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  the2pacfan47 > 05-09-2021, 01:52 AM

  I hope this is okay as a feedback thread, and please by all means feel free to remove this if not, but I just wanted to say after navigating this forum for the last hour or so, I am very much impressed with the look and layouts! Everything has felt fluid, smooth, and easy to get back into after a fairly large gap in my life of general inactivity on any web forums or message boards or whatever else have you! If I ever run into issue I'll be sure to raise attention but as far as my experience now and becoming re-accustomed to all of this, I think this forum is supremely well structured and easy for old and new users alike!   :>

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  NeoMetallix > 05-09-2021, 06:59 AM

  Thank you, any type of feedback is acceptable so this is perfectly fine. The look has been over a decade of working on and improving. haha I don't know if I've posted it here but the main point of the forum is discussion without a lot of the distractions/nonsense features you get on Social Media or other forums. I personally do not like "likes", trending lists, ratings, or even view counts. It should all be focused on discussion.

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  the2pacfan47 > 05-09-2021, 02:11 PM

  So this has been in the works for over a decade now? Holy wowzers that is dedication! Or, perhaps I could say, DECADEication? (Puns are a must!) I suppose it does show through though, as this may be the most user friendly and well polished forum I've laid eyes on in my years. I'm honestly surprised this sort of setup isn't giving social media a run for it's money! I suppose though everyone has become addicted to the dopamine rush of "likes" and the high numbers of shares or comments or what have you. Social media, while not HORRIBLE in base concept, has been twisted into essentially a mindless drug of the modern day. And I'm sure most of us have partaken of it at some points. In all fairness, when it began it felt like a slightly more streamlined version of what I was used to with the combination of forums and messenger apps such as AOL or MSN, and eventually Skype. But, it didn't take long for it to evolve into the mess it is now, sadly.
  
  I am glad that this place exists though, and hope a time comes where forums may thrive again as they once did!

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  NeoMetallix > 05-09-2021, 02:36 PM

  Thank you! We've been around since 2006 and the main site, Sonic HQ since 1998. I agree, social media has become like a drug but they spend millions on how to keep you active on their platform.
  
  This forum actually used to be the most active Sonic forum on the web. It's more quiet here now but that's OK.
  
  Here's a topic about our history if you have yet to read it.
  https://sonicblast.org/thread-77.html

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  the2pacfan47 > 05-09-2021, 11:21 PM

  Good heavens if you factor in the full origins you could make an argument that this forum was in the works for almost 20 years!! 2003-2004, wow! I was actually fairly young at that point! Well, a teenage, but I consider that young now being in my 30's, which I refuse to age past! Hehe
  That was a great read too! Is that 2Pac fan still around here as well these days? Or did he not stick it out for the long game? Goodness though, that history and time frame is all around impressive! I would have loved to see this forum in it's prime too! Actually, come to think of it, I may have seen it briefly before. I was already locked into another forum at the time and life just didn't afford me the time to be on too many at that point, but I think I may have seen it before in 2009 or 2010. I didn't even think this would have been the same forum, usually they hardly hold up past a decade! Kudos!

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  NeoMetallix > 05-10-2021, 05:15 AM

  the2pacfan stuck around for the first couple of years but he eventually lost interest in Sonic and moved on. Last I talked to him, he went and watched the Sonic movie though. He still has fond memories of growing up with Sonic.
  
  The archive site is still up and it made it to 1.2 million posts but our host, Zetaboards got bought out, so we decided to make the tough decision to start over on new software. The company that bought it sucks! Lol

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  the2pacfan47 > 05-10-2021, 11:23 AM

  That's a shame, but all the same I do understand. I can't myself boast as heavy a role in the fandom as I once had, but will always have love for the Blue Blur. I'm glad he went to see the movie though, and I can definitely share in that fondness of Sonic's role in the upbringing!
  Heavens, I'll have to take a peek at the archive then and just see the glory of what once was, and maybe someday if social media settles down a little, could become again. I do recall the Zetaboards fiasco. I'd been on a couple Zetaboard forums over the years and someone whispered to me that they got bought out and sort of ran down hill after. I can't imagine it much fun to contend with in present day then!!

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  NeoMetallix > 05-10-2021, 03:23 PM

  Yeah Zetaboards was a surprise. They had been working on Zetaboards 2.0 for the longest time, then they announced that forums still running on the old Invisionfree software would be discontinued so they would have to either upgrade to Zetaboards or Tapatalk. They said Zetaboards would continue on but eventually changed their tune and eventually EVERYTHING was going to become Tapatalk. Tapatalk is like a one size fits all software. It isn't very customizable and it's INFESTED with trackers and advertisements.
  
  This whole forum's ethos was about being uniquely designed and set up so that it fully encompasses the Sonic franchise rather than looking like a generic forum. Tapatalk didn't allow that so we had to pack up shop. If you'd like to see the old archive here it is: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/sonic_hq/

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  the2pacfan47 > 05-10-2021, 06:02 PM

  I can see what you mean. It appears to be in the format of Tapatalk and boy, it is not only an eye strain, but just a pain to have ads popping up in places you need to be able to click in order to operate! I'm glad you made the tough decision to pack up and head here then. I couldn't imagine working around such an awkward forum structure. And I recall the days of late 90's-early 00's when forums weren't able to be supremely sleek as they can now!
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