Decrepit
May 18 2021, 10:45 AM
QUOTE(Sakiri @ May 18 2021, 03:43 AM)
Oh what in the fresh hell is this?
Discord *sucks* as a forum replacement. Has no search that I'm aware of, and moves so fast it's hard to come back to later.
Ooh boy this some BS
Yeah. Discord is a different kettle of fish. And like fish, it stinks. Stinks as a forum replacement, that is.
TheCheshireKhajiit
May 18 2021, 12:51 PM
I suppose it was only a matter of time after Microsoft bought them. A shame we couldn’t get more of the official forum long timers to join us here, but oh well.
Acadian
May 18 2021, 02:23 PM
We use discord to support Chorrol's ESO guild. It is very nice for coordinating events and excels at providing voice comm. Unless there are dramatically different formats used for supporting a forum, I can't imagine a forum (especially a large one) working with discord. The idea of posting/reading fanfic on a discord forum makes my head hurt. How would you even do that?
I'm so glad all the 'Trey-babies' came over here in March 2010 when the official forums went to a format that was unfriendly to fanfic.
If you have any TES friends still over on the old forums, feel free to invite them over here. The simple procedures for inviting/sponsoring a new member are in the top pinned thread in our News, Updates & Rules forum.
Sakiri
May 18 2021, 03:48 PM
Discord servers.. my wow guild server has less than 50 people on it and it's a pita to keep track of conversation even overnight sometimes.
I can afk from EnaiSiaon's discord for half an hour and lose track of stuff.
I'm a member of about 4 or so wow discord servers and a FFXIV one. The scroll fast and you have to mute the darn thing or your phone goes off every 2 seconds.
It's a batch of fresh hell.
mirocu
May 18 2021, 06:02 PM
Well, can't say I'm sorry for not joining Bethnet then.
Sakiri
May 18 2021, 06:27 PM
Dude I'm on Discord and avoiding it.
Apparently though the traffic was minimal. ESO gas had more traffic recently than beth net did over it's entire lifespan. People weren't using those forums.
mirocu
May 18 2021, 06:51 PM
I prefer the forum style and I am so happy chorrol has stayed the same as ever.
Did I mention I DON'T LIKE CHANGE
Sakiri
May 18 2021, 07:14 PM
Most people don't like change.
Sorta like how apparently YouTube no longer works with ad blockers.
mirocu
May 18 2021, 07:21 PM
QUOTE(Sakiri @ May 18 2021, 08:14 PM)
Most people don't like change.
Sorta like how apparently YouTube no longer works with ad blockers.
Youtube without an adblock?
Sakiri
May 18 2021, 09:11 PM
Yeah guildmates were talking about it today. One's YouTube wasn't working and the other asked about adblock since they apparently changed some backend stuff so adblock don't work.
TheCheshireKhajiit
May 19 2021, 01:48 AM
I may have done a bad thing over at the Beth.net forums. D:
I invited folks to let me know if they seriously wanted to join us here at Chorrol.
macole
May 19 2021, 02:07 AM
QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ May 18 2021, 07:48 PM)
I may have done a bad thing over at the Beth.net forums. D:
I invited folks to let me know if they seriously wanted to join us here at Chorrol.
No worries, I did the same. One of my offers Lena_Wolf signed on today
TheCheshireKhajiit
May 19 2021, 02:12 AM
QUOTE(macole @ May 18 2021, 08:07 PM)
QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ May 18 2021, 07:48 PM)
I may have done a bad thing over at the Beth.net forums. D:
I invited folks to let me know if they seriously wanted to join us here at Chorrol.
No worries, I did the same. One of my offers Lena_Wolf signed on today
Oh good! Lol
macole
May 19 2021, 02:25 AM
QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ May 18 2021, 08:12 PM)
QUOTE(macole @ May 18 2021, 08:07 PM)
QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ May 18 2021, 07:48 PM)
I may have done a bad thing over at the Beth.net forums. D:
I invited folks to let me know if they seriously wanted to join us here at Chorrol.
