I'm almost considering changing my password to something nonsensical and logging out for one final time. Almost.
On the other hand I've been hoping forever to be the last one out the door. Decisions.
It's been a few years so if the past four times have been any indication, it's about time to do another forum relaunch. :P
I'm too old to do this again though, so I'd probably pass the torch on to people who are active in the group Discord. If people are serious and there's enough support for some reason, it might be worth looking into cleaning this place up someday and redoing all the mods and forum sections. Maybe Three Houses and Sword/Shield are enough of an excuse, idk.
Btw Discord is the best place to reach me cause I only check this site like once every three months.
While I do miss forum culture/atmosphere, it's not something you can just replicate. Maybe internet communication will eventually shift back towards forum-style stuff but until then it won't be possible and we can all just keep chilling on Discord or Twitter or whatever.
Also I had my ten year anniversary the other day. Thanks lads!
also i absolutely don't miss bb code
Yeah forums are just slow/crappy chatboxes anyway, and really need utterly massive userbases in order to succeed nowadays (something only Reddit and kind of 4chan can offer). It's just a dead medium and even like Gamefaqs Pokemon sections and Serebii forums are pretty dead.
Also happy 10th birthday wow you're getting old.
We're all getting old.
I also must say, while I love Discord and the group we have, I often find myself feeling empty and missing the atmosphere of a forum environment.
Let's be real here, even on Reddit, you'll still get the classic 5-year old comment of "Help I have problem XYZ", and then the follow up "Never mind, I found the solution" with no mention of what the solution actually is. If you're lucky enough to find one with a reply, that is...