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December 18, 2006
Steve Park Central Down...
Steve Park Central has been down all day today, not just the forum but the entire site, and I've not heard a word about what's going on. It occurs to me if the site was down permanently for whatever reason, Steve would be really, really screwed. Given the failings of his own official site, for as much as there are issues on the forum which lead to more than a few fans being unwilling to participate in the discussions, there is no better source for news, information and talk about Steve. Although they've been making more of an effort the past few months, there's rarely any real news posted on Steve's site, no articles are ever posted there, no race reports or photos from his team when Steve is actually racing, there's no official fan forum, and no way for fans to interact with each other - all of that happens on SPC. What's long been a problem for Steve is that when he's not at the track it seems as if he disappears. The forum at SPC helps keep him visible, even if it's just among his own fans, which in turn help keeps them fans. In addition, practically speaking his merchandise sales would take a hit too because every new piece of merchandise these days is promoted on SPC. Since a lot of fans don't bother with Steve's site very often given the lack of news there, that's probably the first place that many fans see that Steve has some new merchandise available.
Maybe the site will be back up later today, or in a few days, but if it's gone permanently, unless another forum pops up to take it's place, not having any one place that's constantly updated, even if it's only a fan forum, where fans can go for news, information, and photos, wouldn't be very good for Steve.
Posted by silverdsl at December 18, 2006 01:15 PM