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I've been thinking on making a forum purely dedicated to abandonware ,but I am at a loss as to what to name it ,any ideas?

Should I stick with Invisionfree or is there a better free forum hosting service?

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For some reason, I think it'd be much easier to just set aside a segment of RIFQ for that purpose.

EDIT: Okay, I mean some forum that's already in existence. Just generally speaking.

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With the popularity of RIFQ at the moment, my money is on one read per year.

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The old forum is mostly spam ,besides I want to create something new.

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Why? It will be the usual crew that join, the usual crew that abandon it, and then you will be left with a waste of time on your hands.

EDIT: Sorry, that came out harsher than I had originally intended.

[ Friday, May 05, 2006 00:09: Message edited by: Springer Bell ]

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quote:
Originally written by Springer Bell:

Why? It will be the usual crew that join, the usual crew that abandon it, and then you will be left with a waste of time on your hands.
No, most probably "usual crew - 1."

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I hadn't counted you in that group. :P

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quote:
Originally written by Springer Bell:

I hadn't counted you in that group. :P
Okay, good. ( :P )

I don't want to act like the ultimate prick, but to be honest, the RIFQ failed because it simply wasn't interesting anymore.

EDIT: Come to think of it, if this forums will have a specific purpose, and not just for fun and spamming, like the RIFQ, then it might survive. You'll have to find people interested in abandonware, though.

[ Friday, May 05, 2006 00:16: Message edited by: Mc 'mini' Thralni ]

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Speaking or it, what does RIFQ stand for again?

EDIT: Rehab Is For Quitters. Nevermind.

But Thralni, you are right. If there was a specific purpose, or a couple of genuinely good reasons to go there, they will survive.

[ Friday, May 05, 2006 00:41: Message edited by: Springer Bell ]

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Since you mention then, what are your favorite abandonware games, Shaun. I always like good free new games.

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quote:
Originally written by Shuan Wuan:

I've been thinking on making a forum purely dedicated to abandonware ,but I am at a loss as to what to name it ,any ideas?
How about "Abandoned Forums"? :)

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Should I stick with Invisionfree or is there a better free forum hosting service?
From what I've heard, Invisionfree is not too bad for a free host, but isn't very good if you are willing to pay a few dollars a month.

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How many people would actually come to your hypothetical forum?
It seems to me, like it would just sit there, with one registered member, like the stuff in the back of my refrigerator.

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Abandonware forums are alot more popular then this one ,and there are hundreds of Abandonware forums.Maybe I'll just make a forum dedicated to good old dos games then.....

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Couldn't you just join a forum, rather than creating one?

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Like I said I want to make one ,not join.

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He wants teh power!

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quote:
Originally written by Shuan Wuan:

Like I said I want to make one ,not join.
But why? What's the point? Plenty of abandonware forums already exist, so you wouldn't be filling a need that isn't already being filled; you'd just be stroking your own ego. Or, more likely, failing to do so in a very public way.

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quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

quote:
Originally written by Shuan Wuan:

Like I said I want to make one ,not join.
But why? What's the point? Plenty of abandonware forums already exist, so you wouldn't be filling a need that isn't already being filled; you'd just be stroking your own ego. Or, more likely, failing to do so in a very public way.

Why would he fail filling his ego when he only wants to join a forum?

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Um, what? Have you actually read anyone's posts or just picked two random words out of each of them and responded to them? He wants to make a forum. I pointed out that this isn't a sensible thing to want unless there isn't already another forum that does what you want your forum to do, which, in his case, there is.

[ Friday, May 05, 2006 21:45: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

Um, what? Have you actually read anyone's posts or just picked two random words out of each of them and responded to them? He wants to make a forum. I pointed out that this isn't a sensible thing to want unless there isn't already another forum that does what you want your forum to do, which, in his case, there is.
I've read thw whole thread, and that's why I didn't understand what you said (I even replied to this thread earlier). I understood, from what Shuan said, that at first who wanted to make a scenario fro abandonware, he gave that up, and now he wanted to join a forum about abandonware. Unless Shuan wants to make a forum for DOS games (and i really don't know why he take the trouble, for exactly the reasons I left the RIFQ) I don't quite understand your post.

So. was your post about the DOS or abandoneware games? If it was about the DOS games, I didn't say anything.

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His last post in this topic was "I want to make one, not join". How in the flying blue hell does that suggest to you that he's given up on making a forum and wants to join one?

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Oops. It was early when I wrote that... *giggles*

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I'm bored ,I have way too much free time ,and I feel like building something.

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By the way, you misplace the comma all the time. First i thought it was a typo, but now I see you think it should be like that. it should not. It should be like this:

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I'm bored, I have way too much free time, and I feel like building something.


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Then go to the beach and build a sandcastle. That is a very fulfilling experience, and believe me, seeing it get washed away is far less frustrating than seeing a forum remain completely and utterly empty, even though both are equally inevitable...

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