AnimeBoards Is Less Active Than Another Board With 29 Members

[John Faulkner]

Congratulations!

:bigclap: :bigclap: :bigclap: :bigclap: :bigclap:

Let us sacrifice a goat to board management for this enormous feat.

The forum in question was advertised in the Website reviews subforum and is called Anime Gaia:

http://animegaia.net/forum/

Notice that Anime Gaia, at the time of making this post, has had 11 new posts and 4 new topics over the last 24 hrs, which easily beats AnimeBoards over the same 24 hrs. Yet this place has some 5,500 members, that is 190 times more members.

Anyone got any ideas how this could have come about? I've got my answers, but let's see if some of the dummies that frequent AnimeBoards could chip in and come up with something.

[cool2burn]

If you dislike this place that much and dont like the managment why do you keep posting?

[Black_Knight]

If you dislike this place that much and dont like the managment why do you keep posting?

Because he want's to save it. Although I think he should just take AB from George by force.

Or start a huge advertising campaign on other forums.

[cool2burn]

Whatevder i just think he likes to bitch

[Darkandiel]

Ahahahahaha! I gotta love this guy.
That post made me laugh.

But yeah, I can see that he just wants to save the place. John, go start an e-petition. :p

[cool2burn]

Ahahahahaha! I gotta love this guy.
That post made me laugh.

But yeah, I can see that he just wants to save the place. John, go start an e-petition. :p

Yea like those have ever changed anything in the history of the world!

[Darkandiel]

Yea like those have ever changed anything in the history of the world!

I lol'd. I was joking. :eek::lol:

[cool2burn]

You gotta be careful John dosent joke. your gonna get your self a 4 page report from him on the probibilities of a E-petintion working.

[Project Akira]

You gotta be careful John dosent joke. your gonna get your self a 4 page report from him on the probibilities of a E-petintion working.

I'll be honest, I'm waiting for George to ban him for his rather rude remarks and out of line statements regardless of what truth they may contain. There's making a point and belaboring one.

[Darkandiel]

You gotta be careful John dosent joke. your gonna get your self a 4 page report from him on the probibilities of a E-petintion working.

Okay, I'll keep that in mind. 0o
I joke around a lot, so my sarcastic humour takes some getting used to I guess. :P

[eva2000]

Congratulations!

:bigclap: :bigclap: :bigclap: :bigclap: :bigclap:

Let us sacrifice a goat to board management for this enormous feat.

The forum in question was advertised in the Website reviews subforum and is called Anime Gaia:

http://animegaia.net/forum/

Notice that Anime Gaia, at the time of making this post, has had 11 new posts and 4 new topics over the last 24 hrs, which easily beats AnimeBoards over the same 24 hrs. Yet this place has some 5,500 members, that is 190 times more members.

Anyone got any ideas how this could have come about? I've got my answers, but let's see if some of the dummies that frequent AnimeBoards could chip in and come up with something.
Maybe cause their active members have more free time and less real life obligations than AB and are more concerned with posting about anime, than forum administration procedures ? It's not meant to be an insult directed at you as I do appreciate your suggestions and insights but it is also another factor.

But if you averaged the age of those 5,500+ AB members vs average age of that forum's members you'd see a trend. AB - probably be nearly all folks who after several years on the forums are now of working age, and probably with families of their own. Stress rich vs time poor.

Yes that leads to the need for new members as well and John's enthuisastic suggestions to improve AB which I appreciate.

[Mecha454]

Wise words eva2k. Wise words indeed.

[John Faulkner]

Wise words eva2k. Wise words indeed.
Seriously, can you actually think for yourself for once? I wrote a reply to Eva2k which addressed the points he has made, but for some reason, the mods have to approve it!?

The thought police are onto me!

EDIT: no, it's a bug in the system: if your post is too long, then a strange message pops up about moderators needing to approve your post and something about making a poll. Might want to get rid of that.

[John Faulkner]

Hang on a minute people: this thread isn't about me, but about AnimeBoards. However, let me first get a word in edgeways concerning comments directed at myself, especially the egregious ones.

If you dislike this place that much and dont like the managment why do you keep posting?
Black_Knight and Darkandiel nailed it on the head and that's because like me, they're in tune with the current situation here and have solid ideas on how to forge a prosperous path into the future. If you don't get that by now, what planet have you been living on?

Whatevder i just think he likes to bitch
Oh really? Let me remind you of some of your recent posts this year, to illustrate what a giant hypocrite you are:

(http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?p=537850814#post537850814)
Watches a ragweed fly buy..............

(http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?p=537850910#post537850910)
Due to no one being able to join this board and waiting for weeks to get approved this place has pretty much died. A horrible board death. Killed by its unwillingness to change.

(http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?p=537850875#post537850875)
Where is the change i can believe in?

And here are three instances you felt the need to jump into my threads to moan, moan and moan about my posts without offering anything constructive:

(http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=61740)
However as I read it more the sheer lameness of this post made me think that I should:
1. Put on some soothing music
2. Draw a nice warm bath.
3. Relax in the bath and slit my wrists.
4. Go sleepy.
So in closing this board will never recover to its glory days. Get over it!

(http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=63366)
You should have started with the First Post ^^

(http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=61740) [same thread as for the first example, but for this quote, cool2burn jumps in a second time at a later date)
Pengi you forget the type of person that your talking to the type that nit picks other peoples grammar.... Im almost sure he doesn’t watch Anime because he likes it but to find all the grammar errors in the fansubbing and send emails to the fansub groups complaining and telling them how his awesome I am above you all thinking will fix all there grammar problems.

So you see, if you bother looking at the facts, you'd see quite clearly that it is cool2burn who has a penchant for bemoaning the terrible state of AnimeBoards without offering any helpful suggestions for improvement whatsoever, thus oozing negativity that will make old and new members permanently depressed. Now it strikes me that if one just oozes negativity like a rebel without a cause, then that is the person who truly deserves the accolade of being a bitching princess.

Let me ask you this cool2burn: if you dislike this place so much and take umbrage at my posts, why do you keep coming here? Why do you keep derailing my threads when I'm trying to improve this place you seem to hate so much? The mind boggles.

In contrast, I have offered many comments on the state of AnimeBoards and more importantly, backed them up with a wealth of logical arguments and hard facts. Furthermore, unlike cool2burn, I have offered many ideas for concrete actions that are realistic and which stand a chance of improving AnimeBoards.

Okay, I'll keep that in mind. 0o
Also bear in mind that the person you were conversing with is known to derail sensible threads for no apparent reason other than to stroke his own bizarre ego. To add to my examples above, I made a thread in the anime subforums on Hayao Miyazaki's experiences during WWII (http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=61741) and under no provocation this is what cool2burn came up with:
hmmmm....... There is no spoon?
Now with that kind of attitude, I'd be extremely wary of treating anything he says with any kind of credibility.

[John Faulkner]

I'll be honest, I'm waiting for George to ban him for his rather rude remarks and out of line statements regardless of what truth they may contain. There's making a point and belaboring one.
There are not many things ruder on a messageboard than publically calling for a fellow long-term member to be banned. But I guess you're not really interested in playing by your own standards ;).

When former moderator Glabrezu called me a f-uckwit, what did I do? Did I go crying to Eva2k for him to be banned? No, I took it on the chin and took it in my stride. When Schizm posted a picture of someone with a picture of Osama Bin Laden pasted over his face f-ucking someone with a face of George Bush on him, and this picture was not removed for over a week, did I go crying for him to be banned? No. We're adults and we can deal with issues without reverting to some superficial political correctness. You have to distinguish between delinquents who genuinely enjoy being rude in itself and those who appear to be rude but who are actually being blunt, honest and passionate.

And what you describe as "belabouring" a point is me updating my views with new evidence, new suggestions and new methods of presentation. You want me to stop "belabouring" points? Then try and address the points that I make by helping to realise concrete actions. Otherwise, what are you complaining about? If I stop "belabouring", who else is going to be pushing for change (apart from Black_Knight)? Look through the list of names at the bottom of this page, those people who are still coming to this place. Which one of those people are going to push for change in my absence eh? The shhhh! silent moderators? You? Yeah, exactly.

I speak for all those previous members who have left because of inactivity, so whenever I type feedback to Eva2k, I know I have the voices of the fallen on my side all the time, to add to my facts and first-hand experience. That's what lends true weight to my argument and that's why your crude depiction of my position is readily smashed into a billion insignificant fragments, like so many hopeless dreams.

Now that's out of the way, back to the topic at hand:

Maybe cause their active members have more free time and less real life obligations than AB and are more concerned with posting about anime, than forum administration procedures ? It's not meant to be an insult directed at you as I do appreciate your suggestions and insights but it is also another factor.
That is a reasonable guess; however, one has to bear in mind that over the course of the previous few years, members have tried to make many posts in the anime subforums in the hope of generating activity, and I'm not just talking about myself. What happened? These member ended up talking to each other in the same old threads again and again, with no new people joining in. Then people got fed up and stopped posting. Nowadays, if you make a new thread or post, you'd be lucky to get a reply. For a live example, look at the threads by MeMyself, e.g. http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=63404. How many more times does this guy have to talk to himself here?

This is when you realise that things need to happen at a board management level to complement these uncoordinated actions by local members. This is something which your moderators would have picked up if they were in touch with events on the ground.

But if you averaged the age of those 5,500+ AB members vs average age of that forum's members you'd see a trend. AB - probably be nearly all folks who after several years on the forums are now of working age, and probably with families of their own. Stress rich vs time poor.
We have some 190 times more members here, not just 5 times or 10 times more. For every 1 hr a member spends on Anime Gaia, a member here only needs to spend something like 20 s for there to be roughly an equal likelihood of getting the same number of posts. Now:

1. Not all 5,500+ of us are of working age, especially the newer members. With high probability, we have more than 29 members who are not of working age.

