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Challenge to George, Digger & BRR:

This might be interesting


I have to say Mr Db you are a asset to the board, but with your skills you are more helpful to the board and its members as Plat.

Hope things work out for you
 
Two of the names in the subject line are completely, and I mean completely irrelevant to what you want done. M'kay? Drop the man a line on the support address.
 
digger said:
Two of the names in the subject line are completely, and I mean completely irrelevant to what you want done. M'kay? Drop the man a line on the support address.

I figgered they'd see it first and tell the one that matters...
 
digger said:
Two of the names in the subject line are completely, and I mean completely irrelevant to what you want done. M'kay? Drop the man a line on the support address.

What is the support address? I tried to use the support link on the main forum page, but it doesn't seem to recognize me: "// Login / Create / Recover your Account
The username and password combination you entered did not match any user we have on record. "

Is this another case of "service is a Platinum feature"?
 
Screw the Karma....(hey I like it jsut as much as the next guy)....make a usuable search option. I can't count how many times I have tried to search for something (because people ALWAYS bitch about newbie questions) and had no idea what the hell I was looking at.
 
FISHTALES said:
how about making it cost u karma for using the search when u r non plat?

Interesting concept, but that would not satisfy the terms of my challenge. He needs to throw us a bone, something fairly substantial, with meat on it.
 
I think turing the full featured search function on for non plats would be awesome.

However, it was probably the use of that feature being removed that made me go plat more then anything.
 
Lestat said:
I think turing the full featured search function on for non plats would be awesome.

However, it was probably the use of that feature being removed that made me go plat more then anything.

It wouldn't have to be full-featured to satisfy the terms of my challenge. It could still be limited in the number of hits it returns. 8 hits is a bit chintzy, I think 16 would do. The Google search is worse than useless.
 
Mr. dB said:
It wouldn't have to be full-featured to satisfy the terms of my challenge. It could still be limited in the number of hits it returns. 8 hits is a bit chintzy, I think 16 would do. The Google search is worse than useless.
I agree the google search is totally worthless. I don't even understand why they bother with it.

I'd say a limited number of searches per day, say 5, but make them full featured and return all posts.
 
Lestat said:
I agree the google search is totally worthless. I don't even understand why they bother with it.

I'd say a limited number of searches per day, say 5, but make them full featured and return all posts.

That would work too. In fact I like that better than my proposal.
 
digger said:
Two of the names in the subject line are completely, and I mean completely irrelevant to what you want done. M'kay? Drop the man a line on the support address.

Seriously, where is the support address hidden? I'm apparently too dense to figure this out. The "Contact Us" link failed, as described above, as did the "Customer Service -- Need help? We're here for you!" link on the main forum page.
 
db, the support address is the same as the contact us link. you have to sign up the first time you use it. just use the same username as on elite so admin knows who they are dealing with
 
Devastation said:
db, the support address is the same as the contact us link. you have to sign up the first time you use it. just use the same username as on elite so admin knows who they are dealing with

Oh. Thanks.
 
Devastation said:
db, the support address is the same as the contact us link. you have to sign up the first time you use it. just use the same username as on elite so admin knows who they are dealing with


» The username you entered is either too short (5 characters minimum) or contains non alphanumeric characters.
 
Mr. dB said:
» The username you entered is either too short (5 characters minimum) or contains non alphanumeric characters.
lol!

mrdeebee? :confused:












just let them know it's you in the message area then
 
DieselGunz said:
You know you are going to have a rebutle offer


George always negotaites (sp)

That's what I'm expecting. A negotiation or total silence.
 
Devastation said:
ahh so that's what your name stands for. i always thought it was dumbell (not in a bad way either)

Most people think that, or dianabol. More than one person has confused me with the legendary DBaller. I know DBaller, but I'm not him.

"dB" is the SI (metric system) symbol for decibel, hence the lower case "d" and upper case "B".
 
the DB being the diferentiator of this site (besides the people, but GS does not own the people) I can GUARANTEE you will not get access to the DB for non-plats... other karmic-perks you could.

