Well, you've seen me over on the JBL too. Different avatar.
I'm fine with the forum being so slow, but I just want to see more people post pics and stuff. I admit, I dont' comment on every pic nor do I vote. There IS a voting option. 5 blocks; from excellent to poor. As much of a punk that knowitalljoe was, he did bring up decent criticisms at times, it was just that his lack of tact (and then his offensive nature, 2nd round) got him banned. There is nothing wrong with pointing out that the weirdness of NiteVipers running around in broad daylight with their nitevision on or Quick Kick running around shirtless in the arctic. But to push your Joeverse onto someone else and say it's not appropriate to post, that's bull.
The best photos posted are the ones that can tell a story in 1 shot. Or it gets our imaginations going. Sure, we all do test shots and what not, but taking a pic for pics sake and not caring if it's in focus or even caring about your work, I'm not a big fan of that. I dont' expect everyone to have works that look like Helljesters, Luke or Fred (T. Dragon's) but it's nice to see a tiny bit of effort in there. That's just me.
And believe me Cheznit, I remember talking to one person who thought their stuff wasn't up to par. I told them to post. And they did and shoot, it was better than the half the stuff I was doing. lol.