The Spot

[Pulpit]

well I tried to access www.the-spot.com
which was the other message board
looks like its gone. Not sure how long ago this happened since this is the first time I tried to access it in awhile ..Just thought I would let you all know if you didn't already

[Xcalibur]

It was dead since 2003, too many people left, and the desire to rebuild it was too low. I know there was another adress, where they were doing a better version, surely dead too.

Booh, booh booh booh booh

[Drew]

The reason I originally joined the Player's Corner was because Kelood (who I think one or two of you might remember) got kicked off the-spot for some reason or another and I resigned my "moderatorship" in solidarity and moved over to the PC.

Does anyone remember when the PC was on whee.org?

[Bobmuhthol]

<<Does anyone remember when the PC was on whee.org?>>

Wasn't that Peam's redirect link when the site was mirrored somewhere else and nobody knew the URL?

[Nieninque]

there is another forums type site at www.gsiv.net which looks as though it will be quite a good one

[Parkbandit]

The Spot ended up defunct (though I still think it's up.. but it has zero activity) due to over censorship and stupid rules.

I certainly hope that doesn't happen here.

[Xcalibur]

Wanna bet?

At the end, there was a topic made every week, and it was just because something new happened in gs.

[Drew]

Originally posted by Bobmuhthol
<<Does anyone remember when the PC was on whee.org?>>

Wasn't that Peam's redirect link when the site was mirrored somewhere else and nobody knew the URL?
Nope. As best as I can remember the site was originally maintained by buckwheet and kranar was the "face" of the board. Buckwheet lost interest and turned it over to kranar. After that I stopped playing so I don't know.

[AnticorRifling]

Whee.org was buck's. I remember it but I was brand new to GS and both message boards then.

[imported_Kranar]

<< The Spot ended up defunct (though I still think it's up.. but it has zero activity) due to over censorship and stupid rules. >>

This isn't exactly true.

Ironically it was a lack of rules and enforcement that led to a lot of people leaving the-spot and coming here.

[HarmNone]

That's the way I remember it, as well, Kranar. It was the lack of any control that brought about the split, not the opposite.

[imported_Kranar]

<< That's the way I remember it, as well, Kranar. It was the lack of any control that brought about the split, not the opposite. >>

Their unmoderated Flame Folder made everyone turn against one another and really ruined the entire forum.

By the time they finally got around to getting rid of it, it was too late.

[HarmNone]

Heh. I'd forgotten it was only one folder. All I remember is people ripping each other to shreds. :shrug:

[Galleazzo]

Yeah, flame folders are pretty stupid. Gets more people riled up than tensions eased.

[AnticorRifling]

The flame folder was pre-Anticor.

[Xcalibur]

Pre me too, and as I saw, the site wasn't boohish, in that time. I even remember compairaing PC and them and I thought the spot was better, as here there was WAY too much flaming done by "elders" (high train idiots)

There was some posts per day done, and some quick responses too.