2. Even if you are of working age, that does not mean you stop going to messageboards or don't have time to post. That is a complete myth, because if you go to e.g. politics, boxing, MMA and football forums, you see posts by adults there everyday.

The truth is that when you are working, like myself, you prioritize your time more. You still have free time, unless you're one of those soul-less investment banker-types, but you have less of it than when you were studying, so you only do the things that are top of your list. The point is that if you have a messageboard that sparks stimulating debate on a regular basis, then visiting such a messageboard would move up this list and hence there is a greater likelihood of people of working age posting on that messageboard. That is what is missing here and that is why this place is not drawing older folks in. It's not just because all people at work or who are married never have any time, and a major factor is the attractiveness of this place.

3. You have some 2400 members, ranging from people who joined in 2000 to 2009, with 0 posts. This shows that a massive number of people sign up but don't post, and shows that there is little incentive for both the old people (mentioned in point 2.) and new people to post. Among other things, you need to differentiate this place to make it stand out somehow from places like Anime Gaia - what has AB got that AG doesn't? More activity? No. So why should people come here instead of over there? Don't just take it from me, take it from some of the older members here, including a former moderator (remembering that you trust your moderators):

(http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=61086&page=6)
Why should they choose this board over all the other anime forums that are popping up everywhere? This place needs to come up with something that will make it stand out somehow.

There's the key. Why go outside massive social networks to talk about anime when there are already groups and forums dedicated to the topic? It's another public profile to maintain, one more password to remember. Some anime-only communities have a connection to the industry, be it distributive, retail, production, or news. I've never spent time in other large anime forums so I don't know what their cultures are like, but that's a factor as well. Do AB's competitors have a SomethingAwful-like atmosphere among their active membership?

Also, if you're worried about costs, then you can literally delete hundreds of inactive accounts. If you haven't posted for over 2 yrs and have never posted, then let's face it, you're never going to post. Sentimentality doesn't even enter the equation here. This is something I flagged years ago.


This is why I cannot accept your assessment of AB Vs AG.

[Pengi_Ken-Ohki]

Pfft, I prolly have msn conversations that occur faster than that board's posts, and thats with just 2 people!

Imagine how lively this board could be if Eva2k cut it down to just 1 member (me plx!)

[Darkandiel]

Also bear in mind that the person you were conversing with is known to derail sensible threads for no apparent reason other than to stroke his own bizarre ego. To add to my examples above, I made a thread in the anime subforums on Hayao Miyazaki's experiences during WWII (http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=61741) and under no provocation this is what cool2burn came up with:

Okay, I guess I better put the joking aside. I'm not making any judgements whatsoever on anyone based off someone else's opinion. I don't do that, so don't worry. I'm a completely neutral party here. I don't know anyone on here at all really. Things haven't exactly been active enough for me to get to know people in the space of time I've been here xD

[cool2burn]

Dont Worry HE JUST WISHES HE COULD BE AS COOL AS ME or maybe its my hot ass god i hate the creepy stalker types eeeeekkkkk. BTW he can not handle any humor in any way possible. Seems he is so uptight even the smallest remarks freak him out. But not no worry i know how to slove this. *MOVE OUT OF YOUR MOMMIES CLOSET* Thats right there is a big world out there full of exciting things away from the internet. You know the real reason people dont post here much anymore? MOST OF US :

1. GOT JOBS
2. MOVED OUT OF OUR PARENTS HOUSES (HINT HINT)
3. GOT MARRIED OR FOUND LOVE
4. JUST GOT A LIFE.

So plese forgive us owe lord of the internet we are so sorry we cannot post to you standard due to having better things to do.

Now here is the truth for you of what will happen if a bunch of new people come here:

1. TONS OF POSTS ABOUT SENSELESS CRAP WITH PEOPLE OBSESSED WITH INCREASING THER POST RATES.

2. SPAM YOU CAN HAVE THIS

3. OLDER MEMBERS GETTING ANNOYED BY NOOBS

4. EVA2K BEING FORCED TO PAY MORE MONEY

I KINDA LIKE THESE BOARDS THE WAY THEY ARE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE POSTING ABOUT RANDOM CRAP.

[John Faulkner]

Dont Worry HE JUST WISHES HE COULD BE AS COOL AS ME or maybe its my hot ass god i hate the creepy stalker types eeeeekkkkk. BTW he can not handle any humor in any way possible. Seems he is so uptight even the smallest remarks freak him out.
I’m not sure if your teachers or parents ever told you this (even if they did, I doubt that you were able to comprehend the message), but the general idea of growing up is that you start forming more coherent thoughts and become more able to communicate with other people, such that others understand what you’re saying. You may be growing older, but your posts are 100% proof that your mindset has not evolved with your body, and is still left in primary school.

As for humour, it is incredibly difficult to laugh with you rather than at you because of your incoherent posts. Whenever people here try to engage you in conversation and scratch the surface of your online persona just a little bit, you respond like a hysterical woman who ignores all the logical arguments that people make, e.g.

Dont Worry HE JUST WISHES HE COULD BE AS COOL AS ME or maybe its my hot ass god i hate the creepy stalker types eeeeekkkkk

I’m sorry, how old are you? And you’re the one lecturing people here on growing up? :lol: :lol: :lol:

But not no worry i know how to slove this. *MOVE OUT OF YOUR MOMMIES CLOSET* Thats right there is a big world out there full of exciting things away from the internet. You know the real reason people dont post here much anymore? MOST OF US :

1. GOT JOBS
2. MOVED OUT OF OUR PARENTS HOUSES (HINT HINT)
3. GOT MARRIED OR FOUND LOVE
4. JUST GOT A LIFE.

There are exciting things away from the Internet? No s-hit Sherlock, thanks for enlightening us all – you should be a life coach or something. As someone who has lived independently in several countries round the world and who has racked up enough air miles to go round the world at least 3 times within the last 3 years alone, it is highly amusing to see a bloody immature dingbat, who is psychologically still suckling at his mommy’s teats and is probably still wasting his time playing online games in a dingy basement he rented from the local prostitute, attempting to give life lessons to people. Also, you can have a life and post on messageboards, as I have alluded to in my previous post, which of course you ignore by reverting to type. Obviously, if you post random crap (see below), then you will be wasting your life, but guess what? There are a lot of people that don't.

The fact that you’ve used caps here demonstrates how insecure you are about what you say. As I said, just like a hysterical woman or a baby throwing toys out of the pram.

So plese forgive us owe lord of the internet we are so sorry we cannot post to you standard due to having better things to do.
Please forgive us O Master of Life Outside the Internet, we have never got jobs before or lived independently before or had relationships with the opposite sex or had a life and we cannot hope to possibly attain your profound insights into the joys of life offline! You know what, we’re exactly like Chihiro at the beginning of Spirited Away – completely wrapped in cotton wool and completely naïve about everything on God’s green earth. Thank you kindly for revealing the mysteries and secrets of life to us all, O Teacher! My life will never be the same again!

Now here is the truth for you of what will happen if a bunch of new people come here:
1. TONS OF POSTS ABOUT SENSELESS CRAP WITH PEOPLE OBSESSED WITH INCREASING THER POST RATES.
How? More people here would mean more discussions on anime, you know just what it was like some 3 yrs ago. In fact, discussions on anime are supposed to be and were the main attraction here, and history has shown that we do have sensible discussions if the people are there.

2. SPAM YOU CAN HAVE THIS
Not if the moderators are doing their jobs.

3. OLDER MEMBERS GETTING ANNOYED BY NOOBS
Not if new members discuss anime – the few who have posted are 100 times less annoying than some older members.

4. EVA2K BEING FORCED TO PAY MORE MONEY
Won’t happen if he gets rid of inactive accounts and manages the increase. Also, the main increase in costs results from more members being online rather than the number of posts, so you can have a strategy that aims to increase posting rate per member rather than one that focuses on increasing the number of members coming online at once.

I KINDA LIKE THESE BOARDS THE WAY THEY ARE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE POSTING ABOUT RANDOM CRAP.
Correction, after a few weeks here in 2009, I have come to the conclusion that there still some members here who want to discuss anime and other issues sensibly. MeMyself does not post random crap. Sunset’s professional-standard comic strip is not random crap. Darkandiel does not post random crap and Black_Knight’s posts also make sense. New members such as Katerine do not post random crap, but have tried to stimulate discussions in the anime subforums. Eva2k doesn’t post random crap. YOU post random crap. Don’t sully everybody’s name here with your inadequacy.

This is the truth of the matter - when AnimeBoards was active and properly moderated, f-ucking wind-up merchants like cool2burn who never contribute to discussions are ignored and treated like the pariahs they deserve to be. It’s only when this place has died and moderation becomes non-existent that these dregs of society are able to assert themselves and have a bit of a voice – you know, like scum forming and rising to the top of a liquid. This obviously excites them to the point that they start posting random crap and expect people to enjoy it or laugh with them or something.

So let’s see: someone who’s apparently got better things to do and who sings about the virtues of off-line activities is content to continually come here, hang around doing nothing and post random crap time after time after time. You can’t make this stuff up. Yes, cool2burn, we believe you, sure you have better things to do :lol: :lol:.

Yeah, so as anyone who is not blind can see, your arguments are not supported by anything. Now do you understand why nobody here ever listens to you cool2burn? This is why I compared you to Ban Ki-moon, but I suppose that level of humour is too sophisticated for your drab, under-developed outlook. And you have the nerve to say I don't have a sense of humour :rolleyes:.

