[theswag]

here i am at 2:30 in the morning. Watching House of 1000 Corpses. im so tired i cant sleep.

Ive had some questions ever since ive joined BGR.

--What does "Sticky" on a post mean?
--How much did it cost for QQ to bring us the joy that is BGR?
--How much time did it take to get BGR up and running?

im so bored... so far i am ranked as a 7.3 on HotorNot.com.

My ICQ number is 224085976..... anyone wanna add me?

i have really found a few new friends since ive joined BGR. They are as Follows: Godfather, BCF4L, Cali, CTD, QQ, BGG, BP, 4Leaf, 15thRegionCrazy, Basketballer, and a few others i forgot in my sleepless state.

What are some of your guilty pleasures? mine are waking up early in the morning, pillaging the fridge, eating whatever was left from the night before's pizza run, then sitting down and watching whatever is on TV at the time.

Im gonna try to go to sleep everyone. im the only one on here this late at night. it is lonely.

Byes.

---Swag

[CNN]

I'm up...

[Beef]

Well...I was in the same state last night but I ended up going to bed at 2 because I was so bored...

--"Sticky"--means that a thread is important and it will always remain at the top of the list even if it wasn't the ;ast one posted in.

--Cost--Not sure what all you include in this, but I know that QQ has spent A LOT of money!

--Time--Where to start? Let's just say...many, many, MANY hours have been put into BGR and many more still to come. Hundereds if I was to guess 8)

[BelfryPride]

QQ is da man..........

[imported_imported_torQQue]

--How much did it cost for QQ to bring us the joy that is BGR?
--How much time did it take to get BGR up and running?

To tell you the truth swag. It didnt take long to get it running at all. I dont pay for any software. All of the software on BGR is GPL.. Opensource. Meaning its free to use and free to change. BUt if money were time.. Then I would have alot tied up in the website. I dont want to take all the credit for getting the website to this point. Alot the BGR staff and its members have help to guide me on what the site needed.

Now BGR didnt look like this in the early stages. Plus I had a lot of problems server related. I was hosting the site on my wifes webspace.. We got so much traffic that it was exceeding her monthly bandwidth in less than 2 days. I had to upgrade to a better server. Which is the only real cost right now to keep BGR up and running. BGR will never be cluttered with unwanted popup ads. I only use the google ads to cover the web hosting cost. Now we still dont have the greatest server. We have plenty of bandwidth to spare. But its slow compared to expensive servers and the downtown is barely acceptable.

But during football season I will be moving BGR to a new server. Its gonna cost alot more.. But the increase in page views will weigh out the cost come football season.

Now my goal is to get some local adervertising on here. The money from the local advertising will all be filtered back into the site. Better servers, more features...etc..

You got to remember that BGR is less than 6 months old. While BGP has been around for 5 years now. We surpassed them long ago in traffic ranking. During the summer they are a little more steady than us. This only due to the large fanbase they built in 5 years. Im not here to drive BGP out of business. Thats not the case at all. I set this site up to give people of the mountains thier own voice. Competition is a good thing..


Like Beef said it has took 100s of hours to get it to this point. But I enjoying doing stuff for people. Its just the way I am. Even over at BGP i was always making people nicer avatars and stuff like that.

I'm not in this for the money at all. I do it for the community, love of sports.. and just to making new friends....I dont feel anyone should pay to talk. Speech suppose to be free. Hence freedom of speech. Also this site is a tremendous learning experience for me.

Now BGR has seen many many changes. Ive continually added upgrades and code to make this site what it is. I will strive to make it better and better.

If this site ever reaches a point were it brings in lots of money. I would pay the staff for thier time and efforts as well..

[BelfryPride]

Like I told ya the other night QQ, I just appreciate all the time you have put into the site and for giving us a new place to be.Thanks for all your hard work....Its really appreciated. :?: :?: :?: :!: :!: :!: 8)

[theswag]

Had i not have found this site, i would be so lost during my off time from school.

I just want to thank QQ for bringing us the joy of BGR.

[thetribe]

yea QQ i too appreciate all the hard work and dedicated that you have put into this site. it gives me something to do besides chat with friends on the net. i have met new people here and hopefully many friendships will be formed. thanks QQ! you da man! lol

[Basketballer]

This site is great QQ, and you have worked so hard to make it what it is, and I thank you for that

[crazytaxidriver]

QQ will you have my baby 8)

[imported_imported_torQQue]

QQ will you have my baby 8)

:?

[crazytaxidriver]

Hahaha.. well shit... :x

[thetribe]

lol

ctd BGG might also disagree with that, shes been there and done that. TWICE! lol

thanks again QQ

[BelfryPride]

QQ will you have my baby 8)

Kinda But, Really Really Cap_PDT_0: Cap_PDT_0:

[BCF4L]

I'll have it CTD. I've been wanting one for a while now.

[crazytaxidriver]

YOu are to spontaneous BCF4L.. How do i know you will stick around to raise it.. I haven't seen you in months..