how can I promote this site. Us famicom collecters can't be that few and far.
Does it need to be? I enjoy the subtlety of this forum.
There might be more activity at nintendoage, but I find this forum friendlier.
Forum activity fluctuates. It's kind of in the middle right now.
I think AtariAge is the biggest classic-gaming forum, and I dread asking questions there. It seems you'll get more- and more positive- responses here. I like it here.
Famicom World isn't that active because the Famicom is pretty obscure with few fans outside of Japan. That's just the nature of the beast.
We may not get tons of activity but we are still constant and nowhere near forum rot.
Honestly, If this place turned into something like Nintendo Age, I would NEVER return!
Quote from: Parodius Duh on November 23, 2011, 11:39:52 pm
Honestly, If this place turned into something like Nintendo Age, I would NEVER return!
Well said!
To be honest, I like FW as it is now.
What is wrong with Nintendo Age?
I keep hearing bad stuff, but I remember when they were small & new.
Is it anything like DigitalPress?
Its wayyyyyyy over crowded and chances are you will get a negative response towards ANYTHING, especially if you dont have 100s of posts.
Just to add my 2 cents, I also like it the way it is.
Larger forums have their benefits - such as more discussions and a larger pool of individuals with knowledge about games to ask questions about. They also come with way more trolls and general smart-ass behaviour because I think people feel a bit more anonymous in them. In a small forum like this it is much easier to form a sense of community because all the regulars get to know each other.
I do agree though, more discussion is always nice ;D
It's like comparing a school cafeteria to a mom-and-pop diner.
Quote from: Parodius Duh on November 24, 2011, 11:31:14 pm
chances are you will get a negative response towards ANYTHING, especially if you dont have 100s of posts.
I don't agree with this. I'm registered there, and every time I ask a question (and I still only have about 30 posts at most), I'm always greeted with a polite response. I haven't run into one person yet who has tried to argue with anything I've said.
I've just re-discovered these forums (hardware failure and life made me forget all about this) and so far i've found that it's quite active and really helpful and quite a nice little community to be a part of.
I think the forum is just fine. I only post when i have something to input or compliment someone for their info or work. To me this
is the best forum on the internet. It might be small but it is awesome. :star:
I think the forum is fine the way it is the fact that we are small makes stuff great :)
Quote from: nintendodork on November 25, 2011, 10:10:16 pm
Quote from: Parodius Duh on November 24, 2011, 11:31:14 pm
chances are you will get a negative response towards ANYTHING, especially if you dont have 100s of posts.
I don't agree with this. I'm registered there, and every time I ask a question (and I still only have about 30 posts at most), I'm always greeted with a polite response. I haven't run into one person yet who has tried to argue with anything I've said.
Agreed. I have not had the reported level of negativity that others seem to place on NA. There will always be people on any forum that drive me mad, but I just accept that and then move on. The simple rule is that in any population, at least 5% of the people will be generally useless, and when you have twenty-thousand people vs. two-thousand, you widen the number of people that fall into that category.
In my life, i have had to work with individuals with a full spectrum of personality types and from every walk of life. I know how to handle just about any situation, so I don fall into many traps, and when one of the forum trolls goes after anything I've said, I either find a way to terminate their shenanigans or I evade them entirely.
That said, the advertisements on NA (that are forced scrolling, floating, and always on-top) drive me positively bonkers. Trying to read on a tiny screen is difficult, and it is impossible from my Treo. I often use FW on my Treo 700w, including responding to posts and P.M.s with little trouble (aside from the two-inch LCD and microscopic text), however other forums are more tedious; even my own.
I can also say that I've had much larger sales on their B/S/T board than here, as you attract a larger audience. I also get a larger number of gripes over pricing, but I
expect those. :bomb:
Personally I think all the true collectors and appreciators come here. American and english speakers alike mostly didn't grow up playing famicoms, we grew up playing the nes. Sure this place isn't super active, but the quality level of this forum is far superior to other forums. I'd love to have more people posting here who're like the awesome regulars, but whatever I'm just glad that a place like this even exists. If we tried to change this place to make it more popular and active then it would basically have to become a NA clone. Personally...I'd rather keep this place focused just on famicom hardware and software.
