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General => The Lobby => Topic started by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 26, 2018, 07:27:31 AM

Title: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 26, 2018, 07:27:31 AM
I realize that change is inevitable, but that knowledge doesn't make it feel any better. We've lost so many familiar users over the progression of Boyah 1.0 and Boyah 2.0 that it feels like we've got too many strangers here. No, I'm not just talking about SloppyJimbo.

And what's more, it feels like there's so little to do around here these days. Activity is dominated so strongly by the chat thread that there's very rarely any decent threads to post in (at least not in The Lobby). The Shop is totally dead, so there's no enjoyment out of updating that anymore. There is no longer any enjoyment out of the silly little antics of administrators...things like old flash parties and the weeks-long struggle to find the perfect anime to stream on Anime Night. Simply put, nothing fun ever happens here anymore.

Hell, there's hardly even any reason to moderate anymore. It's become pretty clear that if I just quit, others pick up the slack pretty quickly. No, I'm not just dropping my mod position, but it may be something I do if I get bored enough to mostly leave this place.

So, for those of you who have been here long enough to know about the fun, close-knit Boyah family we used to have, do you feel the way I do? What do you hate about nu-Boyah, and what should we do to improve it? Or am I just spewing nonsense?
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: YPrrrr on August 26, 2018, 07:31:47 AM
Feels like copypasta but also seems so specific

Idk same old shit to me. I just miss the activity
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: C.Mongler on August 26, 2018, 07:53:58 AM
Is this copypasta? Because I notice no difference in manyposters between now and the days preceding 2.0 lol

I've been posting a tad less but that has nothing to do with 2.0, just life stuff. JMV has been mostly absent for many weeks/months/years now. Hiro has been MIA since he decided he wanted to do Boyah awards a year ago. Strongdavid is doing his bike thing.

I think its more grownupstuff than Boyah 2.0 lol
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: don't let's on August 26, 2018, 08:38:30 AM
Alright, I'm out. Bye Boyah. 
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: strongbad on August 26, 2018, 08:48:23 AM
We're really just at 2.0 beta
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: famy on August 26, 2018, 09:40:11 AM
faggot
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: ClassicTyler on August 26, 2018, 10:13:58 AM
I guess I couldn't save Boyah. I'll let Hippo know.
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: The artist formally known on August 26, 2018, 10:21:14 AM
Dude... flash parties, the boyah radio, shop, arcade...

Yeah those times are seemingly far behind us. Most of us are on the brink of adulthood. It makes sense we will have less time for Boyah as a community.

Now I don't think it's all for the worse though. I personally think Boyah was on the decline until 2.0 came out. Sure it lost a lot of the charm built in from the customized theme and layout but if we want to it is possible to do so.

Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 26, 2018, 10:30:13 AM
lmao alright i can't bite my tongue for any longer or else i'll start bleeding

https://boyah.net/forums2/index.php/topic,40433.0.html

It's amazing how effective that copypasta is, two months short of ten years later. goowan
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 26, 2018, 10:31:12 AM
Quote from: famy on August 26, 2018, 09:40:11 AM*

i lol'd

well i suppose that is indeed an example of how boyah has changed sillydood;
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Thyme on August 26, 2018, 10:33:08 AM
lmao kaz of all people
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: The artist formally known on August 26, 2018, 10:39:27 AM
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 26, 2018, 10:30:13 AMlmao alright i can't bite my tongue for any longer or else i'll start bleeding

https://boyah.net/forums2/index.php/topic,40433.0.html

It's amazing how effective that copypasta is, two months short of ten years later. goowan
so you don't miss my flash parties
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: strongbad on August 26, 2018, 10:40:57 AM
The boyah mobile page has made me significantly more active than I would have been without it
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 26, 2018, 10:50:40 AM
Quote from: don't let's on August 26, 2018, 08:38:30 AMAlright, I'm out. Bye Boyah.

Quote from: ClassicTyler on August 26, 2018, 10:13:58 AMI guess I couldn't save Boyah. I'll let Hippo know.

