no, I was actually just curious if there was an actual law considering it was being done under a brand (Von Piros) alot of times there are laws but the norm prevails otherwise......looks like there are actually laws in WA....
my reaction was to all that immediately jumped on the "negative" train and fired shots....so I just gave some food for thought in return, responding to those that were aiming for me
I know im preaching to the converted (as in your just having a dig like the rest) dig away. ill stand my ground....
so while we are at it think about this also.....
this being a SUP sub-forum, where even a topic about a sup board got moved, yet there is nothing in this thread regarding SUP........
others have been banished for "pimping" their goods....
and now we get to pay for these "high quality" shots because Piros got offended that someone on a public forum didnt agree with his ethos
So over this thread, but here goes.....
Look mate, maybe the word 'wanker' was a little strong so apologies for the name calling - I usually refrain from that, maybe i was having bad day. This is all a bit like when you say something stupid to ya misses and she keeps banging on about it.
I do have some comments regarding some of your (and others) views re 'pimping', self promotion, clickiness, cheerleading, etc on these forums - as there seems to be a few people who feel that way.
My personal view - and I was a complete newbie this time 2 years ago - was the forum was a great source of info (and still is). Whether that comes from someone trying to flog their customs by putting up a vid, or help their sponsor by putting up pics/vids, or someone showing their favourite brand off, or the paddle they did on the river - it's all good I reckon. Would be a very boring forum without these crew imo.
Same goes for the people who offer a different point of view, or like to disagree with everything, fark who cares it just a bloody forum and I think it was Makaha who said it, 'it's better than telly' - it's all good.
The only stuff that sh#ts me is when negative comments appear that might discourage said contributions mentioned above. This is probably why I 'bit' on the thing about Rob's photos (even though rightly so, people ARE entitled to their opinion).
I know of some examples where people have stopped contributing because of these sorts of comments. Personally I couldn't give a rats and will continue to bang on and put pics/vids up and so on. Even DJ cops it from time to time and he is a massive contributor.
As far as the so called 'clickiness' well I reckon that's just bull and is more a case of the fact that quite a few people on here have gotten to know the other crew either personally or simply through contributing regularly to the forum - get over it. The longer term users would know that anyways.
Rant over, have a nice day
