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Post by Sharkalien on Dec 6, 2016 8:03:03 GMT
so mspaforums confirmed for dead despite what anyone said here? I'm still holding out until MSPA Forums Jr. comes waddling along any day now |
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Post by Wesley Foxx on Dec 6, 2016 8:52:09 GMT
so mspaforums confirmed for dead despite what anyone said here? I'm still holding out until MSPA Forums Jr. comes waddling along any day now Coming out Soon™ |
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Post by jacquerel on Dec 6, 2016 16:27:42 GMT
It's not dead, What Pumpkin just apparently don't want any of their users back when they are finished and aren't interested in telling them anything. Will they even post when it is done or will someone just find it one day by accident after clicking an old bookmark?  |
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Post by eerr on Dec 6, 2016 19:48:25 GMT
I think it's ridiculous that they can't just say 'Down Indefinitely' Then be prepared to go back on it.
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Post by phantos on Dec 6, 2016 20:46:14 GMT
Well we got an official WP employee to come to us and say that he's working on the new forums. And while it's been a few months since he last came here, I'd say they're waiting for Hiveswap to launch before doing anything with the forums.
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Post by boredArgentinian on Dec 6, 2016 20:47:48 GMT
Well we got an official WP employee to come to us and say that he's working on the new forums. And while it's been a few months since he last came here, I'd say they're waiting for Hiveswap to launch before doing anything with the forums. Awesome, thanks for the advice! |
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Post by pnp on Dec 7, 2016 17:53:48 GMT
RIP mspa continues q_q
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Post by Salty on Dec 7, 2016 20:41:15 GMT
Tis' a travesty.
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Post by Acheron on Dec 16, 2016 5:01:22 GMT
what i mean is that im happy nobody else went for acheron?? it was just a lucky grab is all im sayin, and it's gonna be a shame if it wasnt for anything
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Post by phantos on Dec 16, 2016 5:02:38 GMT
I'm sure you'll score Acheron on the new forums, as well, just gotta be on your toes!
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Post by Jorb on Dec 23, 2016 18:37:02 GMT
What I want to know is if the new forums will still have the Kamina to Leslie Nielsen word filter. I hope so.
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Post by aquilus3 on Dec 25, 2016 22:32:02 GMT
I say let's just face it. MSPA forums is deader than disco and nu metal from the 90's. This is as close as we'll get to MSPA forums without the name
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Post by renegadeshroom on Dec 25, 2016 22:41:56 GMT
I get the feeling that they're just holding off on the forums until Hiveswap's release next month.
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Post by obsidalicious on Dec 26, 2016 4:56:09 GMT
I get the feeling that they're just holding off on the forums until Hiveswap's release next month. If they were going to do that, I think they would've done it by now. Doing it on the day would be silly as rolling out the untested software right in a major activity spike is needlessly risky, plus trying to switch people over during that spike in activity is just going to fragment the discussions and people will end up having to search two forums to find the thing they want and it'd just be jarring to the users. They would need a run up time to let people settle into the new forums and get used to it before the rush happens, and I think less than a month is pushing it a bit too close. |
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Post by phantos on Dec 26, 2016 5:58:30 GMT
If they were going to do that, I think they would've done it by now. Doing it on the day would be silly as rolling out the untested software right in a major activity spike is needlessly risky, plus trying to switch people over during that spike in activity is just going to fragment the discussions and people will end up having to search two forums to find the thing they want and it'd just be jarring to the users. They would need a run up time to let people settle into the new forums and get used to it before the rush happens, and I think less than a month is pushing it a bit too close. If it happened before Hiveswap, all we would need is a week or two to get the word out, honestly. The admins here could lock'er down and I know I'd be advertising the hell out of it on discord and elsewhere. The biggest perk to opening it before Hiveswap, AKA our version of Eternal September in my opinion, would be to get all of the nice threads created beforehand; introductions, discussion, photos, all of the little threads we find necessary and fun. Your points are valid, though... Floodgates opening all at once would be a bit of a mess. We'll have to see where things go. Aquilus3 and ye others of little faith, just you wait'n see. |
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Post by Arashi500 on Dec 26, 2016 9:33:11 GMT
From philip's last input, I wouldn't be shocked to hear there's some third party input on the server hosting end that they've been waiting on for a while.
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Post by phantos on Dec 26, 2016 10:00:39 GMT
I could see them waiting for the recovery project, but I figured philip's job was (among other things) to handle that sort of communication if indeed there is a third party. I don't think there is a third party, honestly; there's no reason they couldn't just use stock forum software, a lot of them are quite nice and easy to configure. If they have a custom option or something from a third party, I sure as heck hope they aren't waiting too long.
And I have beaten this drum a hundred times, but I'll do so again: I hope they don't let money get in the way of good forums. We can and will pay for its maintenance, management, etc.
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Post by phillip on Jan 7, 2017 4:13:19 GMT
The forum software itself is ready to go (and has been since one of my earliest messages here). We just need the OK signal from WP when they get the server up and we can probably port it over in a day. Getting the server ready involves a third party, but I'd wager that WP itself is 110% concentrated on Hiveswap release right now. I'll let you guys know as soon as I hear back.
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Post by jacquerel on Jan 7, 2017 5:05:18 GMT
I appreciate your honestly Phillip but I have to say... I really don't think people are going to be much enthused to hear that the forum has apparently been ready to go since June but What Pumpkin just didn't want to press the on button yet.
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Post by Jovian on Jan 7, 2017 14:53:31 GMT
Yeah uh...that doesn't reassure me any. It just makes me feel worse, because we technically could've had the forums this whole time if someone was just willing to do it? Thanks??
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Post by phantos on Jan 7, 2017 18:44:42 GMT
Well I'm glad to hear about this because it means there's very little besides good timing standing in the way of us and the new forums. It'd be one thing if we didn't have this place, but I will frankly miss it now that I am thinking of the absolute truth that is upcoming MSPAF.
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Post by eerr on Jan 7, 2017 20:28:12 GMT
The thing is, they have no reasonable budget and a tight schedule in order to make a forum happen before release. I expect no earlier than a week after full release. My money's on about a month.
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Post by mementovivere on Jan 7, 2017 21:06:50 GMT
I appreciate your honestly Phillip but I have to say... I really don't think people are going to be much enthused to hear that the forum has apparently been ready to go since June but What Pumpkin just didn't want to press the on button yet. Well, no shit, NOBODY is especially enthused that it's taken so long, but there's not much any of us can do about it until Huss gives the go-ahead. I don't see why are people being bitter towards the messenger for communicating when people were just complaining about a lack of communication. |
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Post by sigh on Jan 8, 2017 22:02:38 GMT
Nobody is bitter towards the messenger, they're bitter towards the message itself, and are informing him as such in the hopes that perhaps he might relay those feelings back to sender and get them to hurry things along or change their minds about their schedules.
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Post by jacquerel on Jan 9, 2017 0:49:53 GMT
Yeah that wasn't a criticism of phillip, but of the people who are actually responsible for that decision.
I'm just commenting that it was brave of him to say so (especially as it's been so long but yet this is still somehow news, and that we are still just left with this one not particularly officially supported messenger)
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