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Are you all fucking retarded?
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Multiple voting is not allowed. Changing your vote is allowed. 9 users have voted so far.

EggplantPimp
Posted on 03-08-17 08:37 PM (rev. 2 of 03-08-17 08:56 PM) Link | Quote | ID: 165126


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How can we recruit new members to come here? People always come here, make an account and never come back. And people don't post enough throughout the board, I can ask my friends to come here and post to make the board active.

Jul is active, Kafuka is active, RHDN, SMW Central and BHDN are very active. We gotta do something to make this board active. I really like it here and this board has features that other boards don't have, like the uploader, I really like that.

Or, maybe Board 2 can have a Discord, there's a few servers on there that cater to ROM Hacking as for as I saw.

EDIT: I did not make this thread as a poll, someone got into my account! Time to change my password...

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Posted on 03-10-17 07:39 PM Link | Quote | ID: 165142


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We're still active in the ROM hacking sections. Inviting friends is probably the best idea, to be honest.

I don't know if we'll survive as a community though...

xK_
Posted on 03-11-17 01:08 AM Link | Quote | ID: 165145


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he's dead, jim

Luigi_Fan
Posted on 03-12-17 04:48 AM Link | Quote | ID: 165148

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Posted by EggplantPimp
Jul is active, Kafuka is active, RHDN, SMW Central and BHDN are very active. We gotta do something to make this board active. I really like it here and this board has features that other boards don't have, like the uploader, I really like that.

if all of these other places are active then why are you even bothering with this place

like if your intention is to get rom hacking related activity, you could easily go to those places

EggplantPimp
Posted on 03-12-17 05:04 AM Link | Quote | ID: 165149


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Posted by Luigi_Fan
Posted by EggplantPimp
Jul is active, Kafuka is active, RHDN, SMW Central and BHDN are very active. We gotta do something to make this board active. I really like it here and this board has features that other boards don't have, like the uploader, I really like that.

if all of these other places are active then why are you even bothering with this place

like if your intention is to get rom hacking related activity, you could easily go to those places

I do, I'm under different names in those places.

I feel sorry for this place that's why I still come here trying to bring activity, why did it become such a zombie board?

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Luigi_Fan
Posted on 03-12-17 05:17 AM Link | Quote | ID: 165150

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People just moved on, I suppose. Which is normal.

Red-Capped Hedgehog
Posted on 03-12-17 08:37 PM Link | Quote | ID: 165160


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Posted by Luigi_Fan
People just moved on, I suppose. Which is normal.

I was reading older threads and it looked like a community split happened, which probably doesn't help the current lack of activity.

blackhole89
Posted on 03-17-17 09:19 AM Link | Quote | ID: 165211


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Not just one. There was one where the fork eventually withered (back in 2006 or so?) but resulted in those who associated with it being disillusioned with the entire cluster for good, one around 2008 that still exists but may have drifted in scope far enough to be unrecognisable, and one (Kafuka) fairly recently that largely took the remaining "social" component of this board with it.

Also, I suspect the reason this thread became a poll is the same as the handful of other threads that have spam responses predating their creation in them - our spambot cleanup code opens up thread IDs for reuse without being quite thorough enough at cleaning up all the data that is associated with them...

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Posted on 03-24-17 09:28 PM Link | Quote | ID: 165269


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Ouch. That must have really hurt the board a lot. I sure hope that somehow activity rises again here because this looks like a really nice board. ^^

SmithJrBlaquaLuigi
Posted on 05-24-17 10:38 PM Link | Quote | ID: 165635


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I understand that this board becomes a problem and then dies slowly. I will attempt and discern how can I/we can obtain this board back on track by doing ROM hacking. I have one project to do on N64, but I am not entirely sure if this N64 ROM hacking related to this board, but I'll put it simple as it is. I know one thing, some people came here and started drama about "HEY, KAFUKA IS BETTER THAN BOARD2 HERE" without context and leaves the board dead alone because there's no actual ROM hacking activity in here anymore and that's how this entire community turns into dead board. I just don't believe how some users are here being uncivilized to people despites over a big fight around here of any kind.

