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Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 03:31:51 pm
hey guys, i've got my own forum. check it out here.

http://cobra15.proboards36.com/index.cgi

not particularly finished yet, but i'm advertising :D
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: InfernoGod on February 22, 2005, 03:46:19 pm
Idea stealer...
Besides, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't be here now, so :ha: .
And my forum, just in case nobody looks in the general FS section:
http://infernoslair.proboards42.com
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 03:52:20 pm
*Cobra and InfernoGod get into a fight*

Cobra: SO WHAT? I DON'T GIVE A S**** ABOUT IDEAS!!
InfernoGod: YEAH, BUT THEY WERE MY IDEAS!
Cobra: Why you---
*Sok, pow*
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Taristin on February 22, 2005, 03:57:46 pm
Do we really need 5 forums? :wtf:

This isn't a large community....
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 04:03:12 pm
it's called "just in case"
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: InfernoGod on February 22, 2005, 04:01:14 pm
No, it's called "It's OK to have another few forums, because these two aren't really for big campaign stuff. They are just for personal and discussion use, not OMFG IT'S ANOTHER HLP/GAME WARDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Hey, my post is above Cobra's...
The evil demons are up to something again...
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Taristin on February 22, 2005, 04:01:04 pm
Well, just in case, there's NW, SectorGame, and Gamewarden, too.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Taristin on February 22, 2005, 04:01:38 pm
why am I posting in the past?
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 04:06:52 pm
dude... DYNAMIC IS SCREWED
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: MatthewPapa on February 22, 2005, 04:03:29 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Cobra
it's called "just in case"


Errrr........I fail to see the crux of that statement......
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 04:08:23 pm
dammit, not again. PEOPLE, PLEASE JOIN :D
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: InfernoGod on February 22, 2005, 04:06:57 pm
This is getting cornfusing... *smacks the forum*
I'm not going to beg people to join my forum, because I'm not desperate.
*pulls out a meson bomb and straps to self*
OK, Now join my forum, or I swear, I will! I'll do it!
*GTVA Marines shoot me in the head*

ARGH!!!!!!!!!! TIME TRAVEL IS RESERVED FOR MY REPORTS ONLY! *smacks the forum again*
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: MatthewPapa on February 22, 2005, 04:07:47 pm
*looks into proboards exploits*


EDIT: Timetravel, wtf
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 04:19:34 pm
what the hell, man? why is THIS FRIGGIN FORUM TIMEWARPING! I WANT ANSWERS! WHO'S IN CHARGE? *goes up to the guy in charge and smacks him* quit screwing up our forum! it's not good publicity! *smacks him again*
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Hippo on February 22, 2005, 04:20:00 pm
My god, what have i done... I go and create a forum, and suddenly EVERYONE is jumping up and making them. Maybe mine was just a msitake :sigh: :doubt: :rolleyes:
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 04:24:36 pm
what forum? i never knew about proboards until inferno god created his forum and he said it was free :D
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Hippo on February 22, 2005, 04:22:46 pm
www.woodentoyandgift.com/forums
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 04:27:49 pm
*sigh* here we go again...

oooh, phpbb.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: InfernoGod on February 22, 2005, 04:24:03 pm
Hippo created the GTD Bastion forums, but actually, the thought had never really occured to me that he had created a forum.
And for the time warping answer...
read my reports if you haven't.
www.livejournal.com/users/freespace4rent

So, Hippo, I didn't mean to take your idea. I didn't even remember you had those forums up. So don't kill me.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: MatthewPapa on February 22, 2005, 04:32:28 pm
I need someone to evaluate PHPbb for me for a while......
Contact me if you are interested....
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 04:37:40 pm
have hippo do it ;)
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Kie99 on February 22, 2005, 04:53:33 pm
AFAIK my forum was up before Hippo's, but if I'm wrong please correct me.  And my Forum is mainly for discussing TTR because HLP isn't hosting any new projects ATM, but I've added a general Discussion and Rants part incase people want to talk there for some reason.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: WeatherOp on February 22, 2005, 04:55:57 pm
I want my own forum.:p
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Hippo on February 22, 2005, 05:03:21 pm
*gives weatherop his own forum*
Title: Re: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: karajorma on February 22, 2005, 05:36:27 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Cobra
I HAVE A FORUM


DO WE ALL HAVE TO SHOUT ON IT OR JUST YOU? :p
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 05:38:02 pm
:lol:

can someone join, please? there's only 2 members :(
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: WMCoolmon on February 22, 2005, 05:39:19 pm
I actually like Cobra's board style better than the ones on sectorgame, even if it is one of those free mass-produced ones.

