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Post by TimeOfDeath on Jul 8, 2024 16:38:02 GMT -5
I started another DOOM forum a couple days ago in an attempt to bring some more fun back into the community. I'm not looking to steal users from here, I'll still be coming to Doomer Boards, but it's just another option for people if they're bored. There's an emphasis on fun and humor, with future plans for editing videos and more playthrough videos, etc. timeofdoom.proboards.com/ |
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Post by joe-ilya on Jul 9, 2024 2:37:20 GMT -5
Bringing the fun back into Doom? Sounds vague, what does that mean exactly?
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Post by 40oz on Jul 9, 2024 6:28:13 GMT -5
I appreciate you taking the initiative TOD. This is almost identical to the vision I had in mind for dumbworld. My expectation was that once all the forum comedians were in the lawless new place, they would have no choice but to take ownership of it and make it the better forum. I kinda wanted to be challenged in this way so that we could actually compare the results, instead of hamstringing each other by all being in the same place. Do people come to the doom community for what I think is good for Doom? Or do they come to make jokes at other people's expense? It would be nice to know for sure instead of always being perceived as the opposite of what you actually identify with.
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Post by TimeOfDeath on Jul 9, 2024 22:49:20 GMT -5
Bringing the fun back into Doom? Sounds vague, what does that mean exactly? Basically just shitposting  It's funny 40oz, I happened to come across one of your old posts on the proboards help forum purely by chance while I was googling for answers. |
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Post by nnn✓ork on Jul 9, 2024 23:23:52 GMT -5
Missed opportunity to make doomest.boards.net
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Post by joe-ilya on Jul 10, 2024 2:38:47 GMT -5
Basically just shitposting Is there an appeal to shitposting when it's expected and encouraged? Personally I don't see it, so it's not for me. |
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Post by thelokk on Jul 10, 2024 4:25:56 GMT -5
Signed up but I'm already regretting it - it's basically what DB is to DW, just more right wing and with some concerning antifeminist undertones. Not promising.
Still, I imagine there is an audience for this kind of project, so best of luck regardless.
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Post by lutumlautus on Jul 10, 2024 6:06:47 GMT -5
Signed up but I'm already regretting it - it's basically what DB is to DW, just more right wing and with some concerning antifeminist undertones. Not promising. |
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Post by VICE on Jul 10, 2024 8:34:21 GMT -5
Hoes mad about 10 guys having a meme collection
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Post by nnn✓ork on Jul 10, 2024 10:50:07 GMT -5
Hmmm. There's also the Xulgonoth forum too btw, he's still frikkin paying for it, I shut an AWS node of mine down cuz I didn't want to pay 10$ a month for a node that only max of 6 people used and no one uses now. At xulgonoth boards, less shitposting and edgeposting there, but also no posting at all atm. I like the edgelord posting tho at doomestboards, cuz half of them actually have substance. The other half are kinda pointless and vain i.m.o., but whatever.
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Post by good-old on Jul 15, 2024 6:33:57 GMT -5
Hmmm. There's also the Xulgonoth forum too btw, he's still frikkin paying for it, I shut an AWS node of mine down cuz I didn't want to pay 10$ a month for a node that only max of 6 people used and no one uses now. At xulgonoth boards, less shitposting and edgeposting there, but also no posting at all atm. I like the edgelord posting tho at doomestboards, cuz half of them actually have substance. The other half are kinda pointless and vain i.m.o., but whatever. Yeah it's a shame that the site is barely getting any posts. It's a real problem especially because Doomer Boards itself isn't the most active forum ever. The previous two forums created by active members here are dead. "The Great Resist" by Vigilante(RIPieces) is now deleted, and "Retro FPS Boards" by Kontra hasn't had a single post since January 11 of this year. doomestboards seems to have more life than both of those combined though so it'll maybe go a year before dying out. Edit: Oh and I almost forgot about DoomHaven by Deathclaw886 which also died out fairly quickly, and Megawad by TheFantasticFungiFan or TheMagicMushroomMan, which was barely even started. |
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Post by nnn✓ork on Aug 20, 2024 16:38:31 GMT -5
There's also the Xulgonoth forum too btw RIP |
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Post by MegaPancakeStrategist on Aug 20, 2024 17:58:34 GMT -5
Really? And I just linked my heretic notes from there yesterday
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Post by thelokk on Aug 20, 2024 18:17:56 GMT -5
What happened to mattfright's project anyway? Looked cool, was getting maps, then it sort of just didn't happen? |
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Post by MegaPancakeStrategist on Aug 20, 2024 18:43:20 GMT -5
He told me he gave it to Ralphis to wrap up, but if that didn't happen then he doesn't know what happened to it. it was close to finishing too but he had a lot of things going on at the time
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Post by nnn✓ork on Aug 21, 2024 13:20:34 GMT -5
Nevermind, it's back.
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Post by supremebiovizier on Aug 22, 2024 23:08:30 GMT -5
IJUST CAME.
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Post by TheFantasticFungiFan on Aug 23, 2024 23:10:47 GMT -5
Hmmm. There's also the Xulgonoth forum too btw, he's still frikkin paying for it, I shut an AWS node of mine down cuz I didn't want to pay 10$ a month for a node that only max of 6 people used and no one uses now. At xulgonoth boards, less shitposting and edgeposting there, but also no posting at all atm. I like the edgelord posting tho at doomestboards, cuz half of them actually have substance. The other half are kinda pointless and vain i.m.o., but whatever. Yeah it's a shame that the site is barely getting any posts. It's a real problem especially because Doomer Boards itself isn't the most active forum ever. The previous two forums created by active members here are dead. "The Great Resist" by Vigilante(RIPieces) is now deleted, and "Retro FPS Boards" by Kontra hasn't had a single post since January 11 of this year. doomestboards seems to have more life than both of those combined though so it'll maybe go a year before dying out. Edit: Oh and I almost forgot about DoomHaven by Deathclaw886 which also died out fairly quickly, and Megawad by TheFantasticFungiFan or TheMagicMushroomMan, which was barely even started. I'd still like to have my own forum and I actually think I'd make a decent admin/mod now because I'm pretty moderate when it comes to my online identity in general these days. I just don't have any idea of how to create a forum that isn't redundant as hell considering all of those places already exist(ed). Granted, pretty much all of those forums except maybe Kontra's never really had a shot at having more than half a dozen half-way active members. Vigilant's was focused on politics and a lot of people didn't like him (he was actually cool once I got to know him), Deathclaw was a kid and someone spammed hardcore disturbing porno all over the place the last time I checked, and I never even started on the one I was making. In order for a forum like that to really be successfull at all, it would need to draw in a decent amount of members. But no matter which way you slice it, it's almost impossible to make a ProBoards Doom forum that isn't just a microscopic and ghetto version of DW/DB with a few members from both places just fucking around for a few days waiting for something to happen. Sucks because there's been a few times where I've thought to myself that DB could actually be pretty cool if the place was weedeated a bit and had more legit members making useful posts. Then you wouldn't really need all these alternatives. I like some of the people here, but the arguments are so repetitive and prominent that it almost seems like a waste of time to actually effortpost when nothing is going to change anyway. |
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Post by arlene on Aug 24, 2024 8:48:59 GMT -5
Generally you need at least one enthusiastic person to keep the place going (Vigilant took this route but he's a skitzo).
Or, you need a good reason for your forum to exist. For example Doomer Boards for people exiled from Doomworld - most of the OG member base here had nowhere else to go really, so they stuck around.
If you don't have either of that, your forum won't last long.
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