Hi again.
It's difficult to keep up with all this activity as everyone scrambles. Just wanted to drop some update info for you:
Fexelea is hard at work setting up some ME/DA at http://fextralife.com/forums/f95/ and coordinating here:
https://forum.biowar...-collaboration/
https://forum.biowar...reads-and-such/
^There's talk of imports from here to there so I thought you might like to know/have a look.
wow. fextralife is pretty slick.
Snort. Lola would be dying that you dug this up!
Woah, forgot to credit the artist! Fixed 
Also, it's one of my favourites. It breaks my heart to see such art perish.
of course I have it saved 
wow. fextralife is pretty slick.
Yeah. Looks good. We'd be "sub forums" instead of our own place, but I like the feel of it (and might make use of that Fallout section...). Plus it's an established site that has already been running and is maintained. Joined last night -- it's imperative to be a member before any (possible) importing takes place.
And it's interesting to see there's already a Cullen Discussion thread at realdragonagefans with a lot of traffic. 
I definitely don't take credit for creating it and the fact that it was in your sig all along could explain why it popped into my head
I'm okay with Cyonan's version of bsn, I'm already registered there (but I'll prob do the same on fextra and on real-da-fans, since both look promising), lots of nice guys there already.
As for the spot, since we mostly keep on topic of DA, maybe in General Discussion in one of the DA sub forums? Although with Cullen in the name we may still fit in the characters sub forum?
I suppose it depends on two things:
1. Do we want people to be able to find us? How will like minded folk know where to look?
2. What are the rules on any of those sites for creating a thread?
Plus,
3. What are the moderation plans on any of those forums? This is crucial as well, and I haven't heard anything about that yet.
aaand, I didn't think it sounded like you came up with it! It's actually been mentioned a couple of times in last few days as well, since it used to be a unifying principle for us. Back in the day of the awesome banner.
coughcough
Other suggestions/inspiration:
(snort that was one of our first; courtesy of Avejaded 
I'll stop there)
I suppose it depends on two things:
1. Do we want people to be able to find us? How will like minded folk know where to look?
2. What are the rules on any of those sites for creating a thread?
aaand, I didn't think it sounded like you came up with it! It's actually been mentioned a couple of times in last few days as well, since it used to be a unifying principle for us. Back in the day of the awesome banner.
coughcough
Plus,
3. What are the moderation plans on any of those forums? This is crucial as well, and I haven't heard anything about that yet.
Other suggestions/inspiration:
*snippy*
1. Possibly character sub would make more sense then?
2. I think at the moment you just create a thread you want
3. I think this point is still under development ;]
ha, I was rummaging through the old thread and found them as well 
1. Possibly character sub would make more sense then?
2. I think at the moment you just create a thread you want
3. I think this point is still under development ;]
ha, I was rummaging through the old thread and found them as well
God that post is so old, too. There were so many later ones. Ah, bless you pre-forum.bioware.com-transition banners.
Anyhoo, agree that a character subforum makes the most sense given our... interests.
For those wanting all cullen, all the time, the realdragonagefans "official cullen thread" has indeed taken off. If the Solas thread is headed there, it might make sense for some.
edit: incidentally, RDF seems very free form, so while someone else created the 'official' cullen thread, we could just create a "Came for the Cullen, Stayed for the Company" thread. :shrug:
In contrast, the new BSN one seems like it will more closely follow the original BSN structure.
thinky thoughts.
God that post is so old, too. There were so many later ones. Ah, bless you pre-forum.bioware.com-transition banners.
Anyhoo, agree that a character subforum makes the most sense given our... interests.
For those wanting all cullen, all the time, the realdragonagefans "official cullen thread" has indeed taken off. If the Solas thread is headed there, it might make sense for some.
edit: incidentally, RDF seems very free form, so while someone else created the 'official' cullen thread, we could just create a "Came for the Cullen, Stayed for the Company" thread. :shrug:
In contrast, the new BSN one seems like it will more closely follow the original BSN structure.
think thoughts.
Thankfully we still have time, we can ponder on those options. Maybe some more people will come to the thread and voice their preferences. I still think that we could probably fit CFTCSFTC (lol) on any forum, we could always clear the rules with their creators. I'm more curious what kind of folk will end on different sites.
Edit: When I was going through DA2 thread, so many old names, peeps not active for the last year or two. I wonder whether the news will reach them (probably easy to miss when life takes over) and they'll pop in for the closing ceremony.
I suppose it depends on two things:
1. Do we want people to be able to find us? How will like minded folk know where to look?
2. What are the rules on any of those sites for creating a thread?
Plus,
3. What are the moderation plans on any of those forums? This is crucial as well, and I haven't heard anything about that yet.
aaand, I didn't think it sounded like you came up with it! It's actually been mentioned a couple of times in last few days as well, since it used to be a unifying principle for us. Back in the day of the awesome banner.
coughcough
Other suggestions/inspiration:
bwahaha! I suppose I'm one of the Cougars for Cullen crowd, then.
So far, I think I like Kitten Orphanage best as a new name. I don't have opinions on any of the new forums yet, though someone pointed out that one of the three main new ones allows smut, which may be excluded on the other two (the people in charge haven't been explicit yet about what they exclude.) But as long as we pick a single one to move to, I'll follow the majority.
Edit: forgot to put in my two cents on the first part. I think we want people to be able to find us, and since this forum will still be visible, even if frozen, through October, I think one way is posting our new home here several times in the final few days. Maybe posts on Tumblr and other places as well when we move. And some form of moderation is essential - even with it, we have had a lot of haters at times.