[Darkandiel]

Now here is the truth for you of what will happen if a bunch of new people come here:

1. TONS OF POSTS ABOUT SENSELESS CRAP WITH PEOPLE OBSESSED WITH INCREASING THER POST RATES.

2. SPAM YOU CAN HAVE THIS

3. OLDER MEMBERS GETTING ANNOYED BY NOOBS

4. EVA2K BEING FORCED TO PAY MORE MONEY

I KINDA LIKE THESE BOARDS THE WAY THEY ARE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE POSTING ABOUT RANDOM CRAP.

1.Well that is the attitude that people had at a forum I used to post on. It's now gone after being reduced to 0 members after the vets chased everyone off. No one hates post whores more than I, but they can be kept under a certain amount of control.

2.But spam is a part of every forum, that's what moderators are for, deleting spam, handing out infractions or bans when needed.

3.Typical elitism. n00bs get on my nerves too, with the "I r nu, b mah fwend" but some of them end up being good members. One of the reasons that I don't post here too often is because there is nothing to discuss and I feel intimidated when it comes to certain topics because they seem to go off topic and I don't know anyone so I tend not to get involved in those "discussions".

4. Donation button, decrease the size of PM boxes, purge all inactive accounts(n00bs who posted once and left)

You like it small, but you can't deny that it needs more activity, even the current posters will move on eventually. Random crap could be regarded as spam 0o


I'm not a revolutionary like John. I can only make suggestions, and you know, suggestions are not always right.

[Project Akira]

There are not many things ruder on a messageboard than publically calling for a fellow long-term member to be banned. But I guess you're not really interested in playing by your own standards ;).
I didn't say I wanted you banned. I said I was waiting for you to be banned. It's pretty clear in the words I typed.

When former moderator Glabrezu called me a f-uckwit, what did I do? Did I go crying to Eva2k for him to be banned? No, I took it on the chin and took it in my stride. When Schizm posted a picture of someone with a picture of Osama Bin Laden pasted over his face f-ucking someone with a face of George Bush on him, and this picture was not removed for over a week, did I go crying for him to be banned? No. We're adults and we can deal with issues without reverting to some superficial political correctness. You have to distinguish between delinquents who genuinely enjoy being rude in itself and those who appear to be rude but who are actually being blunt, honest and passionate. Personally, I would have contacted another mod or Eva if I had been you. Breaking board rules is breaking board rules regardless of if you take it on the chin or not. Also how effective is constantly telling Eva 2K he is doing a bad job working for you? Being blunt works sometimes I'm not going to argue that but it only works for so long. People do appreciate honesty yeah, it's why my friends offline appreciate me. However, people can only take that kind of communication for so long before they feel insulted or infuriated. How constructive is being blunt though? Has Eva made the changes or listened to your reasons for you think he should with the way you've been communicating with him? It's entirely possible that he knows all the facts you're presenting with him but as someone who well has a life offline (anyone remember when he lost a finger?), maintaining a messageboard of this size at this point by himself is pretty difficult. Could he use more mods and maybe a second admin? Probably but that's his decision to make as he owns the board.

And what you describe as "belabouring" a point is me updating my views with new evidence, new suggestions and new methods of presentation. You want me to stop "belabouring" points? Then try and address the points that I make by helping to realise concrete actions. Otherwise, what are you complaining about? If I stop "belabouring", who else is going to be pushing for change (apart from Black_Knight)? Look through the list of names at the bottom of this page, those people who are still coming to this place. Which one of those people are going to push for change in my absence eh? The shhhh! silent moderators? You? Yeah, exactly.But what have you actually accomplished with all of this? You can keep presenting us "new evidence, new suggestions and new methods of presentation" but have you convinced anyone of anything or persuaded them? Honestly, you again have to look at how effective you've been with those things. Honestly, you again have to look at how effective you've been with those things. If people are criticizing your methods when you are trying to make honest points (which I'm not going to argue), then something needs to reexamined in that presentation I would say. Right now, since this seems to be all you talk about

Why haven't I done anything? I'll be honest I come here out of nostalgia. While I wasn't the most liked person on the boards during it's height and I'm sort of embarassed that a good deal of my problems and issues are on this board for anyone to see, I still come here because I did have a good time. However other than nostalgia there really isn't much here for me. One of the reasons that I came here was because I knew almost nobody in my hometown into this anime, manga, and Japanese culture. This board served that function. Today though? Most of my discussion needs are filled by talking to people offline about anime and mostly manga. I come here really to just to let the people I don't keep in contact with from here updated and some of the things I learned in life. I've occasionally posted about manga I've been reading but it feels redundant at this point. Fan art and art discussion? I go to art school. I hang out with artists. There's no real need to put my stuff up here for that. Really why talk to someone here when I can just talk to one of my friends about it where I'll get a much faster response?

I also argue (and I think I've said this before) everything has a life cycle. As much as I like the redesign, I think it might be too little too late. The break that happened 4 years ago I'm sure killed anyone's desire to come here but honestly that decline might have occurred anyways. If you pull a Doctor Frankenstein, congrats to you. However, I think the only way you're going to put life into this board isn't by getting the people that lurk here to post or use the methods you've suggested to others, you're going to have to ask "What does Animeboards offer that other boards don't offer?' before you really do anything. You figure out an answer to that and I wouldn't be surprised if that provides more answers in a more constructive fashion than anything anyone else has done.

I speak for all those previous members who have left because of inactivity, so whenever I type feedback to Eva2k, I know I have the voices of the fallen on my side all the time, to add to my facts and first-hand experience. That's what lends true weight to my argument and that's why your crude depiction of my position is readily smashed into a billion insignificant fragments, like so many hopeless dreams. And I'm sure those members who left due to inactivity found other message boards that served their needs better than this one same as any new member. I'm really glad that there is one or two people frequently I know you've argued "then why not try to get older members to come here?" Looking at the top posters of Animeboards, I can say off the top of my head, a few of them got married, others left because of personal issues with other members, I know of those members went to Japan, and the rest I'm sure found greener pastures.

Crude depiction of your position? Me saying that you're constantly making the same point over and over again without or causing any real change to the board? That looks like your position to be blunt. I'm not going to argue that you've been making honest points, but the voices of the fallen? I'll be blunt here, that statement is pure ego. Unless you have emails or private messages from members who have said to you "John Faulkner thank you for speaking for us, we have no voice of our own", it can be said that this is your crusade. If they were that vocal, they one would have posted on here thus generating discussions or talked to Eva about all this. The truth of the matter here is again that one, all things have a natural life cycle this board included, second anime has become more widely available and popular than it was during the heyday thus people are not in need of this type of internet forum as much, and finally, I don't think that anyone has asked the real "what does or can this board offer that no other internet forum can?"

I'm not going to argue this anymore nor will I respond to anything you might say John because that's not going to be constructive to either of us. If this board is going get revitalized in any fashion then bickering between members about how it's falling apart serves no one. I know I'm not the one to revitalize it but if anyone is going to do it then they need to do it in a constructive fashion.

[John Faulkner]

Before I respond to Darkandiel and Project Akira, and I'm loving the passion here, I think a musical interlude is in order for everyone to gather their thoughts:

Sung to the tune of Lord of the Dance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fzRZuGEr04
Each set of lines is supposed to refer to the person whose name is given previously in brackets.

Lord of the Post

(Eva2k)

I made AnimeBoards when the world was young
I gave up my cash, and my time – it was fun
I came down from Brisbane and I danced on AB
In 2000 it had its birth.

Post, then, wherever you may be
I am the lord of the post said he
And I lead you all wherever you may be
And I lead you all to post on AB

(Me)

I called out the mods with my new strategies
They wouldn’t post, they wouldn’t follow me
I said this place is just like fooking s-hit
Glabrezu said I was a f-uckwit

Post, then, wherever you may be
‘cause God this place needs more posts said he
And old members you are all just like dummies
Why the f-uck you don’t post more puzzles me

(cool2burn)

We’ve all got jobs and we’ve all got a life
That is why we don’t care enough to fight
I spam this place to death and hang it out to dry
Left AB on the cross to die

Spam, then, wherever you may be
I am the lord of the spam said he
And I lead you all wherever you may be
And I will lead you all to spam AB

(Project Akira)

Oh how rude, I’m waiting for George to ban him
It’s your crusade; chances of success are slim
We would care but we don’t really give a s-hit
Remember when George’s finger took a hit [it was actually a member of his family]

Post, then, wherever you may be
But that sure as hell doesn’t apply to me
And I lead you all to inactivity
Because new ideas I cannot see

[cool2burn]

cool2burn[/I])

We’ve all got jobs and we’ve all got a life
That is why we don’t care enough to fight
I spam this place to death and hang it out to dry
Left AB on the cross to die

Spam, then, wherever you may be
I am the lord of the spam said he
And I lead you all wherever you may be
And I will lead you all to spam AB

(Project Akira)

Now that made me chuckle a little! Although

I am the lord of the spam said he (hmmmmm....)

Last i checked this is what spam is...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(electronic)

also this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Spam_with_cans.jpeg/250px-Spam_with_cans.jpeg

or even this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7a/MontySpam.jpg/350px-MontySpam.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(Monty_Python)

None of which is what I do I just point out how stupid it is to keep making these types of threads

Also if i was new to a board and i saw a bunch of posts like this id just leave saying this place is dead right off the bat..

Just food for thought

[John Faulkner]

1.Well that is the attitude that people had at a forum I used to post on. It's now gone after being reduced to 0 members after the vets chased everyone off. No one hates post whores more than I, but they can be kept under a certain amount of control.
Post whores are the least of AB's problems - post virgins are the problem.

