Ok so what the H.... nwn2 forums here?
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Eguintir Eligard
, juil. 21 2010 12:11
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Posté 21 juillet 2010 - 12:11
Eguintir Eligard
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Im confused, does bioware own nwn2 or not? Why is nwn2 always with bioware forums?
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Posté 21 juillet 2010 - 01:00
WyrinDnjargo
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What exactly is your boggle?
NWN2 shares the heritage, fanbase, and modding community of the Bioware games. All old format bioware boards are now closed. They are now here. so all that's really changed is the location. And we're all in the happy new facebook-esque community site
NWN2 shares the heritage, fanbase, and modding community of the Bioware games. All old format bioware boards are now closed. They are now here. so all that's really changed is the location. And we're all in the happy new facebook-esque community site
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Posté 21 juillet 2010 - 02:51
Eguintir Eligard
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The boggle is bioware didnt make the game. Its weird that Atari wouldnt want their own forums.
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Posté 21 juillet 2010 - 03:40
WyrinDnjargo
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That argument applied in the other forums you've been posting in for the past few years.
Atari do have NWN2 forums (http://www.ataricomm...splay.php?f=501). Bioware had them alongside the NWN1 forums likely on the back of the community that had beenn built
Atari do have NWN2 forums (http://www.ataricomm...splay.php?f=501). Bioware had them alongside the NWN1 forums likely on the back of the community that had beenn built
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Posté 21 juillet 2010 - 03:42
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Eguintar, in the beginning, Bioware (who was providing source code to Obsidian) and Obsidian and Atari all talked it over. It was decided to maintain 'continuity' of the Community that had grown around NWN, that the NWN2 forums should be hosted on Bioware's already well established site (I do hope they got paid at least half of what it would have cost Atari or Obsidian to set all that up themselves) and it's been that way ever since. Even Obsidian's Forums all redirect to the Official Forums (although now it may be directing them to a 'ghost town' if they don't update their links.)
And if Atari had hosted them, we'd all be done by now. I hate to bash, so this is just the unabashed truth: Atari's boards are lower quality than the bare bones vBulletin phpBB boards that I use to maintain and run the Citadel and theirs aren't nearly as functional. (Atari uses the same software I do, how cheap is that?) Also, as far as support goes? It's non-existent. And they just recently moved their forums, too. Since then, the only real support anyone gets over there for NWN2 *(and NWN, which doesn't even have a forum over there) is done by yours truly. Sometimes a guy from Atari pops in, but he mostly only answers those, "Where are my CD-Keys from my Online Purchase?!?" Questions.
So, boggled or not, logical or no, sensical or otherwise, we are in the best place we can be. Rejoice, we could all have been turned out like kicked dogs who'd just pee'd on the carpet in a rainstorm, with nowhere to go but the Citadel and other such smallish places online.
It could be worse. A LOT worse.
dunniteowl
And if Atari had hosted them, we'd all be done by now. I hate to bash, so this is just the unabashed truth: Atari's boards are lower quality than the bare bones vBulletin phpBB boards that I use to maintain and run the Citadel and theirs aren't nearly as functional. (Atari uses the same software I do, how cheap is that?) Also, as far as support goes? It's non-existent. And they just recently moved their forums, too. Since then, the only real support anyone gets over there for NWN2 *(and NWN, which doesn't even have a forum over there) is done by yours truly. Sometimes a guy from Atari pops in, but he mostly only answers those, "Where are my CD-Keys from my Online Purchase?!?" Questions.
So, boggled or not, logical or no, sensical or otherwise, we are in the best place we can be. Rejoice, we could all have been turned out like kicked dogs who'd just pee'd on the carpet in a rainstorm, with nowhere to go but the Citadel and other such smallish places online.
It could be worse. A LOT worse.
dunniteowl
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Posté 21 juillet 2010 - 07:32
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Hello Eguintir,
It would indeed seem that Obsidian has been relinquishing it's support of NWN2 which is a real shame. The Bio-ware social site forums arn't as good, but a DNO pointed out it is still better than the Atari forums. The social site has alot of facebook-esk features though rather or not that's a good thing is very debatable. "Work with what you got" though as they say.
I hope you'll start a new thread for The Islander, I'm looking foreword to hearing about it.
-Shaun (the crazy one)
It would indeed seem that Obsidian has been relinquishing it's support of NWN2 which is a real shame. The Bio-ware social site forums arn't as good, but a DNO pointed out it is still better than the Atari forums. The social site has alot of facebook-esk features though rather or not that's a good thing is very debatable. "Work with what you got" though as they say.
I hope you'll start a new thread for The Islander, I'm looking foreword to hearing about it.
-Shaun (the crazy one)
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Posté 21 juillet 2010 - 10:32
Eguintir Eligard
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I just wondered (all along even) why a company would allow another company to piggy back their forums when there is no $ involved. Sounds like there was $ involved so ok then.
I think rather than start an islander thread I'll just post a release notice in a bit
I think rather than start an islander thread I'll just post a release notice in a bit
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Posté 01 août 2010 - 11:48
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In light of the "other option" eg having no forum - these are not bad - the only drawback is script posting is so limited - but other functionalities such as embedding video and being able to get our own portraits on here are a fair trade off. Plus I think pastebin is a fair alternative to post formatted scripts via link.
