• In case you're wondering what the fuck is going on with facepunch (recap thread)
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The programming waywo made me what I am today: a complete degenerate asshole. I would be sad if that opportunity was removed for other fledgling programmers. Jokes aside it was a gravitational well of skilled developers all willing to share their experiences and cool shit that they've done. I haven't found a community like it anywhere else.
I dont mind newpunch. Im used to the design now, but this new-new design was stupid.
Is it sappy that this made me legitimately sad?
i just bought gold today in preparation for the end at least i will be a golden boy if the forum dies
I literally wouldn't know what to do or where to go if Facepunch got killed off. Tried joining other internet communities, reddit and everything before, but it just isn't the same and I hated it. I need FP. Please don't kill it Garry
Been here for like 12 years. It's different to Discord and Reddit. I don't know why but something keeps me coming back. I browse it everyday. I can't imagine my daily commute without coming onto FP. I also think there is a difference between this and Discord for sure, I don't see how Discord can replace forums like this. Reddit does in some ways but it also looks like ass and doesn't have the same 'homey' feel. I agree with giving it away to somebody else for sure. I also understand and appreciate the changes on the forum, sometimes they work and sometimes they don't, but always need to remember that the vocal minority will always be negative.
I have been a lurker of this forum for about 9 years, very rarely posting but originally had been on here since mid 2005 back when I was 12 years old, now being 25. Under the name of "mancage," which only original members may vaguely remember that name. It will definitely take some time to get used to not being able to just pull up Facepunch and read for hours on end.
Nothing compares to it Been here since 2011, heavily involved with (in some kind of order in a time line) - Garrys mod screenshots Red dead redemption (had a group of 10 of us used to play together when the game came out) GTAV - started up one of the first groups for the game on social club when online first released, bunch of us played together WAYT - Good lord that was back 2014-2016? Used to spend most nights posting shit in there, including that time we created a sims house with all us in And above all, personally the creative photog thread, made a huge amount of friends there, rarely post since newpunch but used to post all the time getting inspiration and sharing experience, and thats all facepunch is about, gonna be pretty sad when it eventually goes, im probably one of the few that hasnt felt the same way about this place since the move really, hasnt been the same at all and it seems theres been a lot more shit going on, mostly to do with polidicks and sensational headlines, but whatever. What will be will be i guess
I found a cool leak of the next Facepunch update https://i.imgur.com/4QPUA8j.png
pls no found fp about a year before i registered, used it mostly for troubleshooting seen a lot of really neato stuff on here, it's been my homepage since 2012 over multiple PCs. and even though gold at the current time is basically just a name color for 200 coins, i found it well worth it. honestly have tried, and have never been able to integrate with other communities like i have with fp, even though i dont post a ton would be genuinely disappointing to see fp go
holy shit if the forums got deleted i'd be absolutely fucking devastated. i joined fp when i was 12 years old, and it's been my homepage ever since. if it were to go completely? idk. it'd probably fuck me up big time
Please don't give up the site, it's pretty integral to my daily routine I don't really talk to any of you guys but I feel like every poster here can be a friend of mine, it's a community and the best damn one I've ever been in. Don't give it up, hell I'll even donate to keep it as well
I had to deal with Fighting Amphibians (an old /v/ offshoot) randomly shutting down one day and lost the first real internet community I had (even though I mostly lurked there) and since then I've been on Facepunch. Without Facepunch I'd basically have no community. My IRL friends (besides maybe one) don't care for forums and just browse imgur which is a cesspool, so this was basically my place to socialize without doing it IRL. I felt a greater kinship with random posters here even if all I did was rate people and rarely post, and I felt closer to this place than my real life friends sometimes. Really hoping Garry doesn't pull a ThatGuy and just shut it all down.
unrelated but how do you have the dark theme it broke for me last time and it never worked again
Garry never learns jesus christ. This forum is massive untapped potential with a dedicated community that appreciates and puts a lot of work into the games he makes.
Stylus You can import the CSS into it and it works.
