Somebody call my name?The story: the site is very ill due to the software upgrade. One of the most recent symptoms is that the Cymbal Talk forum no longer allows posts and anyone trying keeps getting system messages. The other forums work (but still poorly) for now. I started a few threads in other forums to test that, and I posted into a thread in the testing section which Jabez had started. Jabez then moved the thread into the Cymbal Talk forum, which worked...but then Jabez couldn't move it out or delete it. So my post was actually made in the Testing forum. It would be ironic if it was the last post to get into the Cymbal Talk forum. If you followed the links on DFO to the things about vBulletin 5 you will see that it has killed a number of previously lively forums around the world. We are the latest casualty. Pretty much dead now. :(This VDF forum continues to run on vBulletin 3.6.8 which was back well before the software rot set in...good call.

You are both correct and incorrect here: it is correct that there are major problems over at Cymbalholic. Visitor numbers have dwindled since the forum was "updated" to its current, superbuggy state. But it is not correct that no one has posted there in a week. I posted there yesterday, and so did several others. The Cymbal section of the forum, however, has not had any posts for a week or so, due to the buggy state of the whole forum./Magnus

"software upgrade?"Then maybe a downgrade is the answer. You know….back to what it was before "new and improved" happened.

I'm sure this isn't sitting well with Chad or Patrice either. When they do get things back in order members will no doubt return.I haven't been there much lately and when I do stop by find it a chore getting around the site. I hope things get fixed up soon.

I always wonder why they still keep it going after all these years.

Because there's obvious interest and IMHO a need for it. It's a great site with honorable membership, engaging conversation and a fantastic Marketplace. A touch of Jazz snobbery perhaps but still excellent, even for the Rock player.