Sonic 297 Posted May 2, 2006 Just as I posted here in the C&C3 forums, sites are returning to the community, which is good I guess. But lets not forget that these sites gave up on the community, they quit, got bored etc..... The first to return is http://www.cncuniverse.net, they were last online towards the end of 2002/early 2003 I think. And if you have ever read our long site history you would have noticed this section in the year 2002 http://www.cncnz.com/site/history.shtml#2002: The only major problem we had in 2002 was a small war with another C&C site. I won't name names here but it was basically an argument over the grey/silver/gold layout I had created from scratch over the period of 3 weeks. When this new C&C site opened it's doors claiming it would "change" the community and do things different to every other C&C site in the community, one of the owners of this site claimed that I stole the concept for their layout and the placement of it's menus and navigation bars. You see since the grey/silver/gold layout used a drop down menu system across the top of the page there was no need for a left hand navigation bar. Only a right hand feature bar. Well this other C&C site had a similar layout, I agreed with them on that point, but having never seen this new site before I failed to bridge the connection of how I had stolen their layout. In the end I basically ignored anything that this site did and that was the end of it for me. Apart from some of our forum regulars here making their way to this other C&C site's forums and leaving some nasty comments. They fired back and that was that. And through of all this many sites "shared" the same basic layout anyway, they still do to this very day. For the record the issue we had was only with 1 or 2 of their staff at the time, and not with anyone currently involved with CCU (I think). It was an arguement spread across the 2 forums (here and there), many nasty words but it was a fun time :lol: I just thought I would share this for those who have wanted to know who the un-named site mentioned in the history was. A rough version of the layout in question can been seen here. When I say rough I mean the images don't load. Share this post Link to post
gammyleg 0 Posted May 3, 2006 Ha, I remember that. That was when I briefly rejoined the staff, only to go to the Solomons then Bosnia. Share this post Link to post
Saracen 16 Posted May 3, 2006 The dead should remain just that. Once C&C 3 has been and gone, they'll erase themselves from the community again. This site's arrogance and "I'm so special" approach doesn't belong here. I said that in 2003 and I'll say that now. I've never liked em, and to personal preference it stays :roll: Share this post Link to post
