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Old January 14th, 2006, 10:10 PM
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Over the last couple of months activity on this forum seems to have been falling off considerably.

There was a time that I could go away for an hour and come back to read dozens of new posts. Now it seems like there is only one new post every hour.

When I think about all the time I have spent on this forum, reading, posting, and lurking over the last five years, I cannot help but feel a bit nostalgic over it.

I can remember when I first came here to post about SEIV and how new it was. Grant todays forum looks nothing like the old forum, but what the hey, progress.

Knowing that there are fewer days ahead than behind, I cannot help but wonder about all of the information that will some day be lost when Shrapnel decides to close this forum.

I enjoy thinking back over the years and reading old threads and re-discovering what made this place home.

I shudder to think about loosing the vast library of information that this forum contains, the many thousands upon thousands of posts about virtually every aspect of Space Empires IV from modding to strategy tips.

I would so very much hate to see the great posts of this site, from fan fiction through political off topic debates; lost forever.

I know that I am kinda melodramatic about such things, but hey, when it comes to this forum, the members, and the content, its ok to be a bit dramatical.
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Old January 14th, 2006, 11:14 PM
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I 'spose people get that way sometimes, AT. It's a damn good forum with lots of game-related stuff and great guys laying out OT stuff. Still laughing over the bowel movement the size of an arm (LOL).

I 'spect it has a bit to do with people burning out on SE4 somewhat and anticipating SE5 soon.

But, I guess this place is just a little bit like your "family" and it feels like when your kids grow up and leave home.

Well (smile), my take on it anyway.
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I'll be here until the forum no longer exists, even when the day comes when SEIV no longer holds my attention the way it used to.
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Old January 15th, 2006, 12:33 AM
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I don't see any reason to leave.

Besides, Shrapnel does make money off this...People here buy stuff here.
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Old January 15th, 2006, 12:43 AM
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I shudder to think about loosing the vast library of information that this forum contains, the many thousands upon thousands of posts about virtually every aspect of Space Empires IV from modding to strategy tips.
Feel free to copy anything you wish preserve over to the SEWiki.
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I thought this was the SEIV forum?

omfg, there are other games you can talk about on here?


lol, sorry im tired, i know that wasnt even funny! anyway, when this shutsdown, will we just move to the strategy first forums?
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Ick.

When SE5 comes out we'll have more to chat about around here.
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5 year old, buggy, broken UBB forums are painful to use. If Shrapnel shuts this place down, which it is my understanding that they are planning on never doing, it would IMO be better to use an actually maintained and updated set of forums.
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Old January 15th, 2006, 07:13 AM
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lol, if this forum (SE:IV) ever gets removed, all we need to do is hijack one of the other forums (DomII?),.. and make the subjuect heading of all our posts "OT:SE4 You can't get rid of us that easy "

lol, I seriously doubt shrapnel will close it's most popular forum. This is where the heart is after all.

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I would love to have the skill and ability to program the games I have ideas for. I would then sell them through shrapnel.
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