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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 4:40:44 PM   
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ORIGINAL: jbmoore68

32 posts in 17 years for me, but I am here every day, usually several times in a day.

I get the impression you talk softly and carry a big stick. At least dje held the record for a day for the least amount of posts over a long time-span. We now have a new record holder with -pag-, Congratulations..!!

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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 4:56:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think the older folks and the older war gamers do the most with forums. I frequent Discord, but I still go to Matrix, Shrapnel, TWS, GameSquad, ConsimWorld and The Blitz for forum reading.

I think the new crowd uses Discord, Twitch and whatever the next new shinny thing is.

Most of the forums I go to, you can post a paragraph or two and folks will read and engage with the dialog. The new crowds seem to like Discord and one or two sentence postings until the wind blows...

< Message edited by Zovs -- 9/24/2021 4:57:25 PM >

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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 5:38:01 PM   
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That stems from the cock up with the logins for both Matrix and Slitherine. While I can login in here on the forum, I can't log in at Slitherine and I can't log in at the Matrix Store, where I wanted to buy WarPlan Pacific. I bought WarPlan on Steam.

I even tried setting up a new user account for the store and was told I would receive a confirmation email.

Pfff... I'll buy it on Steam.

But yea, over the last few years, people appear to me to be taking their forum posting over at Steam.

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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 6:10:02 PM   
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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 6:10:19 PM   
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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 6:20:50 PM   
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ORIGINAL: jwarrenw13

I check it daily, occasionally post.

I wonder how many are still here from the Class of 2000?

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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 6:21:39 PM   
deeter

 

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Status: offline 		Lava, the unified login got me too but was eventually resolved. I forget now how, but I think tech people sorted it out.

Deeter

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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 6:51:56 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Grognerd_INC

I always thought you are a regular fixture here! I don't think you have ever posted anything but generous words for others.



Again thanks...that's if this comment is directed at me..I maybe being very cheeky here!!

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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 7:15:59 PM   
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ORIGINAL: deeter

Lava, the unified login got me too but was eventually resolved. I forget now how, but I think tech people sorted it out.

Deeter


Invalid Credentials

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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 8:23:08 PM   
bayonetbrant

 

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ORIGINAL: Lava

I visit very rarely nowadays.



Is this the same Ray/Lava from waaaaaay back at Wargamer from 15 years ago?!

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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 8:52:43 PM   
gamer78

 

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ORIGINAL: Zovs

I think the older folks and the older war gamers do the most with forums. I frequent Discord, but I still go to Matrix, Shrapnel, TWS, GameSquad, ConsimWorld and The Blitz for forum reading.

I think the new crowd uses Discord, Twitch and whatever the next new shinny thing is.

Most of the forums I go to, you can post a paragraph or two and folks will read and engage with the dialog. The new crowds seem to like Discord and one or two sentence postings until the wind blows...


I don't use but Steam devs use Discord to refine their games -a bit like focus group in beta testing-

For traditional forum I think it should be interesting to read historical articles or ideas about future games, more than 1 or 2 sentence. Chat like forums can also be in whatsup groups.

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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 9:55:17 PM   
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ORIGINAL: bayonetbrant


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lava

I visit very rarely nowadays.



Is this the same Ray/Lava from waaaaaay back at Wargamer from 15 years ago?!


The same.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Grognerd_INC

Lava, I had similar issue -
I opened a ticket and the tech types fixed it.


I can't login to support. I can only log onto the forum.
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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 10:02:03 PM   
*Lava*


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Tried to PM Erik, but his inbox was full.

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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 11:27:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		You can try to PM another moderator if you can't get through to support nor Erik. With the weekend, it may have to wait until next week. But Erik does check in here occasionally.

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RE: This Forum - 9/24/2021 11:35:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		I lurk on the forum daily and spend most of my time catching up on threads for games I have or would like to get.
Of course, there are other forums that I visit also, so I end up splitting time across other boards as well.



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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 7:13:05 AM   
Orm


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ORIGINAL: operating


quote:

ORIGINAL: Orm

Are we really taking attendance here?

Grump

Snow White and the 6 dwarfs are looking for another character. Have a nice day Orm, can't hide all that talent, it would be missed if it were not there.

Thank you. Always nice to be appreciated.

However, if I were to join an ensemble it would need to hugely beneficial to me. I suppose that makes me a sell-out. But I am not cheap. At least in my humble opinion.

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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 9:12:15 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Lava

Think I joined in 2003.

Tried to PM Erik, but his inbox was full.

Don't contact Erik.
Instead send us a email to support@slitherine.co.uk. We will sort the account issue.

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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 12:51:39 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Orm


quote:

ORIGINAL: operating


quote:

ORIGINAL: Orm

Are we really taking attendance here?

