GotFina is no more....

[MDRThom]

Well, it appears as though Gotfina is shut down, none of the mods can logg on as of a couple of hours ago. Very sad day for all of us over there. We worked very hard to maintain a flame free board with no source posting and minimal commercialism.

It appears as though Mr. H aka Christopher Hummel, passed away last weekend in a car accident. Here's a link to the newspaper article pertaining to the story. He was a very young dude, worked at Mass Quantities as a computer exec and was mature way beyond his years.

**broken link removed**

All the mods recieved an e-mail on Saturday from somebody claiming to be a close friend. When I did IP and e-mail searches and such all roads pointed to the same town, East Rockaway. And now the site is "off-the-air" so we conclude that all of this is real.

I'm just glad that SwoleCat has his own site to maintain the fire as it were and old timers from the board (xcel and Ivan) have quality places to call home.


MDRThom - former Mod @ GotFina

 

[Ivan]

And you know what?

You gotta a home here too! Sad --- that board was my beginning of the "boards".....

Ps --- if BillyGman tries to come here I am gonna be all over his ass so FAST......so maybe tell him to pick another board LOL...

Hopefully MDR you will make this a constant place... A good bro to have to any board, good knowledge.

 

[MDRThom]

Thank you, and I do plan on hanging around more. Yeah, BillyGman had the tendency to rub people the wrong way but he's a very smart guy and always had GF's best interests at heart.

 

[Ivan]

LOL

OK MDR that's your take on him, but personally he is the one guy on the boards I would like to meet in person to thump the hell out of... I know, I know, but in our little PM war he fucking went way outta line, (will not get into details) and even Swole said he could get me back, but I would not go back unless his smart know-it-all ass was gone.

That day I had NEVER stared at my CPU screen with such ferocity and rage....I was turning colors and my breathing was all out of control, I thought I was gonna have a stroke for god's sake! He has a serious complex, hell I thought the guy was a cop they way he talked to me etc..



So ANOTHER DEATH? GOOD GOD. (Mr. H) <- I liked him a lot.

 

[MightyJohn]

I hope they R

I hope they R no more I bought a hat & the shitty logo is like as small as type size print & took 3 wks to get here

 

[MDRThom]

Wow Ivan, I never knew about that, I just thought you stopped posting over there 'cause you where happier over here! That was probably b4 I was a Mod or I would've heard about that. Sorry 'bout that!

 

[Ivan]

Nope

He BANNED me b4 talking with ANYONE! Swole told me he had gone way overboard, but at that point I was done.

 

[mike man]

MDR

Sorry to hear that took place. It was one of the boards I first started my research on years ago. When they changed to the other format I found this board and got busy staying here.

 

[xcelbeyond]

GotFina

Thanks for the info bro.

I actually started at Elite when it first when online - or shortly thereafter (~1996-1997?). It was a free site back then. It grew so fast and the reponses were mainly childish I was literally afraid of the info that was being provided. This is too bad as there are many good vets there.

It really left a bad taste in my mouth about boards. I read an article in Testosterone.net years ago (and after the Elite experience) about topical fina. It mentioned a new board that formed to discuss fina - the fina board, which was as spin-off through Elite.

I reluctantly went there and got HOOKED. For the longest time I didn't even think there were other boards out there (other than Elite). I was like member #60 there.

In the ol' Fina Board days there were MANY knowledgeable bros that participated and if you didn't cut-and-paste or quote the medical journal citation, your info was blown off - or at least it seemed like it

I went from there and ventured out into the cruel world of boards. Probably became a member of no less than 30 and that's probably not even a fourth of whats been around in that time frame.

I discovered Big A's new boards through BigBadAsian via GoHeavy - rippedmass and professionalbodybuilding. Big A was MORE than helpful and I liked the way he ran his boards, which became my new homes.

I really need get more focus back into bb'ing instead of cruisin'. I haven't been around to other boards much lately, even rippedmass

My prayers go out to Mr H and his family.

xcel

 

[dragonfire101]

Yes this is very unfortunate indeed just found i could not log in, but now i have the PM board as my home base and can now post more and thier are many bros here who i know are great guys.

 

[rippedboy]

i cant believe yet another death. i am speechless. im sorry to hear this.

 

[FireEater]

I have been a member at Gotfina since the begining. Right now I am at a loss. I was just on there this morning and knew something was up, but I didn't know it would be so sad.

I've learned so much from everyone there. I gave back to the board by putting together the fina conversion page with all the pics and info.

That board had a great group of bros and it will truely be missed by me. Wondering now where everyone will end up if the board is going down for good? Hopefully not scattered to far.

My thoughts and prayers go out to Chris's family.

FE

 

[tatmark1]

Im still wondering around like a lost puppy, i dont know what to do just looking for somewhere to go

 

[FireEater]

We must be in the same car bro.

FE

 

[tatmark1]

We must be in the same car bro.

FE

i hear you, man i will miss it.
hell i dont even need a computer any more thats all i used it for

 

[Steak Helmet]

Man this is crazy...

Things happen in 3's not 333's...

 

[Armageddon]

I stopped in from time to time and it seemed to be a great place. Sorry about everyones loss in this. And prayers to his family

 

[Ivan]

Ya

i hear you, man i will miss it.
hell i dont even need a computer any more thats all i used it for

But me and Xcel were old school Fina w/ you bros and we LOVE it here. You will too.

 

[xcelbeyond]

Re: Ya

But me and Xcel were old school Fina w/ you bros and we LOVE it here. You will too.

DITTO

Glad to see you "ol' fina guys" guys around (many are actually old members here). As Ivan said, feel free to hang here!

xcel

 

[drgoodbody]

shit, that is too damn bad. I never posted much at GF, but I enjoyed reading some of the threads and learned a thing or two from SC and the rest of the crew along the way.

DrG