Forum Discussion VII: We had a good run

[chipsnapper]

The front page will probably be some diskish message by garry saying "It's over, deal with it"

[hakkoru]

search seems to be broken too

[TurboDweeb]

Tried looking around already but the search was throwing me off. Does anyone have a link to that script that should display images in quotes again?

[vlad]

// ==UserScript==
// @name QuoteViewer™
// @homepage https://lab.pred.me/vlad/facepunch-quote-image
// @version 1.0
// @description Show images in quote boxes on Facepunch
// @author vlad
// @match https://forum.facepunch.com/*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {

'use strict';
var posts = document.getElementsByClassName("expandable")
var start_pos = -1
var end_pos = -1
var img_link = ""
for (var i = 0; i < posts.length; ++i) {
if (posts[i].className == "expandable" || posts[i].className == "expandable expandable-overflown" || posts[i].className == "expandable expandable-open") {
for (var z = 0; z < posts[i].innerHTML.length; ++z) {
if (posts[i].innerHTML[z] == "[") {
start_pos = z
} else if (start_pos != -1 && end_pos == -1) {
if (posts[i].innerHTML[z] == "]") {
end_pos = z + 1
} else if (posts[i].innerHTML[z] != " ") {
img_link += posts[i].innerHTML[z]
}
}

if (start_pos != -1 && end_pos != -1) {
if (img_link.search(/\.png/) != -1 || img_link.search(/\.jpg/) != -1 || img_link.search(/\.gif/) != -1) {
var temp_img = "[ " + img_link + " ]"
posts[i].innerHTML = posts[i].innerHTML.replace(temp_img, "<img class=\"loaded\" src=\"" + img_link + "\">")
}
start_pos = -1
end_pos = -1
img_link = ""
}
}
}
}
})();

[Solokiller]

I'm getting really tired of all the issues on mobile. I have to type this while holding my phone in portait mode because in landscape mode the menubar covers what i'm typing.

Scrolling up tends to shift the position in the page around like crazy. Trying to select a user seems to trigger layout changes that also scrolls the page.

Is the forum ever getting fixed or are we just stuck halfway forever?
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[Inacio あそばせ]

there is nothing to indicate that garry intends do ever do anything further on fp, check out the op for more information!

[megafat]

90% of the people aren't going to move over to discord or reddit like Garry wants. The other 10% are the people posting bug reports about his games and 12 year old shitposters, making Garry want to visit it even less.

[Mio_Akiyama]

I can't even move to the discord since I was banned from the Facepunch server

[Orbito]

Anyone got some custom css for an iPad user for vertical orientation? It’s odd having the screen cut into threes with threads in the center column 😕

[NyxCrab]

Whenever this forum inevitably bites the dust I just wanna say we've had a helluva run. I don't post here very often but I've spent the better part of 7 years lurking here and occasionally commenting and you guys are all awesome. I'm gonna miss this place when Garry decides to pull the plug.

[Octane]

There aren't very many forums this old, that are still this active. Garry would be seriously foolish to shut this down. Reddit and discord simply arent going to work.

[Nitronik]

Discord is just way too chaotic as a forum replacement, and I reckon Reddit isn't a good platform to elp foster communities made up of familiar names

Forums are a lot more intimate which is what makes them so nice to be around in

[DEATH FETISH]

is it so difficult for you to face your fears head on

[Mio_Akiyama]

Is there anyway for my main to be moved over to another authentication method? I had no idea it would be unbanned and now that it is, I would love to go back to it. It was only connected through Facebook.
Mio Akiyama

[Taliyah]

Told you this in steam. Nope. It's gonna be stuck until FB auth gets fixed.

[GrizzlyBear]

I still don't get Garry. He spent god knows how long making the new forums and it was sold as a new era for us and that it was a necessary move to make.

Then suddenly just a few months after the launch he's given up on it after all that and is thinking about shutting it down for good. What was the point of moving? We have barely spent any time here and it's too early to tell how things will go. Just seems like a whole lot of work for nothing.

[Sleeves]

What a legacy to end on.

[brushtool]

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/108619/f394bf81-1c82-42e3-a409-d92fb8476928/80D65637-8B0D-4BD4-B6BB-2A62623656C6.jpeg

Oh my god it managed to get more broken

[Mickyan]

I feel like garry is greatly underestimating how good for business it is to have a dedicated community of this size and to be quite frank I thought he was a lot smarter than this

You have AAA companies spending time and money to do PR on reddit communities that are not even half the size of this forum, it's free marketing

[TheVoidDragon]

I think it really will be a shame if this forum does disappear. The style of Reddit makes it very difficult to maintain discussions and things tend to be very brief there, there's no going back to older threads in the same way as here and it generally doesn't have the same feel just due to the posting style, subreddits aren't as easy to keep up to date with as threads here are due to the volume of stuff. It's also great that this forum covers all sorts of different topics yet isn't so huge that most of the stuff gets lost in how fast things go by - news threads will usually be talked about for a few days, for example. There isn't anything else like it that I've found.

[chipsnapper]

I don't get it, why are we suddenly feeling it's about to end again? Garry hasn't said anything new.
We might be on borrowed time but I don't think it'll happen without him saying something.

[I_love_JBmod]

Inacio's cleverly using the forum's undecided fate to advertise Knockout in the OP so if garry reads it he'll be forced keep the forums up out of spite

[Ghosevil]

He's our dark knight, truly.

[Archival]

I swear to god this while forum shutting down thing is triggering the same anxiety level emotional response that doing any kind of research into the future of earth if climate change predictions are right.
Garry plz

[Hezzy]

Because we're in the process of creating Knockout! and will be moving over there when it's ready.

[Sevgi]

So is it safe to say even if this place is still up, everyone will be moving to Knockout once it's more feature complete?

[Taliyah]

I would hope so. I'd rather post on a forum that's going to be constantly developed and be ran by Hezzy than knife wielding Garry who at any time could cut the forum off.

Optimism. Knockout blows up and actually adds more life.
Realistic. Knockout keeps the same active community and grows at a steady pace.
Unfortunate surprise. Garry kills the forums now.
Delusional optimism. Garry decides oh fuck I actually have a community and I finally understand what the fuck I've been doing wrong *resumes developing for forums*.

[megafat]

Garry has never given a fuck about literally anyone else or their opinion. He just gave a "Go outside and make friends" statement despite the fact that's what people have done on this forum.

https://i.imgur.com/2fzzOKk.png

[J.C.DentonUNATCO]

Knockout is awesome but now I fear Garry will just think "Fuck it they've already made their own forum." and hit the big red button.

[Grenadiac]

I’m not moving forums if FP is still an option