I am not okay how this board being inactive in here because without a moderator showing up this board will be dead for sure. I have to see if I can apply a promotion as a mod and I'll just take care of it for sure. Blackhole89 has rights to moderate this board by his own duties and moderators don't seem to be active that much, probably because some moderators account has been compromised or they forgot their passwords. But everyone on this board, try keep this board active because I felt bad about this board being inactive. This entirely post is my opinion and also some facts.

Other than that, have a good day.

Quick Curly
Posted on 05-25-17 02:40 PM (rev. 2 of 05-25-17 05:57 PM) Link | Quote | ID: 165636


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Posted by SmithJrBlaquaLuigi
I understand that this board becomes a problem and then dies slowly.
Becomes a problem for who? The staff and/or the members?
Posted by SmithJrBlaquaLuigi
I will attempt and discern how can I/we can obtain this board back on track by doing ROM hacking. I have one project to do on N64, but I am not entirely sure if this N64 ROM hacking related to this board, but I'll put it simple as it is.
ROM hacking is ROM hacking. You just have to post, and if people are interested, progress will hopefully follow.
Posted by SmithJrBlaquaLuigi
I know one thing, some people came here and started drama about "HEY, KAFUKA IS BETTER THAN BOARD2 HERE" without context and leaves the board dead alone
Posted by SmithJrBlaquaLuigi
I just don't believe how some users are here being uncivilized to people despites over a big fight around here of any kind.
I agree that any negativity in any case is very unfortunate, meaningless, and unproductive. However, I don't recall seeing anything like that for a while, so I don't really understand why you're only posting about it now.
Posted by SmithJrBlaquaLuigi
because there's no actual ROM hacking activity in here anymore and that's how this entire community turns into dead board.
There is, though. Certainly not as much as there used to be back in the day, but then, there were also a lot more people here at the time, more actual ROM hackers, and many more individual projects actively in development.
Posted by SmithJrBlaquaLuigi
I am not okay how this board being inactive in here because without a moderator showing up this board will be dead for sure.
I've still been active around here, whether I post or not, taking care of little things that require attention when need be. I'm guessing that my lack of posting led you to the conclusion that I wasn't around... although I only really post when I have something to share, or I'm actually trying to help someone out, if I can. It can be a similar situation for other regular members and staff members alike. There aren't any definitive conclusions that can be made with absolute certainty concerning inactivity at any point in time.
Posted by SmithJrBlaquaLuigi
I have to see if I can apply a promotion as a mod and I'll just take care of it for sure.
I'm sorry, but you've lost me here. Your last post before this one was 6 months ago. blackhole89 and I have both still been around within that time frame, though you're claiming that there aren't any staff members showing up, and that you can increase activity (in your words, "take care of it") as a mod. What can you do as a mod to encourage people to become more involved with the board that you can't achieve right now? You also registered less than a year ago, and haven't really posted much.

By comparison, if you take some time to look through my post history, you'll realize that if there are any people who have tried to encourage activity and community collaboration on multiple occasions, tried to help progress and move projects in development forward by answering questions and providing thorough tutorials, and tried to keep the board that they've grown attached to for practically a decade alive in more recent times and circumstances, I'm one of them. But, according to your quick-minute determination without any actual citations or provided sources, I and no one else has tried anything, which I must admit is pretty hurtful, considering the current state of the board is upsetting for me too, and I've probably been upset about it and trying to counteract the unfortunate situation before you even registered here. Without even being a part of the staff for most of the time. (So, it can be done!)

While the passion that you've expressed in your post is admirable and definitely appreciated as far as the board itself is concerned, you haven't really gone into too many details about any of your plans, or acted upon them over time to help establish your case and credibility. What N64 project are you recommending people work on with you (and not for you)? What ideas to promote activity and community involvement do you have in mind that haven't already been explored multiple times in the past, like in the following posts and threads?

Tower of spatula~
board2 activity suggestions
Board2 Collaboration Hack?
162245
Mega Man Collab Project?
Why I still love Board2

Even though as I mentioned before, conclusions concerning a lack of activity can't truly be made, I'm afraid that it's pretty safe to say based on multiple past instances that if most people aren't willing to use a Paint Bucket Tool to design a 1-screen NES level to earn a hacking credit to their name without even having to do any actual hacking themselves, and how there really isn't any N64 hacking around here in general, I don't really see a collaborative N64 hacking project working out, at least around here, unfortunately. However, for the sake of the board and being able to enjoy sharing and working on productive works again, like in the past, I hope that people can prove me wrong and we can see success with new projects being developed, in turn encouraging more activity and collaborative efforts.

