WotC Forums closing?!

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#1

kronos182

Sep 18, 2015 22:26:30

So I don't know if anyone here has heard yet.. but supposedly It's closing in October

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/wizards-coast-community-forums-be-shut-down-2015-09-16

 

http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2896-WotC-To-Close-Forums-Including-D-D-and-M-tG#.VfzwmBFVhBc

 

I guess I should start moving all my stuff over there.. I keep forgetting about that site as I had been frequenting here far more.. although I haven't been posting much lately. Maybe new site (ok, old really) with more user input might get the creative juices flowing more...

#2

marcoasalazarm2

Sep 19, 2015 1:59:54

There is absolutely no lack of rude words that I wish to use for such a decision, but I don't want to risk something like permanent banning from the current forums and whatever remains as a Community afterwards with the barrage of insults I am now saying aloud.

 

I.... I... I'm sorry, but Twitter is only good to say "we are releasing a product" and maybe say "it's good" or "ir sucks". It is absolutely NOT enough for discussion.

 

And where else to put this stuff? EnWorld is good, but for the love of...

 

The only way to say it nicely is that it's a dumb move. That is what it is. A DUMB move.

#3

ennervance

Sep 26, 2015 21:06:19

I sure hadn't heard. I came to the boards today because d20 modern was on the brain - wanted to develop a 'hobbies' option similar to 'occupations', and was going to solicit feedback. Glad that I visited, though. Thanks for posting this, because otherwise I would have missed it completely.

 

I was halfway through a ginormous post when I realized - there's no point. After the end of next month, it will be gone. Nothing I can say, or do, or examples I can give, will change their minds at this point. So instead I'm going to go save the charop builds for the classes I may play over the next few years, and mourn the loss of history this represents. I know it's not the first time they've done it; we've lost a fair amount every time they've moved to new forums. But in the past, they've chosen just to prune the oldest and least-used material, whereas this seems to be a complete abandonment of the medium.

 

Having an official, centralized location for all of this has been fantastic. Its loss will be sorely felt. I wish all the rest of you many years of happy gaming, and bid you all adieu. May your tables be full and your dice land un-cocked.

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kronos182

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