Savvy has been axed!

[John Bigl]

~~~~ she's a nashville cat~~~ she's coool as country water~~~~

ooooooh, love that twangin stuff, y'know

[JoeActor]

Originally Posted by Colin Campbell

I've just been reading through the latter pages of this thread. It takes a tough man to... well cry. I fear the the locals might be agitated by this thread's long winded and emotional venerableness. But... at great risk, I post this link. (Thank you Robert!)

SavvyAwardsNight

Thanks for the memory, Colin - those were good times indeed...

Now let's make some new ones!

BTW, I was a bit curious about the new V123 Pravda... er Forum.
Looks like they have a couple hundred posts...
Of course over 40% are from V123 staff members.
Best of luck to anyone posting there

Happy Monday,
Joe J Thomas
www.JoeActor.com

[Colin Campbell]

I added a bunch more old Savvy audio to my site this morning. The whole V321 and RMOG audio. Don't know if that was after your time there or not Joe. V321 is a russian spoof of voice sites and RMOG was a bunch of "Real Men of Genius" spoofs....

www.colincampbellvoice.com/FTP/Savvy

As far as the new board, when I had my first post there edited for no discernable reason, I pretty much gave up on it. I lurk a bit but there's really nothing honest there.

[JoeActor]

Originally Posted by Colin Campbell

I added a bunch more old Savvy audio to my site this morning. The whole V321 and RMOG audio. Don't know if that was after your time there or not Joe. V321 is a russian spoof of voice sites and RMOG was a bunch of "Real Men of Genius" spoofs....

www.colincampbellvoice.com/FTP/Savvy

As far as the new board, when I had my first post there edited for no discernable reason, I pretty much gave up on it. I lurk a bit but there's really nothing honest there.

Nice archive, Colin - it'll make good lunch-time listening here!

I caught the beginning of the v321 stuff, but didn't know it became a running joke (gee, sounds like something else I know of ;-)

Just listened to the Unscrupulous Talent RMOG - that's a scream!
Great parody!
Joe

p.s. yeah, I used to lurk at Savvy, but that's not happening with the new v123 site. In fact, I just turned off my SmartCast e-mail notify. I'm just going to visit when it's convenient, delete the expired ones and audtion if needed. Only been doing about 1 a week there anyway... time to let it expire.

[Diane Havens]

Every once in a while I pop over there for a couple of minutes, to see some "inappropriate" posts appear, then disappear. Caught one today -- so I am sure there have been, and will be, many more.

Thanks for the archive, Colin. Good stuff there.

[Jacob Ekstroem]

Colin's FTP-server is definitely a trip down memory lane!!! Thanks for keeping the good times alive, buddy.

For all you V321.ru fans, I still have ALL episodes up to October 27, 2007 in one big file.

It is available here:

EDIT: Errrh.... that's a nice little player, but how do one post a link to an mp3-file??

(JoeAdmin note:) it automatically uses the player on mp3 links. To get around it, use the URL tag (the "Link" button) - here it is for you:
http://www.defede80ere.dk/V321-RU_AL...007_96kbps.mp3

[Lee Gordon]

Originally Posted by DBHavens

Every once in a while I pop over there for a couple of minutes, to see some "inappropriate" posts appear, then disappear. Caught one today -- so I am sure there have been, and will be, many more.

Well, I have been posting over there because, frankly, it's great to have the ear of the people in charge. I've made so many suggestions that Omar the progammer is probably contemplating slashing my tires.

What's really bothersome is that I know they would have redacted that last bit from my message if I had posted it over there. I have to admit that I prefer online forums that are not rife with negativity and flame wars, but they carry the Pollyanna-ism to extremes.

For example, one of my latest posts was in a thread about receiving feedback from seekers. I made a suggestion that they add a feature that would enable voice seekers to send out a one-click, blanket acknowledgement to all voice talents whose demos they opened. By way of illustration I noted that Larry Maizlish always sends a "thank you note" whether you get the job or not. So as not to appear that I was singling Larry out for the purpose of kissing his ass, I then went on to point out that he is one of the few voice seekers who takes the trouble to extend this courtesy.

They edited out the part about seeker acknowledgements being uncommon. They might even have deleted the "whether you get the job or not" bit. I'm all for civility and decorum but I don't know if we need rose colored glasses on top of rose colored contact lenses.

[Diane Havens]

It's one thing to delete an entire post, and then quite another to "edit" others. If they do that, do they post an "edited by" tag at the end? With the reason?

That is not a forum. It is at best a public help desk -- at worst, a protracted infomercial.

[Lori Furth]

Hi All

Whew! Spent the last hour (OK, probably more) going through this thread and the Vo-BB threads pertaining to Savvy's demise. A little late to the party, but I hope I'm welcomed just the same!

I look forward to becoming a more active member of the Chocolate Nation.

Let me thank Julie again for hosting this forum to help all of us. Which should be what it's all about, right?!?!?!

OK. Let the good times roll.

Lori Furth
The Spot-on Voice

[JoeActor]

Hey Lori - you're most certainly welcome here!

If you have a chance, please post an intro in the Welcome area...

Enjoy the Choc-o-laty goodness,
Joe J Thomas
www.JoeActor.com