RPGWatch was going to shut down - taken over by Taluntain instead!

[mkultra]

not gonna call people out, he has the same user name here, one of the more frequent users on there (years ago), if you don't know him then what does it matter to you.. its just your ordinary piece of shit degenerate, nothing to see...

 

[Tavernking]

Now now gentlemen let's not start a witch hunt

 

[mkultra]

Exactly, some of these people have mental problems as it is already, don't make it worse.

 

[NJClaw]

Who?

RPGWatch. It's a site about watching RPGs or something, I think.

 

[Alphons]

 

[Maxie]

I hope Watch users come here to colonize and civilize the Codex, it's grown unbearable due to Trumplets and other fringe politician cheerleaders who have no interest whatsoever in gaming

 

[Wunderbar]

 

[mkultra]

I hope Watch users come here to colonize and civilize the Codex, it's grown unbearable due to Trumplets and other fringe politician cheerleaders who have no interest whatsoever in gaming

then this forum will be closing down in no time, you know maybe there's a reason why RPGwatch closes down and people left. this is a very active forum, if you don't like conservatives then maybe fuck off?

 

[Grauken]

I hope Watch users come here to colonize and civilize the Codex, it's grown unbearable due to Trumplets and other fringe politician cheerleaders who have no interest whatsoever in gaming

then this forum will be closing down in no time, you know maybe there's a reason why RPGwatch closes down and people left. this is a very active forum, if you don't like conservatives then maybe fuck off?

How about you fuck off?

 

[mkultra]

I hope Watch users come here to colonize and civilize the Codex, it's grown unbearable due to Trumplets and other fringe politician cheerleaders who have no interest whatsoever in gaming

then this forum will be closing down in no time, you know maybe there's a reason why RPGwatch closes down and people left. this is a very active forum, if you don't like conservatives then maybe fuck off?

How about you fuck off?

Why? i'm not the one complaining about the forum, i like it.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

not gonna call people out, he has the same user name here, one of the more frequent users on there (years ago), if you don't know him then what does it matter to you.. its just your ordinary piece of shit degenerate, nothing to see...

IT'S FLUENT ISN'T IT

 

[Maxie]

I intend to go 99% in Politics until R*ssia collapses and is divided between roving Mad Max bands
doesn't change that I've put in ~200h of gaming this year, simply no one to talk to about decent games here since all you chucklefucks are interested in is the newest coat of paint on Dark Souls

 

[A horse of course]

RPG Codex should welcome people of all political stripes, so long as power remains firmly in the hands of the libertarian right (DarkUnderlord), Varganite militas (Saint Proverbius) and Bourbon revanchists (Infinitron), and not one inch is ceded to chapotrannies (Wizardora) or chamber of commerce normalfag corporate lobbyists (felipepe).

 

[thesheeep]

I'm wondering how much of this is because Myrthos got some pushback about their uhm... views and realized that no, not everyone is on the far left side of political issues.
Although this might be more true for some of the regulars there than the actual management.

Either way, though, I get it. After 20 years of doing something, you've changed as a person and might wanna do something else. It is only natural.
I just wonder why Myrthos doesn't "just" hand over the reigns? If someone can be found that can be trusted with all that accumulated data - why not?

Then again, who the fuck would want to take over a 15 year old codebase probably with web dev libraries used by our forefathers...

Oh, well, looks like gamebanshee might be back as a regular news source for me...

 

[Deadass]

if you had any doubts about one of the people behind the trannification of the codex

wtf that's literally me

 

[Ismaul]

Oh, well, looks like gamebanshee might be back as a regular news source for me...

https://www.bluesnews.com/

Saint I think used to post a lot of news directly appropriated from Blues. It's not RPG-focussed though, there's video gaming in general and industry/hardware news too, but well sorted so you can easily skip what you don't care about. Better organized than the Banshee that is limited to showing 15 items with fancy graphics, and updated twice a day.

 

[Morgoth]

Refugees not willkommen.

 

[HiddenX]

Refugees not willkommen.

I'm longer here than most posters in this thread...

 

[InspectorRumpole]

Let the refugees stew 1 month in Prosperland, as a sort of rite of passage.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

Oh no! Sad to hear that.

And who will be our new rival?

 

[Turtle-Zone 3000]

Oh no! Sad to hear that.

And who will be our new rival?

The dex will have to invent one.

 

[Pladio]

Refugees not willkommen.

I'm longer here than most posters in this thread...

Me too, but not posted as much.

Also, for those who asked why he can't give to other people he explains it here. The short of it is the last sentence.

The To-Do list for RPGWatch to bring it a bit closer to this day and age is quite big. The main code base has not changed that much in 16 years. There have been changes over the time obviously, like adding SEO and increased security, but the fact remains that it is too much hassle to maintain and there are security risks. Then we have the forum software, which is old and the layout, which could use a refresher as well

In my opinion the best way forward would be to use an existing CMS that can be enhanced with add-ons and change the forum software to something like XenForo. The CMS and XenForo are maintained by others, so this would only leave the add-ons to maintain.
The database of RPGWatch has quite a few interdependencies to make sure that we can show you the right data. There is no CMS that can do this. However with some compromises I think it should be possible to use the add-on system of the CMS to add the most important functionality and make it good enough. After that the database needs to be converted to fit the new one.
I haven't invested too much time in this, so don't know for sure which CMS would be best, But my first try would be Drupal. Then again with the likes of Drupal, making sure you are using the latest version is very important as hackers are continuously trying to break it.

What would be needed are people who are good at PHP (for making the add-ons) SQL (for the database work), CSS (for the layout) and Linux (to keep everything operational). It might all be more efficient as well and you could move to a VPS, which would make the running costs lower as well.

There is no future in continuing with the RPGWatch code base.

 

[Angelo85]

Triumphus! Those among the vanquished who refuse to kneel shall be sent directly into the brofist mines.

 

[anvi]

I guess it makes sense to shut down when there are no rpgs to watch anymore.

 

[luj1]

I guess it makes sense to shut down when there are no rpgs to watch anymore.

tragic but true