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Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: Drule on September 22, 2010, 05:15:20 pm: Hi pals.

Since we've been having so many objections about GW from every direction, we're probably gonna throw up the new site as a separate entity and just link it to the forum remotely. This means that you won't even know it exists unless you manage to find it on your own, and no data will be exported to the new site or anyone else.

GW is still a place where a lot of talented people connect and a lot of you guys are really set on preserving the site as it is, so how do you feel about skipping a mainsite entirely and making GW completely forum-centric, so as to keep it 100% community-oriented and eliminate the need for a debate about what to do with the mainsite? I mean if all you really want to do with the site is give people an outlet for their creative stuff, it kind of eliminates the need of a mainsite anyway.

Also, since we're going to update the forum software, how do you feel about putting it under a new domain in the process in order to make it more general and attractive to outside people who maybe aren't into gaming? Or would you prefer to still have it under gamingw.net.
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Post by: big ass skelly on September 22, 2010, 07:41:21 pm: Nice sonic avvy. Not the best sonic avvy I've ever seen on gaming w but definitely a contender
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Post by: Dust on September 22, 2010, 07:58:22 pm: I went with this:
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Give GW a mainsite (gaming-related or not), and keep it under gamingw.net

But at this point I really don't care anymore. Just get a good, long lasting mainsite up that is actually related to what GW is supposed to be about (which is showing off ~~crappy RPG Maker games~~ indie games and user submitted content).

I've never been a fan of putting it under a new domain name. Why should we? This domain name is perfectly fine.
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Post by: dada on September 22, 2010, 08:34:59 pm: NO ~~MOSQUE~~ MAINSITE AT ~~GROUND ZERO~~ GAMING WORLD!!!!
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Post by: dada on September 22, 2010, 08:37:47 pm: I've mentioned this time and again, but we need a main site. I really don't get why this is such a problem. It's not like the forum would be DELETED. In fact, Drule has mentioned that the forum would be kept intact. I don't even know if I'll like the main site Drule is making but there's no real reason not to put it on the same domain.
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Post by: Dust on September 22, 2010, 09:06:10 pm: I would also like to point out that there are a lot of people on this site who come here simply to post their game and then leave, or only check back to see feedback. They do not come into this forum (they probably don't even know that this is the general forum).

The only people who really post are those who no longer make games (for the most part), so obviously most of the posts you get are going to be negative.

I think the main site should make it easier for people to get feedback on their games, easier to showcase their games and easier for people to play their games. The forums just aren't a good place to do this. The posts in most of the game topics are like "I'll play it later" or "Nice game." It's hard for people to find posts by the original author and it's hard for people to know when a game is updated. A system that makes managing game releases, separating suggestions from general posts, complete control of comments / suggestions that are posted on the game (delete / hide spam posts), the owner of the game should have complete control over that page; he shouldn't have to wait for a moderator to come to his game page and clean it up, the ability for users to submit bugs in an organized way, and a way for the author to update the game with patches and other content. People should be able to subscribe to updates to a game series that they like. People should be able to write reviews that look good; don't just give users a text field and let them write a wall of text.

It isn't just about having a main site, it's about having a main site that's worth having. Who cares what all of the veteran users think, they're only here to troll; the main site isn't for them. They aren't going to use it. Let them have the forums. Make a main site that works for developers.
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Post by: Warped655 on September 22, 2010, 10:53:32 pm: The main site is how I found out about the forum. So, yeah a worthwhile main site would benefit the forums by being an avenue for new members.

I'm completely apathetic towards the name. I think it should just be whatever attracts members that will stick around. Since I figure just keeping the original name would be easier. I voted for that.
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Post by: datamanc3r on September 22, 2010, 11:49:27 pm: A suggestion here: integrating the concept of a mainsite into the forums itself. Not only will it have the legitimacy of a mainsite with all its perks such as reviews and resasauruses (rawr!), but it adopts more of a community feel. Someone suggested this waaay back when, but I still like the idea. Everyone w/o membership can get a vanilla premade profile but at least link their games and other resources, and people with membership can get additional benefits, etc. etc...
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: Kaempfer on September 22, 2010, 11:56:34 pm: Why can't we just have a simple mainsite that highlights shit from the forum, and leave it as simple as that? Songs, threads with cool drawings them, interesting things of artistic or gaming related things. That way, people don't have to slog through the countless couchfiend topics to get to interesting things, and people who rarely go outside of one branch of the forums can just check the mainsite to see if someone has started an art thread worth looking at or a thread about an album release?

That way the site is 100% community-centric but doesn't rely on people HAPPENING to stumble across good threads. People from both inside and outside the community can check out the best threads/games/arts/musics/pictures of moms. People outside the community will go "hmm this is an interesting album I'll sign up to post comments" and people from inside the community will have no trouble finding topics from forums they don't frequent/are too lazy and stupid to find on their own.

