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Post by Southern Fried Afro on Apr 11, 2004 13:59:21 GMT 1
Visit www.themightyshrew.co.uk, a website in referance to the popular fanzine. The mesage board has recently been set up so go and register.
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Post by SimAFCTU on Apr 11, 2004 14:15:40 GMT 1
I'm getting a sense of deja vu there!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2004 14:17:07 GMT 1
I didn't buy the last edition of the Mighty Shrew but read ant's copy - I know a lot of work goes into producing these things and I hate to sound harsh but I didn't think much of it
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Post by somersetshrew on Apr 11, 2004 14:21:43 GMT 1
Shouldn't you get permission to link to this message board?
It almost looks like "the mighty Shrew" is claiming it as their own.
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Post by Southern Fried Afro on Apr 11, 2004 14:22:03 GMT 1
Its not bad for something that about 3 of them mainly put together and its only 60p so what kind of quality do you expect
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Post by somersetshrew on Apr 11, 2004 14:39:45 GMT 1
It wouldn't let me enter using my B&A user name and password. Why would I register twice for the same thing?
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Post by Southern Fried Afro on Apr 11, 2004 14:43:57 GMT 1
Well, its not the same message board, you must register as a member of that one.
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Post by somersetshrew on Apr 11, 2004 14:53:37 GMT 1
oh, I see, its very similar. I think I'll stick with this one
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2004 16:26:13 GMT 1
That message board may have more of a chance of sucess if it wasn't the same as this one. If they want to attract posters, they will need to come up with something a little different I think.
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Post by Southern Fried Afro on Apr 11, 2004 16:49:29 GMT 1
It'll improve, as B&A was barely used when it was originally made, but now is one of the most popular town website
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Post by telfordSHREWS on Apr 11, 2004 16:51:58 GMT 1
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Post by somersetshrew on Apr 11, 2004 16:54:35 GMT 1
It'll improve, as B&A was barely used when it was originally made, but now is one of the most popular town website only one of the most popular? Tell me where the other popular ones are........
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Post by Southern Fried Afro on Apr 11, 2004 16:56:02 GMT 1
The official Shrewsbury website, the news is a lot more up to date and contains more information.
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Post by somersetshrew on Apr 11, 2004 17:02:01 GMT 1
I don't agree.
OK, more up to date, but only because its an ethical decision not to release news immediately on here.
but as for more information, I have to say that nothing rivals B&A.
I dont mind getting the info a few minutes later, as long as I can have a decent debate about it. You cant do that on the official forum, because the people that frequent it tend not to hold the discussions that I want to see.
Lets put it this way. If I want to suggest a pub to visit at, say, Aldershot. Id do it here. because its the best forum for STFC fans available.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2004 17:04:26 GMT 1
Good luck to the Mighty Shrew crewe with their website although I think the Messageboard would be better if it wasn't a near identical copy of this one.
Websites come and go, Shrewsweb (or the STFC info page as it was first created as) has been going for 10 years, B&A has been going for nearly 5. A lot people expect immediate results when setting up a site and when it doesn't happen they stop, which is a shame.
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Post by Southern Fried Afro on Apr 11, 2004 17:06:47 GMT 1
Yeah, as far as forums go, this one is the best, but I think that the official website is just better in overall news about the club and the information gets there first, hence the reason that it is the official site.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2004 17:09:34 GMT 1
Absolutely Afro.
Official sites and unofficial sites will always have different qualities. B&A, the site, is now based more upon features and fan interaction while Shrewsweb is more a voice for the club - although it does a quite excellent job at it.
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Post by somersetshrew on Apr 11, 2004 17:12:10 GMT 1
ok. well Ive bookmarked it anyway afro. I'll look in from time to time.
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Post by Dale on Apr 11, 2004 17:31:26 GMT 1
TMS is a decent enough fanzine but the criticism of Sam from one of their contributors baffled me a little, I also think it should be re-named 'The Martin O'Connor fan club magazine' even though O'Connor can be a class act like they say. Maybe they should link their forum to the B&A one, as should Shrewsweb, without tempting fate I cant really ever see another STFC message board becoming as popular as this one, not for a few years anyway.
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Post by ianwhit on Apr 11, 2004 18:03:14 GMT 1
but as for more information, I have to say that nothing rivals B&A. your getting messageboard and website mixed up. b&a works so well due to the amount of active users on it, and also that jp has nothing else to do for 24hours a day
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Post by somersetshrew on Apr 11, 2004 18:05:26 GMT 1
I wasn't getting mixed up, All I said was that I got more info from here. which is true. Also, so was the bit about JP
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Post by ianwhit on Apr 11, 2004 18:08:20 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2004 18:24:30 GMT 1
Its not bad for something that about 3 of them mainly put together and its only 60p so what kind of quality do you expect Fair enough, I just thought the fanzine would have been better with more modification and a bit of humour. I know it's difficult to compare the fanzine to ALS as ALS has been going for much longer and has a larger amount of input - but ALS has a large varied content ranging from serious articles, info from the club and comical articles/cartoons etc... Maybe the Mighty Shrew could benefit from expanding it's horizons a little. I hope that didn't sound like a whinge as I respect the hard work the people involved put into it - I know one of the producers well. However i'm sure feedback is always good and can help a production like the Mighty Shrew to improve further.
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Post by Southern Fried Afro on Apr 11, 2004 18:28:34 GMT 1
Thats what will happen, hardly anyone works on the mighty shrew and with the people they have they've managed to put together a fanzine. Mark has asked some new people to write articles so it will begin to expand and some much wanted humour will definateley be included
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Post by telfordSHREWS on Apr 11, 2004 18:47:14 GMT 1
a large scotch fanzine takes the biscuit any day
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Post by Southern Fried Afro on Apr 11, 2004 18:53:19 GMT 1
Thats been around for ages as well, whereas this has barely seen light until this year
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Post by somersetshrew on Apr 11, 2004 18:56:55 GMT 1
Im not saying I get any info from a website. I said I get it from this message board.......
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2004 19:15:45 GMT 1
Thats been around for ages as well, whereas this has barely seen light until this year I thought this fanzine had been kicking around since '96?
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Post by Southern Fried Afro on Apr 11, 2004 19:19:41 GMT 1
barely seen light. Its been there, but never had much publicity so to speak
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Post by ssshrew on Apr 11, 2004 21:03:15 GMT 1
The Mighty Shrew is a good fanzine - it must be as I believe that some of the articles in the latest edition hit home with the Club - considering it was printed just before the Telford fiasco it must also be clairvoyant!!!!!
Mark is a good lad who deserves all our support - anything produced by a fan of STFC must be supported -send in some humerous items I'm sure he would print them.
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