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[Dalakaar]

My thoughts on the matter.

 

[felipejiraya]

Those who say BSN is toxic never really engaged here in the forums, there was so much more happening here even in the midst of the ME3 debacle. 

[Kaidan Fan]

I see so many names here (some I never talked to or only "liked" their comments) that I've read for so many years.  It is a very sad thing. 

 

But...to cheer us all up, if only for a moment: look at Kaidans butt! *points to avatar*

[CroGamer002]

People just keep bringing up how "toxic" this environment is to the point that its become meaningless. I've yet to see the level of fan engagement present here on any other platform.

And it's hilarious thing to bring up, as Bioware wants us to go to hugely toxic sites like Tumblr and Reddit.

[Furisco]

And Dice forums still there.

[laudable11]

Reading some of the happy responses from people glad to see this place go in other locations is heartbreaking.

I didn't even do any of the stuff they're talking about but because I've always been here I'm not welcome at these other places.

The hell man. Its like Bioware's sticking up for them and not for us. What gives?

Yeah, that shinobi602 or whatever guy called BSN a "cesspool of ****" on his Twitter. Man, l thought twitter was less toxic. These guys can't wait to talk trash. Its been less than a day for crying out loud.

[Ispan]

The first thing my brother-in-law (who doesn't play much bioware stuff and hasn't been a huge fan in the past) said to me today was "I can't believe they're shutting down the Bioware forums... that's so sad."  Even randoms don't like it

 

We're the outcast nerds of nerd-dom. Even the cosplayers are too cool for us.

 

I never saw much cosplay being posted on here so I never put mine up either.  Since I'll never have another chance...

 

Spoiler

[Kaidan Fan]

The first thing my brother-in-law (who doesn't play much bioware stuff and hasn't been a huge fan in the past) said to me today was "I can't believe they're shutting down the Bioware forums... that's so sad."  Even randoms don't like it

 

 

I never saw much cosplay being posted on here so I never put mine up either.  Since I'll never have another chance...

 

Spoiler

That's pretty amazing!  I'm glad I got a chance to see it on this super awful forum (Just kidding!) where we all hate each other (just kidding again! ) before it's gone!

[rpgplayer1]

Can the Wayback Machine be used to make snapshots of some forum threads?

 

https://archive.org/web/

[SKAR]

I've come to the realization that all these people who have doubts have got to go. This game is gonna be awesome. They've spent five years of their lives on this. They shown us trailers. they've tweeted info. we've seen leaked info. it's all gold. The people who have doubts don't matter.

[ModernAcademic]

Alright, I just have to say this:

 

The Admins and BW devs shouldn't complain about this forum. If they spent one day, just ONE DAY interacting in a Brazilian forum or Facebook group, THEN they would learn real fast what a toxic forum is REALLY like!

 

This whole affair just pisses me off! Do these people even know what some forums are like to determine what is toxic and what isn't? There's a whole level of moral degradation I'm PRETTY SURE these people know nothing about. And yet, they say the BSN is toxic. Why? Because some users have come here and complained about a thing or two about the games? Mind you, they weren't the only ones complaining about the same things. Things such as ME3 endings were criticized everywhere. Even by people who usually give BW products the thumbs up.

 

Toxic environment my a**! You think you know what toxic people are like? DO YOU? Spend a day having to endure the level of depravity, of general immorality going on in Brazilian forums and then come talk to me about toxicity. You have NO IDEA what it's like! TRUST ME! 

 

This is why people like me come here. Or used to come here. Compared to a Brazilian forum, this is a safe haven for having normal, healthy conversation.

[Dean_the_Young]

Well, it's a shame.

 

For all the warts, BSN was the place for Bioware fans to be with other Bioware fans and talk lore and characters. No other media really covers it. No other site really fills that niche. It was a great way for fans to talk to eachother horizontally, rather than vertically with Bioware and back.

 

Facebook really isn't the same- especially for someone like myself who doesn't do social media much. Comment sections in youtube don't have a community feel either.

 

Le sigh.

