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wweomaniac
03-17-2003, 07:07 PM
lol
http://www.xboxadict.com/

has anyone else seen this sight? Are they idiots or what? How do they deserve any respect if they cant even spell their name right.

Nameless
03-17-2003, 07:14 PM
Lol, well maybe when they registered addict was already registered.

Cyclone
03-17-2003, 08:12 PM
lol
I think they're more into getting hits from people that spell this URL wrong.
Kinda like when you goto www.goolge.com (Which is seems Google bought that domain from whoever owned it now...)
but you get my drift

No Fear 23
03-17-2003, 09:07 PM
umm, i wonder if they stole our name :confused:

Seawolf X
03-17-2003, 09:27 PM
Originally posted by irule23
umm, i wonder if they stole our name :confused:

i think so too, they couldn't register the same name as xbox addict so they dropped the 2nd "d".

CrazyCougar
03-17-2003, 09:31 PM
Actually registering many domains to point to one site is a great business practice. If someone makes a typo, look where it takes them. Then suddenly you are intrigued about the site. Hmm, can this site compare to the real XBA? So then you surf it to find out. Low and behold you may find something you like and come back again sometime. Others may find nothing, and then just bust on a site because they dont know how to spell. They got ya there in the first place didnt they? LOL

TheCovenant
03-17-2003, 09:32 PM
i couldnt load up the link....what was the site about?

No Fear 23
03-17-2003, 10:01 PM
its about xbox stuff and news

Variation-XBA
03-17-2003, 11:29 PM
Lol... even use EZ boards, with 0 donations! :D

Snake Eyez
03-17-2003, 11:57 PM
They only have one registered member and 3 posts in total. They do have some cool smilies I would like to see used here.

Cyclone
03-18-2003, 12:10 AM
Originally posted by CrazyCougar-XBA
Actually registering many domains to point to one site is a great business practice. If someone makes a typo, look where it takes them. Then suddenly you are intrigued about the site. Hmm, can this site compare to the real XBA? So then you surf it to find out. Low and behold you may find something you like and come back again sometime. Others may find nothing, and then just bust on a site because they dont know how to spell. They got ya there in the first place didnt they? LOL

But usually it's spam companies that buy urls that they know people will make typos with.

y2kash_14
03-18-2003, 12:13 AM
lol, check out the forums Random Guy :) (http://pub27.ezboard.com/fxboxadictfrm7.showMessage?topicID=1.topic)

Liquid Gears
03-18-2003, 12:16 AM
Whow man, that's weird

Kraft
03-18-2003, 12:18 AM
Hmm... whoever could 'Random Guy' be... :cool:

Chaotic
03-18-2003, 11:15 AM
Originally posted by Kraft-XBA
Hmm... whoever could 'Random Guy' be... :cool:



LOL


:p

RudedogX
03-18-2003, 11:26 AM
Gotta love the other posts there about how it's a copy of xboxaddict and everything. Especially the Attention Whore pic.:D

Variation-XBA
03-18-2003, 12:01 PM
Rofl....in that guys bio:

Personal Bio :: I'm one of Xbox Adicts webmasters, and actually, the original creator of the XA idea, and though, at the time of thought when I created it, my sketches couldn't fit 2 'D's, I believe it now to by stylistic, and well-suited to the website.

RudedogX
03-18-2003, 12:07 PM
So basically he came up with an idea to try and rip-off another site. Wow, yeah...that was ahh...real original.:rolleyes:

EHWfedPres
03-18-2003, 01:28 PM
Originally posted by Cyclone
lol
I think they're more into getting hits from people that spell this URL wrong.
Kinda like when you goto www.goolge.com (Which is seems Google bought that domain from whoever owned it now...)
but you get my drift

Im really lazy and i only type www.gogle.com and it takes me to google every time.

tntcheats
03-18-2003, 02:41 PM
You know what,
xboxadict was just a test to see what would happen.

and I didn't think that it would insult you guys here.