The forum stays intact, the community stays intact, and people can get some more feedback on their shit.

It's not like it's hard to sign up for GW, if outsiders find a link to something they like, they'll sign up to comment on it. And so long as we're not DOUCHECLOCKS about it they will stick around.
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Post by: Mince Wobley on September 23, 2010, 03:56:14 am: All I want is more 14 year old kids to generate content
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: datamanc3r on September 23, 2010, 04:59:42 am: Funny thing is 14 year olds generally tend to generate pretty good content. I churned out loads of chipset edits when I was 14...back when I had loads of time on my hands. I just never posted them.

Also, Kaempfer's post. It's prolly the easiest thing to do, and at least you have a place to show off resources.
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Post by: crone_lover720 on September 23, 2010, 05:21:26 am: juris the difference is that 12-16 year olds are motivated very differently than us. if you wanted to create a site as successful as the old gw but not as young and stupid you'd have to really look into what motivates people and how you get people to participate in something. that's likely beyond the scope of effort anyone would be willing to put into a site without the promise of cash tho so I think the only real option is to use what we're already doing just cuz we want to and try to enhance that

I guess I'm going to vote for one of the mainsite options. forums aren't very good for giving people fast or easy access to products/projects/whatever so I think any mainsite saying "this is what we're about this is some stuff that's going on here's some things we did" would be fantastic.

also j-rod kaempfer's post is pretty much what ed's been working on but he is rogue

edit: I am voting for a domain change but I really don't care either way.
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: Mateui on September 23, 2010, 02:42:55 pm: Quote from: Kaempfer on September 22, 2010, 11:56:34 pm
Why can't we just have a simple mainsite that highlights shit from the forum, and leave it as simple as that? Songs, threads with cool drawings them, interesting things of artistic or gaming related things. That way, people don't have to slog through the countless couchfiend topics to get to interesting things, and people who rarely go outside of one branch of the forums can just check the mainsite to see if someone has started an art thread worth looking at or a thread about an album release?

That way the site is 100% community-centric but doesn't rely on people HAPPENING to stumble across good threads. People from both inside and outside the community can check out the best threads/games/arts/musics/pictures of moms. People outside the community will go "hmm this is an interesting album I'll sign up to post comments" and people from inside the community will have no trouble finding topics from forums they don't frequent/are too lazy and stupid to find on their own.

The forum stays intact, the community stays intact, and people can get some more feedback on their shit.

It's not like it's hard to sign up for GW, if outsiders find a link to something they like, they'll sign up to comment on it. And so long as we're not DOUCHECLOCKS about it they will stick around.
That's what the GWBlog did and we can all agree that that didn't turn out as well as envisioned. I've said this before but I'll say it again, if we're going to have a mainsite again it doesn't make sense for it to be the exact same thing as the forums. That's just redundant. The forums aren't as active as they were so the argument that people who are too lazy to find a topic will find it easier on a mainsite just doesn't fly. If they can't find it on the forums what makes you think that they'll go to the mainsite to find it there in a roundabout way? If you really want the lazy people to not miss some great topic then a stickied topic in the general forum entitled "Cool GW topics this week" linking all of these threads would work much better.

I voted to keep the domain name the same and just have an indie game-based website focused on amateur game development.
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: Drule on September 23, 2010, 02:47:20 pm: An option is to have a sidebar alongside the forum with collective twitter/youtube/game/whatever feeds from our creative members and maybe also recent/hot topics. I also don't see the point in having a mainsite if it's going to be exactly the same thing as the forum.
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: hero_bash on September 23, 2010, 02:53:56 pm: the problem with blog is the users doesn't feel really involved in it.. a mainsite should be something that could be shared amongst peopel who have passsion for whatever the hell gw would be about. but i still hope it would be about game developemtn and games, though i would like same attention for the visual arts and music made by the members. so probably an all around happy site.
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: crone_lover720 on September 23, 2010, 03:06:43 pm: what does "the same thing" mean? like, another forum with all the same subforums and the same threads and the same posts? that IS redundant. or do you mean just about the same subjects. cuz uh, that's kinda just the link between the site and the forums. it isn't redundant at all. let us reinvigorate the website; the forums shall remain as they are, but the mainsite, she will be about cooking and sharing recipes. forums are a place for discussion, site is a place to give visitors quick and easy access to the things we produce or the stuff we're doing. it is very difficult to look at the main forum structure and derive any of this information, or to feel any calling to get involved, sign up, download/play/listen to any of our stuff, or even know any of that stuff exists.

