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Posted May 16, 2015
I have to say that I start hoping this archive thing will get done sooner than later, some of these necro's done because of saving the thread from the archive are getting ridiculous.
Posted May 16, 2015
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moonshineshadow: some of these necro's done because of saving the thread from the archive are getting ridiculous.
Well, what did they expect after an announcement like that?
Posted May 16, 2015
And they are gone :(

Just saying, but all my favorites are gone now. And links don't work after all (example)
Post edited May 16, 2015 by P1na
Posted May 16, 2015
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P1na: And they are gone :(

Just saying, but all my favorites are gone now. And links don't work after all (example)
At least they're only archived and not actually gone. I don't think it's so bad.

Also, while not very convenient, the links can be fixed by changing "general" to "general_archive" in the URL.
Post edited May 16, 2015 by Exoanthrope
Posted May 16, 2015
And i thought they killed the rep system crap .
Posted May 16, 2015
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Exoanthrope: At least they're only archived and not actually gone. I don't think it's so bad.

Also, while not very convenient, the links can be fixed by changing "general" to "general_archive" in the URL.
If they're still linkable, then indeed it's not as horrible as I feared. I still don't like it, but it could have been a lot worse.
Posted May 16, 2015
I just started searching the archive for some threads I previously had bookmarked...

...and got an Atlas GOGbear.
Posted May 16, 2015
Someone forgot to move all the news ( releases / deals ) into a separate section .
Posted May 16, 2015
Yayyyy all pre-2015 favorites lost. Great way to do things GOG. Congratulations. Soooo clever.

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Edit : Ok, a separate "favorite" list (containing the pre-205 links) eventaully appeared in the archives folder. That IS clever.
Post edited May 16, 2015 by Telika
Posted May 16, 2015
They said the archiving wouldn't be instant, and that it would be finished by Monday, so maybe they're still working on it. Maybe they'll have a way to detect 404s and automatically forward URLs to the archived thread. We can hope...
Posted May 16, 2015
Aw the Atheist and Agnostic thread is gone :(

It was quite the read.
Posted May 16, 2015
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Ciris: Hello, everyone!

To make these General Discussion forums work better (especially with the anticipated influx of new threads popping up after The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt releases this Tuesday), we will be merging all threads that have not seen a new post in 2015 to a General Discussion Archive, accessible for viewing, but not for further posting or rating posts.

What’s hiding under “work better”? As I understand it, the forums will load faster (as there’ll be less pages to count), search will be less overloaded (and not bring up threads that have been inactive since 2010 if you don’t want to see them), and it will be easier to keep track of what’s going on.

It will not be an instant process, but rather a gradual one we plan to start and complete over the course of this weekend. I will update you all on Monday with the results - and to confirm that all is done :)
Great, I've now lost all the favourited threads I have. Sure they're still there in the archive, but I have to find them now and that's easier said than done when I can't remember WTF they're called. And we can't post in threads over 5 1/2 months old? That's also a bit crazy.

GOG, you seem dead-set on breaking everything at the moment.
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VanishedOne: So instead of necro-ing a thread like http://www.gog.com/forum/general/pc_metroidvaniasrougelikes/page1 someone would have to create a new one in order to add to it? Closing every thread that hasn't had posts in the last four and a half months seems inconveniently restrictive.
Aha, and that was one of my favourited threads! You're right, it makes no sense to close a thread like that since it's meant to be an ongoing list that people can add to. It's not like development on those genres has completely stopped!
By the way, thank you for saving it!
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Ciris: And as for the start of the year being a too early cutoff line for discussions, if you stopped a forum conversation for almost half a year, it seems to me like it's likely a new thread would form instead of continuing that old one :)
Nope, that point had already been shot down before you made it. Things like the Metroidvania thread were very slow but long running archives.
Post edited May 16, 2015 by SirPrimalform
Posted May 16, 2015
I reapeat. You guys need a forum overhaul already.

And Mods (for moving threads and stuff, not for censorship and banning).
Posted May 16, 2015
Bookmarks for archived threads are restored: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/some_of_my_favorited_topics_disappeared/post7
Posted May 16, 2015
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Reever: I reapeat. You guys need a forum overhaul already.

And Mods (for moving threads and stuff, not for censorship and banning).
But don't you like our anarchy?
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