Discord server shutdown

[Skeetos]

I hope you do! I know you and I don't chat much, but I do like your company and everything! At least the fourms is good enough for me. I just need to be more active in it.

Post automatically merged: Jan 31, 2025

Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

discord.gg

Looks like someone not affiliated with Spike just made a Discord server based on CDRomance.

That's nice and all. I feel like me personally I wouldn't join it since it isn't official. Hopefully it's not toxic though.

 

[DragonMals]

That's nice and all. I feel like me personally I wouldn't join it since it isn't official. Hopefully it's not toxic though.

Looks like the people there are setting the grounds up for something that is definitely going to go downhill. Won't recommend.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

discord.gg

Looks like someone not affiliated with Spike just made a Discord server based on CDRomance.

I saw. I am not joining that.

 

[Skeetos]

Looks like the people there are setting the grounds up for something that is definitely going to go downhill. Won't recommend.

Seems like that's how most discord communities end up. Sad that it had to happen to RGT.

 

[DragonMals]

Seems like that's how most discord communities end up. Sad that it had to happen to RGT.

Yeah.... I'm just going to stick to the good servers I'm in, and my own for convenience sake.

 

[Rylioli]

damn this is how i found out there was even a discord server, good thing theres a forum to meet fellow weirdos instead.

 

[DragonMals]

The CDRomance Discord Server just gotten removed as of writing this.

 

[UntoldLegend13]

Guess i'd better start using the forums then...

 

[Eclipse14]

To be fair, most (sizable) Discord servers usually end up as eventual dumpster fires. After hearing about what was happening with it the past few days, it really was turning into a kaiju where the only option was to launch the nukes. It's even tougher when it's clear that finding a legitimately good moderation team on Discord is a genuine rarity. It is what it is.

The amount of time it would take to run it as I would like to doesn't exist in my day to day. I can however run this forums much better. So I rather consolidate users here if possible.

Would you make another attempt at it in the future, assuming things do lighten up on your end? Just asking out of curiosity.

 

[Retrojohnman]

I frankly think a conversation about everything would have made the most sense, but I understand the rationale honestly. By the end of things I felt like it was kind of hard to figure out what made the most sense or how to make the server work, but ultimately I think the discord server being gone is for the best. I do think a some of the conversation on the forums weren't necessarily honest or accurate to the state of the discord server, since there wasn't a lot of overlap between users here and users there. The main overlap between the two were people that were banned complaining about it on the forums, and making things look worse than they really were.

Either way, it was a wild ride and I made some pretty great friends from the experience, so I don't regret it. I appreciate just being able to be a part of the legacy of a website and community that has meant a lot to me for years. No real hard feelings on my end, and I hope all is going well for you Spike

 

[Lee__Kanker]

To be honest it got out of control in my opinion, i've seen things done that do not represent me. I've always tried to treat people fairly, I didn't always succeed and I'm truly ashamed for that.
I respect all opinions, as long as you don't break the written rules we decided upon I'm happy.

The treatment of some users in that discord wasn't acceptable to me and I can't in good conscience have that going on and do nothing about it. The amount of time it would take to run it as I would like to doesn't exist in my day to day. I can however run this forums much better. So I rather consolidate users here if possible.

There's no need to be ashamed dude, you already do so much for free

 

[Skeetos]

I frankly think a conversation about everything would have made the most sense, but I understand the rationale honestly. By the end of things I felt like it was kind of hard to figure out what made the most sense or how to make the server work, but ultimately I think the discord server being gone is for the best. I do think a some of the conversation on the forums weren't necessarily honest or accurate to the state of the discord server, since there wasn't a lot of overlap between users here and users there. The main overlap between the two were people that were banned complaining about it on the forums, and making things look worse than they really were.

Either way, it was a wild ride and I made some pretty great friends from the experience, so I don't regret it. I appreciate just being able to be a part of the legacy of a website and community that has meant a lot to me for years. No real hard feelings on my end, and I hope all is going well for you Spike

That's what it seemed like to me. Like I said elsewhere I didn't have any problems myself, but I also lurked certain channels only, so I didn't see everything. I just hope it doesn't get rough over here on the forums now. Which I doubt will happen but we shall see.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

If you ask some of the members here it’s not so much of a big deal not even a loss.

 

[Pram The Oracle]

Aww where will I dump my game progress and vomit my wall of text about media I consume lol

 

[DragonMals]

Aww where will I dump my game progress and vomit my wall of text about media I consume lol

Here, in your own thread or on your profile. Simple as that.

 

[Gilkrave]

Thank you for everything. It was a fun ride.

 

[RageBurner]

Overall I think that was for the best. It was impossible to control and moderate anyway.

 

[NobodyHere]

Well let’s take this as a lesson to try to do our best to get along here

 

[Yuina_Himoo]

I wasn’t sure if I wanted to write this, but I feel like I need to put my thoughts somewhere. As most of you probably know by now, the Discord server is now gone. It’s strange—one moment, it was a place where we all shared our love for retro games, chatted about obscure finds, and built a little community, and now…it’s just gone.

I was a moderator there for about a year, and I put a lot of time and care into helping out. It wasn’t just a server to me—it was a space where I got to connect with people who shared my interests, where conversations could spiral into deep dives about forgotten classics, where I felt like I was contributing to something meaningful.
I’m left feeling a mix of loss and confusion.

I don't really know what to say at this point, but I do know that I’ll miss it. I’ll miss the people, the discussions, the inside jokes. I don’t know if anything new will take its place, but if anyone from the server sees this and wants to reconnect, feel free to reach out.

Just wanted to put these feelings into words. Thanks for reading.

Best of luck to you, Spike.

 

[Lena CE]

I didn't even know there was a discord and now I'm so curious as to what the hell was going down on there lol

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

I didn't even know there was a discord and now I'm so curious as to what the hell was going down on there lol

A whole lot of things that I don't know.

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

I guess RIP then lol.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Let's just hope that none of trolls & bad actors end up here.

 

[Octopus]

I didn't even know there was a discord and now I'm so curious as to what the hell was going down on there lol

Same, I'm morbidly curious now.

 

[NoctemDead]

Let's just hope that none of trolls & bad actors end up here.

I believe a forum like this is probably easier to moderate than a Discord. Everything stays in an organized fashion, easy to check up on, doesn't fly by a million chats a minute to be lost to the infinite scroll. Requires a signup on this specific site, not open to anybody with an existing account.

I moderate a few Discords (including my own) but it's all for streamer friends of mine with consistent communities. Pretty much everybody in the Discord I know from interacting with on stream. Moderating a Discord with many hundreds of people who can follow a link on a website and hop in at any time, it's easy to see how the difficult side of Discord to moderate can show itself there.