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Topic: Is this the possibly worst idea we've ever had?
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Including the revote, moving here was probably the dumbest thing we've done.

We just cut off the supply of new recruits by isolating ourselves over here.

It all seems rather unnecessary too. What have we gained?

We have to use two different websites instead of just clicking a section on the front page.

I think we're doomed. DOOMED I SAY!

*grabs cardboard sandwhich sign that reads "We're doomed!"*

 

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*drags you outside and beats you stupid*

Now, don't you start putting doubts in my mind, about coming here.

[added Apr 10 2003 6:43PM]

As long as members still post on the main forum and other's with the Tag or possibly some other sort of link to GSF forums people will be curious and hopefully come here, hopefully.

 

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A good idea to do would be make a thread about GSF's new forum every other month to gain new people. Every other month so that we don't get a mass of spammers and annoyances all at once and then the forumers that annoy us will leave in the time of two months.

Yeah, it was crazy idea. Thought it was nice though.

 

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Hmm... =/ people might take that the wrong way...

Wait! I know, when one of us is making a normal topic at GS forums, after you finished doing whatever you usually do when making a topic

Put in the line at the bottom (or top) that says, 'This thread bought to you by [GSF] Forums!'

 

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First of all, we've gained a higher level of sophistication- multiple sub-forums relating to different components of the clan. Second of all, we've potentially started a new community- we have the only art forum (to my knowledge) in the entire forum planet system. That could go very far. Thirdly, I do agree that it will cut down on initiates; however, I also believe that we as a clan are approaching a critical mass- if we get too large, then anything resembling organization would become impossible.

 

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I think that will be best. That way a few people would notice at a time, so we don't get a bum rush of people running in here =D

 

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Oh look, I came.

Well, I had advance warning.

I see what you mean, though. The forum design is AWESOME, though. o_O That bar actually looks half decent.

 

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Im glad were here. It sort of reminds me of the old days. You know, back when LDL and P33K were around.

 

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Fletcher posted:

Including the revote, moving here was probably the dumbest thing we've done.




The revote was optional, moving here wasn't.

It was like you can move or have no forums. So I think moving here was a great idea.

 

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Well, I dont think for a while at least the GSF will have a lack of initiates, but I think perhaps voting requirements for entry to the clan should be changed, to allow more members in. I dont know all the possible ramifications for this, but its an idea.

 

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Christ, can we go a damn week around here without the constant "THE END IS NIGH!!" nonsense?

OMG A REVOTE THE CLAN WILL FALL APART IN 3 MINUTES!!! It didn't. Let it go. Stop bringing it up all the time. The revote happened and now it's long over. Let. It. Go.

OMG WE'RE CUT OFF FROM CIVILISATION OVER HERE! WE'RE DOOMED!!! Considering the level of posting here so far and the number of members this is just pulling shit out of the air for something to be a doomsayer about. Is it that people actively want to stir shit up for no reason or is it that people really are this paranoid about nothing?

As for posting over there every so often to draw people here: How about no. We already had and dealt with the initial spam frenzy and I don't want to have to deal with it again every other month. If people find it, fine, if they don't they must not be very bright considering how much it was talked about and we shouldn't want them here anyway.

Finally I think we shouldOMG! MY NOSE ITCHES THE CLAN IS DOOMED!!!!!

 


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We're all doomed to die anyway. Looked at it that way, our biggest mistake was probably to get born in the first place.

 

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It was either we move here, or we have no forum whatsoever.

 

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You get into Takuhii's stash or something? We voted on these things, that's why they happened. This Forum is already shaping up a lot better than the old one, and it's got some neat sections, and it reminds me of better times. Times where people just posted about things and stuff, not war and getting offended by a Top 10 humour piece.

It's better than nothing, and that's the only other option we had.

So, yeah, lay off the mexican laughing grass, that stuff's supposed to keep you relaxed, not make retarded threads. :P

 


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Might I suggest that you let things play out for a while before labelling those events as signs of the apocalypse. You have this tendency to jump at things before thinking them through from different angles.

I agree alot with Ninja Hamster - cutting the flow of initiates (which will never be cut off fully) isn't a bad thing in the slightest. We all saw what happens when the clan size gets bloated. And there is a lot of potential for these forums - because we can do practically whatever we want with them.

 


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Initiates will find their way here some way or another. I would have thought that having a smaller amount of initates would be a good thing for a clan this size. Especially when you compare it the the usual, oh say, twenty billion you usually get per month. Besides, you still have a fair amount of non-GSF folks over here. Couldn't they also one day become initiates? It's not like you're starved of people.

The only problem I can really see with the move is the "GameSpy Forums Clan" name when you're not really a part of the forums anymore, but the title is only for aesthetic value. Titles do not always necessarily depict what's actually underneath.

 

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