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This is a little off topic here, but I think it hits home for many others and me.
I have to say a few things because I see a lot of other boards jumping up lately, and I want to talk a little about what in my opinion makes a great fitness board.
First off, let me say that Elite is my home. Always has been always will be. I didn’t get my start here, but this is the place I call home. Why? Well not just because the wealth of knowledge that I have learned or shared with others over all these years. It’s really for two reasons. These two reason are the same reasons that Chemical Muscle is now my second home. Here they are:
The first reason is the friends that I have made here. The kind of friends that you trust with your life and that you would die for. I made my best friend here at Elite and I wouldn’t trade that for the world. Several of the male moderators here at Elite I consider very close friends. We kind of have our own family and such and to me that’s what makes this site so special, community.
The second reason is the NO BULLSHIT sponsors. Now you may ask what that means. Well I will explain it right here for all the thousands who have asked. Elite Fitness does what it does with Platinum and E-Books, Ligament Supplement Companies (Ana Fit comes to mind ) and sales like that so it doesn’t need direct sponsors that much.
People like to bitch sometimes about how Elite does this and that to make money, and then they get pissed and head off to some of these other boards. Let me clue you in on something people, MOST not all but MOST of these boards are selling advertising to ancillary type companies. Now don’t freak out by what I said, just listen for a second OK?
I think my Great friend Huck said it best as follows:
"Ancillaries are not OTC, they are prescription DRUGS. They may be non-scheduled, but they are still CONTROLLED substances. It is going to be a matter of time now (due to all the blatant advertising of these web-sites, as well as people who are constantly posting their URL's all over every discussion board they can find) before this, "for research purposes only" slogan is going to be ripped to pieces by lawmakers/authorities, and we are helping to bring on this finality by blatantly posting these sites out in the open. I have always lived by a saying, "Rub the governments nose in what you're doing long enough, and eventually the wrong nose will start sniffing into what you're doing and pull your card". Discretion is not only smart, it is PRESERVATORY". - Huck
Remember that next time you complain about what is free and what isn’t. Look at the sites you visit outside of Elite. Are they promoting these types of sites? What happens if one goes down? Do the members of the site they advertised get protected? I doubt it highly.
It happened right here at Elite one. Elite member base was going to get subpoenaed, but ELITE hired Rick Collins to defend the member’s rights, how many other sites would do that for you? Heck, and that was just over a person who POSTED here, and didn’t advertise. Just imagine if Elite had been running a banner? Wow.
In the years that I have been a Mod, then an Elite Mod here I have been offered Moderator position at other boards, and so have most of the other Elite Mods. Why did I never go anywhere, because of the above two reasons. My family, community and the smart business ideas of Mr. George Spellwin.
Now, you may say but I see that URL in your sig line for Chemical Muscle. I would answer yes you do, and you also see it in most of the Elite mods signatures here. Because it is a site that has business ethics, and is running a business rather than "another" steroid site. My family is there, the sense of community is there and the smart business practices and no forced advertising is there, that’s why I am there and so many of my friends are too.
Anyway, I wanted to let some of this out as it has been on my mind for a while. Don’t get me wrong though, I think there are a LOT of great fitness sites out there, however, in my opinion there are two that I call home. Home is where my friends are, home is where there is knowledge and dedication, and home is smart business.
p.s. Big props to my friends Citrus, Ranger, Huck, 2Thick, Frackal and Zyg Also a big plug for Anabolic Fitness. I have nothing but respect for these guys and their products.
I have to say a few things because I see a lot of other boards jumping up lately, and I want to talk a little about what in my opinion makes a great fitness board.
First off, let me say that Elite is my home. Always has been always will be. I didn’t get my start here, but this is the place I call home. Why? Well not just because the wealth of knowledge that I have learned or shared with others over all these years. It’s really for two reasons. These two reason are the same reasons that Chemical Muscle is now my second home. Here they are:
The first reason is the friends that I have made here. The kind of friends that you trust with your life and that you would die for. I made my best friend here at Elite and I wouldn’t trade that for the world. Several of the male moderators here at Elite I consider very close friends. We kind of have our own family and such and to me that’s what makes this site so special, community.
The second reason is the NO BULLSHIT sponsors. Now you may ask what that means. Well I will explain it right here for all the thousands who have asked. Elite Fitness does what it does with Platinum and E-Books, Ligament Supplement Companies (Ana Fit comes to mind ) and sales like that so it doesn’t need direct sponsors that much.
People like to bitch sometimes about how Elite does this and that to make money, and then they get pissed and head off to some of these other boards. Let me clue you in on something people, MOST not all but MOST of these boards are selling advertising to ancillary type companies. Now don’t freak out by what I said, just listen for a second OK?
I think my Great friend Huck said it best as follows:
"Ancillaries are not OTC, they are prescription DRUGS. They may be non-scheduled, but they are still CONTROLLED substances. It is going to be a matter of time now (due to all the blatant advertising of these web-sites, as well as people who are constantly posting their URL's all over every discussion board they can find) before this, "for research purposes only" slogan is going to be ripped to pieces by lawmakers/authorities, and we are helping to bring on this finality by blatantly posting these sites out in the open. I have always lived by a saying, "Rub the governments nose in what you're doing long enough, and eventually the wrong nose will start sniffing into what you're doing and pull your card". Discretion is not only smart, it is PRESERVATORY". - Huck
Remember that next time you complain about what is free and what isn’t. Look at the sites you visit outside of Elite. Are they promoting these types of sites? What happens if one goes down? Do the members of the site they advertised get protected? I doubt it highly.
It happened right here at Elite one. Elite member base was going to get subpoenaed, but ELITE hired Rick Collins to defend the member’s rights, how many other sites would do that for you? Heck, and that was just over a person who POSTED here, and didn’t advertise. Just imagine if Elite had been running a banner? Wow.
In the years that I have been a Mod, then an Elite Mod here I have been offered Moderator position at other boards, and so have most of the other Elite Mods. Why did I never go anywhere, because of the above two reasons. My family, community and the smart business ideas of Mr. George Spellwin.
Now, you may say but I see that URL in your sig line for Chemical Muscle. I would answer yes you do, and you also see it in most of the Elite mods signatures here. Because it is a site that has business ethics, and is running a business rather than "another" steroid site. My family is there, the sense of community is there and the smart business practices and no forced advertising is there, that’s why I am there and so many of my friends are too.
Anyway, I wanted to let some of this out as it has been on my mind for a while. Don’t get me wrong though, I think there are a LOT of great fitness sites out there, however, in my opinion there are two that I call home. Home is where my friends are, home is where there is knowledge and dedication, and home is smart business.
p.s. Big props to my friends Citrus, Ranger, Huck, 2Thick, Frackal and Zyg Also a big plug for Anabolic Fitness. I have nothing but respect for these guys and their products.
You are kidding, omg, this has to be the funniest thing I am have had happen to me as a mod. You really are that lost here? Dude, go up to the top of the page and READ my post, if you cant read it all read just the BOLD part. Maybe that will help, then after that, re-read all the posts since the first one.
