End of the line (almost)

Due to the very old and somewhat broken nature of our current message board software, Mario Fan Games Galaxy's message board will be shutting down within a month or two. There is no exact deadline, though the best guess will be towards the end of August. Most definitely by the end of September.

In its place, a new board will emerge, one with significantly better features that is linked very closely to the main site. Instead of the six year old Invision Power Board 1.3 software we use currently, the new board will be using a highly modified version of PHPBB3 (hopefully 3.0.6 but certainly 3.0.5). Many of the flaws and problems this board faces on a regular basis will be gone, and we're working to bring things up to a much better specification

Most of the important board features will be retained, such as badges, most of the layout and some of the skins. You should be able to log in via your main site account meaning there will only be a need to register on MFGG once. These IPB forums however, will be scrapped.

There will be no return of the "Casual Conversation Castle", and there will be better methods of rewarding the good and punishing the bad. Other forums such as the submit-it and general friendliness will be axed too.

What is important is that we will no longer be supporting Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. Though some parts of the boards will still display correctly in that browser, your experience will be heavily gimped if you continue to use said browser.

If you're using Internet Explorer 6, the only advice I can give you is to
UP-GR-A-D-E

When MFGG 3.0 is released this too will not support IE6 (though this probably won't be for a long time yet). And didn't I hear sites like YouTube were stopping IE6 support too? Either way upgrading is your best option for both you and the internet as a whole. Website designers across the planet are simply getting tired of having to install fixes to make IE6 display pages properly, and in a lot of cases, those fixes just don't exist. Don't want to upgrade? Fair enough, but don't be surprised if some features don't work for you!

Though this is very much the end of an era, it also marks the start of a bright new one. We understand that there will probably be a few individuals less than impressed with this move, but the opportunity always exists to fork your own community instead of re-registering on the new board. Many changes will be put in place, some of which I will be able to describe in a bit more detail closer to the deadline, however any major concerns will be best brought up with me via AIM or MSN or whatever. Do note that as the project is a work in progress, I may not actually be able to answer every question. Just make sure you agree completely with the terms and conditions (and rule set) that will accompany the registration progress when that day comes.

Just because we're moving software does not mean these forums are a new playground for bad behavior. Quite the contrary in fact - if you manage to get yourself into some serious trouble between now and then, you may find yourself unable to access the new boards!

On behalf of MFGG I would like to thank everyone who has posted and kept this current iteration of the forums going for five and a half years. It is quite an achievement, even if we have had our ups and downs. One thing for certain is that the new forums will not be made available until they're ready.

and don't ruin this topic plzthxbye

****, now I have to get the damn upgrade

will there be a CCC 2.0 or something

because axing the CCC will be like axing mfgg altogether

Oh wow... That's gonna be quite the change. I hope we don't lose a lot of members, and darn it I wish people had used the GF more!

Why the cutting of certain sub-forums? What's wrong with them? I know you'll have something else new with the move, but why not keep what's here?

I guess in favour of

Some changes seem good, some seem bad. For example, axing the GF will make MFGG....different, and a CCC 2.0 like Mikau suggested would be okay.

Five years of history? Scrapped?

The wiki will certainly need some editing.

I think that you should describe your better alternatives to the CCC for us. If you don't have it fully planned out, I think that you should've posted this later when you can give us more information or at least include us in this "project".

This will never happen and BS knows it

This graph is amazingly offensive, I hope this has nothing to do with this project, especially for the line next to "members who don't help the cause" and "misfits". Just because members aren't artists or fangamers doesn't mean they should leave/not have any say. Such members have been part of the community, even in a positive way.

A community that is all fangames all the time wouldn't happen and would be a very boring place.

This post has been edited by SonicProject on Aug 8 2009, 12:08 PM

**** not PHPBB
I really dislike that software

Question though: what about stats, individual member stats, topics and individual topic stats?

This post has been edited by Mecha the Slag on Aug 8 2009, 12:11 PM

We have heavily modified the templates to look mostly like IPB 1.3.

Also there is, in my opinion, a great deal of inaccuracy in this announcement, especially concerning the link with the main site.

THE TF2 TOPIC

NO

noooo ;__;

Wow.

By the way does this mean we will have to repost EVERYTHING related to the CFP D:

Sounds good to me. Only two questions is on my mind: how long is the in-between time after the current MFGG gets nuked and before the new MFGG rises from the ashes? A day, a week? Question two: will everybody be given a clean slate?

This post has been edited by Morshu McPhereson on Aug 8 2009, 12:19 PM

i am pro for this change.

well
baww

This board will be kept on archive, at least for a while. You can link against the old material and transfer it over the course of time.