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If this goes,t hene very Forum/community I used to frequent will be gone within a two year stretch. Reddit a nd Discord are not the same. One has an awful layout, features, and virtually everything and the other is a chat program. Neither can replace a traditional forum. Discord only works if it's small and sparsely active, otherwise it's a clusterfuck you have to constantly watch or miss out on. It absolutely is not an alternative. Discord doesn't want you to go back and look at anything more than a few hours old. You can only have a continuous conversation in discord, it's not the same. Reddit is just a navigational nightmare and ends up looking like a clusterfuck 9/10 times. Plus there's no user identity, as there's no avatars or backgrounds.
Hi passley, hows the weather?
Only way I wouldn't mind if someone made another forum that worked, then garry linked to that with the shutdown page.
Voting Inacio as a development manager, even if its only temporary for him
If Facepunch dies, no doubt somebody will make a new forum for its' refugees. And perhaps that's for the best.
I joined other forums when I was around 12, mostly gmod server communities. they fell apart after a year. I joined facepunch when I was 14. I am 21 today. this website was a part of my growing up and of many others. Who says that "yeah, reddit made me a better person as I grew up." We love this madhouse, please don't tear it down like this
I was gonna make a separate thread but eh. So considering that Garry is basically being Garry and looking to shut the place down I figured I should just open about a few things. A. If I've come off like an asshole, I know, I am one but I am also aware that being an asshole doesn't excuse it so fuckin' I'll work on it. B. Its been a pleasure and honor arguing, shitposting, memeing and generally being random internet users with all of you gentlemen, ladies and those who lieth betwixt. C. If you want to add me on steam or discord, just know I really only talk in the communities but I will respond in PMs. My discord is Braydad#2077 and this is my steam. As a final thing I want to say, its been nice being able to interact with, discuss topics with and learn the issues and triumphs of the individual members here. I've always been able to interact with people of various backgrounds, ethnicity and political leanings. I even still have that ability at work but it was also nice to have an online presence that did it that wasn't terrible designed like Reddit. Yes, even this redesign is not nearly as terrible as reddit's. Like I said, it's been a pleasure. Technology is a curse, it'll kill us. Buy Gold. Vote Ron Paul.
its been fun lurking here for the last 9 years. rip
Even as a mere lurker this forum has been a great source of entertainment, news, and inspiration for me these past 8 years. It would be incredibly sad to see it all go.
LOL I've been here for 13 years. Honestly I love this place, if it went away I would be actually quite sad.
Only been here for 2 ish years but I love you guys all the same
I've been here since 2007, I hate to see the site go, but if it does, can garry atleast give us a warning of like a month? Maybe someone can cobble something together as a replacement, and it would be out of garry's hair. Maybe hand the source of the current forums to whoever?
hey this is a bad time but is custom css fixed or..?
Yeah, 13 years ago too, and this is pretty much the last bastion of forum culture, will be a shame to see it die. Mostly haunt Games for the generals, which have been screwed over by the recent updates. Reddit and 4chan's /vg/ are poor substitutes.
Does this mean we can finally have animated backgrounds again?
fuck man, there goes 6 years or so of lurking. never really posted up until these last two years with my old spoder55 account. adios, amigos
i ain't even reached the 10 year mark yet, was really hoping we'd live to see the day
Been here since 05 and am on here every single day, even if I barely post. This forum is my homepage and my most visited website and I even run my own goddamn forum! Yet I still visit this place more. @garry . I know this place doesn't benefit Facepunch studios. But most of us joined this place because of your creations. If it wasn't for Gmod I would've never found this place. If you do not wish to keep running this place, please hand it over to someone else. If anything, I am more than willing to host a replacement for the forums or what have you if you do decide to take this place offline. But I know i'm not a known person around here. Ps: Bring back the smartness system from 05. Thank.
Well this is a hell of a thing to wake up to. I'm not gonna bother writing a wall of text about what FP is to me cause the last dozen pages were just that. I'd love to see this place stick around, but if it has to go, I just want to say one thing Its been an honor posting with you boys
A lot of indie game devs would kill to have a vibrant community like this around them
Would suck complete ass if it does shut down, but I'd be satisfied with a solution like this, anything but Reddit
Garry's Mod was a mod for Half-Life 2 Facepunch was made by Garry to support that mod I have been a member of Facepunch for 13.5 years I am 27 - my Half-Life is Facepunch This all feels like a punch to the face.
i will take the keys
I've browsed Facepunch every day for nearly 10 years. It's seen me through every big developmental stage, from some middle schooler playing TF2 and Runescape to a high schooler who found community with the airsoft guys to a college student who gets all his news and political discourse from SH and Polidicks. I've never gotten tired of showing up here and checking out everything that everyone is doing, even if my posting habits have slowed down considerably over the years. Like others have said, this is my home on the internet.
Doubt Garry would give away this "custom contraption" he's got going on for free. And even if he did, handing over the database along with it would be a huge breach of user trust. So even if someone does get the forum software, it'll just be empty anyways. Might as well just go with xenforo.
If any of you guys decide to get together and make a new forum, let me know. Not that I have anything to contribute I just want a place to post if this goes under.
Big gay 05'er here. I still regular this site daily due to the strong, tight knit community that you can't honestly find anywhere else. And even though I don't know anyone here personally, it would really sadden me to see this place shut down since I don't frequent anywhere else. This place is one of the few things I still hold dear from my childhood that hasn't been tainted in some way or another. Please don't shut down Facepunch, garry.
Can we atleast get a definitive answer if its going away or not.
Join the official Discord server, pretty sure that's one of the safer bets you'd be able to get information from if the forum does suddenly go belly up
Somebody call Jason Scott
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