Losing many users

AntiChrist · Post by **AntiChrist** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 3:46 pm

But the boards....

If you must take everything else, leave the forums. These are the best forums I've ever seen.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 12:18 am

AFAIK - the forums are (at presently

) not affected by Flashlink.
They should continue to be free. (for how long only Buck knows)

Ode to a Grasshopper · Tue Aug 27, 2002 12:33 am

Originally posted by ReignsOfPower
Perhaps due to your excellent coverage of Bioware games, and the such, you could ask those companies to fund your work somehow? After all, you are in effect advertising their game and work. - you guys are providing a QUALITY fan site! If you actually consider this idea Gambanshee, try and create a petition in which exhaulted members can vote to keep this site alive. [particualrly those who are unable to use a Credit Card online - such as myself]

Xandax and HLD have already covered most of the points.
I'd just like to point out that GB is (IIRC) the unofficial fan site for BG2 according to Bioware.

Like Antichrist, I am most grateful that Buck has kept the forums open to people who can't get a subscription for whatever reasons.
Thanks again, Buck.

Obike Fixx · Post by **Obike Fixx** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 12:54 pm

Why not just get your mods\patches\walkthroughs and stuff somewhere else?

Somewhere like.

http://www.sorcerers.net

Or

http://www.teambg.com

T1000 · Post by **T1000** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 12:49 pm

Well, looks like I'm not the first to question the site costs, but I'm gonna do it from somewhat different perspective...

Personally, I'm not surprised that GB produces high traffic in bytes... why? Because, Buck, look at the type of content you serve. Quite often something that might have been served as text, is served as PICTURE, with size being about 1000 times greater that the corresponding textual info. Pictures here, pictures there, pictures in item info (sometimes there's nothing more), big screenshots in walkthroughs (that, BTW, help very little) - I agree, it does make site nicer and flashier, but I wouldn't be surprised that it requires high bandwidth. As a comparison, look at GameFAQs. All text - and all free, nobody's talking about a subscription, and still there's plenty info for a gamer like me. After all, people come to such sites for INFORMATION, not videos, screenshots and such crap - especially if it's a site dedicated to RPGs, not shooters and SF-type games. And now, instead of rethinking how you serve the content (unless you deliberately aim at 13-year-olds that like it flashy), you put the site on subscription. Well, nice try, Buck. But for some unknown reason I now search for info mostly on GameFAQs... care to guess why?

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 4:19 pm

Gamefaqs is nice and you get huge walkthroughs, but it is dull and sometimes things are hard to figure out without images. If you are looking forward to a game then videos are useful. Like I read in some other thread paying ~25 a year or whatever it is isn't that much, considering buying a strategy guide costs the same, but that can't get updated or have mods and such on it.

I'm not paying, but thats because I haven't bought a RPG for ages. I think Baldur's Gate 2 was the last one I bought. I've been busy playing FPSs and strategy games. If I got NWN and some other game it would be definetly worth getting a subscription.