Do I miss the "Old 'temp"?
Yeah, you better believe I do.
I miss the days when I had nothing to do other than fuck with people in the EoF.
I miss the old IPB format that I knew well and grew to love.
I miss the old people we rarely see anymore: TrolleyDave, Toni Plutonij, WildWon: People who I became close friends with, but we seem to have parted ways.
For the first point: I brought that on myself by volunteering to try and help a site I love so well.
The second: We had No choice. We had to evolve, or remain susceptible to the very same attacks that took us down.
Third: Life gets in the way. People change, and grow, and part.
So of course I'm nostalgic for the environment this used to be.
But that isn't to say that we as a community can't make this a great place yet again.
There is incredible potential here.
What we need is for You to step up and do your part to make us better,
rather than falling into the "hurr durr trollin iz fun" trap.
We need people willing to share the news they find.
We need people who share the ideas they have.
We need people to contribute their time translating the games that will never be localized.
And more than anything else we need people who can disagree with others without resorting to personal insults.
Because that is not the way to grow and expand this community.
We have to work together,
because separately we are mere drops that never reach the bucket.
Yeah, you better believe I do.
I miss the days when I had nothing to do other than fuck with people in the EoF.
I miss the old IPB format that I knew well and grew to love.
I miss the old people we rarely see anymore: TrolleyDave, Toni Plutonij, WildWon: People who I became close friends with, but we seem to have parted ways.
For the first point: I brought that on myself by volunteering to try and help a site I love so well.
The second: We had No choice. We had to evolve, or remain susceptible to the very same attacks that took us down.
Third: Life gets in the way. People change, and grow, and part.
So of course I'm nostalgic for the environment this used to be.
But that isn't to say that we as a community can't make this a great place yet again.
There is incredible potential here.
What we need is for You to step up and do your part to make us better,
rather than falling into the "hurr durr trollin iz fun" trap.
We need people willing to share the news they find.
We need people who share the ideas they have.
We need people to contribute their time translating the games that will never be localized.
And more than anything else we need people who can disagree with others without resorting to personal insults.
Because that is not the way to grow and expand this community.
We have to work together,
because separately we are mere drops that never reach the bucket.