man i sure hope ron doesn't sell. when you alter a winning formula, even if it is an improvement, you often lose a large chunk of people who prefer familirity and comfort to new bells and whistles
That being said, if DC did buy it, it might be pretty cool to see the same GB look with some different boards. Dante would probably be a better buyer than some porn or gambling firm who just wanted to spam us. He knows the sport and is one of the best known names on the boards. If it got a tad more aggressive and brought back the guest feature, it might not suck that bad at all!
Dante-
If you removed any anti-DC debates, upped the censorship, gave all pros moderator powers, made 3/4 the first screen an ad, or other things which made this place feel more like a classroom than a playground, I think you would lose thousands of people.
Ron has NO agenda, which lets it retain creative people - and this is why getbig succeeds. If this place became dickhead city, i can picture the top 50 posters choosing a new place to post some very wild stuff. Remember that the top 50 posters here are the ones who put getbig on the map. not the pros. When Romano talked about GB in MD every month, it wasn't for the pros. It was for the A-hole kids who were funny/rude/real all at the same time.
Getbig has a niche and i hope it stays there, no matter who pays the rent.
Rob