This place was all but deserted for months until they announced they were shutting down the forum, now everyone's posting all the time.
I wouldn't say it was deserted, since I always have it in my notifications.This place was all but deserted for months until they announced they were shutting down the forum, now everyone's posting all the time.
The "Came for the Cullen..." quote is from me actually I guess I meant it; I'm still here
I'm with Tish; my favorite is "Kitten Orphanage." Because I feel like that's who we are. We all have our different preferences; some play dwarfs, some play elves, some play boys, some play girls, some pro-chantry, some pro-mage, ALL LOVE CULLEN (haha well that part is true), some love Cass, some love Fenris, some love Alistair... but we're more than Cullen-lovers; we're BioWare fans and we're fun people and we love to chat about our favorite games. And we're cool and we're nice and we love each other just, I dunno. *puts on pink templar jacket* My fam! 
By the way I am doing a canon playthrough (no romance mods) and I had to hit "x" to skip through all of Cullen's dialogue b/c I still have the mod installed and it was very, very tempting
EDIT: Also something like "Kitten Orphanage" might sound less clique-ish and intimidating (since that has been a complaint in the past), like anybody can pop in and have a chat.
Fan of Cullen here;
My last play though, I romanced Blackwall. I'd played DAI 3 times, this being my third time. I had only played Trespasser once, with my Mage Trevelyan who romanced Cullen. Anyway, here I am at the end of the Blackwall romance in Trespasser and I get to Cullen for chatting about life.
And I swear, even though I knew the proposal wouldn't come, I was on the edge of my seat wanting one anyway. 
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In forum news:
So the Twitter thread is going to: http://bsn.boards.net/
The Blanketfort has also re polled, and they are going there as well. (although members heavily mention that they will be on 2-3 forums depending on their mood anyway)
And there is a rumor that at least one Bioware Developer made an account on there as well. (Hi, Irony)
Looked at the numbers as of Aug 3 12:30am:
I thought I'd share that for folks.
popping in to pass on the memo in case its of any relevance to your decision 
The Solas Thread has officially moved to Cyonan's BSN - Solas Thread 2 - Electric Boogaloo.
popping in to pass on the memo in case its of any relevance to your decision
The Solas Thread has officially moved to Cyonan's BSN - Solas Thread 2 - Electric Boogaloo.
Thanks my dear! Checked out your new digs, and they look great!!!
That's looking more and more like the place to go. Only awkwardness is the fact that there's already a cullen thread... 
Thanks my dear! Checked out your new digs, and they look great!!!
That's looking more and more like the place to go. Only awkwardness is the fact that there's already a cullen thread...
Yeah, I'm not really interested in squatting in someone else's "room." Seems very awkward for both groups. 
Yeah, I'm not really interested in squatting in someone else's "room." Seems very awkward for both groups.
Same here. Never been super keen on the 'Cullenites' tag either but that's just personal preference.
I'm pretty much with the others who have been saying they want to keep the company but no longer be strictly Cullen oriented. We could mimic Prince and be "Formerly Known As..." and just use a symbol.
Same here. Never been super keen on the 'Cullenites' tag either but that's just personal preference.
I'm pretty much with the others who have been saying they want to keep the company but no longer be strictly Cullen oriented. We could mimic Prince and be "Formerly Known As..." and just use a symbol.
I wasn't going to remark on the "Cullenites" tag either, but yeah, it's been mostly transformed into a disrespectful term for Cullen fans.
Same, with Tish and meanie, not liking the idea of going to a thread that was made by someone else (no matter how well-intentioned; and I haven't checked it out, could be a super nice thread) and not too, too interested in hanging out in a thread that is still Cullen-specific. Well, is there not an off topic sub-forum? Because really it's fine having a thread for people to gush about Cullen and his romance; every character should have that, no? Some of us could chill there as well. But then we have an off topic thread or something for us to hang out together and just dish about BW stuff in general.
Or we could just use a symbol. Yeah.
Apparently I already... had an account... with pro boards? o.O And was already logged in?? Except I don't know my password??? Luckily Chrome remembered it???? But I foresee this being an issue down the road
I'm "Artemis" at the BSN board.
Same, with Tish and meanie, not liking the idea of going to a thread that was made by someone else (no matter how well-intentioned; and I haven't checked it out, could be a super nice thread) and not too, too interested in hanging out in a thread that is still Cullen-specific. Well, is there not an off topic sub-forum? Because really it's fine having a thread for people to gush about Cullen and his romance; every character should have that, no? Some of us could chill there as well. But then we have an off topic thread or something for us to hang out together and just dish about BW stuff in general.
Or we could just use a symbol. Yeah.
Exactly. And if, by some random twist of fate, Cullen has anything to do with the next DA installment then we will have a Cullen thread to go to. For now, I feel like off topic and non-exclusive chatter is where it's at.
ProBoards hosts a bunch of different forums. I had one as well, but then you pick your specific handle for each case. Convenient, once I figured out how to reset my stupid forgotten password! LolApparently I already... had an account... with pro boards? o.O And was already logged in?? Except I don't know my password??? Luckily Chrome remembered it???? But I foresee this being an issue down the road
I'm "Artemis" at the BSN board.
Same here. Never been super keen on the 'Cullenites' tag either but that's just personal preference.
I'm pretty much with the others who have been saying they want to keep the company but no longer be strictly Cullen oriented. We could mimic Prince and be "Formerly Known As..." and just use a symbol.
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