Forum Contingency Plan

[TheKeck]

So, I visit another forum to play DnD with several members of CoG. Right now it appears that their domain name is expired and I have no idea what's going to happen with it. It's an interesting thing because the way that I communicate with most of the people involved with the site is ont he forum itself, of course, and with it out of commision, I find myself scrambling for other forms of communication.

And I thought it would be an interesting thing to talk about here. If CoG were suddenly totally dead in the water, what contigency plans do you have in place to reconnect with the community and find out what's going on?

Me, I have a good chunk of people as friends at MSN. (Mostly the same group playing DnD with me.) I would probably head over to playitreviewit.com to see if people are using it as a haven as we have before. I suppose if worse came to worse I would see if there was any info back at evilavatar. Does CoG have a facebook thing? I suppose I'd check on that too.

[Serapth]

Twitter.

Frankly, some of you bastards could do with a 140 char limit!

[ClannerDelta]

Steam. That's really all I'd need.

[roboninja]

Mainly the IRC channel. I remember that was how I kept up on things during the exodus.

[iHap]

IRC is where the real CoG is at.

[Scaryfaced]

I'm too old and slow to keep up with IRC conversations.

And I'm with Clanner, Steam's the only way I'd be able to keep in contact with people.

[TheKeck]

Oh yeah Steam that's a good one.

I don't even know what IRC means though, really.

[KillerMcDead]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/bigmike33/whatever/329802298_70edd56f37_ocopy.jpg

Should have changed the date, but fuck it, trying to use photoshop with a touchpad is fucking INFURIATING!

[J Arcane]

Most of you bastards are all on Twitter. I'm sure someone would let me know if something happened.

It's actually made the new recommendation function sort of useless. All it gives me is Felicia Day, the Penny Arcade guys, and then every last person on CoG I haven't followed yet fills up the list.

[Thanasimos]

Twitter, a light touch of facebook, and I occasionally play TF2 with the lot of you. I would probably hop to IRC in that case too.

[Superman's Dead]

Me, I'd gather up everyone in California, hitchhike to Minneapolis, then work my way down to Texas. From there it's East through Alabama and Florida, then North hugging the coast.

[Lint of Death]

So, I visit another forum to play DnD with several members of CoG. Right now it appears that their domain name is expired and I have no idea what's going to happen with it. It's an interesting thing because the way that I communicate with most of the people involved with the site is ont he forum itself, of course, and with it out of commision, I find myself scrambling for other forms of communication.

The domain name has been renewed and will be brought to normal shortly. (https://secure.registerapi.com/order/renew/auto.php?domain=dndonlinegames.com&campn=expired)

That said, Steam for me!

[Karak]

I won't ever touch twitter ever.

My contingency plan would most likely be normal life.

[Superman's Dead]

I won't ever touch twitter ever.

My contingency plan would most likely be normal life.

I'll make a stop up through Oregon on the way back West. Don't worry. No CoG left behind.

[Karak]

I'll make a stop up through Oregon on the way back West. Don't worry. No CoG left behind.

Indeed. Like book of Eli. But this time Book of COG. We will travel the world gathering the real names of those that used to post. And then find a prison and drop the book off.

At random times chopping peoples arms and legs off and shooting cats.

A rooten tooten good time! :)

[Kelegacy]

I won't ever touch twitter ever.

My contingency plan would most likely be normal life.

I feel the same towards Facebook--I don't think I'll touch it ever. But Twitter...well, it has it's uses. I actually find a lot of cool stuff out by Twitter alone. I don't tweet much myself, but I like to read others sometimes.

[digitalErich]

Twitter, FB, XBL, Steam, PSN, etc. Plenty of contingency already out there.

[KillerMcDead]

I'm going to go against every fiber of my being and sign up for a Twitter in the next few days. As much as I hate to, and as much as I've ridiculed Twitter...Its going to be a handy little tool at Pax.

