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Horrorbooksguy
01/26/22 4:11:32 PM
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It's a sad decline for something I've spent the majority of my life on :( Couldn't say when it will end though. I can't see it lasting another 5 years, but I would've said that 5 years ago and here we are.
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Veggeta_MAX
01/26/22 4:18:01 PM
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User Since: Jan 2022

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Horrorbooksguy
01/26/22 4:18:49 PM
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Veggeta_MAX posted...
User Since: Jan 2022
Octillery. My original account is from either late 99 or Jan 2000
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Solar_Crimson
01/26/22 4:19:16 PM
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It'll likely be dead by the end of the decade. Or at least, the boards portion will be; the Guide and the Q&A pages may live on in some form, but the boards are likely on their way out.

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Horrorbooksguy
01/26/22 4:20:45 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
It'll likely be dead by the end of the decade. Or at least, the boards portion will be; the Guide and the Q&A pages may live on in some form, but the boards are likely on their way out.
I hope the FAQs at least are preserved, that's a TON of work it would be a huge shame to lose.
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Veggeta_MAX
01/26/22 4:22:36 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/community/Octillery

Registered: 12/12/2008

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segasaturn
01/26/22 4:23:17 PM
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I'm gonna say 2029.

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Gobstoppers12
01/26/22 4:24:43 PM
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It's still a highly visited site. The boards aren't as active because of garbage sites like reddit, but the site itself is still very useful to people.

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Horrorbooksguy
01/26/22 4:26:33 PM
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Veggeta_MAX posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/community/Octillery

Registered: 12/12/2008
Yup. Joyrock was my first.

Gobstoppers12 posted...
It's still a highly visited site. The boards aren't as active because of garbage sites like reddit, but the site itself is still very useful to people.
Lets not pretend these boards are significantly better than reddit, now
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Solar_Crimson
01/26/22 4:26:35 PM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
The boards aren't as active because of garbage sites like reddit
The boards here aren't garbage as well?

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Gobstoppers12
01/26/22 4:27:59 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
The boards here aren't garbage as well?
The format is vastly superior. Classic message boards are fantastic compared to things like reddit, which actively reward upvote-bait.

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Veggeta_MAX
01/26/22 4:57:00 PM
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We're number 2 on this list of popular gaming forums

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/big-gaming-forums-video-game-talk/

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Horrorbooksguy
01/26/22 4:58:21 PM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
The format is vastly superior. Classic message boards are fantastic compared to things like reddit, which actively reward upvote-bait.
Only on the biggest subreddits. For smaller ones, there's tons and tons of good posts and content, and you can also always browse new for any individual subs.
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Vyrulisse
01/26/22 4:59:08 PM
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Hopefully a long time and if it ever does go down I hope the FAQS are archived somehow, a lot of good stuff that could be lost forever.

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ReaperCloud
01/26/22 5:34:31 PM
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My guess is that the site will stay alive as long as the FAQ's generate clicks (do the FAQ pages have ads? I use a blocker so I'm not sure). If the forum gets less traffic (or if members do something bad to make someone do even something worse that could cause a possible lawsuit) then I can see the forums being removed (like what happened with IMDB, but no lawsuit was involved...they just couldn't moderate the forums that well).

So I'll predict that the forums are gone before the end of 2023 and the site will be gone before the end of 2025.

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