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TomKakert

TomKakert

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Hey folks. Been told that some people over at Rivals on the wrestling forum have been spreading a rumor that this will be a pay forum starting in July.

FALSE!

This will be a free forum. Posting here is 100% free and will remain that way.

Will there be some wrestling content that requires a sub? Yes. But there will be a balance of free and pay, like we do with every sport. Tanner has been an outstanding addition to our coverage and will be active here as well discussing men's and women's wrestling.

Your screen name should transfer over here July 1. Message board posts will eventually filter over here, but that will take some time .

If you have any questions please fire away and feel free to share this over on Rivals to shoot down the rumor.
 
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Tom,

I've noticed some users have slightly altered the screen name(ex: add 1 to end) on this site. Is this recommended for users that are currently using the same screen name on both sites?
 
TomKakert

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jrod65 said:
Tom,

I've noticed some users have slightly altered the screen name(ex: add 1 to end) on this site. Is this recommended for users that are currently using the same screen name on both sites?
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My understanding is that if you have the same handle already registered that you just keep posting under it. Should fold into it. There might be some restrictions right now that I haven't been made aware of regarding registering for a handle that is already in use at Rivals, which is why some might have to alter them. In that case, I'd suggest just waiting until July 1 if you want to claim that handle. My understanding everything just gets transferred over here. Assume you have to sign in, but that's what I believe. Eventually all your old posts will show up here too from the wrestling forum, so you get credit for them too.
 
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TomKakert said:
Hey folks. Been told that some people over at Rivals on the wrestling forum have been spreading a rumor that this will be a pay forum starting in July.

FALSE!

This will be a free forum. Posting here is 100% free and will remain that way.

Will there be some wrestling content that requires a sub? Yes. But there will be a balance of free and pay, like we do with every sport. Tanner has been an outstanding addition to our coverage and will be active here as well discussing men's and women's wrestling.

Your screen name should transfer over here July 1. Message board posts will eventually filter over here, but that will take some time .

If you have any questions please fire away and feel free to share this over on Rivals to shoot down the rumor.
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TomKakert said:
Hey folks. Been told that some people over at Rivals on the wrestling forum have been spreading a rumor that this will be a pay forum starting in July.

FALSE!

This will be a free forum. Posting here is 100% free and will remain that way.

Will there be some wrestling content that requires a sub? Yes. But there will be a balance of free and pay, like we do with every sport. Tanner has been an outstanding addition to our coverage and will be active here as well discussing men's and women's wrestling.

Your screen name should transfer over here July 1. Message board posts will eventually filter over here, but that will take some time .

If you have any questions please fire away and feel free to share this over on Rivals to shoot down the rumor.
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@TomKakert For those who were paying customers on Rivals, will we get premium access here on July 1?

What do you know about tMB migration to On3?
 
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TomKakert said:
Yes you will get access on July 1st.

Don't have specifics on when posts made on rivals will appear here other than we have been told it should be by the start of football season.
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After July 1 can you post here if you don't pay the subscription? It's what everyone is wondering @TomKakert
 
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Corby said:
After July 1 can you post here if you don't pay the subscription? It's what everyone is wondering @TomKakert
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Yes that's what I wrote in the first post in this thread. When I ran the rivals site for like 20 years it had a free wrestling forum. When we moved over here we immediately established a FREE wrestling forum where Iowa fans could post. There is zero reason to change that despite the rumors and lies being spread by a certain poster on the Iowa rivals site.

Glad you are here. Thanks for posting here and welcome.
 
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TomKakert said:
Yes that's what I wrote in the first post in this thread. When I ran the rivals site for like 20 years it had a free wrestling forum. When we moved over here we immediately established a FREE wrestling forum where Iowa fans could post. There is zero reason to change that despite the rumors and lies being spread by a certain poster on the Iowa rivals site.

Glad you are here. Thanks for posting here and welcome.
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Thanks for that answer it's exactly the way I assumed it would be .
 
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Corby said:
After July 1 can you post here if you don't pay the subscription? It's what everyone is wondering @TomKakert
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TomKakert said:
Yes that's what I wrote in the first post in this thread. When I ran the rivals site for like 20 years it had a free wrestling forum. When we moved over here we immediately established a FREE wrestling forum where Iowa fans could post. There is zero reason to change that despite the rumors and lies being spread by a certain poster on the Iowa rivals site.

Glad you are here. Thanks for posting here and welcome.
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I can’t figure out why anyone would want to spread false information over there, but I saw it with my own lying eyes..
 
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el dub said:
I can’t figure out why anyone would want to spread false information over there, but I was it with my own lying eyes..
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It's real simple. The guy doing it had a personal issue with me when I was over there at Rivals and apparently it continues today, which is kind of sad, but not surprising.