[Karak]

I feel the same towards Facebook--I don't think I'll touch it ever. But Twitter...well, it has it's uses. I actually find a lot of cool stuff out by Twitter alone. I don't tweet much myself, but I like to read others sometimes.

I have a facebook for old school chums but rarely post anymore. I actually like calling and talking to people and such. I am more of a face to face person than a random "hi" on facebook. And as for twitter. I don't give a shit about someones random daily stuff "Except for my random insomnia threads." Twitter is completely useless to me.

[digitalErich]

Twitter is a tool, nothing more. If you find the stream you have useless, stop following those people.

Sure, it takes some effort, but a well cultivated Twitter stream can be quite useful and entertaining, and rarely lame.

[Karak]

Twitter is a tool, nothing more. If you find the stream you have useless, stop following those people.

Sure, it takes some effort, but a well cultivated Twitter stream can be quite useful and entertaining, and rarely lame.

Agreed.
Thus I follow no one and don't use it.

[Kelegacy]

Twitter is a tool, nothing more. If you find the stream you have useless, stop following those people.

Sure, it takes some effort, but a well cultivated Twitter stream can be quite useful and entertaining, and rarely lame.

Exactly. I have some chaff, but a lot of the time I find out things on Twitter that I wouldn't find out for days if I didn't have it. It keeps me alert. Follow the right people and it is a very great tool.

And I follow Ebert, who does nothing but Twitter all day. I can't believe he has time to watch movies!

[Generation ABXY]

My contingency plan would most likely be normal life.

Normal life? Well, I suppose there's got to be a first time for everything, eh? :D

I only have contact info for a handful of you guys (no Twitter or Facebook for me, either), but I do tend to bookmark most of the links you guys toss up (for blogs and the like)...

[Karak]

Normal life? Well, I suppose there's got to be a first time for everything, eh? :D

I only have contact info for a handful of you guys (no Twitter or Facebook for me, either), but I do tend to bookmark most of the links you guys toss up (for blogs and the like)...

Ha that is true. Maybe my use of twitter is different than other people's. I keep seeing people say they find info on it...but if I needed that info someone would have contacted me or called me. I could follow an actor or something...but I don't care when they last pooped or what music they are listening to.
It's hard for me to find a use for Twitter I guess. I can't follow my friends as I talk to them, I can't follow stars as I don't care about them. There is not much left that isn't covered somewhere else.

[Chris_D]

Twitter and In Game Chat.

[Dorkandproudofit]

I'll probably go into a deep depression for a few days, then I'll decide I don't need you fucks and move to hollywood and become a famous movie star. :cool:

[Arphahat]

Just wanted to echo the Steam idea. I have most of you as buddies there and those who aren't can at least join the CoG group there.

As an aside, I didn't know anyone here was into dndonlinegames. I've try playing a number of games there, but they always seem to die. When it returns, I'd love to play with you guys.

[Siraris]

Not only are most of us on Steam, Facebook and Twitter, but we're also all smart enough to setup a new forum on another site. Hell, I still have Playitreviewit's forums up and running.

[Lint of Death]

In case anyone's waiting on it, the website that prompted this thread is back online.

[Troggles]

IRC is my real CoG. The forums are just a time waster.

[Ox]

If CoG ever went offline, I would found an exploratory committee and begin to solicit donations. Within a few weeks, my coffers would be overflowing and I would announce my candidacy for leadership of the world. I will ride forth on a white horse, and a third of the earth and the oceans will be destroyed in a hail of fire. I figure the media exposure from this will cause someone to recognize my face and send me an email.

[civil]

MagGnome. He'd keep me up to date on stuff.

That, and dressing up as a wild white horse.

[Purple Santa]

A mass e-mail generated by Mags since he has everyone's email address.

