HEHEHE! Nah, the post count doesn't matter, but the title under my name DOES! I'm a Pro Stock Car FREAK and was dying to get that title, ya know?

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I love the new look! Maybe the 'Mater will return to it's former glory!!

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I thought I would reflect now that its been around 24 hours since the change, is that we're able to start fresh with new topics and have a conversation like adults and friends.

I manage some large automotive forums on the net and in the beginning there was one site with a small handful of people, you knew their names and have some sense of comraderie. With growth those numbers have skyrocketed and the comfortable feeling of familiarity has long been gone and it just isn't the same as it used to be.

I liken it to this change where tempers used to flare commonly, the moderators were blamed a lot and the anonymity was all that you saw. This recreation of the site has given the mater a fresh start where only the non-paranoid, dedicated fans and people involved in drag racing can convene to share stories, knowledge and an occasional laugh.

I feel fortunate to be able to get in and experience this new chapter in the mater book.

Jerrod, Shannon and the rest of the staff, If I can ever do anything to help out, please let me know and thank you for providing a great site!

Well, I finally can post, now the only thing left is for me to be able to load my avatar, which...I might add.... I just changed on the 'old' mater 2 days ago! Arrrgh....

Thanks to all who have helped me get up and running. Good luck with the new Mater!

Jackee

Ta da! Life is good!

I like the new format and really hope that there will be a greater number of more intelligent conversations. I used to post occasionally back on the old forum, but like others have said, the topic quickly went awry, and I did more lurking instead. Even speaking to fellow racers and crew, there wasn't a very high opinion of it. I'm confident that will change now and look forward to meeting some of the other members. Just look me up in the Comp pits!

Well, it took me a while - but here I am - a reformed 'mater! Good luck to us all here. And thanks to Jarrod, Shannon & everyone involved for giving this another shot. There's too many great people here to just pull the plug.
As for me, I'm counting down the hours 'till when I walk through the gates at Bandimere Friday morning!

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Hello Everybody! Hey finally made it in. Place looks great!!! Looks like everyone is coming back to the new improved "NitroMater"!

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Thank you Jerrod and Shannon for making the necessary changes.

I really like the new format also let's hope it stays clean.
I checked in every once in a while when I could it got pretty bad that's why I stopped posting it got pretty brutal...
It's great to see Jim back and posting hopefully if what Jerrod is trying works we might see more owners,drivers etc..
Keep up the awesome work Jerrod!

Although I always used my name (and suffered the consequences sometimes) I'm glad there will some accountabilty now for comments made. No more drive-by's!

YEAH, finally in

The place looks great. Look forward to gettin to know y'all

Lighten it up! The current color scheme is dark and gloomy - and extremely hard to read on a laptop screen. Might be fine on a 19-inch desktop, but light gray on black is impossible to see on my laptop's screen.

Text ought to be black on white for easiest readability - the text definitely should be the darker of the two colors used.

The current color scheme looks like something out of Dungeons and Dragons or Doom.

Also, bring back the New Messages button - the only one I can find takes you back to the old board's redirect page.

I like the new format too. Way to go Jerrod and Shannon.

With the real names it's like having to meet a whole new set of people again.

Regardless, I'm glad to be here.

Would you believe that I just started a thread in the Lounge admitting that my ol' peepers were having a great deal of difficulty reading the gray on black printing? (And I have a 21 inch (Imax) monitor. )

I'm pretty sure Shannon has his hands full getting folks back on with the New Mater. Some like the new colors.

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