When I joined MAFF it was the first online forum that I had ever joined. Back then there was another popular site NEF. The rep was there were a lot of douchy people on that site. The first couple of years I was here, I met a lot of cool guys and fished in a bunch of tourney's that were really laid back and fun. Over the years it appears that maff is now the douche driven fishing forum. There are no more conversations about techniques or equipment. It seems every post just gets flamed. It's pretty sad.