24-09-2003 23:53									#1
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I've noticed that some of the forums appear to be missing, like Dinosaurs in Other Games and maybe another top level forum from Other Games (Original Civ?). Is this by design? A cleanup on the server?

	25-09-2003 00:00									#2
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The Dinosaur forum is extinct.

Good thing too, since I won't accidentally select it anymore when scrolling up to Other Games.

	25-09-2003 00:12									#3
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It is? What about the posts within? Are they gone too?

	25-09-2003 00:17									#4
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All the old posts are archived here now.

	25-09-2003 00:25									#5
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Dino and Civilization: The Boardgame has been closed.

Dino simply because it was a dead game, and the Boardgame forum has been combined into the classic games as it didn't have mush of activity.

I think it more is a cleanup of the moderator rounds than a servercleanup... but I leave for Ming and rah to comment on that

	25-09-2003 01:46									#6
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Someone would spam the Dinosaurs forum and then months later someone would notice and the spammer would get a slap. It served no other function; good riddance.

	25-09-2003 02:01									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Gramphos Dino and Civilization: The Boardgame has been closed. Dino simply because it was a dead game, and the Boardgame forum has been combined into the classic games as it didn't have mush of activity. I think it more is a cleanup of the moderator rounds than a servercleanup... but I leave for Ming and rah to comment on that

It was neither a clean up of the moderator rounds or a server clean up. The reasons Gramphos gave are totally correct. It was just time to do it, and the Owners decided it was the right thing to do. The Owners restructure the forums whenever they see a need for it, and have the time to do it.

	25-09-2003 02:01									#8
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I think it's part of the tradition of this forum fading away.
I'll go somewhere and cry.

	25-09-2003 02:05									#9
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I think it's more a tradition of the one game not being released, and another games audience in total decline...

No reason to cry

	25-09-2003 02:41									#10
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I find it interesting that you write Owners with a capital O. I'm sure that pleases Them.

	25-09-2003 02:57									#11
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A moment of silence for Dinosaurs

*sniff*

	25-09-2003 02:59									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf I find it interesting that you write Owners with a capital O. I'm sure that pleases Them.

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Hehe, sorry, couldn't resist, please don't beat me.

Also, I think it was the right thing to remove the dinosaurs. I remember having a hard time once or twice resisting posting in that forum just becase...

	25-09-2003 03:02									#13
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Well I have been posting on-topic in the Dino forum recently. Just trying to keep the spirit alive

Dino: You will be sorely missed.

Allthough I can certainly see the irony in having a forum for a dead game about an extinct group of animals

Asmodean

	25-09-2003 03:20									#14
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We shalt miss thee Dinosaurs.

	25-09-2003 03:39									#15
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I never even knew the Dino forum existed

	25-09-2003 04:20									#16
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quote: Originally posted by skywalker I never even knew the Dino forum existed

Only the hard core spammers knew it existed

	25-09-2003 04:43									#17
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Damn, another source of +1's destroyed. *sniff*

	25-09-2003 05:23									#18
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* Ben Kenobi has a sudden urge to visit the 'Museum' with the extinct Dinosaur posts.

quote: I think I've got it!! Here's the intro!! *Fade in* What If *Fade out* *Fade in* An Asteroid *Fade out* *Fade in* Never came *Fade out slowly* *Fade in fast* *Scary music* And Dinosaurs survived *Loud bang sound* *Fade out*

That's actually a pretty good idea.

	25-09-2003 06:27									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Ming Only the hard core spammers knew it existed

I knew it existed..........oh, wait..........



ACK!

	25-09-2003 07:11									#20
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I had seen that forum listed in some other threads and ent to check it out...It needed to go. A general waste of resources.

	25-09-2003 07:51									#21
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How much database space and bandwidth does a dead forum take up, anyways?

It couldn't've been a lot of space--it was, after all, dead

	25-09-2003 08:04									#22
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I suspect they just got tired of going in there and cleaning out the spam.

	25-09-2003 09:03									#23
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quote: Originally posted by mrmitchell How much database space and bandwidth does a dead forum take up, anyways? It couldn't've been a lot of space--it was, after all, dead

Whatever resources that there was, they were wasted. That was the deadest forum I have ever seen. I think that Oerdin has it right. What's the point of having a dead forum about a dead game anyway?

	25-09-2003 09:16									#24
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apperently little to none. Which is why the owners removed the dead forum about the dead game.

	25-09-2003 09:18									#25
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We were the last site on the Internet to have Dinos coverage weren't we?

*sniff*

	25-09-2003 09:50									#26
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Why isn't the BNT forum closed if you're clamping down on dead fora?

	25-09-2003 09:52									#27
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Probably because Apolyton has BNT games running.

	25-09-2003 10:03									#28
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quote: Originally posted by mrmitchell We were the last site on the Internet to have Dinos coverage weren't we? *sniff*

For the record, Apolyton's "Dinosaurs" section is still online and archived at the address it has always been located at. The address is:

http://apolyton.net/dino

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	25-09-2003 10:04									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Gramphos Probably because Apolyton has BNT games running.

Correct.

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	25-09-2003 13:38									#30
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Off-topic:

Am I the only one who sees Htower's location field completely scr*wed up??