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[neonmoth]

Just heard the news about the forums. Haven't had time to read/post here in a while, but this is very saddening.
Don't really know where to go to discuss DA games/characters now. Not a fan of Facebook or Twitter, so guess this will force me to finally make that Reddit account. There's a Cullenmancers subreddit over there, at least, but it's not very active these days.

I'm lost as well. I'm already on reddit but it's formula is not as good as forum. Threads are very shortlived and archives are a mess. I'm not on tumblr but I know how it works and it's not enough (though it can be good to just keep in touch with others I guess). Twitter and Facebook are out for obvious limitations. Tots homeless soon to be.

[Kaidan Fan]

I'm lost as well. I'm already on reddit but it's formula is not as good as forum. Threads are very shortlived and archives are a mess. I'm not on tumblr but I know how it works and it's not enough (though it can be good to just keep in touch with others I guess). Twitter and Facebook are out for obvious limitations. Tots homeless soon to be.

I refuse to go back to tumblr, I find it to be pretty unbearable.  But I do have a twitter/origin/steam if anyone wants to keep in touch that way.  Just give a holler

[Tishina]

Oh, man, I just saw the news about this! Are they shutting down all the forums for all games?

 

I'm so-so on Tumblr, but I have no enthusiasm for Reddit, so I guess I'm stuck there. Hopefully I'll still see a lot of you there...

[Morlanwen]

I may have posted one or two things here, nothing major obviously... but I'm the biggest lurker ever.

I will miss this part of the forum, really.

[neonmoth]

I'm too tired to worry about it atm, so I'll prob get up tomorrow and start adding everyone on other sites. I think I've got quite a few people on origin, maybe even you Kaidan Fan, from the cullenites mp group.

I wonder what this move really means. Why on earth would bioware think it's for the best to close their own boards. Mind boggled.

[Tishina]

I'm too tired to worry about it atm, so I'll prob get up tomorrow and start adding everyone on other sites. I think I've got quite a few people on origin, maybe even you Kaidan Fan, from the cullenites mp group.

I wonder what this move really means. Why on earth would bioware think it's for the best to close their own boards. Mind boggled.

I just read the announcement text in full. I can't believe they think their FB page is a good substitute (there's virtually no information about the games, just lots of promotional "who's your favorite?" kind of crap. What about help with all the fixes for the many, MANY bugs that are still in games? It isn't as if Origin's tech support will actually help you with anything on the game (I know, after 6 months, I still have never gotten a response to a couple of tickets on problems with Descent.) I have all their DA and ME games, but if I run into any new bug problems with them, I have absolutely no resource for help. Not so sure now that I want to risk buying ME:A or DA4 if I may end up with a game with a bug that makes them unplayable and no place to ask for help, I can't afford to flush $50 or $60 that way...

[Tishina]

I think I'm on Origin as Tishina if anyone wants to tag me with a friend request. We should have a big blowout of some sort during August since it's our last chance...

[Liadan]

I just saw the announcement. I`m so sad right now... Lately i almost only lurked but i just wanted to say i appreciated all the lore discussions, speculations, page celebrations, art and screenshots about Cullen and Dragon Age i got to share with you guys.

I`m going to miss the Cullen thread  .

[CuriousArtemis]

I heard the news via The Keep forum (they send us emails; I'm sure lots of you are in that group, too... I don't really mess with it anymore) then also on Twitter.

 

WELL i might be the only person pleased to hear this because honestly these forums (with the exception of this thread and a few others) has become a grotesque cesspool of hatred and vitriol. They could not keep it up, and they could not seem to hire mods who knew what they were doing. (Yes I'm still bitter about being given a warning FOR NOTHING. And yes I kept my word and have not returned to this forum until today. ) Other than what occurred in this thread, mostly what this forum did was make me feel angry and defensive about characters/games I love (Fenris or Cullen getting sh!t on, Mass Effect 3 and DA2 getting sh!t on), hurt me to the point of tears, and offend me with racist / sexist / homophobic / bigoted rants and remarks to such a point that I have to not visit the forum for days at a time.

 

Nevertheless... I'll miss having this cozy corner of the internet to chat with like-minded folks I really enjoy tumblr if I'm honest; I had a tumblr way before joining BSN so I'm more comfortable with it than some, but so long as you have the xkit extension you can make tumblr work perfectly for you. Never ever on tumblr do I encounter harassment or gross insults, just lots of fans being silly, posting fan art/ fanfic and having fun. It's very simple to unfollow people who are awful and to simply "block" tags you don't like if your ACTUAL friends happen to post stuff you don't like (I tag all my posts so people can block things they don't like).