I like the "pay for search with karma" and "limited searches per day" approach
 
pintoca said:
the DB being the diferentiator of this site (besides the people, but GS does not own the people) I can GUARANTEE you will not get access to the DB for non-plats... other karmic-perks you could.

I like the "pay for search with karma" and "limited searches per day" approach

Notice that I never asked for the full Platinum Search for non-plats, just a search that is useable and functional. I'm not out to eliminate the incentives for membership upgrades, I just want to see a good faith gesture from EF. In other words, I want a reason to WANT to support the site, rather than supporting the site under duress because of the eroding non-plat feature set.
 
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i always thought it was Mr Database and you were some SQL guru
 
Lestat said:
what do you do for a living Mr DB?

I'm a live sound tech. I'm the guy at the rock show behind the mixing console, who makes everything too loud.
 
HEY!! YOu all ease off of my man!! he's too good of a cat luver to be harassed... Even if he is a audio/visual nerd tech ;-)

I worked the a/v room in highschool and college. woo hoo. it allowed me to play with shit is why though

Whiskey
 
I know I'm probably tilting at windmills, but but I have made this challenge/pledge in the hope that my contribution will help everyone on the site.
 
Mr. dB said:
I'm a live sound tech. I'm the guy at the rock show behind the mixing console, who makes everything too loud.
cool! do you have to travel a lot?
 
Mr. dB said:
Used to, but I stopped doing that shit and got a house gig back in 1992.


LOL, if I sent you the power amp to my Alesis M1's, could you fix the left channel? I really don't want to ship it back to the manufacturer in Florida, but I don't have anything else to power my moniters. ;)

Good to see a sound engineer here, I always liked that stuff.




:cow:
 
samoth said:
LOL, if I sent you the power amp to my Alesis M1's, could you fix the left channel? I really don't want to ship it back to the manufacturer in Florida, but I don't have anything else to power my moniters. ;)

Good to see a sound engineer here, I always liked that stuff.

No, I don't fix stuff.
 
Mr. dB said:
Tell you what. I'll go plat when George performs a conspicuously selfless act for non-plats. Something along the lines of a decent search engine, or a restoration of the previous karma power and karma spreading formulas. And it can't be temporary. Consider it a challenge. If George rises to the occasion, I'll reward him with financial support.

Hello Mr. dB,

I love a challenge, so I'll be thinking about it. But, here's a cool feature that we implemented for the benefit of Non-Plats just a few weeks ago. In fact, we spent a lot on the programming to make this possible. I bet a lot of you do not know about it. <p>If you are not a Platinum Member, now you can hit up your <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Member</a> friends to give you a free Platinum Membership using their Karma Hits. A new item to buy in the <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karmastore.php?" target="_blank">Karma Store</a> is a Platinum Membership trial! Here's a link to check out all <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karmastore.php?" target="_blank">the cool things for sale in the Karma Store</a>! So find a Platinum Member and demand that he give you a free Platinum Membership trial! </p> <p>The last item for sale in the <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karmastore.php?" target="_blank">Karma Store</a> is the Platinum Membership trial - right next to the Platinum icon:</p> <p><img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/karmastore/platmembertiny.gif" width="214" height="22"></p>Lastly, thank you for supporting the site Mr. dB. I appreciate all of the contributions from all our members - both Platinum and Non-Platinum.
 
Mr. dB said:
I'm a live sound tech. I'm the guy at the rock show behind the mixing console, who makes everything too loud.

If it's too loud, you're too old.
 
George Spellwin said:
I love a challenge, so I'll be thinking about it.

Cool. I suspected that a challenge might intrigue you. I'll be interesting to se what you propose.

George Spellwin said:
A Damn good bro.

Wow, "Damn" with a capitol "D"??? I'm chuffed.
 
Mr. dB said:
Tell you what. I'll go plat when George performs a conspicuously selfless act for non-plats. Something along the lines of a decent search engine, or a restoration of the previous karma power and karma spreading formulas. And it can't be temporary. Consider it a challenge. If George rises to the occasion, I'll reward him with financial support.

