So when are RCC changes coming?

[durok]

MUCH appreciation for the spammer being blocked, thanks!

I agree that 1:1 and 1/10th bumper stickers for RCCrawler.com would be sweet - though I think someone carries the 1/10th size, I have a couple.

Long time ago I thought matching sticker sets with the 1:1 saying "My other truck is 1/10th scale" and the 1/10th saying "My other truck is 1:1 scale" would be nifty, but I may have been drunk.

(I don't drink anymore)

(even before that I thought "My other truck is Nitro-powered" was a cool sticker idea, but I haven't ran nitro in eons...)

I have tried to keep myself at paid-member status the whole time I've been here, every little bit helps!

[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by smog

While it’s nice to have SBG out there as an option. I have always viewed it as a place more geared towards scratch building and ‘true to scale’ builds. While I appreciate all that is happening over there and could perhaps see myself taking the hobby in that direction down the road, it doesn’t feel like the place for me currently. I like big tires and lexan bodies

Based on what WT shared above, it sounds like this platform has a way to be updated. I hope that’s true and becomes realized. I don’t mind the current function of this place. I don’t even miss the ‘like’ button. But yeah, I can appreciate that people do need to be made able to sign up and post with efficiency.

That was an impressive volume of viagra links Thanks for cleaning it up Mike.

Long live RCC!

I am with you Smog... I have been a member over there for a few years, though my builds don't get a lot of recognition. Its ok I like more extreme stuff, more capability than pretty one off parts. I actually have 3 hardbody builds, but I like to run them vs shelf queens.

[4wd4ws]

Originally Posted by 1BadJeepBruiser

I'm just here.... doing the best I can with what I have to work with.... Sorry fellas... is what it is

[WHITE-TRASH]

Originally Posted by smog

While it’s nice to have SBG out there as an option. I have always viewed it as a place more geared towards scratch building and ‘true to scale’ builds. While I appreciate all that is happening over there and could perhaps see myself taking the hobby in that direction down the road, it doesn’t feel like the place for me currently. I like big tires and lexan bodies

Based on what WT shared above, it sounds like this platform has a way to be updated. I hope that’s true and becomes realized. I don’t mind the current function of this place. I don’t even miss the ‘like’ button. But yeah, I can appreciate that people do need to be made able to sign up and post with efficiency.

That was an impressive volume of viagra links Thanks for cleaning it up Mike.

Long live RCC!

While could not possibly give less of a rats ass about hardcore scale stuff so I'll never be a member of sbg you're right it's a completely different animal. This place was built on hardcore competition and sadly as of the last few years the scale side of things has hijacked it.

XenForo is legit, after the canukistanies bought, raped, ruined and eventually chased off everyone from pirate4x4 (1:1 wheeling forum) an enterprising lad fired up irate4x4 as our new home. It started on Vbulletin but he swapped to XenForo a while back and it's pretty kick ass.

[MaX-D]

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

While could not possibly give less of a rats ass about hardcore scale stuff so I'll never be a member of sbg you're right it's a completely different animal. This place was built on hardcore competition and sadly as of the last few years the scale side of things has hijacked it.



XenForo is legit, after the canukistanies bought, raped, ruined and eventually chased off everyone from pirate4x4 (1:1 wheeling forum) an enterprising lad fired up irate4x4 as our new home. It started on Vbulletin but he swapped to XenForo a while back and it's pretty kick ass.

What does it take to switch over to XenForo?

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[durok]

'Nother spammer:

Strepsils

[WHITE-TRASH]

Originally Posted by MaX-D

What does it take to switch over to XenForo?

No idea of the finite details but he said it ported over nicely.

[MaX-D]

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

No idea of the finite details but he said it ported over nicely.

Perhaps RCC should employ your buddy to do the same.

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[smog]

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

This place was built on hardcore competition and sadly as of the last few years the scale side of things has hijacked it.

Hijacked, or has the interest evolved? Without a doubt I do recall seeing way more comp crawler threads on the board when I first hopped in here in 2013. It seems to me there is room for ALL of it here. This place could handle a lot more traffic than it gets.

What is your opinion/view of the movement towards LCG chassis rails? Seems to me it is scale trucks slowly morphing back into comp crawlers. Some days I wonder why we are bothering with the rails at all...

[WHITE-TRASH]

Originally Posted by smog

Hijacked, or has the interest evolved? Without a doubt I do recall seeing way more comp crawler threads on the board when I first hopped in here in 2013. It seems to me there is room for ALL of it here. This place could handle a lot more traffic than it gets.