2.But spam is a part of every forum, that's what moderators are for, deleting spam, handing out infractions or bans when needed.
And that is why it is so important that the moderators do their job properly, and why they can be the lynchpin of a successful strategy for reincarnation of these boards. But I've been getting bad vibes from the moderators at AB for years, which serve as a bottleneck for improvement.

3.Typical elitism. n00bs get on my nerves too, with the "I r nu, b mah fwend" but some of them end up being good members. One of the reasons that I don't post here too often is because there is nothing to discuss and I feel intimidated when it comes to certain topics because they seem to go off topic and I don't know anyone so I tend not to get involved in those "discussions".
One of my more advanced suggestions for the revival of AB was to consider raising the lower age limit for registration, which would cut down on the probability of illiterate juveniles using text-speak. But we haven’t even sorted out the basics here yet.

I can’t see what you would be intimidated by here apart from the deadly silence that threatens to suffocate any living thing. Sure, it’s like speaking to strangers at a bus stop on a cold and dreary night, but any new member that stays for as long as you have must have real courage and fortitude, and hence the power to overcome the intoxicating spell of silence cast by the legion of dummies here.

Members Only has turned into a place for bloody spam-fests and old members who pop in once in a blue moon, give an update on what type of lipstick they used for their wedding or something and then disappear into the ether again (wasn’t always like this). The anime subforums tend to stay more on topic, but it’s pretty much like talking to oneself there.

4. Donation button, decrease the size of PM boxes, purge all inactive accounts(n00bs who posted once and left)
I don’t think this place ever had a donations button, even at its peak, so this is a real trick that can reap in huge cash rewards for Eva2k, particularly if he markets this correctly. Decreasing PM boxes is also a great idea: who the hell keeps 6,000 PMs around here anyway? As I mentioned in a previous post in this thread, there are some 2,400 members with no posts to their name, so you can just get rid of all this trash.

You like it small, but you can't deny that it needs more activity, even the current posters will move on eventually. Random crap could be regarded as spam 0o
The fact is current posters have already moved on and we’re already down to the hardcore of the hardcore. The very fact that Eva2k is one of the most active posters here should already be seen as a huge warning sign that this place is at death’s door.


I'm not a revolutionary like John. I can only make suggestions, and you know, suggestions are not always right.
If you’re enough of a masochist and stay here for 2+ yrs, you too will easily become radicalized once you see the glacial speed at which change is enacted here.

I didn't say I wanted you banned. I said I was waiting for you to be banned. It's pretty clear in the words I typed.
It was a clear insinuation that I should be banned for my perceived rudeness and thus an indirect attempt to influence decisions at board management level, as well as revealing your stance on the matter.

Also how effective is constantly telling Eva 2K he is doing a bad job working for you? Has Eva made the changes or listened to your reasons for you think he should with the way you've been communicating with him?
This is answered below.

It's entirely possible that he knows all the facts you're presenting with him but as someone who well has a life offline (anyone remember when he lost a finger?), maintaining a messageboard of this size at this point by himself is pretty difficult.
And it’s entirely possible that he doesn’t know all the facts that I’m presenting him, since he’s never actually confirmed that he does. You should ask him about this, not me. He didn’t lose a finger, it was a member of his family. Also, it happened in 2002, when this place was in its salad days so there is no correlation between the fingers incident and the effectiveness of board management. And I’ve already taken into account the lack of time he has by suggesting p-iss easy changes that take very little time to implement, such as archiving/deleting inactive subforums. So he can’t really use that as an excuse anymore.

Could he use more mods and maybe a second admin? Probably but that's his decision to make as he owns the board.
We ordinary posters also spend our time here voluntarily and hence we also have some say in what we would like to see happen. The final decision rests with the admin, but we can certainly use this subforum to try and influence his decisions, especially if they’re rational, benefits both the admin and ordinary board users, and are backed up by hard facts.

But what have you actually accomplished with all of this? You can keep presenting us "new evidence, new suggestions and new methods of presentation" but have you convinced anyone of anything or persuaded them? Honestly, you again have to look at how effective you've been with those things. Honestly, you again have to look at how effective you've been with those things. If people are criticizing your methods when you are trying to make honest points (which I'm not going to argue), then something needs to reexamined in that presentation I would say. Right now, since this seems to be all you talk about
Here is my resume vis-à-vis changing AnimeBoards:

1. As a direct result of one of my suggestions in my Masterplan for Improvement ©, new member Katerine lobbied Eva2k further for a quicker way of approving new members (http://www.animeboards.com/showpost.php?p=537850836&postcount=26). This method is now being trialled (http://www.animeboards.com/showpost.php?p=537850845&postcount=25).

2. I endorsed a suggestion to change the formatting of the years on all posts from e.g. 09 to 2009, to facilitate searching through old posts for yanks. This was implemented (http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?p=537851072#post537851072).

3. Before Eva2k re-designed this place, I expressed the need to hurry the hell up and implement changes here at http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=60530. This reminded the admin of his revival plan for this place and changes were implemented not long after. In the same thread, I provided feedback on how effective the changes have been using a detailed SWOT analysis and held an innovative self-styled Town Meeting to Decide the Ultimate Fate of AnimeBoards ©, both of which outlined constructive ways for improvement.

4. When AnimeBoards inexplicably stopped approving new members, I pointed this out here: http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=60529. This was acknowledged by Eva2k and slowly but surely, new members started to be approved again. The way I noticed this was by making Introduction threads for new members and seeing that nobody responded, which made me suspicious that the approval system was defunct.

5. I made a questionnaire for members, so that people can give feedback to board management (http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=62960). Together with other threads, this has encouraged new members, who manage other messageboards, to give helpful advice.

That good enough for you boss? The facts are that I’ve been successful using my strategy, so honestly, you need to acknowledge what has been accomplished before jumping onto the bandwagon and jabbing fingers at my current strategy. Or maybe you’d like to point me to another strategy that has worked better for another member here with respect to changing this place from its current status quo? Can you do that? Thought not.

Why haven't I done anything? I'll be honest I come here out of nostalgia. While I wasn't the most liked person on the boards during it's height and I'm sort of embarassed that a good deal of my problems and issues are on this board for anyone to see, I still come here because I did have a good time. However other than nostalgia there really isn't much here for me. One of the reasons that I came here was because I knew almost nobody in my hometown into this anime, manga, and Japanese culture. This board served that function. Today though? Most of my discussion needs are filled by talking to people offline about anime and mostly manga. I come here really to just to let the people I don't keep in contact with from here updated and some of the things I learned in life. I've occasionally posted about manga I've been reading but it feels redundant at this point. Fan art and art discussion? I go to art school. I hang out with artists. There's no real need to put my stuff up here for that. Really why talk to someone here when I can just talk to one of my friends about it where I'll get a much faster response?
In its current state, there is no reason, but as I have said to Eva2k and other people many times, if this place becomes more active, then a messageboard offers the advantages of more people to communicate with, thus offering more views, and user-friendliness, in the sense that you can conduct discussions with many people in the comfort of your own home, and in your own time. Also, you could discuss certain topics in more detail – e.g. as I’ve said before, the average person living in the city of a developed city may have heard of anime, but not many would want to discuss the symbolic meaning of Princess Mononoke in the pub after work (such types of topics have been discussed here before).

[John Faulkner]

I also argue (and I think I've said this before) everything has a life cycle. As much as I like the redesign, I think it might be too little too late. The break that happened 4 years ago I'm sure killed anyone's desire to come here but honestly that decline might have occurred anyways. If you pull a Doctor Frankenstein, congrats to you. However, I think the only way you're going to put life into this board isn't by getting the people that lurk here to post or use the methods you've suggested to others, you're going to have to ask "What does Animeboards offer that other boards don't offer?' before you really do anything. You figure out an answer to that and I wouldn't be surprised if that provides more answers in a more constructive fashion than anything anyone else has done.
You have zero empirical evidence to show that this place won’t become more active, perhaps maybe just a little, with more fundamental changes. A re-design is not a fundamental change and the last re-design in 2004 or so did not work, so why does anyone think it would work now just on its own? You also have zero empirical evidence to show that my suggestions would not work because they have not been implemented fully at all and are based on logic and hard facts.

Other members have already asked "What does Animeboards offer that other boards don't offer?' and I drew attention to this in an earlier post to Eva2k in this thread. I have also made a thread which attempted to elicit the future strategies and visions of the moderators http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=61740, which was supposed to lead onto how to differentiate AB with respect to other anime messageboards, but there has been no response to date. I’ve already got ideas on how to differentiate AnimeBoards, but you don’t do that until you have the basics correct, such as making sure the mods are doing their jobs properly and deleting inactive subforums, to see what effect these basic changes have – i.e. use an iterative procedure that makes basic changes first at the base of the pyramid. Also, I alluded to the differential advantage of AB over its competitors in my SWOT analysis here http://www.animeboards.com/showpost.php?p=537847146&postcount=15, and I’ve also identified at least one advantage of AB over other anime messageboards, namely the freedom to talk about politics and religion in the off-topic subforums (http://www.animeboards.com/showpost.php?p=537844618&postcount=3).

As for constructive suggestions, among other things, see my Masterplan for Improvement, SWOT analysis and the Town Meeting (http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=61086), where I have detailed practical action points for existing members, the admin and the moderators to increase activity.

