Can we at least keep the boards running?
By
Commander,
Posted on: 2012-09-01 14:12 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
The problem with that is the boards are hosted on NCSoft servers. And something tells me that once the scheduled shutoff date rolls around, the plugs will be pulled, the data will be erased, and that will be that.
Positron: "There are no bugs [in City of Heroes], just varying degrees of features."
Sign me up Sam!
Would love to see this happen.
Positron: "There are no bugs [in City of Heroes], just varying degrees of features."
I hope they do, but most of the time NCsoft games that shut down had their forums shut down within 2-4 weeks of the game's end.
Though, if someone was to supply me with the vBulletin database, I'd gladly host it for archival purposes.
pohsyb: so of all people you must be most excited about the veats
Arachnos Commander: actually, I am
pohsyb: I mean you kinda were one already anyways ^_^
Arachnos Commander:
I guess what I'm saying is I'd like to preserve user names and posting histories, and keep a forum that's "about" City of Heroes. Sure, Unleashed exists, but that's more a community of people that City of Heroes is just one aspect of. I'd like to keep one that's primarily about the game and see if that lasts.
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Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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We would probably have to start a new forum and have everyone register over there. It's doable, though. Not sure how or if we could transfer posts and the info contained in these boards, though.
I've been thinking of ways to show our support for the game that people might actually believe in the long run, and it occurs to me to ask - if these boards stayed behind exactly as they are, possibly community-moderated, would you stick around? Would you keep talking about the game even after it's gone? Because if enough of us might, I feel that might, at the very least, make a statement.
Yes, I realise the NCsoft decision is irreversible. That comes with the territory. And frankly, at this point I don't much care for impressing anyone out there. Personally, I just like our boards and our community and I'd really like to keep that, at least. If at all possible.
What do you say?