 

anyway, on tumblr I'm http://curiousartemis.tumblr.com/

 

On Origin i think I'm CuriousArtemis and same for Steam I think??? I have immense trouble getting people to find me on those platforms. If it helps, I know I'm Origin friends with Tish, R2, and morlenwen, so if you friend them you should be able to find me. (Did I forget anyone?)

 

On trillian (chat program which incorporates just about every other chat program) I'm curiousartemis.

 

What about a Skype chat group? I think my account name is artemis_moonsong. Either that or CuriousArtemis (can't figure out which is the name and which is the ID).

[Melca36]

I heard the news via The Keep forum (they send us emails; I'm sure lots of you are in that group, too... I don't really mess with it anymore) then also on Twitter.

 

WELL i might be the only person pleased to hear this because honestly these forums (with the exception of this thread and a few others) has become a grotesque cesspool of hatred and vitriol. They could not keep it up, and they could not seem to hire mods who knew what they were doing. (Yes I'm still bitter about being given a warning FOR NOTHING. And yes I kept my word and have not returned to this forum until today. ) Other than what occurred in this thread, mostly what this forum did was make me feel angry and defensive about characters/games I love (Fenris or Cullen getting sh!t on, Mass Effect 3 and DA2 getting sh!t on), hurt me to the point of tears, and offend me with racist / sexist / homophobic / bigoted rants and remarks to such a point that I have to not visit the forum for days at a time.

 

Nevertheless... I'll miss having this cozy corner of the internet to chat with like-minded folks I really enjoy tumblr if I'm honest; I had a tumblr way before joining BSN so I'm more comfortable with it than some, but so long as you have the xkit extension you can make tumblr work perfectly for you. Never ever on tumblr do I encounter harassment or gross insults, just lots of fans being silly, posting fan art/ fanfic and having fun. It's very simple to unfollow people who are awful and to simply "block" tags you don't like if your ACTUAL friends happen to post stuff you don't like (I tag all my posts so people can block things they don't like).

 

anyway, on tumblr I'm http://curiousartemis.tumblr.com/

 

On Origin i think I'm CuriousArtemis and same for Steam I think??? I have immense trouble getting people to find me on those platforms. If it helps, I know I'm Origin friends with Tish, R2, and morlenwen, so if you friend them you should be able to find me. (Did I forget anyone?)

 

On trillian (chat program which incorporates just about every other chat program) I'm curiousartemis.

 

What about a Skype chat group? I think my account name is artemis_moonsong. Either that or CuriousArtemis (can't figure out which is the name and which is the ID).

 

Delurking because I have a few things to say.

 

First celebrating something closing because you hate it is really a hardhearted thing to do. As bad as this forum has gotten...people are hurting and they deserve to be respected.

 

But  I  do agree there are some horribly toxic people here. Its one of the reasons I stopped posting.  

 

A great majority of this forum was taken hostage not only by racist, misogynistic, homophobic trolls but by people with entitlement issues that think BioWare owes them.  

 

So let me just say this…..

 

Do you want to know how many people stopped posting at this board? Do you want to know how many people felt intimidated by you? Do you want to know how many people were put off by your constant miserable attitude?

 

Do you consider it acceptable for the developers to receive threats and harassment??

 

You hate the game…we freaking get it. But you had no right to make others feel miserable for enjoying the game. That’s called being selfish.

And if people do not share a fraction of your world view…you label them a troll.

 

You say you care about equality, fighting oppression, etc?  Aside from sitting behind a computer and passively aggressively be condescending to others have you ever done anything in real life to help change the world?

 

Have you ever knocked on doors to get petitions signed? Have you ever volunteered at a phone bank? Have you ever volunteered for anything?  Have you ever been arrested at a protest?

 

I’ve experienced all of that. I also spoke out at my local city council meeting and was part of a group that helped get an extremely bigoted  and transphobic councilman removed from office. 

 

That’s what TRUE ACTIVISM is

 

I still remember when DAI came out and you said Cullen should not have been available for anybody since you could not have him your way.  PLEASE tell me... How is that not considered selfish?

 

Thats all I have to say.   

 

Just thought you should know how many people were put off by your attitude as well felt uncomfortable by the cliquish nature of this thread. 

