Post by Scumhunter on Dec 12, 2013 6:18:20 GMT -5
Thought it would be interesting to note today is the one-year anniversary of when the old AMW.com forums crashed.
Obviously a lot of us have great and not-so-great memories of it. I myself remember when it started out mainly as a board to discuss the then unknown BTK serial killer and evolved into a general forum.
In retrospect the board seemed limited in what it could do and activity seemed to decrease towards the end but in its heyday it was lively and active with multiple members posting most wanted lists, fugitive contests etc...
I also want to point out that this is one case where I don't believe in a conspiracy theory despite it crashing around the same time Fox and Lifetime were rumored to be in a fight over license fees. The board was years old and when it crashed I assume the system overloaded. It just so unfortunately seemed to come at a bad time where if it didn't crash perhaps more attention would have been drawn to AMW's contract limbo.
I created this forum thinking it would be just a stopgag until amw.com's came back. Little did I know.
What do you remember most about AMW.com's forums? Good and bad?
Obviously a lot of us have great and not-so-great memories of it. I myself remember when it started out mainly as a board to discuss the then unknown BTK serial killer and evolved into a general forum.
In retrospect the board seemed limited in what it could do and activity seemed to decrease towards the end but in its heyday it was lively and active with multiple members posting most wanted lists, fugitive contests etc...
I also want to point out that this is one case where I don't believe in a conspiracy theory despite it crashing around the same time Fox and Lifetime were rumored to be in a fight over license fees. The board was years old and when it crashed I assume the system overloaded. It just so unfortunately seemed to come at a bad time where if it didn't crash perhaps more attention would have been drawn to AMW's contract limbo.
I created this forum thinking it would be just a stopgag until amw.com's came back. Little did I know.
What do you remember most about AMW.com's forums? Good and bad?
