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| The Frostbound Prince | Jun 3 2012, 03:57 AM Post #1 |
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If you can read this, you are not illiterate. Congratulations! Have a cookie.
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I started writing this just as a post in the Spam thread, but it warrants its own thread, I suppose, so whatever. Here it is. I'll try to keep this brief. (spoiler: it won't be) So, since it's been two weeks now and no one's bothered to reply, or possibly even read the two attempts at FF-y discussion I posted up, I'm going to say this one last thing on the subject, then that's it. So here goes: I asked over a month ago if people were interested in FF-related discussion-type threads. I asked how often we should do them. People more or less agreed they'd be interested with at least monthly discussions, and that they were at least vaguely interested in doing them period. Two weeks ago, I spent about 5+ hours typing up the initial two new threads, with the impression that, if successful, I'd add a few extra ones as time went on. I tried to find interesting concepts, and I posted 'em up and waited. ...and waited. And waited. And....nothing. So it's now into the first week of June, and despite multiple attempts to draw people's attention to them, there's been no activity. So I'm going to ask one last question, and that's that. Whatever the response, that'll help me sort out wtf happened when there were claims that these types of threads might be popular and yet half a month's passed without any activity in 'em. So, my question is this: Are you not posting in these new threads (the "FF Discussion: Favourite FF Female" and "FF Chain Game: Defend an FF Statement") because: a) I don't have time right now, but as soon as some free time opens up I'm popping over there and postin' some replies to rival Frosty's. ![]() b) I thought I'd be interested in these threads, but after looking at em, turns out all these ideas are pretty boring and I don't think I'll bother. c) I'm still interested, but the current topics are kinda blah. Maybe either tweak the topics a bit, or maybe we can all vote on the best topics for the next few attempts at similar threads to avoid this problem in the future...? d) I didn't even notice you posted them, my bad. Direct me to em and I'll check em out e) I can't be bothered to write replies, even if the topics might actually be interesting. Maybe I'll read along, but I'm too lazy to actually reply myself. I'm not even sure how I got up the energy to actually reply to this question with this answer, so consider yourself lucky I deemed it easier to copy/paste this answer into the Fast Reply box than to actually write things myself. f) I'd be interested in these ideas if they weren't run/written by Frost. His topics suck and he writes way too much and it's off-putting. I'd maybe think of joining in on discussions if he wasn't the one in charge of them g) I'll tell you myself, cuz your options suck. ...basically, I wanna know what went wrong, because the impression from previous threads on the topic seemed to show interest, and yet complete lack of even confirmation that other members notice these threads exist---let alone post in em---proves the opposite to be true. So what is it, FF8Kers? Did I just not give you enough time to pop down there and get into it? Are the topics themselves just lame? Or did we all just overestimate our own ability to reply to things? Lovin said something that bears repeating: We all need to start replying to one another's threads if we're gonna keep this place alive. It's a sign of respect and if we want to do anything but spam-thread-y stuff anymore, we need some other active-ish threads on here. If the topics themselves are the problem, we can fix that. But if it's just sheer laziness or ennui, I'm not going to waste any more of my time trying to revive this place if no one else is going to put a fraction of that effort into a quick, two-sentence reply. So yeah. tl;dr: What went wrong? Why have none of you bothered with those FF-y topics we discussed? Is it just the specific topics themselves, have you just not had the free time lately, are you just lazy in general, or is it simply because I was in charge of it and they were too long/boring/annoying/whatever to bother with? If it's an issue that can be fixed, I'll work to rectify it. If it's one that can't, I'm not going to bother whining about it any more. So lemme know. ttfn or something. Frosty out.
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| Lovin | Jun 3 2012, 02:29 PM Post #2 |
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I guess my response is that I haven't had much time lately, im actually on my phone responding to this now. The second discussion thread you mentioned up there requires a lot of time and thought put into it that unfortunately I haven't had lately. Also you misquoted me a little up there. Let me paste more of what I said in that post.
