sdandrea1 This forum ROCKS!! Well, almost................well, not yet.................well one day, maybe. Keep posting, gang,

I agree and the reason why I started this thread. I hope this forum will grow and not die off like the "New FGI" that never gained traction because a lack of some basic features like email and swap shop. If the current format is what it will always be that is fine and I appreciate Justin giving us this format. It was just my hope that maybe a few tweaks with more bells and whistles would attract more members and get it on track to be more like the original FGI. BTW I still have my FGI round towel that was a perk for the FGI Premium Membership sign up.

    I'd like to see a category for 'Golf Course Reviews'. I travel for business/pleasure and get the opportunity to play golf with friends and clients. I could 'prime the pump' with several recent reviews to get it started and believe it would be helpful to anyone visiting the area on their future trips so the information doesn't get lost in the Clubhouse.

    The old FGI is like that first girl who taught you how to copulate.

    She was great but there's a reason she's no longer with you. And she's not coming back.

    Let's see how this place does when the cold/snowy weather guys start golfing less.....that'll be the test!
    Golfbuzz beats the hell out of WRX,I get a virus almost every time I go there for any extended period of time.
    Plus this format is way more user friendly than the "new" FGI ever was and doesn't seem to crash either.

    I spent two years in London, in 2012 joined a "prestigious" club with two great golf courses, well maintained. I ended my membership 4 months within having joined, $5000 flushed down the toilet. Spent 3 months not playing golf over the winter, then joined a more traditional golf club that April, ho-hum layout, so-so conditions. I absolutely loved it.

    The difference? The people I met and the friends I made.

    You can have all the bells and whistles, but if you don't have good people to share the experience with? You might as well spend the rest of your life hitting balls on the range.

    PA you are so right. I have four other forums I visit and two of them I have been dropping in on for over ten years. However none of them do I really feel like I am comfortable while there FGI was the one that I felt like it was just home. Still waiting for GolfBuzz to feel the same way. It is better than the others, but not back to the comfort level of FGI so far. Not knocking it just saying what I feel right now.

    sdandrea1 Members make the forum, not the software.

    Better software attracts more members.

        Rickochet

        But why would it really? The same people who were on FGI as it was dying on the vine moved over here, minus some who didn't make the move, so there's actually less people on here. We might've picked up a few new people but probably not many.
        This is still a decent place, imo. We might just have to get used to less participation, as in golf in general.

          A lot of lurking, hopefully those will participate when they feel more comfortable .

          Really is the members and the atmosphere which attracts participation, Software ? As long as it provide adequate avenues for communication, which could be added on a little bit at a time.

          P.M. and email is convenient to hide sensible information from all that could get online, however, it would minimize the "participation". I believe these features will be available once we have participation.

          Rickochet Better software attracts more members.

          I completely agree with this. I check in here daily to see what is going on but tend to spend more time these days at MGS or WRX

            Hoss7504 My only wish is that there was a more active Swap Shop.

            Me too. I have to do all my ho-ing at GlobalGolf and eBay and PIAS. C'Mon guys!

            I, for one, am happy to see that the members of FGI who made the transition here seem to be reasonable adults who can have a discussion without slinging insults, hate, discontent, spooge, mung and drool.

                A lot of forums software/interface were set up the same and I find it easy to navigate....FGi used to have it, Incepta.ca, Golf Discussions had it....

                I think coming in to this site new, u just use the software. It's the change...the drastic change that can do the forum in.

                I too would like to see a more active swap shop...maybe it'll just come. Pm function is a must. Love how easy it is to post pics.

                Sparky I like it because I can sit here in my underwear and talk to you guys comfortably. If I do that on GOLFWRX, I always feel like someone creepy is watching me.

                That's because someone creepy probably IS watching you.................and rest assured - he might be a lurking pervert, but he hits his driver 290 down the middle every time. 😉

                  sdandrea1 I, for one, am happy to see that the members of FGI who made the transition here seem to be reasonable adults who can have a discussion without slinging insults, hate, discontent, spooge, mung and drool.

                  Yer full o' shit, Steve. And I don't like the fact that you are not posting those crappy club buys, from elsewhere, for sale on here, when you realize you bought crap. You aren't helping things 1 bit.

                  Ahh, never mind. Wrong forum.

                      Par4QC Yer full o' shit, Steve. And I don't like the fact that you are not posting those crappy club buys, from elsewhere, for sale on here, when you realize you bought crap. You aren't helping things 1 bit.

                      Ahh, never mind. Wrong forum.

                      Sounds more like spuzz................................ 😃