also matueuei can you stop bringing up gw blog, that garbage failed for numerous reasons and none of them are because it actually did what you are claiming it tried to do.
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: Vellfire on September 23, 2010, 03:46:18 pm: which one was even the "gw blog", the one that was up with the layout that's on the site right now or the one before it that had articles about stuff besides games (or something else entirely)
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: crone_lover720 on September 23, 2010, 03:53:46 pm: the blog-style layout one I think. the one before that was ok even tho it had a lot of kinda bad articles people probably felt obligated to write. but people did give a shit about that one
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: Alec on September 23, 2010, 04:47:36 pm: Quote from: Bald Coworker on September 23, 2010, 02:47:20 pm
An option is to have a sidebar alongside the forum with collective twitter/youtube/game/whatever feeds from our creative members and maybe also recent/hot topics. I also don't see the point in having a mainsite if it's going to be exactly the same thing as the forum.
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: DDay on September 23, 2010, 04:57:26 pm: I would like my GW with eggs and a side of beacon.

and I real have no comment on this just need to get my joke post on wish I had something to say.
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: Terrorantula on September 23, 2010, 05:39:20 pm: I think we should keep the forums, but make them part of a larger site that covers multiple topics and areas of interest, with NO Specific focus- or rather multiple ones. Just give the surfers a welcome screen, then to a central "hub" linked to various areas.

If the site were a house, say, it would be like this:

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/i26.photobucket.com/albums/c103/Purplesnoopy/GWhouse.webp)
(Front page)

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/i26.photobucket.com/albums/c103/Purplesnoopy/ingwhouse2-1.webp)
(Site hub- "hallway")

The point is that GW would encompass several subsections available to all members, and some (Such as the game download and recipes) availability to visitors. People could choose whether to frequent their own section or dip into each, hopefully eventually encouraging people to explore and get involved in all sections
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: Drule on September 23, 2010, 05:42:44 pm: Well, we've had a lot of good suggestions but I think Terrorantula is onto something.
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: Ryan on September 23, 2010, 05:47:02 pm: i cant tell if that is sarcasm
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: Ryan on September 23, 2010, 05:47:55 pm: nvm didnt see the pictures
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Post by: Terrorantula on September 23, 2010, 05:53:10 pm: I don't care how stupid the drawing looks, or if I'm being mocked, I'm trying to get across a concept here!
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Post by: hero_bash on September 23, 2010, 06:04:21 pm: i like the idea and i think from that, it should grow

(http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/8854/35259156.jpg)
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Post by: Terrorantula on September 23, 2010, 06:07:46 pm: Quote from: Hero Bash on September 23, 2010, 06:04:21 pm
i like the idea and i think from that, it should grow

(http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/8854/35259156.jpg)
I thought maybe for a second you might be approving instead of mocking until I saw the "Porn" room. FINE! Whatever. . . :mad:
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Post by: Guana on September 23, 2010, 06:32:35 pm: Thanks for ruining the topic guys. Thanks. Thanks a lot.
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Post by: Vellfire on September 23, 2010, 08:09:06 pm: No seriously let's make a site like those oldschool geocities ones where you have to navigate through the site via a map of a building full of hotlinks.

i remember a 7th guest site like this, there were tons tho

edit: wow it still exists http://www.famvandermeer.demon.nl/7guesthomepage/open.html
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Post by: tuxedo marx on September 23, 2010, 09:43:40 pm: oh god what the hell is this
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Post by: Terrorantula on September 23, 2010, 09:51:51 pm: Calm down, Geo. It was an aborted description.
And Guana, we can rehab this topic. Vell, I was actually thinking about something like that old Geocities site, bit it CAN be rather frustrating.

BUt..
Right now the forums are currently "gamingw.net/forums," suggestion that other parts could be welded on as "gamingw.net/ (Whatever)."
The forum and other sections just become options on another toolbar accessible from the main page.

Of course it's probably not that simple.... also I think I may have sidetracked into discussion of interfaces . . .
But if the forums become PART of the mainsite, all on gamingw.net, it brings everything together. People can directly access the projects, go to the forums, or whatever.

. . . I just suggested we copy Gaia or RMN's layout, didn't I? :sweat:
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Post by: Hundley on September 24, 2010, 01:19:42 am: Quote from: Vellfire on September 23, 2010, 08:09:06 pm
No seriously let's make a site like those oldschool geocities ones where you have to navigate through the site via a map of a building full of hotlinks.

i remember a 7th guest site like this, there were tons tho

edit: wow it still exists http://www.famvandermeer.demon.nl/7guesthomepage/open.html
hahaha this is actually the best idea. we should make the site so incredibly complicated that virtually nobody will ever find the forum. those that do have really EARNED IT. this would go a long way in helping weed out the "undesirables"

this will undoubtedly help the board's image. i remember peter cook once said that the best way to be interesting/mysterious is to get up and leave the room when people enter. this is a similar principle.
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Post by: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 02:02:28 am: Quote from: Hundley on September 24, 2010, 01:19:42 am
hahaha this is actually the best idea. we should make the site so incredibly complicated that virtually nobody will ever find the forum. those that do have really EARNED IT. this would go a long way in helping weed out the "undesirables"

this will undoubtedly help the board's image. i remember peter cook once said that the best way to be interesting/mysterious is to get up and leave the room when people enter. this is a similar principle.

