Is there a date that we need to be moved over to SCA by?
Ryan
Ryan
‼️ SCC and SCA Merger Featured
- Thread starter grapler135s
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Hey Ryan,
No hard date yet, but we’re expecting to turn off new transactions here about mid-month once enough folks have migrated to SCA and we’re seeing close to our normal activity here on SCC.
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No you will still keep your box break credits Butch.
Just read this and I get the grapler and andy parts of needing to have lives. 
But I just got used to being here and I am not moving! LOL
What is the upside to moving to SCA, other than I will be here by myself? LOL Are there still going to be free breaks for transactions, other members not from here, etc.? Just trying to understand that part of the change. PS I hate change!
But I just got used to being here and I am not moving! LOLWhat is the upside to moving to SCA, other than I will be here by myself? LOL Are there still going to be free breaks for transactions, other members not from here, etc.? Just trying to understand that part of the change. PS I hate change!
Most of the members are moving over to SCA and I am told that there will still be free trade breaks (they changed itJust read this and I get the grapler and andy parts of needing to have lives.
What is the upside to moving to SCA, other than I will be here by myself? LOL Are there still going to be free breaks for transactions, other members not from here, etc.? Just trying to understand that part of the change. PS I hate change!
from transaction) I do not know why they are moving us over there but I think that they are shutting down this site.
Just read this and I get the grapler and andy parts of needing to have lives.
What is the upside to moving to SCA, other than I will be here by myself? LOL Are there still going to be free breaks for transactions, other members not from here, etc.? Just trying to understand that part of the change. PS I hate change!
The short version is that I went through a rough patch, in life. I've had the ideas for SCA for years and the domain name "sportscardarena" was a must considering the primary site features I had in mind, but I also wanted this to be something new and fresh. It's easier to get folks excited about joining a new community rather than something that's been around for 20 years and is already established. I also wanted to work with Mike (@grapler135s) and Andy (@AndyDrummond) again so I invited them to join me on this new adventure. They accepted.
The long version, probably boring to most, but for the sake of transparency...
The idea for SCA was born many years ago and I bought the domain name in 2020. Originally the site wasn't going to include a forum at all but the idea was for it to be something completely different. I had an idea for an "arena" that folks could throw cards into to sell, but also an idea that came from the old TCC days of also having an "arena" for sports card "battles". I've got the first implementation of the "arena" marketplace installed, but there are other changes that will be made and I'll begin working on the arena battles side soon. I knew the site would need more members for that to even be a possibility so that one is still lower down on the list of priorities.
Anyways, through the years of brainstorming this idea I went through some tough times, not just within the hobby but in life in general. I sold The Bench (dumbest business decision I've ever made). Making that decision upset me so much that, some time later, I quit the hobby and decided to close SCC down. Mike messaged me wanting to take it over so I gave the site to him. I stuck around for a while just to help him learn the ropes and help with back-end stuff, etc. About 8 months after I gave the site to Mike, I lost my dad. Two weeks later I lost my mother-in-law (I actually had a good one). That sent my mind into a whirlwind. I'm sure Mike and Andy can both testify to the fact that for the last few years I've been in a very undecided state in life. I've been back and forth more times than I care to count on helping out the new owner of The Bench, helping out here on SCC, or just leaving the hobby all together. It hasn't been good. It also didn't just happen with these sites. This was almost everything in my life. My mind has been very fuzzy. I just knew I never wanted to be a part of a sports card site again. I started up no less than a half dozen other sites, just trying to keep my focus away from sports card sites. I threatened many times to toss my entire collection in the trash, or just into the fire pit.
About a year ago, however, I started going to church. I started learning how to pray about things more and really started to evaluate what's going on in my life. Over time I've learned to just leave the past in the past and focus on the present and future. I eventually started thinking about my collection again, and even pulled my old Tony Parker PC out of the closet and set it on my computer desk. Then every time I looked at my cards, or thought about cards, I couldn't help but also think about my plans with SCA and how I'd like to bring those ideas to life at some point.
So, several months ago (maybe a little longer), I set out to do what I'd originally set out to do almost exactly five years ago now, and that was to start my own site from scratch and just see what happens. Since I'd sold The Bench and gave SCC away, I decided that a forum would be a part of it. My favorite trading site ever is still TCC, so a lot of my ideas for this site stem from my time there. I want that family-friendly, collector-focused, atmosphere back. I couldn't help but think back to my time here working with Mike and Andy. They're great guys, and they're great to work alongside. So, I sent them a message and asked them if they would want to join me on the new site. I knew I was asking them a lot, since they had so much invested in this site, and really because of the way I was so wishy-washy over the last few years, they really had no reason to trust me. Honestly, I thought they would tell me to go kick rocks, and I certainly wouldn't have blamed them. Ultimately, though, they agreed, and here we are.
I have very high hopes for SCA and really do think if we can capture the atmosphere I'm looking for, one like we had on TCC all those many years ago, this thing has a chance at working out great. If it doesn't, well maybe I'll be the one who's on a forum all alone. Only time will tell...I do hope to see you there, though!
Sorry for the long read but I want to be as transparent as possible.
That clarifies things a lot for me, thanks. I am very excited to see the changes that you plan to bring to the new site
and I am glad to have a fellow Christian in trading world!
-Eli
