All is not right with FRED

Anyone familiar with Quickstop Entertainment dot com now most likely know that it is no more.  Kevin Smith recently pulled out of it and handed the reigns over to long time Editor-in-Chief Ken Plume, who has gone on to rename the site, FRED (catchy right?).  Nothing much is gonna change, except now without SModcast, the site's major source of traffic is gone. 

Ever since the change there's been concerns expressed by regulars on the forums.  With the new change comes new rules for the forums, trying to make it more accessible for newcomers as a way to draw in more people.  A few of the regulars are concerned that this could essentially mean the end of the tight-knit community the forums have become over the past seven years.

I just want to say to everyone concerned right now to calm down.  Just because there are a few new rules doesn't mean the end.  Just because we'll be getting newcomers doesn't mean the social club will be destroyed. Over on the Adult Swim message boards we're getting new members every few days.  It's a constantly growing community.  Yet there are still groups of regulars who still socialize like normal.  Yeah there are douchebags, but they come and go.  The old guard still stands strong.

Look, from the short time I've been on the former QSE boards, I've seen that everyone there is close, real close, like a family.  If they're concerned about newbies coming in and fucking up the way things work there, they shouldn't be.  So many new people have come by and became great regulars.  Any trolls that wander by will get beat with ban stick, and now we'll get less people registering just to talk to Kevin Smith and wanna avoid paying the fee to join viewaskew.  Nothing has to change if you don't want it to.

The only major change in the site is the name now.  Everyone will still be there, the old guard will still stand.  The cool newbies will be weeded out from the trolls and spamers, and the sun will still rise in the morning.  Just relax and go with the flow.  And if things do go bad, I'll provide the pitchforks and torches.


Not the End