E-Goat down again

[nutnurse]

Something serious seems to have happened to the Goat. A couple of weeks ago it went down but recovered in 24 hours. It went down again the other day and as of yesterday has disappeared from the Google menu in favour of a goats' cheese salad recipe in Italian and a Twitter thread of the same name run by students in Georgia, USA. Has the Goat died? I do hope not and that there will be no references to goat curry by members of other military forums. Any Goat Mods about? Vim? FOMz? Wobbly?

nn aka FBN :sad:

[Basil]

Just checked - "Firefox can't find the server at www.e-goat.co.uk."

[Courtney Mil]

Yep. It's dead. Thank Goodness you let us know.

[diginagain]

Such a shame... :}

[Robert Cooper]

Yup, it appears the server is down. :sad:

Bob C

[Linedog]

It's about time it was put out of its misery.

[Wensleydale]

Perhaps its started to roll?

[airpolice]

Once they stopped issuing free shoes... it was only a matter of time.

[Onceapilot]

Our Squadron goat died....!

OAP

[nutnurse]

What became of the squadron? :ooh:

[Onceapilot]

Like the Goat,.....Gutted!:oh:

OAP

[Wensleydale]

Perhaps its just kidding? (or a victim of the nanny state).

[reds & greens]

Oh no, the final(?) demise of the RAF's informal, yet often highly informative and first point of relevant data. Where will the senior officers go now to find out exactly what's happening? - oh, hang on a minute...

[nutnurse]

OAP you weren't at Lyneham, were you? 'The Goat' (original print version) was a squadron magazine there. It is said by those who might or might not know the true facts that the electronic version came about as somebody's degree project. Perhaps somebody went for a crafty smoke in a fuel storage area - goatflagration! :oh: :{

[Moi/]

Lets hope its back soon, otherwise I think we might need an "Us" and "Them" sub-section of this forum.

[airpolice]

I think we need that anyway :-)

[MPN11]

Maybe that's why I stopped looking at E-Goat about 6 years ago. :O

[Crabfatbill]

Arrse and Rum Ration seem to hove gone west also. Is it a subversive plot ?



CFB.

[nutnurse]

CFB perhaps the titles were too UnPC for this sensitive age. No doubt they will reappear as 'Ps & Qs - but no Rs in the J but no longer R Mess', 'Lemonade Unrationed,' and 'No Goats - were hurt in producing this blog'.

I've just checked and ARRSE, Navy Net/Rum Ration and Rear Party are back up up again, albeit with a new-looking, common corporate style provided by Olive Net Ltd. If I remember correctly, the Goat (which isn't back) not long ago disclaimed all connection with Olive Net. I wonder just how unofficial 'unofficial' really is at the moment. I'm not accusing anybody of anything of course, perish the thought.

[diginagain]

Arrse and Rum Ration are doing just fine...

[Vim_Fuego]

Sorry to say it looks like the site owner flicked the switch.

[muttywhitedog]

If true and the site owner has switched it off, its a shame that the users, subscribers and donators weren't even afforded a courtesy mass e-mail to let them know of his intentions.

Even Ovivo mobile managed that!

[Courtney Mil]

Stand by for mass migration. I hope PPRuNe's border controls as as watertight as the UK's.

[Avionker]

Some of us are here already, and have been for some time.....:eek:

[Courtney Mil]

It's OK. They'll find you and offer you benefits. :p

[nutnurse]

Avionker - time to wake up the sleeping moles (my father used to do it with a spade, he did hate a hilly lawn).

Wotcha Vim, Mutty, etc., is FOMz with you? I had to change names when I joined a few months ago. Now, as we were saying before we were so rudely interrupted...

Ex-FBN

If FOMz is coming we'd better make sure he wipes his feet and knows which knife and fork to use...as I've said before, they're very odd in Gloucester.

[Exrigger]

Thanks for the heads up Vim, as another who is/was? a member of E-goat and also PPRune (for that matter iconic/UKAR/Fighter Control as well), it will be interesting how many others will post here to add to the diversity of views and knowledge that is seen on this site.

