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Post by Dazo on Mar 14, 2005 10:42:10 GMT -5
Oh I don't know, maybe they might follow the link in my sigature on 40konline , also destecado advertises the ASP in his sig, I think kage might aswell though i'm not sure, maybe when you join another board you might consider doing that aswell. I also try and drop hints about the ASP in other forums as much as possible. Actually it was Kage doing that that led me to the ASP, so it does happen.
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Post by malika on Mar 14, 2005 11:25:38 GMT -5
I try to lead people to here too through my other projects, but also on places like B&C.
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Post by CELS on Mar 14, 2005 13:46:47 GMT -5
Websites like 40konline and Dakka will probably come around. Portent had, what, a million members? Unless they all commit suicide now that Portent is gone, they'll probably want to go somewhere else to continue their discussion. And they'll probably want to go to a forum that they've heard of. It'll all probably snowball and then we'll get another Portent. And then history will repeat itself, but still.
Edit: And why did they really have to close Portent? If it was money, they could have just told everyone to pay up, or the website dies. I think a lot of people would have sent some money. If it was the administration, then.. well, what takes so much time anyway? Enlight me.
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Post by Seamus on Mar 14, 2005 20:17:14 GMT -5
what, ~32,000 members on the site with ~2 million+ posts? thats quite a successful forum, and I hate the fact that its gone and not because of my post count that I just lost either as for why the site was shut down, or.. flat lined as it were, it was because of lack of funding, and that Was mentioned I think it was what, a month or 2 ago? someone want to correct me on that?
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Post by Kage2020 on Mar 14, 2005 23:47:35 GMT -5
And Portent is not entirely dead... Or at least not irrevocably so.
Kage
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Post by Rich on Mar 15, 2005 3:55:32 GMT -5
From what I understand Engel and a few others are attempting to re-start portent but to make it into a cost-effective venture. i would imagine that they mean that all members would have to be guilders, which would cover any costs incurred (theoretically).
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Post by Kage2020 on Mar 15, 2005 20:34:08 GMT -5
The question would be whether it was worth it... If it was anything like it was before it fell over, I'm not sure that it would be. Well, for me. Wargamers perhaps.
Kage
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Post by Seamus on Mar 15, 2005 23:15:29 GMT -5
man oh man.. portent.. gone.. its going to take some getting used to
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Post by Kage2020 on Mar 16, 2005 7:55:07 GMT -5
Just go to 40kOnline... it doesn't have the scope and depth of Portent, yet, and also 'suffers' from a large number of new posters, but at the moment that is a good thing. It's whereI spend most of my 'off time' at the moment. Oh, and it remains free! Kage
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Post by Tynesh on Mar 18, 2005 7:53:46 GMT -5
I am quite surprised it all ended so soon. I was part of Portent for a long time but have recently not checked in so often.
A real shame.
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Post by rsljudd on Mar 20, 2005 5:58:29 GMT -5
I am quite surprised it all ended so soon. I was part of Portent for a long time but have recently not checked in so often. A real shame. i agree ,it's like losing something special, for me it was the site that actually got me using computer's and showed me the potential of the www internet.
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Post by malika on Mar 20, 2005 7:44:25 GMT -5
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Post by Philip on Mar 21, 2005 5:57:18 GMT -5
Thanks for the link
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