I mean think about it. The publisher of the site decides how many message board forums we have on our site. That person is me, not On3 management. Some sites only have one and it's pay, which is fine. We have always maintained free forums for Iowa's major sports, going back to our 20 year run at Rivals. There is zero chance we decide on July 1st to all the sudden turn this wrestling message board to a pay one. Zero. Again, Zero, despite what someone keeps suggesting. Last day of June this specific forum will be free. July 1st, same deal and moving forward that will be the same. It would be incredibly stupid and bad business to lie about this leading up to it and pull a bait and switch.

Do I hope some of you decide to ultimately become subscribers? 100%. We have a great young wrestling writer in Tanner and I hope you read this stuff because it's really good covering men's and women's wrestling, plus recruiting. Some of it will be free so you can sample the product. But, if you decide not to become a sub, that's perfectly fine. Just know you will have a free forum to talk Iowa wrestling with your fellow Hawkeye fans.
 
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TomKakert said:
It's real simple. The guy doing it had a personal issue with me when I was over there at Rivals and apparently it continues today, which is kind of sad, but not surprising.

I mean think about it. The publisher of the site decides how many message board forums we have on our site. That person is me, not On3 management. Some sites only have one and it's pay, which is fine. We have always maintained free forums for Iowa's major sports, going back to our 20 year run at Rivals. There is zero chance we decide on July 1st to all the sudden turn this wrestling message board to a pay one. Zero. Again, Zero, despite what someone keeps suggesting. Last day of June this specific forum will be free. July 1st, same deal and moving forward that will be the same. It would be incredibly stupid and bad business to lie about this leading up to it and pull a bait and switch.

Do I hope some of you decide to ultimately become subscribers? 100%. We have a great young wrestling writer in Tanner and I hope you read this stuff because it's really good covering men's and women's wrestling, plus recruiting. Some of it will be free so you can sample the product. But, if you decide not to become a sub, that's perfectly fine. Just know you will have a free forum to talk Iowa wrestling with your fellow Hawkeye fans.
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Fran read these posts and he’s still just not convinced. We will see, Tom Kakert. We will see.
 
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TomKakert said:
It's real simple. The guy doing it had a personal issue with me when I was over there at Rivals and apparently it continues today, which is kind of sad, but not surprising.

I mean think about it. The publisher of the site decides how many message board forums we have on our site. That person is me, not On3 management. Some sites only have one and it's pay, which is fine. We have always maintained free forums for Iowa's major sports, going back to our 20 year run at Rivals. There is zero chance we decide on July 1st to all the sudden turn this wrestling message board to a pay one. Zero. Again, Zero, despite what someone keeps suggesting. Last day of June this specific forum will be free. July 1st, same deal and moving forward that will be the same. It would be incredibly stupid and bad business to lie about this leading up to it and pull a bait and switch.

Do I hope some of you decide to ultimately become subscribers? 100%. We have a great young wrestling writer in Tanner and I hope you read this stuff because it's really good covering men's and women's wrestling, plus recruiting. Some of it will be free so you can sample the product. But, if you decide not to become a sub, that's perfectly fine. Just know you will have a free forum to talk Iowa wrestling with your fellow Hawkeye fans.
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Tanner does a great job. Good content. As far as that other poster goes…. Looking forward to the bold, underlines, color, copy and paste, whining about similar posts, ego hurt if their post isn’t at the top of the board…….. I lied, I look forward to none of that.
 
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Cidhawkeye said:
Tanner does a great job. Good content. As far as that other poster goes…. Looking forward to the bold, underlines, color, copy and paste, whining about similar posts, ego hurt if their post isn’t at the top of the board…….. I lied, I look forward to none of that.
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Aren't you whining substantially in this post?......
 
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MSU158 said:
Aren't you whining substantially in this post?......
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In the OP’s eyes he will probably feel it’s an unwarranted attack and he will notify the mods about it. So far no response so he has not made the migration….. yet…. Whew….
 
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When will all of our post histories, reactions, and post move over here. Also why do I need to log in every time I come here.

call me crazy but wouldn’t it have been easier to use the old site if everything from there is moving here.

also I hate change but love wrestling so I’m very conflicted about this.
 
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Hawkfan1986 said:
When will all of our post histories, reactions, and post move over here. Also why do I need to log in every time I come here.

call me crazy but wouldn’t it have been easier to use the old site if everything from there is moving here.

also I hate change but love wrestling so I’m very conflicted about this.
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Relax, it'll be fine 🙂
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Question: On what day will the mods here receive their first request to ban johnstownsteel?
 
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Hopping into the Cesspool this evening then realizing I was in the wrong place.

Also... These ads are going to effing kill me.
 
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Hawkfan1986 said:
When will all of our post histories, reactions, and post move over here. Also why do I need to log in every time I come here.

call me crazy but wouldn’t it have been easier to use the old site if everything from there is moving here.

also I hate change but love wrestling so I’m very conflicted about this.
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I don't have to log in every time I come here.
 
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