Author Topic: We tried our best ! (Read 3148 times)

BizioEE · « **on:** July 16, 2011, 02:37:50 AM »

We tried our best to keep this site alive, but now the end is very close; I can\'t open the archive anymore, and I can\'t revitalize old Threads which finished in the archive. Should I open again Threads that I and you already posted ? All is dead since a long time, no Mods, Admins, nobody seems to take care about PSX2 Central Forums apart from us, me, Zavijava, Viper, Titan, JBean, clips, GmanJoe, Living-In-Clip, Phil, Paul2, Nolaws, videoholic, fastson, THX, Cerberus, QuDDus, Kurt Angle, ajoh432, etc.

Thanks everybody, we will stay in contact via PSN :thumb:

Cerberus · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2011, 02:47:38 AM »

nothing seems different for me other than the domain name has expired. everything else still works.

in truth, these forums started "dying" the day the main site ceased to be. you can\'t expect a message board to thrive without the main site to fuel it, no matter how dedicated some members might be. it\'s a shame no one ever got the idea of relaunching it off the ground. I think had it happened, and we all got together to write reviews and shit like that, this place would still be active.

it doesn\'t help matters either not having any actual active admin. I think the only mod that comes here on any regular sort of basis is vid.

this will have been my 10th year as a member of these boards, by far the longest of any of the message boards I still frequent. shame it has come to this.

BizioEE · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2011, 03:18:11 AM »

I would try, collecting info, previews, reviews, articles, pics, movies, etc, and re-build this site from ground up. Just I need to know how to start all this, and to have permission.

Titan · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2011, 08:09:56 AM »

Quote from: Cerberus

nothing seems different for me other than the domain name has expired. everything else still works.

in truth, these forums started "dying" the day the main site ceased to be. you can\'t expect a message board to thrive without the main site to fuel it, no matter how dedicated some members might be. it\'s a shame no one ever got the idea of relaunching it off the ground. I think had it happened, and we all got together to write reviews and shit like that, this place would still be active.

it doesn\'t help matters either not having any actual active admin. I think the only mod that comes here on any regular sort of basis is vid.

this will have been my 10th year as a member of these boards, by far the longest of any of the message boards I still frequent. shame it has come to this.

This is my 10th year at the end of the month. Anyway, I have always been down to do some writing for the site. Problem was at the time, I was too poor to get a PS3 but that has since changed and I download demos and shit all the time. Now that I finally am employed too, I can afford games

This site has always been a part of my life, logging in everyday to shoot the shit with you guys. I\'d love to carry this on into a new site and take some time out of my day to help out.

EDIT: You know if bjorn doesn\'t renew the domain, one of us can register it.....just saying.

BizioEE · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2011, 01:38:33 PM »

Let\'s do it, and I\'m ready to help. It would be great to bring new life to this site, and new members to debate, I just need to know how to start the process.

BizioEE · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2011, 01:46:58 PM »

Quote from: Titan

This is my 10th year at the end of the month. Anyway, I have always been down to do some writing for the site. Problem was at the time, I was too poor to get a PS3 but that has since changed and I download demos and shit all the time. Now that I finally am employed too, I can afford games This site has always been a part of my life, logging in everyday to shoot the shit with you guys. I\'d love to carry this on into a new site and take some time out of my day to help out.

EDIT: You know if bjorn doesn\'t renew the domain, one of us can register it.....just saying.

Yep, I just read this :

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If you are not the current registrant for this domain name and want to register this domain, you may place a backorder. There are no upfront fees and no risk to place a backorder.

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If you are the current registrant for this domain name and wish to continue the registration on the domain, you must immediately contact the domain name provider and renew the domain name to ensure the name is not deleted.

Cerberus · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2011, 03:06:23 PM »

owning the domain is one thing, what about the server the forums are hosted on? what if bjorn takes it the wrong way and decides to shut the forums down altogether?

I\'m all for trying to get the whole thing up and running again, but I think it should be left to the gaffer to decide if he wants to continue or not before moving on.

Kurt Angle · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2011, 01:58:37 AM »

This place has been dying for ages. mm used to live on here but then just suddenly stopped coming. Many times I check to see who is online when I\'m here and its usually me and a bunch of spam bots. Pretty sad really as that would never happen with a regular admin here to take care of things.

BizioEE · « **Reply #8 on:** July 17, 2011, 10:47:18 AM »

Quote from: Cerberus

owning the domain is one thing, what about the server the forums are hosted on? what if bjorn takes it the wrong way and decides to shut the forums down altogether?

I\'m all for trying to get the whole thing up and running again, but I think it should be left to the gaffer to decide if he wants to continue or not before moving on.

So, we have to contact bjorn. Let\'s try.

Cerberus · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2011, 10:55:56 AM »

does anyone know his contact details though?

Kurt Angle · « **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2011, 12:44:52 PM »

does he have an email contact in his profile?

Titan · « **Reply #11 on:** July 18, 2011, 04:39:55 PM »

Quote from: Cerberus

owning the domain is one thing, what about the server the forums are hosted on? what if bjorn takes it the wrong way and decides to shut the forums down altogether?

I\'m all for trying to get the whole thing up and running again, but I think it should be left to the gaffer to decide if he wants to continue or not before moving on.

Without a doubt definitely. Whatever bjorn wants to do of course but if he says he wants to call it quits and not worry about it anymore, one of us should definitely take it up. Its definitely fucked up going behind his back and buying it without giving him the chance. He probably is just busy. Getting the domain is one thing but how would we transfer the forums though?

Cerberus · « **Reply #12 on:** July 18, 2011, 06:15:30 PM »

that\'s the thing, without the database, we\'ll lose everything

and then on top of that, there is the question of purchasing the latest forum software. we currently use v.3.5x, which I think is nearly 6 years old.

Kurt Angle · « **Reply #13 on:** July 20, 2011, 12:00:27 PM »

I got a message via PSN from Bizio. He cannot log in as he has a problem with his email but has heard back from Bjorn. He has no plans to bring back the site but will help us guys out if we want to continue with it.

Titan · « **Reply #14 on:** July 20, 2011, 12:07:45 PM »

I\'ve actually been giving this a lot of thought. I think instead of just letting the boards limp on, we should finally all pool our resources together and build a new playstation site like we talked about like 3 years ago. Make it interactive with users so they can contribute news, reviews, previews, etc. Guess mixing what the site used to be with new social networking. Just a thought. I have a job an all but I still have a lot of time that I can devote to doing work.

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Author Topic: We tried our best ! (Read 3148 times)