DyeStat Done?

[ORXCCoach]

Sure seems like it.

[Crystazul]

This is what happens when you sell yourself out without consideing the possibile ramifications of being part of a larger company. I seems like everythig with Dyestat happened very quickly... Maybe that is not really the case.

This a testament to what happens when your job depends on the whims of network executives who only care about $$$, and not passionate track and field fans.

Hopefully this will mean the rebirth of the Dyestat we know and love.

[Fanya]

We all saw this coming years ago Everyone on the old boards knew this conclusion was inevitable, and I can only wonder if the Dyes are happy with how much money they made off of the acquisition.

Not to say we all didn't have a part in this. From the get-go, there were ESPN representatives asking us how they could manage the move with the least discomfort, and the unanimous reply was "Don't let this happen, we like Dyestat as it is, and we won't be supporting a transformation as is described." We basically told them that if they did away with the original format and layout of the site, we wouldn't be visiting or relying on it nearly as much, if at all. Of course they didn't believe that, the transformation or whatever you want to call it happened anyway, and then it died from lack of support.

Very very sad. Worse still because this trainwreck was visible from months, even years away.

[Zen Miler]

Originally Posted by Crystazul

This is what happens when you sell yourself out without consideing the possibile ramifications of being part of a larger company. I seems like everythig with Dyestat happened very quickly... Maybe that is not really the case.

This a testament to what happens when your job depends on the whims of network executives who only care about $$$, and not passionate track and field fans.

Hopefully this will mean the rebirth of the Dyestat we know and love.

It sucks that ESPN Rise has now officially flopped but does it really come as much of a surprise? Dyestat became too complex there--the mega-stats database, the front page news, the video coverage, the HD photos and qualitative journalism, etc. There was also too much top-to-bottom coverage and not enough bottom-to-top. Bottom meaning local and top meaning national. I saw more bottom-to-top on the old Dyestat and even more so in the forums, which is what made it so unique. Losing their user base via the forum was a trifling blow to their transition. Often times you'd get a greater detailed race recap in the forums than you would ever find in a newspaper scoreboard section. An immediate post-race comment (within 5 minutes of the race ending), accurate splits, links to a passionate parent's collection of photos, concurring and dissenting opinions on how so-and-so is shaping up for the BIG race of the season, etc.

The locality is what was missing in the new Dyestat which is now, again, the old ESPN Rise version Dyestat. It's a sad lesson to niche websites everywhere.