Basically meaning my entire post history from V1 is gone, since there's no way to access those posts from my account, only by browsing the 14,000+ pages of threads on the V1 archive. Bummer. Though admittedly, it's not like I was browsing that history anyway to reminisce about the old times, but it was nice to have.
If no one with privileged access is left, I wonder how the site has remained this clean. Maybe even the bots have forgotten about it, or they only target places with a certain amount of traffic.
Bah, I can't see either link!Maybe I should do the big tearful goodbye thing too, just in case worst comes to worst.
Kind of wild, how long I've been, through thick and thin. I initially joined for the content. When that dried up, I stayed for the people. It's been a reliable part of my online experience for over 14 years, a place I could always come back to for a chat about stuff I like, or don't like, or just waffle about stupid shit. but who knows what will happens in the next days, weeks, months?
But if tomorrow the lights go out, and we get scattered to the void, I will miss this place. And I will miss you, even the folks I don't like so much. I truly will. I hope I'll be able to continue to see and talk with as many of you as possible, here or elsewhere, for as long as we can. Maybe some have already moved on, and they'll never read this. In that case, I wish them the very best.
Because you are the best.
I tried to get as many folks as possible. All the regulars, everyone I could find who posted in the past year, everyone who dropped in after hearing the news, and some people whom I ran across as I gathered this that fell off over the years and I found myself thinking: "Wow, I remember them. I wonder what they're up to. I hope they're well"
Here's a link to the full image for whoever wants it:
Full res image
It's probably far from comprehansive, so if I somehow missed you and you feel you should be included, hit me up, I'd be glad to add you.
It's a collage of everyone's avatars and names. You can't see it? Weird, I'll try something else.
Something I quickly whipped up. Seemed like a nice idea.
OnIn the meantime though, maybe it’s a good idea to lay out a game plan to keep everyone in the loop. I really don’t use other discussion forums much, but considering the Discord seems to be where Second Wind is getting its footing, maybe we could use it as a provisional hub of sorts to keep in touch at least, in case this place goes dark.
Not sure how many here have an account but pretty sure everyone can at least visit?
Here’s their link -
Join the Second Wind Discord Server!
From the team behind The Escapist, we're excited to introduce you Second Wind and to invite you to our community! | 23388 membersdiscord.gg
If you’re in, just reply “On” so we can get a tally going.
The short answer is that all new user accounts require mod approval to post, and we have a very effective automated spambot detector that flags up suspicious accounts prior to approval, so we'll never be in a situation like in V1 where actual forums are overrun. It comes at a small cost of making things more inconvenient for the few genuine new users we get here, but at this time in the forum's lifetime, I think it's well worth it.
On. Though I have been wondering if we should set up a separate group to keep in touch, just in case things suddenly went dark. I'm not expecting that to happen imminently, mind.That’s fucking awesome Chimpzy, and thank you!
I’d rather not think of this as an impending goodbye of sorts though; moreso just shifting gears. It sucks losing a place we’ve all enjoyed, but we’ll find another that could hopefully be as good if not even better.
In the meantime though, maybe it’s a good idea to lay out a game plan to keep everyone in the loop. I really don’t use other discussion forums much, but considering the Discord seems to be where Second Wind is getting its footing, maybe we could use it as a provisional hub of sorts to keep in touch at least, in case this place goes dark.
Not sure how many here have an account but pretty sure everyone can at least visit?
Here’s their link -
Join the Second Wind Discord Server!
From the team behind The Escapist, we're excited to introduce you Second Wind and to invite you to our community! | 23388 members
If you’re in, just reply “On” so we can get a tally going.
I will never forget Game Dogs.
I was looking through the Space Battles thread on the Escapist shutting down a couple days ago (came up on a google search) and I saw a couple users that actually used to be regulars here posting there, I'll have to check the place out more seriously as a replacement.
Off. Not joining a Discord.Not sure how many here have an account but pretty sure everyone can at least visit?
Here’s their link -
Join the Second Wind Discord Server!
From the team behind The Escapist, we're excited to introduce you Second Wind and to invite you to our community! | 23388 members
If you’re in, just reply “On” so we can get a tally going.
Agreed. Decided to take the initiative on that.
Oh yeah, you're right, some familiar names there.
Not even if it's ours?
On and I've already joined. But they haven't made any chat channels yet.That’s fucking awesome Chimpzy, and thank you!
I’d rather not think of this as an impending goodbye of sorts though; moreso just shifting gears. It sucks losing a place we’ve all enjoyed, but we’ll find another that could hopefully be as good if not even better.
In the meantime though, maybe it’s a good idea to lay out a game plan to keep everyone in the loop. I really don’t use other discussion forums much, but considering the Discord seems to be where Second Wind is getting its footing, maybe we could use it as a provisional hub of sorts to keep in touch at least, in case this place goes dark.
Not sure how many here have an account but pretty sure everyone can at least visit?
Here’s their link -
Join the Second Wind Discord Server!
From the team behind The Escapist, we're excited to introduce you Second Wind and to invite you to our community! | 23388 members
If you’re in, just reply “On” so we can get a tally going.
They have, but you have to go the 'the rules' channel first, and click on one of the 'i have read the rules' buttons. That should make the public channels accessible.
On.Here’s their link -
Join the Second Wind Discord Server!
From the team behind The Escapist, we're excited to introduce you Second Wind and to invite you to our community! | 23388 members
If you’re in, just reply “On” so we can get a tally going.
That's the impression I get right now, it's a bunch of spammed opinions in the video game channel now. However it's also new, so when things die down a bit that might change.
