[Closed] Ok everyone knows I love Taps but this is enough

they're jealous of us. period.

Thanks Ron 😉

Lets Moon Them !!!

I think the TAPS team is in more trouble than they realize.

There is a growing attitude of disenchantment with them, not just among would-be posters on the forum who have been on the receiving end of some truly ugly responses to their posts simply because they are new there, or because of the inconsistency of the application of their TOS, but because of a number of other issues.

1. I've heard a number of complaints from people around where I live as well as having read similar complaints in email and on websites around the internet about the use of ECW wrestlers in their live Halloween shows. It's obvious that SciFi is trying to build a larger fan base for both shows by mixing the two, but it's a bit like oil and water, and it goes against the grain of what the show Ghost Hunters is allegedly supposed to be about, which is paranormal investigations, not gratuitous cameo's of would be wrestling stars who add nothing to the actual investigation.

2. One TAPS family group is raising nine shades of hell on myspace about the treatment a group of kids received at the hands of ECW wrestlers, who only wanted a picture to be taken with them. Having seen Elijah on the Ghost Hunters live show, the heartless and cold rejection they received so disillusioned them that they no longer even want to watch the Ghost Hunters show. While TAPS certainly isn't to blame for the actions of the ECW wrestlers, the fact that they are linked via the appearance of Elijah on their live show links them in people's minds to them. It isn't fair, but then life isn't fair, and it is the way people's minds work.

3. There have been numerous questions raised about various things seen on the show, questions that were not and have not been addressed and answered in any way. In my short time on the forum boards there, I saw many people trying to find out what their review of the evidence was, especially from the live show at Waverly, but the questions they had were, by and large, ignored. And anyone who dared to express any disappointment in not getting any answers was 'put in their place', so to speak, and not nicely, either. That does not build a good rapport with your fan base, and in fact can work towards destroying it completely.

On the one hand, I don't blame Jason and Grant for the words and actions of ECW wrestlers, or of posters on their forum boards who are frankly quite rude to others, just as it wouldn't be Tim's fault for what someone posted here if it were rude to someone else.

On the other hand, while Tim and Livescifi in general are very open minded and generous towards us, I don't doubt for a second that they would yank the rug out from under anyone who behaved in a rude and even cruel manner towards others. And while TAPS is probably very busy with all the commitments they have in filming the shows along with their own personal lives, no one twisted their arms to accept the responsibility of stepping forward as role models for paranormal investigations.

As role models, therefore, they simply cannot afford to turn a blind eye to things done 'in their name', even if it's done without their permission. They also cannot afford to have doubt cast on their integrity by failing to address legitimate questions regarding evidence obtained in investigations, or to have their group associated with a business enterprise like ECW that does not have the same goals or level of integrity they want to establish and maintain for their work.

I think they are caught in a difficult situation, and if they choose to ignore the growing disenchantment of viewers who have dared to venture into the forums only to nearly get verbally beheaded, or ignore the legitimate questions people have asked about investigative results, or ignore the actions of those they have associated with on their show that have nothing to do with paranormal investigations but that wind up being equated to them having done it, then they are going to see all their years of hard work go down the drain.

Thank heavens for Livescifi....and HUGE hugs to Tim and the gang for being shining examples of what an effort like this SHOULD be like. He's never afraid to answer questions or even question their own results. Tim, YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Lindy you rock.

Like I have said previously I have been around the taps main board which is under 18 since the conception of GhostHunters and I have seen many ppl come and go. I have also tried to hang around the 18+ board but got made fun of because of my Nickname but still its no better over on the lighter side of things I have been called an uber fan because I believed difft or I accept what taps said so therfore all I was basing my opinion on was the fact they were Taps and they were on tv lol.. What I find weird is I am right now at this very min breaking the Taps so called tos I have a great big pic of Dave Tango on my sig and it says proud founder and member of Dave Tango's Tiara wearing hotties lol now according to the tos you cannot devote your sig or anything of that nature to one taps member.

Like I said it took what Tim did and the warnings I got over nothing for me to look and go hmmmm is that a place I really want to be anymore.

I am glad I have been accepted into the livescifitv fold because I have discovered here that hey my opinion really does matter and I am not just regarded as a "Fan".

this is why I love livescifi

We can share and discuss every experience, sense or believes, freely and very open minded!!

I send lame videos to Tim and he always says: "what tha hell im I seen here?"

there maybe more reasons, but i feel conformt, free in here and sometimes fun and hillarious things happens in here!

I've met some great new cool friends!! xD thanks Tim

So anyway... greets to the family of LiveSciFi.Tv!!
Blessings!

I got two warnings over there ( It's a PG board!!!! ) first one was...ummmm I forgot, something stupid I'm sure. The second one was posted in the what I want for Christmas Thread, I pasted a picture of a plastic doll that blew bubbles out of his butt....I can say butt here can't I?

I was sincere, I wanted one of those, I also have a pen that looks like a finger and when you pull it, it makes a gross noise. 😁

on the 18+ board, I've made some friends, but I've been told a couple of times I was "off Topic" 😮
See, they don't know that I was a breach birth, I do everything off topic.

Anyway, lola is one of the friends I made there so I can't say it's all bad....luvs ya lola!!!!!

