saberoflink
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Post by saberoflink on Jan 18, 2012 19:07:08 GMT -6
Eh, we had an off-topic thread a while back. The Spam Lounge. It was awful all around. Instead of making an off-topic thread, why not make threads for the thing you were going to derail about? It's not that hard. All you have to do is click "new thread" rather than "new post". I also don't think a TV/Movie section would be great either. I really don't see the support in it. Every TV/Movie thread we have had in recent memory died pretty quickly. A question I would like to know is why don't you lurkers post more? I'm genuinely interested in knowing why. Well for me at least, I started going to the chatroom instead, and when that died down I only came back to the forums to lurk, because alot had changed.
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Post by daveshn on Jan 19, 2012 13:11:39 GMT -6
This forum is quite dead. I'm not sure if we even get that 25 posts in three days anymore. Everyone seems to have nothing to say and nothing to share. No one has commented in my art thread since I uploaded a new picture a week ago. The lack of replies was the exact reason why I closed my thread before and why I lost my motivation to keep drawing. I won't close my thread again, but I can't lie, this inactivity and the general lack of new ideas has brought my hopes down. I feel you. There was this one art thread where I wanted a guy to draw a picture for me from my fan fic. Nothing too violent or gory, just the main character combing his son's hair. But the guy had no desire to, so I stopped posting in his art thread. If I had the time, I'd write another fic and include a character enrollment thread for it. I remember when Banov did it, it really increased traffic in the fan fic section. What about online matches? Not from the metagame but from actual BW games. If you guys know how to record them and add commentary, we could make a special section different from the Youtube dump thread for them. Keep in mind, it doesn't have to be forum member v. forum member, if just one person knows how to do this, they can battle others and record the matches.
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DottyFen
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...Or Lt. Surge's Raichu.
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Post by DottyFen on Jan 19, 2012 13:23:42 GMT -6
A question I would like to know is why don't you lurkers post more? I'm genuinely interested in knowing why. Basically because I feel like I'm making an a ss of myself every time I post on the internet. Also, school. I'll try to make a concerted effort to be more active.
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Post by SeriousJupiter on Jan 19, 2012 16:31:52 GMT -6
I feel you. There was this one art thread where I wanted a guy to draw a picture for me from my fan fic. Nothing too violent or gory, just the main character combing his son's hair. But the guy had no desire to, so I stopped posting in his art thread. ...You're never gonna let that go, are you? Well, I don't miss YOU posting in my thread, anyway.
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Post by Gooman on Jan 19, 2012 19:35:53 GMT -6
The battle recording sounds more like it would be in Gaming Discussion.
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Post by daveshn on Jan 20, 2012 0:23:56 GMT -6
The battle recording sounds more like it would be in Gaming Discussion. It would still work to generate a lot of traffic.
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Post by Cabi.net on Jan 20, 2012 16:11:15 GMT -6
If people have the programs to record battles I'd have no trouble having them in Games. I'd rather have decent quality stuff rather than low-quality, camcorder recordings of DS'.
I have some plans to generate some traffic too. I'm not going to say anything yet because I'm not sure if I can do it. Even then I need to talk to some people. All going well, expect something from me in the next few weeks.
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Post by daveshn on Jan 21, 2012 16:40:49 GMT -6
If people have the programs to record battles I'd have no trouble having them in Games. I'd rather have decent quality stuff rather than low-quality, camcorder recordings of DS'. I have some plans to generate some traffic too. I'm not going to say anything yet because I'm not sure if I can do it. Even then I need to talk to some people. All going well, expect something from me in the next few weeks. The old battle videos from the pre-battle recorder days aren't too bad. I'd be fine with having them up.
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Post by Cabi.net on Jan 22, 2012 8:57:10 GMT -6
If there is a battle recorder, I'd be find with it. If its someone recording their DS with their phone, I wouldn't be.
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Post by daveshn on Jan 22, 2012 11:51:59 GMT -6
Not phone, but digital camera. For me, as long as I can clearly tell what's going on, I'm fine.
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Post by Cabi.net on Jan 23, 2012 11:44:01 GMT -6
Digital camera isn't all that great either. I'm not sure but isn't there a way to share battle videos through Black & White? I'm not sure. I never got past the second gym. Pretty sure I heard somehing like that though. You could use that if it exists.
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saberoflink
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Post by saberoflink on Jan 24, 2012 0:18:19 GMT -6
Digital camera isn't all that great either. I'm not sure but isn't there a way to share battle videos through Black & White? I'm not sure. I never got past the second gym. Pretty sure I heard somehing like that though. You could use that if it exists. Not really, you can just save the battles and share it with your friends who you connect with. (at least thats what I've been told)
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dravarian26
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AKA D_Master_Funk (Squid)
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Post by dravarian26 on Feb 19, 2012 13:17:09 GMT -6
Month old topics are always fun to post in.
Honestly the only reason I visit this forum is for minecraft. I occasionally venture off into general discussion, but as a whole i don't do much.
This problem is mostly because I don't go on many forums in general. I've seen a couple forums die and most of the symptoms involve little posting(obviously), the end of whatever series or book they are based on, and lack of new members, another thing is that people tend to ignore other users and just write about their own opinion without reading or replying to anyone else. This makes posting seem pointless since no one is reading what you wrote.
I never really check to see how active the forum is so for all I know our activity has skyrocketed since the beginning of February and my reply is irrelevant. Still wanted to say this though.
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Post by Cabi.net on Feb 19, 2012 14:03:40 GMT -6
I think that that's just a holdover from the Spam Lounge when that's all anyone did. I will say that the forums have become a bit more active than when this topic was first made.
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Post by daveshn on Feb 19, 2012 21:50:51 GMT -6
I think that that's just a holdover from the Spam Lounge when that's all anyone did. I will say that the forums have become a bit more active than when this topic was first made. Like I said before, when a SPAM thread closes, traffic slows then gets better.
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