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How long will this forum live?

Postby Maxilos » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:07 am

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but the question just came to my mind when my most favorite forum for making sprites (bbshrine.com/ubercow.ubershrine.net) was gone. Will it be gone when FOF is dead too?
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby nwru » Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:43 am

Forums die when no one cares anymore, or aren't willing to pay simple domain and hosting costs. Frets On Fire (and FoFiX) will always be around for people to enjoy and this will always be their home where they can find discussions, support and downloads. The costs of running the site are trivial compared to the value of the content to it's users. I'm not the kind of person to abandon a project if it'll have an impact on others.

Sorry to hear about your site. It looks like the domain was already purchased and squatted. The content of the site is likely still out there somewhere. There's still some cached pages on Google and Yahoo!, so you can view those before they disappear for good.
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby Maxilos » Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:23 am

Thanks for your sympathy, it's just that the idea of that forum was dying anyway. I sure hope this doesn't.
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby Architect » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:29 am

As long as we have new songs to fret, at least a few people are going to stick around this place. I don't think FoF is going to die anytime soon. We've got another couple of years at least.
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby Metallicaholic666 » Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:02 pm

So, what happened with this website a few hours ago? The website redirected to a websecure website saying the admin should contact them asap.
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby aander91 » Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:13 pm

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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby bluzer » Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:51 pm

I also would like to know what happened. =S
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby nwru » Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:24 am

Metallicaholic666 wrote:So, what happened with this website a few hours ago? The website redirected to a websecure website saying the admin should contact them asap.

The person paying for the hosting (not me) didn't have auto-renew on. Bill has been paid and (obviously) all is well again. :thumbup:
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby thebocaj » Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:51 am

This forum will live 5ever. (That's more than forever.)
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby bluzer » Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:52 am

lol..Thanks for the clarification nwru,

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Guitar Hero: Metallica + DLC
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ALL Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock DLC Downloadable
Rock Band 3: (for FoF / FoFiX / Phase Shift)
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~~The Bee Gee's 01 Track Pack
~~John Lennon's "Imagine" Album
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~~Johnny Cash 01 Track Pack
~~Dragonforce RB3 DLC Songs
~~Linkin Park 6 Pack
~~Ozzy 8-Pack
~~The Doors: Greatest Hits
~~Lady GaGa 02
~~Bruno Mars TP
~~Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
~~Megadeth - Rust In Peace
~~Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With the Chili Peppers
~~Foo Fighters Track Pack 02/03/04
~~Coldplay Collection 01
~~Nirvana 01/02 & Celebrating Nirvana TPs
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby aander91 » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:06 am

SOPA IS COME AND SHUT DOWN THE BOARD NOW EVERYHING WILL BE GONE FOREVE
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby nobby76 » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:35 am

I'm sure it is.. Have fun with that..
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby thugz411 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:19 pm

Yeah, I have been on this forum for a while ( but by no means longer than the veterans), and when I came on for the first time there was a good population and the forum looked very much alive. Now i'm afraid to say that the way this place looks to me now is that it is on life support...
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby blatz89 » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:06 pm

Heck, the amount of activity has noticibly decreased even since I joined, and that was but a short time ago :p.

But honestly, I like to stay positive. I'm sure that with another FoFix update this place will be flooded for another few months with an ungodly amount of traffic :tongue:
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Re: How long will this forum live?

Postby Kueller917 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:35 pm

FoF was popular when rhythm games in general boomed, since it was the easiest way to get your custom songs that might not be in Guitar Hero or Rock Band. As rhythm games fade out and its community does too (for various reasons) of course it gets less popular. But there will still be a community here nevertheless.
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