I was avoiding this thread as I had made a few assumptions what it would be like, which was an example of Mudcat, ahem, not at its best. Actually I was wrong - with a few honourable and predictable exceptions, it's not that bad. As another person who posts both at fRoots and Mudcat, I don't see why there has to be any sort of dick swinging contest between the two, and I'd hazard a guess that neither Max nor Ian would want that either. Both fulfil different functions and that's ok: I certainly use them differently.

I don't see any evidence that the fRoots board is peevish and supercilious as Lurker suggests (but then I would say that because I post there!). I reckon that's just a misreading of Ian's sometimes waspish humour. I also don't agree with the suggestion made elsewhere that Mudcat is full of deranged lunatics (though there are obviously a few: no names, no pack drill, don't feed 'em). I've overwhelmingly met some really decent folks here.

Not that anyone asked, but I actually find that some of the posts I most enjoy reading (at either board) are by people who post on both - Vic and Matt springing to mind, for instance.

Anyway, for something completely different, now I'm off to the Terrascope forum for a spot of psychtastic weirdness.