Mr. db,

I have several more thoughts on the matter.

First, it is very generous of you to offer to go Platinum in exchange for a selfless act for non-plats. And since I'm so certain we can work something out that will make everyone happy, and since I'm so glad to hear how much you enjoyed being Platinum during your free trial, that I set you to Platinum while we figure out what will make you and everyone else happy!

Second, we have added many new features for both the Plats and the non Plats. There's neat stuff for the non-Plats in the Karma store, the Karma bookie forum is open to all, the "New Posts" feature is for everyone, and Karma Poker will be open to all when it is finished.

Third, Google has assigned us a technician who is helping us make the google search better - really. We may also develop the same search with Yahoo - so there will be more options. We had to make Platinum Search a restricted feature because of the enormous size of our database. Here's how it was explained to me. As the database grows (and remember, we have 10 years worth of material) there is more to look through when a search is performed. When everyone starts searching at the same time, the impact on the site can overwhelm the servers. Think of a search for say, "Testosterone" there are thousands of results. And unlike a google search which is run on other servers and has an index, a Platinum Search for "Testosterone" combs through our database in real time finding even the most recent posts and has a huge performance penalty if it is open to all. You'll probably start to see some restrictions put on the other sites' searches in several years assuming that they are still around and assuming that their databases continue to grow.

Fourth, I will be thinking about what I can do with the Karma Spread and Max daily hits for non-Plats. Would everyone be happy if we lowered the non-Plat spread back to 20 and raised the max daily hits back to 15? And if so Mr. db, did you want to go Platinum for six months, or would you prefer a one year membership?

Thanks for making Elite Fitness.com the destination that it is on the Internet.
 
Mr. dB said:
I know I'm probably tilting at windmills, but but I have made this challenge/pledge in the hope that my contribution will help everyone on the site.


You must spread some Karma around before giving it to Mr. dB again.
 
You gotta admit, Spellwin knows his shit and talks a good game. I'd love to meet the guy.
 
George Spellwin said:
Fourth, I will be thinking about what I can do with the Karma Spread and Max daily hits for non-Plats. Would everyone be happy if we lowered the non-Plat spread back to 20 and raised the max daily hits back to 15? And if so Mr. db, did you want to go Platinum for six months, or would you prefer a one year membership?

How 'bout you reverse those numbers, 15 to spread and 20 hits/day? And tweak the non-plat Karma Power formula a little more favorably?
 
Mr. dB said:
How 'bout you reverse those numbers, 15 to spread and 20 hits/day? And tweak the non-plat Karma Power formula a little more favorably?
negotiations in sesson!
 
Mr. dB said:
How 'bout you reverse those numbers, 15 to spread and 20 hits/day? And tweak the non-plat Karma Power formula a little more favorably?

I thought my suggestion was pretty good. Take your Karmic Power - right now you're 215 - that's 115 more than me. I think we have to make sure that Karma does not grow so fast that it becomes no fun anymore.
 
George Spellwin said:
I thought my suggestion was pretty good. Take your Karmic Power - right now you're 215 - that's 115 more than me. I think we have to make sure that Karma does not grow so fast that it becomes no fun anymore.

Gotta stop sellin it then George :)
 
George Spellwin said:
I thought my suggestion was pretty good. Take your Karmic Power - right now you're 215 - that's 115 more than me. I think we have to make sure that Karma does not grow so fast that it becomes no fun anymore.

I meant to adjust the non-plat formula...
 
Mr. dB said:
20 and 20 then, will you meet me there?

You are a very tough negotiator! However, that sounds like a good and fair arrangement to me and I'm sure that the powers that be would allow us to make that change for you and for the benefit of all our non Platinum Members. But, when I appeal to them to allow this to go through, will you make sure that I can tell them that this request was put forth by one of our six months + 3 months free Platinum Members or perhaps even higher? I just know that would seal the deal!
 
