Author Topic: Why did MuscleMayhem.com go under? (Read 9946 times)

Tre · « **on:** July 03, 2011, 07:04:18 PM »

Re: MuscleMayhem.com

Just read a thread on SC saying that MM is no longer in business.

Can anyone (Insider?) shed light on this development?

YoungBlood · « **Reply #1 on:** July 03, 2011, 07:07:09 PM »

After trying to access the site, the domain doesn't seem to be up any longer...

The Abdominal Snoman · « **Reply #2 on:** July 03, 2011, 07:09:40 PM »

It was given 6 kidney transplants over its lifetime. The government finally said no more. And it died a painful death.

w8m8 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 03, 2011, 07:12:18 PM »

Quote from: Tre on July 03, 2011, 07:04:18 PM

Just read a thread on SC saying that MM is no longer in business.

Can anyone (Insider?) shed light on this development?

Believe it or not, those titans of online commercial development Goodrum and Matt C have bought it.

Vince let it slip here two weeks ago.

The Abdominal Snoman · « **Reply #4 on:** July 03, 2011, 07:13:55 PM »

Always thought Matt C was a decent guy until I saw his hair cut. Now I can never talk to him again $:-\$

wes · « **Reply #5 on:** July 03, 2011, 07:19:11 PM »

MM is history.......no longer exists.

Tre · « **Reply #6 on:** July 03, 2011, 07:25:06 PM »

Quote from: wes on July 03, 2011, 07:19:11 PM

MM is history.......no longer exists.

Wow, I had no idea. That really sucks, because many others and I wrote some brilliant shit there in the years when it was at its peak.

Censorship killed that fucker, though, exactly as most of us sadly predicted.

Damn, I should've copied all my genius. lol

The Abdominal Snoman · « **Reply #7 on:** July 03, 2011, 07:28:28 PM »

The fact the it died gives a lot of insight into the mental illness of Chads brain. There's no reason whatsoever why that site couldn't have progressed and moved forward other than simple ego and mental illness.

Tre · « **Reply #8 on:** July 03, 2011, 07:34:40 PM »

Quote from: The Abdominal Snoman on July 03, 2011, 07:28:28 PM

The fact the it died gives a lot of insight into the mental illness of Chads brain. There's no reason whatsoever why that site couldn't have progressed and moved forward other than simple ego and mental illness.

There was a time when Mayhem ran a CLOSE second to GetBig and both were dominant forces in bodybuilding. If they'd maintained the forum as it was instead of trying to become a 'store', they'd likely still be just as popular today.

Matt C · « **Reply #9 on:** July 03, 2011, 09:12:50 PM »

Quote from: The Abdominal Snoman on July 03, 2011, 07:13:55 PM

Always thought Matt C was a decent guy until I saw his hair cut. Now I can never talk to him again $:-\$

It will be better come the Olympia. At least that is what my gay barber tells me. I watched some Hollywood movies and got the impression that benders have a better sense of style. Is that true?

The Abdominal Snoman · « **Reply #10 on:** July 03, 2011, 09:34:59 PM »

Quote from: Matt C on July 03, 2011, 09:12:50 PM

It will be better come the Olympia. At least that is what my gay barber tells me. I watched some Hollywood movies and got the impression that benders have a better sense of style. Is that true?

Just playing bro

OneMoreRep · « **Reply #11 on:** July 03, 2011, 09:45:52 PM »

Quote from: w8m8 on July 03, 2011, 07:12:18 PM

Believe it or not, those titans of online commercial development Goodrum and Matt C have bought it.

Vince let it slip here two weeks ago.

Wait, so you're saying Goodrum purchased musclemayhem.com?

If so, he truly did OWN them at the end...

"1"

Tre · « **Reply #12 on:** July 03, 2011, 10:01:43 PM »

Quote from: OneMoreRep on July 03, 2011, 09:45:52 PM

Wait, so you're saying Goodrum purchased musclemayhem.com?

If so, he truly did OWN them at the end...

"1"

Is this for real??

Vince G, CSN MFT · « **Reply #13 on:** July 04, 2011, 05:17:06 AM »

Quote from: Tre on July 03, 2011, 07:04:18 PM

Just read a thread on SC saying that MM is no longer in business.

Can anyone (Insider?) shed light on this development?

I offered Chad's secretary 3500 dollars to buy Muscle Mayhem last year and she told me that they already had a buyer which was obviously a lie. I had been trying to buy it for almost 3 years now

I intended to rework the main page into a general bodybuilding news site, update the Vbulletin License and turn off the ability to upload files and delete the uploaded fileswhich was the reason why it was costing Chad about 400 dollars a month.

Vince G, CSN MFT · « **Reply #14 on:** July 04, 2011, 05:33:46 AM »

Quote from: Tre on July 03, 2011, 07:25:06 PM

Wow, I had no idea. That really sucks, because many others and I wrote some brilliant shit there in the years when it was at its peak.

Censorship killed that fucker, though, exactly as most of us sadly predicted.

Damn, I should've copied all my genius. lol

Yea, that was one thing that me and you agreed on. Too much censorship and moderators like Massive G that abused their powers. If I had bought the site, I would have unbanned Adonis, Mr Magoo, and McFarland, booted out the moderators, and brought back the good times that made it the awesome site it is when it started in 2002.

Muscle Mayhem was in fact No 1 for the first 2 years as Ron still had that shitty forum program running but eventually the censorship and the Slap Chop Cock Politics caused it to fall off until it was just costing them money to run it. Chad started the EFitStore to bring in revenue but he simply didn't get the right people to build it because it was a clusterfuck. Eventually, he just abandoned it.