And I'm sure those members who left due to inactivity found other message boards that served their needs better than this one same as any new member. I'm really glad that there is one or two people frequently I know you've argued "then why not try to get older members to come here?" Looking at the top posters of Animeboards, I can say off the top of my head, a few of them got married, others left because of personal issues with other members, I know of those members went to Japan, and the rest I'm sure found greener pastures.
It’s not hard to see why some old members barely post here because we keep seeing sporadic updates by people in Members Only, which serve as public broadcast announcements that a person has become engaged or married, or in one very extreme case, died.

Crude depiction of your position? Me saying that you're constantly making the same point over and over again without or causing any real change to the board? That looks like your position to be blunt.
That is a crude mischaracterization of my position because I make many different points and there have been changes due to my suggestions. To be blunt, it seems like you haven’t even bothered reading my previous suggestions properly, so how you believe you can give a true representation of my position is beyond me.

I'm not going to argue that you've been making honest points, but the voices of the fallen? I'll be blunt here, that statement is pure ego. Unless you have emails or private messages from members who have said to you "John Faulkner thank you for speaking for us, we have no voice of our own", it can be said that this is your crusade. If they were that vocal, they one would have posted on here thus generating discussions or talked to Eva about all this. The truth of the matter here is again that one, all things have a natural life cycle this board included, second anime has become more widely available and popular than it was during the heyday thus people are not in need of this type of internet forum as much, and finally,
No, as I have documented in extensive posts, this place could have done a whole lot more to stem the fall down the s-hithole – e.g. see discussion here at http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=62960, but for some strange reason, old members keep carting out the same old horses-hit without an iota of empirical evidence. That is the truth of the matter.

And why do I need e-mails or private messages to show that people have left because of inactivity, when this has been bloody flung out into the public domain by a moderator - http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?t=60421 ? As you can see, people in that thread have deserted to other websites (including anime ones) and it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to infer from that thread that a major reason is lack of activity here. It also shows these people do still have spare time to spend online, despite probably having jobs and “a life”. Now these people aren’t going to waste their time giving feedback to board management, but these people would likely say the same things as I am saying now if they did. That is why these people are on my side and not yours, and that is why the views I bring up to board management are not exclusive to me. Hell, even new members agree with me to a certain extent, so it’s a joke to say that this is my “crusade”. If I wanted to go on a “crusade”, I’d do a f-uckload more than typing up a bunch of words.

I don't think that anyone has asked the real "what does or can this board offer that no other internet forum can?"
People have asked that. I’ve asked that in THIS thread, here: (http://www.animeboards.com/showpost.php?p=537851067&postcount=15)

Among other things, you need to differentiate this place to make it stand out somehow from places like Anime Gaia - what has AB got that AG doesn't? More activity? No. So why should people come here instead of over there? Don't just take it from me, take it from some of the older members here, including a former moderator (remembering that you trust your moderators)

One of the bloody points of this thread is to show how AB is not better than AG even in terms of activity and hence cannot even offer more activity than a board with 29 members! The fact you’ve missed this out shows the trouble with old members like you who see fit to criticize what people like myself and Black_Knight have been doing. You don’t realize how far down the road we are in the discussions in terms of the level of detail covered, the arguments already covered and the changes that have happened.

The trouble is that old members like you jump in and start criticizing with no solid facts to back them up and offer the same old arguments that have been crushed several times over by hard facts and logical rebuttals.

At the end of the day, to be frank, this means that you and old members like you don’t know what they’re talking about when it comes to changing AB for the better. Old members like you have completely lost the plot and have become stuck in the past permanently.

I'm not going to argue this anymore nor will I respond to anything you might say John because that's not going to be constructive to either of us.
We both know the real reason why you have backed out of this argument before even hearing my response: it’s because your position is not based on reality and is therefore smashed into a billion insignificant fragments. That is why nobody should accept your position or take what you said with respect to the decline of AnimeBoards seriously.

If this board is going get revitalized in any fashion then bickering between members about how it's falling apart serves no one.
Au contraire: gaze upon the changes and improvements mentioned above, which have been made due to this “bickering” (read: exciting debate on the Future of AnimeBoards)

I know I'm not the one to revitalize it but if anyone is going to do it then they need to do it in a constructive fashion.
In other words, you can’t be arsed to do anything yet you feel the need to criticize people that are doing something by making totally flawed arguments :rolleyes:. Anyone who is truly objective will see who is being constructive here.

Also if i was new to a board and i saw a bunch of posts like this id just leave saying this place is dead right off the bat..

Just food for thought
If I was new to a place like this and saw a tiny amount of activity going on and no signs of change, then I’d p-iss off without a second thought. These threads in the Contact Admin subforum at least give more activity.

Just food for thought.

[Project Akira]

I'm not going to respond to this most recent post because frankly it's only going to lead to squabbling that doesn't help these boards or each of us at all. We're both better people than this. All I'm going to say in response to you John is that some people might want to help you but you're making it very hard because you're being pretty antagonistic. You're last post in response to me actually got me to make some posts here in anime forums. Many of the points in this most recent one are true and some I feel are twisting my words around to suit your points but on the whole you're right. I agree with most of your points that you've made here and in the past in regards to making the boards more active. Are the boards going to be like they used to be? No, that life cycle is over and you're right wallowing in the past isn't going to help us. So I have no problem admitting we do need to have new ideas and new approaches to getting Animeboards on new legs.

I realize at this point after what close to at least a year of wanting to do this that you're probably feeling angered that no one here is doing anything besides yourself. However, I don't think making angry statements on either of our sides regardless of giving the board some activity is healthy for anyone in the long run. I think both of us need to put asides any disagreements that we have both started between us and instead we should both work towards getting animeboards becoming an interesting place for all of us to post. Again I'm not going to lead any such revitaliziation, I don't have the time with my offline commitments and obligations. However, I am not above helping out by starting discussions or replying to the occasional topic that starts up.

I'm just going to propose that we all just stop trying to antagonize each other, be a little more courteous, and try to make what we have here better than what it is to the best of our abilities.

[Darkandiel]

As of right now, I do see where eva2k is coming from with the extra admin issue though. I have to start my website over again. Thank God I hadn't put money into it. I don't own the domain, but planned to buy the forum license. The other admin wouldn't allow me to bring in a professional programmer friend because he has no clue about php. He wanted complete control, so now he has it and I wish him luck, because he has no forum experience. I feel I was being used for my experience on this. Then I'd get usurped. I'm only learning code myself, so I was running the forum itself, not coding (rules, forum layout, staffing, getting people involved, that kind of thing.) I know how to run a website with being a mod for years so it's no problem for me to start over and I've got many contacts. Next time around I'm going to make sure that I am the head admin, no collaborating. Of course I have two other less power hungry people who wanted in on the project in the first place if they had been allowed, they will be admins because I believe in delegation of power, but I will own the domain myself. I learned something valuable in the last week that helped me understand Eva's situation.

Admittedly, as well as not getting involved in off topic discussions where I feel like a newb, I am also busy. I'm probably as old as some of the veteran members here (probably one of the reasons I stayed, the fact that the member base is older), meaning I have a life, but also I have the another forum where I'm moderator to keep me busy. xD

I don’t think this place ever had a donations button, even at its peak, so this is a real trick that can reap in huge cash rewards for Eva2k, particularly if he markets this correctly. Decreasing PM boxes is also a great idea: who the hell keeps 6,000 PMs around here anyway? As I mentioned in a previous post in this thread, there are some 2,400 members with no posts to their name, so you can just get rid of all this trash.
I'm glad you agree with this John, and I'm sure that eva2k could benefit from something doing like that, but it is up to him at the end of the day. Of course, the forum would have to get up and running before any donations are likely to come in, but I assure you, they will. You have to put the incentives there for people to donate. That involves making use of some of vb's other features.

[John Faulkner]

We're both better people than this. All I'm going to say in response to you John is that some people might want to help you but you're making it very hard because you're being pretty antagonistic.
Sometimes, antagonism is an appropriate aspect of a strategy to achieve certain goals, particularly when a non-antagonistic approach has reaped no rewards. Also, there is a gradient between pure antagonism and being passionate/thought-provoking. From my perspective, I'm nowhere near the hostility levels that I can reach. For one thing, I've made it clear that my criticism of the moderators is restricted to their roles as moderators.

You're last post in response to me actually got me to make some posts here in anime forums.
Great! I can add to that to my resume.

Are the boards going to be like they used to be? No, that life cycle is over and you're right wallowing in the past isn't going to help us. So I have no problem admitting we do need to have new ideas and new approaches to getting Animeboards on new legs.
One of the key problems being that board management doesn't seem to want to give me or anyone else an indication of what they want for the future. What I keep getting is something along the lines of: yeah, we know it's a shame that nobody's posting, but that's what we can cope with. We might change some things in the future.

No vision. No indication of when changes can be expected. No milestones. No goals. No aims. No idea of what the current capacity is. For all we know, bugger all is going to happen for all eternity. No hope - see my signature.

I realize at this point after what close to at least a year of wanting to do this that you're probably feeling angered that no one here is doing anything besides yourself. However, I don't think making angry statements on either of our sides regardless of giving the board some activity is healthy for anyone in the long run.
Let's just say that the day I am genuinely angry because of inactivity on an anime messageboard is the day I check myself into a psychiatric ward.

If you want me to cut down on the swearing, then I'll make a deal: if the mods reply to my other thread with their visions and future strategies and this actually leads to discussion between them and myself, then I'd stop swearing in this subforum for 3 months.

