Where will people be going?

Although the majority seem to be intending going over to SLU I think the flavour of RA will be lost forever.

SLU have separate forums for General SL stuff and for Off-Topic discussions (which Cristiano enforces), while RA has had them mixed. An RA thread can start off on-topic and deviate at several points to off-topic, then back again. That will all be lost.

On the bright side SLU does have an 'Other-Grids and Virtual Worlds' sub-forum, so we can discusss the competition without looking over our shoulder anymore.

And links do work there.

*Sigh*

Rock

The number one thing the Bloggums need to do is give you a way to turn off the "rich text" editor and use simplified markup. 90% of browser-based "rich text" editors are horrible messes, and this one is no exception.

Agreed, although I have *never* before encountered one quite this brain-damaged. It's a rare post there that doesn't take me into the HTML editor, just for my own sanity--for some very small value of "sanity".

As I mentioned in other topics, I moved towards secondcitizen, and already saw many names from here over there. Somehow I do like the atmosphere there better then at SLU, though I do read in both forums (and post classifieds in both as well).

I moved to the Forum Cartel Forum. To bad that Cartel is in there. We could have been the Forum Forum Forum.

I know one that pops up an error message "Unexpected tag BODY" and rejects the text when you try and post from anything but IE.

The frigging standard says you have to have a BODY tag there. The only reason it works with IE is because it's not standards-compliant!

I can be found on Second Citizen; rarely on SLU.

Did you find the Lego?

Yes, but if a cartel is formed from THAT forum, it would be the Forum Cartel Forum Cartel.

Right, and if they formed their own heretical faction, they might start up the Forum Cartel Forum Cartel Forum.

I did not...

I'm not really threatening to stop typing, I mean, who would be intimidated by that?

I just haven't found anywhere else to go. I'm on SLU, but barely post there. Maybe that'll change when this place does close down. The SLA forums are too much of a pain in the ass for me. I don't meet SLC's high standards for membership.

Maybe if something comes up on Avatars United I'll hang out there. I expect I'll spend more time with in-world groups and activities than forums though.

Ohhh . . .

I think this guy is hogging. If you ask him nicely, maybe he'll share?

Me: "Blue! If you close the forums, I'll stop typing!"

Blue: "Good!"

It's not really a threat, more of a lack of desire to continue with internet forums. Maybe that'll change when this one finally does close.

1 user laughed.

Second Citizen is even adapting to the refugees from here, by creating several content creation subfora: Scripting, Building, Animation and Textures. Thanks Seven for the idea!!

According to the owner they are even researching if the can start an RA forum, something to do with copyrights. More reasons to join us over there

I hadn't seen that Marcel, thanks for posting it.

I'd point this out on the blog, but I think once a page gets past longer than 200 yards it's passed the point of usefulness.

Anyway...

Last summer (or whenever it was), when the demise of these forums was announced, a good many of us went off to see the various forums and make a home *before* the axe fell.

And it turns out that it's not easy to make a choice - WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

What's happened, though, because LL telegraphed the punch, I think that most of you will find - at one forum or another - a group of friends already at home there and happy to see you arrive.

Even though the forum apocalypse will be followed by a diaspora, none of us will be alone.

This comes at a bad time for me, as I have some health and other RL demands. So, I think I'll try to abstain from forums for a while, and concentrate on RL and inworld. If these forums were not going to be locked, I would be mostly just dropping in to read a little every other day for the next month or two, anyway. Maybe I'll do that at the forumcartel site for the interregnum.

I will miss you all, but most particularly the culture, the FLOW of the place. You have been a part of at least my mornings for so long ... it's like being in a chatty, technically oriented coffeeshop.

I'll need a scripting forum at some point, so will be wherever that turns out to be. But maybe not socializing, if there aren't interesting SL discussions.

I think I'll have to give up helping noobs. SL Answers is so meh.

I've spoken with Cartel members a few times about how interesting it is that we've tended not to friend each other inworld, relying on the forums to keep in touch, I guess. Maybe we should be a little more careful about that now!

Be well, all. Catch you on the flipside.

Good luck with the RL stuff, Nika. You rock!

Take care Nika. I'll miss you and your incisive thoughts and commentary while you are on hiatus, as I know will others. You have been one of the foundation stones here: always sensible, and always knowledgeable. Ironically, whatever forum ends up with you as a regular will owe a debt of thanks to LL for closing this place down.

In any case, I'll be keeping an eye out, watching for where you eventually surface.

I think you hit the nail on the head here Seven