AND THE NAME OF OUR NEW SITE IS... - Page 2

This is really strange. People are being so negative, just because some things were not delivered on time? Or that they didn't like the constant deadlines that zoomed past? To no avail?

Its a fucking website, if it arrives, that's cool, if not fuck it. Go elsewhere. But good lord, it certainly shouldn't provoke any other reaction. Reality. Good lord.

Apology PM sent to Poxy.

Folks, this site is going to be your friend.

Bookmarked.

Can we stop with the passive aggressive and not so passive aggressive swipes at each others from REALLY long term members of this community?

We are all chewers, for better or worse. There are things we love about each other and things we can't stand, but there's no reason for this kind of talk or getting personal. We are all still here Nick. That's got to count for something.

Chewers, like any online community are all brought together by a common love for or interest for something. They're here for film and some related silliness. Yet that same Chewer when he or she logs off of CHUD may go and play a few rounds of golf after coaching his son's golf team, or pop open a few bottles of wine, or run seven miles, or go root for their favorite football team, or go read a classic American novel...

No one is a one-trick pony. Human beings by nature are multi-faceted. I have been amazed at the turnout of ideas and interests and areas of expertise from the CHUD community when I've said, "Okay, what do you know about besides film... or comics... or gaming... Shoot it at me."

Some of your peers will pleasantly surprise you when you read their work. I am pleasantly surprised myself and often run into Nick's office to tell him "I cannot BELIEVE the article so and so just sent me. They nailed it!!" Nothin' feels better right now. You should also know that this is a hell of a domain and that we're not accepting just any old blog or essay. This is not a family show. It's gonna be good. This is the real deal, and some of our Chewers are up to par and on task. I appreciate every single response we've gotten.

I've seen the new site and trust me, it's going to be amazing. Just have some faith and you won't be disappointed.

It counts for everything, but give a man a break is all I'm asking. It's not like I'm holding a gun. I'm offering more free shit.

Received, we're good.

I just sweetened the deal.

The thong you're wearing is a nice touch, but shaving my initials into your chest hair was a bit overboard, no?

This thread is funny.

Good luck with new site.

Um nothing but love for the site and Nick thanks seriously. With that hoping for the best.

Looking forward to seeing what Andrea can cook up with unlimited power.

That. Andrea's awesome. I got faith in you, homegirl.

The rest of you are merely okay, but that's mostly because I'm a horndog who loves women.

(Also, she's a great writer and seems to be finding her voice in a tough crowd. DEAL WITH IT.)

As a long time lurker, I've got to say Good Luck! With reservations. I'm concerned that the Chud movie-humour won't translate as well to lifestyle-humour. I look forward to be proven wrong.

I am so fucking glad that I realized there was a second page to this. That Nick / Dickson / Rath battle on Page 1 was a real downer. I guess everything's going to be okay after all!

There better be magnetic vaginas or I'm out!

Most of all I'm surprised that in the year 2010 there isn't already a site with this domain.

I hope everything turns out great for you guys.

Looks fun. I'll definitely check it out. Screw the negative people.

Never understood the complaints about a site unseen.

Unless I have to prepay to visit it, I'm open to see where it takes me, or doesn't. If it turns out to not be for me, then it's easy enough to stop visiting.

Best of luck, all the same.

Really looking forward to seeing what this baby can do!

Nothing can kill a creative buzz faster than negativity *BEFORE* the thing is done. Unseen or unproduced concepts are pretty vulnerable, it's takes a strong stomach to show them to the world at that stage.

Best of luck, Nick! I'll certainly check it out. And that URL, I'm still stunned you got ahold of it.

Damn. I was hoping it would be SalmaHayeksBoobsAreRidiculous.com

I guess I'll live.

Wait, women are writing on this site?! *gasp*

Random suggestion: "How to grow a beard". Seriously, it's a bit of an art.

Evil. But funny. So funny.

Whatever you do, don't look in the new Red State/Kevin Smith thread.

This has had me thinking all day. All these "Million Dollar" domain names were snapped up 10 or 15 years ago now and it was a big fucking deal. How many are actually being used effectively now though? The one I remember most is "www.cool.com". Go look at it. Utterly Worthless placeholder bullshit. I guess the kid that grabbed it early made out well though. Some venture capital group probably owns it now with literally no idea what to do with it.

The Guy.com plan sounds very scattershot. But maybe that's the right way to go in a late-stage start up like this. Throw shit at the wall and see what sticks.

I expect big things on Nov 5 next year (pity you couldn't launch it last month).

Best of luck.

I think the difference with dissing a film based on the trailer, is that we have solid details on what is what by that point. We have the plot, we have the cast, we have the 'look' of the film from the marketing. We've got enough to start praising or dissing.

It's like... I *never* tell anyone about an 'idea' I've had for a story, for example, because at that stage, it's pretty easy to quash with a simple coment. By default, the concept is rough around the edges until the words are on the paper. Once the first draft is done though, it's fair game, because it might be tweaked and changed to make the core of the piece work.

And I think a new website is dependant on so many different things, design, content, quality of the writers, that it's difficult to visualize until I see it in action. The day of launch is essentially, the 'first draft'.

Heck, Twitter and Facebook sound as dumb as hell on paper! In execution they worked.

Just to clarify:

The CHUD relaunch is on Jan 6, 2011.
Guy.com launch is around Jan 28, 2011.

You're just for begging someone to rebrand it Chuduary.

I second this.

I look forward to making its acquaintance.

Hey, I'm a guy!

I'm all aboard.