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Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Black Samurai on April 06, 2005, 08:46:45 AM
We all know that the forums have been dying a slow death here at psx2central. So what is going to happen? Are these forums going to be moved to a new location or are they just going to fizzle out after we move our separate ways?

What ever happened to that other site you guys came up with? VGN? I remember that there was a lot of work going into it but it just fell off the map.

Whats going on?
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on April 06, 2005, 08:52:35 AM
the forums will die out... psx3c may be born.... but with there being no main site..  doubtful.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Black Samurai on April 06, 2005, 08:54:52 AM
psx3central.com is already taken by SCEA
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: SwifDi on April 06, 2005, 09:40:36 AM
With all due respect to Bjorn, and whatever head honchos there are left... This is just a really shitty way to run a forum... This place would literally be nothing if regulars didn\'t bother stopping by frequently... I keep posting more and more over at offtopic.com, and just come back here from time to time and am always disappointed. Gradually I\'m probably gonna drift away from this place... its been on a decline for awhile, and is bound to hit rock bottom soon.

No main site. No new members.

These forums suck.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on April 06, 2005, 10:02:27 AM
don\'t let the door hit your ass on the way out..


no wait, let it.


personally this is my main "hang out" forum. I post at a few others but this one is like the pub where everyone knows your name....
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Samwise on April 06, 2005, 10:07:08 AM
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Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
personally this is my main "hang out" forum. I post at a few others but this one is like the pub where everyone knows your name....
Yeah, same here. At OT nobody gives a shit who you are, therefore it\'s no fun to post there. Sure there\'s more action making it more fun to lurk, but bothering to post? No thanks.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: unknown on April 06, 2005, 10:55:16 AM
i think someone should just make another god forsaken site.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: fastson on April 06, 2005, 11:00:00 AM
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Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
personally this is my main "hang out" forum. I post at a few others but this one is like the pub where everyone knows your name....


Same for me. This is my home on the internets.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: CHIZZY on April 06, 2005, 11:31:55 AM
me too. If this  place closes, I will be lost.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: shockwaves on April 06, 2005, 11:33:55 AM
Happened to me once at a Bjorn owned site, no reason why it won\'t happen again.

This is the only message board I go to, so it\'ll be a sad day when it dies.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: nO-One on April 06, 2005, 12:33:17 PM
This is the only place I really post on, my home away from home on the internet.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Blade on April 06, 2005, 01:18:53 PM
Well, I enjoy the forums.. although I\'m a regular at 3+ other boards too.. so..

Lemme just put it out there that I\'d be interested in contributing if there were to be a multi-platform sequel to PSX2C. (i.e. write IGN-esque reviews for games, likely PS3/Rev)
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Living-In-Clip on April 06, 2005, 02:23:53 PM
Just a matter of time before this site is gone all the way and none of us see each other again. i\'m sure someone will start another forum and try to relive the glory days, but it\'ll be a failed attempt.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: mm on April 06, 2005, 02:51:29 PM
post counts are pretty level per month over the last year

nothing can compare to the n64universe forum, anyways
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Sara on April 06, 2005, 03:01:52 PM
Despite my lack of posts, I actually visit and enjoy this forum more regularly than any other.  I might just shed a tear if psx2central forums died.

Or...I\'d have 30 mins of my life back every day.

I wub you guys.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: SwifDi on April 06, 2005, 03:11:28 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Samwise
Yeah, same here. At OT nobody gives a shit who you are, therefore it\'s no fun to post there. Sure there\'s more action making it more fun to lurk, but bothering to post? No thanks.


The place is just loaded with so many funny and ridiculous threads... The more I post in it, the smaller it seems to get.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: THX on April 06, 2005, 03:12:17 PM
this is my favorite forum, everything from mm\'s charm to racer\'s smell keeps me coming
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on April 06, 2005, 04:54:51 PM
I must admit,if this place were to close down, I would definately miss mm\'s musk.

Oh well, I\'m sure when it dies someone will find another small forum with dedicated but regular members, and we could mesh into their cojmmunity nicely.

Of course, not everyone would be able to make it, but it\'s bound to happen.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Titan on April 06, 2005, 05:05:45 PM
Quote
Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
personally this is my main "hang out" forum. I post at a few others but this one is like the pub where everyone knows your name....