Muscle Mayhem still has all the archived files so it could easily be revived with the right person who knows how to run Linux

WillGrant · « **Reply #15 on:** July 04, 2011, 05:53:54 AM »

Vince - were you not a laughing stock and the butt of jokes there to ?

Quote from: Vince G, CSN MFT on July 04, 2011, 05:33:46 AM

and brought back the good times that made it the awesome site it is when it started in 2002.

johnnynoname · « **Reply #16 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:02:04 AM »

Quote from: snx on July 04, 2011, 04:39:33 AM

Why is it dead? Three words: CASA LANA DORA

What a vomitorium of gladhanding, backslapping, asskissing and groveling at the feet of their two demi-gods; teh Chad and Lana.

An absolute waste of human capacity and marginal utility.

this

The Grim Lifter · « **Reply #17 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:08:42 AM »

Quote from: Vince G, CSN MFT on July 04, 2011, 05:33:46 AM

Yea, that was one thing that me and you agreed on. Too much censorship and moderators like Massive G that abused their powers. If I had bought the site, I would have unbanned Adonis, Mr Magoo, and McFarland, booted out the moderators, and brought back the good times that made it the awesome site it is when it started in 2002.

Muscle Mayhem was in fact No 1 for the first 2 years as Ron still had that shitty forum program running but eventually the censorship and the Slap Chop Cock Politics caused it to fall off until it was just costing them money to run it. Chad started the EFitStore to bring in revenue but he simply didn't get the right people to build it because it was a clusterfuck. Eventually, he just abandoned it.

Muscle Mayhem still has all the archived files so it could easily be revived with the right person who knows how to run Linux

McFarland was one reason it was so popular for a while, and Tom Prince fucking hated that, even tried to start a fight with him at Golds (by using the same gestures that Cormier used at him to try and start him, yes great memory). Massive G was just a fat fuck.

Stark · « **Reply #18 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:36:39 AM »

Quote from: OneMoreRep on July 03, 2011, 09:45:52 PM

Wait, so you're saying Goodrum purchased musclemayhem.com?

If so, he truly did OWN them at the end...

"1"

no he didn't, he made them an offer

Vince G, CSN MFT · « **Reply #19 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:36:46 AM »

Quote from: WillGrant on July 04, 2011, 05:53:54 AM

Vince - were you not a laughing stock and the butt of jokes there to ?

Actually, not the first 2 years I was there. I was well respected at the time and gave a lot of info on making anabolic steroids. I had one post in particular that gave folks information on how to get 2 pounds of nor-androstendione for free from this company in China. A lot of people loved that article.

Stark · « **Reply #20 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:38:27 AM »

Quote from: Vince G, CSN MFT on July 04, 2011, 05:33:46 AM

Yea, that was one thing that me and you agreed on. Too much censorship and moderators like Massive G that abused their powers. If I had bought the site, I would have unbanned Adonis, Mr Magoo, and McFarland, booted out the moderators, and brought back the good times that made it the awesome site it is when it started in 2002.

Muscle Mayhem was in fact No 1 for the first 2 years as Ron still had that shitty forum program running but eventually the censorship and the Slap Chop Cock Politics caused it to fall off until it was just costing them money to run it. Chad started the EFitStore to bring in revenue but he simply didn't get the right people to build it because it was a clusterfuck. Eventually, he just abandoned it.

Muscle Mayhem still has all the archived files so it could easily be revived with the right person who knows how to run Linux

Vince all you need are the mysql db backup, inject that in the forum software they were using and voila.
30 min job.

Vince G, CSN MFT · « **Reply #21 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:41:06 AM »

Quote from: Stark on July 04, 2011, 06:36:39 AM

no he didn't, he made them an offer

I've made 4 different offers in the past 3 years including Chad's EFitStore and the remaining inventory of supplements. Chad had some lady to answer all of his calls and emails...don't think it was his wife.

Its possible that he did sell it and that its being reworked but who knows. Its pretty much worthless now that its been delisted by Google. He could have stock a Google Adsense ad at the top of the page in place of that Lana Dora ad and made about 400-500 bucks a month easily.

WillGrant · « **Reply #22 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:42:23 AM »

Quote from: Vince G, CSN MFT on July 04, 2011, 06:36:46 AM

Actually, not the first 2 years I was there. I was well respected at the time and gave a lot of info on making anabolic steroids. I had one post in particular that gave folks information on how to get 2 pounds of nor-androstendione for free from this company in China. A lot of people loved that article.

Ah sorry - my mistake

Vince G, CSN MFT · « **Reply #23 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:42:58 AM »

Quote from: Stark on July 04, 2011, 06:38:27 AM

Vince all you need are the mysql db backup, inject that in the forum software they were using and voila.
30 min job.

I know...as well as disable the upload function. That's what was costing Chad all that money. People uploaded pictures here and there and over time maintaining that bandwidth would have been ridiculous.

Stark · « **Reply #24 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:44:12 AM »

Quote from: Vince G, CSN MFT on July 04, 2011, 06:41:06 AM

I've made 4 different offers in the past 3 years including Chad's EFitStore and the remaining inventory of supplements. Chad had some lady to answer all of his calls and emails...don't think it was his wife.

Its possible that he did sell it and that its being reworked but who knows. Its pretty much worthless now that its been delisted by Google. He could have stock a Google Adsense ad at the top of the page in place of that Lana Dora ad and made about 400-500 bucks a month easily.

its still valuable, as soon as the domain points to some quality content google will crawl it all over again - but I agree if you offer them money you should give them less now.

Idiot that he is not selling it.