I think both of us need to put asides any disagreements that we have both started between us and instead we should both work towards getting animeboards becoming an interesting place for all of us to post. Again I'm not going to lead any such revitaliziation, I don't have the time with my offline commitments and obligations. However, I am not above helping out by starting discussions or replying to the occasional topic that starts up.
OK, let's get real here: you have offline obligations, board management has offline obligations, Darkandiel has offline obligations and most old members have offline obligations. Also, I have offline obligations. Add to this the fact that I actually have a very low opinion of Internet messageboards and chat devices in general, which I don't exactly keep a secret, and the fact that I'm not even big on anime or video games anymore. Due to these factors, I take 1-6+ month breaks from posting here, I tend to avoid messageboards (almost giving up on them on several occasions) and I treat chat devices like an Ebola virus (except for when I have to use Skype for professional meetings). So the fact that we're actually posting here right now in this thread, I would say, is a minor miracle. One of my real motivations for coming here is to see whether this place can take a fresh new direction that I can actually tolerate.

The only thing that's going to keep this place alive in the future is a real team effort where we have a coherent strategy that we can agree on and believe in, and when I say "believe in", I don't mean in a "Lennie/Candy in Of Mice and Men" kind of way. Hence ongoing negotiations with Eva2k on such a strategy.

As of right now, I do see where eva2k is coming from with the extra admin issue though. I have to start my website over again. Thank God I hadn't put money into it. I don't own the domain, but planned to buy the forum license. The other admin wouldn't allow me to bring in a professional programmer friend because he has no clue about php. He wanted complete control, so now he has it and I wish him luck, because he has no forum experience. I feel I was being used for my experience on this. Then I'd get usurped. I'm only learning code myself, so I was running the forum itself, not coding (rules, forum layout, staffing, getting people involved, that kind of thing.) I know how to run a website with being a mod for years so it's no problem for me to start over and I've got many contacts. Next time around I'm going to make sure that I am the head admin, no collaborating. Of course I have two other less power hungry people who wanted in on the project in the first place if they had been allowed, they will be admins because I believe in delegation of power, but I will own the domain myself. I learned something valuable in the last week that helped me understand Eva's situation.
I suggest Eva2k makes you a moderator of this website. What do you think?

Admittedly, as well as not getting involved in off topic discussions where I feel like a newb, I am also busy.
Well, firstly, what off-topic discussions? There's hardly been any, apart from threads like these. I wouldn't call threads on marriage and engagement "discussions". There's a thread about Obama's inauguration, and I don't think there'd be any problems if you posted anything in that thread. At this stage, people probably wouldn't give a s-hit about whether you're a newbie or not, because they don't really give a s-hit about anything.

I'm probably as old as some of the veteran members here (probably one of the reasons I stayed, the fact that the member base is older), meaning I have a life, but also I have the another forum where I'm moderator to keep me busy. xD
So you're saying that you're not fond of juvenile crap on anime messageboards? If so, that makes two of us!

A real idea is to gear AnimeBoards to an older crowd, because that could be a niche market with some demand, and would differentiate this place from other anime forums. Of course, age does not guarantee maturity, but it increases the likelihood of more coherent discussions.

[Darkandiel]

I suggest Eva2k makes you a moderator of this website. What do you think?
The decision is totally Eva2k's to make regarding anything to do with staff. As much as I'd love to help him out, I really, really can't mod another forum. I just wouldn't have the time to spend between all the sites. I'm not joking or over-exaggerating when I say that I'm a moderator on TWO other anime forums. The second since a couple of months ago. I only said yes to that one because I spend too much time on there anyway.. And of course there's my own site.


So you're saying that you're not fond of juvenile crap on anime messageboards? If so, that makes two of us!

A real idea is to gear AnimeBoards to an older crowd, because that could be a niche market with some demand, and would differentiate this place from other anime forums. Of course, age does not guarantee maturity, but it increases the likelihood of more coherent discussions.

I don't think that anyone who has been on a messageboard for years is fond of juvenile crap or to put it simply and bluntly...retards. Some of them even collect infractions to see who can get one from each moderator first. They are not always 16 year olds that do this either. I've seen a lot of idiots. :rolleyes:

[John Faulkner]

The decision is totally Eva2k's to make regarding anything to do with staff. As much as I'd love to help him out, I really, really can't mod another forum. I just wouldn't have the time to spend between all the sites. I'm not joking or over-exaggerating when I say that I'm a moderator on TWO other anime forums. The second since a couple of months ago. I only said yes to that one because I spend too much time on there anyway.. And of course there's my own site.
Come to think of it, I'm not even sure Eva2k wants to do anything about his moderators at the moment, given the mystery that is shrouding his future strategy. I suggested new moderators because the current lot have no fire in their bellies at all - no passion and no pride. For one thing, only one ever seems to come here anymore.

I don't think that anyone who has been on a messageboard for years is fond of juvenile crap or to put it simply and bluntly...retards. Some of them even collect infractions to see who can get one from each moderator first. They are not always 16 year olds that do this either. I've seen a lot of idiots. :rolleyes:
Yes, it's absolutely true that older people are not immune to being stuck in the quagmire of pre-pubescent thinking. On the whole, I'd say older people on messageboards are less prone to juvenile crap, but are still prone to crap manifested through other forms. Have you ever been to this website - http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/ ?

[Darkandiel]

Come to think of it, I'm not even sure Eva2k wants to do anything about his moderators at the moment, given the mystery that is shrouding his future strategy. I suggested new moderators because the current lot have no fire in their bellies at all - no passion and no pride. For one thing, only one ever seems to come here anymore.
It is highly possible, that they are hidden when they log in. I tend to do that sometimes so that only other mods can see me. *shrugs* I dunno.


Yes, it's absolutely true that older people are not immune to being stuck in the quagmire of pre-pubescent thinking. On the whole, I'd say older people on messageboards are less prone to juvenile crap, but are still prone to crap manifested through other forms. Have you ever been to this website - http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/ ?
Oh my God. I haven't seen anything like that before. So it's basically an online academy for flamers and trolls. Great! Very mature. Though admittedly, I haven't been immune to laughing at some of the trollings I've dealt with in the past. I found myself laughing my ass off a few times while clicking the ban button. You can't be 100% serious all of the time, otherwise being a moderator would get so damn annoying.

[John Faulkner]

It is highly possible, that they are hidden when they log in. I tend to do that sometimes so that only other mods can see me. *shrugs* I dunno.
You can check the "last activity" of those mods who do not hide themselves on their profiles. This proves that most are not hidden and have not logged on this year.

Oh my God. I haven't seen anything like that before. So it's basically an online academy for flamers and trolls. Great! Very mature.
No, it's a site that mocks the type of people you get on messageboards in an entertaining way!

[Darkandiel]

You can check the "last activity" of those mods who do not hide themselves on their profiles. This proves that most are not hidden and have not logged on this year.
Oh, I didn't think of that. Well I guess they moved on. 0o


No, it's a site that mocks the type of people you get on messageboards in an entertaining way! I've been looking over some of the threads. Some of it is mildly entertaining, but I've deleted better. lol

[John Faulkner]

Firstly, has anyone checked out what's happening down at our great rivals Anime Gaia? They've completely re-designed their messageboard! Where once there was a bright and cheerful design reflecting the innocence of youth, there is now left a mysterious ambience that embraces the dark confusion associated with the coming-of-age period. WOW. I can really see the passion, drive and vision in that place.

Citizens of AnimeBoards: our deadly rivals Anime Gaia have evolved. We must fight back in this evolutionary arms race.

Oh, I didn't think of that. Well I guess they moved on. 0o
Or just being lazy buggers, as ever.

[Darkandiel]

Are you talking about that tiny forum? xD

[John Faulkner]

Are you talking about that tiny forum? xD

Yes, the one mentioned in the first post of this thread. Big things are happening over there - they tested out a brand new layout with a cool and funky black and red colour scheme yesterday, and they are in the process of making "major changes" according to the owner. They also held a competition to see who can get past a certain number of posts first - a fantastic idea for a new forum. Now that is what I call being proactive. You can feel the chi exploding right across to AnimeBoards and I am still shaking from the shockwaves. Our very existence is threatened by this new kid on the block, whose cup is over-running with pure energy. I propose AnimeBoards comes up with a new counter-strategy quick and get someone over there to make a declaration of war (the winner being the place who can generate the most activity).

Psychologically, people respond to leaders that are perceived as actually trying to do something that benefits them. So even though on a personal level, I think Anime Gaia's competition is puerile shite, I can see it's a great way to boost activity.

[Darkandiel]

Well, I won't be trying that one on my forum when it is up and running again. That just generates a lot of ---- spam and postwhores. I will be depending on my graphic designer friends to help get it going again with a competition for a forum banner, seeing as it is an anime and graphics forum. The type of members that I have, would be a little more mature than to do a race for post count. I couldn't see it happening here either, I think AB's members are past post count races :cool:

[kamikazefstorm]

We need to do SOMETHING! I like here better than there! (don't wana go there, I don't know them there) I don't want to see this place fall any farther! WE NEED CHANGE! :bawling:

[John Faulkner]

Well, I won't be trying that one on my forum when it is up and running again. That just generates a lot of ---- spam and postwhores. I will be depending on my graphic designer friends to help get it going again with a competition for a forum banner, seeing as it is an anime and graphics forum. The type of members that I have, would be a little more mature than to do a race for post count. I couldn't see it happening here either,
So you'll be admin of this new forum of yours? How much is this going to cost you roughly? When you say an anime and graphics forum, do you mean graphics as in any type of drawing, or is the scope restricted to anime graphics?

Maturity is, I think, a worthy aim in most endeavours, but a possible issue for messageboards is that it could be a double-edged sword. If people perceive the rules to be too strict, or an environment too staid, that could stifle discussion and creativity. It's tough to strike a balance.

