MotownWebGuy

Still working on the meaning of life... anyone else figured that out yet?

MotownSports.com seems to be DEAD. I sold the site back in June of 2020 and it appears that the new owners have killed it off by forwarding the domain to a gambling website. The recent issues with the forums not working for nearly a month may have been the final blow. That said, I started these forums at the beginning of the year to support my other websites (i.e. MotownTigers.com, MotownLions.com, etc.) so the crew from MTS have started using them as their new forums. Feel free to do the same and please let anyone you know from the old site that this place is here.

Long story short... I sold MotownSports.com in June of 2020. After over a year of new ownership, the current owner appears to have closed the site and redirected it elsewhere. Their lack of attention to recent issues with the forums may have been the final nail in the coffin for the site... As many know, the site was not working correctly for nearly a month and during that time many people moved on. With limited traffic to the site once the forums issues were resolved last week, I guess the decision to pull the plug on the website was an easy one. Glad you found many of the users now posting here. If you know of any other lost members, please direct them here.

Found it! In the top header under the site logo, hover over the word "Activity." In the menu of options that pops up when hovering over that word, look for the option titled "Search." When you click that and go to the search page, you can do a member search. https://www.motownforums.com/search/

Not intentional, so maybe an oversight? I wasn't aware that a member list wasn't an option here or that one was an option on the other site. Obviously I can't go back there now to see what I had setup on that site... I'll check the settings here and see if what can be done.

Yeah, not what I had hoped would happen... I knew it was always a possibility that it could go that route, but I was holding out wishing for something better to come from it. They seemed to put some money into it at first (hiring writers to produce blog content), but then I guess they decided it wasn't worth the investment. The forums crashing over and over and their lack of attention to it was just the final blows. In the end, I guess they decided it was easier to just redirect it elsewhere and try and cash in on the remaining traffic and SEO.

The old forum is gone... replaced by a gambling website.

Well, MotownSports.com appears to be done... Site redirected to gambling information.

When I installed this software at MTS years ago, I probably tweaked the edit settings to not include a visible notice of editing. When I setup this forum, I left most of the default settings in place… Personally it’s probably best to have the edit notice displayed so people can’t as easily go back later and change their story without others knowing. Settings can always be altered, but I don’t see the real issue with this one. So you edit your post, big deal… I edit mine often due to typos, including this one. 🤪

I just finished cleaning up a bunch of the topical threads on MTS. I didn’t delete the earlier ones you referenced (I assume the admin did since he appears to have logged in), but I cleaned up the majority that remained. They were fun to read while the site was not operating correctly for a month, but now that it is back up and running, I wanted to clean up the “graffiti”. Wether you post there again or not, there’s too much history there to leave it trashed.

Correct, I do not have admin access at MotownSports anymore… I just have moderator access.

Considering the Admin account last visited the site on August 2nd, it appears the site issues may have worked themselves out...

Time to kick off another Lions game thread. This week the mighty Lions take on the alley cats from Cincinnati. Who will win this exciting matchup?

Limb was under a lot of pressure with all the others on it...

Another game, another... Let's talk about the game against the Vikings this Sunday, October 10th!

I sold MotownSports in June of 2020 after 20 years of ownership. The new owner has apparently stopped paying attention to the site and forums, which are malfunctioning. These forums were setup early in 2021 to support my other websites, such as MotownPistons.com. Users from MotownSports have found there way over here during the most recent malfunction at MTS and have begun to use these forums. Glad you finally stopped by Betrayer!

I found the Pistons to be very fun to watch last year despite their final record. They were in most games until the end and the players on the floor were busting their butts night after night... Most seemed like they had something to prove after being given up on from other teams. Reminded me of the early 2000's before the Pistons took off and won a championship. I do find it quite amusing that many predictions I have seen for this season have the Pistons only winning a couple more games (23 to 25 wins) then they did last year (record in 2020 was 20-52). Sure these predictions show improvement, but the Pistons record last year was with a shortened season (72 games)... so I would think they could do better and top 30 wins this season with an 82 games schedule.

I'd like to get Betrayer over here... Have not seen him yet and have reached out to him. Our Pistons forum needs some action.

Game Thread Who's going to win this big NFC North matchup?

At the time Tiger Stadium closed, I was working as an employee of the company who held the contrat to run the Tigers website. I have two fond memories from the final game at Tiger Stadium, which I got to spend in the press box: The reaction of the folks in the press box when Robert Fick drilled his HR... Typically the working press showed no favoritism during a game and cheering was frowned upon. That all changed when Fick hit that homer as everyone seemed to burst out and cheer. I don't think anyone cared at that moment! The final game also brought out some celebrities, the most exciting to me was Tom Wopat. Yes, Luke Duke from the Dukes of Hazzard... I grew up watching that show in the late 70's early 80's, so sad to say that was a pretty cool moment for me. Too bad Daisy wasn't with him...

I believe it. In order to gain access, the admin needed to approve your account registration. Unfortunately, they do not seem to be paying much attention to the site these days, therefore you and others were stuck waiting…

My view from the upper deck!

Me too! Second game of the season...