Hey everyone,
Wanted to throw in on Epic. While I've never really been one to be heavily involved or constantly checking in on any type of online communities. I do appreciate that they are there. I've gotten great advice and hours of entertainment when I need a fix in the middle of July and dreaming of snow. I love having the rich history of questions and answers that often times reflected my own with the flick of a couple of keyboard strokes in a search field. "Man this is great, others are asking the same question, I'm not the only weirdo!" I've done so with my home theater, car, repairs, headphones, etc. Any hobby any time, it's all there waiting for when we think of it. Being rid of that history does affect now and the future in a small way. That guy who is just started out or entering a new chapter of their ski life now has one less resource to help them. I don't completely agree with the good riddance attitude, because unless you have all the answers in your head you too will have a question that has already been answered in 45 different ways on Epic along with other places (but Epic does show up on searches a lot, often times in the exact way I phrased my question in my head), and don't forget the tangents that veer a thread to a completely different but no less important direction? That's always kind of funny to read and taught me that there are no quick answers on a forum. We should always celebrate new beginnings and look towards a bright future, but don't let the wisdom of the past to fall away, that to me is foolish.
I think when people try to compare their feelings of the past with the excitement of the present and future is a bit limiting. I'm sure we are all capable of having positive/negative feelings about something that lives in our memories at the same time appreciate what's to come and setting up our present to get there. We don't need to choose, we can embrace both at the same time. From what I understand Epic transformed and to the disliking of some. Everything changes, maybe when Pugski becomes bigger those same elements will land here as well. Maybe the people here are better equipped, with experience and wisdom from their past, (see what I did there?) to handle it differently. Maybe we'll all learn you can't stop things from deteriorate over time with the increase in size when it comes to online communities because it is just too easy to troll and be negative and there are a lot more miserable people out there then happy ones. I don't know. I'm certainly glad it happened, the good and bad that existed there enriched my life.