I got two warnings over there ( It's a PG board!!!! ) first one was...ummmm I forgot, something stupid I'm sure. The second one was posted in the what I want for Christmas Thread, I pasted a picture of a plastic doll that blew bubbles out of his butt....I can say butt here can't I?

I was sincere, I wanted one of those, I also have a pen that looks like a finger and when you pull it, it makes a gross noise. 😁

on the 18+ board, I've made some friends, but I've been told a couple of times I was "off Topic" 😮
See, they don't know that I was a breach birth, I do everything off topic.

Anyway, lola is one of the friends I made there so I can't say it's all bad....luvs ya lola!!!!!

love you too mom.. See Im not all bad lol And I dont got to the 18+ board the couple times I did go there I got made fun of me because of my name lol its not my fault I like Lolabunny from SpaceJam lol

i have never gone to their site because they don't play the TAPS here on tv in Canada. But i find over the top money making fools are all as hole es...so i never interact with them i prefer the humble ppl who do stuff based on it being fun not for profit.....

Welcome Steve. Enjoy your stay witj us.
🙂

To Steve_G, from what I see from the other posts on here the TAPS Mods go overboard keeping things on topic. Not to mention the fact that because of the TV show there are probably a crap load of folks on the boards which means a lot of trouble making trolls. Which can ruin it for everyone else.

I was on the TAPS boards once or twice and never went back because of the people I encountered.

I had every intention of going down to Disney to meet you and Tango when you guys were there but I changed my mind. I really don't care if any of you TAPS folks are on TV. I was interested in your paranormal investigations. To me anyway it all seems to be about your celebrity lately and not being paranormal investigators. Don't intend to sound critical, well maybe a little. All of you seem like genuinely good folks but I think the whole celebtrity status got in the way.

I am hooked on LiveSciFi.TV after one visit because even though we discuss paranormal and investigations we also enjoy each other. These folks here are the only ones that have EVER been able to keep me up for 20+ hours on a weekend to watch cams. How'd they do it? Because they are real people, we can go off topic just to have fun with eachother and I've made some new friends here that I can't wait to meet someday.

As far as I am concerned any of the TAPS members are welcome here and I encourage all of you to stop in, say hello and join us in the chatroom. I think you will find a great group of peeps.

Okay, enough from me, I've typed way too much.

Peace!

I am deeply sorry to here about all your frustrations with the TAPS message boards. The message boards were always meant to be as a place for paranormal groups and enthusiasts to share new ideas and websites. I will surely bring up these issues in our next meeting. I am looking foward to watching tonights and future broadcasts from this group.

Steve G

I was under the impression that the TAPS forum boards were a seperate entity from the TAPS team, even though some of the team post important announcements there. The 18+ board is fun.....they do give ya a hard time sometimes when your new. I've met some cool people from that board too. And I never got one warning there, it was one person there always telling me I was off topic.
I have always had a warped sense of humor but I really didn't think a picture of a plastic toy person with his pants down so you could blow bubbles out of his behind would be THAT offensive....believe me kids pull up much worse than that on their own. I monitor my son's myspace page and he's been told a couple of times, "Take that off your page, NOW!"
It must be genetic...lol

"Because they are real people, we can go off topic just to have fun with eachother and I've made some new friends here that I can't wait to meet someday. " FLghosthunter

yep, we need to keep in mind that these are PARANORMAL related boards and nobody is an EXPERT.......some just appoint themselves as such and take it waaaaaay to seriously. I"ve learned some new things from the boards I go to, new ways to look at things and that's the whole point of it, right?

Oregonmom, you cracked me up! Gotta say I might have the same 'genetic' problem, as my daughter's myspace gets whacky (to put it nicely) at times, too, and I see the humor in it myself, rather than get bent out of shape over it...for instance, she changed her background last week to a tiled one of a roll of toilet paper, each sheet had on it ' I'm next', and beside it was a cartoon caption that said "HELP I'm Next!"!

I think that's when I realized my rather off the wall whacky sense of humor may have rubbed off on her more than I realized?

Lola, I love your nick, it's my daughter's fave toon from that movie as well, so that puts you 'up there' on the fave list, hehehe!!

Gee...talk about getting off topic? hehehehe!!!!

This is why i like the paranormal community.Taps talking with livescifi. We're all like family. Look at us. Getting along with eachother. Sharing ideas. Nice people just looking for answers. ....starting to cry a little.... sorry. Im sorry just a little choked up right now. . 😆 ...love you guys.... sniff sniff ....We are family.

Im just the red headed step child of the paranormal family. spooked 1

This is why i like the paranormal community.Taps talking with livescifi. We're all like family. Look at us. Getting along with eachother. Sharing ideas. Nice people just looking for answers. ....starting to cry a little.... sorry. Im sorry just a little choked up right now. . 😆 ...love you guys.... sniff sniff ....We are family.

Im just the red headed step child of the paranormal family. spooked 1

now now spooked, its okay, hun, mama's here....(hands spooked a tissue and gives a motherly hug)

you know we lurve our redheaded stepchild, doncha! 😉

Thank you Trax_lindy (spooked 1 takes tissue and hugs Trax back....and hugs Trax....and hugs Trax....ok...and hugs Trax....and hugs.... this is getting weird now. 😮 )