Yeah, I don't understand the fascination with GB. I've never been there but from the many accounts I've heard, it sounds like a hell hole.
Nah, it's a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Gallifrey Base (like its predecessor Outpost Gallifrey) has delusions of grandeur. The forum has always tried to position itself as the semi-official
Doctor Who forum, and I've heard that they've actually tried to get the BBC's blessing, which serves to explain why they crack down on and outright delete anything that might upset the BBC (and the mods are quite honest in stating that).
Like fanvids. GB fucking
hates fanvids. They violate copyrights. So why is there a fanfic forum and a fan art forum...?
It's always puzzled me that OG/GB has required you to register as a member of the forum so you can decide if you want to
be a member. "Our members deserve privacy, and they won't post here if there are public subforums. Plus, we don't want the tabloids scouring the boards for rumors." I think both are errant nonsense. I think there's value in someone being able to make an informed decision about whether or not to join before they register, and the tabloids are going to print the rumors they want to print no matter what the source.
There have also been some bad management decisions, like when OG decided that on new episode broadcast days only paying members could use the board to minimize the server load.
GB isn't a bad board, honestly, if you steer clear of the New Series forums. People who complain about GB (like Ian Levine and his weekly rant on Twitter about GB's reaction to the latest episode) are usually only looking at the new episode subforums, where there's equal amounts of extreme episode-slagging and extreme episode-fellating going on. Outside the New Series forums, GB is a bit mellower.
After all, everyone needs to experience the Ben Chatham forum
once.