Do you play and hack any other games besides for the N64? I've believed in the past that if there are easier games for multiple people to build something for, while being on more common ground in terms of interest, those potential starter projects should be worked on first so that we can all become familiar with working with one another, and the projects should be easier to manage for potential new ROM hackers looking to slowly dip their feet into the pool, and then perhaps larger projects can follow with greater chances of success.

I believe the most critical point to take away from these considerations is the following indisputable fact: You can't control what other people do. Nothing more that either of us or anyone else can potentially try to do and hope for will make a difference in whether or not someone who hasn't logged in, let alone been active, on the board for 2000+ days will suddenly decide to come back and become involved in the community again. Even if we track down each individual member, there's no guarantee that we'll even get an acknowledgement. If it'll happen, it'll happen; and hopefully, it will. However, I'm sorry, but you can't possibly guarantee that you'll be able to take care of it. All that we can really do is continue on with what we already have to work with here, and build on what develops to make it stronger.

The kind of people who are brought in is a concern as well. As I considered in the past in this post, if we were to go around advertising this board to try to build a more active community with new members, with ROM hacking as a main unique drawing factor for what is offered here that isn't necessarily in other more basic forum environments, drawing more attention to the community could also potentially have its huge drawbacks, considering the whole "legal grey area" thing.

In all honesty, my instincts are telling me this post is primarily a spur-of-the-moment attempt to become a mod simply for the power benefits to your name. It seems to me like you wouldn't really want to invest the time and effort into sharing the board and encouraging its development otherwise unless you can say that you're one of the leaders on it, or else I'm fairly certain you would have told all your friends about it in the last 6 months and you would have been more active. I don't mean this assumption to be offensive, though I can definitely understand how it might come across that way. However, as soon as I read this post shortly after you submitted it and thought about it, it is considerably random and unexpected given the state of things, and how again, you yourself haven't been around as you have accused others of not being around. So hopefully you can understand that side of the situation in how this appears. However, I hope that our posts can lead to only more positive developments and potential changes for the better around here.

If you have any doubts about that, let me just say that when I make in-depth posts such as these to openly explore and brainstorm multiple issues and ideas, I invest multiple hours into a single post in trying to cover everything that I can possibly consider extensively, as was the case here.
Posted by SmithJrBlaquaLuigi
Blackhole89 has rights to moderate this board by his own duties and moderators don't seem to be active that much, probably because some moderators account has been compromised or they forgot their passwords. But everyone on this board, try keep this board active because I felt bad about this board being inactive.
There's no doubt that most of the staff members don't appear active, but there's more to some situations than what meets the eye. To refer to this post again, the staff members who are currently staff members have earned the trust of the primary administration to take care of the board in their absence(s).
Posted by SmithJrBlaquaLuigi
This entirely post is my opinion and also some facts.
Fair enough. My responses are intended to be sincere, and aren't intended to be critical or judgemental, so hopefully they don't come across as such to you. Just as you expressed your points as you see them, all I can do is respond to them as I see them, and try to shed some light on some of the points and claims you raised.
Posted by SmithJrBlaquaLuigi
Other than that, have a good day.
Thank you, and I hope that you have a great and safe day and week too. Despite how some of my points in this post may come across, I'm thankful for your post in the sense that you've expressed care and concern for the board as a whole. I'm also sincerely interested in further discussing and exploring your ideas and concerns, and looking forward to what more can come from potential new approaches compared to previous means of direction in the past. I almost didn't want to reply as thoroughly as I did since it might be overwhelming for most, but well, overwhelming is what the majority of my posts are anyway. Sometimes, things need to be thoroughly explored and multiple factors need to be considered, especially when you're making a case of reversing an activity decline that has haunted the board's overall perception for the last however many years. I hope that the way that I have replied here and the direction of some of my responses and perceptions doesn't deter you from your potential ideas and pursuits, or the positive encouragement that you have expressed here in being a part of helping to turn things around for the better for all of us, and that we can be productive in continuing to follow through with this developing discussion.



