Is it about time we pack it up?

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 12:00 am

Grey Fox wrote:I highly disapprove of this thread. SG must live forever.

This site could be brought back from the dead in some form with content and a new forum and some kind of business model. It would just take some dedicated people to do it. I'd be down for it.

I'd be able to find some time for it if the idea was good enough.

Post by **Grey Fox** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:18 am

himurokoken wrote:wait

a pay site?

lol

LOL no way, that's not what I meant.

Post by **Grey Fox** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:27 am

I've got some ideas, maybe I'll write them down and e-mail you Damien and we can brainstorm. Its only worth doing if we really go for it though, which might mean throwing some money into it. The whole Internet has changed in the last 10 years. Facebook, twitter, blogs, YouTube, etc. Fan sites are pretty much obsolete. But SG was always ahead of its time in my opinion.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:18 pm

I'm up for it.
I know Luke wanted to rebuild SG for 2011, but never got around to it. He'd probably be interested in the idea too.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:06 pm

if you are serious about it, it probably shouldn't be called SG
unless we become a complete troll site

but i agree shaun, we always did have a unique flavor and it's a shame that shit just died out... many of us (and the internets in general) moved past message boards

Post by **Grey Fox** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:04 am

Yeah that's right doom. There was a time when there was a post every few seconds on this board. Unfortunately without content or registration for new members it just slowly has died out as we all got older and there was no blood. Square also stopped making good shit so that didn't help.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:47 pm

Squaregamer stopped being viable as a site when people stopped caring about Square, and massive gaming blogs with up to the minute news took off.
What we have here is just the remains really.
Hopefully we can make a bad ting good.

Yuka · Post by **Yuka** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:15 pm

But, how?

News is found everywhere. Most forums now are the leftover communities formed by people who used to frequent said places.

Post by **Grey Fox** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:05 am

There is more than just news that can make for interesting content, and there's maybe ways to present that content that is fresh. Personally I'm tired of "blogs" being passed off as websites that have a news feed and nothing more.

Anything we do now won't be Square Gamer. That time has passed like Damien says. But it can have the spirit and soul of SG in it and evolve hopefully.

Yuka · Post by **Yuka** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:26 am

You know, I quite liked a now-dead blog that was a news website, except it was simply a daily digest of info. Just pictures of upcoming new games and maybe a little line of PR text.
No IGN reports with staff members droning on about their excitement, no endless rolls of comments from illiterate and retarded internet drones, just a constant stream of new stuff. I thought it worked quite well.

But that's just one example of a good blog masquerading as a website.
Come to think of it, it sounds similar to Magicbox, except even more sparse.

Questionmarktarius · Post by **Questionmarktarius** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:28 am

SG was actually pretty good near the end of the eFront era, apart from the rampant eFront shenanigans.

Post by **Grey Fox** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:32 am

Questionmarktarius wrote:SG was actually pretty good near the end of the eFront era, apart from the rampant eFront shenanigans.

Cheers. We were getting very heavy traffic around that time and were easily one of the biggest fan run news sites of the time. That's probably the most fun I've had in my life.

Yuka: MagicBox was so simple but brilliant also because they were just scanning and translating the weekly gaming magazines that come out here in Japan. Now days news is faster online for the most part, but Famitsu still scores exclusive screens and info pretty regularly.

I'm interested if anyone has any content or presentation ideas.

Questionmarktarius · Post by **Questionmarktarius** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:22 am

I still have those FF1 and Rad Racer writeups I did in the eFront era.

Post by **Grey Fox** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:49 am

Questionmarktarius wrote:I still have those FF1 and Rad Racer writeups I did in the eFront era.

I went to click "like" and then....

Hang on to those.

Questionmarktarius · Post by **Questionmarktarius** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:22 am

The html is still in its original ASP server form ("#include virtual" all over the damn place), and needs some minor cleanup and possibly CSS goodness.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:09 am

Can we just stick up 11 year old content on here?

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:16 pm

It's a shame square games are rubbish these days.

I went to click "like" and then....

and

buttons would be so much better than a like button tbh.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:26 am

Calbrena wrote:It's a shame square games are rubbish these days.

I went to click "like" and then....
and buttons would be so much better than a like button tbh.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:14 am

Grey Fox wrote:There is more than just news that can make for interesting content, and there's maybe ways to present that content that is fresh. Personally I'm tired of "blogs" being passed off as websites that have a news feed and nothing more.

Anything we do now won't be Square Gamer. That time has passed like Damien says. But it can have the spirit and soul of SG in it and evolve hopefully.

Sektor 8

??

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:44 pm

SG's coming up for renewal, and we're actually toying with not continuing it

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:27 pm

Fansites aren't dead, it's just that the old circle of fansites we all grew with are dead or dying.

sites like finalfantasy-xiii.net are fucking huge.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:37 pm

himurokoken wrote:Fansites aren't dead, it's just that the old circle of fansites we all grew with are dead or dying.

sites like finalfantasy-xiii.net are fucking huge.