Too lazy to join though-  I probably wouldn't end up posting anyways.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 05:43:19 pm
how dare you?! :D
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 05:46:35 pm
how about if I add an SCP category ;7
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Flipside on February 22, 2005, 05:48:13 pm
Well, Sectorgame is very quiet at the moment, too quiet in fact. I suppose theres little imperative for Hunter to do anything with it when nothing much happens. I've not had much chance to do TI stuff, even HLP has been a little bit quieter than usual these last few weeks. I personally don't think more forums is going to change that :(

Theres already a backup SCP Forum at Sectorgame Cobra, it'd be best to leave the SCP stuff to 'official' forums, so people actually know where to go for info ;)
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: redmenace on February 22, 2005, 06:08:38 pm
:wtf:
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 06:10:07 pm
:wtf: :wtf:
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Unknown Target on February 22, 2005, 06:16:17 pm
Do we seriously need so many forums? One or two extras are ok, but so many is pointless. Hell, look at cobras, there's like 5 or 6 posts total, and I doubt the others are much better. Pretty much every person who's into Freespace hangs out here or o nthe other three major forums...what will any of these new forums, not just yours, Cobra, offer that's different than what we have already?
I can see a few of the forums with the hosting, but just a plain old forum and website is dumb, imho.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: InfernoGod on February 22, 2005, 06:12:12 pm
:wtf: wtf are the :wtf:s for?
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Hippo on February 22, 2005, 06:13:21 pm
Just of random curiocity, what are the other 3 major forums you can think of? I'd think of them as HLP, and then there's 4 other nameable forums of rather decent size...
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: InfernoGod on February 22, 2005, 06:14:52 pm
MY forum is where I'm going to put up forums for the campaigns I'll be doing.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Hippo on February 22, 2005, 06:19:51 pm
hm... I don't think UT's actually posted yet :p


EDIT: or maybe he has... :nervous:
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: WeatherOp on February 22, 2005, 06:20:50 pm
Let me count e'm, HLP,SG,GW,Cobra's,Inferno's,Hades Combine,Hippo's. Kie's.

Yep, thats 8 of e'm. Is that all of them?
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: WMCoolmon on February 22, 2005, 06:21:15 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Cobra
how about if I add an SCP category ;7


Same problem. :p I only really check HLP for comments on the SCP, it's rare that I venture to some other forum.

I've probably visited sectorgame just as many times to redownload the music MP3s as I have to post on the forums (excluding when HLP was down)
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Primus on February 22, 2005, 06:27:10 pm
OMG!!! I have a forum too!: http://www.phpbbplanet.com/forum/index.php?mforum=primusnovaforum

Why? I have no idea! It's empty. Don't go there. Stay here. @ HLP! Or go to GW.. Or where ever you want...

:sigh: I gotta go to sleep... :lol:

(just for the record.  my forum was up b4 hippo's, kie's, or cobras's ;))
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Hippo on February 22, 2005, 06:29:45 pm
... Am I the only one other than SG, NW, and HC that actually OWN the pages the forum resides on?
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Flipside on February 22, 2005, 06:33:52 pm
Redmenace and Cobra, I would like to officially award you both the 'Copius and unexplained use the the wtf smiley' award.

Do you deny this forum has been quiter of late? Do you deny that Sectorgame is quiet to the point of Hunter thinking of packing it in? Do you deny that there is a second offical SCP forum at Sectorgame? Cos if you deny any of them you are wrong.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: WeatherOp on February 22, 2005, 06:33:48 pm
No, Primus has a website his forum is on too. Well, I guess since last year was "the year of the n00b", this is "the year of the forum":D
Title: Snorts in disgust...
Post by: Getter Robo G on February 22, 2005, 06:36:11 pm
You understand once you got your own Personal Forum (not talking about project hosts) you've "Jumped the Shark". I don't have my own forum for the following reasons: I am not interesting enough, I am not cool enough, and I have anything to say that can't be said anywhere else :P Oh yeah forgot the most crucial one... I am not egotistical enough :ha: That will change when I become the Internet Commander! (on that day PLEASE shoot me!) :D
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: WeatherOp on February 22, 2005, 06:37:51 pm
Will I get paid?:confused:
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Primus on February 22, 2005, 06:41:29 pm
Quote
Originally posted by WeatherOp
No, Primus has a website his forum is on too. Well, I guess since last year was "the year of the n00b", this is "the year of the forum":D


No. My forum is not on same server than the site. I did plan to put it there, but I guess the php don't work on that server or I didn't install it correctly or something...

Anyway.. I don't need the current forum...  I wonder if it can be removed....
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: MatthewPapa on February 22, 2005, 06:43:30 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Flipside
Redmenace and Cobra, I would like to officially award you both the 'Copius and unexplained use the the wtf smiley' award.

Do you deny this forum has been quiter of late? Do you deny that Sectorgame is quiet to the point of Hunter thinking of packing it in? Do you deny that there is a second offical SCP forum at Sectorgame? Cos if you deny any of them you are wrong.


Hunter is really thinking of closing down?! Thats sad....

If anything GW (http://www.game-warden.com) has been growing activity and member wise at a pretty steady rate ever since it opened (about 2.5-3 months ago). The activity really kicked in though only recently when I switched webhosts, registered a domain name, redid the styles to look spiffier and hosted like 5 new projects...
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: WeatherOp on February 22, 2005, 06:49:34 pm
Very Sad, I found SG first.:(


But, I agree that GW is close if not faster growing than HLP.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Flipside on February 22, 2005, 06:50:46 pm
Well, I think it's more than simply the silence on the Forums, but at the very least, failing luck, a downsize may well be on the way.