No worries, I did the same. One of my offers Lena_Wolf signed on today
Oh good! Lol
It would be nice if we get a few more.
TheCheshireKhajiit
May 19 2021, 02:27 AM
QUOTE(macole @ May 18 2021, 08:25 PM)
QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ May 18 2021, 08:12 PM)
QUOTE(macole @ May 18 2021, 08:07 PM)
QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ May 18 2021, 07:48 PM)
I may have done a bad thing over at the Beth.net forums. D:
I invited folks to let me know if they seriously wanted to join us here at Chorrol.
No worries, I did the same. One of my offers Lena_Wolf signed on today
Oh good! Lol
It would be nice if we get a few more.
Agreed!
Dark Reaper
May 19 2021, 09:42 AM
QUOTE(Sakiri @ May 18 2021, 02:11 PM)
Yeah guildmates were talking about it today. One's YouTube wasn't working and the other asked about adblock since they apparently changed some backend stuff so adblock don't work.
My Ad Block still works for Edge. Maybe the one for Chrome no longer works.
Sakiri
May 19 2021, 01:32 PM
I haven't bothered trying tbh. So idk.
mirocu
May 19 2021, 05:43 PM
QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ May 19 2021, 02:48 AM)
I may have done a bad thing over at the Beth.net forums. D:
I invited folks to let me know if they seriously wanted to join us here at Chorrol.
Don't invite the plebs here! I want to feel like a rich Crow by enjoying a place the commonfolk can't!
Also, my youtube still works with adblock *fingers crossed* *knock on wood*
Sakiri
May 19 2021, 08:49 PM
I still haven't tried. I can't wear my headphones. Cat likes the cord.
mirocu
May 19 2021, 08:58 PM
Dude, I'm ROCKING SimCity 3000! I bet that if I got rid of the high security prison, a lot of "very high" value properties would get to ASTRONOMICAL!
Also; bed soon.
Sakiri
May 19 2021, 09:39 PM
Zzzzz
Decrepit
May 19 2021, 11:09 PM
I've not watched a lot of YouTube today, am text narrating a YouTube vid instead. But what I watched has been ad-free. Then again, I use Firefox. If any browser can hold off add onslaught, it's Firefox. Brave Browser ought to be pretty solid to, as ad blocking is baked into it by default.
<sighs> Came SO close to having a first draft of my next YT TS2021 episode rendered during supper. Then with little more than three minutes left to add text to, the Render Buffer hit full. I needed to clear it and re-render the video from scratch. At an hour in length, rendering takes forever. I set it to render while I ate supper. That meal at an end, teeth brushed, I returned to the computer. Memory error. Filmora had stopped rendering, only a few minutes into the video. Had to exit out and restart the program. Did so. My video is doing okay, but has a LONG way to go before playback render finishes. Gonna be a long evening, I suspect.
mirocu
May 21 2021, 11:57 AM
Have to besikta my car today. Ugh. Usually never goes well. Last year they didn't find anything, until they themselves broke one of my brake lines. So it was bad but still, nothing else.
I bet today will be that something else.
mirocu
May 21 2021, 03:26 PM
Decrepit
May 21 2021, 03:59 PM
Well poot! Unpacked my recently arrived new computer desk. Planned to assemble it before lunch. Only, there is no bag/container of bolts, washers and assembly tool!. Don't want to return the desk as it meets my needs, or will when assembled. Sent a 'letter' to the seller via New Egg just now. Let's hope this will be a quick, easy fix. It's always something, it seems.
mirocu
May 21 2021, 04:00 PM
QUOTE(Decrepit @ May 21 2021, 04:59 PM)
Well poot! Unpacked my recently arrived new computer desk. Planned to assemble it before lunch. Only, there is no bag/container of bolts, washers and assembly tool!
Well, someone didn't shop at IKEA then
Decrepit
May 21 2021, 04:35 PM
QUOTE(mirocu @ May 21 2021, 10:00 AM)
QUOTE(Decrepit @ May 21 2021, 04:59 PM)
Well poot! Unpacked my recently arrived new computer desk. Planned to assemble it before lunch. Only, there is no bag/container of bolts, washers and assembly tool!