[gr4techie]

If true and the site owner has switched it off, its a shame that the users, subscribers and donators weren't even afforded a courtesy mass e-mail to let them know of his intentions.

The users gave the E-Goat website money, only for the website to disappear? I would not be happy if I was in the donators shoes.

Almost as scandalous as when the board of directors of Bradford Rugby League got into debt and asked the gullible fans to donate "to the club". Few months later, the directors exit stage left and what is left of the real club was abandoned still in difficulty. Apparently the players ha not been paid in months and the club had to cut the steel safety barriers in the stands and sell them for scrap metal.

[nutnurse]

I donated a little to the site but I can afford it and it's Life, etc. If, however,the site owner has grabbed the donations and is now sunning himself/herself on the proceeds then may he/she catch Ebola, say I! Don't forget to cancel your direct debits or standing orders, people. (Unless the Goat finds another home, of course.)

Is there a donations process for PPRuNe, does anyone know?

[nutnurse]

Well done, FOMz! I shall await events with eagerness as I'm sure will many others. Let us know if you need a little cash and hey! Stay in touch here anyway.

(Such a good boy.)

[mad_collie]

There was no cash in the pot.

From the proceeds of the site, the owner wouldn't have had enough petrol to get off his fecking driveway - let alone the Maldives.

So stop that sort of talk now.

[Linedog]

"A few of the old crew are having initial discussions to see if it is viable and possibly revamp",............... "of their ego's" sounds more like it. Some people just can't see where the original downfall started from. Ditch the so called feckin supermods and go back to the original format which worked so well before the ego's took over and it may well stand a chance.

This from a former donator and subscriber.

[plans123]

Those grapes must be sour linedog, still grinding that axe. At least when you left no one had to suffer your predictable unfunny 'quips' anymore. I hope that they do get the Goat back up personally.

[diginagain]

I hope that they do get the Goat back up personally. Me too. Coming over here and lowering the tone of the place...

[cooheed]

It was a good place for the Ivory Towers to get a feel for the shop floor..

[Laarbruch72]

It was a good place to have your ego massaged if you were one of the "supermod" original cabal, it seems the place never moved on from that. Shame.
Line dog is right, it was run by a minority for the benefit of their own personal narcissistic tendencies.

[downsizer]

Those grapes must be sour linedog, still grinding that axe. At least when you left no one had to suffer your predictable unfunny 'quips' anymore. I hope that they do get the Goat back up personally.

Well said mate. I hope it returns, over the years it was an invaluable source of info and gen for people. Helped me out on many occasion.

[nutnurse]

Re. post 32.

If the cash had run out or was about to and we'd been told, some of us might have been in the position to fork out a rather more serious amount so long as we weren't chucking good money after bad. If we would have been then there's no point in trying to resurrect the Goat. I notice somebody has made a criticism of 'Supermods', which may be true or false or somewhere in between, I wouldn't know. Immediately, however, he was insulted rather than discussing his point rationally. There's been a lot of that recently.

The aggressive tone of post 32 is predictable given its source. If Wobbly or another goater was the site owner then I apologise to him for my bad taste joke. I thought it may have been a commercial arrangement with some IT company.

But, my dear old Cornish pasty, if you really feel the need to swear at me, kindly do so by PM rather than by flaming at me. Or, with somewhat moderated (no pun intended) language, behave as in the Mess (OM or WOSM) and call somebody you feel the need to insult "Sir" - nothing to do with rank. This came up a few weeks ago when the anti-religious ranters were banging on. And do remember when giving people orders that whatever you are or were on the Goat, you're not a Mod here.

I'm certainly going to stay here, unless I'm chucked out, and I hope all being well to be back on the Goat. I think, as Goat Mods seem to be licking their wounds at present, I'll lay off the banter.

