Welcome to the Sunspot members!!!

[Tony-OH]

With the Baltimore Sun going to a pay format which apparently includes their message board community, we've seen a spike of new registrants to our community. I want to welcome any newcomer or even some old friends and let you know that bygones are bygones.

Please take the time to read our Board policies and rules (http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/announcement.php?f=2) as this is the best way to understand how this community operates. We have lots of places to talk O's, Ravens, or just about anything else and we hope you'll enjoy and stay within our community.

Our community is totally free to read and to post up to 500 times. Once you reach 500 posts you will need to become a member. Trial memberships are now available for just $5.00 for 30 days then pay just $8.85 every 90 days afterwards. Or pay the yearly $35.95 and after that, pay just $8.85 every 90 days afterwards.

That comes out to to less than 10 cents a day. You can get all the information on how to sign up by going here (http://orioleshangout.com/page/hangout-plus).

Everyone is welcome. Please enjoy our community here at Orioles Hangout.

Respectfully,
Tony Pente
Publisher
Orioles Hangout

[scOtt]

The message board never dawned on me. They're charging for that too?


Just want to say to all the Sunspot members, if it's a choice of paying for that board or this? This one wins hands down. ;)

[Can_of_corn]

Does it make me a bad person to be amused by old school print media flopping around aimlessly like a fish on a dock?


I humbly suggest new members lurk for a bit to get a feel for the ebb and flow. Tony has built a great place to learn here.

[weams]

Does it make me a bad person to be amused by old school print media flopping around aimlessly like a fish on a dock?


I humbly suggest new members lurk for a bit to get a feel for the ebb and flow. Tony has built a great place to learn here.



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Welcome to the world of color. It is a much fuller life.

[Don Quixote]

Does it make me a bad person to be amused by old school print media flopping around aimlessly like a fish on a dock?

It doesn't amuse me; rather, it's saddening.

Welcome, new folks.

[TGO]

Welcome to the bandwagon! Sorry, Tony doesn't sell pink or green OH hats. ;)

[weams]

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Welcome Sun

[cindyluvsbrady]

The message board never dawned on me. They're charging for that too?


Just want to say to all the Sunspot members, if it's a choice of paying for that board or this? This one wins hands down. ;)
I agree 100% scOtt:)

[srock]

Welcome to the bandwagon! Sorry, Tony doesn't sell pink or green OH hats. ;)

I would buy a black and orange Orioles Hangout hat.

[Mashed Potatoes]

This is a lovely olive branch, but is anyone else craving some old school internet fights and locked threads?

[scOtt]

This is a lovely olive branch, but is anyone else craving some old school internet fights and locked threads?
Can't we all just get along? :o

[playbaltimorecom]

Thanks Tony! Those are some real kind words. We aren't all troublemakers:) I am looking forward to talking some O's baseball with everyone!


With the Baltimore Sun going to a pay format which apparently includes their message board community, we've seen a spike of new registrants to our community. I want to welcome any newcomer or even some old friends and let you know that bygones are bygones.

Please take the time to read our Board policies and rules (http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/announcement.php?f=2) as this is the best way to understand how this community operates. We have lots of places to talk O's, Ravens, or just about anything else and we hope you'll enjoy and stay within our community.

Our community is totally free to read and to post up to 500 times. Once you reach 500 posts you will need to become a member. Trial memberships are now available for just $5.00 for 30 days then pay just $8.85 every 90 days afterwards. Or pay the yearly $35.95 and after that, pay just $8.85 every 90 days afterwards.

That comes out to to less than 10 cents a day. You can get all the information on how to sign up by going here (http://orioleshangout.com/page/hangout-plus).

Everyone is welcome. Please enjoy our community here at Orioles Hangout.

Respectfully,
Tony Pente
Publisher
Orioles Hangout

[Tony-OH]

Thanks Tony! Those are some real kind words. We aren't all troublemakers:) I am looking forward to talking some O's baseball with everyone!

Welcome, and thanks for not only coming over, but joining up as a plus member right away. Welcome to our community.

You will also find that I'm only half the tyrant that I was made out to be over there. ;)

[weams]

Welcome, and thanks for not only coming over, but joining up as a plus member right away. Welcome to our community.

