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    Its been real ...

    This forum has been home for over a decade, we have had great debates , epic disagreements and a ton of laughs both Friendships and Nemesis's have been made but at the end of the day we were and still are Steelers family .. My personal Journey here is likely over , the lack of forum updates has pretty much killed my ability to navigate this forum (it literally took me 15 min to get to the place to make this post) it has to do with the security of the site and its no longer over ride capable in firefox settings ... I will click on the site from time to time to see if it has been fixed but I am not hopeful that it will be as its been this way off and on for nearly half a year now with no real change except the inability to side step it is now gone .. I wish you all nothing but the best and pray for good things for each and every one of you! I will never forget the bonds made as some go back 25 years or so (Lemonhead oops Hawkman , Mojouw came here with me from our old forum) and several of the guys here have become what I consider internet friends and I would name you specifically but I fear I could forget to name one and offend unintentionally but I think you all know who you are .... I would like to apologize to anyone here that I may have insulted along the way believe me when I tell you it was led by passion of the team more than being personal towards you individually, that said there is no good excuse ... Continue to allow your passions to lead you but I implore you all to try and be aware that those around you share your passion just perhaps not your perspective and maybe that keep it from getting as heated and out of hand ... ( I have no business telling you I know I am guilty as charged) anyways before this gets to sappy - Go Steelers , Dwins out
    Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles didn't value him either , now he is a Stain at the Mistake by the Lake 3 teams in 4 years more of a shooting star than a superstar

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    Re: Its been real ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Dwinsgames View Post
    This forum has been home for over a decade, we have had great debates , epic disagreements and a ton of laughs both Friendships and Nemesis's have been made but at the end of the day we were and still are Steelers family .. My personal Journey here is likely over , the lack of forum updates has pretty much killed my ability to navigate this forum (it literally took me 15 min to get to the place to make this post) it has to do with the security of the site and its no longer over ride capable in firefox settings ... I will click on the site from time to time to see if it has been fixed but I am not hopeful that it will be as its been this way off and on for nearly half a year now with no real change except the inability to side step it is now gone .. I wish you all nothing but the best and pray for good things for each and every one of you! I will never forget the bonds made as some go back 25 years or so (Lemonhead oops Hawkman , Mojouw came here with me from our old forum) and several of the guys here have become what I consider internet friends and I would name you specifically but I fear I could forget to name one and offend unintentionally but I think you all know who you are .... I would like to apologize to anyone here that I may have insulted along the way believe me when I tell you it was led by passion of the team more than being personal towards you individually, that said there is no good excuse ... Continue to allow your passions to lead you but I implore you all to try and be aware that those around you share your passion just perhaps not your perspective and maybe that keep it from getting as heated and out of hand ... ( I have no business telling you I know I am guilty as charged) anyways before this gets to sappy - Go Steelers , Dwins out
    Sorry to see you leave, I will always consider you to be one of the best friends I've ever made on a Steelers message board.

    Hopefully our paths will cross again...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dwinsgames View Post
    This forum has been home for over a decade, we have had great debates , epic disagreements and a ton of laughs both Friendships and Nemesis's have been made but at the end of the day we were and still are Steelers family .. My personal Journey here is likely over , the lack of forum updates has pretty much killed my ability to navigate this forum (it literally took me 15 min to get to the place to make this post) it has to do with the security of the site and its no longer over ride capable in firefox settings ... I will click on the site from time to time to see if it has been fixed but I am not hopeful that it will be as its been this way off and on for nearly half a year now with no real change except the inability to side step it is now gone .. I wish you all nothing but the best and pray for good things for each and every one of you! I will never forget the bonds made as some go back 25 years or so (Lemonhead oops Hawkman , Mojouw came here with me from our old forum) and several of the guys here have become what I consider internet friends and I would name you specifically but I fear I could forget to name one and offend unintentionally but I think you all know who you are .... I would like to apologize to anyone here that I may have insulted along the way believe me when I tell you it was led by passion of the team more than being personal towards you individually, that said there is no good excuse ... Continue to allow your passions to lead you but I implore you all to try and be aware that those around you share your passion just perhaps not your perspective and maybe that keep it from getting as heated and out of hand ... ( I have no business telling you I know I am guilty as charged) anyways before this gets to sappy - Go Steelers , Dwins out
    Have you tried using the DuckDuckGo browser? I couldn’t access the SU site for the longest time, but after switching to DuckDuckGo, everything works perfectly now.

