gods what is this world coming to?

And hey, if I can get away with missing a cannon phrase and not be killed there, I'm happy.

Quite frankly, I'm more of a fan of the bene system than the posts system, just because I've seen the posts system abused in so many ways. >_o; It's not a really accurate show of your standing in a forums. You can be a complete douche and still have a high rank, and in the long run, where does that get you?

[simsane]

Well, I am one of the people you invited to come to this site. I thought it looked like an interesting site and the feel of the place was friendly so I registered. Someone mentioned Insim and I was wondering about which sites we can talk about/link to. Insim has a really well written tutorial about how to download from other sites besides the bbs, but I'm not allowed to post a link to that tut on the bbs. I don't want to break any rules here though, so maybe someone can enlighten me on which sites are okay and which are not allowed.

I've got a fairly high rank on the bbs, but I have never cared one way or another about the ranks. And I have told people that certain subjects can get them banned, but I have always told them that I, personally don't care and am not mad at them, but that I just don't want to see them get banned. Personally, I understand the need for their rules -- due to little kids being on that site -- but I think most people are too rude to someone who unknowingly breaks them.

I mostly go onto the bbs to see other people's pictures and to try to help people who are having problems with their game. If I'm bored, I go to try to read posts that are funny -- tell about the crazy things their sims have done.

As far as my "title" or "rank" here or at any site, well it's fun to read the titles, but I pay more attention to how nice the people are, what is interesting or funny, that sort of thing.