[Offshore Addict]

Best left dormant I think. It started well but rapidly descended into a forum where certain individuals got way above themselves. At the end it just seemed like a group of "SooperMods" desperate for someone to rock up so they would have someone to moderate. I particularly loved the "Ive got more badges under my name than you" competition as well as the "SooperMod .. Look How Big My Signature Block Is" contest.

I posted for a while until flamed by PM by a so called "SooperMod" because he didn't like a joke I made on a thread in The Pigs Bar, a forum clearly labelled with a warning that some comments may well be of the offensive variety to you and should you be easily offended .. do not enter. Said "SooperMod" then got on his high horse because he personally did not like it, no other posters complained about my joke .. just him. I just went on my way after offering him some sugar cubes for his high horse and telling him where to stick his forum. Bit of a shame as I had helped a few guys with enquiries about going offshore and was happy to keep doing so.

Wobbly made a valiant effort and thanks to him for his time, it was fun for a bit. Just a shame it went the way it did.

I only joined here to have an insight to what the helo guys taking me to work were on about, not really that interested in mil aviation anymore.

[Al R]

Wobbly's mobile (the number that I had) is no longer connected. Is anyone in touch with him, or if you're reading this fella - get in touch?

[Eye-Kay-Oh]

It's like Marmite, you either love it or hate it. But after reading this thread, like you get on Trip Advisor, people who post reviews like to have their moan.
Personally, I lurked over there, as I do here and I liked the place. Maybe some of those bleating here should try walking in a moderators shoes sometime, they may get a different perspective on things. I personally think its a poison challice of a task, damned if you do.. damned if you don't.
Not for me ta. :ok:

Now if I remember correctly, over the years they did a hell of a lot of fund raising for various service charities and supporting injured guys at Bastion Force Hospital as well as the RAF units deployed in Bastion, Kandahar and Bastion; not to mention facilitating for the charity Troop Aid and DMWS in Bastion and Selly Oak.

A real shame if it has gone for good.

[4everAD]

It is a shame, egoat was just about the only place to find out news about the RAF that was relevant. Have you tried finding anything on the RAF or mod websites? Or should I call them them the please join up as a reserve sites as that is all the stories/news they have on them!

[Courtney Mil]

4everAD, like the point about the reservist join-up. :D

[diginagain]

... bleating ...I say, jolly well-done.:8

try walking in a moderators shoes sometimeIf you walk a mile in someone else's shoes before criticising them, when you do, you're a mile away, and they've got no shoes.

[nutnurse]

And he's milking it...

Eye-Kay-Oh, didn't you read Vim's post about lurkers, and how it's about time they made a contribution to the forums?

And when you're walking that mile, bring the milk and some salt (Polish proverb about eating a pound of salt together and anyway it will be useful to disinfect the sores on your feet), and some water because one way and another you're going to be seriously thirsty...

[nutnurse]

If the Goat finally does kick the bucket, would it be a result of eating too many prunes?

[Linedog]

Or if it does re-appear maybe it should be renamed Ego-at.

[MPN11]

Not sure I even have it bookmarked any more ... stopped looking at it years ago.

However, if it pleases some, who am I to criticise.

[nutnurse]

Now now, pruners and goaters, play nicely together...

[gamecock]

I used to check in on it once a week or so. As mentioned above, there was some good gen and I caught up with a couple of old mates through it. My only criticism is that there were far too many sub-sections, most of which were dormant. That gave the appearance of a dead forum, which it wasn't.

On all of the forums I look at, i only ever click on 3 or 4 sub-sections. Or in PPrune's case, one!

KISS is the appropriate acronym I believe?

[nutnurse]

Well done, FOMz & Co Unltd. That was quick! ;)

[salad-dodger]

Excellent news, back to the playground then boys :E

S-D

[Rigga]

So...has it gone again??

[Exrigger]

Still there from my Laptop, it was intermittent as it has had a revamp:

https://www.egoat.net/

[Rigga]

Still there from my Laptop, it was intermittent as it has had a revamp:

https://www.egoat.net/
thanks - Duff Link!