Why this forum?
SleevePlz
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Hey everyone, I have a quick (maybe long) question to present to each of you. Why did you choose to participate in this cigar forum instead of some of the other forums? Feel free to elaborate on how you found it, what you liked/disliked about this or other forums, what made this one stick, do you participate in other cigar forums, whatever you want to share. I would love to hear some of your thoughts. I'll go first.
Personally, I found this place while Googling cigar reviews. I was newer to cigars at the time. I had never previously participated in any other online forum really. I read a bunch of stuff here and liked the atmosphere overall. I searched a bunch of other cigar forums and most had a much more elitist feel to them. This place felt much more accepting of new cigar smokers.
One day after posting my newbie intro, Todd (bandyt09) decided to send me a welcome bomb. I still remember opening that first package and just being in awe that someone would do such a thing. I can honestly say that that singular gesture inspired me to send out every bomb I sent last year.
While I may post and bomb a little less nowadays, I still find this place to be my cigar home online. I'm a member in three other forums currently, but I don't think I will ever find again what I have found here. Thanks to all of you that make this place what it is and will continue to be.
To those that notice that I post this sappy crap every couple months, I apologize.
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Why is this home? Because of guys like you, Jiunn, BigT, RCY, Bear, Mikey, Kid, etc.... It's weird...but this place is full of good karma and amazing human beings. Many occasions here have reinstated my faith in humanity. Funny...I was just tellig Jiunn, I may have landed an amazing job while herfing at the cigar shop. That would've never happened had I never got hooked because of this place. I'm forever in debt...in more ways then one lol
I cannot mention few names because overall members are very nice, kind and very welcoming at this place. Somehow both the CCom members and myself became same identity. Is there any perfect forum on earth? Why worry so much when I can really enjoy my time with such a nice group of people?
now, what I liked about this one over all the rest? A lot of those other sites were so stuck up. They didn't like newbies. If you asked a question they would berate a person and tell them to use the search and never start a new thread unless that question was never asked before. You had those people on other sites that were spelling or grammar ***. It was a real turn off for me.
Here though was different. Everyone was kinda like family. Everyone was nice to a newb and wouldn't crusify you if you did/said/typed something wrong.
Plus, with less than 50 posts Sniper and Bandy beat the hell out of me for my first two bombs. They really showed me how it was done and how to treat new guys along with those that built this community. That is why I won't leave this place. I might not post that much, just not my thing. I might now ask for all of my bombs/throw outs be made public. I might not have the knowledge of cigars that some of you do, but I ain't (come and get me grammar nazi's!) leaving. I love this place!!
Rob
Where to start?
Many years ago, I was a member of several cigar forums.
Most of them were not the type of people I would normally associate with, so my visits to them were pretty infrequent.
I was fairly active at CI (I joined that forum in July 2003, if that gives you any idea) for some time until it got to the point where I felt that it was no longer productive for me to frequent it. There were people there at that time that were pushy, snobbish and rude.
The 2 cigar forums that I did visit a lot, Torano's (many years as a Toranosaur) forum and another, were closing down.
It wasn't until making several purchases from Ccom, that I discovered that it had a forum.
After several months of lurking, I started making posts.
Normally, I will make a post or two and see what kind of reaction I get, then ease into a few more posts after a while.
This forum felt comfortable as far as the people go.
That said, I don't think that will be the case with this forum, even though I'm new. First, the cigar world is ever changing, as am I; as are my tastes. Second, this is just a great group. You're generous, welcoming, funny, and helpful. I've really enjoyed my time on here, from discussing smokes to looking at what bomb exploded in someones mailbox to getting to know some pretty cool people.
I settled on this forum for these reasons. Sure, I looked at other forums, but some of them just rubbed me the wrong way. And there is one reason that has nothing to do with you guys...it's the association with ccom. As a noob, they were more welcoming and accessible than some other retailers, and their site wasn't too godawful with its self-hype as some are. I'd rather frequent this forum and be able to easily switch to shopping from the merchant I want when someone mentions something I just have to try.
But mostly it's all of you. Keep 'em lit, BOTLs.
+1 And I'm new here, but I feel it.
I've tried a couple other forums, but either they are snotty or ill attended or whatever -- just don't have the appeal.
I musty check this one like forty times a day.