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[Voxr]

Gif avi's on the VSN.


Just sayin....


As to how I found OT. Curiosity once I was getting a little bored with the pre release DAI forums. Once DAI dropped and the forums went cray cray, I went to OT and made my home. I only have been on BSN for a month over a year, but in that time in-between my **** posting and shenanigans, I met some cool people. Participated in a cool community, a wacky and weird one sure, but cool. And yeah I still posted in the other forums but OT was the place I was 90% of the time. I have never really participated in any forum or message board tbh. BSN was really the first, and it sucks that BW did what they did.

But at least I have a place to go and continue to be apart of that community.

[Reezus Christ]

Heh. Reddit. I have an account and am familiar with how to use it so I can keep up with GG news but it's upvote based forum style will never win me over. It's so counterproductive to good discussion.

As for this place, BioWare is actively trying to make the forum easier on themselves to moderate and intentionally push traffic elsewhere. If that means screwing up the game sections with spoilers and non-spoilers, or destroying the Off Topic section, then so be it. Even if they're pressured into bringing Off-Topic back, they will try something in future because their goals won't have changed.

I will probably delete my account once I've shilled for VSN a little more. Seriously, these decisions (not just the OT closing) are driven by BioWare's desire to stifle and choke the forum of life. I posted something similar when they got rid of Off-Topic groups and forced The Shelter to relocate. They don't want a forum community full of contributors, they want a hugbox and echo chamber to regurgitate marketing points. It's all about the appearance of a forum and a community, not actually having one.

Keep in mind, the VSN isn't just for Off Topic refugees, it's pretty welcoming as long as you can contribute to the community and exercise a decent level of self moderation.

http://vroomvroom.freeforums.net/

At ~50 members currently online, it already has 1/4th the member traffic of BSN.

Hell yeah! You should totes send a PM to everyone currently online. Only you though. With no help. To total BioWare Forum strangers. For no reason other than to shout out the VSN.

[Lady Artifice]

Maybe the worst part is knowing how little concern they have for our reaction. 12 minutes, and we're guided in here to howl at the moon about it until we eventually tire ourselves out. That stings a bit. 

[Voxr]

What's 12 minutes? Did they open it back up for that long?

[Gravisanimi]

What's 12 minutes?

How long we got between this announcement and the shut down of the Off Topic.

[Voxr]

How long we got between this announcement and the shut down of the Off Topic.

Ah... I didn't see OT was shut down until late afternoon my time.

Lame.

[Reezus Christ]

Ah... I didn't see OT was shut down until late afternoon my time.

Lame.

Yeah I woke up to the commotion myself. Had a few PMs inviting me to a group and a fallback forum. I didn't know what the hell happened while I was sleep yesterday.

[LPPrince]

What's 12 minutes? Did they open it back up for that long?

 

They posted the announcement of site changes claiming they'd close Off Topic, then 12 minutes later closed it. Giving no time for people to prepare.

[LPPrince]

Maybe the worst part is knowing how little concern they have for our reaction. 12 minutes, and we're guided in here to howl at the moon about it until we eventually tire ourselves out. That stings a bit. 

 

Its like, "Yeah, thanks, love you too Bioware, appreciate the heads up" /sarcasm

 

I mean damn, there are potions in The Witcher 3 that probably last as long as that heads up.

[Voxr]

Off Topic deserved a better ending™

[Elhanan]

Its like, "Yeah, thanks, love you too Bioware, appreciate the heads up" /sarcasm
 
I mean damn, there are potions in The Witcher 3 that probably last as long as that heads up.

This is when DAI is superior; it has a Pause function.... *smiles*

[SmilesJA]

Maybe the worst part is knowing how little concern they have for our reaction. 12 minutes, and we're guided in here to howl at the moon about it until we eventually tire ourselves out. That stings a bit. 

 

Forget that! I'll continue protest until the Off topic threads comes back!

[LPPrince]

Forget that I'll continue protest until the Off topic thread comes back!

 

Threads. Plural. Please let them bring back all, not just one.

[Fast Jimmy]

Off Topic deserved a better ending™

 

Hold the Line!

[LPPrince]

Off Topic deserved a better ending™

 

Deserved no ending in the first place but lol

[Fast Jimmy]

Its like, "Yeah, thanks, love you too Bioware, appreciate the heads up" /sarcasm

 

I mean damn, there are potions in The Witcher 3 that probably last as long as that heads up.

 

I'm actually really surprised I had time to see the news and make a thread about it in that amount of time. Guess I was kind of lucky it occurred right during my lunch.

 

 

As lucky as one can be in such a situation, at least.

[LPPrince]

Hold the Line!

 

Oh God I'm Captain Kirrahe.

[LPPrince]

I'm actually really surprised I had time to see the news and make a thread about it in that amount of time. Guess I was kind of lucky it occurred right during my lunch.

 

 

As lucky as one can be in such a situation, at least.

 

Yeah, "luck". I guess. It got closed anyway.

[Monica21]

Gif avi's on the VSN.


Just sayin....

Please tell me there's a way to turn it off. I have a seizure disorder. (Seriously.)

[LPPrince]

Please tell me there's a way to turn it off. I have a seizure disorder. (Seriously.)

 

Yikes. This place did you a favor.

[Voxr]

Please tell me there's a way to turn it off. I have a seizure disorder. (Seriously.)

You can turn avatars off in your settings menu.

[Monica21]

Yikes. This place did you a favor.

Eh? I'm also pretty obtuse sometimes.

[LPPrince]

Eh? I'm also pretty obtuse sometimes.

 

BSN had gif avatars. Then when it went back to being a forum they disabled gif avatars.

[Monica21]

BSN had gif avatars. Then when it went back to being a forum they disabled gif avatars.

I do not remember that. Maybe I had them turned off or it was a browser thing.

[LPPrince]

I do not remember that. Maybe I had them turned off or it was a browser thing.

 

You missed out on many an avatar.