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What the hell is happening here? When I joined this site last year, it wasn't as alive as I heard it once was, but it sure as hell was more active than this! I find myself making polls just to get people to talk for something other than finding music you heard in a promo or some shit. It makes me wish I'd joined during this site's prime time. You guys seemed to have alot of fun. Barely any one talks anymore and many new people lose interest in the site early on because of this, and most importantly, I'm starting to get bored! I understand that the people with most to contribute are the site's veterans, and they now have lives---or so I hear ---but we need to do something. To be honest, I myself am only a casual watcher of most television. I grew up somewhat after Generation X and the rise of this site and the Internet, so I don't exactly have crazy amounts of enthusiasm in and about what most of you guys were and are talking about now and at the time, or as much interest or expertise. Though I agree Toonami is not at the caliber it once was, I'd like this site to actually live, at least until all of you vets have retired, then I'll take an early retirement too, as there will no longer be any reason to stay here. But until then, someone has to breath life into this place. And that's my 253 cents. You guys are great, and I would very much appreciate a response. _________________ "Never confuse being lazy with being apathetic. Lazy people are not apathetic. Apathetic people don't care about anything. Lazy people care, they just don't do anything about it."-Garfield
Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:09 pm
JJc14
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
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Sorry rizwan, I really can't think of much to add to my earlier response in this thread. I do appreciate your efforts in creating new topics though, and you've likely become the most active resident on the Infolink to have joined within the past year. It may look bleak around here, but I think a few of us will continue to lurk until Tyler closes down shop once and for all...
By the way, your Garfield quote seems to be an apt description of current events around here... _________________ "Life's a journey, not a destination..." -Aerosmith ('Amazing')
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Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:29 am
rizwan787
Joined: Aug 26, 2006
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Thanks, JJ. And I'll try not to lose all hope. _________________ "Never confuse being lazy with being apathetic. Lazy people are not apathetic. Apathetic people don't care about anything. Lazy people care, they just don't do anything about it."-Garfield
Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:19 am
WhtHawk
Joined: Jan 30, 2003
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Hope is never lost, it just slides between the cushins until someone needs some change for a snack run. _________________ To do two things at once is to do neither. —Publilius Syrus, Roman slave, first century B.C.
Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:09 pm
Force-Attuned_Krogoth
Joined: Nov 10, 2002
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I agree. Also I once found a flashlight like that. _________________ Krogoth uses Berserk.
Attacks are enhanced but defense weakens.
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Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:58 am
Dreadnot
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
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I often find the TV remote there. _________________ FFXI: Heavens Redmage. Level 75
'Oh,' he said.
YES, said Death.
'Not even time to finish my cake?'
NO. THERE IS NO MORE TIME, EVEN FOR CAKE. FOR YOU THE CAKE IS OVER. YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF CAKE.
T. Pratchett - Night Watch*
Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:40 pm
Shinobo
Joined: Nov 05, 2002
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Sure, since everyone else is coming out of the woodwork...
I used to have TDA and Infolink as my homepage for the longest time, but I've slowly drifted away due to changes of interest in college and what not. I still watch Adult Swim of course and Toonami whenever I catch it on Saturdays but honestly anime in general has sort of become a very secondary option in my nerd life. However, I could never leave it completely alone. I've had a variety of experiences over the past year that, had I never been into anime and had my interest fueled by these very boards, may never have happened to me later in life.
I lived over in Japan, about 40 minutes north of Kyoto by train for about 14 months last year till this August (I spent the summers in Nagano). I've now learned enough Japanese to be able to watch anime, J-drama, and the occasional news show unsubbed and spent the year over there studying traditional puppetry. If it weren't for me being interested in Japanese animation and Toonami back in middle and high school I would have never have done it. Weird where life takes you eh?
I hope this place makes a comeback someday. Until then I suppose I'll be like the rest of you....checking in every so often. _________________ I take no responsibility for the majority of teh funny I post here.
