blackburn
Registered Explorer
Just an Ordinary S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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Post by blackburn on Oct 12, 2009 23:30:39 GMT -6
Hello, I'm an avid explorer from the north-central Wisconsin area. I was told about these forums from a fellow Wisconsinite from UER. Since the area I'm from is not exactly metropolitan, I spend most of my UE time checking out old farmhouses and such, which by all means are just as awesome. You can check out some of my work here. 'Tis good to see that there are people in Wisconsin that share my passion!
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matt31
Trusted Explorers
Drains 4ever
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Post by matt31 on Oct 15, 2009 20:37:31 GMT -6
Nice to see you post here, but this board is fucking dead, just to let you know. .
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Post by shotgunmario on Oct 15, 2009 21:33:18 GMT -6
aye to that Matt. It's fuckin' quieter here than... a whore house on a sunday!
I've actually been tossing around the idea for some time of dumping this forum, in hopes that people will shift over to <shutters> UER. At least there's discussion there...
This place was an experiment, to see if I could build a united community for communication and exploration opportunities like that which I've found in Kansas City and the Twin Cities, and it's failing. We simply don't have the numerous locations to hold enough attention for anything solid to form. With the city and outlying areas removing stuff left and right, it's difficult for anyone to get a foothold, except for randomly going into abandoned buildings on their own. This forum would have worked wonderfully 5 years ago, before Milwaukee started tearing stuff down, but as far as today and the future is concerned, it's improbable that an exploring community of any decent size could ever form. Hell, I don't even have that much of a desire to try and explore in the area anymore... the little that there is here isn't up to par when compared to other places I've been, so I don't even go out anymore to explore unless I'm drunk and bored. I do all of my exploring far far away from the Milwaukee area...
I don't even want to try to revive this forum for the... 4th or 5th try? It's just not worth it to me. It's essentially dead already, why not just pull the trigger and finish this place off?
Is there anyone here who would miss this forum, and their life just wouldn't be the same with it gone?
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Post by spf3million on Oct 17, 2009 13:48:35 GMT -6
Well.. if it doesn't cost anything to maintain, I check it fairly often. Granted I'm from Chicago. But I appreciated the advice you've dished out in the past. I kinda agree with you that it's tough when so much is being torn down. Also, you're going to get less activity as it gets colder out. Spring/summer is likely always going to be the most active times anyway.
If you do decide to throw in the towel, thanks for the effort. Feel free to look into the chicago site @ futurespeak.net/bb There's alot less open sharing of loc's but nice people, sort of a community I spose
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Post by shotgunmario on Oct 17, 2009 16:32:57 GMT -6
I've applied to futurespeak twice now, both with no results from the admin about being allowed in.
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Post by spf3million on Oct 18, 2009 7:49:21 GMT -6
hmm you're listed as a member as of June 9 under the name shotgun_mario
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Post by shotgunmario on Oct 18, 2009 11:55:34 GMT -6
Ha! I guess I'm on now. First time I wasn't let in, but the 2nd time I was. I guess without me coming around to check if I got in, and without an email confirmation, I just kinda let it slide.
Thanks much mate! Glad to be able to get my foot in the door down there. Makes exploring chicagoland much more feasible.
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Post by ChesterCopperpot on Oct 18, 2009 12:49:11 GMT -6
I check this site pretty regularly. It's been helpful for me, despite low traffic. I think it's good to have a network like this.
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Post by shotgunmario on Oct 18, 2009 12:53:35 GMT -6
yea, now that I think of it, this site is used by some people fairly regularly. I guess that it's being used for it's intent, so why end it? It will just be, and remain, a low traffic site.
And that's quite fine by me.
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