Once Upon A Time

[kiki-do]

I don't know if this is somewhere on OB already, but I am sooooo curious to know how OB got started! What's the story?
Who is the Mastermind(s) and how did you find so many wonderful people to join in. Was it created by the ????
Everyone is from different states...countries....so I am wondering how OB came to be such a great "hangout" for all the rest of us.

[khill]

Inquiring minds would like to know.

[kiki-do]

[cb977]

OB is the brain-child of our fearless leader...Marty

I found it after reading something Dave (Oscarman) wrote somewhere

Tindomul, Janie and Gin were three of the first people I met here

[cb977]

kiki...you're at over 1000 posts!

[kiki-do]

Marty Marty Marty!!!! It's story time!!!!!
How, who, when, where, and why........ and thank you!

[kiki-do]

Awesome! Now Dorothy will answer my PM's......
Sorry, D, I just had to say that!
What do we get when we reach 1000 postings?
An orchid?

[cb977]

Originally Posted by kiki-do

Awesome! Now Dorothy will answer my PM's......
Sorry, D, I just had to say that!
What do we get when we reach 1000 postings?
An orchid?

Ummm...kind of
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ser-ranks.html

[Marty]

Grab a cup of hot coco and sit by the fire, I'll tell you a story.

... Once upon a time I inherited a bunch of orchids from my brother... being clueless about them I decided to join a forum, which shall remain nameless. Right away I was ridiculed for my lack of knowledge and quickly got pissed off by the attitude of the few bullies in the know how. I'm not the push over type so the situation quickly escalated and an argument erupted and flame war started. I was then told to get lost and if I don't like their forum to start my own and run it the way I want it... I remember I was mad as hell because not only did I not get any orchid info but I also left the forum insulted. ...I created a forum where I wanted everyone to feel welcomed no matter what the knowledge and skill level or country of origin, etc. Few times we had people that tried to make OB what other forums were, but we put an end to any belittling of members. The trend quickly caught on and our awesome moderators liked the openness of orchid board and the friendly atmosphere... Here we are now, OB seems to be the busiest orchid forum on the web now and the place where I was ridiculed has been left in the dust. It hasn't always been easy though, one time I had the idea of cooperating with other forums and creating a sort of global community with forums talking with each others. My intentions were taken the wrong way and I was accused of basically trying to channel traffic to orchid board, which was idiotic. Since then I decided that it's best if we run our dog and pony show on our own terms without cooperation from other boards.

In a nut shell that's about it... OB was really created because I got ticked off, so the moral of the story is, be nice to people or they will make their own forum, which will later kick your ass!

[gmdiaz]

Gosh, that's a nice bed time story! I thought it had a totally KICKER ending. roflolol

They should have played sweet. . .and not made you dip into your irk.