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IGN Boards: I need an update

Discussion in 'The GCB' started by eos4921, Mar 1, 2013.

  1. eos4921

    eos4921 Noob

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    I haven't been using IGN boards for a few years but I noticed a few things now and I'm just wondering if someone could fill me in on what's happened.

    It seems like the number of boards have been reduced and my threads from long ago are gone or so it seems. I had an older account which still is working but there are no threads or anything in there. I remember there boards for specific games and community boards and etc...

    Just wondering what has happened. Also is there a premium service like there was 13 years ago where you had access to paying member boards and content?
     
  2. Solar7

    Solar7 Solar-Gwen ★ MOD

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    It all depends on how long you've been gone. We've undergone a few major transitions over the past 3-4 years, with an attempted upgrade to the old Snowboards system that didn't really take, and then a jump to Xenoforo, which is a completely new platform. (However, if you're looking for that classic grey and blue scheme that most of us still use, you can change that in settings.)

    Just recently, we got a new Admin, and the boards underwent a massive pruning. We've consolidated, reorganized, and hope to bring thriving communities back like they used to be. Some boards have been removed or merged with others, so if you're looking for a specific thread, it might be on a totally different board than you were looking for.

    We're actually the Games Community Board, but eventually splintered off from the games section in the restructure, and got a rename, since people thought we were a general board for all games. Lobbies have kind of overtaken General Boards, and Community Boards have either become their own entity or have been replaced for most purposes by Community Threads inside their respective forums.

    There is a premium service - Insider has changed to Prime. It's similar in concept, but doesn't offer much as far as the boards go anymore. They're mostly open. You'll find more functionality with it on the main site, where they give away spots in Betas, additional news and content, and a few perks amongst the community segments of IGN, whether it's MyIGN, Blogs, or the Boards.

    I hope that helped.
     
  3. Izanaki

    Izanaki Noob

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    Hey thanks Solar! I found my old account login, Izanaki. Solar thanks again for filling me in. You're like an old Prime on these boards going back 13 years. Is there anyone else who is still kicking around from then??

    I remember DJDave, Digital Audiophile, JOBNUMBER and etc.

    I remember after so many messages you would get stars. Now according to the system I'm a n00b :)
     
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  4. Solar7

    Solar7 Solar-Gwen ★ MOD

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    Those are some flashback names! I don't think they're still around though. Our own @supergreg64 is one of the longest members around, and one of only maybe 3 or 4 people on the entire system I can think of that registered before me. There's only 11 Mods left from before Feb. 2002, and the ranks still thin. You're likely to run across some old names here on The GCB, since we've somehow kept a solid amount of our userbase from when we started in 2002. You'll occasionally bump into some old names elsewhere, but the Vesti goes so fast that it's hard to catch them, and a fair amount of other boards have slowed a lot.

    What boards did you reg back in the day?
     
  5. sng-ign

    sng-ign 電 子 遊 戲 師 傅

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    OP - my signature should have enough links to assist you for Boards and MyIGN accounts management.
     
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  6. Izanaki

    Izanaki Noob

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    Oh man. I was on the PS2 General board a lot along with the PS2 community board. I did occasionally try out some of the other boards too. Hopefully I will run into some of the original members. Its cool to still see you around Solar.

    I gotta change my signature too. :)
     
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  7. Izanaki

    Izanaki Noob

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    Thanks SNG! I will look into those. Too bad I can get back my 'IGN INSIDER" status :D The old smilies/ emoticons are still around! This like going back in time. I will have to change my board theme to the old grey and blue.
     
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  8. Solar7

    Solar7 Solar-Gwen ★ MOD

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    Well, feel free to stick around here! We're always fans of long-term IGNers.
     
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  9. m00m00m00

    m00m00m00 ಠ_ಠ

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    fuck that m00m00m00 guy though
     
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  10. Izanaki

    Izanaki Noob

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    OMG m00m00moo is still around! Geez. Good to see there are still some oldies left around here! I got the grey and blue theme going on and I got my stars back. This is great.
     
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  11. supergreg64

    supergreg64 The GCB President

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    Welcome back to the boards, pick an icon and stick around!
     
  12. m00m00m00

    m00m00m00 ಠ_ಠ

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    you definitely picked the right board to come to

    it's threads like these that make me glad the gcb has this sort of visibility
     
  13. Ramundi

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    Another Sonic icon on the GCB?























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