Maybe there could be an RGT Discord server?

[Miles Miles]

I think an RGT Discord server is a nice idea.

 

[loopy]

deleting my discord account was the best thing i ever did, i came back a few times and each time i realized it was a mistake, had to burn myself a few times and now i know its not worth it and never going back on that platform again. its just a huge waste of time, and it brings out the worst in me.

 

[Miles Miles]

deleting my discord account was the best thing i ever did, i came back a few times and each time i realized it was a mistake, had to burn myself a few times and now i know its not worth it and never going back on that platform again. its just a huge waste of time, and it brings out the worst in me.

Fair enough. People on Discord can be very toxic.

 

[Mr. SyS]

I hate Discord. A LOT!

 

[SherionVane]

 

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

Honesty I would prefer a tiny shitty IRC box on the homepage like the "good old days" lmao

 

[Deleted member 797290]

Well, yes, that reminds me of my experience with something like that. Yes, it started well with good topics and good people, but over time it became more and more disturbing and somewhat like some kind of mafia. Believe me, I had a few problems getting out again. I even had to change my email address for security reasons. No, that's not a good idea, and if it didn't work the first time here on RGT, it won't be any better the second time. Better not, because there are enough problems here on RGT.

 

[Deleted member 868270]

that didn't end well last time, so yeah fuck Discord. : )

 

[DragonMals]

I wouldn't mind a revival. Yeah, the last one didn't end up great but think about it, it technically was beaten to death due to one singular moderation issue, and when that reached the attention of the forum, it was brought with so much negative feedback that closing it was inhevitable. I still think to this day that the users on here a significantly weird bias against that site when the others also have a fair share of their own issues, as well.

if a new server were to happen, a great suggestion were to add some of the mods that run this site over there or find different people, and in the case of a moderation fault, then you just deal with it in an appropriate fashion, and that's it.

 

[arkasth]

I wouldn't mind a revival. Yeah, the last one didn't end up great but think about it, it technically was beaten to death due to one singular moderation issue, and when that reached the attention of the forum, it was brought with so much negative feedback that closing it was inhevitable. I still think to this day that the users on here a significantly weird bias against that site when the others also have a fair share of their own issues, as well.

if a new server were to happen, a great suggestion were to add some of the mods that run this site over there or find different people, and in the case of a moderation fault, then you just deal with it in an appropriate fashion, and that's it.

Honest question: why would we, as a forum community, need a Discord server in the first place?

Besides that, it would likely reduce user interaction on the forum itself. Conversations would move off the forum, which goes against the purpose of keeping them active and in one place.

If people want to play together and need real-time communication, they can still create their own servers for that purpose.

Overall, I don’t think this is a good idea.

 

[DragonMals]

Honest question: why would we, as a forum community, need a Discord server in the first place?

Besides that, it would likely reduce user interaction on the forum itself. Conversations would move off the forum, which goes against the purpose of keeping them active and in one place.

If people want to play together and need real-time communication, they can still create their own servers for that purpose.

Overall, I don’t think this is a good idea.

It was quite funny that you've mentioned this cause earlier when I was brainstorming ideas for my indie game, I thought of taking a different approach to having a community and instead of just plugging a discord server and calling it a day, I was thinking, "What if I've used XenForo instead?" and even had some ideas thinking how it'll be one of the primary ways I can share updates on whatever I'm working on as well as being a forum for retro games similar to this one.

I actually revert almost everything I've said making a RGT discord since people would just use the discord more than the already provided forum, and while I still thought the discord should've been nuked the way that it did, it would just make using the forum pointlesss

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

I wouldn't mind a revival. Yeah, the last one didn't end up great but think about it, it technically was beaten to death due to one singular moderation issue, and when that reached the attention of the forum, it was brought with so much negative feedback that closing it was inhevitable. I still think to this day that the users on here a significantly weird bias against that site when the others also have a fair share of their own issues, as well.

if a new server were to happen, a great suggestion were to add some of the mods that run this site over there or find different people, and in the case of a moderation fault, then you just deal with it in an appropriate fashion, and that's it.

Most people here wouldn’t care enough to join it even if the moderation was stronger than Goku. There’s also a lot of strengths the site has that Discord inherently lacks. There’s no side bar telling you who has a birthday that day, no free banners, no little pop up on the side window of a preview of the newest translation to hit the Repo, no profile styles, no forum menu that has people’s status posts that you can freely reply to, and we can go on really. I don’t think a Discord would bring in new people either, the forums already do that well. The forums being connected to the repository is something Discord can’t do seamlessly, you’d need a link, so staying here is convenient.

 

[skramz]

no. an irc channel wouldn't hurt though

 

[Tonberry]

It wouldn't work, like it didn't last time.
Any Discord that exceeds like 30 members (outside of maybe a guild/clan setting) is going to be a nightmare to manage.

Besides I think the reason this forum has been so successful in this day and age is because people actually want a slower-paced, more deliberate form of discussion, free from rapid-fire social media engagement or vapid upvote-farming posts, and this place provides exactly that.

 

[poppy_]

IRC channel would be fun imo!

 

[Morgan Katarn]

last time I was on a discord server people told me to kill my self because I did not agree with their lunatic opinions so no thanks.

Honestly Discord has become very very shit with allot of child grooming and and Lunatic people. Also the company has become pure evil.

If we should have any from of chat I would say mIRC. But I think the forum is enough.

 

[dkpopman]

Not to be too negative but starting a Discord server, outside of you closest friends, is always a bad idea. That program attracts horrendous freaks and perverts.

I second poppy_'s idea to have and IRC built into the site directly, tha'td be a much better idea.

 

[loopy]

Please dont start a discord server, discord always causes huge amounts of drama and shit.
IRC would be cooler, also more Retro