[R2s Muse]

Wheeeelp, that was very positive. Thanks for that. Can we please keep the personal attacks elsewhere? Or nowhere? 

[duckley]

I have not found these boards any more toxic than anything else you see on the internet. There are meant spirited people everywhere and the anonymity of the internet is a great vehicle for their s*** and abuse.

 

The good and fun and cleverness of this forum far outweighs the occasional bouts of negativity and toxicity IMO - this is madness

[R2s Muse]

I wonder what this move really means. Why on earth would bioware think it's for the best to close their own boards. Mind boggled.

Frankly, this was just a matter of time. The devs left their own forums long, long ago, preferring twitter and reddit already even when this new BSN was opened. So if BW's reasoning for having forums was to interact with fans, the forums have long been obsolete, independent of BSN's difficulties with civility. What's a shame is that any lore nuggets or other info will now be scattered, like tears in rain. 

 

For myself, the advantage of BSN over these other platforms is the ability to have a discussion. Twitter, tumblr, are too non-linear to do so. Reddit seems to be as well, with their complicated upvote system that de-emphasizes the casual poster. So we'll see what else happens once the new games come around. 

[Jaison1986]

-snip-

 

Welp, I'm sure won't miss the agenda pushing leftists here.

 

I might migrate to reddit myself, but CD projekt red forums doesn't sound so bad.

[VivainaDX]

I'm sad about this, really sad. I know I'm new here, but I've enjoyed reading what everyone has had to say about DA and Cully-Wully. So nice to see the musings of others.    I know barely anything about computers, (to be honest navigateing this forum can confuse me at times) but if Cullen fans decide to start up a new forum, I wouldn't mind an invitation.    I don't really do twitter or tumblr or reddit or instagram, their formats I find hard to read. Anyhow, thanks folks for being so entertaing and fun to chat with.  

[CuriousArtemis]

lol Well to all those who don't hate and despise me to my very being, my suggestion of a skype group or starting a chat/forum/group up somewhere else still stands. 

 

We used to have a Dragon's Dogma thread here on the BSN but the mods closed it and all other non-BioWare threads down, so we moved to another forum. It really worked out nicely.

[Panda]

I joined on BSN when I was looking for non-toxic place to discuss about Cullen and being excited to have him in DAI, tumblr surely wasn't place like that. I guess I have bit different experience as Artemis with it ^^; Now, I haven't been around here in while, not so into DAI and ME:A forum has gotten my time as well as some groups, but I had lot of fun in this thread, met some people and so on so I'd like to thank this thread and it's people for that

[GoldenGail3]

I use to like Cullen enough to make him my canon... I Thought he was rather charming and i was missing Alistair a great deal, but Cass changed EVERYTHING though, lol.  I do still like him though, enough so that he's one of my co-canon characters, with my Female Amell/Warden Alistair world save though. 

[Killdren88]

Well folks..it's been real I suppose.

[Hellion Rex]

I wish you all nothing but the best. Maybe we shall meet again somewhere else in the coming years, but if not, take care.

[Spirit Vanguard]

Hi all. I haven't really been active here, but I know a couple of sites that are taking BSN refugees. So if any of you want to stick together somewhere other than tumblr/whatever else or give 'em a try, here you go:

 

https://realdragonagefans.forums.net/

 

http://biowaresocial...ork.boards.net/

 

There's also quite a bit of chatter going on in the help section (link in my sig) if you want to stay a little more in the know.

 

Note: I'm not a member of any suggested sites yet, but they've been circulating so I thought I'd just share.

Modifié par Spirit Vanguard, 30 juillet 2016 - 07:45 .

[d1ta]

How sad I'm a lurker that often visit this corner of the internet and really enjoy my time reading here. This part of the fan base feels so warm and homey that it makes me feel really sad to see it go

Now I'm kinda wondering where should I go from here.. I mean like, where would you guys go?

Is there any other forum that we could 'migrate' to, any chance?

[d1ta]

@ spirit vanguard : thanks

Wow, my answer has been answered just before I asked, it seems

[d1ta]

Sorry double post

[Spirit Vanguard]

@ spirit vanguard : thanks

Wow, my answer has been answered just before I asked, it seems

 

No problem.

 

Everything is still hectic right now and it's uncertain where people will end up, but these are the first of more sites to be mentioned I'm sure.

 

Others are also suggesting:

 

http://vroomvroom.freeforums.net/

 

http://topshelfgaming.boards.net/

 

But there's even on-going talks about starting a new forum, so, yeah. It's all up in the air.