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    Re: Its been real ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Dwinsgames View Post
    This forum has been home for over a decade, we have had great debates , epic disagreements and a ton of laughs both Friendships and Nemesis's have been made but at the end of the day we were and still are Steelers family .. My personal Journey here is likely over , the lack of forum updates has pretty much killed my ability to navigate this forum (it literally took me 15 min to get to the place to make this post) it has to do with the security of the site and its no longer over ride capable in firefox settings ... I will click on the site from time to time to see if it has been fixed but I am not hopeful that it will be as its been this way off and on for nearly half a year now with no real change except the inability to side step it is now gone .. I wish you all nothing but the best and pray for good things for each and every one of you! I will never forget the bonds made as some go back 25 years or so (Lemonhead oops Hawkman , Mojouw came here with me from our old forum) and several of the guys here have become what I consider internet friends and I would name you specifically but I fear I could forget to name one and offend unintentionally but I think you all know who you are .... I would like to apologize to anyone here that I may have insulted along the way believe me when I tell you it was led by passion of the team more than being personal towards you individually, that said there is no good excuse ... Continue to allow your passions to lead you but I implore you all to try and be aware that those around you share your passion just perhaps not your perspective and maybe that keep it from getting as heated and out of hand ... ( I have no business telling you I know I am guilty as charged) anyways before this gets to sappy - Go Steelers , Dwins out


    Well, this is unfortunate. Sorry to see you go, but it's understandable if you can't enjoy your time here.

    This message board has been glitchier for me and extremely slow at times.....but nothing as bad as you are describing. I hope that the powers that be can fix whatever issues are causing the problems many are having seeing and navigating this website.

    There isn't going to be any traffic here if it's difficult to see the board or it takes forever to load a single page while making multiple attempts.

    Any disagreements are in the rearview. All the best to you, and I hope you find another Steelers home.

    Who knows, maybe this website will get things straightened out and you'll be back here in no time.

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    Peace out. This site only works on mobile for me. Go Steelers!

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    Sorry to see you go. This site can't afford to lose another contributer, as slow as it's been lately. Wish you the best!

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    I think we are all experiencing times when the site either loads very slowly or not at all. I'm having issues with mobile. Others seem to be having issues with non-mobile. I'm genX, I don't understand any of it.

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    Has been bad for me at time but not lately. Hopefully, we will get a better fix and you will drop back in.

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    Re: Its been real ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Shoes View Post
    Have you tried using the DuckDuckGo browser? I couldn’t access the SU site for the longest time, but after switching to DuckDuckGo, everything works perfectly now.
    Same here. I disable the security in the URL window and I am good to go.

    This site does go down from time to time. I check it using https://www.isitdownrightnow.com
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    The problem is browsers like Firefox, Waterfox, Brave, etc are constantly updating their security patches. These older sites are getting whacked every time they do that.

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    Hope you find somewhere else to enjoy. You will be missed.

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    I use Firefox, and it's mostly been good. A couple of weeks ago I began experiencing the extreme slowdown that most of you are experiencing. The worst was when I would click the Reply button, but the box in which I could type my reply would never come up. I too thought that I was going to have to leave this site.

    Then by accident I found something that worked for me, and maybe it will work for you guys. My slowdown problems always happened when I would come to this site immediately after I opened my browser. One day I opened my browser and spent time on a couple of other sites before coming here. Then as I was about to close the browser and logoff the computer I decided to try this site again just for the heck of it. To my surprise every page loaded almost instantly, including the Reply box. Everything was completely normal again. I have been doing it this way ever since, and haven't had a single problem. I don't know if this will work for you guys, but it's worth trying.

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    Whatever has happened the site is working well now.

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    NOW, how do we find 86WARD, and get him back here?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkman View Post
    NOW, how do we find 86WARD, and get him back here?
    Just start praising Mason Rudolph. He won't be able to resist.

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    Too bad things arent working out. All the best.

    I just use edge as a browser and it works well most of the time.

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    Too bad things arent working out. All the best.

    I just use edge as a browser and it works well most of the time.