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EDIT (Because I can't double post until a day later. )

As a followup to the previous posts and the thread in general, perhaps instead of me simply asking for others' ideas and opinions outright, we should collectively analyze straightforward information and other immediate factors that reflect upon the past, present, and hopeful future based on specific points of interest. This is assuming that others will feel like contributing their input and personal perspectives concerning how things used to be, how they are now, and what possibly caused the transition(s). Likely the split alone was a major factor, considering some of the members with the most posts left for the other incarnation(s).

Please feel free to add additional questions for us to consider. These are only a few that I can come up with on the spot within a few minutes of brainstorming, but after previous instances such as the threads that I linked to above, I feel like reflections never had a chance to develop because no specific directions were ever defined. Not only that, but we can't truly open up with one another until we know more about each other, and our unique ways of seeing the same things differently. So, it's something new to try.

[b][u]Introduce and tell us about yourself.[/u][/b]
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[b][u]How did you find Board 2, and when?[/u][/b]
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[b][u]What about Board 2 appeals to you? (Choose all that apply.)[/u][/b]
[ ] General Chat
[ ] ROM Hacking
[ ] Creativity
[ ] Fun and Entertainment
[ ] The uploading system
[ ] The mood avatars
[ ] The people
[ ] The staff
[ ] The variety
[ ] The food
[ ] Other (please list/identify and describe all that apply)
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[b][u]What about Board 2 would you like to see different? (Choose all that apply.)[/u][/b]
[ ] General Chat
[ ] ROM Hacking
[ ] Creativity
[ ] Fun and Entertainment
[ ] The uploading system
[ ] The mood avatars
[ ] The people
[ ] The staff
[ ] The variety
[ ] Response times
[ ] Other (please list/identify and describe all that apply)
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[b][u]Are you interested in ROM hacking?[/u][/b]
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] What is ROM hacking?
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[b][u]What kinds of ROM hacking projects would you like to see and/or become involved in? (Choose all that apply.)[/u][/b]
[ ] Solo projects
[ ] Group projects
[ ] Homebrew projects
[ ] Specific console projects: _______
[ ] None at all!
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[b][u]What community activities would you like to see and/or become involved in?[/u][/b]
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[b][u]What do you miss most about the way Board 2 used to be? How do you feel it used to be? What changed?[/u][/b]
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[b][u]What would you like to see in Board 2's future? (Choose all that apply.)[/u][/b]
[ ] More forum sections like: _______
[ ] Fewer forum sections like: _______
[ ] Different staff team like (How do you believe it can change for the better?): _______
[ ] A true and complete Board 2 collaborative hack
[ ] A Board 2 Discord (What would be different than just the board itself?): _______
[ ] Board 2 social media outlets (How would we pull this off?): _______
[ ] Board 2 t-shirts and merchandise (Should we stop at XL or XXL?): _______
[ ] For it to be archived
[ ] For it to disappear forever!
[ ] Other (please list/identify and describe all that apply)
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[b][u]Is this a fun question to lighten the mood?[/u][/b]
[ ] Yes
[ ] If you think so
[ ] Maybe
[ ] No
[ ] I don't know
[ ] Why are you still trying?
[ ] Where am I and how did I get here?
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[b][u]Anything else you would like to share?[/u][/b]
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Introduce and tell us about yourself.
I go by Quick Curly. I'm currently 28 years old. My interests include drawing, music, gaming, and outdoor activities. My favourite console is by far the NES, and my favourite game is Super Mario Bros. 3; but over the years, I've played multiple systems and games. I also enjoy watching a wide variety of console- and PC-based games played by other people through resources like online YouTube videos. I'm a pretty easygoing guy and I like giving any games, music, and whatever else a chance. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I will defend my allies should I disagree with something that I don't feel is right. In terms of music, I prefer heavier stuff, but anything with a rock, grunge or metal edge, I can dig.

