Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 SoT's method of memorializing the UBB is simple, understated, and elegant. My job, therefore, is to provide something over hyped and over thought. Either directly before our during the transition, I purpose a series of activities centered around a real time chat, a sort of Spiderweb Live, if you will. Sylae has agreed to host the chat on CalRef, which I will remind you can be accessed just fine as a guest. I also thought we might play some live online games, do a special aim hack, or the like. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Fireworks and explosions. Also, I'm amused at the amount of seriousness and/or mock-seriousness with which a change in forum software is being treated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 It might seem kind of silly to be so attached to forum software, but it signals a transition in a way: a new era. The content on the forums won't be any different, but it will have a new skin. UBB has been the skin for quite a while, and now it will be something different. It's almost like getting a new computer: the old computer and the new computer pretty much do the same thing, but there's some sort of odd nostalgia that occurs when replacing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Valdain the King Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I think that its rather simple-Everybody's gone nuts. A moderator has posted up to 15 topics about burning the boards and I still can't understand what he's going on about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Originally Posted By: Valdain the King I think that its rather simple-Everybody's gone nuts. A moderator has posted up to 15 topics about burning the boards and I still can't understand what he's going on about. Welcome to Spiderweb Software. Please leave your sanity at the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Valdain the King Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Originally Posted By: Excalibur Originally Posted By: Valdain the King I think that its rather simple-Everybody's gone nuts. A moderator has posted up to 15 topics about burning the boards and I still can't understand what he's going on about. Welcome to Spiderweb Software. Please leave your sanity at the door. Doubt thats a problem, I never had it to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 The software that runs the boards will be replaced soon since UBB is no longer being supported. After all the problems associated with the last upgrade to UBBThreads there is fear, uncertainty, and doubt that this transition will go any better than the last one. Therefore Student of Trinity has started topics where members can post once before the place goes up in flames of ruin. "Cry havoc and let madness take the field." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 On the one hand, we've been through this before. Twice. On the other hand, that "we" is actually not so large a number. Very few members are left from the Ikonboard days of 2001, and even the spring 2008 leap to UBB.threads is receding in hindsight. —Alorael, who will now wax nostalgic about nostalgia. The things people remembered fondly back then were more worthy of reminiscence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Let's just say this, then. When you try to log onto the forum some day soon and get a 404, head over to the aptly named Calamity Refuge. There's usually a few Spiderwebbers in the chat to keep you company while you wait. And if a lot of people follow my advice, it'll be a party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Does this mean we get to spam out messages just before the transition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 No. Edit: I retract the second half of my statement on the grounds that it was probably belittling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Originally Posted By: Alorael 2001 How old is this site ._. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Soooo... Does that mean it ends tomorrow? How should we know the new link? How will we know of the change? Sorry for some questions, but was it scheduled soon in the future? -------- @Slenderman. You can't. As said by Actaeon: Bad Trenton, Bad. Slender, the game, was not really scary though. It was thrilling for my age. I didn't get nervous, frightened and didn't stop playing. But the part really sucked when I got about 6/8 pages, then you showed up... -------- -A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 If all else fails, Jeff will hopefully set the "Forum" link on the company site to direct to the new forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 LOL. How stupid of me to didn't think of that... ------------ -A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 inb4rapture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Originally Posted By: Slenderman. How old is this site ._. The first Spiderweb forums appeared in March 2001. The boards switched to UBB in... October, I think? That UBB lasted until May 2008, when it was replaced by this UBB.threads version. Not a bad run. —Alorael, who would expect more details, and more warning, when this plan goes from not even having the specific software picked out to happening any day now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Originally Posted By: Mud on your hands! Originally Posted By: Slenderman. How old is this site ._. The first Spiderweb forums appeared in March 2001. The boards switched to UBB in... October, I think? Based on registration dates, it appears the UBB switch went active on September 18, 2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk ixfd64 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I highly doubt the forums are shutting down. More likely, we'll be transitioning to another platform, such as phpBB or vBulletin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 The forums are definitely not shutting down. We know phpBB is in the running, but it's not the favorite right now. (What is? That would be telling!) —Alorael, who believes the UBB was activated in September but only opened to the public in October. The September registrations were mods and other special-invite early adopters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 The worry is what damage the third party who transfers the files does to the board when the transition is made. The company hired last time to go from UBB to UBBThreads didn't know what they were doing and had to be replaced. By that time some damage was done to the original board. Links were broken so Geneforge 3 Strategy Central never got put back correctly. Links for regular posts were lost forever. Hopefully this time will be a smoother transition. But by fearing the worst case anything will look better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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