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Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:39 am
JJc14
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
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Hey Shinobo, glad to hear you've been doing well, though once again I'm jealous to hear that someone else from these boards has been hanging out in Japan. How funny would it be if you ended up crossing paths with dillpops over there? _________________ "Life's a journey, not a destination..." -Aerosmith ('Amazing')
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Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:40 pm
rizwan787
Joined: Aug 26, 2006
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Alright, it's been a couple months. I thinks it's time to bitch again. I'll try to keep this short. I was reading "To ALL Infolink Members. Please Read." under "Site/Forum Discussion" for some reason yesterday, and I got a bit more of a feel for what this place used to be like. I was seeing names in there that I haven't seen anywhere else. I'm pretty sure the only communication I've ever had with Tyler was for my user account activation. You guys seemed pretty tight. So what, did you all just get lives and decide didn't have any more time to come here? From what I've seen, most of you still watch anime, you just don't discuss it. Well, discuss it, please. All the long lost veterans seemed pretty cool, and I want to hear your views on stuff too. I want to discuss stuff with the people who used to come here and talk alot. The people who participated in the thread I mentioned earlier had stuff to talk about. No one else seems to talk at all. If you guys have something to contribute, do it, or at least get those of us that still have hope for this place, like me, more interested. Make us feel as strongly about this stuff as you did. Well, I did a pretty crappy job of keeping this short. At least I'll get a reply to this post, so it might still serve its purpose and get some vet to come out of hibernation, even if it's only for a few days. Hopefully, this little spring I've predicted will last longer than I think.
Are you happy? You got my undies in a bunch, and you wrecked the Peterson's yard! I hope your proud of yourselves. No Ovaltine for a week! _________________ "Never confuse being lazy with being apathetic. Lazy people are not apathetic. Apathetic people don't care about anything. Lazy people care, they just don't do anything about it."-Garfield
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:15 pm
TylerL
Joined: Oct 10, 2002
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Well, Toonami's not terribly interesting anymore, and most of us in our old age have Other Things to do now (I'm running a company). _________________ My old sig was too long.
Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:43 pm
rizwan787
Joined: Aug 26, 2006
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Well congrats, first of all. And you're right, Toonami's not exactly up to par as compared to previous years, but since when has this site been limited to talking just about stuff currently on Toonami? What's it like being the head of your own company? And what's it do? I do appreciate the reply and to finally have conversed with dude who is Tyler.
*Hallelujah chorus is singing in background.* _________________ "Never confuse being lazy with being apathetic. Lazy people are not apathetic. Apathetic people don't care about anything. Lazy people care, they just don't do anything about it."-Garfield
Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:30 pm
JJc14
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
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rizwan787 wrote:
You guys seemed pretty tight. So what, did you all just get lives and decide didn't have any more time to come here?
Dunno if it was so much "deciding" as it was simply growing up. One thing to keep in mind is how long this community's been around. The original T:DA message board dates back at least seven years (I joined in October 2001, and it was well-established then). The community that existed here during its heyday was basically in the high school/college age-range (with exceptions on both ends for guys like Nobuyuki and GoufCustom)...
If you check the archives, this place was still hopping through 2005, which was about four years after the bulk of us met up. Most of the population here is from the U.S., so think about it. People in high school moved onto college. People in college graduated and (presumably) entered the "real world". I'm not sure how old you are rizwan, but increased responsibility begins to take its toll on free time...
As I said earlier in this thread, any message board needs a constant influx of new members to take over as the older crowd fades out. I remember a lot of new faces joining up in the 2003-2004 timeframe, but very few of them hung around. Part of this was the age gap created by the block itself. When most of us joined up here, Toonami was THE cutting-edge provider of action animation skewing at the teenager-and-up "older" crowd. When Adult Swim was created and took that crown, the Toonami viewership dropped to a younger age bracket, and the younger people that joined this message board didn't click with the old-timers...