But I'm not going to take the site down,
I worked hard on it, and I don't really care what
the domain name is, or if you think that I ripped off this site.
Or if you people think that I suck at the internet.

Casper
03-18-2003, 02:43 PM
Originally posted by tntcheats
You know what,
xboxadict was just a test to see what would happen.

and I didn't think that it would insult you guys here.

But I'm not going to take the site down,
I worked hard on it, and I don't really care what
the domain name is, or if you think that I ripped off this site.
Or if you people think that I suck at the internet.

:rolleyes: Please say you didn't JUST register for this....at least make your first post a bit more informative then that...btw, can you atleast tell me why you spelled it that way??

tntcheats
03-18-2003, 02:44 PM
and I wasn't trying to get hits off of people spelling it wrong.

Variation-XBA
03-18-2003, 02:44 PM
Haha...i finally got banned for posting there:) Boo hoo no more ez-board:)

Like anyone really cares:)
http://www.ileet.net/images/Attention2.jpg

tntcheats
03-18-2003, 02:46 PM
because I liked the sound of "xbox addict",
and I don't really cared how it's spelled,
but I really wanted the sound of those 2 words.

Casper
03-18-2003, 02:47 PM
Originally posted by tntcheats
because I liked the sound of "xbox addict",
and I don't really cared how it's spelled,
but I really wanted the sound of those 2 words.

But being that there was already a huge site with that name, you still felt it was necessary to go on and use it anyways? Bad marketing man....bad marketing. But do realize, you're site couldn't hold XBA's balls in a whellbarrow, just making sure we got that clear ;)

tntcheats
03-18-2003, 02:49 PM
guess I should have gone to xboxaddict before registering the name eh?

RudedogX
03-18-2003, 02:52 PM
Well, in order to register the name, if you had spelled it correctly, you would have run in to XBOXADDICT.com. As for the marketing, it all depends on the type he is trying to get. He claims not to have wanted to steal people, just that he was trying to create his own site. No offense to you cheats, but the way that it is set up, it does make it look as if you were attempting to capitalize on individuals who miss a letter in the name. Also, when creating a website, it is always helpful to do your research and check all of the similar sites out there.:)

tntcheats
03-18-2003, 02:54 PM
thx for the advice,
I'll use it when I'm either run out of this domain name,
or when I make another site.

and damn I like this smilie :eek:

Casper
03-18-2003, 02:57 PM
Originally posted by tntcheats
guess I should have gone to xboxaddict before registering the name eh?

But of course...that's like me registering www.teamXXbox.com and not realizing that there's a teamxbox.com site. At least have the intelligence to do a search for what names are taken, especially in the gaming community, hell, this and TXB are up there as the largest communities, at least those that are moderated. Like I was saying...that was just a dum move...sorry.

tntcheats
03-18-2003, 02:59 PM
ya, I know,
I'm such a dumbass,
but I really honestly never meant to insult this board, this site, or anyone really...

and doesn't this emoticon look constipated? :(

RudedogX
03-18-2003, 03:01 PM
Now you're just trying to be funny and failing at it.:rolleyes:

Casper
03-18-2003, 03:04 PM
Originally posted by tntcheats
ya, I know,
I'm such a dumbass,
but I really honestly never meant to insult this board, this site, or anyone really...

and doesn't this emoticon look constipated? :(

No, but this one :rolleyes: shows about how everyone is looking at you right now while reading those posts...anything else for you to say? Or are you going back to ieatadik.com yet?

MerimacHamwich
03-18-2003, 03:06 PM
Man, being a little harsh aren't we?

Casper
03-18-2003, 03:07 PM
Originally posted by MerimacHamwich
Man, being a little harsh aren't we?

Who me? Nah, not more than the usual...but did I invite you in? Nah, then move on man :D

MerimacHamwich
03-18-2003, 03:10 PM
:(

Yeah, you're not being any worse than normal.

