Too much GOTD threads, and they all die quickly, confusing to see new topics. [Archive]

Emperor Megas

05-31-2016, 10:26 PM

The point of game of the day topics being individualized is to easily archive and search them. If it were the same topic it would be a complete clusterfuck that no one would bother with after the first page.

The GOTD topics are the only thing keeping the retro section of this forum alive in the wake of the Retro VGS/Chameleon and Mod rage drama from a few months back. I'll admit, I'm a big fan of his mini-review GOTD series, but even if I wasn't, the truth is this place was a ghost town for almost a year before he started them.

FieryReign

05-31-2016, 10:38 PM

Chameleon mod rage?

Emperor Megas

05-31-2016, 10:52 PM

Chameleon mod rage?Yeah. The last time this place was poppin' with non GOTD discussion was when the Coleco Chameleon fiasco was going on. Shortly after that (or perhaps during, I don't remember exactly) there was an unrelated kerfuffle where one of the mods here had a meltdown of sorts and banned a few people and locked the forum down barring any new members from joining lest they navigate through a pay wall in order to participate in discussion here, or at least that was the plan anyway.

The idea made about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine, and went over like a lead balloon.

eskobar

05-31-2016, 10:58 PM

KUDOS for the Game of the Day threads. Very fun, informative and very well written. :love:

FieryReign

05-31-2016, 11:51 PM

Yeah. The last time this place was poppin' with non GOTD discussion was when the Coleco Chameleon fiasco was going on. Shortly after that (or perhaps during, I don't remember exactly) there was an unrelated kerfuffle where one off the mods here had a melt down of sorts and banned a few people and locked the forum down barring any new members from joining lest they navigate through a pay wall in order to participate in discussion here, or at least that was the plan anyway.

The idea made about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine, and went over like a lead balloon.
That is weird. Seems like that whole chameleon thing caused mad drama, everywhere. For something that never existed?

Traffic was low, but now it's non-existent. I only check in here for the GOTDs, does celery post them on another forum? I have a feeling this place will disappear soon, whoever is maintaining it is probably sick of it.

Aussie2B

05-31-2016, 11:53 PM

If it wasn't for celerystalker and his dedication to GOTDs, this forum would be blank. No traffic. Ghost town. No new topics. Nada. Make a new topic if you want something to read. Hell, I see the admin of this place on other forums more than his own. Maybe pm him like a man and make a suggestion? You make a bitch-made topic like this?

I like the GOTD topics and am happy with them as they are, but Jesus Christ, could you possibly be more of a troll? I guess we can at least be glad that you just barely stopped short of calling him the F slur.

celerystalker

06-01-2016, 12:39 AM

That is weird. Seems like that whole chameleon thing caused mad drama, everywhere. For something that never existed?

Traffic was low, but now it's non-existent. I only check in here for the GOTDs, does celery post them on another forum? I have a feeling this place will disappear soon, whoever is maintaining it is probably sick of it.

I don't post these anywhere else, for better or worse. They started because when traffic here was really dying off, there was a suggestion that some users needed to commit to try to post new topics regularly. I don't have ingenious ideas for brilliant conversation starters every day, but I've played a lot of games, and I thought it might be good to talk about some of them that are really fun, but aren't the same top ten list fodder that's all over the internet.

The idea is to try and have conversation with the people here at DP. I like the people here, and just wanted to do something to help keep conversation going and maybe offer up an alternative to the norm for what games are talked about. So, they aren't anywhere else, because they're specifically meant for the folks here like Emperor Megas, Edmond Dantes, Daria, Aussie, bb_hood, Steve_W, Steven, sfchakan, FieryReign, Koa Zo, Tanooki, tom, eskobar, Niku-sama, skaar, RPA-203, Tron 2.0, FrankSerpico, ccovell and everyone else I've enjoyed talking to here (sorry if I left someone out, but I'm half asleep).

Truthfully, it'd be easier not to do them some days. It takes about an hour minimum each day, playing the game again to be honest and accurate, taking pictures, and writing it up. Sometimes I know I won't have time, so I put an extra together so I won't miss a day. I enjoy it, though, and it's fun to get to talk to everyone here, catching stories about the fitst time they played a game, the tangents like when the Terra Cresta thread basically turned into a Gondomania thread, and even the frustrations like today when MetalFRO shared a perfectly solid counterpoint about Sol Divide.