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    Re: Its been real ...

    not sure if changes were made to the site or the browser or what but I magically clicked on the site and was here instantly without any delay whatsoever ....

    if it stays like this it looks like I may be posting again
    Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles didn't value him either , now he is a Stain at the Mistake by the Lake 3 teams in 4 years more of a shooting star than a superstar

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dwinsgames View Post
    not sure if changes were made to the site or the browser or what but I magically clicked on the site and was here instantly without any delay whatsoever ....

    if it stays like this it looks like I may be posting again


    Hopefully welcome back!

    The site works for me, but the load times vary from instant to a long time with the spinning wheel of death rotating for a minute or more between clicks. Sometimes I click on something and then go to a different window for a little while and then come back to see if the page loaded. It's not the best way to spend the valuable time in our lives.

    I hope the powers that be can figure something out to improve the experience here.

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    Working much easier and faster.

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    Some days yes, some days no.

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    Re: Its been real ...

    Something happen, or is everyone on vacation?

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    Re: Its been real ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkman View Post
    Something happen, or is everyone on vacation?
    I try to log in most days and can't load. I try again the next day. Some days it's loads like normal, like today it did. Most days it does not load at all. I think if that issue got fixed this site would look a lot more normal traffic-wise. Plenty to talk about right now.

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    Wait until the season rolls around. Most people are trying to get in their end of the summer vacations and there really isn't much to talk about until Rodgers actually throws a pass in a game.

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    Re: Its been real ...

    like born2 said many days it just wont load , today it took about 5 mins to get to this post ... its just not worth it and to find out there are only 2 threads with new posts since my last successful visit over a week ago .... not worth the aggravation... wish it would get fixed , thought it was gonna change over to Ezra and get a reboot but thats been nearly a year ago that came up but seemingly never happened ... if it does now there might not be anything left to save

    its sad really

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    like born2 said many days it just wont load , today it took about 5 mins to get to this post ... its just not worth it and to find out there are only 2 threads with new posts since my last successful visit over a week ago .... not worth the aggravation... wish it would get fixed , thought it was gonna change over to Ezra and get a reboot but thats been nearly a year ago that came up but seemingly never happened ... if it does now there might not be anything left to save

    its sad really
    Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles didn't value him either , now he is a Stain at the Mistake by the Lake 3 teams in 4 years more of a shooting star than a superstar

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    Re: Its been real ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Born2Steel View Post
    I try to log in most days and can't load. I try again the next day. Some days it's loads like normal, like today it did. Most days it does not load at all. I think if that issue got fixed this site would look a lot more normal traffic-wise. Plenty to talk about right now.
    This right here. I tried to post in the game day thread for the first preseason game and it was hit or miss. I just gave up after my last post im that thread

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    Yeah, I had a couple of posts in the gameday thread, but another time I tried to post it stalled out. Not sure whats up but I check in and not much activity.

    I'm busy with work and stuff so not always much time to check in, but there hasnt been much activity here to have any discussions. I'm kind of surprised not even some bitching about Heyward contract situation. Can normally count on this site for complaints like that.

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    This site is on borrowed time. Days go by without any activity, it's a waste of time. I've been going to steelers fan forum there's a ton of activity there.

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    Re: Its been real ...

    I've never found a Steelers forum that I've enjoyed as much as this one. They all seem to be bitch fests and arguments rather than informed and entertaining analysis.

    Regardless, I really hope this site gets more activity as the season gets underway. I'm not ready to let you guys go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HollywoodSteel View Post
    I've never found a Steelers forum that I've enjoyed as much as this one. They all seem to be bitch fests and arguments rather than informed and entertaining analysis.

    Regardless, I really hope this site gets more activity as the season gets underway. I'm not ready to let you guys go.
    I won't let the place go unless/until it goes. I usually just check the forum to see how it is loading. If it is not loading easily, I just bypass it. If it is loading easily -like today - then I will check it out. Now if there is no activity on game days then it will probably be a good indication of how long the forum will last.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oneforthetoe View Post
    I won't let the place go unless/until it goes. I usually just check the forum to see how it is loading. If it is not loading easily, I just bypass it. If it is loading easily -like today - then I will check it out. Now if there is no activity on game days then it will probably be a good indication of how long the forum will last.
    I’m with you!! On other boards….I can’t stand the ads. If our current owner needs money to correct things… I’m in!

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    Can we either fix this site or shut it down. I will be glad to contribute money to keep it viable. Some suggest other sites, but I can’t stand the ads on every other post. Let me know if I can help!! Otherwise call it a day!!

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