Same here. I post at another forum but not regularly since it is extremely dead (and I go to GISN like once a month). If this forum goes, I\'ll be lost. Actually, I\'ll find another forum but it won\'t be the same since this is my online family and has been for 4 years.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: shockwaves on April 06, 2005, 05:11:03 PM
I\'ve basically been through this same thing before, as I already said.  I was a regular poster on the n64cc message boards before that site shut down.  It was bjorn\'s previous site.  No new site came when Gamecube came out.  We wanted to try to get the members to mesh somewhere else, and tried  a lot of things. We even tried to "mesh" in here, the way you\'re suggesting.  The ultimate result of that mesh...myself and Jamas are about the only ones left.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: clips on April 06, 2005, 06:38:56 PM
yea this is about the only site i post on...if this site were to go i\'d be lost as well. i agree with others here, it\'s like a small family we got here...
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: mm on April 06, 2005, 06:39:49 PM
<---- O.G.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: square_marker on April 06, 2005, 08:48:29 PM
I come here to hang out so to speak.  To have some nice postings with some people I\'ve become accustom to seeing.  It\'s all good from my stand point.  I don\'t care about any new members, not even the lack of actual videogame material here.  OT is where it is at anyway.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Jumpman on April 06, 2005, 09:20:00 PM
If this place goes to hell then wtf would I do? Build my post count on another forum then proceed to make fun of them? It just wouldn\'t be the same. :(

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Originally posted by shockwaves
I\'ve basically been through this same thing before, as I already said.  I was a regular poster on the n64cc message boards before that site shut down.  It was bjorn\'s previous site.  No new site came when Gamecube came out.  We wanted to try to get the members to mesh somewhere else, and tried  a lot of things. We even tried to "mesh" in here, the way you\'re suggesting.  The ultimate result of that mesh...myself and Jamas are about the only ones left.

Don\'t forget about me I was a regular at n64cc for awhile!
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Cerberus on April 06, 2005, 09:49:58 PM
I visit other forums, and other places on the net, so I\'ll always have some place to hover around if these forums shut down.

It will be sad though if/when it should happen. I\'ve been here for over 3 years now, and for me, it\'s the members that make the forums, not the site/console/game they were set up for.

I\'d be most sad about losing contact with the people here, this place has got a very unique sense of humour, and some quirky characters of the sort that is lacking on all the other boards I frequent.

I just hope this place doesn\'t die, but if it does, maybe we should all go and invade some other forum and turn it into PSX2C v2.0.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Phil on April 06, 2005, 10:49:08 PM
It\'s been tried before, anyone remember GameTrigger?  Ginko, where are you buddy.  Some of us tried to form up over there.  Didn\'t work.  If this forum dies, I probably won\'t take the time to post anywhere else.  I swear, I think the only reason i still frequent here is out of habit.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Avatarr on April 07, 2005, 12:37:07 AM
haha, 2010 when the PS4 comes out, this place will still be alive. >_<. 20 years later when everyone is old and hurting all over, we\'ll look back at old posts and grave dig a few threads and talk about how kids today are useless piles of poo.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Lord Nicon on April 07, 2005, 04:57:34 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Sara
Despite my lack of posts, I actually visit and enjoy this forum more regularly than any other.  I might just shed a tear if psx2central forums died.

Or...I\'d have 30 mins of my life back every day.

I wub you guys.

I know how it is. When i first started coming here, it took me almost 2 years to actually sign up and star posting.

..................................

But yeah. This is my main spot. I post on some other forums but some are so impersonal that its just not the same. Sometimes i wont post here for a while but i always come back. I dont know what it is really. Theres not too too much else that i do on the net that takes up my time like this place.

Whatever happens, happens though i guess.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on April 07, 2005, 05:32:34 AM
GameTrigger was great while it lasted. Then people stopped showing up.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Jumpman on April 07, 2005, 06:56:22 AM
Yeah I miss GT. I think I was a mod for one of the forums! That might just be my wishful thinking working up though.

I liked the music forum. Was leet.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: shockwaves on April 07, 2005, 07:50:54 AM
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Originally posted by Jumpman
Don\'t forget about me I was a regular at n64cc for awhile!



A few others were,  mm and Eik for example, but the collective group effort to move most of us here didn\'t involve you guys, you were already here.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: unknown on April 07, 2005, 08:54:49 AM
One day we\'re all gonna go on our pc\'s to visit the forum and it will be gone, I see this happening soon.  I have got to agree with samurai, this forum is a dead horse, doesn\'t even have a site anymore :(.

