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Post by SofaJockey on Jul 28, 2018 14:45:35 GMT
It's nearly 'happy anniversary' time for our forums. Two years ago, (July 29th, 2016) BioWare announced that 'The BioWare Forum' a.k.a. The BioWare Social Network (BSN) a.k.a. 'BSN Prime', would close. BioWare's blog post (in full) is in the following spoiler tag:
Concerning Our Forums by Conal Pierse - July 29, 2016 This message is also available in French, German, and Polish. After great consideration, we are closing down the BioWare forums, effective August 26, 2016. The Star Wars: The Old Republic forums will continue to operate; however, our public boards for Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and legacy BioWare titles will no longer be available. This wasn’t an easy decision. Our players are important to us. Your feedback, stories, and love for our games drive and inspire us. In the past, our forums were the only way we could speak to you directly. They allowed our developers to talk with fans, and gave our players the opportunity to talk with each other about our games. But with the rise of social media and geek culture, there have never been more ways for us to connect. Now we can travel around the world, meeting with you face-to-face at events like PAX, SDCC, and even shows in our own backyard. We can share stories with you on the go, giving you a look behind the scenes on sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. In turn, you’ve built your own fantastic communities in places like Tumblr and Reddit. You’ve created comprehensive Wikis and countless pieces of fantastic art, fiction, and cosplay. With so many great things so widely available, our developers today find themselves spending more time on other sites, and less time in our own forums. And to our fans and players who came to those boards looking to talk to us, it was a great disservice. So it is with a heavy heart that we will close our public forums on August 26, 2016. We will maintain some private boards, and may use these in future for beta feedback or other special projects. Because we know there is a lot of information on there you may want to keep, the public boards will remain in a read-only state until October 25, 2016. After that date, they will be taken down. While we are saying goodbye to this venue, we remain committed to our community and will always be here to listen, share, and support you. Online and in person, we will continue to seek out opportunities to interact and share in our combined love of games. blog.bioware.com/2016/07/29/concerning-our-forums/
That started a mad week resulting in Cyonan creating our unofficial forums. Our anniversary thread is here: bsn.boards.net/thread/12523/birthiversary-bioware-social-network-unofficialYou can read some of the recollections of that announcement here: bsn.boards.net/thread/12500You can read the discussion as BSN Prime closed, here: bsn.boards.net/thread/693
To everyone who has been with us for much or part of that journey, thank you!BSN's 2nd birthday is August 1st 2018, when the first member outside of the moderation team ( Pearl , as it happens) joined. We intend to continue to be an open-minded and eclectic forum for the discussion of BioWare games and a wide range of other topics.
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Post by phoray on Jul 29, 2018 14:18:43 GMT
Ha eclectic
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Post by SofaJockey on Jul 29, 2018 15:08:44 GMT
One of the better words I could have used, I thought...
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Post by simit on Jul 29, 2018 15:18:35 GMT
I opened the topic expecting a closing down message Happy birthday, long may it continue
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Post by coldsteelblue on Jul 29, 2018 17:21:21 GMT
Wow, the time has gone by so quickly, I can hardly believe it.
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Post by melbella on Jul 29, 2018 19:17:21 GMT
Happy Second Birthday, BSN! Does this mean the terrible twos are coming "soon"?
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Post by gervaise21 on Jul 29, 2018 21:21:18 GMT
I opened the topic expecting a closing down message Same here and I was preparing to be devastated; I'd totally forgotten it was anniversary time. Happy Birthday and thank you.
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Post by githcheater on Jul 29, 2018 22:37:31 GMT
I opened the topic expecting a closing down message Same here and I was preparing to be devastated; I'd totally forgotten it was anniversary time. Happy Birthday and thank you. Same for me as well ...
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Post by githcheater on Jul 29, 2018 22:43:50 GMT
Happy Second Birthday, BSN! Does this mean the terrible twos are coming "soon"? I hope not. The official forum was in its terrible two's since DA2 launched ... too many poisonous posts (me included). In my hindsight opinion, it was bad for EA business to allow that poison to fester on an official forum. I have written poison on this site as well, but it at least is not written on an official corporate forum.
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Post by NotN7 on Jul 29, 2018 23:29:07 GMT
Happy Birthday BSN!
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Post by enaste on Jul 30, 2018 5:24:32 GMT
Silly me was still angry at Bioware for the Egg heartbreak when the forums closed down. So I didn't register on the new forum, thinking a new game was still ages away anyway (which is still true, sadly). I remember lurking here, guessing whether the forum will survive...and here we are! Happy birthday!
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Post by MrR40 on Jul 30, 2018 9:17:57 GMT
One of the better words I could have used, I thought... Eclectically extraordinary ? Eccentrically eclectic ? Happy Anniversary ! As for those terrible two's, IMO that somewhat depends on Anthem and its positive/negative reception and aftermath of said reception.
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Post by mechalynx on Aug 1, 2018 17:12:10 GMT
Gosh, 2 years! Although it seems a lot longer for some reason. Looking back, I think things really turned out for the better. When I registered it felt like a new start for the community sans all the bile that pent up after the ME3 debacle. I was also glad to have a place away from the devs as every time one posted a comment on any topic, they immediately got swarmed by trolls first, people with legitimate concerns/complaints dead last.
And it turned out so good here, too. All the fun, nice people and (almost) none of the drama.
Will there be cake?
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Post by SofaJockey on Aug 1, 2018 17:20:14 GMT
There's always cake...
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Post by Hrungr on Aug 1, 2018 17:25:02 GMT
There's always cake... Mmm... caaaake.
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Post by LogicGunn on Aug 2, 2018 16:02:01 GMT
There's always cake... The cake is a lie. Happy Anniversary BSN.
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Post by grallon on Aug 3, 2018 13:21:02 GMT
A worthy successor. It feels just like the old one - minus the silly BW mods (who remembers no 6?)
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Post by alihou on Aug 4, 2018 23:52:21 GMT
I remember being very upset when the BSN closed down, it affected me quite a bit, because I used to lurk the forums for hours reading theories, I wouldn't really post unless I had something good to say. I happen to stumble upon this channel on a youtube video in the comments section. I couldn't sign up fast enough. This forum is small, but I know only dedicated fans lurk around here now. I tried reddit for a while, but there's no comparison lol.
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Post by BioWareMod02 on Aug 6, 2018 13:57:59 GMT
'raises hand'
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Post by Sylvius the Mad on Aug 30, 2018 20:08:40 GMT
Wow. Has it only been 2 years...? Still feels new to me, but then I lived on Bioware's forums for 15 years (and on Interplay's for 3 years before that). They were home. I was very depressed when they closed.
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