[felipejiraya]

Alright, I just have to say this:

 

The Admins and BW devs shouldn't complain about this forum. If they spent one day, just ONE DAY interacting in a Brazilian forum or Facebook group, THEN they would learn real fast what a toxic forum is REALLY like!

 

This whole affair just pisses me off! Do these people even know what some forums are like to determine what is toxic and what isn't? There's a whole level of moral degradation I'm PRETTY SURE these people know nothing about. And yet, they say the BSN is toxic. Why? Because some users have come here and complained about a thing or two about the games? Mind you, they weren't the only ones complaining about the same things. Things such as ME3 endings were criticized everywhere. Even by people who usually give BW products the thumbs up.

 

Toxic environment my a**! You think you know what toxic people are like? DO YOU? Spend a day having to endure the level of depravity, of general immorality going on in Brazilian forums and then come talk to me about toxicity. You have NO IDEA what it's like! TRUST ME! 

 

This is why people like me come here. Or used to come here. Compared to a Brazilian forum, this is a safe haven for having normal, healthy conversation.

 

BW would be shocked to see what happens on the mild Fórum UOL Jogos.

[Lyogron]

Tumblr is an echo fest of SJWs that will love/hate Bioware for literally anything.

 
Sorry dude, but "SJW" is unfortunately nazi terminology today. The people who are interested in social change and diverse visions of sci-fi and fantasy worlds however are the people upon whom BioWare has built their success.

I readily agree with most of the rest. facebook is a promotional platform, and a very bad one at that. twitter doesn't allow conversation in any sensible capacity. reddit is an indefensible hellhole with "downvotes" and special resting places for racists. Youtube discussion culture is even worse, but you all knew that.

But all that's not what BioWare intends to offer their fans anyway. What BioWare wishes to erase is fan-to-fan conversation first and foremost, and fan-to-developer conversation as an added bonus.

I've been stuck with playing eight year old BioWare for some time now – since Origin; plus whatever turns up on GOG eventually.

But this, this here, still is immeasurably disappointing. Quo vadis, BioWare?

[Zeroth Angel]

> GUYS YOU HAVE TO GO TO REDDIT OR TUMBLR GUYS

 

Oh this is just too much 

 

BW employees need their safe places because they can't handle people criticizing their games.

[PCThug]

> GUYS YOU HAVE TO GO TO REDDIT OR TUMBLR GUYS

 

Oh this is just too much 

 

BW employees need their safe places because they can't handle people criticizing their games.

Bullet proof windows, troll-safe doors...

[RealKorra]

guys, guys.

Unofficial Bioware Forums: http://biowaresocial...ork.boards.net/
she's working on it to preserve all threads and copying everything over as an backup information so all forum users can migrate to the unofficial forum when the whole forum is shut down on August 26th

[Dermain]

End of rine!

 

Ding! Dong! Bannu forums!

[Aliceeverafter]

So in order to get closer to your audience you're going to shut down the direct line to your audience.

this.

[Akir388]

I'm actually sad to see this place go...

 

I met the great guy who is now my fiancé on these forums, so this place is special to me 

[Matthias King]

Our players are important to us...

...we remain committed to our community

Nothing says 'we're committed to our community' like closing the community.

[Dobbysaurus]

I'm actually sad to see this place go...

 

I met the great guy who is now my fiancé on these forums, so this place is special to me 

 

Same here. No matter how annoying this place got at times, it's special to me too. Sad to see this place go.

 

Without it, we'd have never met our guys. 

[Aliceeverafter]

You are absolutely right on that point. As the years have gone by we have been spending more time on other sites and spaces and less time on our own boards. This was unfair to those of you who use our forums.

We took a hard look at how we were engaging our community, and made the difficult decision to focus on fostering conversations in these new spaces, and to close our forums.

New spaces?

Where exactly?

Just, y'know, where?

[Dermain]

Nothing says 'we're committed to our community' like closing the community.

 

They did that when they shut down off topic.

[Dermain]

Where exactly?

Just, y'know, where?

 

Tumblr and Reddit.