You will also find that I'm only half the tyrant that I was made out to be over there. ;)

Not even half. It is nice to have some new blood.

[Mashed Potatoes]

Can't we all just get along? :o

Yea we could, it just wouldn't be as entertaining that way.


Welcome, and thanks for not only coming over, but joining up as a plus member right away. Welcome to our community.

You will also find that I'm only half the tyrant that I was made out to be over there. ;)

I'd say 2/3 is a bit more accurate.


Not even half. It is nice to have some new blood.

Are you a vampire?

[scOtt]

Yea we could, it just wouldn't be as entertaining that way.



I'd say 2/3 is a bit more accurate.



Are you a vampire?

Mashed Tateys, ladies and gentlemen! Give him a hand! :clap3:



Don't miss the midnight show. It gets a little blue...

[Mashed Potatoes]

Mashed Tateys, ladies and gentlemen! Give him a hand! :clap3:



Don't miss the midnight show. It gets a little blue...

So many wise ass comments to make. So little time.

[Dipper9]

Welcome to all the new members. Soon you'll meet Moose's mom, aka "The Welcoming Committee."

[BRobinsonfan]

Have I been here long enough to join in the "Moose's mom" comments? :D

[scOtt]

Have I been here long enough to join in the "Moose's mom" comments? :D

Why worry? Everyone else joins in...








:leaving:

[weams]

Are you a vampire?

New Blood

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[sangar]

I'd like to say Welcome Aboard to all the new people. This is a great site and I'm sure you will all enjoy it immensely.



Does it make me a bad person to be amused by old school print media flopping around aimlessly like a fish on a dock?


I humbly suggest new members lurk for a bit to get a feel for the ebb and flow. Tony has built a great place to learn here.

I still have the newspaper delivered.


I would buy a black and orange Orioles Hangout hat.

I think this is a great idea, I'd buy an OH hat.

[The Rick]

I think this is a great idea, I'd buy an OH hat.

Me too.

[weams]

Hat, Hat, Hat
Me too.

[weams]

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[ChaosLex]

Whatever happened to Old#5fan? I mean, I know he was banned here, but I heard he made an appearance back on the Sun boards and Trea's site before he vanished again.

Hope he's okay...

[wildcard]

One word of warning to newcomers. This place is addictive.

Welcome.

[olehippi]

Whatever happened to Old#5fan? I mean, I know he was banned here, but I heard he made an appearance back on the Sun boards and Trea's site before he vanished again.

Hope he's okay...

Yeah....I hope he's OK, too. But, he drank an awful lot of that West Virginia water mixed with really, really....really....old orange kool-aid.

[OFFNY]

You will also find that I'm only half the tyrant that I was made out to be over there. ;)

Translation:

A. You don't just randomly enforce the rules and suspend posters on a whim. You enforce the rules pretty damned consistently to all, including myself.

B. You (and the other moderators) prevent this board from becoming just another cesspool of posters taunting each other, which is done on just about every public newspaper message board, such as the Baltimore Sun, the New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Herald, etc. We're also spared the nonsense of having to read childish comments about our players and/or front office people, such as "MacFail" and "Angelose," etc.

P.S. To all newcomers, the rules are relaxed on game threads, but not completely disregarded.
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[John Budge]

Translation:

A. You don't just randomly enforce the rules and suspend posters on a whim. You enforce the rules pretty damned consistently to all, including myself.

B. You (and the other moderators) prevent this board from becoming just another cesspool of posters taunting each other, which is done on just about every public newspaper message board, such as the Baltimore Sun, the New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Herald, etc. We're also spared the nonsense of having to read childish comments about our players and/or front office people, such as "MacFail" and "Angelose," etc.

P.S. To all newcomers, the rules are relaxed on game threads, but not completely disregarded.
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If you pulled the same shenanigans on this board that you did on Sunspot, Tony would ban your butt in a second. Stop acting like you were some random victim of heavy-handed moderation. You brought the sunspot banning on yourself.

[OFFNY]

c
That doesn't happen here, because posters like that are not tolerated in the first place. End of story.