Parts of me really misses TMB, but the political discussions permeating every thread are part of what drove me away in August when I decided to let my RSS/TMB membership expire after 10 years. I appreciated what they were trying to do with the "Open Scrolls" concept and what Garrett did by creating our Hy-Vee Parking Lot in that regard.
I've spent some time on the "College Football Soundoff" board since then, and there's a reason why it's free. There are a handful of decent guys over there, and the rest are idjuts.
With the miraculous launch of TPB, I'm good. Most of the posters I enjoyed interacting with from MLPFC are here, and there's enough hut hut and non-hut hut related content to make it interesting.
With all of that said, nobody did a better job with "breaking news" than The Main Board. The collective ability of those Mentats and miscreants in sourcing developing stories remains second to none in my opinion. If I ever return to the Rivals universe as a paid subscriber, it will be for that reason. And for the gifs.