ditch the forum and turn gamingworld into an ARG this is my vote
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Post by: Ciel on September 24, 2010, 02:47:49 am: yeah! throw up a mainsite! let's get this main site thing going! woo! yeah! let's do this! hooooyeaah! main site is GO! it's rock and roll time! web sites all around! hoo! mainsite!
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Post by: something bizarre and impractical on September 24, 2010, 02:56:12 am: Blend the distinction between mainsite and forum. Allow GamingW to become a bit more of a general outlet, but keep game design as one of its focuses (for nostalgia lol jk). Register a new domain. Reboot it.
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: Kaempfer on September 24, 2010, 03:07:04 am: You stand facing North. In front of you is the edge of a deep forest. Bird calls can be faintly heard, emanating from deep within. What is your command?
>> Look South
You see behind you a great green field, ringed by a high fence of barbed metal. It is impossible to climb. What is your command?
>> Climb fence
You try to grip the fence, but the metal sharp metal barbs bite into your hand. You have no choice to let go before they break skin. What is your command?
>> Enter forest
You enter the forest. After a few steps, you notice a strange noise, as if the forest were shifting around you. What is your command?
>> Look South
You see more trees behind you. There is no sign of the field or the fence. Thick foliage blocks the ground where the path stood moments ago. What is your command?
>> Traipse through forest
I do not understand "Traipse". What is your command?
>> Walk through forest
In which direction?
>> South
You try to walk through the forest, but the dense foliage proves to be too thick. Branches block your way, and vines grab at your neck and shoulders. Dejected, you return to where you stood a moment ago. What is your command?
>> Look North
To the North is a narrow path that leads deeper into the forest. Dappled sunlight filters through the high canopy, casting shadows everywhere. What is your command?
>> Walk North
You continue North along the path for a few minutes, until you eventually reach a small pond. The path continues North past the pond. What is your command?
>> Check pond
You peer into the pond. The water is shallow and clear, gently rippling as a small brook feeds into it. Just below the surface, you spot something a round object glinting gently in the dancing light. What is your command?
>> Get object
You reach into the pond and grab the shimmering object. It is a coin, partially covered in slime. You wipe the slime from the coin and it find its surface quite reflective underneath. You put it in your pocket. The pond is now empty. What is your command?
>> Walk North
You walk North, keeping on the path. After fifteen minutes, you the path splits off to the East. What is your command?
>> Look North
The path to the North seems to give out after a few steps. The canopy is thicker overhead here, and the low light makes it hard to see what is up ahead. What is your command?
>> Look East
The path to the East widens slightly. In the distance you can make out an outcropping of rocks. What is your command?
>> Walk East
You follow the path East until you reach the outcropping of rocks. They rise a few metres above the forest ground, and are devoid of large trees. What is your command?
>> Climb rocks
You climb to the top of the rocks. You are above the thick foliage covering the forest floor and are afforded an excellent view. What is your command?
>> Look West
To the West you can make out the split in the road. Beyond that lies only deep forest and thick trees. You still stand atop the rocks. What is your command?
>> Look South
You can just see the path you followed here fading into the distance. Eventually, your view is obscured by thick vines. You still stand atop the rocks. What is your command?
>> Look North
To the North you can barely make out what looks like a dip in the forest. The tops of smaller trees are visible. You think you may hear running water. You stand atop the rocks. What is your command?
>> Listen carefully
To what?
>> Listen carefully North
You take a deep breath, close your eyes and focus on the sounds of the forest. You can now clearly make out the sound of rushing water, coming from the North. Bird calls surround you. You can hear something coming from the East, but it's impossible to make out. What is your command?
>> Look East
To the East you can make out the silhouette of what appears to be a man-made structure. It is some distance off, but some of the edges can be seen through the trees. You still stand atop the rocks. What is your command?
>> Walk East
You take a few steps, but find yourself stopped by the edge of the rocks. What is your command?
>> Climb down
You climb back onto the path. What is your command?
>> Walk East
You walk East for the better part of an hour, until you come to a small stream crossed by a wooden bridge. Standing before the bridge is a small, bent man holding a staff to keep himself partially upright. What is your command?
