AVS closes HDM forums because of BS

[ryoohki]

It's about dawn time... the HD section on AVS Forum was i mess, and rumours started by it's 'Source' really hit the forum credibility.

I hope they return with full MOD next time. They need full time, Neutral MOD working around the clock otherwise it will become the same... again and again.

[Anthony P]

well I hope this is a good sign and that they are seriously cleaning up

[richard lichtenfelt]

The 14 days method seems wise. We had one guy on here a few days ago that racked up 250 posts in about 24hrs.

[aristotles]

Originally Posted by The Shrike

Are you kidding? Easy, boy.

I'm serious. Did you see how some of the HD DVD accolytes treated Richard J. Casey Executive Producer R&B Films, Ltd concerning Nature's Journey? What about how they treated Penton Man over there?

Many of the attackers of Richard were known staff of AVS.

[Sling]

SNAP I knew there was a reason for my bad posting mood tonight....AVS over flow coming in lol lol.
Mods be Strong.(X-AVS HD-DUD) members are sneaky.

[Rike255]

Wow threats and police investigations? I like my format, but some of these people are just a "little" excessive. They need to get counselling and quick. It's just a format war. Even if my Blu-Ray did lose, I'd be disappointed but I think I'd be ok.
I'm afraid the suicide rate may double or more when one or the other is declared a winner...

[SavagePotato]

Rabid HDDVD fans seem unlikely to pick the most blu ray centric forum going to try to troll. It's counter productive to getting that false sense of security that comes from hanging out with other craven cuthroat fanatics in an environment dominated by them.

They can always head over to dailytech, great place for some HDDVD patting on the back.

[SavagePotato]

I would love to see the reaction in the police station to "you have to investigate the avs forum!! they are lying about my format!! flaven!!"

[tron3]

Welcome new members?

[The Shrike]

Originally Posted by aristotles

I'm serious. Did you see how some of the HD DVD accolytes treated Richard J. Casey Executive Producer R&B Films, Ltd concerning Nature's Journey? What about how they treated Penton Man over there?

Many of the attackers of Richard were known staff of AVS.

I doubt any of that could possibly be illegal.

[Rob Zuber]

How precious. The announcement says:

First, AVS Forum as a site and a company that is NEUTRAL on the format war.

then later on desperately tries to explain why their forums drown in HD-DVD propaganda:

For those of you who think we are all HD DVD, this is NOT our doing and NOT the case. Remember, AVS Forum is known in the industry as the site for the early adopters. As such, the first one out of the gate would look to have more support than any other based on the early units and posts here on the site. It is catchy and thus starts to stick.

What a lame argument! More BDs have sold than HD-DVDs all year long so why would the majority be HD-DVD? Could it be that all the BD people left?

They just don't want to admit that turning their forums over to lying Microsoft shills was a really bad idea. It's time they apologize for it.

[supersix4]

Meh I just went to find out about hd stuff and to cross check deals exc. never looked at the fourm side ... thats funny tho from the clips I've read here about what goes on there

[The Shrike]

Originally Posted by SavagePotato

I would love to see the reaction in the police station to "you have to investigate the avs forum!! they are lying about my format!! flaven!!"

HA! "Don't worry sir. We already have our best man undercover."

[SNAP]

LOL...........Then all is forgiven.

Originally Posted by Sling

SNAP I knew there was a reason for my bad posting mood tonight....AVS over flow coming in lol lol.
Mods be Strong.(X-AVS HD-DUD) members are sneaky.

[aristotles]

Originally Posted by The Shrike

I doubt any of that could possibly be illegal.

I'm not talking about illegality. Suing for libel is a civil, not criminal matter. When one company sues another company for libel it is because they are claiming that their company or employees were misrepresented by statements of the other company. If an employee of AVS deliberately misrepresented the product or words of the employee of a movie studio, they could be sued for libel.

Libel is a serious issue and false information could potentially damage the reputation of a company.

[BTBuck1]

they should just shut it down permanently, no need for talk of formats there, they only wanna talk HDDVD.

[Sling]

Originally Posted by Rob Zuber

How precious. The announcement says:
then later on desperately tries to explain why their forums drown in HD-DVD propaganda:
What a lame argument! More BDs have sold than HD-DVDs all year long so why would the majority be HD-DVD? Could it be that all the BD people left?

They just don't want to admit that turning their forums over to lying Microsoft shills was a really bad idea. It's time they apologize for it.

Heck man AVS Writers were downing Blu with blu sales increasing more and more.

[BStecke]

Originally Posted by aristotles

I'm not talking about illegality. Suing for liable is a civil, not criminal matter. When one company sues another company for liable it is because they are claiming that their company or employees were misrepresented by statements of the other company. If an employee of AVS deliberately misrepresented the product or words of the employee of a music studio, they could be sued for liable.

Liable is a serious issue and false information could potentially damage the reputation of a company.

Just so you know, it's libel. "Liable" means legal responsibility.

[oXweebleXo]

well if it gets real bad they can always close the forums and then make it a invite only.

[The Shrike]

Originally Posted by aristotles

I'm not talking about illegality. Suing for libel is a civil, not criminal matter. When one company sues another company for libel it is because they are claiming that their company or employees were misrepresented by statements of the other company. If an employee of AVS deliberately misrepresented the product or words of the employee of a movie studio, they could be sued for libel.

Libel is a serious issue and false information could potentially damage the reputation of a company.

I'll try not to be offended here. I'm not an idiot. I know what libel is. It is a fanboy wet dream to think anything like that happened.