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is there a better college hockey forum than USCHO?

Re: is there a better college hockey forum than USCHO?

Puck Swami said:
Some Perspective:

As a frequent business traveller, I spent a ton of time on airplanes, and listen to lots of people complaining about late flights, no overhead space. no legroom, surly flight attendants, etc. To me, I am willing to overlook all the complaints and realize that for a few hundred bucks, you can step into an aluminum tube and come out in another city, far far away in a few hours. Jet travel is still something of a MIRACLE to me, and without it, I could not do my job well, nor could I enjoy the lifestyle I have without it, nor the amazing enrichment of global vacation travel that being a frequent domestic flier enables.

USCHO is a lot like jet travel. I, like many old farts, remember the pre-internet days of calling press boxes and radio stations for score updates. TV broadcasts were rare. The NCAA's were shown tape delayed and regionals, not at all. There was no way to ever see out of town newspaper stories. There were newsletters and magazines that came well after the fact. I remember that the best way to meet opposing fans from around the country was at the NCAAs, where you had to make a real in-person effort.

USCHO changed the game. We now have a national game for those who care enough to seek it out beyond their home rink. I've made many friends here, and we all share the common bond of the die-hard fan. So what if the site doesn't load sometimes? It comes back at some point, and we resume our passion. Like the occasional broken airplane, it gets fixed, and eventually we travel on to our destination...USCHO, like the internet and jet travel, is a miracle.
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LTsatch said:
No, there is not a better college hockey forum than USCHO.
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Brenthoven said:
This place, along with helping me get into the sport, has introduced me to many a person that have become my friend. While I'm one of the nitpickers, kinda (just gimme smooth operation on weekend nights), for the most part this site is run well, especially considering the resources. Love the passion amongst the runners of the site, the diehard/knowledgable users of the site, and the fact that it can be free if you want it to be.

I'll deal with bumps and bruises, as long as there is no death. I guess that's the simplest way to put it, in my eyes.
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I agree.
 
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Agree with the supporters of this site. It started as a life-line to college hockey for me and continues to be important to me. I also remember calling news agencies and/or sports departments to get scores in the pre-USCHO days. But with the Sioux, all you had to do was ask information for any listing in the city of Grand Forks. Call anybody and they would know how the Sioux had done that night. Total stranger Thelma Sigurdson would know the score and quite possibly be able to name who had scored. If the Gophers lost, she would probably be able to tell you that too and throw it in as a courtesy. On the other hand, if the Sioux lost, she would probably be able to name the ref who screwed us.
 
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burd said:
Agree with the supporters of this site. It started as a life-line to college hockey for me and continues to be important to me. I also remember calling news agencies and/or sports departments to get scores in the pre-USCHO days. But with the Sioux, all you had to do was ask information for any listing in the city of Grand Forks. Call anybody and they would know how the Sioux had done that night. Total stranger Thelma Sigurdson would know the score and quite possibly be able to name who had scored. If the Gophers lost, she would probably be able to tell you that too and throw it in as a courtesy. On the other hand, if the Sioux lost, she would probably be able to name the ref who screwed us.
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My Grand Forks moment came on my first trip there when, at Perkins for breakfast, I heard two waitresses having a nasty, loud argument over the Sioux forecheck strategy from the night before. One was advocating a two man overload on the weakside, the other a classic one-man in the high slot with containment at the points. It was never resolved...That's when you know you're in a hockey town...
 
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Ed Trefzger said:
As far as ads, from what we can see in our advertising stats, Ad Blocker is probably causing us a 10-15 percent hit on revenue. Google AdSense lets you look at the percentage of ads served. That's not to say that 15 percent of users are using Ad Blocker, but that power users are.
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Just wanted to echo Ralph's earlier question - if we re-enable ads in the Extra control panel, does that boost revenue just from the ads displaying? I always thought it was based on click-throughs, but if there's money to be had just for displaying them I'd disable the ad blocker and turn them back on.

Also - does USCHO have any method set up to accept donations? I know for the amount of use I get out of the forum alone I'd be willing to cough up some dough on top of Extra to help keep the site going strong; I assume there are others that would do the same given the option.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
How much of a hit (percentage) do you take from Extra users opting out of ads, or is that what you meant? I'll keep ads if that is a part of the problem.
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No, he's referring to people like me that block all ads, flash, etc. using add-ons to firefox.
 
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I just don't like the new software upgrade. I have never had a problem viewing anything, but this new format sucks, and if it caused the rest of the issues it sucks even more.
 
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