Well, someone didn't shop at IKEA then
I sure wish we had an IKEA here. Closest one is over an hour away. My car is too small to cart the items I'd like to buy there. Nor do they ship/deliver to my area.
Sakiri
May 21 2021, 07:57 PM
Closest IKEA to me is an hour and a half and they don't deliver at all. Instead they do in store pickup.
Not having the tool is one thing, I never use those as they're usually garbage. But not having the hardware at all is a problem.
mirocu
May 22 2021, 03:02 PM
QUOTE(Sakiri @ May 21 2021, 08:57 PM)
Not having the tool is one thing, I never use those as they're usually garbage.
I find they do the job they're intended for. Problem is you often wind up having loads of them after a few years
Sakiri
May 22 2021, 06:29 PM
See, I find they're poor quality and like to strip nuts.
I just break out my good set of hex keys. Because that's all they ever use. Hex keys. I have a good, high quality set of them. Long handles too, so it's easier to use.
Sakiri
May 22 2021, 07:51 PM
Today was ok. Went to minneslunden to leave candles for sister in law. Her ashes are buried there somewhere.
I've not seen anything like that in the US. Just regular graves, even for cremains. It's a memory meadow, lush green grass and a couple trees here and there. Quite nice. Too bad it rained. We left candles and talked about her a bit, then left.
Trash weather for a cemetery visit.
mirocu
May 23 2021, 02:22 PM
We've had not too much rain but too often. Hardly had time to mow the lawn
mirocu
May 24 2021, 03:38 PM
Making this post was super easy, barely an inconvenience.
Sakiri
May 25 2021, 05:30 AM
I've been passing out super early lately.
Exhausted because I don't get to sleep in the mornings due to cat.
Decrepit
May 25 2021, 02:13 PM
Taking off my athletic shoes at the end of today's exercise-walk, I found one shoe's sole loose at the toe. An order has been placed for a new pair at Amazon. I went ahead and order new house slippers too, as it's time to do so. Matter of fact I order the slippers I wear now one year ago as of yesterday. I dislike helping JB buy his 64th aircraft carrier, but buying shoes locally is no option for feet as small as mine. There's never anything worth buying in stock (or to try on for fit).
Now I have to survive the week on floppy-toed walking shoes.
On a more positive note, the smaller shelf brackets I ordered last week arrived. They replace two slightly too big brackets holding the left end of my computer desk's front edging in place. The desk looks as good as new now, except for all the gouges and where its finish has worn off.
mirocu
May 25 2021, 03:06 PM
QUOTE(Sakiri @ May 25 2021, 06:30 AM)
I've been passing out super early lately.
Exhausted because I don't get to sleep in the mornings due to cat.
Uuh, cat related sleeplessness is TIGHT!
Also, both car and teeth checkup passed with flying colors this year! ----->
Also also; Decrepit is keeping the style with new shoes!
Sakiri
May 25 2021, 04:17 PM
Small feet? I have slightly larger than normal feet I swear, because every time I find a pair I like, they don't have them in my size. I'm pretty convinced that Adidas, for example, doesn't even MAKE women's shoes in my size. Got a friend with even bigger feet, she's resigned to wearing men's shoes.
My winter boots are EU 40. And they don't allow me to wear thick socks. And they didn't make this particular pair of icebugs any bigger. T.T
mirocu
May 25 2021, 06:06 PM
My shoe size is bout 44-45. They need to be that big because of how the shoes are designed with a narrow point. THAT'S NOT HOW HUMAN FEET LOOK LIKE, GUYS.
Lena Wolf
May 25 2021, 07:32 PM
QUOTE(mirocu @ May 25 2021, 06:06 PM)
My shoe size is bout 44-45. They need to be that big because of how the shoes are designed with a narrow point. THAT'S NOT HOW HUMAN FEET LOOK LIKE, GUYS.