Grump

Snow White and the 6 dwarfs are looking for another character. Have a nice day Orm, can't hide all that talent, it would be missed if it were not there.

Thank you. Always nice to be appreciated.

However, if I were to join an ensemble it would need to hugely beneficial to me. I suppose that makes me a sell-out. But I am not cheap. At least in my humble opinion.


You're not cheap. But are you easy?

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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 1:42:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, given the number of answer, I don't think the forum is dead...

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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 3:56:25 PM   
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ORIGINAL: VPaulus

Don't contact Erik.
Instead send us a email to support@slitherine.co.uk. We will sort the account issue.


I figured it out...



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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 4:35:08 PM   
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ORIGINAL: *Lava*

quote:

ORIGINAL: VPaulus

Don't contact Erik.
Instead send us a email to support@slitherine.co.uk. We will sort the account issue.


I figured it out...




Glad to hear it..!!

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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 5:19:44 PM   
*Lava*


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ORIGINAL: operating


Glad to hear it..!!


Cheers, mate!

They added two funny little things to either side of my name.


< Message edited by *Lava* -- 9/25/2021 5:20:10 PM >

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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 5:40:52 PM   
operating


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ORIGINAL: *Lava*

quote:

ORIGINAL: operating


Glad to hear it..!!


Cheers, mate!

They added two funny little things to either side of my name.


No, those asterisks were there when you posted earlier. You should be able to edit your name, if you like.

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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 7:26:38 PM   
Bamilus


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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 7:50:28 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Bamilus

AGEOD forums are even more dead

About 5 or so years ago I bought TEAW then went to the AGEOD forum, there was activity then, but visibly it was like going into a cave, black background, to me making it hard to read the colored text, being new to the game wanted to read up on what was there to learn about the game, did not care for the forum and shortly after that decided that game style was not for me and has been on the shelf ever since. REVIEW: Lousy forum killed the game imho. MATRIX: Good AGEOD: Bad


(I think the clientele here are the best)

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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 8:24:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Armored Brigade forums seems to be dead, sigh. I guess it's because support for the game sort of ended and they are working on the sequel.

quote:

ORIGINAL: lecrop

I have 30 years of experience in forums, many of them as a moderator. I've been seeing a significant drop in forum engagement for a long time, not to mention quality content. Of course, there are always exceptions, but the trend is what it is.

I think it's mostly about everything being in one place and integrated image upload. Like when for example browsing Tumblr, I follow, like 100 active blogs, ranging from personal, through military history, hobby blogs, artist blogs, blogs dedicated to artists of the past, political blogs, etc.
To be honest, the amount of quality posting is similar or greater than on forums. Too bad that lots of hobbyists prefer Instagram despite that it's inferior in almost every aspect.

Forums are usually limited by amount of active users. Like if one has one place for many interests, there are always active people quality-posting and there's a greater user retention.

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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 9:03:45 PM   
gamer78

 

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ORIGINAL: operating


quote:

ORIGINAL: Bamilus

AGEOD forums are even more dead

About 5 or so years ago I bought TEAW then went to the AGEOD forum, there was activity then, but visibly it was like going into a cave, black background, to me making it hard to read the colored text, being new to the game wanted to read up on what was there to learn about the game, did not care for the forum and shortly after that decided that game style was not for me and has been on the shelf ever since. REVIEW: Lousy forum killed the game imho. MATRIX: Good AGEOD: Bad


(I think the clientele here are the best)


I've seen AGEod games criticized by younger players about UI or lack of tutorial but it is the first time I've heard about forum colors.

Some of their games have sub forums dedicated to history for that game "RUS History club / Discussions historiques sur la Guerre Civile Russe" and "AJE History club / Discussions historiques sur les Romains", RoP History Club and such. How can it it bad.

Besides in the past there were many good historical and a bit politics discussion about ACW. For a wargamer Ageod games are goooood not bad..

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RE: This Forum - 9/25/2021 9:20:49 PM   
*Lava*


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Status: offline 		Games forums depend a lot on content. Whether that is a new game, old game, game in work, etc.

Sure a lot of that content has gotta be provided by the company to keep people coming back. But one shouldn't underestimate the content that it's users provide as well. Great content includes stuff like AAR's and mods.

One of the things missing here is the ability to post videos. It just isn't the same posting a link and posting the actual video that people can watch.

For the last few years I have been pretty stuck into Games-Labs games such as the Ultimate General Civil War and Ultimate Admiral Age of Sail. I have 109 videos on my channel. These videos follow my campaigns and include tutorials (which are actually quite popular). Yea, I'm not a pro at it and only do it for fun. But it is amazing how many hits the threads get when I post them on a forum.

Matrix really needs to add YouTube videos to the functionality of the forum.

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