[RFO]

Right, well, here goes.

I've been here for about a day now, and twice I've done necroposts in topics one or two years old. Thing is, I'm not digging around to find a dead topic. I've not got the patience to do that. The topic is right on the front page, and one of them actually said it was the most recently posted in.

Is this my computer freaking out on me, or are the boards just dead? I've not got to look at the age of threads in the Commons Room yet, but I checked the first page of the Gaming board (where the other necropost occured) and everything on it was about two years old.

EDIT: Just checked most of the boards. Every one of them is in the same boat as the others. Again, is this me, or are they supposed to be like this?

[Platinum Sun]

There are some unpopular parts of the forum, but that's no problem. There's plenty of active member and common room activity still.

[Sea of Time]

They're not supposed to be like this. I saw a few of the topics you bumped and they were certainly not appearing on the first page for me. I'm not sure what the issue would be though.

[Wiflewood]

Am I wacko or did this guy just post his whole question in the topic title?

Haha, seriously though, its not that the boards are dead, but just that there is quite a few very active topics, as opposed to lots of semi active ones.

Besides, necroposting rules suck. Theres no point in them whatsoever.

EDIT: You are viewing the topics by "Last post" and not some other category aren't you. Might explain why you keep seeing old topics if you were.

[RFO]

Wiflewood, on Mar 4 2007, 04:44 PM, said:

Am I wacko or did this guy just post his whole question in the topic title?

Haha, seriously though, its not that the boards are dead, but just that there is quite a few very active topics, as opposed to lots of semi active ones.

Besides, necroposting rules suck. Theres no point in them whatsoever.

EDIT: You are viewing the topics by "Last post" and not some other category aren't you. Might explain why you keep seeing old topics if you were.

And...what other ways to view topics would there be? Every forum I've ever been on shows them in the order of most recently posted in; this one doesn't seem to be any exception.

[Eugine]

Well, it really doesn't matter if you bump a topic that's three years old.
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As long as you have something interesting to add to the topic, do so. Most members here weren't here for the old discussions, so bumping old topics can create new discussions.

[Platinum Sun]

Yeah. If you want to create lively, contributive discussion by reviving a topic, by all means do so. The rules governing topic necromancy are in place to avoid dredging up ancient posts just so you can say "Zomg ues r liek t3h nub fer seayin' th3t lolooolllll !!!1!!!!!1!1!11!one!"

[Hirosho]

I think your Computer is being special, but i have no explinations about why... its happened to me once on another forum.... but hasn't happened to me on this one...

[I'm Always BROKE]

Yes the Golden Sun boards are dead. But so are the games... We've actually all discussed anything we can think of on the topic on Golden Sun, and frankly I don't even think any of our members still care for Golden Sun anymore.

Sure there are some fans around here, mostly the newer members as the guy above me, Wind Seer (or whatever he's called) and yourself...

The more older members as Agatio, Eugine, Wind Dude and myself are concidering this place more as a social forum with some gaming discussion here and there. Also don't be affraid to bump a real old topic, but just make sure you atleast contribute something in it... Or post something worth discussing.

[Wiflewood]

RFO, on Mar 5 2007, 12:14 AM, said:

And...what other ways to view topics would there be? Every forum I've ever been on shows them in the order of most recently posted in; this one doesn't seem to be any exception.

Well if you browe the different forums, at the bottom there are different ways of viewing the topics. The default setting is last post, btu I dunno, you might have changed it by accident.

But as I said before anyway, I see no point in anti bumping rules what so ever.

[Aquamarine]

To answer your question RFO: Your computer is wacko. Never mind though, just check the date above the last post to make sure whether or not the topic is old.
Then again, as everyone has already said, you can revive some old topics if you want to.

[RFO]

Well, that sucks! But at least I can necropost without getting flamed now...thanks, all =)

[Someone Else]

Sounds fishy. The computer itself probably isn't the problem.

Internet problems, like the site not communicating well with whatever you have as an Internet connection MIGHT be the problem, especially because you bumped a topic in the Common Room more than a year old. Topics that old in the Common Room can't even be posted in, let alone viewed, by regular members.

We delete old topics in there automatically on a fairly regular basis but I think moderators and admins can still view them... but I've never heard of this kind of problem before. I doubt you're lying, but still.

[Split Infinity]

They're not deleted in that sense, they just disappear from the Common Room. If you search for them they'll come up just fine.

[Nyktos]

They aren't deleted at all. You just have the board set not to show them.

[Split Infinity]

And how might one change this?

[PDM]

Wind Dude, on Mar 5 2007, 06:03 PM, said:

Sounds fishy. The computer itself probably isn't the problem.

Internet problems, like the site not communicating well with whatever you have as an Internet connection MIGHT be the problem, especially because you bumped a topic in the Common Room more than a year old. Topics that old in the Common Room can't even be posted in, let alone viewed, by regular members.

We delete old topics in there automatically on a fairly regular basis but I think moderators and admins can still view them... but I've never heard of this kind of problem before. I doubt you're lying, but still.

The topic got moved to the common room after it was revived. It was my sprites topic (Artwork forum, liek totally!)

[Nyktos]

Split Infinity, on Mar 9 2007, 07:43 PM, said:

And how might one change this?

Scroll down to the bottom and you'll see a menu that says "From: 30 Days" and change it to "Show All"