What happened to Ahoya?

[MUEng92]

I tried to access it just now and got a server error.

Did it finally crash and burn or is this a momentary thing?

[spiral97]

main site says offline for regularly scheduled maintenance and lists the hours.. odd thing is the hours are 2-5am.. either:
1.) they're in a weird timezone
2.) they meant 2PM-5am
3.) they're having issues
4.) or they finally crumbled

my bet is #2 or #3... I sincerely hope it isn't #4 (I bear no ill-will to ANY MU related site).

[mu_hilltopper]

Please .. just let Ahoya die off.   If everyone stops posting there, it will blow away like dust.  Bring people here, better software, more energy, no F'ing pop ups, pop unders, pop overs.  No ads at all.

Scoop is off to a great, great start. 

[spiral97]

*whispers* you forgot "completely free"     (thanks Rocky!!!)

[ZiggysFryBoy]

it's back up, with the hottest discussion on the first page of topics being the Charlie Weis 60 minutes piece.

cue 'taps' 

[Big Papi]

it's back up, with the hottest discussion on the first page of topics being the Charlie Weis 60 minutes piece.

cue 'taps' 

I would have thought someone would have taken the bulls by the horns and had that site buzzing.  Everytime I look there seems to be 70 plus online visitors but almost all of them are not posting.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I think the counter is broken over there.  When you expand the list of who's on line, there are only a handful, but the counter says like 90.   ???

[rocky_warrior]

Bring people here, better software, more energy, no F'ing pop ups, pop unders, pop overs.  No ads at all.

Ahoya had ads?  Hmm...Adblock on Firefox must work REALLY well

[mu_hilltopper]

The counter on Ahoya was and is totally fubar.  No way 90 people are looking at that site, as all 90 of them would walk away saying "nothing here, I should leave".

MUScoop was not born to further divide the MU community.  It was created to replace Ahoya, and we need to shepard those folks here as best we can.

[MarkMiller]

Out of curiosity and considering the apparent demise of Ahoya, why wouldn't Ahoya board members go to Marquettehoops.com?

Seems a bit redunant to have another site, though all MU news is always welcome. 

[SoCalwarrior]

Speaking for myself only, the Scout board is too controlling.  If you veer too far from praise, you get deleted and/or banned.  Posters like Nightmare, Baseline, etc are not welcome to post there because they tend to be glass half-empty.  Personally, I think they're overly critical, but they should have the opportunity to be so.  Furthermore, I think negitive comments encourage more readers to post rebuttals, giving us all a more balanced look.  Not to mention, everything here is free.

[rocky_warrior]

Out of curiosity and considering the apparent demise of Ahoya, why wouldn't Ahoya board members go to Marquettehoops.com?

Seems a bit redunant to have another site, though all MU news is always welcome. 

Hmmm...I suppose I could turn that around and say: Now that MUScoop exists, why don't all Ahoya and MarquetteHoops members congregate here?  We've got better software, good respectful conversation, no banner ads, and "Dry White Toast" (love the nickname...heh)

The honest answer though: It all used to be Ahoya (and I think geocities before that?)  When MarquetteHoops was created, it also created some inexplicable divisive force between the two communities.  The are a lot of people that (used to?) post on Ahoya that do not feel comfortable or welcome at Marquette Hoops.

The eventual goal with MUScoop is to provide a good community for all Marquette fans, and hopefully break down that division between the two as things progress.

Did I mention, the forum software is so much better than what Rivals and Scout can offer  8)  And the integrated features (blogs, chat, wiki) will make the gap even wider between the two platforms (from a technology standpoint).

[mu03eng]

I love this place, its my new home

I do hope everyone comes over, even the people I disagree with most of the time.

[LastWarrior]

I think it's just a preference of the posters who prefer this community.  As with all communities, some people feel like they associate with one more than another.  While I subscribe to the Scout premium content (which is great), I prefer to post within this community as I feel more a part of this bar, errr... community. 

I think the more communities, the better it is for all of us.  It will allow everyone to find a place they feel comfortable and allow them to share their view points without fear of persecution.  The more viewpoints we are exposed to, the more open-minded we will all be!

[mu_hilltopper]

Out of curiosity and considering the apparent demise of Ahoya, why wouldn't Ahoya board members go to Marquettehoops.com?

Seems a bit redunant to have another site, though all MU news is always welcome. 

I agree and disagree.  When The Great Schism occurred, and Dodds split with Juno, I was very much against diluting the community. 

Eventually, it became clear why there are two communities, as the editorial policies of each are quite different.   IIRC Dodds has been a statisician for MU for years, which makes the Scout site, roughly, run by an arm of Marquette.  Of course they have a tight policy on what can be posted.  Of course.

Ahoya, and now Scoop, exist to allow all voices to be heard, not just the ones Marquette would like you to hear.

And true, there are a great many who don't want to hear critical voices, and just stick with Scout.  I can understand that.  C'est la vie.

[MarkMiller]

Fair enough. Thanks for the replies. I was just curious.

[NYWarrior]

appreciated the history lesson, hilltopper

[4everwarriors]

signal the grand finale?