I agree the competition is more suitable for the frivolous crowd, but I also notice that Anime Gaia has added a new Hentai subforum to boost activity, with one of the reasons cited being that hentai is "art". Now this is weird because the competition is geared towards the younger crowd yet the anime porn subforum is geared towards older people. This strategy does not seem to me very coherent. Also, I have invited the owner of Anime Gaia to this thread - see http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?p=537851501#post537851501

I think AB's members are past post count races :cool:Most of AB's members are past posting on AB ...

We need to do SOMETHING! I like here better than there! (don't wana go there, I don't know them there) I don't want to see this place fall any farther! WE NEED CHANGE! :bawling:
I think the appropriate way to express your immense passion is: :xmas(::amidala: :smokin::karate::cartman:

So what do YOU suggest we do?

[cool2burn]

I think the appropriate way to express your immense passion is: :xmas(::amidala: :smokin::karate::cartman:

So what do YOU suggest we do?

Lets burn this mother fucker down!!!!

http://image64.webshots.com/164/7/13/57/435971357SGukzM_ph.jpg

[nankura]

To John

You say in my advertisement i need to redeem myself to this community?, i say i could care less what people think about me

My website is simply a small community were anyone's welcome to come and just enjoy themselve's, and thats the intended purpose off it, if we have to clean up post's. hell we will do it, if some people go a lil off topic, omg i could care less, its about having fun and even though alot of my members have gone off topic in post's, its constructive and alot of the time for a good laugh

All i see from you is pages and pages of post's of you dribbling and going on. i can see that you want to resurrect AB. yeah sure, respectable, but dont go trying to make a mockery/example out of my website when the two site's can hardly be compared what so ever

To the comments about age related

I myself am 22, i have a job, and its the same with most of our members, a phew are young but most are generally old enough to move out of home but in the end what's that got to do with anything, i know plenty of youngen's who are more mature than a 30 year old


Back to john

You say to me that all i did was make a talk up about my site, yea i did. There's an advertise/website show-off section, so i went and advertised, yea i didnt get involved with the community before hand. because this forum doesnt hit my interest, sorry. but i preffer smaller community's, generally i dont care what anyone think's of me, im just doing my part and enjoying life

As for respect, yeah. so what if some of you dont respect me, you dont even know me and i dont know you. so i doubt in the long run it's going to mentally effect anyone

AB's problems have nothing to do with AG. and this whole thread really is pointless, if you want to resurrect your forum, do something unique, make some competition's, either way, dont go comparing

As for the hentai section

Yeah we added that for 3 reasons, 1. to appeal to an older crowd, 2. Because it is Artistic, hentai by some is seen as dirty etc, but to alot of other's its seen as extremely artistic and beautifull, 3. to see how it work's out with the community

We are trying thing's, learning and making mistakes and fixing mistakes. we are having fun, and enjoying a nice friendly community over at AG, and its really as simple as that.

As for strategy, really we have no strategy, were not trying for any strategic approach at all. were just having fun and enjoying making a forum/community and soon a website added on


P.S - The link to the forum is now http://animegaia.net - weve taken down the main website for now untill the new layout is finished

[Darkandiel]

So you'll be admin of this new forum of yours? How much is this going to cost you roughly? When you say an anime and graphics forum, do you mean graphics as in any type of drawing, or is the scope restricted to anime graphics? Yes, I'll be admin. However, I do not have the necessary coding skills, this is why I will have two secondary admins. Already agreed ion who those will be. Well, to begin with it will cost me about €60 for the host and domain. Forum license about €150, but I will be using a free license to start with, I was using mybb. I can transfer the databases over. Now I don't actually care about having a large forum. This site would cost a LOT more at is full potential.

As for the graphics. I am a professional graphic designer so it will involve some of my graphic design friends artists and GFXers(signature makers, of course mostly anime there). Most sites are pure elitists when it comes to graphics. We plan to cut that out by actually helping people improve from beginners to more advanced. I myself suck at signature making because I prefer to do graphics that involve my own work, not sticking pre-made stuff together. But I am an artist too, so constructive criticism is something I will involve myself in.

Oh and a huge NO-NO for any site IMO, is allowing people to advertise their forums. We can see the outcome of that above. That is something that I will not allow without an "official" affiliation. It's stealing members, although that can't happen here lol.

Maturity is, I think, a worthy aim in most endeavours, but a possible issue for messageboards is that it could be a double-edged sword. If people perceive the rules to be too strict, or an environment too staid, that could stifle discussion and creativity. It's tough to strike a balance. Ah, there is always a middle ground when it comes to rules. They must be strict enough to make a point but not so strict as nazi forum rule.

I agree the competition is more suitable for the frivolous crowd, but I also notice that Anime Gaia has added a new Hentai subforum to boost activity, with one of the reasons cited being that hentai is "art". Now this is weird because the competition is geared towards the younger crowd yet the anime porn subforum is geared towards older people. This strategy does not seem to me very coherent. Also, I have invited the owner of Anime Gaia to this thread - see http://www.animeboards.com/showthread.php?p=537851501#post537851501
? Now Hentai is something that was suggested for my site. I said NO. I don't see a need for it plus it's not something that interests me. Besides, I want the forum to appeal to under 18's as well.

[kamikazefstorm]

I think the appropriate way to express your immense passion is: :xmas(::amidala: :smokin::karate::cartman:

So what do YOU suggest we do?

Hmm......new mods should help. And maybe someone could look at what is currently popular and fun here and experiment with it?

Just as a side note, this was the first site I ever joined and the only one I still go to. If I could figure out why maybe I could come up with something to help revive things here........

[John Faulkner]

To JohnYou say in my advertisement i need to redeem myself to this community?, i say i could care less what people think about me
Touchy, aren't we?

All i see from you is pages and pages of post's of you dribbling and going on.
Very constructive comment to all the points I've made in this thread.

i can see that you want to resurrect AB. yeah sure, respectable, but dont go trying to make a mockery/example out of my website when the two site's can hardly be compared what so ever
This proves you haven't bothered reading this thread properly. What the hell have you been smoking? I'm not making an example of your website or mocking it; I was saying how your forum is more active on average than AnimeBoards and that has led to discussion on why activity on your website is greater. I've even praised the changes Anime Gaia have made and the effervescence shown by the management team, e.g.

They also held a competition to see who can get past a certain number of posts first - a fantastic idea for a new forum. Now that is what I call being proactive. You can feel the chi exploding right across to AnimeBoards and I am still shaking from the shockwaves. Our very existence is threatened by this new kid on the block, whose cup is over-running with pure energy.

By doing so, I have actually helped to promote your website here and given you free, favourable publicity. So what the f-uck are you complaining about?

To the comments about age related

I myself am 22, i have a job, and its the same with most of our members, a phew are young but most are generally old enough to move out of home but in the end what's that got to do with anything, i know plenty of youngen's who are more mature than a 30 year old
Yes, that goes without saying, adults of all ages can be f-ucking retards as well. Welcome to the real world. However, young people tend to be less mature.

You say to me that all i did was make a talk up about my site, yea i did. There's an advertise/website show-off section, so i went and advertised, yea i didnt get involved with the community before hand. because this forum doesnt hit my interest, sorry. but i preffer smaller community's, generally i dont care what anyone think's of me, im just doing my part and enjoying life
You prefer smaller communities, so you're not interested in AnimeBoards, which has one of the smallest active communities on the Internet, smaller than at Anime Gaia? How about you open your f-ucking eyes to what I've typed before you unload a barrel-load of hyperactive s-hit onto me?

AB's problems have nothing to do with AG. and this whole thread really is pointless, if you want to resurrect your forum, do something unique, make some competition's, either way, dont go comparing
a) I compared AB to AG because AG is showing the fighting spirit AB is lacking, a fighting spirit which is needed to counter the low levels of activity, one of AB's problem. So AB's problems are linked to AG in some way and there is a point to this thread.

b) I have suggested many ways to improve AB and have invited suggestions from board management.

[John Faulkner]

As for the hentai section

Yeah we added that for 3 reasons, 1. to appeal to an older crowd, 2. Because it is Artistic, hentai by some is seen as dirty etc, but to alot of other's its seen as extremely artistic and beautifull, 3. to see how it work's out with the community
Hentai is artistic? So what's so "artistic" about 2-D characters (in form and personality) f-ucking around for the viewers to wank along to?

As for strategy, really we have no strategy, were not trying for any strategic approach at all. were just having fun and enjoying making a forum/community and soon a website added on
"Fun" is an incredibly vapid, catch-all term used by people who are too lazy to think about why they are doing something. You can break down the concept of fun and realise the underlying factors that make up "having fun", whether it is mental or physical stimulation brought about by certain types of activity. Just saying "having fun" as a raison d'etre will get you nowhere, unless you're trying to create a TV or newspaper ad playing on the deformed prejudices and backwards thinking of the masses.

P.S - The link to the forum is now http://animegaia.net - weve taken down the main website for now untill the new layout is finished
Never one to miss out on plugging your website eh? ;)

Yes, I'll be admin. However, I do not have the necessary coding skills, this is why I will have two secondary admins. Already agreed ion who those will be. Well, to begin with it will cost me about €60 for the host and domain. Forum license about €150, but I will be using a free license to start with, I was using mybb. I can transfer the databases over. Now I don't actually care about having a large forum. This site would cost a LOT more at is full potential.
Are the €60 and €150 one-off payments? What about running costs? Eva2k is banging on about spending over AUD$50k in hosting related costs, which is about AUD$6000 per yr or €3000 per year. Is that how much it could cost you?

