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| Renee |
Aug 9 2015, 02:29 PM
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Councilor

Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland

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Just a heads up, for those who don't know, but still participate over at Beth. They're going to be making new forums, and from what I'm hearing, a lot of things are going to get demolished. Usernames, post counts, stars .... all of that is going to be started over. Actually, here, I'll just let Gstaff explain ... QUOTE Hi
We’re still in kicking the tires on Bethesda.net, and are very excited about the progress we’re making on the forums. We believe you guys will be happy with the changes and new features they will offer.
There are a few things worth noting at this time:
1) Usernames and posts will not be ported over. We will give folks a heads up as we get closer to the forum launch date so you can ready for the transition and claim your preferred username.
2) We will not transition all of our forums over at once. We want to make sure we’re testing functionality on the forums and gathering feedback from folks like you.
3) As forums transition over to Bethesda.net we plan to archive the existing forums so that folks can reference back to old posts.
Moving is never easy – there will be adjustments and we hope that you’ll pardon the dust as we all get used to our new digs. Knowing the longstanding efforts, love and attention, and general awesomness I’ve seen from all of you, I expect bigger and better things for everyone on the Bethesda.net forums.
Much more to come! Personally I could care less about my username, my post count, my stars, all of that stuff. I was worried I would lose all my old posts there, the stories, the good times, but apparently #3 takes care of that. They're supposed to archive the old forums, which means all our ("Our", assuming you participated over at Beth) posts are going to be okay, we just won't be able to participate in old threads. PMs are also not getting ported over, but those are easy to archive, of course. So in essence, we're all getting the banhammer over at Beth. yuk yuk.  It's all good though.
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| Kiln |
Aug 4 2016, 12:30 PM
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Forum Bard

Joined: 22-June 05
From: Balmora, Eight Plates

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At least they're not axing their forums like Bioware, which I can only assume is a bad sign.
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He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. - Friedrich Nietzsche
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| Kiln |
Aug 4 2016, 03:41 PM
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Forum Bard

Joined: 22-June 05
From: Balmora, Eight Plates

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QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Aug 4 2016, 06:54 AM)  It'd make a lot more sense than displacing an entire community like they're trying to do. Doing anything other than fixing the Bethsoft forums(it'd be nice to have a working search function over there) is just nuts. They've already got everything in place for running and managing the forums, a substantial memberbase that makes for a helpful community(and a free tech-support asset!).
Personally, I'm inclined to think that the move was always about purging the old guard. It would fit the trend in their games, for one thing, and reduce the criticism of their games on their forums, and the resulting conflicts(remember the Skyrim section shortly after release? *shudders*). And it would certainly fit the style of forum they seemed to be going for.
But maybe I'm just too much of a cynic *shrugs*
Didn't see this post. I hadn't really considered this but it sounds plausible. They're always welcome here.
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He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. - Friedrich Nietzsche
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| mALX |
Aug 4 2016, 06:59 PM
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Ancient

Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN

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QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Aug 4 2016, 02:54 AM)  It'd make a lot more sense than displacing an entire community like they're trying to do. Doing anything other than fixing the Bethsoft forums(it'd be nice to have a working search function over there) is just nuts. They've already got everything in place for running and managing the forums, a substantial memberbase that makes for a helpful community(and a free tech-support asset!).
Personally, I'm inclined to think that the move was always about purging the old guard. It would fit the trend in their games, for one thing, and reduce the criticism of their games on their forums, and the resulting conflicts(remember the Skyrim section shortly after release? *shudders*). And it would certainly fit the style of forum they seemed to be going for.
But maybe I'm just too much of a cynic *shrugs*
This is something that crossed my mind as well. We long term fans have more or less forced them to a standard that they used to enforce on themselves but no longer do. Maybe they are trying to break free of us "Fan-atics" and gear toward mass audiences that rake in much larger profits originally and then disappear after one playthrough so they don't have to spend so much time fixing the errors or explaining their lack of decent content. (But maybe I'm also a cynic, who knows? ) This post has been edited by mALX: Aug 4 2016, 07:12 PM
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| Callidus Thorn |
Aug 4 2016, 07:37 PM
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Councilor

Joined: 29-September 13
From: Midgard, Cyrodiil, one or two others.