NO COME BACK IT'S ANCIENT COPYPASTA

The very fact that you're posting again at all is clear evidence that you've saved Boyah. cry;
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 26, 2018, 10:52:19 AM
Quote from: antmaster5000 on August 26, 2018, 10:40:57 AMThe boyah mobile page has made me significantly more active than I would have been without it

Try toggling the desktop version of Boyah on your mobile device, it's even better. y/n

if you're on chrome, settings>desktop site
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: AAAAAAAA on August 26, 2018, 10:54:03 AM
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 26, 2018, 07:27:31 AMNo, I'm not just talking about SloppyJimbo.


hey
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: The artist formally known on August 26, 2018, 10:59:29 AM
Quote from: SloppyJimbo on August 26, 2018, 10:54:03 AM
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 26, 2018, 07:27:31 AMNo, I'm not just talking about SloppyJimbo.


hey
hey
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 26, 2018, 11:01:06 AM
Quote from: SloppyJimbo on August 26, 2018, 10:54:03 AM
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 26, 2018, 07:27:31 AMNo, I'm not just talking about SloppyJimbo.


hey

hi nyandood;

forgive me but you were the best choice for that adapted copypasta lol

though your account is pretty old, your relative activity is fairly new

You are less of a stranger with every passing day, whether you like it or not. Keep up the good work. wrench;
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: YPrrrr on August 26, 2018, 11:02:55 AM
Guys it's p bad when even I am suspicious it's a copypasta
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: AAAAAAAA on August 26, 2018, 11:05:54 AM
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 26, 2018, 11:01:06 AM
Quote from: SloppyJimbo on August 26, 2018, 10:54:03 AM
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 26, 2018, 07:27:31 AMNo, I'm not just talking about SloppyJimbo.


hey

hi nyandood;

forgive me but you were the best choice for that adapted copypasta lol

though your account is pretty old, your relative activity is fairly new

You are less of a stranger with every passing day, whether you like it or not. Keep up the good work. wrench;

hey
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Nyerp on August 26, 2018, 11:12:58 AM
i do miss anime night tho :'(
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 26, 2018, 11:59:50 AM
Quote from: YPrrrr on August 26, 2018, 07:31:47 AMIdk same old shit to me. I just miss the activity

while i of course am always wishing for more activity and doing what i can to encourage it, i'm actually fairly pleased with where we've been as of late

excluding just yesterday, we've been consistently getting 100+posts/day for the past ~5 weeks lol

and that's honestly pretty great compared to the ~300 posts per month we were getting earlier in the year

we've actually already beaten last month by over 1,000 posts and we still have five days to spare lol (keep it up boyos wrench;)

i was a little worried that the upgrade to 2.0 would reduce activity, especially because it's so ugly and broken and remains so to date, but somehow those issues don't appear to have affected activity negatively sillydood;

just so you know, guys, literally over 85% of this year's activity was made in the last three months lol

and if we keep up our minimum of at least 100 new submission/day (hopefully more), we could very well even beat last year's activity, even despite the huge handicap of the first five months of 2018

Quote from: C.Mongler on August 26, 2018, 07:53:58 AMI've been posting a tad less but that has nothing to do with 2.0, just life stuff. JMV has been mostly absent for many weeks/months/years now. Hiro has been MIA since he decided he wanted to do Boyah awards a year ago. Strongdavid is doing his bike thing.

I think its more grownupstuff than Boyah 2.0 lol

and of course i know and respect that life gets in the way at times lol, but all of those users including you have been more active on average these past few months

And that's a good thing. happydood;
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: C.Mongler on August 26, 2018, 02:56:17 PM
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 26, 2018, 10:30:13 AMlmao alright i can't bite my tongue for any longer or else i'll start bleeding

https://boyah.net/forums2/index.php/topic,40433.0.html

It's amazing how effective that copypasta is, two months short of ten years later. goowan
damn i got owned :3
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: The artist formally known on August 26, 2018, 03:10:56 PM
Quote from: C.Mongler on August 26, 2018, 02:56:17 PM
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 26, 2018, 10:30:13 AMlmao alright i can't bite my tongue for any longer or else i'll start bleeding

https://boyah.net/forums2/index.php/topic,40433.0.html

It's amazing how effective that copypasta is, two months short of ten years later. goowan
damn i got owned :3
whats new
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Samus Aran on August 26, 2018, 08:21:23 PM
I could tell pretty quickly that this was a Kazpost lol
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 27, 2018, 02:17:29 AM
Quote from: antmaster5000 on August 26, 2018, 08:48:23 AMWe're really just at 2.0 beta

I do hope that doesn't remain the case for long. smithicide;

Quote from: reeper on August 26, 2018, 10:21:14 AMDude... flash parties, the boyah radio, shop, arcade...