As for the graphics. I am a professional graphic designer so it will involve some of my graphic design friends artists and GFXers(signature makers, of course mostly anime there). Most sites are pure elitists when it comes to graphics. We plan to cut that out by actually helping people improve from beginners to more advanced. I myself suck at signature making because I prefer to do graphics that involve my own work, not sticking pre-made stuff together. But I am an artist too, so constructive criticism is something I will involve myself in.
I didn't know there were people out there dedicating themselves to signature making; I remember the forums I used to go to just having text signatures - a few lines of text and there's your sig, take it or leave it.

Oh and a huge NO-NO for any site IMO, is allowing people to advertise their forums. We can see the outcome of that above. That is something that I will not allow without an "official" affiliation. It's stealing members, although that can't happen here lol.
Do you think Eva2k really cares that people are using this place purely for advertising?

Now Hentai is something that was suggested for my site. I said NO. I don't see a need for it plus it's not something that interests me. Besides, I want the forum to appeal to under 18's as well.
I'll bet a lot of under 18's watch Hentai, although probably not the sort of crowd you'd want to attract. The quality of Hentai has always been suspect to me. The sci-fi channel used to have late-night anime sessions, and I used to check out whatever they were showing, often random anime which I have never heard of before. Now, some of these turned out to be hentai. I didn't find scenes of naked bitches raped by tentacles from some alien mofo to be enjoyable - it wasn't shocking in the least either, but it was incredibly stupid/laughable and made me switch off the TV. And then you get all these crazy sub-categories like furry and lolicon catering for borderline lunatics. As I've said before, lolicon and shotacon are simply euphenisms for paedophilic anime.

Hmm......new mods should help. And maybe someone could look at what is currently popular and fun here and experiment with it?
New mods would help, but try telling that to Eva2k.

Nothing is currently popular and "fun" here, so we need inspiration from other places. For example, Anime-Suki forums are light years ahead of this place in several respects.

[724496]

Heh. John gets banned and immediately there is (a little) more activity on the boards :lol:

[Black_Knight]

Wait, John's been banned for challenging the status quo?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JRG6ic5vqjM/SFNAeHgNL6I/AAAAAAAAATo/DhGCx8OwPWI/s320/big%2Bboss%2Bsalute.JPG

[Project Akira]

Wait, John's been banned for challenging the status quo?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JRG6ic5vqjM/SFNAeHgNL6I/AAAAAAAAATo/DhGCx8OwPWI/s320/big%2Bboss%2Bsalute.JPG

I would say he was banned for being openly rude and constantly insulting the mods and Eva 2000. It's one thing to have a cause but it's an entirely different one to be a martyr for a crusade.

[Black_Knight]

I would say he was banned for being openly rude and constantly insulting the mods and Eva 2000. It's one thing to have a cause but it's an entirely different one to be a martyr for a crusade.

And that's why I saluted him, he went out the way I would have if I decided to go out in style at AB.

[724496]

I'd hardly call it going out in style. I doubt anyone actually read much of what he posted towards the end.

[kamikazefstorm]

I'd hardly call it going out in style. I doubt anyone actually read much of what he posted towards the end.

I did. He hurt his cause by being WAY too negative and insulting. :(

[Black_Knight]

I did. He hurt his cause by being WAY too negative and insulting. :(

He didn't really have a choice since everything else he tried to put forward was shot down before it was even considered.

At least he didn't feel like he was really backed into a corner and resorted to proactive violence against the site. That's what people do in real life when they have no political recourse left. (I.E. terrorism)

[Darkandiel]

Wow, John is banned? Can't say I'm surprised, afterall, he did keep pushing it.

[724496]

He didn't really have a choice since everything else he tried to put forward was shot down before it was even considered.


There's a reason for that.......

[SamIam]

He didn't really have a choice since everything else he tried to put forward was shot down before it was even considered.

At least he didn't feel like he was really backed into a corner and resorted to proactive violence against the site. That's what people do in real life when they have no political recourse left. (I.E. terrorism)

Well, that may be true, but consider that all of the members are in reality ... guests to the site, thus, the basic rules of courtesy would similarly apply (at least in spirit or intent) - which is to say that John or anyone else, are free to make observations and suggestions ... but not what amounts to demands.

He hurt his cause, when it went it went from his point of view to THE point of view. This is not to say that he did not have valid points, but merely that he refused to let it go ...

[Pen2]

He didn't really have a choice since everything else he tried to put forward was shot down before it was even considered.

Not really. More like it was considered, Eva2000 didn't get on it right away since he's glacial at best, so John posted the exact same argument. Except this time he'd swear more. Repeat a dozen times and John's suddenly turning every thread into a diatribe about how terrible the board is. Regardless of whatever he was trying to achieve, he wasn't helping his own cause. Guy needs to chill out and see what else is out there.

His ban expires in less than three months and counting, when I suppose we can go through this whole song and dance again. Either way, it's time to move on.

[Black_Knight]

Well I'd throw a hissy fit since let's face it, George hasn't done jack ---- to bring in new and old blood. (Minus the spam bot which wasn't his doing)

I don't care, maybe it's time for AB to die and see all the work and money people put into it go to waste. I ani;t going to go on an epic quest to save AB like Johnny so save the lectures.

[724496]

Why is it then the board is more active, albeit slightly, now that John has been banned? I think John was responsible for the decline of AB.

[Black_Knight]

Why is it then the board is more active, albeit slightly, now that John has been banned? I think John was responsible for the decline of AB.

Causation does not imply correlation. You of all people should know that.

[724496]

True, but it does give one something to ponder.

[Project Akira]

Causation does not imply correlation. You of all people should know that.

But I'd also argue that John's consistently rude comments to both newer and older posters (of which there are plenty to found on the board), could not have been helpful in any constructive fashion.

[kamikazefstorm]

I think John was responsible for the decline of AB.

There have been plenty of others I'd say. He is only the most recent one to fall....... :(





Also, I think the easiest way to boost the activity AND make the site a bit more fun at the same time is to revive the RPing section. At least then something here would be moving forward again. :sweatdrop

[Project Akira]

Contact Pen2 about that or get something started on your own. A lot of the death of RPing here was related to I think the down time we had a few years ago and most of the RPers moving on to other things or other boards where they could get more people to join easier.

[ACE2001]

Holy Crap!! John has been banned!? Forgive me for I've been living under a rock these past few weeks...damn man. I felt his passion for trying to get this board back to way things were...but wow. Im a little speechless right now. Didn't think he would be banned like this.

[Project Akira]

Holy Crap!! John has been banned!? Forgive me for I've been living under a rock these past few weeks...damn man. I felt his passion for trying to get this board back to way things were...but wow. Im a little speechless right now. Didn't think he would be banned like this.
Well when you constantly insult the owner of the boards, tell the mods that they're not doing their jobs, and insult members constantly, it's hard not to get banned.

[ACE2001]

Well when you constantly insult the owner of the boards, tell the mods that they're not doing their jobs, and insult members constantly, it's hard not to get banned.

True enough. I feel a little bad because I felt the same way he did on some issues. It's just that he was a bit more extreme about it. While annoying to most members here, you have to admit that he really cared about getting this place back to the way it was. The reality of the situation however is that things have changed over time and people have grown up and apart from this place, which is understandable. I guess all in all, I would just like to see some minor improvements here to show that there is some attempt to make things a little better around here.

[kamikazefstorm]

get something started on your own.

Tried it a number of times and failed. :(
I can't start stories, but I am good at adding details to one to make it more fun.





A lot of the death of RPing here was related to I think the down time we had a few years ago and most of the RPers moving on to other things or other boards where they could get more people to join easier.

I joined around that time. I was happily RPing for a year I think before it completely died. I looked through a number of other sites but couldn't find a single place worth RPing in. I've been bored ever since.......:dead:

[John Faulkner]

You know, it's extremely easy to spread propaganda about someone when that person isn't around to defend himself. Notice how 'critics' like Project Akira start up their online gob and run their mouths while I'm not around, but when I am around, this is what happens when I systematically prove how baseless their criticisms are:

I'm not going to respond to this most recent post because frankly it's only going to lead to squabbling that doesn't help these boards or each of us at all.

Ho hum. You critics sure made your point :D.

But I feel that some of the issues raised deserve a more detailed exposition and in the spirit of improving AnimeBoards, I will continue to logically answer all the points raised in due course.

[kamikazefstorm]

And the hero returns to continue the crusade! :lol:

(less insults fired means less casualties :D)

[Project Akira]

And John once again returns to shoot himself in the foot. I don't have to prove because hey you just just got off a suspension and then came back with more condescending posts that clearly show you didn't learn your lesson. I honestly tried to be friendly with you and stopped arguing because hey I agreed with you and still do that animeboards could use more activity but you just had to prove a point. So I'll keep criticising you because you provide plenty of ammo!

[John Faulkner]

And John once again returns to shoot himself in the foot. I don't have to prove because hey you just just got off a suspension and then came back with more condescending posts that clearly show you didn't learn your lesson.
You made a series of allegations which I will address in good time. I will show logically the errors in your allegations. Again.

As for me being condescending, I was simply responding to the insults thrown at me. But of course, I wouldn't expect someone as spectacularly biased as you to acknowledge that.

I honestly tried to be friendly with you and stopped arguing because hey I agreed with you and still do that animeboards could use more activity but you just had to prove a point.
Yes, I had to prove that your allegations are completely and utterly false, which they are. You have a funny way of being friendly: spreading propaganda when I'm not around and refusing to debate me when I am around. Well, I am around now, so prepare to defend your position.

So I'll keep criticising you because you provide plenty of ammo!
You keep criticising because you've got nothing better to do here. :smokin:.

[Black_Knight]

John, let it go. AB is done for, no interest by people and George doesn't give two shite about reviving it. Find a new place and move on.

Let it go John, let it go.

[Pen2]

:up: :up: :up: