Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 21:33:21 GMT 1
Background
The original U.S. Forums were home to a good community for quite some time. A number of older members made over a thousand posts each, while a few went as far as making over two thousand each (myself included). Later, the "forum" button was moved from the website's navigation bar to the footer. Some time after that, the forums were "locked"--only a few players could still post. Months later, they were completely shutdown, never to be seen again. During the time that they were around, the forums became home to much information that is no longer available to the public--past competitions, past updates, a variety of logic tutorials, tons of suggestions, information regarding hundreds of long-forgotten users and games, etc. The old forums were home to a thriving community of builders and players--one the likes of which KoGaMa will probably never see again.
The Suggestion
The posts from the old forums are probably still stored somewhere--I seriously doubt the KoGaMa developers are reckless enough to completely erase years worth of threads (then again, they <i>did</i> kind of turn their American players into their personal guinea pigs--just sayin'). Thus, if that is the case, this information is just stored somewhere, serving no real purpose. I suggest giving it a purpose by making it publicly accessible.
Possible Options:
• Split up the forum into its constituent boards (News, General KoGaMa Talk, Requests, etc.) and offer each individual board as a free download somewhere (I imagine the file sizes would be pretty big, though)
• Start re-posting old threads on this forum or on the KoGaMa website (maybe have an Archive section under the News category)
Why the U.S. Forums?
I mean no offense when I say this, but the U.S. Forums were essentially the only real forums KoGaMa had at the time. The European forums were tiny and inactive, while the Tester forums only had a few posts. The Brazil server probably didn't even have forums at the time--and it appears their newest official forums were recently deleted.
The original U.S. Forums were home to a good community for quite some time. A number of older members made over a thousand posts each, while a few went as far as making over two thousand each (myself included). Later, the "forum" button was moved from the website's navigation bar to the footer. Some time after that, the forums were "locked"--only a few players could still post. Months later, they were completely shutdown, never to be seen again. During the time that they were around, the forums became home to much information that is no longer available to the public--past competitions, past updates, a variety of logic tutorials, tons of suggestions, information regarding hundreds of long-forgotten users and games, etc. The old forums were home to a thriving community of builders and players--one the likes of which KoGaMa will probably never see again.
The Suggestion
The posts from the old forums are probably still stored somewhere--I seriously doubt the KoGaMa developers are reckless enough to completely erase years worth of threads (then again, they <i>did</i> kind of turn their American players into their personal guinea pigs--just sayin'). Thus, if that is the case, this information is just stored somewhere, serving no real purpose. I suggest giving it a purpose by making it publicly accessible.
Possible Options:
• Split up the forum into its constituent boards (News, General KoGaMa Talk, Requests, etc.) and offer each individual board as a free download somewhere (I imagine the file sizes would be pretty big, though)
• Start re-posting old threads on this forum or on the KoGaMa website (maybe have an Archive section under the News category)
Why the U.S. Forums?
I mean no offense when I say this, but the U.S. Forums were essentially the only real forums KoGaMa had at the time. The European forums were tiny and inactive, while the Tester forums only had a few posts. The Brazil server probably didn't even have forums at the time--and it appears their newest official forums were recently deleted.