DP seems like it's crashing, but I'm going to keep trying to contribute as long as my real life and the site integrity allow, whether it's GOTD posts, commenting on other people's topics, or whatever else I can do, because forums with this concentration of level-headed adults aren't just all over the place for video games.

Anyway, point is I don't post this stuff to gain anything other than the fun of talking shit with good people. If they bother anyone, I'm sorry, but I'm just trying to help.

bb_hood

06-01-2016, 01:46 AM

, but Jesus Christ, could you possibly be more of a troll? I guess we can at least be glad that you just barely stopped short of calling him the F slur.

He got his panties bunched up over something someone said on the internet... again!

Yeah. The last time this place was poppin' with non GOTD discussion was when the Coleco Chameleon fiasco was going on. Shortly after that (or perhaps during, I don't remember exactly) there was an unrelated kerfuffle where one off the mods here had a melt down of sorts and banned a few people

Was more than one person banned? I thought it was just portnoyd, then portnoyd#2 then portnoyd#3.

DP seems like it's crashing,
Everybody keeps saying this in some form or another, but DP aint dead yet. Even tho there arent a huge amount of new posts, the site must get a decent amount of visitors. Its 2am right now and 83 people are viewing the Classic Gaming. There are some forums I visit that are really slow (Ibanez forums). Like only a few posts a month. Then there are other forums the have much more activity but 80% of the community has the mentality of a 6-year-old (rocksmith forums). Idk, I like Digital Press and even if it slows down I hope it does not dissapear.

lendelin

06-01-2016, 02:15 AM

RP2A03

06-01-2016, 02:28 AM

RPA-203

Close enough.

celerystalker

06-01-2016, 02:29 AM

Celerystalker, please keep them coming and in different threads. The short reviews are great, intelligently written, informative, and I love to read about games I have played, games I have merely heard of, and games which are sometimes new to me.

Great stuff, and thanks for investing so much work! I love your threads.

Thanks very much. :)

bb_hood-I wasn't meaning to say that no one visits when I said that it seems to be crashing. I very much like DP too! I was actually meaning that parts of the site aren't functioning correctly anymore, like it isn't being maintained. When I've posted for the last two weeks or more, the icons in the tool bar do not appear, nor do the ones in each sub-forum, like the little invaders, flames, ratings, etc., and it seems that other folks are having the same problem. I don't know if Nz17 quit, is taking a break, or what, but there's definitely stuff not working like it once did.

I checked his website out, and it looks like he's actually busy running for local school board office where he lives.

http://www.nz17.com/elect/

Oh, and RP2AO3, I got your name wrong because I'm a half asleep moron. I wanted to mention you because you offer a good amount of help to people in the tech forum, and even if I don't dig the show, you post a lot of funny Rainbow Dash posts correcting people's misplaced trust in other ponies. I don't know why, but it makes me chuckle. Plus, RPA-203 is the part name for a projector ceiling mount I was looking at online earlier.

I need to sleep now if my wife can find it in her heart and sinuses to stop snoring.

RP2A03

06-01-2016, 02:49 AM

RP2AO3

You were so close too. ;)

bb_hood

06-01-2016, 02:50 AM

bb_hood-I wasn't meaning to say that no one visits when I said that it seems to be crashing. I very much like DP too! I was actually meaning that parts of the site aren't functioning correctly anymore, like it isn't being maintained. When I've posted for the last two weeks or more, the icons in the tool bar do not appear, nor do the ones in each sub-forum, like the little invaders, flames, ratings, etc., and it seems that other folks are having the same problem. I don't know if Nz17 quit, is taking a break, or what, but there's definitely stuff not working like it once did.

I checked his website out, and it looks like he's actually busy running for local school board office where he lives.

http://www.nz17.com/elect/

Yeah, lol I guess I misunderstood what you meant by crashing. I hope Nz17 comes back. I really dont know why people were giving him so much shit. Regarding Portnoyd, he was kinda out of line in what he said to Nz17.. but maybe he deserved some lenienancy because hes been here for so long. Then people were jumping on Nz17's back for changing one word in a post. Like who the fuck cares that he did that? Well Tanooki did, he turned into George Washington and starting going on about free speech as if his rights were violated or something. Tanooki's original comment was so asinine (no offense Tanooki).. in the thread about positive portrayls of non-violent, non-athlete black people we get "Mike Tyson, but before he graped that woman". Im really not trying to pick on Tanooki, but Nz17 really diddnt deserve the backlash, and I think Nz17 was just like 'im done with this shit'.

