is he really taking it down because we all said the pewdiepie word tons of times over the course of 15+ yearsIt has generally been agreed upon that there is not an actual reason to keep the forum public anymore since most of the discussion happens on the Discord.
It was discussed amongst upper staff and generally agreed upon that we should clean up all the bloat, and in the best case scenario, make boards for on-topic discussion pertaining to the game and any future projects that are opened under our banner (if any come to fruition). The alternative would have just been to take the entire forum down instead -- saving discussions is the compromise.Or here's a better alternative; maybe pin a few important/noteworthy topics to the top of their respective subforums, and make everything read only. Nobody can post, no indiscriminate scorching of Earth required! You're trying to fix something that isn't broken.
Okay, why? What harm is being done by just leaving it open? The only reason you gave was because leadership has categorization autism or something.is he really taking it down because we all said the pewdiepie word tons of times over the course of 15+ yearsIt has generally been agreed upon that there is not an actual reason to keep the forum public anymore since most of the discussion happens on the Discord.
- Do you think we should keep the forums running for GG2 related discussions?
- Do you think we should also have a board or two for things vaquely related to GG2, like Game Maker development?
- Is there any content on the old forums that you think should be saved? Please be as specific as possible.
You may have noticed some changes around here. What happened? Where did all the forums and posts go?reply to the above already
Frankly, I don't think much of the content on the forums is still of interest to anyone, and I'm not even sure the forums as a venue for new discussions are that valuable anymore - The forums have seen maybe a post or two in a month, chatter has moved to our Discord, and unrelated gamedev projects may be better placed in more active communities like TIGForums, which is of course where we split off from back in the day.
However, I also don't want to just delete everything - there is a chance that someone is still relying on this as the main page for their project, for example, and maybe there are some old threads that are really still valuable to someone out there. Also, the haxxy reward system relies on the forum accounts of the reward winners, and I don't really want to break that.
I'm a bit conflicted about all of this myself. I consider forums a somewhat temporary medium - not as short-lived as a chat, but there is no expectation that it will stick around forever. And I think that it's good to eventually reflect this expectation and retire these old posts which we may not always be proud of anymore. On the other hand, this place is a part of my and our past, and I'm sad at the thought of removing all the posts that reflect the life of this community over such a long time.
If time and effort were no obstacle, I'd love to keep all the high-quality content from the old days around in a read-only archive, but there are 850,000 posts on here, so it is just not feasible to sort through everything. However, if you have some specific things you would really like to save, please comment below and I'll see what I can do.
So consider this your chance to weigh in. In particular, I'd like to get some feedback on the following questions:
- Do you think we should keep the forums running for GG2 related discussions?
- Do you think we should also have a board or two for things vaquely related to GG2, like Game Maker development?
- Is there any content on the old forums that you think should be saved? Please be as specific as possible.
whoever appointed him this is lowkey ur fault for appointing a bpd agp bald furry weirdo as global mod when even u knew he was unstable.........................................u already know who u are
so are you guys gonna deliver and unprivate the obvious threads or what
i have no beef with u over putting that nutjob in charge but im just saying even 10 years ago i told u it was a bad idea because here we are nowwhoever appointed him this is lowkey ur fault for appointing a bpd agp bald furry weirdo as global mod when even u knew he was unstable.........................................u already know who u are
i am mostly clarifying this because i dont what u thinking i datamined u again or smth l000li have no beef with u over putting that nutjob in charge but im just saying even 10 years ago i told u it was a bad idea because here we are nowwhoever appointed him this is lowkey ur fault for appointing a bpd agp bald furry weirdo as global mod when even u knew he was unstable.........................................u already know who u are
Yeah, that's because imgur still hates my server. Why don't you just upload the avatar to the forum?shit always came up blank too
forum gems too please i miss memorial of moronshalf memeing about the clan thread thing even though it was kino but i do miss forum gems/theta's thread
finna make this my new personal blog since im the literal only poster leftwhile i dont know why you continue posting here I respect your dedication o7
cuz i can who boutta stop mefinna make this my new personal blog since im the literal only poster leftwhile i dont know why you continue posting here I respect your dedication o7
tfw cant start my dream job because i gotta go to this placeback from south ame rica
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