Basically, the forums have been feeling really down lately, for many reasons.
First of all, Teh and Siaynoq leaving has left the site a lot more bland and empty. They were both huge parts of the community and made it a lot more interesting. Without them, the forums aren't nearly as interesting, I'm sure we can all agree with that.
Teh and Siaynoq added more to the pot, but not a terribly large amount. I do miss them, but I don't think it made the forums way more bland or empty. And just to note, Teh left because of a moderator. I find it crap that we have enough trouble keeping people, let alone losing them because of a mod.
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As well, many leading figures (Jetrall for instance) in the forums have slunk back and are less active then they used to be, or could be. Once again leaving the forum feeling very bland.
Jetrall was a leading figure? He did contribute I'll give you that. But leading figures are people who have been here for huge amounts of time and have been on the usual, active. Myself, Thas, Elfen, Silver, we are among the leading figures. Jetrall was becoming one himself, but lately he has alot of work he's working on, and that is an issue no one can know about. Of the utmost secrecy, and only me and him know about it.
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There must be other reasons because the forums have undergone many vast changes in the past while.
Not as much content, and way more political correctness. You can thank Equinox for it, and Elfen for letting it happen.
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Recently, I have noticed that my post count per day is rapidly dropping. I used to post 15+ a day. In the past 3 days I've posted about 10 times. I believe this is because of the general lack of interesting, not necessarily topics, but discussion that come out of them.
Again, political correctnes.
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Also, SICK, the clan. Recently, it has sucked. Yea, just sucked.
It's getting better. It just seems worse. Believe me, SICK has had its lows. Lows where it was pretty much me and SLAYERS active, no one else on. Be thankful that we at least have 10 people outside SLAYERS active.
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Tavern of Jay, nothing goes on, even though there are like 50 kajillion posts a day.
Yea, not as much fun without Darkjay or Acid in there. Wisecracks and tons of fun. Nowadays all we do is sit, drink, and eat. Not as fun as before.
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Forum Games, non existant.
There are always the roleplaying threads.
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Sig shops, prevailant and taking up most of the forum, against most of our will.
Everyone wants to make a name for themselves by making Sigs. How about they spend some time and give a shot at the SICK Flag?
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Political discussion, none.
Friendly flame wars, nada.
Unfriendly flame wars, zero.
Controversial topics, lacking.
Etc.
Must I say again? Political correctness and Equinox.
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This SUCKS!
So yea, just thought I'd put this out there to see if anyone else is feeling that the forums aren't up to par lately.
I've felt like this for quite a while now. I've always felt like I should leave as well.
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Come to think of it i miss muttonchops. :/
As do I....
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All is not lost, we have a lot of new members that are sure to be great leaders one day. People come and go, but our future is in their hands. We must be good examples for them though, maybe not with super moderating, but with kind gestures that flaming isn't always the wisest thing to do, or that saying "yo dawg u is teh shit" - this isn't the place for it.
The moderation is out of control here, since we are watched over for every little offense.
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You must have hope; Carloseus has not left us yet,
I don't know if anyone would really care if I left. True, I once helped this community from dying, but I was gone for a bit and no one really said anything about it.
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although has been more inactive than i remember him ever being.
I was inactive for a week because our modem broke and we didn't know what was wrong with it, and I was coming here every morning and night as supposed to ever hour because I didn't have my own computer and I had to share. I have my own now, and as you can see I'm back in full force!
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When Diablo3 is announced at WWI we will have 1,000,000 visitors go into their internet browser and type in "diablo3.com". Some will be useless noobs, others will be the carloseus, siaynoq, mutton, and teh of tommorrow. We cannot give up now, not after all this. I'm not letting blizzard get this site name for free! They have to pry it from our cold, dead hands.
Actually, I have a strong feeling it won't be announced. I want it to, and I hope it is, but I doubt it. Lets kill Diablo again, cross our fingers, and hope that we are finally sent our prize for our waiting.
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We must survive...
This community will be around for a long time. Which members will preserve however, is the real question.
Basically, the forums have been feeling really down lately, for many reasons.
First of all, Teh and Siaynoq leaving has left the site a lot more bland and empty. They were both huge parts of the community and made it a lot more interesting. Without them, the forums aren't nearly as interesting, I'm sure we can all agree with that.
As well, many leading figures (Jetrall for instance) in the forums have slunk back and are less active then they used to be, or could be. Once again leaving the forum feeling very bland.
There must be other reasons because the forums have undergone many vast changes in the past while.