I love you guys.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: ROL Jamas on April 07, 2005, 09:33:48 AM
Yeah, tried it all before at the CC\'s...actually had some people go there just because it was there for about a year, then it officially died out and nobody paid for it anymore. Tried another site, didn\'t work, people separated, and Shocky\'s just about the only one I talk to from back in the day.

It\'s a shame to say, but it\'ll probably happen here as well...meh.

See Yuz.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Soul Reaver on April 07, 2005, 12:59:19 PM
I post over at Penny Arcade.

Losing these forums would suck though. Fond, dumb ass memories that still entertain me.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: shockwaves on April 07, 2005, 01:38:15 PM
You\'re just about the only one I talk to anymore too James.  That, and occasionally Derek.  You should see that kid...he has so much hair...it\'s like bizzaro orphy or something.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Titan on April 07, 2005, 06:44:28 PM
When the forums seem like they are going under, we should make a Screen Name/contact data base so we can all keep in contact.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Living-In-Clip on April 07, 2005, 07:51:07 PM
Say your goodbye\'s, it\'s on its way to being phased out.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Cerberus on April 07, 2005, 11:53:36 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Titan
When the forums seem like they are going under, we should make a Screen Name/contact data base so we can all keep in contact.


might be a good idea
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: fastson on April 08, 2005, 12:48:52 AM
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Say your goodbye\'s, it\'s on its way to being phased out.


Thats not what Björn said a few months back.

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This forum and the league sites will stay up and running as long as there are members coming visiting the site (and as long as we have the people who everybody here loves, yea, the mods! )


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this forum is going nowhere.... it will be up for a long time, as long as the members are here (and the mods for that sake). the BW is cheap and I like this place


You got owned back then, you said the site would be down within three months.

Björn > You
:)
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: ##RaCeR## on April 08, 2005, 04:59:03 AM
Dont let this place die out. Even if people don\'t post here as often anymore (hell, I haven\'t been here in ages) they should still keep the forums running.

They have been alive for well over 5 years, and there are alot of regulars.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Soul Reaver on April 08, 2005, 05:11:48 AM
5 years for me, wow.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Samwise on April 08, 2005, 06:25:30 AM
Hehe, I\'ve been coming here for 5 years, why should I stop now? I\'ll stop coming when there\'s only me and Jumpman left. ;)
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Ryu on April 08, 2005, 07:10:02 AM
Yeah, I don\'t see why this place should die or why some of you are anticipating its death now more then ever.  When it comes to the Internet, about the only sure fire thing that will always exist is search engines.  Forums and just about every other site will die for one reason or another.  Remember Daily Radar?  When this place does eventually go, I will miss the conversations, but I\'m not going to anticipate or think about it just yet.  I come here twice a day to check on things and although I don\'t post, I definitely enjoy reading the quips. :)
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: QuDDus on April 08, 2005, 07:23:44 AM
Yeah this place use to be the shit. I remember when I first actually decided to sign up and actually post.

I remember my first actual screen name I had here that got banned.:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
I was given one of those stupid avatars

After that I quit joking and signed up with a legit name and have been here ever since. It will be 5 years. Wow those were great times.

Now the place is like a ghost town.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Jumpman on April 08, 2005, 11:05:23 AM
It\'s surprising how many 4+ year regulars are still here. My account says sometime in 2002 but I registered the first time in Sept 2000.

I miss the glory days of console discussion. Where there would be debates, and I\'d flip out and throw every insult in the book mixed in with arguments.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: GigaShadow on April 08, 2005, 11:34:25 AM
I miss clyde and the times when trolls were given their special avatar.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: mjps21983 on April 08, 2005, 12:41:49 PM
I\'ll be going on 4 years here in September,  that seems like a long time for some reason.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Titan on April 08, 2005, 01:31:13 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Samwise
Hehe, I\'ve been coming here for 5 years, why should I stop now? I\'ll stop coming when there\'s only me and Jumpman left. ;)


Oh come on Sammy. I have such little of a life that I\'ll still be around.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: PS2_-'_'-_PS2 on April 08, 2005, 03:16:00 PM
This is leterally the only site i go to for "fun" for want of a better word, been her about 4 years...woohoo
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Coredweller on April 08, 2005, 06:03:27 PM
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Originally posted by GigaShadow
I miss clyde and the times when trolls were given their special avatar.
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psx2central.com%2Ftemppic%2Ftroll.gif&hash=1c5e7144c870789b6b6d2bc067f161faf50eae74)
:laughing:
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Evi on April 08, 2005, 06:32:52 PM
Almost 6 years here...if this site closed down...that would suck ass. The members here are like family. We all know each other, so that\'s really cool. You guys rock!