Agreed! I've learned more and met/transacted with so many more awesome like-minded people here in the last month or two than I have probably in any other community. You guys are all awesome. I wouldn't change FW one bit.
Quote from: Drakon on February 28, 2012, 08:07:17 pm
...American and english speakers alike mostly didn't grow up playing famicoms, we grew up playing the nes...
Very nice comment and I only want to add that many European and Russian gamers (like me) were raised on Fami-clones, which are basically Famicoms. There were only a few "72 pin" = NES clones out here, and these were sold with 60-72 adapters anyway.
I prefer smaller more intimate forums.
- Makes it easier to meet great people. Greater sense of community I suppose as you can get to know people better.
- More pleasurable to browse. I don't have that much free time, so when I visit a forum that has 10000 posts per minute I end up rushing through the new posts list and most likely miss out on a lot of cool material due to not having the patience to sift through it all.
- Less rubbish posts and more worthwhile content.
I'm new here but so far I quite like things as they are. There are great sticky sections with useful information, a few skilled and technically minded people to help out the soldering iron noobs such as myself, and some really great deals on offer via the for sale section.
There were actually 2304 active users on 2011-06-26, what happened on that day I wonder?
After being here just a short time, I really enjoy these forums. I haven't noticed any trolls or spam. I found this site by using google, after finding a few famicom carts at a local shop. Tons of great information here. Only wish there was a few stickies for noobs like me. It took a little digging here to find the info I needed.
Quote from: fredJ on March 06, 2012, 03:05:48 pm
There were actually 2304 active users on 2011-06-26, what happened on that day I wonder?
I think it either was an error, or there were lots and lots of google bots underway...
We welcome our robot overlords. (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/love0030.gif)
Quote from: fredJ on March 06, 2012, 03:05:48 pm
There were actually 2304 active users on 2011-06-26, what happened on that day I wonder?
I don't know what's going on with those baidu bots, they are like 20 or more always on the forums. while there usually only one Google Spider.
So it must have been a bug with the forum data or the bots went crazy ;D
To be honest , I`m wondering if I`m not a boot also. Lool. I did get the registration answer "Are You a Boot" I also noticed that the forum is not that animated anymore.
As it's been said before, forum activity fluctuates. All forums experience this to degrees proportionate to the popularity of said forum.
Quote from: Floopy on September 06, 2012, 05:53:25 am
To be honest , I`m wondering if I`m not a boot also. Lool. I did get the registration answer "Are You a Boot" I also noticed that the forum is not that animated anymore.
I thought I was the only boot around this neck of the woods.
I don't mind the level of activity, seeing as how this is one of the few Nintendo specific communities that isn't populated by either retards or OMG SEALED collectors.
<3
Quote from: GohanX on September 08, 2012, 11:19:15 am
one of the few Nintendo specific communities that isn't populated by either retards or OMG SEALED collectors.
Candidate for FW's new slogan? Anybody?
We could get Famicom Dojo to spread a word around about us like they did for Rising Stuff. GOD, I miss that place :'(
Well, Vinnk ran Rising Stuff, so it only makes sense that Famicom Dojo would have promoted it.
Quote from: GohanX on September 08, 2012, 11:19:15 am
I don't mind the level of activity, seeing as how this is one of the few Nintendo specific communities that isn't populated by either retards or OMG SEALED collectors.
<3
These forums need a 'like' button. :)
If you didn't count all the activity that is just bashing other forums it would be a ghosttown!
That's a little bit funny :-[
I actually like the more casual pace here. There are so many people on some of the other forums that one tends to feel a bit lost in the crowd. Besides, for a lot of people, this is an import-only hobby. There's way less nostalgia than for the toaster, so it's guaranteed to be more niche. I think that creates a bit more tight-knit of a community, at least from what I've seen here over the last couple of years of poking about.
I really like it here, it's much more down to earth.
I don't think it's that the site is unpopular, more that the famicom isn't as popular as the NES and here's famicom-specific more or less. Definitely famicom-centric.
There is a lot less repetition as well, in some forums that are more busy, it's just the same thing being said over and over anyway..