TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

[Crusader Royal]

And HNA wasn’t even the original online forum for RFC fans…. Pioneering !

Name one older?

Think I joined on here around 1993, I was also on the Royalmail mailing list (emails) and the icq chat (messenger service)

Well I don’t need to as you have done it yourself !

[Forbury Lion]

And HNA wasn’t even the original online forum for RFC fans…. Pioneering !

Name one older?

Think I joined on here around 1993, I was also on the Royalmail mailing list (emails) and the icq chat (messenger service)

Well I don’t need to as you have done it yourself !

Do they count as online forums?

[Sutekh]

Are STAR still having weekly updates with NH or has all that stopped now there's some exclusivity?

[Snowflake Royal]

Name one older?

Think I joined on here around 1993, I was also on the Royalmail mailing list (emails) and the icq chat (messenger service)

Well I don’t need to as you have done it yourself !

Do they count as online forums?

No.

[SouthDownsRoyal]

And HNA wasn’t even the original online forum for RFC fans…. Pioneering !

Name one older?

Think I joined on here around 1993, I was also on the Royalmail mailing list (emails) and the icq chat (messenger service)

Well I don’t need to as you have done it yourself !

An email list isn’t an online forum m7

[Crusader Royal]

Name one older?

Think I joined on here around 1993, I was also on the Royalmail mailing list (emails) and the icq chat (messenger service)

Well I don’t need to as you have done it yourself !

An email list isn’t an online forum m7

It’s online and it’s a forum.
Seems conclusive…..

[SouthDownsRoyal]

Well I don’t need to as you have done it yourself !

An email list isn’t an online forum m7

It’s online and it’s a forum.
Seems conclusive…..

An email list is a forum?

[Crusader Royal]

An email list isn’t an online forum m7

It’s online and it’s a forum.
Seems conclusive…..

An email list is a forum?

Of course, you discuss things on it. It’s not as instant as a web thingy but it was all we had in those days.

[dontbedaft]

Yup. Royalmail was great for its time. Graham published one of my posts as a match report and people were truly impressed - "you're on the internet!"

[Snowflake Royal]

It’s online and it’s a forum.
Seems conclusive…..

An email list is a forum?

Of course, you discuss things on it. It’s not as instant as a web thingy but it was all we had in those days.

You're old aren't you.

You're wrong.

[Sutekh]

An email list is a forum?

Of course, you discuss things on it. It’s not as instant as a web thingy but it was all we had in those days.

You're old aren't you.

You're wrong.

It was the forerunner of the message board.

[Snowflake Royal]

Of course, you discuss things on it. It’s not as instant as a web thingy but it was all we had in those days.

You're old aren't you.

You're wrong.

It was the forerunner of the message board.

And the newsletter was the physical forerunner of that, doesn’t make it an online forum.

[Crusader Royal]

An email list is a forum?

Of course, you discuss things on it. It’s not as instant as a web thingy but it was all we had in those days.

You're old aren't you.

You're wrong.

I don’t think I am, but I wasn’t looking for a fight over it !
It was a light hearted throwaway line but it seems some people will argue about anything.
If you don’t agree that is fine, but maybe just let it go. It’s not worth getting excited about.
As for age, yes, I’ve been on earth a few decades. In that time I like to think I’ve developed a fairly easy going nature and some social skills. I hope some of you have long enough lives to do the same.
Have a good day !

[WestYorksRoyal]

Isn't this forum life limited really? Today's teenage virgins are on TikTok and other social media channels I'm not familiar with. Yesterday's teenage virgins are on Twitter. The day before yesterday's on Facebook. And then before that you go back to HNA? and other clubs' message boards.

I'd guess the average age on here is in the 40s and we have next to no members younger than 30.

Anybody who remembers whatever pre dates this must be at least mid 40s.

[Sutekh]

Isn't this forum life limited really? Today's teenage virgins are on TikTok and other social media channels I'm not familiar with. Yesterday's teenage virgins are on Twitter. The day before yesterday's on Facebook. And then before that you go back to HNA? and other clubs' message boards.

I'd guess the average age on here is in the 40s and we have next to no members younger than 30.

Anybody who remembers whatever pre dates this must be at least mid 40s.

Before that it was Annoyed of Tilehurst and Supportive of Bracknell writing to the Evening Post.

[East Grinstead Royal]

And before that is was Areff’s cartoons in the Chronicle.

[Brum Royal]

What about Off at Eleven (OAE)? I vaguely remember that, but not what format it took.

I first signed up to this portal when it was a shade of pale blue and lots of cascading messages down the page like a Windows Explorer tree, with titles of "X" then "Re: X" then "Re: Re: X" then "Re: Re: Re: X" etc

[Mr Angry]

Good to read the above exchanges, as it shows that there is nothing leaking out from the exclusivity process.

We just have to let them get on with it and we will hear any news as and when.

Hopefully the team can perform on the pitch and stay up, as I suspect relegation might cause a re-think from the potential purchasers.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Good to read the above exchanges, as it shows that there is nothing leaking out from the exclusivity process.

We just have to let them get on with it and we will hear any news as and when.

Hopefully the team can perform on the pitch and stay up, as I suspect relegation might cause a re-think from the potential purchasers.

I'd hope that there is something built in re the possibility of relegation and the final price, given when exclusivity was announced we were only 6 points above the drop zone with 2 more games to go than today

[WestYorksRoyal]

Good to read the above exchanges, as it shows that there is nothing leaking out from the exclusivity process.

We just have to let them get on with it and we will hear any news as and when.

Hopefully the team can perform on the pitch and stay up, as I suspect relegation might cause a re-think from the potential purchasers.

I'd hope that there is something built in re the possibility of relegation and the final price, given when exclusivity was announced we were only 6 points above the drop zone with 2 more games to go than today

We're all speculating. But relegation definitely increases the risk of it falling through.