Facepunch feels like home to me. I've been here nearly 10 years. I don't have a massive post count and I'm not active in many threads but it is the only website besides Facebook that I check every day. Coming home from work and sitting down with a cup of coffee to read through the latest happenings on Facebook is one of the best parts of my day. I've tried other forums like Reddit, I am a regualr user of Discord, but you cannot compare Facepunch to either of those. Sure it's not got as many users as those sites but that's kind of the point. Facepunch has always had a unique atmosphere and charm, the no bullshit attitude here works so damn well, I can't stand loosley moderated forums. I honestly wouldn't be where I am right now if it weren't for Facepunch. I developed my interests here, Facepunchers have helped me many times over the years in multiple ways, directly or indirectly. It's really difficult to put into words what's so special about this community but I'm clearly not alone in feeling like losing this community would be huge downer. I would be genuinely upset for Facepunch to go, it's meant a lot to me over the years. Please @garry, we all get a little lost sometimes, it can feel like what you're doing is pointless and you're heading in no direction whatsoever, but you have to remember that it's a temporary sensation. It will pass, you will look back and think "damn I was being silly there" and hopefully you would realise that what you felt was unimportant and worthless, was priceless to others. I'm sure everyone here right now, would gladly and genuinely thank you for creating this community. Don't let this gem in an ocean of coal die out <3
Man that hurts to read, especially the "move to Reddit" bit. Reddit has a time and a place, but in-depth engagement with members of the community is not part of that. It's a very impersonal kind of discussion, even imageboard feels more involved due to that fact that a new post bumps it back to the front and you can tag multiple posters. But Reddit is designed so that topics last a day or two, then die, and conversations are short, if not just a series of one-liners by different people. New comments will not be seen by anyone (except the recipient), discussion is fragmented among the comment chains, you cannot respond to multiple users, and there's a strong emphases on the original post unless it's r/Askreddit. Reddit actually kind of depresses me with the sheer number of people there are, yet at the same time how shallow the community interaction is.
You can't shut down facepunch, I can't afford a somethingawful account
Seriously, I know it's been said a thousand times (even on this page) but there's literally nowhere else like this forum in my day to day internet experience. I go to Reddit for quick little updates on what's going on, but I don't know anyone there, nor do I care for the most part. Here though, I recognize people all the time and it's like a big family.
I dunno, having spent nearly half of your life on a internet forum, it should be a reasonable thing to feel at least a bit emotionally attached to a internet forum.
I never post here anymore and know almost nothing about this forum, but this Garry guy seems like a fucking idiot.
Oh and to add one more thing, perhaps the worst thing about Reddit that somehow slipped my mind, is that you cannot just view the most recent responses. You can sort by most recent, but that only shows the most recent comment, not the latest chain comments. Which kills discussion because if I'm really interested in something and I want to check the thread again the next day, maybe I don't feel like skimming timestamps looking for the newest comments. But now I'm getting back on to "nobody will see new comments" area again. Just figured I'd elaborate after switching over to my Reddit tab and suddenly remembering this factor.
Frankly, I just don't see the purpose of forums for longform discussion when I get all my intellectual discussions from Tinder bios and all my laughs from the Imgur front page, did I mention I have a untreated concussion
LURK more
Let's flip this around and form this as a question. So knowing that Facepunch isn't a unique format for discussion, why is it that people use Facepunch? Why would people use Facepunch to discuss things when https://forum.bodybuilding.com/ also uses the same forums format with linear discussions and threads? Truly this is a mystery, perhaps Facepunch users just don't realize there are other forums on the internet, not realizing that Facepunch has been made obsolete by Discussion 2.0, which is retweeting Savage Wendys
Honestly, ever time I've been part of a forum community and it jumped ship to another website for one reason or another, it was never the same or it never lasted. Facepunch has outlasted every other website I've been on.
Exactly why we need to destroy it and turn it into some unreadable crap like Reddit
Because the type of community is a key element to a forum like this one. Plus I've been here awhile and recognize a lot of users.
Garry's reasoning is out of touch from point one onwards. He's always been like this, and has always been a selfish brat. It originally came off as funny because everyone thought it was facetious, and took it tongue in cheek when in reality he's genuinely that out of touch, rude, and self absorbed that he legitimately doesn't read what people write. His entire post about why he's thinking about shutting down the forum is hilarious because it's more embarrassing than anything. He has no idea how to take feedback at all and just ignores it while whining about people not liking his legitimately bad choices. He legit only reads things that are praising his choices. A decade+ on this forum has shown that he has the inability to do anything that isn't his own idea purely out of his bizarrely large ego.
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