Putting it all together, the older crowd began to leave and new threads tapered off. No one was around to pick up the slack and what you see here has basically been the state of events for the past two years. This place has now become a hub for old members to check in from time to time, which is okay, but since no one stays more than a few days, there isn't much going on anymore...
rizwan787 wrote:
From what I've seen, most of you still watch anime, you just don't discuss it. Well, discuss it, please.
It's tricky nowadays, because many of the people that lurk here don't watch Toonami (or even Cartoon Network) regularly (if at all) anymore. I can tell you that other than Naruto, I haven't watched anything new on the block since they stopped Prince of Tennis. Why don't I comment on Naruto? Because the discussion topic quickly transformed to talking about new episodes airing out of Japan. Since I don't wanna know about that stuff, I can't exactly look in there...
Why not discuss other shows? Without enough people to regularly discuss Toonami shows on a Toonami board, how can we expect people on a Toonami board to talk about non-Toonami stuff? The "Animation Discussion" board is littered with attempts of people wanting to chat about stuff they're watching, but few of them got anywhere besides a few responses from others saying "I haven't seen that."
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I feel a bit dirty for saying this, but have you checked out the Toonami forum at Toonzone by any chance? That may be the best bet to scratch your discussion itch. I always figured whenever this board shut down for good, the survivors would migrate over there (a few of us did just that after the "Board Crash of 2002" that led to the Infolink's creation)...
...and that concludes today's history lecture. I hope you took good notes!
[Added after posting: Whoa, missed multiple posts while typing this thing. Definitely haven't had that happen in a while...] _________________ "Life's a journey, not a destination..." -Aerosmith ('Amazing')
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:36 pm
Dreadnot
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
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I had a reply all written up.. then the forums ate my post.
A while back when toonami changed there were alot of people who lost interest. One of the things that kept them related to us disappeared and they slowly stopped coming by. Also the point of us growing up and doing other things plays a large role.
Growing up (Getting through highschool and out into college / real world) + Losing one of the things that kept them interested (Toonami) = Disappearing into oblivion.
I still remember all the great times and I have a few of the old members on AIM.
I bet that if toonami went back to how it was 'in the day' there would be a large influx of people.
It's thanks to everyone here and toonami that I took interest in anime and half the games I play. _________________ FFXI: Heavens Redmage. Level 75
'Oh,' he said.
YES, said Death.
'Not even time to finish my cake?'
NO. THERE IS NO MORE TIME, EVEN FOR CAKE. FOR YOU THE CAKE IS OVER. YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF CAKE.
T. Pratchett - Night Watch*
Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:40 am
Chibi_Zero
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
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Yeah, Dreadnot summed it up perfectly. Toonami just isn't that great anymore, now that I have a job I buy all the anime I want to watch or I watch it on Anime on Demand. And that Job also prevents me from watching Toonami. _________________ "I'm just very selective about the reality I choose to accept." - Calvin
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:32 am
rizwan787
Joined: Aug 26, 2006
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Okay, I guess I've gotten as far as I'm gonna get in getting you guys to come back at least a little. I understand about school and jobs, but I guess I just thought if I could make it work, so could ever one else, but it only seems to have proven that I have no life. Oh well, I'll continue to hang around this place. I eagerly await next the time one of you vets decide to come out from under your job to make a post. Until then... _________________ "Never confuse being lazy with being apathetic. Lazy people are not apathetic. Apathetic people don't care about anything. Lazy people care, they just don't do anything about it."-Garfield
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---but we need to do something. To be honest, I myself am only a casual watcher of most television. I grew up somewhat after Generation X and the rise of this site and the Internet, so I don't exactly have crazy amounts of enthusiasm in and about what most of you guys were and are talking about now and at the time, or as much interest or expertise. Though I agree Toonami is not at the caliber it once was, I'd like this site to actually live, at least until all of you vets have retired, then I'll take an early retirement too, as there will no longer be any reason to stay here. But until then, someone has to breath life into this place. And that's my 253 cents. You guys are great, and I would very much appreciate a response.
