greydread
08-26-2016, 09:03 AM
The value of this Particular style of information forum is more valuable now than ever in my opinion, especially for those with unlimited travel radius.
There was a time a few years back when a bunch of guys whose travels were strictly limited to So-Sewer putting up pictures of the same tired Ho's over and over and every time they changed the menu at Rocky's or put up a new street sign there were hundreds of comments with no useful information in sight. My participation fell off a bit during that period and thankfully, many Moons later when I logged in again there were smoldering ashes from the many flame wars and snitching competitions which made room for new growth.
Along came a few new members bringing info about places other than So-Sewer and with Jimmy's newfound obsession with Medellin the board became interesting again and as members expanded their reach into unfamiliar territory the board became less and less about the little fish bowl which is the D.R. and more and more about travel information relating to not only the hobby but points of interest in general and the number of countries included in report after report grew and over the past couple of years the value of these reports have grown exponentially as members have joined up for these invasions which have resulted in the simultaneous reporting of timelines in the same location from multiple perspectives and that is what you really won't find anywhere else.
Invasion reporting isn't really found anywhere else that I've looked. Invasion reporting has resulted in my knocking down the cobwebs from old haunts like Boca Chica and Negril and seeing those destinations from a more complete viewpoint with so much new information that I couldn't help but have a good time. Invasion reporting got me to pull the trigger on a trip 7,000 miles away that I'd been planning for years but it wasn't until I was armed with enough intel from ISOC boots on the ground that I felt totally at ease with diving into the deep end of the pool and Man, was I ever glad I did because after years of going to the petting Zoo, I am now on Safari.
We've got enough members on here who know one another and have traveled together that if the internet went down because all the satellites fell out of the sky we'd still be in contact and we'd still be travelling and discovering new lands and new limits together because at this point it's just what we do.
There was a time a few years back when a bunch of guys whose travels were strictly limited to So-Sewer putting up pictures of the same tired Ho's over and over and every time they changed the menu at Rocky's or put up a new street sign there were hundreds of comments with no useful information in sight. My participation fell off a bit during that period and thankfully, many Moons later when I logged in again there were smoldering ashes from the many flame wars and snitching competitions which made room for new growth.
Along came a few new members bringing info about places other than So-Sewer and with Jimmy's newfound obsession with Medellin the board became interesting again and as members expanded their reach into unfamiliar territory the board became less and less about the little fish bowl which is the D.R. and more and more about travel information relating to not only the hobby but points of interest in general and the number of countries included in report after report grew and over the past couple of years the value of these reports have grown exponentially as members have joined up for these invasions which have resulted in the simultaneous reporting of timelines in the same location from multiple perspectives and that is what you really won't find anywhere else.
Invasion reporting isn't really found anywhere else that I've looked. Invasion reporting has resulted in my knocking down the cobwebs from old haunts like Boca Chica and Negril and seeing those destinations from a more complete viewpoint with so much new information that I couldn't help but have a good time. Invasion reporting got me to pull the trigger on a trip 7,000 miles away that I'd been planning for years but it wasn't until I was armed with enough intel from ISOC boots on the ground that I felt totally at ease with diving into the deep end of the pool and Man, was I ever glad I did because after years of going to the petting Zoo, I am now on Safari.
We've got enough members on here who know one another and have traveled together that if the internet went down because all the satellites fell out of the sky we'd still be in contact and we'd still be travelling and discovering new lands and new limits together because at this point it's just what we do.