I for one, visited a lot of boards and found they ranged from useless (eg. musclemag) to unbearably slow (eg. musclemaxx) to ridiculous (eg. renegade). Others were better, but often lacked in entertainment value or were too monotonous. All things considered, I found Elite to stand head and shoulders above the rest, and I really tried to find a site to like better.
Great mods, a lot of lively & informed members...I've grown to love it here. Some sites have a handful of guys that lay down the law of the site and how to use AS, and if you disagree with one of them, it seems like the whole board (all 20 or 30 members) jumps your shit for having a different point of view---mind you, not with informed content but flames for daring to show "disrespect" to one of their chosen icons. I like that there is constant controversy and alternative points of view here---nobody here is above being flamed or disagreed with. Also the quality of the insults found here are second to none.