[Sean P Kelly]

Originally Posted by Metal Man

Eh, the writing was on the wall when Sean chased away people actually discussing Mario... in GASP!! a forum about a Mario website.

If the OTHER Mario forum didn't exist, I would gladly allow all Mario topics. However, I choose just to move them to that forum to avoid redundancy.

Originally Posted by Metal Man

All was going fine until I moved towards the heart of the site, and then Sean got mad.

I didn't get mad. I just got upset that you decided to retcon the progress I made in creating the era pages.

Originally Posted by Metal Man

Sean'll probably delete this topic and/or this post anyway.

Don't assume so much.

Originally Posted by Metal Man

I explained my position in the IRC room before. Sean wants his layout, I want the pre-Sean layout. Sean wants his browser-slaying navbar, I want the older one. I want less ads, Sean wants more. Sean updates often, wheras I prefer giant chunks of updates.

The thing that gets me here is you saying that I want more ads. I DON'T want more ads. Kyle has always been the one that sets up the ads. I'm not that crazy about all the non-google ads either.

MetalMan, I think it has been established with you that you stubbornly use out-of-date web browsers. The site works fine with the latest versions of both Firefox and I.E.

As for the layout, I have been trying for something simple that doesn't take up much space. I thought it was going to be a good idea to combine the main page layout with the navbar. If people don't like it, I'll try something else. However, the era pages are staying.

Originally Posted by Metal Man

(And there's not much of a prominent link to here from SMBHQ anyway)

Go to the main page, click "SMBHQ Forum" and tell me where you end up.

Originally Posted by wariovswario

Sadly, SMBHQ has gone down the drain. The current layout of SMBHQ.com has become messy and disorganized with infrequent updates. The website was at it's prime when Jay, Sean, and Kyle were younger and had more free time. Now that they are adults in the working world they don't have as much time to fix the site, although it seems like Kyle Orland has a really cushy job reviewing video games.

This hurt me. Especially with the ironic use of the phrase "infrequent updates."

Let me tell you a story (it should shed some light I why I don't like MetalMan much these days).

Around this time last year, Kyle was really complaining to me that I wasn't updating often enough. I was really busy and I was only doing 1-2 updates a month.

Fast forward to March. MetalMan comes in like the saviour saying that he will do more frequent updates to the site. Kyle makes him a co-webmaster and we have a group chat in AIM. One of the points Kyle makes is that he wants frequent updates (at least once a week).

I am doubtful that I would be able to update that often, and after talking about it to Kyle, we decide that I should step down.

The next day, I talk to my mom (of all people) about how I am no longer working on the site and I how I will be no longer getting a share of the ad revenue (which was/is my only source of income). My mom convinces me that I DO have time to update the site on a weekly basis and I tell Kyle that I decided to stay.

So, now I am committed. I make it a point to have at least one update on the site each week, no matter how small. I create many new game pages for the era pages, new mailbags, new products, new links (a favourite if I'm really pressed for time), and whatever I can think of.

Now, I'm working harder on the site than I have ever worked in years. In the last 8 months, I posted 37 updates for SMBHQ, compared to the 21 updates I posted for the entire year of 2006. How many updates did MetalMan post? 4.

Now, that forth update is where we had our second falling out (the first was when he removed SSQ from SMBHQ in protest over KYLE adding intelliTXT ads). I don't want to go into details, but it involved him not like era pages, subdirectories, and stuff like that.

I don't like being looked at as a tyrant. Anything I do for the site I believe is for the best. I know that I am not a teenager any more. However, I believe I am better equipped to run SMBHQ now, then I did when I was 16 (especially since I now hold a diploma in Computer Programming).

I want to listen to your suggestions, but no one is making an effort to ask. MetalMan is a prime example of this. Jay is right, he is all talk and no action. He loves complaining to his little SSQ buddies, but he never bothers to write an e-mail to me.

I have listened to the complaints and I will try my best to fix them. I will work on getting a more simple main page up ASAP. I will get rid of the navbar (even though Kyle will probably not like that). I will continue trying to update SMBHQ once a week and I GUARANTEE you that it will be returned to it's former glory, by the time the site turns 11.

Good Night.