What is your opinion/view of the movement towards LCG chassis rails? Seems to me it is scale trucks slowly morphing back into comp crawlers. Some days I wonder why we are bothering with the rails at all...

Maybe a little of both. A bit of evolution, a bit of hijack.

C channel rails are crap, the nerds that run sorrca insist on the dumbest stuff to play in their comps. And they wonder why there are so many small groups popping up that have comps without their input.

[TheSparctan]

Originally Posted by smog

While it’s nice to have SBG out there as an option. I have always viewed it as a place more geared towards scratch building and ‘true to scale’ builds. While I appreciate all that is happening over there and could perhaps see myself taking the hobby in that direction down the road, it doesn’t feel like the place for me currently. I like big tires and lexan bodies

honestly call me an idiot but i looked at SBG (scale builders guild) and to me it 100% looked like guys who spend more time working on their rc trucks and painting bodies and doing little tiny cosmetic mods more than actually running them. which, dont get me wrong, there's no law about minimum rc crawler usage. but to me sounds pretty boring, id rather get out and explore places

[kincer]

I personally enjoy both parts of this genre of RC, I like the scale side and also like the hardcore crawler side, there's room for both here at RCC in my opinion. Social media has basically made deserted waste lands out of a lot of forums, I don't get it either, it's so hard to find posts you looked at before on Social media, whereas the forums are like libraries. I'd hate to lose place but it doesn't seem like people at the top care anymore. I know some care but not enough.

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[smog]

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

Maybe a little of both. A bit of evolution, a bit of hijack.

C channel rails are crap, the nerds that run sorrca insist on the dumbest stuff to play in their comps. And they wonder why there are so many small groups popping up that have comps without their input.

I have never been very good at rules. I doubt there are comps for thousands of miles in any direction so don’t really pay too much attention. When we want to dial it in we make up a simple point system to see who has a more efficient day. The winner usually gets the biggest cookie

Originally Posted by TheSparctan

honestly call me an idiot but i looked at SBG (scale builders guild) and to me it 100% looked like guys who spend more time working on their rc trucks and painting bodies and doing little tiny cosmetic mods more than actually running them. which, dont get me wrong, there's no law about minimum rc crawler usage. but to me sounds pretty boring, id rather get out and explore places

Ya definitely don’t get the impression it sbg is a site geared toward rigs that are being run hard . The name kinda says it all. There are some bloody impressive scratch builds that come out on that board however. I can only imagine the number of hours some of those builds must take to sand out. As you pointed out, that could translate into a lot of lost trail-time. The guys over there have a ‘modellers’ spirit. I imagine they keep the lube well away from the bench . Things feel a bit more greasy over here, I much prefer it

[TheSparctan]

Originally Posted by smog

I have never been very good at rules.

honestly i couldn't care for the rules/comps either. just like doing motorcycle rider things, i go out to have fun, relax, blow off steam, and have an enjoyable time. not prove to anyone that i am the best

SBG's builds look pretty cool, and impressively realistic. but eh, my crawlers dont spend their lives on shelves or display stands

[1BadJeepBruiser]

You cant really compare SBG to RCC...


SBG is just that... SCALE BUILDERS guild... doll house trucks are what is getting built over there. Matt and Rich do a great job there, and are both personal friends of mine. They also with the times and I just recently got my 2021 scale bumper sticker set in the mail. I would love to do something like that here but you gotta keep in mind the fact that I dont own RCC... I'm just one of the last OGs mods that still has an undying love for this place... I have made many of life long friends from here and I feel I owe it to this place to continue to try and keep it going to the best of my ability.



RCC ive felt was always geared more towards the performance aspect of rock crawling and that in itself is the biggest difference between here and SBG.The "scale comp" side of scale rc has basically become the new 2.2 comp...at least IMO... after spending a few days on the west coast with Highmark, Chino63, and DoubleJ I couldnt believe the lines that a class 2 truck could pull... Im not even sure 2.2 comp rigs were doing that in 06-07.


What I will say is I have in the past been given permission by John to do the necessary things, I know BigBaller recently did some shirts... I could talk with KrawlerKoncepts and see about doing some tiny truck stickers if this something everyone wants.

[TheSparctan]

Originally Posted by 1BadJeepBruiser

What I will say is I have in the past been given permission by John to do the necessary things, I know BigBaller recently did some shirts... I could talk with KrawlerKoncepts and see about doing some tiny truck stickers if this something everyone wants.