>> Look at man
The man is visibly weather-beaten and clearly quite old. He has scraggly white hair and a scraggly white beard. He has not seen you. What is your command?
>> Talk to man
You call out to the man, but he seems to not hear you. You are still quite far away. What is your command?
>> Walk up to man
You walk over to the man. He looks up, grumbles to himself, and looks back at the ground. What is your command?
>> Talk to man
The old man ignores you completely. What is your command?
>> Cross bridge
You cross the bridge without incident. What is your command?
>> Walk East
You continue East along the path. As you do so, a strange sound seems to be getting louder and louder. As it does, you begin to notice a pattern. What is your command?
>> Listen to sound
You stop and concentrate, trying to block out the sounds of the forest. Eventually, the sound becomes more clear to you. It is an instrument of some kind, and the same song or notes are being played over and over again. What is your command?
>> Walk East
The sound becomes louder and louder as you continue along the path. Suddenly, the ground gives way at your feet. You stumble, but manage to stop moments before a large hole opens in the path. What is your command?
>> Look in hole
You look into the hole. At the bottom are a set of nasty looking wooden stakes. It is about two feet wide. What is your command?
>> Look around
Around you is deep forest. A hole blocks the path in front of you. The forest is too thick to skirt around the hole. Vines dangle everywhere. What is your command?
>> Pull on vine
You pull on a vine, and it tears from its stem, falling limply to the ground. What is your command?
>> Jump hole
You leap over the hole and land without problem on the other side. What is your command?
>> Walk East
The sound has become very clear now. It is a guitar, playing a tune you don't recognize. Although it is playing the same song over and over, each time it is varied slightly. You can barely make out voices as you move farther East. The path continues on East, although it looks like a smaller path has opened to the South. What is your command?
>> Walk East
The guitar sound stops as you move further East, as do the voices. You eventually enter a small clearing, squinting as the sunlight penetrates the thinning canopy. A guitar sits, resting up against a tall rock. Recent footprints are evident on the dirt floor of the clearing. There are two paths leading East, one North East, one South East. What is your command?
>> Get guitar
You walk over and take the guitar, playing a few notes. It's in tune. You sling it over your back by its strap. What is your command?
>> Look North East
The path to the North East is well-worn. You can make out a structure in the distance. What is your command?
>> Look South East
The path to the South East seems disused. You can make out a small structure with what appears to be smoke rising from its roof. What is your command?
>> Walk North East
You walk along the North East path until you come close to the structure. It is larger than you thought, and looms over you. A gate bars access to the courtyard beyond. The path seems to continue due North along the wall of the structure. What is your command?
>> Look gate
The gate is sturdy, and it seems locked. You doubt you could move it. To the right, affixed to the wall, is a small metal box with a slot on top. What is your command?
>> Look courtyard
In the courtyard beyond the gate rests a pillar dais with a large gemstone of some kind sitting atop it. It is otherwise empty. What is your command?
>> Put coin in slot
You drop the coin into the slot. It's a perfect fit. It clinks gently into the box. You hear a faint whirring sound. Suddenly, the gate roars to live, sliding upward. The way is clear. What is your command?
>> Enter courtyard
You walk into the courtyard, which seems empty. A gemstone on a raised pillar lies just outside your reach. What is your command?
>> Take gemstone
You approach the gemstone, but as you do the pillar vanishes, along with the gemstone! The gate behind you slams shut and locks with a loud "click". Panels in the walls of the courtyard slide open, revealing men and women behind each. They are hunched and foaming at the mouth. They have a wild look in their eyes. They approach you from all sides. What is your command?
>> Walk East
You cannot walk East, the way is blocked by a group of crazed-looking people. What is your command?
>> Walk West
The way West is blocked by a sturdy gate. You try to open it, but it doesn't budge. As you struggle furiously with the gate, the pack of wild men and women rush you, grabbing at your limbs and biting at your exposed skin. In a few moments, they have wrestled you to the ground and begun to pound on you with their fists. Darkness takes a hold as you begin to lose consciousness. In a few moments, you close your eyes. You will never open them again.