You were so close too. ;)
For the longest time I thought your user name was RALPH

celerystalker

06-01-2016, 02:58 AM

You were so close too. ;)

I d0n't kn0w what y0u mean. :)

Emperor Megas

06-01-2016, 08:26 AM

Yeah, lol I guess I misunderstood what you meant by crashing. I hope Nz17 comes back. I really dont know why people were giving him so much shit. Regarding Portnoyd, he was kinda out of line in what he said to Nz17.. but maybe he deserved some lenienancy because hes been here for so long. Then people were jumping on Nz17's back for changing one word in a post. Like who the fuck cares that he did that? Well Tanooki did, he turned into George Washington and starting going on about free speech as if his rights were violated or something. Tanooki's original comment was so asinine (no offense Tanooki).. in the thread about positive portrayls of non-violent, non-athlete black people we get "Mike Tyson, but before he graped that woman". Im really not trying to pick on Tanooki, but Nz17 really diddnt deserve the backlash, and I think Nz17 was just like 'im done with this shit'.Nah, he deserved the backlash. Tanooki's Tyson comment was FUNNY AS FUCK, and the whole situation was laughably blown out of control by NZ17. As for who cares about mods editing posts and policing speech when they really don't need to; pretty much anyone invested in actual discussion that hasn't drank the SJW Flavor Aid. Dude literally...LITERALLY tried to turn Digital Press forums into a shored up internet 'safe space'. LOL

bb_hood

06-01-2016, 09:29 AM

Nah, he deserved the backlash. Tanooki's Tyson comment was FUNNY AS FUCK, and the whole situation was laughably blown out of control by NZ17. As for who cares about mods editing posts and policing speech when they really don't need to; pretty much anyone invested in actual discussion that hasn't drank the SJW Flavor Aid. Dude literally...LITERALLY tried to turn Digital Press forums into a shored up internet 'safe space'. LOL

Tanook's comment was only funny because it was just stupid and innapropriate. Im not offended by this type of thing but I dont think it was appropriate to be talking about rape in a forum about poitive portrayls of black people. DP is a pretty liberal web forum.. you can pretty much say whatever you want. Some other forums auto censor even basic curse words.

Tanooki

06-01-2016, 09:40 AM

Stupid and inappropriate was entirely the point of that joke.

And I have one for this topic starter. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and they stink -- like your opinion on the GOTD threads that keep this dying bird alive considering the site is on lockdown and the admin decided to go off and sit in a corner somewhere quietly to let it rot.

YoshiM

06-01-2016, 10:02 AM

I like the GOTD threads. I pop in a few here and there to read about games I missed and might be interesting for my kids. Well, if I can divert them from playing anything other than Minecraft when the missus and I let them play (with our children combined from our past marriages, we have a dozen so control is totally necessary).

I'm not near as active as I used to be as I only have time to really lurk. And it also seems my forum socializing went down the crapper from prolonged non-usage. Looking at my old threads and reading my new ones...sometimes I swear I read kinda on the dumb side. I also blame using my phone to post....just not the same as using a computer.

Dangerboy

06-01-2016, 12:26 PM

Notable Observation 1:
CeleryStalker is the only working defibrillator in this place.

Notable Observation 2:
This thread complaining about said daily posts has had more responses and activity than all but one GOTD post in the last month. Sometimes more than three or four GOTD combined. So it's clear people like it, but not enough to actually contribute or begin discussions on the GOTD Pages.

This makes it feel as if CeleryStalker's contributions are wasted here.

Course of Action:
I think CS should set-up his own site, hell wordpress.com would make it easy to have GameofTheDay.com - I think moving to his own site, away from the confines of a locked, dilapidated prison (yes, Registration is still closed) would bring more appreciation for his work. Not to mention the connected Social Media aspects of a WP site would get it out to more people.

Tanooki

06-01-2016, 01:16 PM

I agree with the CoA above, just paste it here for the locked in members until such time the board again will inevitably glitch and then swallow itself whole.