To the topic though, I just think this guy wanted a site called xboxaddict.com but that name was already registered so he did the next best thing. Xboxadict.com, I really think we should lay off on this guy.

By the way, the site is actually pretty nice.

LynxFX
03-18-2003, 03:16 PM
Well I think we have ragged on him enough. I suggest we just drop it and move on.

Whether his site name was accidental or a laps of better judgement is moot. We all know the real Xbox Addict so let's leave it at that. I'll leave this thread open for now but please refrain from any further personal attacks.

Just an FYI:

Xboxaddict.com
Registered and created: 07-10-2000

Xboxadict.com
Registered and created: 01-25-2003


Just a personal question though tntcheats. What exactly was the test and what were you expecting to see happen?

RudedogX
03-18-2003, 03:19 PM
Damn good question Lynx!:D

Seawolf X
03-18-2003, 04:21 PM
Originally posted by tntcheats
ya, I know,
I'm such a dumbass,
but I really honestly never meant to insult this board, this site, or anyone really...

and doesn't this emoticon look constipated? :(

*COUGH DUMBASS COUGH*
Whoa, trying to cover up are guilt. Getting off subject there eh?
That is really lame. That was just a huge excuse of you being a moron that you were trying to cover up.

tntcheats
03-18-2003, 08:29 PM
the test,
was to see if it mattered on spelling,
or if I could get the same amount of people otherwise.

It didn't work,
I'm getting not-too-good traffic.

And I didn't register at this forum entirely because of this thread,
which for some reason,
unlike the other thread of the same kind,
isn't deleted....

LynxFX
03-18-2003, 08:57 PM
Fortunately spelling in today's world does matter. At least in the url address. After that it seems to get a bit lax, just look at these forums. ;)

What other thread are you talking about?

tntcheats
03-18-2003, 10:39 PM
a while back, my stats page brought me to another thread on this forum...
'wow xboxadict.com'
I think it was called,
but one of the mods told the starter of the thread not to advertise other websites or something like that.

It was like a month ago,
when I was on my 2nd or third design of about 6 or 7

Kraft
03-18-2003, 11:46 PM
odd... I cannot find a single other thread that even mentions xboxadict.com

tntcheats
03-18-2003, 11:49 PM
it was most likely deleted.

Would it **** you guys off if I got xboxaddict.net?

lmao :rolleyes:

Variation-XBA
03-19-2003, 12:05 AM
Crap that should doesnt get deleted unfortunetly..

Good sig;)

tntcheats
03-19-2003, 12:09 AM
It was hard to put on,
cause I was using a tag from dreamweaver to do it originally,
but then I figured that I'd just edit someone with a flash sig's thing,
because that would probbably work.

LynxFX
03-19-2003, 12:56 AM
Just so you know, it is harass. ;)

tntcheats
03-19-2003, 01:06 AM
not a spelling mistake,
a typo there.

I spent about 20 seconds making that.

But it doesn't matter anyways; I'm changing my signature,
to something that'll probbably load faster,
and make sense to the people who didn't visit this thread :p

thedude
03-19-2003, 12:48 PM
woa!!! that **** has a better layout then this one tho.. comeon gota tell the truth:)

Frostberg
03-19-2003, 07:31 PM
"You suck at the internet"

LMFAO!!!!!


Thats gold...

Reclaimer
03-19-2003, 08:15 PM
http://www.ileet.net/images/internetsuck.gif

Dang that forum is off to a blazing start. Four out of six posts are flames.... Well, good luck.

MaxPain
03-19-2003, 08:28 PM
Yeah... looks like someone just trying to get some hits .. from people spelling this site wrong :rolleyes:
oh well.. getting flamed on your own board has to suck

canadianboi3
03-20-2003, 01:15 PM
How embarrasing. Spending all this time making a site, only to be flammed at how crappy it is comapred to the real xboxaddict