George Spellwin said:
You are a very tough negotiator! However, that sounds like a good and fair arrangement to me and I'm sure that the powers that be would allow us to make that change for you and for the benefit of all our non Platinum Members. But, when I appeal to them to allow this to go through, will you make sure that I can tell them that this request was put forth by one of our six months + 3 months free Platinum Members or perhaps even higher? I just know that would seal the deal!

lmao
 
George Spellwin said:
You are a very tough negotiator! However, that sounds like a good and fair arrangement to me and I'm sure that the powers that be would allow us to make that change for you and for the benefit of all our non Platinum Members. But, when I appeal to them to allow this to go through, will you make sure that I can tell them that this request was put forth by one of our six months + 3 months free Platinum Members or perhaps even higher? I just know that would seal the deal!

Sounds like a plan.
 
SoreArms said:
based on Mr DB's satisfaction of this deal I will renew my plat.

What are todays specials, Georgy? Give me something tempting.
awesome! this is great news for all good bros.

Go plat 4 life man.. why nickle and dime with the membership packages and end up paying more over time.
 
Lestat said:
what are we waiting for now?

I think we are just waiting for Mr. dB to upgrade. Here's something that might help:

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SoreArms said:
based on Mr DB's satisfaction of this deal I will renew my plat.

What are todays specials, Georgy? Give me something tempting.

I would use the code above to take $100 off the price of the Lifetime and get 20,000 karma hits - do it now, and I'll let you give your remaining time to a non-Plat.

Or use this code to take $10 of the price of any other higher Platinum Membership F4B60AFDA2 Your remaining time just gets added to the new plan.

The membership plan you have now is real good too: Platinum Membership 6 months + 3 months Free! (You Save $35.91 and you get 5500 Karma Hits when it renews).
 
George Spellwin said:
I think we are just waiting for Mr. dB to upgrade. Here's something that might help:

I did it early Wednesday morning...
 
wtlftr said:
retail sale going on

You're good til 2/13/06 - but you could get the Lifetime now and I'll credit your currnet plan plus let you use the coupon - let me place the order for you to make sure you get all the discounts. Or you could give your remaining months away as a gift!
 
George Spellwin said:
You're good til 2/13/06 - but you could get the Lifetime now and I'll credit your currnet plan plus let you use the coupon - let me place the order for you to make sure you get all the discounts. Or you could give your remaining months away as a gift!


online at 8pm on a Friday night doing business?

That is dedeication

I want the life plat for 150 again, that was a deal

and a killer k hit
 
Mr. dB said:
I did it early Wednesday morning...

Excellent. I synced the accounts. When you manage your membership or account on the boards, use:

User Name: Mr. dB
Password: The one from the Order System

Here's a link if you forgot it:
https://www.elitefitness.com/amember/member.php

From now on, please make sure to use the exact same User Name and Password that you use on the Forums so that the order system matches your account on the Forums.

And thanks for helping support the site and for making a stand for all of our members - both Platinum and Regular!
 
DieselGunz said:
online at 8pm on a Friday night doing business?

That is dedeication

I want the life plat for 150 again, that was a deal

and a killer k hit

That was a great deal, but it was just because of the migration. Still, it was only a $49 savings over the current $100 off deal. And when I think of all the foolish things I have wasted $49 on in the past, it does not seem like a big difference. I would jump on the $199 deal today, because I bet you'll kick yourself if that one goes away too - and it might.
 
George Spellwin said:
That was a great deal, but it was just because of the migration. Still, it was only a $49 savings over the current $100 off deal. And when I think of all the foolish things I have wasted $49 on in the past, it does not seem like a big difference. I would jump on the $199 deal today, because I bet you'll kick yourself if that one goes away too - and it might.


I still have some time left on my original package i purchased. Will it automatically renew when it expires?
 
DieselGunz said:
I still have some time left on my original package i purchased. Will it automatically renew when it expires?

Yes, unless you turned off renewals or your address changed. And your current rate is locked in and cannot go up.
 
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