FieryReign

06-01-2016, 03:13 PM

I like the GOTD topics and am happy with them as they are, but Jesus Christ, could you possibly be more of a troll? I guess we can at least be glad that you just barely stopped short of calling him the F slur.

Your fascination with me is unhealthy. Let's come up with a new word, young lady. The "T" word is so played out and doesn't fit here. Jesus has nothing to do with it, leave his name out of it.

He got his panties bunched up over something someone said on the internet... again!
Co-signer, cheerleader, or alt account. Which one is it? None of them are anything to be proud of.

calgon

06-01-2016, 03:43 PM

It has been getting slower as more people move on for various reasons. There's still reasons to post here but we simply don't have the traffic or new blood coming in at a steady pace so I've already resigned myself to the day when it's finally gone.

There have been some good, great and ugly times on here. Never forget bio force ape 4 lyfe

Emperor Megas

06-01-2016, 04:22 PM

Registration is REALLY still closed? Just wow! The administrative butt hurt is real. :eek 2:

Tanooki

06-01-2016, 05:20 PM

And also MIA for nearly a month now too, and the other admin PapaStu hasn't been back almost as long (5 days sooner.) This is effectively the wild west here with no sheriff.

Leo_A

06-01-2016, 07:27 PM

I thought he'd come back, but his sole visit after his issues seems to have been a fluke.

At this point I imagine we're gone the moment that there's a technical issue that knocks us offline or at best, when the next hosting payment is due.

I'll be at AtariAge when this place disappears, not that anyone cares where to find me. ;)

Tanooki

06-01-2016, 07:51 PM

Yeah and I'm over at racketboy and neo-geo forums too. Unless the admins decide to come back and unlock the door, do something if possible to stave off or repair the damage it's just borrowed time now.

celerystalker

06-01-2016, 10:08 PM

FieryReign

06-02-2016, 12:37 AM

celerystalker

06-02-2016, 12:41 AM

Eh, I don't really want to do a blog. Whole point is to have conversation about the games. I doubt I'd keep up with it if it's just me writing to be read.

Gameguy

06-02-2016, 02:57 AM

That is weird. Seems like that whole chameleon thing caused mad drama, everywhere. For something that never existed?
From what I remember there were a bunch of people here including mods that were Mike Kennedy apologists, basically overlooking any questionable action he took with his campaign and disliking any post sharing doubt about the project or questioning his business decisions. With how the project ended it's pretty clear the doubters had the right instinct to question everything.

This thread complaining about said daily posts has had more responses and activity than all but one GOTD post in the last month. Sometimes more than three or four GOTD combined. So it's clear people like it, but not enough to actually contribute or begin discussions on the GOTD Pages.

This makes it feel as if CeleryStalker's contributions are wasted here.
It's a bit hard to contribute to discussions on games that I've never played, and I'm pretty sure most people here also haven't played them. They're just too obscure. I like reading about them as I'm mostly learning about new games that I haven't heard about previously, but I have little to contribute to those threads.

Eh, I don't really want to do a blog. Whole point is to have conversation about the games. I doubt I'd keep up with it if it's just me writing to be read.
Blogs have comment sections, it's about the same participation that the threads here generate. People comment about what you wrote, then the threads usually die.

I do like the threads as they're interesting to read, but they still feel like artificial activity for the forum. Forced in a way. Sometimes a dying forum should just be left to die, just sign the DNR.

FieryReign

06-02-2016, 04:43 AM

Eh, I don't really want to do a blog. Whole point is to have conversation about the games. I doubt I'd keep up with it if it's just me writing to be read.

Blogs have comment sections you can moderate yourself. Plenty of discussion can be had. You could always put a link back to here. Just a suggestion. Would you just stop doing them if this place poofs?

Niku-Sama

06-02-2016, 07:16 AM

With all the suggestions I've had to back up these topics, anybody have a suggestion for a simple way to do so aside from highlight, copy, paste and saving my photo files? That's not horrific, but I was just curious if anybody knew some lightning fast option. I doubt I'll do anything with them, but it might be fun to be able to revisit later if the site does go down one day.

there should be a print to file option in any browser.

as an example in internut exploder when you go to print you'll see an option called:

Microsoft XPS Document Writer
-or-
Microsoft Print to PDF

pick your poison because they both do the same thing and that's basically make an "image" back up of the page
I say "image" because its kinda half breed image text thing going on. the text is still selectable and some times it copies some of the extra stuff but the important parts will be there.

that way you can get responses too.

any way I have an Atari age account that I haven't used in a while and a Nintendo age one I used more recently for my NES tv registry
same name on both I believe.