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QUOTE(mALX @ Aug 4 2016, 06:59 PM)  QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Aug 4 2016, 02:54 AM)  It'd make a lot more sense than displacing an entire community like they're trying to do. Doing anything other than fixing the Bethsoft forums(it'd be nice to have a working search function over there) is just nuts. They've already got everything in place for running and managing the forums, a substantial memberbase that makes for a helpful community(and a free tech-support asset!).
Personally, I'm inclined to think that the move was always about purging the old guard. It would fit the trend in their games, for one thing, and reduce the criticism of their games on their forums, and the resulting conflicts(remember the Skyrim section shortly after release? *shudders*). And it would certainly fit the style of forum they seemed to be going for.
But maybe I'm just too much of a cynic *shrugs*
This is something that crossed my mind as well. We long term fans have more or less forced them to a standard that they used to enforce on themselves but no longer do. Maybe they are trying to break free of us "Fan-atics" and gear toward mass audiences that rake in much larger profits originally and then disappear after one playthrough so they don't have to spend so much time fixing the errors or explaining their lack of decent content. (But maybe I'm also a cynic, who knows? ) Well, since Oblivion and Skyrim were both judged against their predecessors and found lacking in many areas, it's pretty hard to deny that they're dumbing down their games. Systems and mechanics that used to require a modicum of forethought and planning(birthsigns, chance of failure, or classes, for instance), or that could cause problems if mistakes are made(attributes?) have been modified, stripped down, or flat-out removed. There's a definite trend in their games, and it's heading away from their previous target audience. It makes a certain amount of sense that they wouldn't want us on their new site if they're no longer making games for us.
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| Kiln |
Aug 4 2016, 07:39 PM
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Forum Bard

Joined: 22-June 05
From: Balmora, Eight Plates

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QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Aug 4 2016, 06:37 PM)  QUOTE(mALX @ Aug 4 2016, 06:59 PM)  QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Aug 4 2016, 02:54 AM)  It'd make a lot more sense than displacing an entire community like they're trying to do. Doing anything other than fixing the Bethsoft forums(it'd be nice to have a working search function over there) is just nuts. They've already got everything in place for running and managing the forums, a substantial memberbase that makes for a helpful community(and a free tech-support asset!).
Personally, I'm inclined to think that the move was always about purging the old guard. It would fit the trend in their games, for one thing, and reduce the criticism of their games on their forums, and the resulting conflicts(remember the Skyrim section shortly after release? *shudders*). And it would certainly fit the style of forum they seemed to be going for.
But maybe I'm just too much of a cynic *shrugs*
This is something that crossed my mind as well. We long term fans have more or less forced them to a standard that they used to enforce on themselves but no longer do. Maybe they are trying to break free of us "Fan-atics" and gear toward mass audiences that rake in much larger profits originally and then disappear after one playthrough so they don't have to spend so much time fixing the errors or explaining their lack of decent content. (But maybe I'm also a cynic, who knows? ) Well, since Oblivion and Skyrim were both judged against their predecessors and found lacking in many areas, it's pretty hard to deny that they're dumbing down their games. Systems and mechanics that used to require a modicum of forethought and planning(birthsigns, chance of failure, or classes, for instance), or that could cause problems if mistakes are made(attributes?) have been modified, stripped down, or flat-out removed. There's a definite trend in their games, and it's heading away from their previous target audience. It makes a certain amount of sense that they wouldn't want us on their new site if they're no longer making games for us. I wish I was disappointed but that forum has been so ridiculously heavily moderated for so long I haven't had a desire to go there for a loooong time.
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He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. - Friedrich Nietzsche
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| mALX |
Aug 4 2016, 09:02 PM
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Ancient

Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN

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QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Aug 4 2016, 02:37 PM)  Well, since Oblivion and Skyrim were both judged against their predecessors and found lacking in many areas, it's pretty hard to deny that they're dumbing down their games. Systems and mechanics that used to require a modicum of forethought and planning(birthsigns, chance of failure, or classes, for instance), or that could cause problems if mistakes are made(attributes?) have been modified, stripped down, or flat-out removed. There's a definite trend in their games, and it's heading away from their previous target audience. It makes a certain amount of sense that they wouldn't want us on their new site if they're no longer making games for us.
Agreed.
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| Winter Wolf |
Aug 5 2016, 07:41 AM
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Knower

Joined: 15-March 10
From: Melbourne, Australia

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Hey, I have just realized that I am one of the 'Treybabies.' A proud 2010 Treybaby! All grown up at six years of age. Well, maybe not grown up. Our doggie certainly did have a number of offspring appear during those tumultuous days of '10. How dare it when they tried to shut us off from the Oblivion fan-fiction! The indignation! I mean, I read about arrows flying across Chorrol, the city, not this site, lol and hitting the annoying Earana (and I mean the full width of Chorrol), mischief at the Academy with people hands being placed in water while they slept, axes and daedra smashing through the doorway into Jensine's Merchandise and the discovery that Simplicia the slow was inflicted with helljoint! How else would I have discovered these things? How else would I have so much fun reading these things if it wasn't for the creativity of the fantastic writers and members that shared the same passion for Oblivion? Unfortunately Beth have indeed moved away from that core beginning and reached out for a different target of audience... Glad to hear that Beth.net is looking to reboot. The site was absolutely shocking for reading and posting. I only used it to hunt down mods that I could add to Fallout 4, otherwise the site was pointless. I agree that one reason was to clean out all the unused members. I remember scrolling through them one day years ago, they certainly did have a large number of one hit wonders posters.
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Games I am playing- Dead Island Fallout NV/Fallout 4
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| mALX |
Aug 5 2016, 01:34 PM
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Ancient

Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN

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QUOTE(Winter Wolf @ Aug 5 2016, 02:41 AM)  Hey, I have just realized that I am one of the 'Treybabies.' A proud 2010 Treybaby! All grown up at six years of age. Well, maybe not grown up. Our doggie certainly did have a number of offspring appear during those tumultuous days of '10. How dare it when they tried to shut us off from the Oblivion fan-fiction! The indignation! I mean, I read about arrows flying across Chorrol, the city, not this site, lol and hitting the annoying Earana (and I mean the full width of Chorrol), mischief at the Academy with people hands being placed in water while they slept, axes and daedra smashing through the doorway into Jensine's Merchandise and the discovery that Simplicia the slow was inflicted with helljoint! How else would I have discovered these things? How else would I have so much fun reading these things if it wasn't for the creativity of the fantastic writers and members that shared the same passion for Oblivion? Unfortunately Beth have indeed moved away from that core beginning and reached out for a different target of audience... Glad to hear that Beth.net is looking to reboot. The site was absolutely shocking for reading and posting. I only used it to hunt down mods that I could add to Fallout 4, otherwise the site was pointless. I agree that one reason was to clean out all the unused members. I remember scrolling through them one day years ago, they certainly did have a large number of one hit wonders posters.  My original story lost 30 chapters when they changed the format in 2010. I don't know how they managed to only transfer two pages of a closed thread; but the stuff they lost was Eyja's attack on the Dark Brotherhood; Maxical meeting Foxy for the first time; and the death of Rona Hassildor; finding the Dwemer; meeting Kagronacl/Sage Vardengroet/Divayth Fyr/Clavicus Vile. All the OLD game places they visited are gone. 
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