I need to second that... I don\'t have a problem with there being two sites really... people can do whatever the heck they want; I\'ll try to support just about anything band-affiliated as long as there is nothing sleazy involved... however, I don\'t think this is an exclusive group at all... everyone has always been very welcoming, and friendly as can be... even accepted some farm girl from NH hanging around.... As far as needing thick skin goes... no one on this site is really offensive, and, for the most part, it only gets dished out to the people who dish it out as well. I don\'t think any newcomers are in serious danger of a hazing that they can\'t handle.
Also, in reference to bad history... although the new forum doesn\'t have much history in that, well, it\'s new, I would say the history it has had so far has not exactly been crystalline positive...