I was considering racket boy because of the technical stuff and possibly assembler so if you see the same name pop up you'll know its me

speaking of backing up I should backup that minor mod to use component PS2 cables as sync on green RGB cables for the PSX

edit:

I wonder if some one would be willing to take over the forums.
some of these peeps that are big on you tube have been long time members of this place maybe they want to save and convert the content for their own usage.
Pat the NES Punk and LGR both have accounts here and they are quite old. but it might be another outlet for their fans plus they are on the same wavelength as a lot of us if you like them or not

mailman187666

06-02-2016, 09:07 AM

I don't post a lot here myself, but I do come on to read the game of the day posts. I don't really have much to add to some of those posts, because he usually covers the game pretty well.

It's funny because I like to go to hardcore gaming 101 to see if there are any new articles to read. I find that the game of the day posts are a great alternative when there isn't a new post on HG101.

I've been coming to this site for a long time and it's really sad to see that it isn't thriving like it once was. I'll keep coming back here, at the very least to read the topics, until the site no longer works.

Tanooki

06-02-2016, 10:20 AM

Eh, I don't really want to do a blog. Whole point is to have conversation about the games. I doubt I'd keep up with it if it's just me writing to be read.

I agree with that, except if you setup the right 'site' you can have a full fledged comments section below that allows logins from various servies (G+, facebook etc) like discus does. It would be no different than here, other than you'll have total control and can setup a far more appealing look and color setup for it too.

Just do it, then copy/paste a link here with a teaser sentence and a picture to drive the traffic away from this place before it dies and the readers are lost.

--mailman-- agreed on that post entirely, this is like a micro hg101 setup

snes_collector

06-02-2016, 03:44 PM

I have to agree with others, I enjoy reading the game of the day threads as well even though I usually do not respond. I definitely appreciate the efford CeleryStalker is putting in to keep this place going.

I would hate for this place to go under, I spend most of time I'm no here reading old topics, so much great information I would hate to see lost. I think many forum members have unfortunately grew out this hobby, whether due to retro prices or just life.

Dangerboy

06-02-2016, 08:16 PM

Eh, I don't really want to do a blog. Whole point is to have conversation about the games. I doubt I'd keep up with it if it's just me writing to be read.

There are Wordpress plugins for forums (http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/5-best-forum-plugins-for-wordpress/). All you would have to do it make the post blog, and then link it to the forum for discussion. You can use the Jetpack Plug-In to have it post the blog article to social media.

Moving Game-Rave to a WP site with the proper plug-ins was the best thing I ever did. The only reason I never instituted a forum was because I don't have the time to keep up with one.

Garry Silljo

06-02-2016, 10:08 PM

More GOTD please. Best reason to come here.

armonigann

06-05-2016, 04:04 PM

No, I agree with OP. I stopped coming to this section due to the GOTDs .. though they are cool it clutters the hell out of the section. Just my take.

Steve W

06-05-2016, 05:51 PM

I come to the Classic Gaming section mainly for the Game Of The Day posts nowadays. He likes obscure games and has similar tastes in gaming, so I'm always looking forward to what he posts about.

mailman187666

06-05-2016, 06:59 PM

celerystalker

06-05-2016, 07:17 PM

Maybe make a game of the day thread that links to each game of the day?

I'm looking for those TG-16 games (racing and Tennis) that has the RPG mode. I think if you linked each write up in a separate thread, it may be easier to navigate. Just a thought and just trying to help.

World Court Tennis anf Final Lap Twin are the games you're trying to find.

That's not a bad idea. I'll try and do something like that while I back them up when I find time.

buzz_n64

06-05-2016, 09:24 PM

Maybe game of the week would be better.

bb_hood

06-05-2016, 09:35 PM

Game of the hour, maybe?

