Since you made it a point to silence all staff members before proceeding with this thread, making sure nobody with any power(real or perceived) could defend themselves..
My apologies if this is not as eloquent as some of the posts made prior.
My name is Robert, better known to these forums as MrSmithsTB. You didn't ban me, just changed my email and password so I couldn't access my account.(Planning on using it??) Fortunately, I saw the bans coming and created this alternate user account. I thought it would be nice to retain access to TRAILVOY. After see what you have to say, I am no longer interested. VS killed this community. Despite your claims, our power to make positive changes were stripped from us within weeks of your takeover. PMs, visitor messages, and threads were unanswered. You sit there behind your computer screen, saying what you are paid to say in order to save this "investment". Calling us vandals and saboteurs, while saying this is not a game of name-calling or pointing fingers. Nothing was changed by any of us on the "back end", it was all screwed by you guys when the alarm went off and you tried your piss-poor attempt at damage control. Signatures were not changed unless BY USER REQUEST. Threads and posts were deleted BY USER REQUEST. We even went as far as to delete posts that we thought crossed the line when the exodus began. Out of respect to Trailvoy and the essence of what this place was built on.
Suddenly, you are here to save the day. It's a miracle! The ads are gone, tapatalk is back, it's a new regime! You're the hero:hopeless. How long is that going to last? It doesn't really matter, because the founders of this site.....the ones who busted their knuckles and bank accounts learning all they could about these vehicles *for the benefit of other members* have all left. Yeah, you've got some stragglers and die-hards left. Some people don't know how to walk away. Even Old Yeller got caged up for a little while, before he was shot in the face. You have all of the information we so lovingly provided over the years. That is really the only value left in this shell of what Trailvoy once was. And make no mistake, it is not the intention of ANY staff member to coexist with this site. We left because we didn't like what it became, not because we wanted to have play dates.
And where the hell did all of these "active members" come from? The numbers jumped overnight from @150 members on at a time to over 300 consistently. Accounts that haven't seen activity in over a year are suddenly logged on all the time? Yet, this thread is the most posting activity this place has seen in 6 months. What are they all doing?? Reading posts? Or did you just pull a "Tommy Boy" and resurrect the dead so they could place their votes?
There is no doubt that VS has registered users on G M T Nation, and those accounts were used to find out who to seek out and ban or "global ignore" over here. I mean, how else would you know what we were saying or doing after we were banned? Damn, bro. Make yourself known over there and say what you have to say to us. And if you're not registered, time is running out. I am buying a tshirt for the 500th member and it could be you!!
I'm sure it is only a matter of time before this post is deleted and I am banned on this account as well. Tough shit, it's the internet. Do us a favor and stop with the "show me examples of when issues were brought up" bullshit. You either know and don't care or you didn't care enough to notice. Shows how much attention is really paid to this place.
I know you are just doing your job, so don't take this too much to heart. But let's be real dude, you locked us all out of here. I don't know why you would choose to attack us after that. If you really want no animosity, just leave us alone and let both sites be. What already happened is already behind us, but how you react will shape the future of your site.
With that, it was fun while it lasted. Thanks for chasing us away. I'm sure everyone will eventually figure out where to go when the questions remain unanswered.....