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20-03-2009, 06:27 PM | #1 | ||
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My first reaction when seeing that was "Why should I care? And what does it have to do with us?" I thought our objective was to build up our own community, not sing the praises of other ones.
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20-03-2009, 07:13 PM | #2 | ||
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Maybe the newspost is a bit gushy, but I wouldn't want to argue phrases. It's a good message to see HotU alive. Anyway, |
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20-03-2009, 07:25 PM | #3 | ||
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Have you seen the place, anyway? In it's current state, the revived HotU doesn't qualify as any kind of competition whatsoever. Downloads may be the primary attractor for Abandonware sites, but it's the community that makes people stick around for longer. While they can get some of the downloads back online within next week or so, a community can't be build with nothing but a snap of your fingers. Seeing as most of HotU's original community scattered to four winds long ago, they're back at square zero in this regard.
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20-03-2009, 09:56 PM | #4 | ||
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The only thing that irked me a little is the impression it gives to first time visitors and newbie AB fans. We don't want to give the impression that this isn't the place to be. Right? We had already dedicated a discussion thread to it and now it takes a large part of the front page.
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21-03-2009, 12:16 AM | #5 | ||
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If people have been here before going to the new HOTU, they may notice there are no downloads and check back here.
Those of us here aren't going to leave, and new people will have a choice of places to go. I hope that they choose Abandonia, but we will see. I also agree that their website needs a lot of work. I couldn't even figure out how to find the "top dog" titles. Searching through was far easier in its deceased version. |
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