Emperor Megas

06-05-2016, 11:26 PM

I'm not trying to sound like a broken record, but I have to ask. Those who are run off by the GOTD topics, what was keeping you visiting for the 6 months BEFORE them? Because there wasn't ANYTHING but the RetroVGS/Chamleon, and the usual AVGN and 'Beaten in 2016' posts being discussed before they started. It's not like GOTD topics are strangling the otherwise bustling, active forum. Before them the exact same topics would just hibernate on the first page for days and days on end.

Niku-Sama

06-06-2016, 04:53 AM

yea in all honesty I saw a whole page of new stuff (repliest and new topics) after a few days of only playing overwatch online.
I think they should stay where they are at, if some one is confused by them then maybe theres other problems at hand

mailman187666

06-06-2016, 09:02 AM

Oh I absolutely think they should keep going the way they have been. There were a couple of games I wanted to play but forgot the names of, so I suggested there be a separate thread that could help reference back to the older GOTD topics. Whether that happens or not, it's no harm to me. Just goes to show that someone (me) actually got some use out of the GOTD topics. I really enjoy Final Lap Twin on TG-16 by the way. The graphics are similar to F-Zero, just without the SNES scaling trickery.

dgdgagdae

06-07-2016, 09:46 AM

If I scroll to the bottom of the first page, the last reply was May 31st. So what can the GoTD posts possibly be pushing off the list that you want to see?

I used to enjoy coming here for the GoTD posts, but now that the Tapatalk plugin is broken or disabled, I don't even hardly ever look at the foum any more.

Leo_A

06-07-2016, 01:31 PM

They're not driving him or anyone else away, just look at his post count and records. He has 44 posts in 6 years with the majority made during his first few months at DP with wide gaps between each subsequent post. Heck, he hasn't even logged back in since he made it.

I don't see how we're losing even a semi-regular here. He's an infrequent poster at best and while there's absolutely nothing wrong with that and he has every right to voice his opinion and feel like it matters, I also don't think we should cater to the minority when the regulars that are actually keeping the dust off a few sections of this forum are in near unanimous opinion for perhaps the first time in the history of Digital Press.

They're easily enough avoided if someone for some reason dislikes these. If they're not even willing to look past them, their ties with DP even as a lurker were tenuous at best, in my opinion.

Heck, if I had my way we'd open this again to YouTube videos and get our crowd that likes to share their views in that manner participating more frequently again here after being banished to a dark corner of DP by our now absent administration.

WCP

06-10-2016, 03:00 PM

No, I agree with OP. I stopped coming to this section due to the GOTDs .. though they are cool it clutters the hell out of the section. Just my take.

Yeah, I agree too. Ever since the GOTD's really started popping up, I don't check here as often, because it seems like any other thread ends up getting killed, because they keep getting pushed down.

celerystalker

06-10-2016, 03:04 PM

Yeah, I agree too. Ever since the GOTD's really started popping up, I don't check here as often, because it seems like any other thread ends up getting killed, because they keep getting pushed down.

Just understand, one GOTD post happens a day. Each page holds by default 25 non-stickied threads. For GOTD threads to push one new thread from the front page, it has to sit unreplied to for 25 days.

Emperor Megas

06-10-2016, 06:44 PM

I don't check here as often, because it seems like any other thread ends up getting killed, because they keep getting pushed down.It only seems that way. If there weren't GOTD topics, any new topics would just sit there. Because that's EXACTLY what the 5 or so new topics a week did for months.

He makes one SINGLE game of the day topic a day. Just one, that's all. 7 in a week. If there are no other topics, it's because THERE'S NO OTHER TOPICS.

With that said, I'm actually sympathetic to those who want OTHER discussion besides the GOTD posts and suggest some of you create new topics and see how they fair.

celerystalker

06-10-2016, 07:06 PM

It only seems that way. If there weren't GOTD topics, any new topics would just sit there. Because that's EXACTLY what the 5 or so new topics a week did for months.

He makes one SINGLE game of the day topic a day. Just one, that's all. 7 in a week. If there are no other topics, it's because THERE'S NO OTHER TOPICS.

With that said, I'm actually sympathetic to those who want OTHER discussion besides the GOTD posts and suggest some of you create new topics and see how they fair.

Completely. I reply to most new topics myself, and honestly wouldn't care if somebody else wanted to do the GOTD topics. Sitting by and not posting doesn't seem like the thing to do.