Yeah those times are seemingly far behind us. Most of us are on the brink of adulthood. It makes sense we will have less time for Boyah as a community.

Now I don't think it's all for the worse though. I personally think Boyah was on the decline until 2.0 came out. Sure it lost a lot of the charm built in from the customized theme and layout but if we want to it is possible to do so.

i don't really miss the aracde as i never used it, but i guess i woukdn't mind having it back

i do miss the shop though, at least a little bit

it allows for some fun shenanigans lüt rewards are potentially a good way to incentivize certain behavior

i also just miss lüts and wish we could find some way to integrate its successor currency lütcoin into boyah

the loss of themes is a bother but there's a lot we could do to make 2.0 more familiar like restoring the message icons and banners and rank colors and whatnot

all in all though 2.0 is way faster and its many annoying glitches don't actually seem to have negatively affected activity lol, but we must fix them eventually

also, "on the brink of adulthood", lol

Most of us are pushing 30. goowan
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 27, 2018, 02:18:16 AM
Quote from: reeper on August 26, 2018, 10:39:27 AM
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 26, 2018, 10:30:13 AMlmao alright i can't bite my tongue for any longer or else i'll start bleeding

https://boyah.net/forums2/index.php/topic,40433.0.html

It's amazing how effective that copypasta is, two months short of ten years later. goowan
so you don't miss my flash parties

A little, but I don't miss Flash. sillydood;

what we need now are html5 parties homie
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 29, 2018, 06:57:00 AM
Quote from: Nyerp on August 26, 2018, 11:12:58 AMi do miss anime night tho :'(

Me too. wry

I would love for us to finish JoJo, at the very least. befuddlement

i know most of us are adults with busy schedules but anime night doesn't necessarily have to be a regular weekly occurrence either, we could only do it as often as a new series we're all interested in comes out or smtbh

but you know what else i dearly miss

Quote from: Samus Aran on August 26, 2018, 08:21:23 PMI could tell pretty quickly that this was a Kazpost lol

I need more Kazposts in my life. :'(
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: C.Mongler on August 29, 2018, 07:02:38 AM
can't u do video/screen sharing on discord now? that'd probably be the safest outlet in terms of not getting our dicks sued




not that im gonna watch any ANIME  Q('_' Q)
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: YPrrrr on August 29, 2018, 07:33:49 AM
I could host some college football games if you guys are interested
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Post by: C.Mongler on August 29, 2018, 07:42:16 AM
i would rather watch anime  SocksDood;
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Nyerp on August 29, 2018, 10:05:15 AM
Quote from: C.Mongler on August 29, 2018, 07:42:16 AMi would rather watch anime  SocksDood;
the truth comes out
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Mando Pandango on August 29, 2018, 10:05:29 AM
Quote from: C.Mongler on August 29, 2018, 07:42:16 AMi would rather watch anime  SocksDood;
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 29, 2018, 10:19:41 AM
Quote from: YPrrrr on August 29, 2018, 07:33:49 AMI could host some college football games if you guys are interested

(http://i56.tinypic.com/mip5oi.gif)
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: YPrrrr on August 29, 2018, 10:25:54 AM
The joke being obviously no one here would want to watch football
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 29, 2018, 10:19:41 AM
Quote from: YPrrrr on August 29, 2018, 07:33:49 AMI could host some college football games if you guys are interested

(http://i56.tinypic.com/mip5oi.gif)
s an old avatar of mine :O

Iowa lost to Wisconsin in that game giggle;
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Post by: don't let's on August 29, 2018, 10:27:30 AM
Tec's got folders on each of us
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: YPrrrr on August 29, 2018, 10:29:09 AM
That's cool if true because I sadly don't remember all of my old avatars
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: slug on August 29, 2018, 11:11:31 AM
boyah could be better
Title: Re: Boyah has changed too much.
Post by: The artist formally known on August 31, 2018, 07:18:15 PM
Quote from: slug on August 29, 2018, 11:11:31 AMboyah could be better
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boyah could be better
[/quote]dude we are doing the BESst we can!