Wizards will be shutting down the forums and deleting information/threads, effective October 29, 2015.
We encourage past and current users to retrieve any information you want to retain from the Community Forums for both Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering. The shutdown will occur on October 29, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. PT. We want to provide enough time for our forum members to move their content, and we recognize that given our forum's vibrant user base and extensive history, this may take time. Any information still on the forums on the cut-off date will be deleted.
well, that sucks.
Noctaem wrote:
Yeah I'm reading nought but bullshit excuses for what amounts to "We want to save money, screw you community."
Not to mention what's that do to Adventure League which is a WoTC thing and thus not really usable on third party websites?
Yunru wrote:
AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
Yunru wrote:
Good to know!
i remember this kind of thing happening in the past. Usually player designed content would be deleted and magically appear in a supplement 6-12 months later with credit being given to someone else. I think I will backup my spells. I have about 180 pages backed up from the D&DNext playtest period of posting.
AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
Yunru wrote:
AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
Yunru wrote:
AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
jaappleton wrote:
No,Noctaem is right. This sucks.
I am currently on GitP and Enworld along with here.... and this is by far the best forum of the three. There is more diversity and a wider selection of content.
And when I played Magic, this was (again) the best forum by far.
Facebook/twitter/tumblr is nothing like the same experience and simply cannot do what can be done on a forum such as this.
Let's set aside the efficacy of the forums here. I can see why they're retiring them, for all the reasons that they say and that have been raised here. What I don't see is why they can't retain an archive, as a way of, you know, acknowledging the decade+ of "vibrant user base and extensive history" of "a former foundation of our community" they've helped cultivate instead of simply saying "we acknowledge you".
The cost of maintaining an archive is minimal (especially since it doesn't require any staff), and the size of the benefit is enormous given the work we've put in here over the years.
See y'all on ENWorld.com
This make me sad.... 
Tempest_Stormwind wrote:
Anyone who want's to copy/move my guides /builds/ ect.. is welcome to it.
jaappleton wrote:
and it is up to us to evolve alongside our players
Tempest_Stormwind wrote:
jaappleton wrote:
Kron-Karn wrote:
This community is more helpful and knowledgeable than reddit. Reddit is also terrible for archiving information. I don't want to use twitter. The forum here was pretty active, even if a bit small. This sucks.
I moved my bard guide to enworld.
Not painful, assuming you use BBCode.
i.e. [color=
and [sblock=
Just some extra white space to delete, and need to wait 30 seconds between posts.
wow, this makes me a little sad. I've been here a long time.
jaelis wrote:
For those who do not know, EN world has opened a thread specifically as a lifeboat for the preservation of the content on these forums. If you have your stuff saved, and ready to repost, that seems like as good a place as any to start rebuilding your legacy.
So what forums are you all moving? Can someone who knows all these forums make a poll somewhere?
ZickZak wrote:
Wow, defintely not something I'm happy about. I've had a lot of questions answered here and never even looked at any other place except ENWorld, where I don't even have an account. This was the clear place to go and find DnD information.
I complain a lot about these forums and some of the endless personality conflicts on them, but at the end of the day they've made my DnD expeirence better. Hopefully I can find something useful when it all comes tumbling down, since as much as we may wantg to, it doesn't seem like there is any way to stop this from happening
I don't use reddit, or facebook and I only use twitter to ask a dev a question. I am not going to search all over the frikken internet for social media places to try and find information that currently is and should be readily available on a centralized forum.
I have an account at Enword and will probably be headed there for future discussions. Hopefully everyone with a guide posted here moves their content. (Makes me glad I switched to google-doc!)
mellored wrote:
My kitty avatar agrees 2 up-votes for mellored and
1 unspeakable manuever by my kitty avatar's Tail.
-ktkenshinx- wrote:
*grin*
Maybe Paizo will open a forum for those who feel abandoned for a second time! 
I'll be at Enworld still. Also, I made an account at the GitP forums, which I wasn't aware of before this thread. I'm sort of a forum junky, and mostly like to lurk while I kill time. Really sad to see these forums go, as they have their own niche which I rather enjoy.