And I simply just feel like saying this again:
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| Mental Isues69 | Jun 4 2012, 11:45 AM Post #3 |
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Touch me and ill cut ur hand off with a rusty butter knife
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I honestly have not had time. I am sorry. Also, I've been reading them and trying to but I've honestly forgot a lot of final fantasy... I feel like I should replay the games before I can honestly make a post about it. I am loving the effort though. I am glad to see we are trying. I dont want this place to die out. |
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| The Frostbound Prince | Jun 4 2012, 04:28 PM Post #4 |
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@ Lovin: Yeah, I didn't bother to get your exact quote cuz I was writing this at like 4AM and hadn't expected to be writing at all, but yeah. Sorry to misquote, but uh, sorta the same thing, so whatev. But yes, I understand that people are busy and might not have time to reply, I just wanna be sure that's the reason and not something that I can possibly do something about. I'm also really feel bad about all the unlucky cr@p you've been through of late, Lovin, so hopefully when that gets worked out and you actually have some free time, maybe some of those threads might be a pleasant change of pace or something ![]() And @MI: Again, glad to hear it's only the busy part (and equal parts "need to replay these games", of course) that have kept you away. And thanks for the appreciation---I try, it's just when things are still just as dead as before I made the effort, it seems kinda---not worth it, ya know? So glad to know so far it's just being too busy. So we'll see how that goes. Laptop's battery is dying, and it's refusing to register that it's plugged in, so off I go. Later, maybe. ...if my laptop's still alive, anyway. x___X |
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| Lovin | Jun 5 2012, 03:40 PM Post #5 |
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Frost, for now I would try making threads that do not require pulling on all of our Final Fantasy knowledge, plus research. I think the reason people aren't responding to them is that they just don't have hours to sit around and think about or type up these responses you're wanting to see. I'm not saying you need to make super simplistic poll-like threads, but just something not as involved. You don't want to overwhelm the members that we do have posting. After a while if people being to post more in the discussion topics, then try throwing in some more serious and in-dept discussions. |
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| The Frostbound Prince | Jun 5 2012, 07:57 PM Post #6 |
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Mmm, technically both threads are set up in such a way that you could technically put minimal effort in (a one or two line reply to the chain game; a "this is my favourite female character in the series cuz she's awesome" reply in the Fave FF Female discussion thread), but yes, I do understand they're oriented much more towards lengthy discussion than a five minute fast-reply, so yeah. o___O Problem is, I think most still-active members kinda expect to HAVE to put in hours of thought and waste days replying to threads I start, so even if I were to post something a bit more simplistic, I'm still not sure it'd go over any better. Also, if the whole point is to revive interest in FF8 and other games in the series and possibly get our members (re)playing them, I'm not sure how much "is your favourite FF character a dude or lady?" is gonna actually inspire people to do that. ![]() Anyway, yeah, I will probably take your advice, Lovin, and try to come up with something a bit less..."advanced insanity" to start us out, but we'll see. Obviously this new idea won't take as much time on my part either to work out, but I really don't wanna waste more time for nothing, so I suppose I shall wait a bit more and see if anyone either happens to reply to the current threads, or replies to this and agrees they'll reply to something significantly shorter in content. So yeah. Anyway, since I don't wanna post more than necessary, I suppose this wraps it up, for now. Thanks for the feedback as always, Lovin, and hope you've had an awesome birthday. Now I'm off before my laptop decides to die---should probably funnel my energies into things I can do something about, so away now. Back later, mayhaps.
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| Josh | Jun 6 2012, 02:54 AM Post #7 |
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I've been very busy, I started a new job that has me working 12:30pm til 10pm. But due to the train schedule im out of the house at 9:20am, catch a 10:25am train, work, take an 11pm train home and finally get to my house at about 12:30am. I've been exhausted. Also, I echo what MI said, I need to replay some games before I can really talk about them. |
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