Back when I started college in 2007, with the additional time spent with computers, the free time between classes, and the freedom that young adulthood brought about, I wanted to finally bring those childhood video game level drawings to life by researching and learning how to create something physical (or virtual) beyond just one's imagination. I somehow managed to discover Game Maker 7 and tried out some SMB3-based engines, but they felt different from the good ol' NES SMB3 feel (though they were still fun, and I created some of my own silly unprofessional Game Maker games for the laughs). With a little more searching, I managed to discover that you could acquire ROM files of the actual NES games on your computer, and there were also utilities that allowed you to modify them into your own! (Although ironically, before I knew that it was called "ROM hacking", I actually played a Buckethead-centric graphics hack of SMB3 back in high school in an emulator.) Through years of dedication and trial and error, I've been able to complete and enjoy playing some hacks with level designs that I can call my own, and in the process, I've met some amazing fellow gamers and ROM hackers who I would have never had the privilege to meet otherwise!
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How did you find Board 2, and when?
It just happened to be the first place I found when trying to search for a ROM hacking community. I didn't register immediately when I was only just first attempting to work on a ROM hack, but I felt welcome when I finally took the chance to put myself out there, and haven't looked back since.
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What about Board 2 appeals to you? (Choose all that apply.)
[ ] General Chat
[x] ROM Hacking
[ ] Creativity
[x] Fun and Entertainment
[x] The uploading system
[x] The mood avatars
[x] The people
[x] The staff
[ ] The variety
[x] The food
[x] Other (please list/identify and describe all that apply)
The layout and appearance options give Board 2 a unique feel; whenever I'm reading posts and engaging with the posts, I feel like everything about it looks awesome. The content of the posts is only further enhanced by the "cozy" environment.
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What about Board 2 would you like to see different? (Choose all that apply.)
[ ] General Chat
[ ] ROM Hacking
[ ] Creativity
[ ] Fun and Entertainment
[ ] The uploading system
[ ] The mood avatars
[ ] The people
[ ] The staff
[ ] The variety
[ ] Response times
[x] Other (please list/identify and describe all that apply)
I don't know. Whatever can make it more active for the better and return it to its days of glory.
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Are you interested in ROM hacking?
[x] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] What is ROM hacking?
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What kinds of ROM hacking projects would you like to see and/or become involved in? (Choose all that apply.)
[x] Solo projects
[x] Group projects
[x] Homebrew projects
[x] Specific console projects: NES
[ ] None at all!
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What community activities would you like to see and/or become involved in?
The KCS things were fun ([1] [2]). The Mosts were fun and engaging too. However, unfortunately, while they encouraged activity, they were basically enhancers of activity that was already there.

It would be super special awesome if we were able to constructively and successfully collaborate to create something together as a community at long last. Despite details explored multiple worlds over, it still continues to be a dream...
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What do you miss most about the way Board 2 used to be? How do you feel it used to be? What changed?
There used to be a lot more people, which led to a lot more posts. Even if you weren't active for a few hours or even a couple days, you knew that when you came back, you would have a lot to catch up with; and generally, there were always members online.

Unfortunately, members left for different personal reasons, whether due to vendettas, or because real life took over. Nonetheless, the "original" Board 2 generation essentially grew up over the course of more than a decade, which means that a lot of the original members probably left and haven't come back simply because being an adult is a full-time responsibility, and to them, the greater priority.

It'd be great if the remaining "original" generation could help more easily and readily bring in a newer generation that is interested and becomes dedicated to continue things on, but with everything else developing elsewhere in the world, there are more potential interests for late teens and early young adults who are looking to find a place and hobby to define themselves and their pursuits in life. Unfortunately, there simply might just be options more appealing and seemingly more user-friendly to today's generation than a hobby that is most likely to be more involved than they are willing to deal with like ROM hacking.

And until Board 2 and we can discover something more to be able to associate with Board 2 and the community than ROM hacking, it might just simply not be as large of an appealing draw as we would probably hope for.