Quote
psx3central.com is already taken by SCEA
That doesn\'t have to be the only choice. I\'m sure we could think of something.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: GigaShadow on April 08, 2005, 07:55:46 PM
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Originally posted by Coredweller
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psx2central.com%2Ftemppic%2Ftroll.gif&hash=1c5e7144c870789b6b6d2bc067f161faf50eae74)
:laughing:


That rules...
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Avatarr on April 08, 2005, 09:15:58 PM
howabout gaysx3central! :D
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Samwise on April 08, 2005, 10:22:11 PM
Or how about gays3xcentral. ;)

That pouting pic rocks too. :D
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: SER on April 13, 2005, 05:27:50 AM
hey gays. I mean guys.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: ooseven on April 13, 2005, 05:33:41 AM
No lets have gays3xcentral

we can combine a PS3 forum ...with a forum used to plan world wide Gay pride marches.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: MPTheory on April 13, 2005, 08:37:37 AM
Damnit, I dont want to lose all the members here.  This is the first forum I ever joined.  Id like to make another site, but no one (with the exception of a few) seem to care for the idea.

I am working on a site now that will have a main page with lots of interviews and weekly columns.  Everyone is more than welcome to join once its up and running.  Its more or less graphic / multimedia / video based, but none the less, it could work as a new home.. if you bastards weren\'t so damned lazy, and moved your asses over. :)
Kisses
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Jumpman on April 13, 2005, 11:04:45 AM
I\'ll leave if someone doesn\'t fucking clean my house already.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Fayded on April 13, 2005, 04:52:13 PM
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Originally posted by shockwaves
I\'ve basically been through this same thing before, as I already said.  I was a regular poster on the n64cc message boards before that site shut down.  It was bjorn\'s previous site.  No new site came when Gamecube came out.  We wanted to try to get the members to mesh somewhere else, and tried  a lot of things. We even tried to "mesh" in here, the way you\'re suggesting.  The ultimate result of that mesh...myself and Jamas are about the only ones left.


How dare you forget me. Slut.

Quote
Originally posted by ROL Jamas
Yeah, tried it all before at the CC\'s...actually had some people go there just because it was there for about a year, then it officially died out and nobody paid for it anymore. Tried another site, didn\'t work, people separated, and Shocky\'s just about the only one I talk to from back in the day.

It\'s a shame to say, but it\'ll probably happen here as well...meh.

See Yuz.


I love you too, James.

No homo.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: ROL Jamas on April 13, 2005, 07:58:14 PM
Oh, and random numbers over here...I guess I talk to him, too...

...FORGIVE ME!

See Yuz.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: shockwaves on April 13, 2005, 07:59:24 PM
I\'d say you don\'t count cause you never post her, but your avatar is too cool to be held down.

Change your name to CD.  Now.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: SwifDi on April 13, 2005, 09:31:28 PM
Fayded... dang kid I haven\'t spoken to you in ages and forever!

<3
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Fayded on April 14, 2005, 02:51:33 PM
How the hell do you change your name? I\'m not making a new account, i\'m too damn lazy.

Didair! How\'ve you been dude?
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Halberto on April 14, 2005, 03:28:03 PM
lol that troll pic brings back memories
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: shockwaves on April 14, 2005, 04:09:30 PM
Bonus points: what was my first name on the cc?
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Titan on April 14, 2005, 04:22:02 PM
Quote
Originally posted by shockwaves
Bonus points: what was my first name on the cc?


shockwaves?
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: shockwaves on April 14, 2005, 07:12:40 PM
no :p
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: ROL Jamas on April 14, 2005, 08:19:20 PM
*forgot what it was*

Probably had something to do with Mallow, though.

See Yuz.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: shockwaves on April 14, 2005, 08:33:49 PM
That was my 2nd :p

Only needed it after the ROL related powers that be saw fit to ban me.  Assholes.
Title: The death of the psx2central.com forums
Post by: Halberto on April 14, 2005, 10:08:19 PM
I remember your Vivi avvy, that was cool.