You have died. Would you like to play again?

[it's ][/it's]
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: datamanc3r on September 24, 2010, 04:31:48 am: Riddle me this, batman, why don't we just go back to the same mainsite style and everything we had before? You know, I'm talking about the COASTER CRAFT GOLD homepage. It worked, dinnit? Then it died because of what...inactivity? I still don't get that.

GW NEEDS TRANSPARENCY PLOX
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 12:44:58 pm: Quote from: Juris on September 24, 2010, 04:31:48 am
It worked, dinnit? Then it died

that means it didn't work :welp:

just because it WAS working doesn't mean it could automatically continue working.

honestly dudes lets quit comparing ourselves to a website from even five years ago, websites work differently now
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Post by: Carrion Crow on September 24, 2010, 12:58:34 pm: GW is a democracy now is it.
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Post by: hero_bash on September 24, 2010, 02:07:32 pm: what about we make a site about salt and name it gamingw.net
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Post by: DDay on September 24, 2010, 02:34:58 pm: Quote from: ed on September 24, 2010, 12:58:34 pm
GW is a democracy now is it.

After a few turns he was able to research democracy so I guess so.civilization joke
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Post by: datamanc3r on September 24, 2010, 02:42:35 pm: Quote from: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 12:44:58 pm
that means it didn't work :welp:

just because it WAS working doesn't mean it could automatically continue working.

honestly dudes lets quit comparing ourselves to a website from even five years ago, websites work differently now
Well I still don't get it. Why did it die? I was under the impression that whoever was originally updating the mainsite left and there was a weird management change. Remember that we still had to send our submissions to a specific person at that point and there was a waiting list? It appears to me the only reason why the mainsite failed was because of that management change. I could be wrong though, which is why I'm asking.

Quote from: ed on September 24, 2010, 12:58:34 pm
GW is a democracy now is it.
It's secretly an authoritarian regime run by Big Sister Velfarre.
Title: So how do you want your GW?
Post by: crone_lover720 on September 24, 2010, 03:19:14 pm: i think everyone thought you were making a joke. games like that declined n popularity/community moved on/no longer had teens willing to do lots of awful work writing loads of terrible reviews of bad games without getting anything in return besides their name on some staff page
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Post by: datamanc3r on September 24, 2010, 03:53:49 pm: Mmf. Then cut the reviews, have a resource base, and link development threads to the mainsite.
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Post by: Kaempfer on September 24, 2010, 04:05:13 pm: nobody liked my tale of intrigue it took forever to write
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Post by: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 04:29:23 pm: Quote from: Juris on September 24, 2010, 03:53:49 pm
Mmf. Then cut the reviews, have a resource base, and link development threads to the mainsite.

so basically our site would be a sprite database and a devlog links page? that sounds terrible.
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Post by: Mince Wobley on September 24, 2010, 04:40:35 pm: Quote from: DDay on September 24, 2010, 02:34:58 pm
After a few turns he was able to research democracy so I guess so.civilization joke

Nice civilization reference
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Post by: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 04:50:19 pm: http://gaminggroundzero.com/

look around here right now and you will see why we can't have GW going back to its glory days

it would be this.
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Post by: DDay on September 24, 2010, 05:07:30 pm: Quote from: Juris on September 24, 2010, 02:42:35 pm
It's secretly an authoritarian regime run by Big Sister Velfarre.

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/DDayDark/V-Sister-with-a-Littl.webp)
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Post by: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 05:12:42 pm: god that pic is even better because that's not me. i severely hope that german chick some day finds this site and sees her face all over it
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Post by: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 05:14:13 pm: (http://secxtanx.com/dump/Wshmoo.gif)

edit: lol we still have the wishmoo filter so i had to change the filename
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Post by: DDay on September 24, 2010, 05:14:55 pm: Quote from: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 05:12:42 pm
god that pic is even better because that's not me. i severely hope that german chick some day finds this site and sees her face all over it

If I had a pic of you I would of done it but I don't and I don't feel like scumming around to look for one. So I had to settled with your avy which represents you at this current time .
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Post by: Mateui on September 24, 2010, 05:31:32 pm: Quote from: Juris on September 24, 2010, 02:42:35 pm
Well I still don't get it. Why did it die? I was under the impression that whoever was originally updating the mainsite left and there was a weird management change. Remember that we still had to send our submissions to a specific person at that point and there was a waiting list? It appears to me the only reason why the mainsite failed was because of that management change. I could be wrong though, which is why I'm asking.
It's secretly an authoritarian regime run by Big Sister Velfarre.
GW5 died because of a bug which turned certain users into Guests - people stopped submitting things because they wouldn't get credit for it. Even us staff were affected by it. You couldn't log into the mainsite anymore. It just collapsed due to bugs.
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Post by: Carrion Crow on September 24, 2010, 05:58:29 pm: I'm as bad as Drule at the moment because I didn't follow through with the code. I got ill and spent my summer feeling poop and doing nothing. I don't have anything to do this weekend though as my girl is in Hanover so I will code some stuff up.

The plan was as follows:

A place where people can share what they create regardless of media type but under the name gaming world. This is because we all met here and became awesome at different things. It will be linked into twitter but not facebook. The way of posting is that you can post certain posts through the GW interface and it will come up in the main stream on the site front page.

The mockup that I did and posted in the other thread still applies. If you don't like it then you can always refuse to use it. I think it looked okay though.

If you want to help code over the weekend then just tell me and I'll put you on an admin account on the temporary site. I don't expect anyone to go for this though.

