Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

I too am on the younger side, I guess. I'm 28. I also really like the forum and it's inevitable that there are some pricks or sometimes discussions get too heated. Nevertheless I feel like this is a place where one can speak his/her mind and converse about rally. In my home country (Estonia) there's a Facebook group/forum with over 20k members but truth be told it's an ugly place for a diehard rally fan. There Neuville is always a whiner, Finns always hate Estonians etc. gibberish that just doesn't give any value to anyone. Reasonable posts or arguments are usually on the background as most just vent their emotions there.

So even though a classical forum type page might not be the most popular, most of the people who are where love rally and love talking about it. As I said before mishaps still happen yet they're not too frequent, I think.

I like it here.

By the way, AnttiL has set up an Discord server few weeks ago, where we can chat rally (and non-rally) 24/7 :) https://discord.gg/YrK7X9FP

I see this chat format (though I would prefer IRC, but that is too 90's) ideal for casual talk or even commenting during the event (forum format seems a bit inappropriate for that).

@skarderud , I hope that your son is a rally fan too! Im actually really young, but I'm big fan of rallying since 2017 :D In my city, I know here maybe 5 teenagers who are interested in rally too! It's always really nice to meet someone with same hobby :)

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Originally Posted by DoN_cz

By the way, AnttiL has set up an Discord server few weeks ago, where we can chat rally (and non-rally) 24/7 :) https://discord.gg/YrK7X9FP

I see this chat format (though I would prefer IRC, but that is too 90's) ideal for casual talk or even commenting during the event (forum format seems a bit inappropriate for that).

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Maybe that´s why he has left this forum.
I´d say it´s not so wise.

I agree per. I am a member on a few forums and a lot of them are dying on their arse. This forum is slowing down a little bit it’s still active. Another forum I frequent is still popular and active, but there was a certain group that seemed to think their opinions were the b all and end all and ended up leaving the forum and starting their own. Needless to say that new forum is not very active, or nowhere near as active as the former.

I like this forum. I like difference of opinion and healthy debate. Sometimes I have my own opinion and read other peoples opinion and it helps me see things from a different perspective, change my view even.

I don’t even mind NOT. Even though he has very much of a low opinion of my nationality, the last time he brought that up was immediately followed by our national news coverage with people losing their shit because our prime minister was seen in the back of a car without a seatbelt on, first world problems and all that! So I couldn’t really argue with NOT on that one ��

Maybe I am getting old but I do not really understand how to use this discord thing.

AFAIK, this forum right here is the only active international rally forum in the world.

The forum format does have an advantage for writing longer ideas. I think this is the most interesting place to talk about rally on the internet. I remember in the old days there used to be a lot of very interesting people posting. Pentti for example or remember when we had the best weather guy in the WRC doing weather forecast for us here? that was cool :) And others...

About assholes and such i guess it's up to the majority to decide what is acceptable but I know for a fact a couple people stopped coming here because let's say they didn't like the "atmosphere" or didn't want to be associated with certain types of discussion.

I don't come here often now, it's so much more enjoyable to pop in occasionally and lurk for some alpha information or news, will post this as it's meta.

I don't think it's a great 'discussion forum' at all, for there's not much tolerance for alternative opinions. Those with the time and tendency to post mostly have negative energy and those with positive energy don't have the time or tendency to post, or they have their energy zapped. I can see why Antti might feel zapped, I saw even after he simply says he's taking a break due to the negativity, negativity instantly continued to shoot him.

Sulland said as much, but I disagree that aged accounts should somehow know everything. Times change and the world goes with it and certainly this sport has, and I don't think all aged accounts realise this and can be stuck with invalid points. You try and 'discuss' things you can be ignored, taken for a troll, or shot down with negativity. Actually, I was told to shut up for posting a factual point precisely about how WRC had changed over time, and so I've shut up and not looked back since. Even if jovial tone was/is intended it doesn't carry through the internet, it just spreads as assholery. Think I was both these at times, think I was driven to it for I didn't initially sign up to be a jerk.

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Originally Posted by CeskyOndra

@skarderud , I hope that your son is a rally fan too! Im actually really young, but I'm big fan of rallying since 2017 :D In my city, I know here maybe 5 teenagers who are interested in rally too! It's always really nice to meet someone with same hobby :)

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@CeskyOndra thanks, he is. But my daughter even more, she also codrives sometimes.

If you show your friends the best YouTube clips of rally, i bet some more will be interrested.:)

Good you found this sport!

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Yes, its easy to be not that nice too members, or trolls, that is not that nice.
But i'm fed up with all the "besserwissers" or even worse, DH's that try to ruin the good places, indended or not.
The best norwegian forum was ruined by a couple of people that hided behind a nickname noone knows who was.
If you are angry at someone, a public forum working well is not the right place to take it out.
Take a walk in the forest and cry like a man instead:)

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