I don't visit there much anymore but I checked in today and the most recent post I can find is from September 9th. When I'd checked in a month or so ago there were regular postings at that time.
Alan
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What's up at myccr.com?
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I tried it earlier this morning and wasn’t able to login?
Out of curiosity, I tried to post to the general discussion forum in ccr, but couldn't. I just got a message "no post mode specified". So I assume there is some technical issue going on. I can access the forums and see all the posts that are there, but there are none from the last 16 days.
wjmc
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Ya, I wasn't able to do anything on the site, must be some kind of technical difficulties going on.
I've been in contact with the CCR web guy. The forums had a meltdown on the 9th. It seems the rest of the site is working fine and you can still access the forums just not create any new threads or post to existing ones. He did not give me any specific eta just assured me that they are working on a fix.
I'm not too surprised, the forum software they are using is old, really old in tech terms. More than a few times I have considered suggesting to them to switch to the system used here or at least some sort of forum software that is a little bit modern. Even before this outage the use of that board has dwindled due to this outdated software (at least partially).
There has been almost no updates to the site since the Wilderness Canoe Association took over from the original creator in 2007.
I'm not too surprised, the forum software they are using is old, really old in tech terms. More than a few times I have considered suggesting to them to switch to the system used here or at least some sort of forum software that is a little bit modern. Even before this outage the use of that board has dwindled due to this outdated software (at least partially).
There has been almost no updates to the site since the Wilderness Canoe Association took over from the original creator in 2007.
For those of us who have been around for a while, the evolution (devolution?) of myccr has been an interesting spectacle. It was the very first canoe forum I joined, I think around 1999, and it was a very exciting time for me. I learned lots about new equipment options, met many excellent people, and had a few "interesting" canoe trips that resulted from those contacts.
The original owner, Richard Munn, was very helpful for our school club, I used to order box loads of freeze dried food from him for our 14 days trips. Richard kind of went AWOL after a while, and the board descended into an unmoderated nightmare. A few choice oppositional type characters continuously kept people in internet angst with their fractious posts, and for a while, it looked like myccr was headed for the dust bin.
I can't remember when it happened, but suddenly there was a new sheriff in town, who took moderation very seriously. Myccr went for the Wild West to Sunday School manners overnight. I knew that moderation was needed, but it became so strict that I eventually left. Someone had posted one of those endless Algonquin Park threads about people stealing their prebooked campsites. The usual reactions were given, like "my goodness, I hope you reported them to the park officials". I suggested that they should have let their inner pirate out, and raided the offending campers late at night, drinking all their booze and impregnating their women and then silently sneaking off in the sunrise. I thought it was pretty funny, but my post was immediately removed and I got a PM from the moderator condemning me for promoting "Rape Culture" and a bunch of other ultra PC crap.
Fortunately, around the same time, or maybe a year or two after, I found this site. I think I was steered here from the old wintertrekking site, and the solo canoe site that was associated from it. I found out that folks could still take a joke here, and it has been a fun ride since. The early days with Robin at the helm hold some of my most cherished memories, Rippy's knife contest, the Plaid Prancer episodes, the many first rate best ever trip reports. We are fortunate that Glenn had the foresight to update the software and keep the place going. In my opinion, it is the best canoe forum on the web.
I still pop by myccr about once every three months or so, sometimes I will receive a PM from someone looking for info on one of our canoe routes, but the ancient quirky software makes things like PM's difficult, and the whole internet experience is sub standard. It's unfortunate as there is a wealth of info on that site, it's just really hard to access.
Anyway, enough rambling, I hope they solve their issues, and maybe take this as an indicator that they need to upgrade in order to remain viable.
The original owner, Richard Munn, was very helpful for our school club, I used to order box loads of freeze dried food from him for our 14 days trips. Richard kind of went AWOL after a while, and the board descended into an unmoderated nightmare. A few choice oppositional type characters continuously kept people in internet angst with their fractious posts, and for a while, it looked like myccr was headed for the dust bin.
I can't remember when it happened, but suddenly there was a new sheriff in town, who took moderation very seriously. Myccr went for the Wild West to Sunday School manners overnight. I knew that moderation was needed, but it became so strict that I eventually left. Someone had posted one of those endless Algonquin Park threads about people stealing their prebooked campsites. The usual reactions were given, like "my goodness, I hope you reported them to the park officials". I suggested that they should have let their inner pirate out, and raided the offending campers late at night, drinking all their booze and impregnating their women and then silently sneaking off in the sunrise. I thought it was pretty funny, but my post was immediately removed and I got a PM from the moderator condemning me for promoting "Rape Culture" and a bunch of other ultra PC crap.
Fortunately, around the same time, or maybe a year or two after, I found this site. I think I was steered here from the old wintertrekking site, and the solo canoe site that was associated from it. I found out that folks could still take a joke here, and it has been a fun ride since. The early days with Robin at the helm hold some of my most cherished memories, Rippy's knife contest, the Plaid Prancer episodes, the many first rate best ever trip reports. We are fortunate that Glenn had the foresight to update the software and keep the place going. In my opinion, it is the best canoe forum on the web.
I still pop by myccr about once every three months or so, sometimes I will receive a PM from someone looking for info on one of our canoe routes, but the ancient quirky software makes things like PM's difficult, and the whole internet experience is sub standard. It's unfortunate as there is a wealth of info on that site, it's just really hard to access.
Anyway, enough rambling, I hope they solve their issues, and maybe take this as an indicator that they need to upgrade in order to remain viable.
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