So, in conclusion, probably time is one of the greatest factors here. If we could live forever, maybe we would ROM hack forever. I know I would...
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What would you like to see in Board 2's future? (Choose all that apply.)
[x] More forum sections like: ROM Hacking
[ ] Fewer forum sections like: _______
[x] Different staff team like (How do you believe it can change for the better?): Not necessarily a different team, but I believe even we staff members would like for the team itself to be more active in general, in order to properly set an example and put the first foot forward.
[x] A true and complete Board 2 collaborative hack
[ ] A Board 2 Discord (What would be different than just the board itself?): _______
[ ] Board 2 social media outlets (How would we pull this off?): _______
[ ] Board 2 t-shirts and merchandise (Should we stop at XL or XXL?): _______
[ ] For it to be archived
[ ] For it to disappear forever!
[ ] Other (please list/identify and describe all that apply)
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Is this a fun question to lighten the mood?
[ ] Yes
[ ] If you think so
[ ] Maybe
[ ] No
[ ] I don't know
[x] Why are you still trying?
[ ] Where am I and how did I get here?
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Anything else you would like to share?
Looking through my old posts, I also found another thread about Board 2 inactivity. Just reading it back, it brings back a lot of memories of how things used to be all those years ago, and how there were many other users here back in the day who haven't been here for many of these past few years during the major activity decline. Without even planning on it though, even with my very earliest posts all the while back, I feel like I've maintained consistency in my perception on all things concerning the board and in existence as a whole. It's actually pretty comforting to know that, even in long times of uncertainty, if we're able to prevent ourselves from losing who we are and who we always want to be, well, isn't being true to yourself a great reward and feeling if nothing else? Anyway, any newer members who weren't around back then should take a couple minutes to look back at such old threads to see if they see anything that stands out to them from back then that they don't manage to see now, and help others perhaps realize it as well. I see that even back then, the idea of a collaborative hack was being thrown around, and all this time later, even though it might have come close to working out, it never truly has, since not everyone was always actively collaborating and participating with one another. Hopefully new, additional perspectives can help change that for the better.
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Niidle
Posted on 12-09-17 06:37 PM Link | Quote | ID: 166009


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No. Let it die.
Any activity should be merged with Kafuka.

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BLACKHOLE IS STUBBORN
Posted on 12-09-17 09:15 PM Link | Quote | ID: 166012

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Posted by Niidle
No. Let it die.
Any activity should be merged with Kafuka.

What activity?
Honestly, this board should have been pulled the plug upon long ago. If blackhole89 ever comes back, just stop being fucking stubborn and leading ROM hackers to a dead path - there is no community left in this board - just let it be archived!

Synthetekh
Posted on 12-10-17 07:44 AM (rev. 4 of 12-10-17 08:31 AM) Link | Quote | ID: 166013


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Umm, how about no, please~ haha.
Yeah there's periods where there's much less activity here, but things still happen and anymore it feels like a very nice environment to post your stuff, at least with Rom Hacking topics if nothing else (I haven't focused on the other areas of the Forum in years).

Maybe something that would help with activity some is.. I guess we could have an easier to find section where uploads/hacks/editors etc. can be found and are organized nicely. I personally only really visit RHDN for it's hacks lol; it doesn't seem like there's a lot of focus on Board2 except by those who are already familiar with it.
Totally maintaining a hack + editor etc. section I imagine can be a lot of work for moderators, but we seem to have a nice community here where most people have the sense not to screw around and try to mess it up, so maybe they could self-manage their uploads with a nice wide-range set of pre-made + well made sections to categorize under. There could be a way where users could flag anything that looks like spam, and maybe only allow so many uploads of different content a day to discourage bots / spammers (how much to allow at once.. perhaps based on age and/or posts of the account or something).
We could also have a section (not just sticked posts) for well made tutorials and collected Console Hardware info etc., which certainly would be some work up front, but would probably ease back down after enough would be collected.
Could also have hacking notes available to people for specific games in an organized section too.
And just, maybe other things like that too. To me it seems a lot of people go looking for that sort of thing and find themselves at whatever sites have it.

I dunno, but I've noticed sometimes that sites which are basically or entirely 'just a forum' get little attention.
I played on a private RO server (Lor-RO) way back in the day, and it was actually as far as I saw one of the very best ones, but super unknown because they did basically nothing to bring attention to it and all it had was a Forum for its website; I don't think it looked welcoming or intuitive enough to most people. Here we at least have a much nicer forum, but maybe a hack/editor download section would liven it up. Heck I still go to Zophar.net sometimes (since the early 2000s or late 90s) for that sort of thing because it's all organized and such. I go to it much less though as they don't seem to keep up on it as much in some areas (though I do see regular posts in their news stream or w/e).

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The board still has some ROM hacking draw, I'll give it that.
Outside of that, it's literally dead.

The other problem is that none of the staff are active (except one moderator who hasn't posted in almost 2 months, but checks in every now and again).

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Yeah the moderation activity seems almost dead and fixing that certainly helps, especially with all the non-hacking etc. sections; the hacking areas seem to manage themselves pretty well anymore as people are just focused on their projects and what others share, and the egos have really died down tremendously.