[Widgetcraft]

I have a facebook for old school chums but rarely post anymore. I actually like calling and talking to people and such. I am more of a face to face person than a random "hi" on facebook. And as for twitter. I don't give a shit about someones random daily stuff "Except for my random insomnia threads." Twitter is completely useless to me.

I'm not sure that I've ever posted to Facebook. I get on there now and then to see what other people are saying (I'm not sure why, I'm never interested enough to read much of it), and that's pretty much it. I really don't like it... it feels sort like someone mashed up the blogs of every person I know and threw it onto one RSS feed.

I tried using Twitter for a while, but I find the whole concept to be asinine. If you want to post short messages, you can do that on a normal blog... why make a massive site based around that? Really, I prefer Facebook over Twitter.

[ThievesAmongUs]

Dammit, all this jabbering about twitter is reminding me I barely use my account there. (Of course this would also relate to my inability to find a use for twitter)

[JRR006]

IRC! If that disappeared too, in some coordinated attack on our colonial claims or something, I'd be out of the loop. Although I think I've seen your tags enough to be able to hunt some of you down on Steam, Xbox Live, and so on.

[J Arcane]

I liken Twitter to an RSS feed with conversation. I get all kinds of interesting tidbits and updates from my favorite things and people, like the Rifftrax crew, Ebert, Stephen Fry, Kieron Gillen over at RPS, as well as some of the people from CoG and IM, as well as direct news from sites like Ars Technica and Top Gear. It's usually a pretty steady stream of entertainment and interesting info, because I keep my feed limited to those people who provide such.

[Generation ABXY]

I liken Twitter to an RSS feed with conversation.

Yeah, that's how I think of some, too. I don't have an account myself, but I'll admit I've bookmarked a few that are more RSS-ish in nature (rather than random chatter, that is).

[MagGnome]

I keep in touch with various members on here in all sorts of ways. I'm friends with several COGers on Facebook, and I have many more of you on my Steam list. Some members of this site chat with me via IM, although not as much lately. A couple of you have e-mailed me. A few COGers even have my cell phone number and my home address. :eek:

In fact, the only ways in which I haven't communicated with anyone on COG is via Twitter and IRC.



Me, I'd gather up everyone in California, hitchhike to Minneapolis, then work my way down to Texas. From there it's East through Alabama and Florida, then North hugging the coast.

I'm flattered that I would be second on your list. :)

Edit -

MagGnome. He'd keep me up to date on stuff.

Via e-mail, of course, since you don't know how to respond to text messages.


A mass e-mail generated by Mags since he has everyone's email address.

I've actually only e-mailed a few people from this site. Off the top of my head:

Civil
Serapth
Purple Santa
ADDGirl
Astranoir

I apologize if I forgot anyone.

[Hawkzombie]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/bigmike33/whatever/329802298_70edd56f37_ocopy.jpg

Should have changed the date, but fuck it, trying to use photoshop with a touchpad is fucking INFURIATING!

Apparently we're all a Colony of Ghosts now.

[MagGnome]

More than anything I would thank Yahweh for the return of my free time.

[shunoshi]

I'm flattered that I would be second on your list. :)

He was obviously talking about me; you're in St. Paul. :p

[MagGnome]

Not for long! ;)

Besides, you live in Crystal! CRYSTAL!


(meth)

[Serapth]

Hmmm, I hate Facebook. Mostly people from high school and relatives I don't have any interest in talking to. Wonder if I should start adding a few CoGers to see if it makes the service any more useful.

[Voodoo]

I've got the phone numbers of all the essential people in the event of catastrophic CoG failure.

[civil]

Via e-mail, of course, since you don't know how to respond to text messages.
To be fair, I've responded to all the vital texts, just not the, "OMG, a straight girl just hit on me!" ones. And I'm more an email person, as you well know.

[Dukefrukem]

So, I visit another forum to play DnD with several members of CoG. Right now it appears that their domain name is expired and I have no idea what's going to happen with it. It's an interesting thing because the way that I communicate with most of the people involved with the site is ont he forum itself, of course, and with it out of commision, I find myself scrambling for other forms of communication.