There you go.
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Post by: Carrion Crow on September 24, 2010, 06:04:11 pm: If one of you would prod me with a stick it could help too.
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Post by: tuxedo marx on September 24, 2010, 06:11:11 pm: i am guilty of following through all over the code
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Post by: dada on September 24, 2010, 06:22:41 pm: Quote from: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 04:50:19 pm
http://gaminggroundzero.com/

look around here right now and you will see why we can't have GW going back to its glory days

it would be this.
That site is still online???

Quote from: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 05:14:13 pm
edit: lol we still have the that which shall not be named filter so i had to change the filename
What's a "bugger", anyway? Is that like a troll or a spammer or something?
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Post by: tuxedo marx on September 24, 2010, 06:30:07 pm: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bugger

we are responsible for this one
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Post by: Terrorantula on September 24, 2010, 06:34:46 pm: *Pokes ed with a stick* Just where is this mockup BTW?
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Post by: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 06:39:48 pm: Even knowing what a bugger is, nothing about that comic makes sense. It is the worst comic. It's like awful internet girl humor only spat out of a random word generator.
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Post by: Terrorantula on September 24, 2010, 06:48:25 pm: Quote from: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 06:39:48 pm
Even knowing what a bugger is, nothing about that comic makes sense. It is the worst comic. It's like awful internet girl humor only spat out of a random word generator.
It may be an in-joke referring to some term we don't recognize.
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Post by: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 07:26:40 pm: Quote from: Terrorantula on September 24, 2010, 06:48:25 pm
It may be an in-joke referring to some term we don't recognize.

no amount of inside jokes could save that comic please do not try
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Post by: Terrorantula on September 24, 2010, 07:56:34 pm: We're getting off-topic anyway...
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Post by: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 08:01:51 pm: Nah my original point was that following Juris' plan would turn us into current-day GGZ which is awful.
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Post by: Barack Obama on September 24, 2010, 08:41:43 pm: Quote from: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 05:14:13 pm
(http://secxtanx.com/dump/Wshmoo.gif)

edit: lol we still have the that which shall not be named filter so i had to change the filename
she has some wicked camel toe going on in those top two boxes and that dude's wallet chain is ridiculous.

those are my thoughts on that pic
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Post by: dada on September 24, 2010, 10:08:50 pm: Quote from: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 06:39:48 pm
Even knowing what a bugger is, nothing about that comic makes sense. It is the worst comic. It's like awful internet girl humor only spat out of a random word generator.
Well, I know what a bugger is, but I didn't expect it to actually use its regular meaning in this comic. That's interesting.
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Post by: Vellfire on September 24, 2010, 11:21:19 pm: that second panel is more or less how i picture wishmoo

completely crazy-faced
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Post by: ATARI on September 25, 2010, 01:46:30 am: woah is that filter still on too?
wishmoo
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Post by: ATARI on September 25, 2010, 01:46:43 am: goddamn where are we north korea?
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Post by: Kaworu on September 25, 2010, 05:06:20 am: GW will never get like GGZ because we have enough kinda rebellious members here that this place will never become some weird CULT OF PERSONALITY that GGZ has been since like forever.
I wonder if her little worshippers are still obsessed. I remember they used to spy here. fucking creepy.
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Post by: crone_lover720 on September 25, 2010, 05:11:49 am: i'm slowly beginning to understand what they ment
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Post by: hero_bash on September 25, 2010, 06:28:05 am: wait, i seem to have missed that part of history.. what happened to ggz?
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Post by: King of Spooks on September 25, 2010, 07:54:58 am: you dont wanna know...
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Post by: King of Spooks on September 25, 2010, 07:55:22 am: you're getting in too fsar over your head relax
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Post by: Vellfire on September 25, 2010, 12:15:15 pm: Quote from: Kaworu on September 25, 2010, 05:06:20 am
GW will never get like GGZ because we have enough kinda rebellious members here that this place will never become some weird CULT OF PERSONALITY that GGZ has been since like forever.
I wonder if her little worshippers are still obsessed. I remember they used to spy here. fucking creepy.

the fact that that comic refers to SNOOPS makes me think they still believe we (or other sites idk) are trying to sneak into their site

because wasn't ggz the one that would ban you if they found out you came from GW?
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Post by: DDay on September 25, 2010, 01:43:57 pm: Quote from: Vellfire on September 25, 2010, 12:15:15 pm
the fact that that comic refers to SNOOPS makes me think they still believe we (or other sites idk) are trying to sneak into their site

because wasn't ggz the one that would ban you if they found out you came from GW?

Lets find out should we....
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Post by: dada on September 25, 2010, 02:30:12 pm: Quote from: Vellfire on September 25, 2010, 12:15:15 pm
the fact that that comic refers to SNOOPS makes me think they still believe we (or other sites idk) are trying to sneak into their site

because wasn't ggz the one that would ban you if they found out you came from GW?
Yeah, but to be fair I think we once demodded someone after "finding out he was a spy" for GGZ, or something like that. I don't really remember it that well, though. Maybe it didn't happen that way. I remember we were always kind of indifferent to the whole spying thing but one guy was apparently telling secret mod forum stuff directly to W or somethin'.

