The RDS Testsite® is a FAILURE

[rikki_rakko]

People, it takes a big person to admit such a thing, but heaven help me if it isn't true -- this message board is a failure. A big fat failure.

This testsite® was created four years ago to be a wonderful forum in which fans and professionals alike could meet, interact and discuss the medium that we all love -- animation. Instead, it's a train wreck. And not one of those run-of-the-mill train wrecks like that one in Glendale a few years ago when the drunk guy parked his stupid SUV on the metro rail tracks and killed all those people -- no I'm talking about an honest-to-God, "Greatest Show On Earth" circus train wreck.

Why? Will we ever really know why? Well, maybe we will know why someday. Maybe we already do know why. Here's why:

It would be easy to assign "blame" here. Cochino Muerto, Jesus H Christ, Albert Calleros, all of these folks are worthy of "blame". And the deadbeat "members" who never posted ANYTHING, they too are "blameworthy". But I think it goes deeper than that. "Deep," as our Canadian humorist friend Stuart Mclean would say, "like a splinter off the wood seat of a backyard swing"-deep.

I blame myself.

What was I thinking? Nobody gives a damn about animation! Cartoons are for babies, for christs sake!

Brad Bird, your movies are entertaining little babies! No straight thinking adult cares about a rat chef! Sorry dude, but it's true. Oh, and good luck on your big "grown-up" movie...because like this website, it will bomb. Huge! You better pray to Almighty God Above that there's a shortage of baby-sitters on the night that it opens, because the only ones enjoying your "opus" will be the babies who were dragged along by their stupid parents to the movies because they couldn't get a sitter (due to that baby-sitter shortage I spoke of earlier)!!!

John K, I hate Bob Clampett. I like his work, but you, my friend, taught me to hate the guy. If he really put as much "genius-power" into every frame of his work as you claim, the man wouldn't have enough brain-energy left to tell his heart to beat! All for the sake of entertaining babies?! That, to me, is the definition of an idiot, NOT a genius. Is it any wonder he's dead today?

Yep, animators, we're working to entertain babies. And babies don't visit message boards -- especially the retarded ones being entertained by Film Roman. That's why this thing failed.

If you really want to reach smart, intelligent adults, then porn is the way to go. Men will blog FOREVER about big breasts, and all women secretly want to (but don't ever expect them to admit it.)

My $0.02

So says the rik. kee

[Coach Bagge]

The only baby around here is you, rakko. So stop yer boo-hooing and jump onboard for the big win! Remember , there is no "baby" in "team". However, a team of babies would be pretty god-damned cute. NOW TAKE A LAP, PINHEAD!

[Cochino Muerte]

Dear Rik,

I do think that you were onto something when you blamed Brad Bird and John K for the failure of this message board. But I think that you are forgetting John Lasseter and those @ssholes over at DIC animation. THE MESSAGE BOARD CAN BE A SUCCESS, but we first have to "eliminate" or "retire" all the people that still work for DIC.

-Cochino

p.s. IT'S GETTIN HOT IN HEEEERRRE!

[rikki_rakko]

Cochino-

Thank you, brutha, for your proverbial breath of fresh air. After running cold for a while now, it's about time someone brought a little heat to this meat locker of a message board. "Getting hot in heeeerrre" is exactly what this testsite needs. You nailed it again, friend.

And DIC, you heard the man. Consider yourself put on warning.

[jesushchrist]

You need more tits around here.
Yep, definitely not enough of the sweet boobs.

[chili-size]

Test Site = Failure

When Albert doesn't clean out all this spam!

[homerjay]

Fun toys are fun!