Personally I kinda feel like the Rom Hacking parts were always sorta the main point to this place.. just naturally somehow, but yeah I understand how it is when the other sections are so dead.. it's as dull as playing a multiplayer game or MMO by yourself lol.
Not sure what all would help for that since I haven't spent time in those sections in such a long time. I know my brother visits reddit anymore because people post some pretty creatively hilarious stuff there.. and that's something I'd go for myself if I had more time for it (been busy a lot).

As a side note, the default theme is a little hard for me to look at, which at least.. sometimes a simple thing like that might affect newcomer activity (aka the initial attractiveness of the Forum); I chose the Acid (Iceman) theme as it's a nice dark basic attractive theme with a little extra style to make it more interesting. Sometimes the subtle details can be powerful too (businesses of course greatly use that to their advantage for example).

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They are the main point and should be the main focus - but that's not to say ignore everything else entirely. That defeats the point of getting to know one another on the forums.

Maybe I should have registered under my Kafuka nick as opposed to this nick, as this is pretty defamatory and such, maybe blackhole89 is just focusing on real life stuff and doesn't really want to maintain an active forum. If so, he should give the board to someone else who is active while still maintaining the technical aspect of the forums and maintaining the back-end, which seems to be easier for him these days.

As for the theme I've got to agree. Setting it maybe to the classic AcmlmBoard theme would be nicer

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Sorry for making a new account. I decided that the expletive username I used wasn't appropriate, so decided to make a new one with a better username. If you don't know my Kafuka username, it's IceFairyAmy, and I was previously here for a good year or so as Termingamer2-JD before losing my password, reregistering and then being banned for sockpuppeting a week later.

I personally feel like Board2 could be archived, and some sort of successor be made. I think a lot of the issues with this board in the past have been the several community splits, and the fact little was done to challenge the splits in the past as far as I'm aware (especially the Kafuka split). The board has been the same for the past 3-4 years, and it's been around for nearly eleven years now. People move on, and the fact is, the more people that leave, the more people follow. Perhaps something like a new, reconstructed staff team comprised of formerly active Board2 members who have been helpful and active in the community and are willing to make a return, and a whole new board could be created with new opportunities and will. I think it will help us get away from our past of being a board full of community splits and such.

Though I honestly see this as a slim chance of happening, it could be very beneficial to the community overall. Starting afresh, open-sourcing development of AcmlmBoard 2.1 (like Emuz has done with 2.5.x), and having new things would greatly help. It'd be much more successful, than say, migrating everything to a completely different community where there's less of a focus on ROM hacking itself (see: Kafuka). Kafuka is good and probably the spiritual successor of Board2, but I have noticed one thing and that is ROM hackers are not very prevalent there, especially in the case of the NES era. Board2 does still have that ROM hacking draw that was said before, and I think migrating to a board where ROM hacking is the main subject and we cut out most of the other sections except maybe General Chat, Gaming and Computing, formed on the original community, would help as previously stated.

I'm sorry to make my post so long-winded and possibly unreadable but yeah. I'd be willing to help out in any way possible, to be honest. Board2 has made up a lot of my 2015 and 2016 and I helped revive it for a little while in a sense back in late 2015.

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Blackhole89 should just archive it and merge with Kafuka. If he can't handle the spam, he can't handle board2.

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He just doesn't want to check in because he sees no point, I suppose, or real life issues have taken over in terms of priority. Though he could have checked in at least once for the last two months... :/

I think board2 is pretty much dead outside ROM hacking, but it could be reincarnated with new staff instead and given a fresh breath of life - as long as bh approves - probably as I said comprised of former board2 users. Kafuka merging would be a bad idea as much of the activity is formed from general chat and newbies just looking for ROM hacking information will probably less likely to have.

Keeping this board might be an idea just for giving new members who don't know the history information about their ROM hacking needs, but to be honest... it won't work in the long run.

blackhole89 merging with Kafuka is also probably going to cause issues because I think it has in the past (a disagreement with things with bh, Emuz and KP led to Kafuka's creation in the first place IIRC). Plus I think most people here want to just talk about hacks - going back to my previous post, the ROM hacking sections could be expanded upon and the rest of it cut except for General Chat. I think bh has said before if he had to keep any of the non-RH forums either way it would be that.

If blackhole89 ever sees this, I wish you the best in luck for a better board2, and hopefully become friends with Kafuka.

~Termingamer/IceFairyAmy
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