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| #Post#: 5900-------------------------------------------------- | |
| ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| By: Elisabeth Hollow Date: November 16, 2014, 4:29 pm | |
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| This place is a piece of crap, and I should've done my research | |
| a long time ago instead of just jumping into the first thing | |
| that came along. That was my fault. | |
| Because I felt so awful about it, I was willing to spend half of | |
| my paycheck to make an amazing website for y'all-but that isn't | |
| happening. | |
| But I do have a new proposal. We shut down the site and head | |
| somewhere else. Somewhere where, yes, I'm paying ten bucks a | |
| month to use it, but no popup ads, no language restrictions, and | |
| the layout is much better. I had just a demo run with forums.net | |
| and it looks amazing. I want to move the site there. The only | |
| thing is, is it would cost me even MORE money to move everything | |
| we have here, over there. | |
| So this is what I'm asking y'all. Do you want to start fresh on | |
| another forum, or keep the conversations we have going? I have | |
| tried to use this website and it just isn't working at all. I | |
| can't do it. The options over there are so much better, it has a | |
| cleaner look, so we are moving, definitely. But I have the | |
| option of taking the topics we have HERE and moving them over | |
| there. | |
| And at the end of this, I'm sorry for freaking out. I WANT to be | |
| a good admin, and I felt like if I wasn't spending money on the | |
| site, it was going to stay this awful mess forever. I can't even | |
| navigate this stupid place correctly. | |
| So, I'm leaving the choice to y'all. | |
| #Post#: 5901-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| By: Black Hand Date: November 16, 2014, 5:19 pm | |
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| I for one do not feel the need to have everything remain 'as is' | |
| in order to move on to what will be. | |
| There are a few jokes, plays, freakouts, stories, and other | |
| memories that are here that others may wish to preserve, but as | |
| always groups are about the people, not the locale. | |
| I could even vote to remain here in this now magenta-shaded | |
| patch of hell we call our own, but am largely more concerned | |
| about staying in contact with those I call friend. | |
| Besides, I'm the Goddamn Black Hand. | |
| Anywhere I go, I bring the awesomosity not seen in aeons of | |
| strife and exchange. | |
| #Post#: 5902-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| By: Elisabeth Hollow Date: November 16, 2014, 6:16 pm | |
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| I just found out that I have to have access to the database in | |
| order to do what I'm asking. So...I guess this is a "We're | |
| switching platforms" announcement... | |
| #Post#: 5903-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| By: Colonel Mustard Date: November 17, 2014, 9:02 am | |
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| I think it might be best to wipe the slate clean and start again | |
| on a new site. The site here is a bit of a mess in terms of | |
| layout, and the Forums.net-based communities I've been on in the | |
| past have generally been a good deal cleaner. However, in order | |
| to get the new site to a decent level of membership and level of | |
| activity, I do think there may need to be one or two changes to | |
| the current site idea. | |
| A MODEST PROPOSAL: We change what Court of Madness is about. | |
| At the moment, we're an Elder Scrolls site. And on the TES | |
| front, things are pretty quiet; so far, the latest big TES thing | |
| was TES Online, which was a bit like a damp fart in a paper bag | |
| in terms of impact and lasting legacy. Interest in the series is | |
| at an a low point, and the amount of people looking for a | |
| discussion platform to talk about it is going to be down as | |
| well. Chorrol is getting by, yes, but that's because they have | |
| an established base of members and also gets new people in | |
| through being an offshoot of the official Bethsoft forums, where | |
| people go when they've got enough of the Bethsoft moderators. So | |
| far, all this site has done is tried to be an offshoot of an | |
| offshoot, and our offshoot base is small at that. | |
| The other main thing that does unite the members here, besides | |
| an interest in TES, is a general interest in writing and | |
| fanfiction. And I think that we should make the new Court of | |
| Madness (or whatever the name of the new site is) a writing and | |
| roleplaying forum, with a strong bent towards sci-fi and fantasy | |
| and towards fandoms, especially TES. It broadens our appeal a | |
| great deal but still keeps the core interests of the site | |
| intact. Keeping The Court of Madness as an Elder Scrolls only | |
| forum is, as far as I can guess, only going to cause the new | |
| site to stagnate. | |
| Those are my two pence, anyway. I don't know how you feel about | |
| the idea, but I thought it was worth considering. | |
| #Post#: 5904-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| By: mirocu Date: November 17, 2014, 10:04 am | |
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| I can roll with what the other roll with, I guess. I just feel a | |
| bit sad that this place didn�t work out for you, Liz. Good | |
| effort, though :) | |
| As you all know I�m not a roleplayer/writer if that�s what the | |
| new site will be mostly about, but at the very least I can bump | |
| the member count and wreck havoc in the General section! ;D | |
| #Post#: 5906-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| By: Elisabeth Hollow Date: November 17, 2014, 6:46 pm | |
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| https://courtofmadnessforumo.forums.net/ | |
| New website is here, and Colonel, I really like your idea. I | |
| think I'll implement it. | |
| #Post#: 5907-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| By: Colonel Mustard Date: November 18, 2014, 4:01 am | |
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| Yay I'm helping! | |
| #Post#: 5908-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| By: mirocu Date: November 18, 2014, 10:35 am | |
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| So... is this site gonna close? | |
| #Post#: 5909-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| By: King Of Beasts Date: November 18, 2014, 3:38 pm | |
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| I'm keeping this site unless Liz changes her mind | |
| #Post#: 5910-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| By: mirocu Date: November 19, 2014, 10:33 am | |
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| Yeah, I think it can be a good idea to keep it for awhile. The | |
| other place is still very frwsh :) | |
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