new to the forum, not to cakewalk. question.

has the discourse always gotten so of colour and out of hand?
cakewal doesnt censor when people vent and describe their problems and frustrations.

imho, they let far too much "irrelevant" material stay posted.  censorship does have a place here.

some posts are mildly off colour but also funny- i have gotten some great laughs these past few months.
my question is:

has the forum always been the way I've experienced it since joining in January '11?

James
I can only echo what Daryl has said - this is most certainly not the norm - there are many helpful and friendly people on this forum - it really is an invaluable aid  - personally I cannot rememebr the last time I had to contact Cakewalk customer support for instance - if I get a problem I have always been able to get it sorted with the help of some of the knowledgeable people who are always willing to help.
This "thing" Belg, really is an exception and it is obvious he / it / she  needs serious medical help.
The sooner Cakewalk can obliterate him and his highly offensive posts, the better in my book.
Nigel

i think cake hasnt seen this latest thing hes doing..i just hope they block him for good..sometimes users reincarnate them self under a new email address. this will get old if he does that.

I think over all we have seen this before. It is not all that new. With each new version there are those that are not happy. It dies down after awhile.

We have even seen old forum members forsake Sonar for something else they because did not like the new version.

What is some what different is how persistent some have been in their unhappiness with X1. Some of this was due to CW not releasing a manual with the release of X1. Those that got it early had no documentation to look at which caused a lot of chagrin on their ability to understand it.  
CW chose to change basic things within X1 that old users had learned a long time ago use.

Those that had the advantage of down loading the manual and studying it had a far better time in transitioning over to the new way of doing things. 

However not all the changes were greeted with acceptance even though some had gotten the new way and understood. They just didn't like it.

Of course the bugs didn't help either. Many of us didn't have show stopping problems with X1 and some did.

I don't know what my view would have been if X1 hadn't worked on my system from the start.

As far as the forum is concerned it is a very dynamic place with ups and downs. As we move forward we are bound to have posters post good things here and very bad things here.  That is the nature of an internet forum.

For the most part most people are getting on with their lives and doing quite well with X1.