I wonder if there's anyone who still posts that's older to the boards than myself (I've survived something like three board overhauls, which in forum terms is like living through a world war). There are a few old names I remember, in part because of a file of quotes from various posts or signatures accumulated over the years, but I'm sure there are plenty of others that lack such a convenient reminder.
You've been on this forum since before I properly knew what D&D was. Possibly since before I got the appeal of forums, period. It couldn't have been earlier than 2004 or so that I got involved in the RPG Maker 3 board.
I've moved out of forums before and been fine. My contributions to other forums have probably already disappeared, but at least it I had long since moved past thinking about them before they did. Being evicted is a very different feeling.
Will migrate my guides over to Enworld within the next month then.
mellored wrote:
Slagger_the_Chuul wrote:
mellored wrote:
See you all at EnWorld.
I'm sad to see this forum go, but it is not a huge loss. I completely understand their reasoning. It's just a shame of all the valuable resources here.
Zardnaar wrote:
Slagger_the_Chuul wrote:
>_>
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mellored wrote:
GladiusLegis wrote:
Overall, software wise, enworld seems to be a bit better and more robust.
Exept for the lack of many good smilies. Anyway to export them?
mellored wrote:
Slagger_the_Chuul wrote:
Sad to see the D&D Encounters board (which was really only left there as an archive, but it still had activity) go along with all of the content. It will also be sad to see the work of people who have passed on disappear.
I think from now on, I'll just keep my builds and stuff to myself. I can't be bothered to move stuff around -- it's too much like work, and this should be a hobby.
mellored wrote:
mellored wrote:
Not creepy or anything that you know that...
Sad 
This forum has had the best guides/charop for about a decade ... (well, except for the post 3.x forum disaster, when most of the 3.x people moved over to brilliantgameologists ... horrible gleemax).
I've put a thread over on Previous Editions General where I've posted my collection of quotes from these boards (well, mostly from these boards). It's a fun read as well as a reminder of a few old names, and if anyone has some of their own, I'd love to see them before it all vanishes.
What I want to know is, is there going to be some official place where all these social media posts are collected and organized so that I can just go to one place and read whatever I want rather than searching for answers to a specific question all over social media?
Dear Char Op,
I want to say thanks for years of helping me drive my DM mad. Whether it was my rogue/psion/shadowdancer/elocator that could walk on walls and spring attack from and back into shadows, my orbizard with the ability to incapacitate vast numbers of enemies who couldn't make the outrageous will save, or any number of other characters you helped improve, you made them more fun with your guides, combos, tricks, and critiques. I'm going to miss you. I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
-- Lord Nibbler
Hey guys, If you are looking for the place to go, I have found it. DnDForum at Forums for Gamers. It is devoted to just DnD, and is set up to provide all the same options we have here.
Enworld and GitP are good for what they are (I am an active member in both locations). But I spend most of my time on the WotC boards because I prefer them. There is a different attitude here, a different moderating feel, and a lot more variety in forum topics and threads created. We could try and ‘convince’ the other sites to greatly expand their forum offerings, but if they wanted that, they could have already done it.
dndforum is a much better match for what we already have, it already has all of the different forums that we are used to. The moderation policy assumes we are all adults. (Adults don’t have thin overly sensitive skin, but they also don’t toss juvenile insults) There is a *functioning* search feature, and you will be able to personalize the site with a number of skin options.
Since the forum is new, the members will have a much stronger influence of how it could and should develop. I think it is the best option for anyone that likes these forums, and suggest you give it a try.
Please note, the current look is the ‘default’ skin. That will change shortly, and you will also have a list of choices to personalize the look. Including uploading avatars and contributing artwork for the site.
I know some folks have started the move to EnWorld or GitP, but I really think dndforum will be a better fit for us.
You might want to check your link there Coredump00. I can work out where it's trying to point, but convenience is good.
Soooo ... 
... we're optimizing auto- Death Saves for Smileys now ??
fix for Coredump00's link ---> http://forumsforgamers.com/