RIP Nsider

[Hiratai]

"We'll see you soon elsewhere on the Web"

That says it all

Right after that, however, it says the following

"NOA_ANDY"

we can conclude from this that we will never see nsider on thenternet, again.

I concur!

"the forums will be removed from public view."

They will still be there, just in private.

 

[GeekyGuy]

Right after that, however, it says the following

"NOA_ANDY"

we can conclude from this that we will never see nsider on thenternet, again.

Perhaps. We'll see...hopefully sooner than later. :'(

 

[jalaneme]

i used to go on that forums occasionally, but to be honest i never liked the forums anyway so i wasn't on there often, i know i won't miss it.

 

[coolbho3000]

It doesn't say they're dismantling the forums.

What they DID say was that they were shutting down the forums indefinately and hiding it from public view.

 

[Urza]

I went there once. There was a 400 page Naruto thread on the D/P WiFi board.

Never went back.

 

[Rayder]

I'm almost embarrassed to say that I had 7905 posts there.

I used to mess around there a lot before I got into the flashcarts in January 2007. My time at NSider steadily decreased since I discovered GBAtemp.....from constantly there in January 2007 to practically abandoned now.

Yeah, I used to actually BUY all my games until January. Geez.....what a waste that seems like now. LOL.

 

[GeekyGuy]

I'm almost embarrassed to say that I had 7905 posts there.

Nothin' to be embarrassed about.

Despite what "outsiders" might think, NSider had plenty to offer in the way of good game discussion. I'm proof that there were gamers of all ages and walks of life there. Sure, Power On was a bit like the town drunk, but the DS forum, as well as the Review forum, were pretty good places to hang out and talk games. I met a lot of very cool folks there to boot. Luckily through meeting them and becoming part of a Sages / KoH-only community outside of NSider, I was able to stay in contact with many of them -- it was the first place I went to upon reading about the closure.

 

[Da Foxx]

5771 posts O.o
How about a life

I was just going to quote Linkiboy and say the same thing.

I don't really care that place sucked it was a really big waste of time reading stupid posts. I saw a topic where it said that people can hack your Nintendo Wii if they knew your FC. I was like WTF and people believe it.

 

[modshroom128]

"We'll see you soon elsewhere on the Web"

That says it all

fuck me

your right, they are gone for good.
(i pitty the fact that i had 1.6 grand posts there too

)

 

[juggernaut911]

so their shanking the forums eh? bummer... had like 12 posts too!

 

[Opium]

"We'll see you soon elsewhere on the Web"

That says it all

Oh crap. Baton down the hatches!

 

[Rayder]

I'm sure they'll bring the forums back eventually. Those forums hyped many of their games for them and saved them a lot of time on support by peeps getting their questions answered by forum members. I honestly don't think they can just dump the forums permanently without losing something for having done so.

If they DO plan to permanently dump the forums, then Nintendo is dumber than I thought.

 

[GeekyGuy]

I'm sure they'll bring the forums back eventually. Those forums hyped many of their games for them and saved them a lot of time on support by peeps getting their questions answered by forum members. I honestly don't think they can just dump the forums permanently without losing something for having done so.

If they DO plan to permanently dump the forums, then Nintendo is dumber than I thought.

Nah, you're absolutely right. They know the value of free market research, and that's exactly what NSider has been for them. Pelord spoke to Andy yesterday (or today -- can't recall), and Andy confirmed that the closing had to do with the move of the online crew from Richmond to NYC. Andy isn't making that move, either. We'll definitely see an online community for Nintendo in the future, though.

Once again, though, if you notice some of the responses on this board (GBATemp) -- "that game sucked balls," "fuck me," and "baton down the hatches" -- you can see why I appreciated NSider. It was a nice change from what I see on most other forums. Sure, it could be restricting, but with that came a lot more productive conversation about games.

 

[Smuff]

Well fuck me
That game sucked balls
Batten down the hatches

 

[Mangofett]

I'm sure they'll bring the forums back eventually. Those forums hyped many of their games for them and saved them a lot of time on support by peeps getting their questions answered by forum members. I honestly don't think they can just dump the forums permanently without losing something for having done so.

If they DO plan to permanently dump the forums, then Nintendo is dumber than I thought.


Nah, you're absolutely right. They know the value of free market research, and that's exactly what NSider has been for them. Pelord spoke to Andy yesterday (or today -- can't recall), and Andy confirmed that the closing had to do with the move of the online crew from Richmond to NYC. Andy isn't making that move, either. We'll definitely see an online community for Nintendo in the future, though.

Once again, though, if you notice some of the responses on this board (GBATemp) -- "that game sucked balls," "fuck me," and "baton down the hatches" -- you can see why I appreciated NSider. It was a nice change from what I see on most other forums. Sure, it could be restricting, but with that came a lot more productive conversation about games.

what

the reason i stopped going there is because of the lack of overall intelligence