Do let us know if there's anything we can do. Right now I am short on money, (can't even buy a 30$ receiver for my busted TRX6...) but once I fix that I will buy one of these star thingies. I do however have extra time on my hands and I want to get this place much happy.

Thank you for sticking around RCC. I haven't been around long, but I am thankful it's still here because of people like you.

[smog]

Thank you Mike. All you have done to keep the lights on here is appreciated. It would suck to see the site go down. The contributing members have done a great job keeping the content current. There is a great group of guys on here.

I think occasional swag drops and such are a good way to light up the site from time to time. Guys seem to have fun with it. Many of us picked up a shirt from Baller when he popped in a few months back. It made for a fun and interactive chit-chat thread to-boot. The basic RCC bannner logo is really, really good. There is Definitely untapped income in it . I am actually curious to know who drew it up. Does anyone remember? That logo simply stuck on the back of a shirt would move in numbers. I think Guys would buy multiples. Do shirts in two colours black with the green logo and white with a black logo.

Stickers are also a good idea. Scale stickers and/or vinyl decals.

What would be really wicked though is a nice high profile cap with an RCC patch. Big enough to fit all of us ‘Bison-heads’

[TexasSP]

The problem with SORRCA and groups like it is that rules get too numerous. The KISS method can and always should be applied. I think anymore than 5-10 rules per class and 2 classes is pointless. Most people don't want to spend the time and money trying to fit within all the respective classes. It's no different than how short course racing was in the beginning and then what it became, same with comp crawling. When your playing a money game of upgrades it gets old.

As to the forums, the biggest difference between here and SBG has little to do with content and what the forums are about. It's the fact that Matt and Rich actually care and invest in their site. They're both ambassadors for the hobby which goes along way. Plus to be honest they're just much more humble than Jason and Badger(John) ever were. Josh(Harley) is also a lot like Matt and Rich.

I like local competitions when it's just your average guys running their trucks. Some general rules and people helping each other and having fun. When I got into comp crawling originally with a Losi then XR10, it was this way. Then some others came in and started getting super serious, wanting to go to nationals, etc which most the rest wanted no part of. It drove as casual players out.

Having recently moved to Tyler near were Eddie (Crawler Innovations) lives, I intend to check out some of their local comps. They look much more chill and friendly which is what I'm after. Of course I more dig trail courses than hardcore rock courses which it seems he has always done a lot of.

[cartronicshn]

Originally Posted by 1BadJeepBruiser

You cant really compare SBG to RCC...


SBG is just that... SCALE BUILDERS guild... doll house trucks are what is getting built over there. Matt and Rich do a great job there, and are both personal friends of mine. They also with the times and I just recently got my 2021 scale bumper sticker set in the mail. I would love to do something like that here but you gotta keep in mind the fact that I dont own RCC... I'm just one of the last OGs mods that still has an undying love for this place... I have made many of life long friends from here and I feel I owe it to this place to continue to try and keep it going to the best of my ability.



RCC ive felt was always geared more towards the performance aspect of rock crawling and that in itself is the biggest difference between here and SBG.The "scale comp" side of scale rc has basically become the new 2.2 comp...at least IMO... after spending a few days on the west coast with Highmark, Chino63, and DoubleJ I couldnt believe the lines that a class 2 truck could pull... Im not even sure 2.2 comp rigs were doing that in 06-07.


What I will say is I have in the past been given permission by John to do the necessary things, I know BigBaller recently did some shirts... I could talk with KrawlerKoncepts and see about doing some tiny truck stickers if this something everyone wants.

Hey Mike, thanks for all the work you have always put up on here, i also love this place, thats why i keep pushing on updating or adding something to the forum for the whole community benefit, i had the pleasure of meeting some nice people from the east coast back in 08 i think, i attended a comp in florida, even though i live in Honduras i consider many of you friends, i have messaged, e mailed and spoke over the phone with many of you, so to me keeping this forum going is like a life line to keep sharing with friends.

[durok]

Just, WOW...

So now...

Along with the advertising popup right smack in the middle of the page when I decide to check a new post here...

And the banner ads at the top that thankfully I can scroll down and away from...

THERE'S A HUGE EFFIN' NEW BANNER, TWO AND A HALF INCHES TALL!

at the bottom of the screen...

THAT NEVER GOES AWAY!

You guys are certainly making it hard to stay on here.