I honestly can't tell you why that sort of thing would even matter, but yeah this is one of those interesting parts of GW history that puts things into perspective a little.
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Post by: Bill Murray on September 25, 2010, 03:05:50 pm: Wasn't it Webbeh?

I think I got accused of being a spy at one point decades ago on IRC, sarcastically or not.

Let's make GW a fansite for Gundam Wing.
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Post by: Barack Obama on September 25, 2010, 07:32:08 pm: Quote from: Bill Murray on September 25, 2010, 03:05:50 pm
Wasn't it Webbeh?

I think I got accused of being a spy at one point decades ago on IRC, sarcastically or not.

Let's make GW a fansite for Gundam Wing.
lol no but W called his highschool principle or something over some internet shit which is fucking hilarious
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Post by: Vellfire on September 25, 2010, 08:03:27 pm: Quote from: DietCoke on September 25, 2010, 07:32:08 pm
lol no but W called his highschool principle or something over some internet shit which is fucking hilarious

ahahaha i forgot about this
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Post by: Kaworu on September 25, 2010, 08:24:41 pm: whenever I've read about this person (http://dramapatrol.blogspot.com/2007/06/profile-jennifer-diane-reitz.html), it's exactly how I've always envisioned the big w
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Post by: Mateui on September 25, 2010, 10:37:05 pm: Yeah I remember the whole W-moo having spies among the staff era - I can't remember if anyone was demodded because of it though. But yeah, I remember trying to make an account on GGZ just for kicks and because I thought because of my friendly demeanor it wouldn't be a problem, but no - I was banned pretty quickly because I was on the GW staff. I can't believe people like Celera (who seemed like a normal friendly person) went there.. it seriously is a cult of crazies.

And that Webbeh principle thing was so absurd on so many levels. I wonder if we can find the topic where Webbeh recounted what happened.
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Post by: dada on September 25, 2010, 11:51:28 pm: Quote from: DietCoke on September 25, 2010, 07:32:08 pm
lol no but W called his highschool principle or something over some internet shit which is fucking hilarious
oh yeah I forgot about this :)
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Post by: Terrorantula on September 26, 2010, 12:55:43 am: Ahem. . . back to our story . . . where's the mockup? is is in a place where ordinary users can see and comment on it or locked away in the dev forums?
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Post by: goldenratio on September 27, 2010, 11:23:44 pm: everybody make sure you vote for the options that is the same as what everyone has been trying to do for like 6+ years, that'll work and is the best choice.
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Post by: Drule on September 28, 2010, 01:59:22 pm: Well, first thing we're gonna do is update the forum software and pretty much repair everything. We'll probably throw it under the root in the process since we don't really have anything to place there yet, and from there we'll see if the members are okay with putting the indie site there or if we're gonna do something else.
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Post by: hero_bash on September 28, 2010, 02:38:57 pm: if ever we reset or smthing do we get to keep the premium membership?
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Post by: big ass skelly on September 28, 2010, 04:38:33 pm: Does premium membership even do anything?
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Post by: Guana on September 28, 2010, 04:41:35 pm: Can we keep our post counts? It's the only thing that matters to me about GW
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Post by: Kaworu on September 28, 2010, 05:02:48 pm: druke has actuaally handwritten everybody's postcount in a notepad, he updates it every week. as a backup, as he knows how important they are us to.
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Post by: bonzi_buddy on September 28, 2010, 05:21:13 pm: I'm sorry i can't help with this. i don't really know how to make GAMING WORLD itself to rise again at this point?! so your only chances are A.making another community which you base on sociality and basically figure together some kind of theme for it or B.just MAKE THAT fucking new gaming site you have been lusting for ages already and try hook some members from here. this is the reality now, more than what it was year or even half a year ago. B is propably ideal for you, i don't think it's even reasonable to try A at this with GW.

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if ever we reset or smthing do we get to keep the premium membership?
this matters 0% at this point so shut up
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Post by: hero_bash on September 28, 2010, 06:49:51 pm: Quote
Does premium membership even do anything?
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Post by: hero_bash on September 28, 2010, 06:50:25 pm: crap i forgot my javascript..i was supposed to make an alert or smthing
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Post by: big ass skelly on September 28, 2010, 07:03:05 pm: Newb.
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Post by: datamanc3r on October 08, 2010, 10:15:20 pm: INORITE?!

Apparently loads of people on gee dubbleya don't agree.
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Post by: EvilDemonCreature on October 09, 2010, 01:53:14 am: This time it's not going to be business as usual.

Unless it turns out that it will be.