They do if you cut out a few extraneous toes. I'm not saying you have abnormally many toes, I'm saying the foot must fit the shoe, not the other way around. 😉 Some fashionable people actually really do that... Good thing I'm too stubborn to be fashionable. 😃
mirocu
May 25 2021, 07:44 PM
Well I guess I COULD rearrange them and have my big toe in the middle. Then again, I don't think I'd look good in high heels
Sakiri
May 25 2021, 08:05 PM
Lol
mirocu
May 25 2021, 08:10 PM
Hey, Saks. Can you dance to pop music in high heels?
Infa Red
May 25 2021, 08:39 PM
Decrepit
May 25 2021, 09:09 PM
QUOTE(mirocu @ May 25 2021, 12:06 PM)
My shoe size is bout 44-45. They need to be that big because of how the shoes are designed with a narrow point. THAT'S NOT HOW HUMAN FEET LOOK LIKE, GUYS.
Hmmm....my male size 7 feet are size 41 EU????? They somehow seem larger now.
(I suspect I'm 40-41, as sevens, as a rule, are a bit loose on me, in length, not width)
Sakiri
May 25 2021, 09:19 PM
I wear US mens 8 or so.
And yes Miro, I can.
Decrepit
May 26 2021, 01:35 PM
I use FireFox new-tab 'top sites' screen to house access icons for favorite frequently visited sites, as well as 'essentials' such as my weather-channel-of-choice, several important medical related sites and so on. Almost since joining Chorrol, it has been positioned at the upper left-hand corner, it being the site I visit most consistently. The official Bethesda forums, which it bumped, immediately followed it.
This morning Bethesda forums was 'unpinned', then 'dismissed'. Number 2 status now belongs to a SciFi-Fantasy book forum I frequent. The dead space created by Bethesda's loss has been filled, near the end of row two, by a Train Simulator third-party creator of steam locomotives and rolling stock.
Never thought I'd see the day Bethesda Forums wasn't a 'top site', though I suppose I should have seen it coming. (Fear not. A number of Bethesda game-related sites remain on the roster.)
Sakiri
May 26 2021, 03:02 PM
I still think their idea to move to discord was a terrible idea.
Apparently their forums don't get a whole lot of traffic though, and discord is free to use(Nitro is quite inexpensive too). They don't have to pay to keep the servers up for as little traffic as they got.
I understand why they did it, but it still sucks, even if I didn't go there.
mirocu
May 26 2021, 05:13 PM
Yeah. A company as big as Beth and with as many games as they now host should have an official forum methinks.
Infa Red
May 26 2021, 07:45 PM
Yea and also after a MicroSoft buy out, it just seems stupid and unnecessary because they for sure got the money now to keep a forum going. Also, before they banished, I was suggesting they just run more ads to generate money if thats the issue. As much as I hate ads, I'd rather see that then it disappear and go to Discord.
My notion, is its not money at all. That has nothing to do with it, Microsoft buyout and ability to run ads but not doing it is the proof there....
Its far more sinister. Its a move into what they think is the new age. And wanting to be "forward thinking". Which is a bad thing. Because so many comvpnaie are jumping head over heels into this new type of stuff, and not thinking how its actually not a real substitution, rather a completely different thing.
I am not putting Discord down. And its very good for what its good for, yes.. But in no way does it substitute a Forum. The pace and the general nature of it is not a substitute. It's different. And should be looked at as such. Sadly, as smart as we think these companies are, in reality, they are not always. They make stupid moves a lot. Then wonder why their company plummeted.. lol
That will not happen to Beth over this, no, this is petty, but I am just pointing out, they do not always make the best decisions when it comes to what they think as "forward thinking". And my gut feeling is this was one of them. Totally fueled by wanting to think to the future, be hip, do what the kids want, thats the direction of everything, so lets do it to to stay relevant, etc.. It was not about money.
Sakiri
May 26 2021, 07:46 PM
My wow guild leader looked at the web forums and their traffic. It's pretty low. That's probably why they're axing them. Too expensive for too few users.
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