Recently, I have noticed that my post count per day is rapidly dropping. I used to post 15+ a day. In the past 3 days I've posted about 10 times. I believe this is because of the general lack of interesting, not necessarily topics, but discussion that come out of them.
Also, SICK, the clan. Recently, it has sucked. Yea, just sucked.
Tavern of Jay, nothing goes on, even though there are like 50 kajillion posts a day.
Forum Games, non existant.
Sig shops, prevailant and taking up most of the forum, against most of our will.
Political discussion, none.
Friendly flame wars, nada.
Unfriendly flame wars, zero.
Controversial topics, lacking.
Etc.
This SUCKS!
So yea, just thought I'd put this out there to see if anyone else is feeling that the forums aren't up to par lately.
Not sure but maybe because evryone tries to take control of the story. It is not as it used to be. I used to mix drinks but now everyone takes their drinks, food etc. themselves and there are so many discussions going on that getting to the root of any single one is very difficult. People just come in and show their godly powers even though they are below the level of the ones who are allowed to learn the easiest of magic.
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''May the Gods give you the strength and power to bear the madness which flows through our minds.''
''Zubin, I've always imagined you as a crazy raver. The kinda guy that spends all night dancing to trance music while waving glow sticks and popping ecstasy.'' - Murderface
Not moderate this thread? Uhhh, no, I'm not going to do that. I let that fight thread go (into Spam, where it belongs), but I am not going to agree with users writing "please don't moderate this".
Jeez, people. This forum doesn't suck. There is only one thing really wrong with this forum:
"Diablo 3 News Forums"
See that Diablo 3 over there? Does it exist? Nope. This forum is based on thin air. In fact, this is basically a Diablo II/Blizzard forum, and:
a) There are PLENTY of those already;
Those games are really, really old.
Most discussions on this forum are offtopic discussions or repeated discussions. You know many forums that function well off those? And we did disable the flame discussions since they only create an illusion of a functioning forum, while they actually signify a dying forum that has nothing better to do than cause flame wars.
I believe this forum has came to a point where it is hybernating and will be revived once Diablo III is announced. Until then, it will remain as it is. If I leave, it'll just have a ton of flame and offtopic threads, which still don't make a functioning forum, because you can flame and go offtopic anywhere you want.
I always thought that was pretty damn clear. But, no, you want a forum to function based on nothing... lol... wait until D3 is announced and it will all come back to normal.
People leave, nothing is static, get used to it. You can't prevent it, so you simply have to deal with it.
Which is also natural. It's hard to be extremely active for years in one forum like this, which has had nothing new to the table at anytime in its past really.
I was stating possible reasons, I'm not saying it's not natural, but it's a reason why the forums have been sucking in my eyes.
Which doesn't really mean anything bad I'd say. As I said earlier, it's hard to keep posting 15 times a day. If I'd done that, I would have close to 9,000 posts by now. It's just not feasible in a forum of this size, it transforms from a forum to a place where a few people hang out with each other.
But it does show that I'm bored.
These things all require member dedication. And you're a member. I can't say why no one else posts any political discussions or debates, but for myself, I simply haven't had the time to spend all that much time here, and I haven't felt as if it was as rewarding as before. And no, before you scream that I deep down like flame, that's not the reason.
I know I'm a member, and like you posting hasn't felt as rewarding, which is pretty much the whole point.
Not moderate this thread? Uhhh, no, I'm not going to do that. I let that fight thread go (into Spam, where it belongs), but I am not going to agree with users writing "please don't moderate this".
It was a request, which I'm guessing is dismissed.
I guess its because more people are losing interest from D2, whether they admit it or not and there is no other game people play in masses over here. Considering WoW, there are players but not everyone is interested.. [although i lost it years before, doesn't matter]
It can be clearly seen as there is no to a little function in the SICK clan.
Edit: Yeah, muttonchops was a great guy. Someone who could compete with Equinox in terms of strict moderation. Then too he was a nice guy.
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''May the Gods give you the strength and power to bear the madness which flows through our minds.''
''Zubin, I've always imagined you as a crazy raver. The kinda guy that spends all night dancing to trance music while waving glow sticks and popping ecstasy.'' - Murderface
I was stating possible reasons, I'm not saying it's not natural, but it's a reason why the forums have been sucking in my eyes.
Well, it's an on-going reason that always goes on. However, since there is no flood of new members, it feels all the worse.
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But it does show that I'm bored.
