I was an RSS member a few years ago. I dropped it because thread after thread turned into a Big Swinging Richard contest. Somebody that often posts good information would say something, and a couple characters would pull it apart and put him down in an effort to pump themselves up. It got to the point that the good information dried up and was hard to find. Is it any better now?
Is RSS worth it?
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I had it when we canned Bo and for the first two years of the Riley regime. I joined for the Riley coaching search and at the time thought it was worthwhile. By the end of my two years it had turned into a Riley lovefest and if you questioned anything to do with Riley’s staff you got put on a vacation. There was even a mod who posted a cockroach under your post every time you posted something critical, if you had anything bad to say you were automatically a Bo sympathizer. In the end most of us who knew Riley was a loser were right, but I had already been put off by the board.
I didn’t rejoin for the frost search but was tempted. There are more frequent posts and more intelligent posts on RSS, but now that everything is hopefully in order I’m not itching to jump back in.
I didn’t rejoin for the frost search but was tempted. There are more frequent posts and more intelligent posts on RSS, but now that everything is hopefully in order I’m not itching to jump back in.
I still to this day do not understand the 'Riley Love' that was (and still is) so ingrained in a solid group of RSS members....
Got 'vacation' over and over....gave up.
Was on HM for a while...total Riley SS...still is.
I have never subscribed to RSS so I have zero knowledge of what it is like. But I have never understood the allure of signing up to pay for information that you will eventually get anyway. And it has also been my experience, in other areas of life, that people who are " in the know" and who "have insider knowledge" of something, are often times just full of **** and full of themselves. Often, "insider info" turns out to be wrong - - just gossip all dressed up to look good - - and not very trustworthy afterall.
It is better because several of the small Richard’s are no longer there. There is still some of what you described but it’s not as bad now.
Exactly. I have paid for a few different sites, one being an "insider" site. They are all the same. It seems like if you pay for anything, you act like you know everything. The free board works just fine for me to talk football with others, which is the part I enjoy.
This is super true. I was on RSS for years. But when I started going after Riley very early on in his tenure, like three or four games into his first year, I triggered a bunch of people over there. A couple of them even followed me to the Main Board.
Granted, I did post about Riley rather trollishly, I fully admit to that. But man oh man did I ruslte the RSS clique. Honestly, you can just follow this board or the Husker subreddit to be in the know.
The egos are even bigger than in this forum...if that can be imagined. It's much like a Gore Vidal vs William F. Buckley debate, which is amusing, but a lot of hot air is being released..
You pay for the community, less so for the "insider info." Maybe 15 years ago the insider info was really good. Back then you didn't have the coaches and AD crawling all over it. A lot more free-flowing info back then.
If you live in Nebraska still -- particularly Omaha or Lincoln -- it can still be worth it just for all the recommendations and advice you can get on things in the area.
If you live in Nebraska still -- particularly Omaha or Lincoln -- it can still be worth it just for all the recommendations and advice you can get on things in the area.
A mod who posts a cockroach under the posts of paid customers is not doing Rivals any favors. That is ridiculous.
I was on RSS for a number of years. I think part of the allure to subscribing is that there is a perceived status to being a member of RSS. The only place that status exists is on this website, but nonetheless people can feel a sense of accomplishment by joining. Rivals has badges that recognize members and that's pretty cool too. Kinda like a virtual members only lounge at a resort. The drinks all taste the same, but people think that it is better.
Considering almost none of the inside info on the program has turned into any reality..nobody knew that MR would even be coach, I don't see it being worth it. The insiders were likely tied much more strongly to the 90s staff, and so maybe we will get more info now but it was generally people with a good rep making predictions, being wrong a lot, and this then turned into others putting them down for using their status and still being wrong. A waste of money unless our recruiting gets a lot more interesting. It was a ton of fun in 2005-2007 though.
Lol. I was once a member of an organization that had a "members only" bar and lounge. And you are right... the drinks were the same as the public bar, but they cost more. Ha. Paying for the ambience I guess, just like being a member of RSS.
Most of the "insiders" aren't around anymore. There are some that try to act like insiders but really aren't. There are some there that do have some pretty good ideas of what is going on, you just have to know who they are and be able to read between the lines at times. There has actually been just as good of football discussion on the free board lately. We've made an effort to get rid of the trouble makers and trolls here. The biggest problem with the free voard is anyone can create a free account just to start trouble here.
Where I see the value in having a membership is in some of the articles and some of the features they do like 3 and Out, Tunnel Talk and some of the Money features by Steve Rosen. Every now and then some of the Rivals national guys stop by to offer their opinions on recruits NU is in on.
Where I see the value in having a membership is in some of the articles and some of the features they do like 3 and Out, Tunnel Talk and some of the Money features by Steve Rosen. Every now and then some of the Rivals national guys stop by to offer their opinions on recruits NU is in on.
probably NOT worth it unless you are really big into recruiting news year round. Stuff like who we are looking at, who is likely to commit, ect. If you want that stuff throughout the year (not just in January as signing day nears like everyone else) it is probably worth it. As mentioned above, the Tunnel Talks have good information. Very thorough.
If you just like to post on the boards and follow the husker news.. I would probably pass.
If you just like to post on the boards and follow the husker news.. I would probably pass.
