Is it the end, or a new beginning? (fanmade forum idea)
Hello peeps,
It's been a really shitty weekend for all of us and breaking out of my main sub it is really depressing to see so many people say goodbye's and remember the good times we've had as community. Honestly it really broke my heart a little and talking to some of my friends here I've noticed that while a lot of people are joining the @4k60fpsHDR TTG Discord server (shameless plug: https://discord.gg/G553HEA), a lot of people are also kind of staying behind as not everyone may be fond of the Discord or just simply prefer the more "classic" discussion boards such as the one we're on right now (both forms of the medium are quite different from each other so it's understandable)
So, I thought of taking matter into my own hands. This is my question towards you guys and gals: since TTG forums are going to inevitably go down sooner or later (depending on how long TFS will live I guess), I thought of creating a new, fanmade forum to save the community from scattering to four winds.
I am willing to fund the domain and first year of hosting from my own personal pocket, and while I probably couldn't afford to host something as extensive as the current TTG forums, I think we could easily have subs for all major Telltale titles. I'm not gonna lie, originally I had an idea to host just a smaller forum for my folks from TWAU side of the universe but seeing quite a few people saying goodbye, I thought we might give a shot at creating a proper TTG fan forums. The worst that can happen is that it'll be a flop, but I'm willing to take that risk if people would be interested. I would do my best to make it as close to what we had here, and also to make it as accessible as possible.
Of course I do not want to steer people away from this site for as long as it is alive, but I could start working towards building a fansite within a week or two and just lock it down until TTG officially closes business.
What do you reckon guys? Would you be up for it or am I just talking crazy to myself?
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I support this. @Poogers555 ? @Blind Sniper , and the rest of the forum, what do you all think?
Thanks for the plug lol
An easier solution is that you can create a free ProBoards, where the costs will be covered by advertisements on the site (that you can pay to remove).
Id probs be down if it somehow happened.
I do hope somehow Wolf S2 is saved. It looks like S4 will probably reach the end, but I just really hope these people who say they want to help Telltale also want to release Wolf S2.
Me too @Poogers555 . Really sad TWD s4 will not get the closure, but if what rise from the ashes of Telltale forums get people banded together (in a new forum) to help release TWAU2 in some way, that would actually be a partial relief (After all this tragedy).
Would seriously be down for this. I was planning on keeping up with the discord and subreddit assuming they stayed up, but I would love for the community to have it's own forum still. Just because the studio that made this community exist is going down doesn't mean the community has to end as well.
Yeah that's an option too but free solutions are not always stable and they tend to lag real bad even in medium sized traffic. I haven't hosted a forum in years so I dunno, maybe something changed after all these years but I'm not sure if ProBoards would cut it in a long run. Thanks for the idea tho, the technical aspect is something up for discussion.
Anyway, so far so good. I could try to find time and start working on this thing in a couple of days. Any ideas for the potential domain name it would have? I thought telltalelounge.com would be nice but it's taken so maybe ttglounge.com or something like that... I dunno
http://othertwdforum.freeforums.net/
This is a fan made Telltale Walking Dead forum that was made around 2013, if you guys want somewhere to migrate to once the Telltale forums shut down.
How about a closed Reddit community?
Well, I wish I knew about this a little sooner
So is everyone cool with using this forum, when Telltale closes?
Will be there.
I would not mind moving over there once this forum closes. I actually already made an account.
@Jacol I'm down with whatever you decide my man, Discord and this place will suffice for now though.
I've made an account as well. But I'm not intruding until Telltale is over. We're the normies from the Telltale forums
So, I didn't bother with creating a general TTG forum but instead I went back to my old idea and hosted a new place for my fam from TWAU/Fables sub. We've got offtopic / general TTG section though, so if anyone would like to tag along, you're welcome to join (there are some familiar faces in there already)
http://fabletownlounge.com
im down for that
EDIT:just set up an account just one qyestion how do i change my avatar? im stuck with a letter and cant find anything to change it
Login > click on your avatar in the top right corner > edit profile > edit avatar > choose whatever option you want (we support uploading avatars directly, through a link to the image, Gravatar or choosing from the gallery)
Thanks
I need new Telltale-forum.
Please do it.