Yup
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I know I'm a member, and like you posting hasn't felt as rewarding, which is pretty much the whole point.
There's only one way to solve it, and it's by posting good topics and having a fully functioning forum that can discuss them. However, there isn't much to post about, since there is no Diablo 3.
PlugY for Diablo II allows you to reset skills and stats, transfer items between characters in singleplayer, obtain all ladder runewords and do all Uberquests while offline. It is the only way to do all of the above. Please use it.
Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
I guess its because more people are losing interest from D2, whether they admit it or not and there is no other game people play in masses over here. Considering WoW, there are players but not everyone is interested.. [although i lost it years before, doesn't matter]
It can be clearly seen as there is no to a little function in the SICK clan.
Edit: Yeah, muttonchops was a great guy. Someone who could compete with Equinox in terms of strict moderation. Then too he was a nice guy.
U all do Realise SICK is a Diablo 3 clan. We thrive on D3 news
What happens when u have an army of Demon Slayers with no demons to Slay? People are just getting restless. activity in D2 has picked up the last month. The Chat room usually always has a couple people in it on b.net
op xsickx. i play Daily and so do many others.
U all do Realise SICK is a Diablo 3 clan. We thrive on D3 news
What happens when u have an army of Demon Slayers with no demons to Slay? People are just getting restless. activity in D2 has picked up the last month. The Chat room usually always has a couple people in it on b.net
op xsickx. i play Daily and so do many others.
Aye my lord, everyone should just focus on becoming tighter as a community and play as often as possible. The closer we are, the stronger we are. Lets get active again, whether it be WoW or D2, and everyone give each other your Xfire accounts. The more we communicate with each other, the better chances we'll have of not losing any more members. Well, there's another peice to the puzzle, but that won't be fixed very soon so I'll just not add it here.
I'm sure there is a thread where everyone, who has an account on Xfire, listed it.
Each and every account should be listed in the thread.
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''May the Gods give you the strength and power to bear the madness which flows through our minds.''
''Zubin, I've always imagined you as a crazy raver. The kinda guy that spends all night dancing to trance music while waving glow sticks and popping ecstasy.'' - Murderface
activity in D2 has picked up the last month. The Chat room usually always has a couple people in it on b.net
op xsickx. i play Daily and so do many others.
Its been about a month since ive been on good ole d2, b/c i lost my cd but i found it yesterday and will once again be an active player. im glad to hear this news that we are more active on d2. We should try to be as active as possible, to keep our demon slaying skills up to par so when d3 is released we will not be rusty.
As well, many leading figures (Jetrall for instance) in the forums have slunk back and are less active then they used to be, or could be.
LIES!
I may have been a little inactive recently, but that's mostly because I'm working on a bunch of super-awesome secret projects for D3 (not to mention a lot of work outside of the net in general).
As for the current woes, I'd say it's a lull in activity but will recover.
I'm sure there is a thread where everyone, who has an account on Xfire, listed it.
Each and every account should be listed in the thread.
I dont use Xfire, and probably other people don't either. I have enough background programs running on my aging computer. I'll start using MSN more once i get some friends. (lol not literally, but contacts)
Jetrall was a leading figure? He did contribute I'll give you that. But leading figures are people who have been here for huge amounts of time and have been on the usual, active. Myself, Thas, Elfen, Silver, we are among the leading figures. Jetrall was becoming one himself, but lately he has alot of work he's working on, and that is an issue no one can know about. Of the utmost secrecy, and only me and him know about it.
Not as much content, and way more political correctness. You can thank Equinox for it, and Elfen for letting it happen.
Again, political correctnes.
It's getting better. It just seems worse. Believe me, SICK has had its lows. Lows where it was pretty much me and SLAYERS active, no one else on. Be thankful that we at least have 10 people outside SLAYERS active.
Yea, not as much fun without Darkjay or Acid in there. Wisecracks and tons of fun. Nowadays all we do is sit, drink, and eat. Not as fun as before.
There are always the roleplaying threads.
Everyone wants to make a name for themselves by making Sigs. How about they spend some time and give a shot at the SICK Flag?
Must I say again? Political correctness and Equinox.
I've felt like this for quite a while now. I've always felt like I should leave as well.
As do I....
The moderation is out of control here, since we are watched over for every little offense.
I don't know if anyone would really care if I left. True, I once helped this community from dying, but I was gone for a bit and no one really said anything about it.
I was inactive for a week because our modem broke and we didn't know what was wrong with it, and I was coming here every morning and night as supposed to ever hour because I didn't have my own computer and I had to share. I have my own now, and as you can see I'm back in full force!
Actually, I have a strong feeling it won't be announced. I want it to, and I hope it is, but I doubt it. Lets kill Diablo again, cross our fingers, and hope that we are finally sent our prize for our waiting.
This community will be around for a long time. Which members will preserve however, is the real question.
CyberPunk RP Nexus
Not sure but maybe because evryone tries to take control of the story. It is not as it used to be. I used to mix drinks but now everyone takes their drinks, food etc. themselves and there are so many discussions going on that getting to the root of any single one is very difficult. People just come in and show their godly powers even though they are below the level of the ones who are allowed to learn the easiest of magic.
''Zubin, I've always imagined you as a crazy raver. The kinda guy that spends all night dancing to trance music while waving glow sticks and popping ecstasy.'' - Murderface
Jeez, people. This forum doesn't suck. There is only one thing really wrong with this forum:
"Diablo 3 News Forums"
See that Diablo 3 over there? Does it exist? Nope. This forum is based on thin air. In fact, this is basically a Diablo II/Blizzard forum, and:
a) There are PLENTY of those already;
Those games are really, really old.
Most discussions on this forum are offtopic discussions or repeated discussions. You know many forums that function well off those? And we did disable the flame discussions since they only create an illusion of a functioning forum, while they actually signify a dying forum that has nothing better to do than cause flame wars.
I believe this forum has came to a point where it is hybernating and will be revived once Diablo III is announced. Until then, it will remain as it is. If I leave, it'll just have a ton of flame and offtopic threads, which still don't make a functioning forum, because you can flame and go offtopic anywhere you want.
I always thought that was pretty damn clear. But, no, you want a forum to function based on nothing... lol... wait until D3 is announced and it will all come back to normal.
I was stating possible reasons, I'm not saying it's not natural, but it's a reason why the forums have been sucking in my eyes.
But it does show that I'm bored.
I know I'm a member, and like you posting hasn't felt as rewarding, which is pretty much the whole point.
It was a request, which I'm guessing is dismissed.
It can be clearly seen as there is no to a little function in the SICK clan.
Edit: Yeah, muttonchops was a great guy. Someone who could compete with Equinox in terms of strict moderation. Then too he was a nice guy.
''Zubin, I've always imagined you as a crazy raver. The kinda guy that spends all night dancing to trance music while waving glow sticks and popping ecstasy.'' - Murderface
Yup
There's only one way to solve it, and it's by posting good topics and having a fully functioning forum that can discuss them. However, there isn't much to post about, since there is no Diablo 3.
U all do Realise SICK is a Diablo 3 clan. We thrive on D3 news
What happens when u have an army of Demon Slayers with no demons to Slay? People are just getting restless. activity in D2 has picked up the last month. The Chat room usually always has a couple people in it on b.net
op xsickx. i play Daily and so do many others.
Aye my lord, everyone should just focus on becoming tighter as a community and play as often as possible. The closer we are, the stronger we are. Lets get active again, whether it be WoW or D2, and everyone give each other your Xfire accounts. The more we communicate with each other, the better chances we'll have of not losing any more members. Well, there's another peice to the puzzle, but that won't be fixed very soon so I'll just not add it here.
Each and every account should be listed in the thread.
''Zubin, I've always imagined you as a crazy raver. The kinda guy that spends all night dancing to trance music while waving glow sticks and popping ecstasy.'' - Murderface
Its been about a month since ive been on good ole d2, b/c i lost my cd but i found it yesterday and will once again be an active player. im glad to hear this news that we are more active on d2. We should try to be as active as possible, to keep our demon slaying skills up to par so when d3 is released we will not be rusty.
unzip, strip, touch, finger, grep, mount, fsck, more, yes, fsck, fsck, fsck, umount, sleep
LIES!
I may have been a little inactive recently, but that's mostly because I'm working on a bunch of super-awesome secret projects for D3 (not to mention a lot of work outside of the net in general).
As for the current woes, I'd say it's a lull in activity but will recover.
I thought it was going to be kept secret that anything was even in the works. PM me.
I'm on xfire and msn. And how dare you not tell me about the others! I thought.......well nevermind here. They know too much already.
I dont use Xfire, and probably other people don't either. I have enough background programs running on my aging computer. I'll start using MSN more once i get some friends. (lol not literally, but contacts)
Go ahead and add meh.
Speaking of which, the novel?