The Message Board musings are a personal favorite. Always fun to see how other fan bases view our program
Nope, Is all I'll say. It was awesome 10 years ago. All the new social media has made premium boards obsolete.
Agreed, I was on there for a few years. I liked the tunnel talk and interviews with recruits. But like you said, with Twitter now, info is available ASAP to all.
To be honest, not really. I was a member for a year a few years back. The info, even if RSS was chock-full of insiders, will be available within a week or less. Then there's the articles. I just wasn't reading them. Then there are those that populate that board that somehow think they are special because they belong to a club. Blech. I found myself posting more on the free board, much to the chagrin of all you slackers. I'm here because I want to hang with other Husker fans and socialize.
The scrolls themselves? The part where you get to interact and read the comments from other Husker fans? Nope... Basically the same as this board 99% of the time. Plenty of blowhards, jerks, know-it-alls, "insiders", etc along with the plenty of good folks as well.
If that stuff gets you all worked up and you don't care about reading what Sean, Nate, and the gang have to say in their premium articles, then stay with the free stuff... the Scrolls will never change and aren't that dissimilar than the free board.
The rest of the premium stuff where you get everything kaz36 says in his post? Definitely worth it.
I got the 50% off too. Good price.
See Kaz's post:
^^^^^^^ This x1,000
All RSS members love the Tunnel Talk on Fridays. The info in them is not every day information that everyone knows and sometimes its cool little nuggets from the past even.
The weekly chats are great. You get to ask whatever questions you can think of and get them answered. Sure, you have to scroll and read Sean and Nate's comments while skipping over the rest, but that's easily done.
Having Husker articles to read basically 7 days a week, instead of a couple days a week for the free info, is awesome for someone that can't get enough Husker info. Reading about all of these recruits that haven't committed to us gets old sometimes and I don't read some of those articles, but that is just me. I care more about who is actually here and what the team is doing...
Many might say that the info on RSS is all available on the free board too, but it isn't. I frequent both boards daily. When I first signed up, I hated the RSS board and spent most of my time on this board, but now I spend most of my time on the other board, although I find myself hardly posting on it compared to what I used to post on this board last year.
@Pennsyhusker I could share with you a few things from the Tunnel Talks that would peak your interest for sure (if you are a huge Husker fan that craves information about the team) and you could honestly say you didn't know it before and stuff that never really makes it to the free board, and if it does, might come across as someone acting like an insider and not as fact, so you might not believe it if you read it on the free board... if that makes sense.
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Probably not, but canceling it is too hard...
No its not any better now. Still happens and most people who have this information don't post it anymore.
Sure. I am always open to new info on the Huskers
Imo, there is one poster on here that has good info. I don't know if it's technically insider info, but it seems pretty reliable. Problem is, this person doesn't post a lot of the time.
The only complaint I had was being banned repeatedly for simply being honest and civil about my lack of faith in Callahan, Pelini, and Riley. They took my money while banned. I will never be banned for being critical of Frost, I asked for him repeatedly. I also have a problem of being attacked by other posters with X rated jabs for being an early advocate of hiring Frost only for them to delete their posts shortly afterwards so that the public evidence isn't there anymore.
It may not be available on the free board, but you can get most of that information provided on social media pretty easily. A lot of times Dean and the rest of the gang are reporting info that they are able to get from other places. It's all personal preference, but that is one reason why I left all pay boards I have been involved in. It is easy to get that information for free elsewhere.
Let me put it like this, any football inside information last for about 24 hours. Maybe you hear about a key injury or some player leaving the program sooner but within 24 hours that information comes out free. And the recruiting insight has not been the same since rivals split from huskers illustrated.
IMO HI on 247 has better writers than Huskers Online but the message boards here are much better. It's like talking to the dullest people in the world over there.
IMO HI on 247 has better writers than Huskers Online but the message boards here are much better. It's like talking to the dullest people in the world over there.
I have never paid for any message board or online newspaper mostly because there are so many free options. But as free options disappear — as we steadily see in the case of online newspapers, I suspect we may have to pay for many of these free sites. But if/when that happens I suspect participating in a Husker message board will end for me. I already spend far too much on internet and tv and don’t see that improving.
It does trouble me a bit though when I see a thread like this one get started. The people who run this free site rely on pay customers to keep the lights on. It seems a little tacky to me to start a thread asking if you should support them financially.
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I get that. I was hoping the answer would be that it is worth it and here’s why. And I got that answer once I filter out the “not worth it” responses. Sounds like the message board portion is not where the value lies, nor reliable insider tips. But the articles, Tunnel Talk, etc, can add up to being worth it if you’re sufficiently interested. Especially if you want to also support those that provide the content.
I've been a longtime lurker of the scrolls. At this point, I think it's more of a habit than anything else. There's some good info/opinions on there that keeps me checking in on a regular basis but there's a few things that keep me from posting. Some of it just seems childish, like if someone comes in with a thought or opinion and they haven't posted much in the past they're mocked for not posting much. Then there's the Facebook mentality that if you haven't received enough likes on your prior posts then your opinion is null and void. Or, my favorite, people have their opinions or even insight dismissed because they don't have an avatar photo. Idk, just seems like if you're not totally obsessed you won't fit in. I should follow up with the fact that my personal experience hasn't been negative, just seen some negative interaction that discourage me from posting.
Sounds like the free board.....