So, did Wordforge die yet?

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  1. Asyncritus

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    After being away from the real world, which paradoxically includes access to virtual reality, for a month, I am now back here to annoy, hassle, condescend, nitpick, goad, troll, and generally make life miserable for all of you. IOW, business as usual.

    And my first question is: How many times did Wordforge die while I was away? (I would hate to think that all the "Wordforge is dying" reports have turned out to be false once again.)

     
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  2. John Castle

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    Totally false. I made a pretty good bid to drive everyone off this weekend, but nope. They're still here. The fools.
     
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  3. Clyde

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    Wordforge has more lives than a litter of cats. Which is to admit that the entire place smells like ammonia and tuna farts.
     
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  4. Asyncritus

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    After 4 weeks of scout camp, I wouldn't notice little odors like that.

     
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    :lol:

    Yeah I can imagine ammonia and tuna farts making for a kick-ass scout camp air-freshener.
     
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    I'm stabbing with my steely knives, but I just can't kill the beast.
     
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  7. Uncle Albert

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    Not dead. Self-absorbed shitsmears spamming up the board with whine threads, trying to whip up controversy over nothing, but that never managed to kill the board before.
     
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  8. Asyncritus

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    IOW, Wordforge is doing what it has always done best. :shrug:

    Guess I didn't miss much. :D

     
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  9. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    A question that's never answered: What is the critical mass of posters needed to sustain a board?

    In the oft-repeated "WF is dying 'cause we can't attract new members!" :sob: meme, no one ever seems to know why this is so important.
     
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  10. Uncle Albert

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    "New members" usually just means troll kingdom rejects and spambots anyway.

    :whoopdedoo:
     
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    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    Spambots we've gotten pretty good at keeping out. Once in a while one will pop up, but by and large we stop them at the door.
     
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    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    So, okay, what's the optimal number of posters for long-term sustainability?

    I'd have thought quality mattered more than quantity, but...
     
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    Hi, Clyde!

    :evilpop:
     
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    Wordforge has been dead for ages. We're the remnants of the past, destined to walk the lake of fire for eternity.
     
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    Yes, but in all fairness, that is what we originally came here to do.
     
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    As long as there is someone willing to pay for it and someone willing to post on it, Wordforge will live.
     
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    So you're saying that once I buy the board from Lanzman, it'll just be me and baba posting here, huh?






    I'm okay with that. :bailey:
     
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  18. Lanzman

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    Oh, were you gonna bid? Cuz Baba's terms are extremely generous.
     
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  19. Asyncritus

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    Tell me more about her first.

    Is she hot?

     
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  20. Tamar Garish

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    I keep telling you that monopoly money isn't real, but do you listen??


    Noooo. :jayzus: ;)
     
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    I've got Confederate money! :muad:
     
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    How about this money?

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    I'm thinking Borgs would have an anurisum if Baba bought the board. :lol:
     
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    That right there would make it worth it :ramen:
     
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