Forums being discontinued?
Moderators: DJ LaBoss, michaelcurtis, finarvyn, Harley Stroh
-
- Deft-Handed Cutpurse
- Posts: 218
- Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2015 6:00 pm
- FLGS: there are a few but I dont really consider any of them as my main flgs
Forums being discontinued?
I noticed the forums aren't linked on the Goodman Games website any more, at least, I can't find the link, so I've been coming here based on bookmarks, but there's been nothing new for a while, is the plan to let these forums die off?
- BaophraT
- Hard-Bitten Adventurer
- Posts: 134
- Joined: Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:17 am
- FLGS: Rann sevenadurel ti Leclerc Kemper (a-barzh 2023)
- Location: Breizh Izel
Re: Forums being discontinued?
I've noticed that too. And I hope that the forum will continue to exist, even if I'm only active on it irregulary !
Ar gwir c'hoarierien a daol diñsoù !
- finarvyn
- Cold-Hearted Immortal
- Posts: 2600
- Joined: Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:42 am
- FLGS: Fair Game, Downers Grove IL
- Location: Chicago suburbs
- Contact:
Re: Forums being discontinued?
No one has notified me of any changes here. Perhaps an error on the Goodman main pages? I will ask around.
Marv / Finarvyn
DCC Minister of Propaganda; Deputized 6/8/11 (over 11 years of SPAM bustin'!)
DCC RPG playtester 2011, DCC Lankhmar trivia contest winner 2015; OD&D player since 1975
"The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs, He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own."
-- Gary Gygax
"Don't ask me what you need to hit. Just roll the die and I will let you know!"
-- Dave Arneson
"Misinterpreting the rules is a shared memory for many of us"
-- Joseph Goodman
DCC Minister of Propaganda; Deputized 6/8/11 (over 11 years of SPAM bustin'!)
DCC RPG playtester 2011, DCC Lankhmar trivia contest winner 2015; OD&D player since 1975
"The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs, He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own."
-- Gary Gygax
"Don't ask me what you need to hit. Just roll the die and I will let you know!"
-- Dave Arneson
"Misinterpreting the rules is a shared memory for many of us"
-- Joseph Goodman
-
- Far-Sighted Wanderer
- Posts: 14
- Joined: Tue May 05, 2015 1:41 pm
Re: Forums being discontinued?
Any update finarvyn? Things certainly appear to be getting the slow death.
-
- Deft-Handed Cutpurse
- Posts: 218
- Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2015 6:00 pm
- FLGS: there are a few but I dont really consider any of them as my main flgs
Re: Forums being discontinued?
I've been able to find the link to the forums, its just not the way I was used to finding it. On the "social media" part of the page on the right hand side, there's a link to the forum, it uses the goodman games dinosaur.
-
- Far-Sighted Wanderer
- Posts: 30
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2020 2:39 pm
- FLGS: Level-Up games in hastings, mn
Re: Forums being discontinued?
Thats a relief! Thanks for checking that out!
-
- Deft-Handed Cutpurse
- Posts: 218
- Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2015 6:00 pm
- FLGS: there are a few but I dont really consider any of them as my main flgs
Re: Forums being discontinued?
Still, it seems like the forums are quite dead recently, I wonder what happened.
- Bobjester
- Hard-Bitten Adventurer
- Posts: 160
- Joined: Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:40 am
- FLGS: Looking for one that doesn't withhold games from customers.
- Location: The Good Life
Re: Forums being discontinued?
I stopped getting email notifications, although I got ONE single notification today, link in the email to here, and I see that I had 38 notifications. I'll have to keep this window tab open if I want to keep seeing notifications.
“The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away...”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
- quark
- Far-Sighted Wanderer
- Posts: 10
- Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:32 am
- FLGS: Xenomorphe Sàrl
- Location: Genève, Suisse
- Contact:
Re: Forums being discontinued?
There was an issue with the forum mail server for some time. I discovered it a few months ago when I tried to sign up: I was able to create an account but I didn't receive the confirmation e-mail, so I couldn't activate it.
There was actually an error at the top of the screen that told me what the problem was [for those who care, the hostname for the certificate configured in the forums was a different one to the one in the mailserver]. I thought someone would notice this and fix it, but no.
Eventually I sent details of exactly what was wrong and instructions of how to fix it and after that the good tech people did fix it.
So that is the explanation for why you were not getting e-mail notifications for a while but they have now re-started.
There was actually an error at the top of the screen that told me what the problem was [for those who care, the hostname for the certificate configured in the forums was a different one to the one in the mailserver]. I thought someone would notice this and fix it, but no.
Eventually I sent details of exactly what was wrong and instructions of how to fix it and after that the good tech people did fix it.
So that is the explanation for why you were not getting e-mail notifications for a while but they have now re-started.
-
- Chaos-Summoning Sorcerer
- Posts: 791
- Joined: Thu Sep 30, 2004 1:47 pm
- Location: Louisville, KY
- Contact:
Re: Forums being discontinued?
Dieter Zimmerman
[[Faceless Minion of the Dark Master]]
[[Faceless Minion of the Dark Master]]
- quark
- Far-Sighted Wanderer
- Posts: 10
- Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:32 am
- FLGS: Xenomorphe Sàrl
- Location: Genève, Suisse
- Contact:
Re: Forums being discontinued?
This is very sad. I always feel a sense of loss when independent forums are closed down in favour of gated communities with Big Tech as gatekeeper.
- Big Mac
- Ill-Fated Peasant
- Posts: 7
- Joined: Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:22 am
- FLGS: Orc's Nest, London
- Contact:
Re: Forums being discontinued?
There is actually a forum announcement: The Goodman Games Forums Are Closing by Joseph Goodman too. You might want to head over to there.
I have come here from another forum, called The Piazza. And I found out these forums were about to close, when someone posted a Goodman Games Forums are Closing in our industry news forum. The Piazza is primarily set up as a forum for D&D campaign settings, but it has expanded beyond that. And we have had some level of discussion of Goodman Games products since The Piazza was founded. There were some folks who wanted us to set up a DCC forum, but we didn't have enough DCC fans onboard for that.
I'll go into more detail on Joseph Goodman's official announcement topic. But if some or all of you want to move conversations over to The Piazza, you are welcome to do that.
(For now, your time may be better spent going to the Save Page Now feature at the Wayback Machine, to archive topics you like.)
David "Big Mac" Shepheard
(Administrator over on The Piazza forums)
(Administrator over on The Piazza forums)
- herecomethejudge
- Hard-Bitten Adventurer
- Posts: 134
- Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:52 am
Re: Forums being discontinued?
Oh, that sucks!