And I thought it would be an interesting thing to talk about here. If CoG were suddenly totally dead in the water, what contigency plans do you have in place to reconnect with the community and find out what's going on?

Me, I have a good chunk of people as friends at MSN. (Mostly the same group playing DnD with me.) I would probably head over to playitreviewit.com to see if people are using it as a haven as we have before. I suppose if worse came to worse I would see if there was any info back at evilavatar. Does CoG have a facebook thing? I suppose I'd check on that too.

Steam
XBL
PSN

covers my three platforms. Done.

[astranoir]

Isn't there that PAX contact list? I'm sure if we networked through there, we could also reach out to a lot of the people who haven't even gone to PAX and get ahold of a reasonable chunk of the forum people if we really needed to do so.

[Dorkandproudofit]

Dammit, I know I'm going to sound like a collossal idiot, but WHAT IS IRC AND HOW DO I GET IT/USE IT/ETC.?

[Krispy]

If CoG went offline , well, I don't think I'd do anything. Maybe get on IRC just to see what happened, but CoG is my last lifeline to the nerd world and I'm only here because it's (1) populated by older, educated people I respect and (2) I still like to keep up with video game news even if I don't participate in it anymore. If CoG went offline I'd probably just give up video games in general.

[Dukefrukem]

Dammit, I know I'm going to sound like a collossal idiot, but WHAT IS IRC AND HOW DO I GET IT/USE IT/ETC.?

And you call yourself a dork? bah (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=IRC).

[MagGnome]

To be fair, I've responded to all the vital texts, just not the, "OMG, a straight girl just hit on me!" ones. And I'm more an email person, as you well know.

I know, I just enjoy giving you a good ribbing.

Edit - Err, that didn't sound quite right.


Isn't there that PAX contact list? I'm sure if we networked through there, we could also reach out to a lot of the people who haven't even gone to PAX and get ahold of a reasonable chunk of the forum people if we really needed to do so.

You always know how to find me. :)

[civil]

I know, I just enjoy giving you a good ribbing.
You were one letter away from ruining my wedding!

[MagGnome]

Oh, you cheeky sod. :p

[benson]

If CoG went offline , well, I don't think I'd do anything. Maybe get on IRC just to see what happened, but CoG is my last lifeline to the nerd world and I'm only here because it's (1) populated by older, educated people I respect and (2) I still like to keep up with video game news even if I don't participate in it anymore. If CoG went offline I'd probably just give up video games in general.

This. I don't even post all that often, but I really don't know what I'd do. Maybe hit the IRC. Otherwise, I'd wander the internet aimlessly. This is the only forum I frequent at all and primarily for the community.

I guess I'd probably follow Karak's lead and go back to real life.

[Krispy]

For what it's worth benson, I enjoy your presence.

[Ten19]

Twitter, Steam, or IRC channel should be enough until the forums get back on their feet. Sucked about DnDOG, eh?

[civil]

For what it's worth benson, I enjoy your presence.
*cough*homo!*cough*

[MagGnome]

For what it's worth benson, I enjoy your presence.

Agreed. benson is a good guy.

This is the only forum that I visit whatsoever. I used to visit a few others, but this is the only one that remains. If COG disappeared I would probably spend less than 20 minute online a day, not counting watching Netflix movies.

[ThievesAmongUs]

Hmmm... perhaps this should spur me into collecting some CoG'ers Twitter accounts.

[Chris_D]

Hmmm, I hate Facebook. Mostly people from high school and relatives I don't have any interest in talking to. Wonder if I should start adding a few CoGers to see if it makes the service any more useful.

I find Facebook a useful service for keeping in touch with real life friends, families, and colleagues. I definitely don't add folks who I have no interest in.

[Krispy]

The first thing I did when I decided to use Facebook was remove all of my high school acquaintances and family.