I guess they have a more specific focus (or at least had one a lot more recently than we did)?
I dunno, never been there.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:55 pm

hey guys how about we make the new place the last bastion of intelligent descushion?

Post by **Grey Fox** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:01 am

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:47 am

WaWard wrote:hey guys how about we make the new place the last bastion of intelligent descushion?

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:46 am

Joei wrote:
WaWard wrote:hey guys how about we make the new place the last bastion of intelligent descushion?

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:51 am

i still don't understand why they decided to call it Final Battle

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:54 pm

Damien wrote:
himurokoken wrote:Fansites aren't dead, it's just that the old circle of fansites we all grew with are dead or dying.

sites like finalfantasy-xiii.net are fucking huge.
I guess they have a more specific focus (or at least had one a lot more recently than we did)?
I dunno, never been there.

when FF13 news comes out, I go straight to FF-13.net for scans and info. It's THE site for Square Enix news these days.

So it's not impossible.

And this is a real site (not a blog) with a huge forum community.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:11 pm

You mean there are still people who actually care about squeenix games?

Post by **Grey Fox** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:30 pm

Calbrena wrote:You mean there are still people who actually care about squeenix games?

This.

Questionmarktarius · Post by **Questionmarktarius** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:47 pm

A squeenix-centric variant on RPGC Shrines wouldn't be a terrible idea.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:55 pm

Calbrena wrote:You mean there are still people who actually care about squeenix games?

I'm pretty sure himuro is one of those.

Post by **Grey Fox** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:03 am

This is the most posting here in years.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:25 am

Indeed.

Tbh I wish SG could still be a good time waster when life slows down and I need to kill time online. Reading FB or Twitter feeds bores me to death and I don't have an arcade next door anymore

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:26 am

I get excited everytime I receive an email from Square Enix about their latest games. Last week it was Dissidia 012.....this week I had an email that I could get Lara Croft: Guardian of Light for £4.99

Post by **Grey Fox** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:25 am

Joei wrote:I get excited everytime I receive an email from Square Enix about their latest games. Last week it was Dissidia 012.....this week I had an email that I could get Lara Croft: Guardian of Light for £4.99

BARGAIN!

Yuka · Post by **Yuka** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:17 pm

I sort of care about SE games. I've played and finished Dissidia 012 every which way and now I'm gonna play The After Years on the PSP.

Though I'm not as crazy about them as I once was. If anything, I'm warming up to Atlus right now as I'm exploring the Shin Megami Tensei series.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:09 pm

Damien wrote:
himurokoken wrote:Fansites aren't dead, it's just that the old circle of fansites we all grew with are dead or dying.

sites like finalfantasy-xiii.net are fucking huge.
I guess they have a more specific focus (or at least had one a lot more recently than we did)?
I dunno, never been there.

i see what you did there

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:53 pm

Grey Fox wrote:This is the most posting here in years.

A few threads were this busy last July when I was in Norway.

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:14 pm

WaWard wrote:
Calbrena wrote:You mean there are still people who actually care about squeenix games?
I'm pretty sure himuro is one of those.

HEY

tactics ogre came out last month, brah!

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:16 pm

Joei wrote:.this week I had an email that I could get Lara Croft: Guardian of Light for £4.99

i actually heard that is a pretty good game. the demo is fun

Post by **Grey Fox** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:42 pm

Yuka wrote:I sort of care about SE games. I've played and finished Dissidia 012 every which way and now I'm gonna play The After Years on the PSP.

Though I'm not as crazy about them as I once was. If anything, I'm warming up to Atlus right now as I'm exploring the Shin Megami Tensei series.

I'm playing Persona 3 on PSP right now and it's awesome. First RPG I've played and liked since Final Fantasy X.

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:43 pm

atlus > s-e

Yuka · Post by **Yuka** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:21 pm

My Persona 3 Portable save file is corrupted

I'm never going to finish it at this rate.

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:46 pm

himurokoken wrote:
Joei wrote:.this week I had an email that I could get Lara Croft: Guardian of Light for £4.99

i actually heard that is a pretty good game. the demo is fun

i deleted that shite after 5 mins of playing it

Post by **Grey Fox** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:32 am

himurokoken wrote:atlus > s-e

Atlus has games other than Persona?

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:51 am

Persona 3 and 4 are great. Sadly it is my destiny to never finish a Shin Megami Tensei game in my life.

Post by **Grey Fox** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:02 pm

I probably haven't finished 90% of the games I own.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:04 pm

Grey Fox wrote:
himurokoken wrote:atlus > s-e
Atlus has games other than Persona?

Demon's Souls

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:49 pm

ward