The private Forums are quite busy, and my own thoughts that Hunter would keep things open for the Descent side of things at the very least, but I certainly know that if I were him, I too would be concnered about how quiet it is on there.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Hippo on February 22, 2005, 06:53:44 pm
I hadn't heard this... :(
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: MatthewPapa on February 22, 2005, 07:04:35 pm
Well if hunter needs help with webspace (for files, SQL, PHP scripts etc) by all means tell him to contact me. I always hate to see a place die.....
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 07:01:12 pm
*sigh* *holds up a sign that says "spam"*
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Flipside on February 22, 2005, 07:02:30 pm
I don't think SG Forums would die completely, it's sort of an institution, but it's needs some life other than in the download section ;)
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: MatthewPapa on February 22, 2005, 07:07:36 pm
*returns from the future*
timewarp
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Flipside on February 22, 2005, 08:00:57 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Cobra
*sigh* *holds up a sign that says "spam"*


Says someone who posted 2 wtf smileys as his entire post.

Grow up Cobra. I notice you're fine with Spam as long as it's your own. If you are going to get all possesive over your threads then it just gives me another reason not to visit your forum.

Or was that simply the best comeback that you could manage?
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on February 22, 2005, 08:31:20 pm
um....could i have the SG link?  i lost it when i did an fdisk.  

to the topic at hand.  I don't think it a bad idea to have a forum dedicated to your mod.  in fact that's not a bad thing at all.  except for one thing.  where will you put your attachments and downloads, your website etc.  and if you have webspace for that...why not put your forums on that webspace and host yourselves?

I don't consider NW to be a main forum.  Maybe that's just because i don't go there.  HLP, GW, and SG are the ones that i consider to be main forums.  When VWBB **crosses himself** died, a void was left, for the time i think that SG filled it.  I think of GW as VWBB reborn.  we are currently hosting 10 projects....including SG1 and BSG.  I don't think of the forums as a competition, but alternatives to hosting.  Currently HLP is not accepting new projects, neither is GW, but i can guarantee that Hippo is.  GTD Bastion is accepting projects for hosting.  if you talk nice to hippo, maybe the project doesn't have to be a mod.  Maybe something like that Campaign list that shows the branches of the story line that ummmm, ummmm, uhhhh, that one guy wants to do.  I think that while his name escapes me, the endeavor is worthwhile, and can really add to the experience of the game.  i am looking at it as sort of an FS2 sourcebook.  I like the idea, so hippo, talk to the guy before i talk matthewpapa and nighthammer into making an exception to our no more projects rule. ;)

Cobra and Inferno...if you guys have things that you need hosted, a forum is not the answer, Hosting is.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 08:37:10 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Flipside


Says someone who posted 2 wtf smileys as his entire post.

Grow up Cobra. I notice you're fine with Spam as long as it's your own. If you are going to get all possesive over your threads then it just gives me another reason not to visit your forum.

Or was that simply the best comeback that you could manage?


In case you haven't noticed, EVERY thread i make gets spammed.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Flipside on February 22, 2005, 08:50:51 pm
In case you hadn't noticed every thread on HLP doesn't stay within it's thread 'title' for long. It's called 'flow of conversation', it usually gets dragged back on track eventually, but to post a completely pointless post, i.e. the wtf one, and then when other people go back to discussing FS2 Forums, you accuse that of being spam is more than a bit silly.

Oh, and Shadow -

www.sectorgame.com
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Cobra on February 22, 2005, 08:51:31 pm
bah
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on February 22, 2005, 08:53:22 pm
ty flip.
Title: I HAVE A FORUM
Post by: Windrunner on February 23, 2005, 05:48:28 am
Quote
Originally posted by ShadowWolf_IH
um....could i have the SG link?  i lost it when i did an fdisk.  

to the topic at hand.  I don't think it a bad idea to have a forum dedicated to your mod.  in fact that's not a bad thing at all.  except for one thing.  where will you put your attachments and downloads, your website etc.  and if you have webspace for that...why not put your forums on that webspace and host yourselves?

I don't consider NW to be a main forum.  Maybe that's just because i don't go there.  HLP, GW, and SG are the ones that i consider to be main forums.  When VWBB **crosses himself** died, a void was left, for the time i think that SG filled it.  I think of GW as VWBB reborn.  we are currently hosting 10 projects....including SG1 and BSG.  I don't think of the forums as a competition, but alternatives to hosting.  Currently HLP is not accepting new projects, neither is GW, but i can guarantee that Hippo is.  GTD Bastion is accepting projects for hosting.  if you talk nice to hippo, maybe the project doesn't have to be a mod.  Maybe something like that Campaign list that shows the branches of the story line that ummmm, ummmm, uhhhh, that one guy wants to do.  I think that while his name escapes me, the endeavor is worthwhile, and can really add to the experience of the game.  i am looking at it as sort of an FS2 sourcebook.  I like the idea, so hippo, talk to the guy before i talk matthewpapa and nighthammer into making an exception to our no more projects rule. ;)

Cobra and Inferno...if you guys have things that you need hosted, a forum is not the answer, Hosting is.


couldn't agree more..:nod:

thread closed from further spamage and flaming...