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Renee

Aug 9 2015, 02:29 PM

Just a heads up, for those who don't know, but still participate over at Beth. They're going to be making new forums, and from what I'm hearing, a lot of things are going to get demolished. Usernames, post counts, stars .... all of that is going to be started over. Actually, here, I'll just let Gstaff explain ...

QUOTE

Hi

We’re still in kicking the tires on Bethesda.net, and are very excited about the progress we’re making on the forums. We believe you guys will be happy with the changes and new features they will offer.

There are a few things worth noting at this time:

1) Usernames and posts will not be ported over. We will give folks a heads up as we get closer to the forum launch date so you can ready for the transition and claim your preferred username.

2) We will not transition all of our forums over at once. We want to make sure we’re testing functionality on the forums and gathering feedback from folks like you.

3) As forums transition over to Bethesda.net we plan to archive the existing forums so that folks can reference back to old posts.

Moving is never easy – there will be adjustments and we hope that you’ll pardon the dust as we all get used to our new digs. Knowing the longstanding efforts, love and attention, and general awesomness I’ve seen from all of you, I expect bigger and better things for everyone on the Bethesda.net forums.

Much more to come!

Personally I could care less about my username, my post count, my stars, all of that stuff. I was worried I would lose all my old posts there, the stories, the good times, but apparently #3 takes care of that. They're supposed to archive the old forums, which means all our ("Our", assuming you participated over at Beth) posts are going to be okay, we just won't be able to participate in old threads. PMs are also not getting ported over, but those are easy to archive, of course.

So in essence, we're all getting the banhammer over at Beth. yuk yuk.

It's all good though.

Uleni Athram

Aug 9 2015, 02:42 PM

Couldn't care less, to be honest. The forums over there are too crowded for my liking and it's so easy to get into a foolish argument over the most minor of things with an uptight cockroach. I'd rather spend time in small communities where everyone knows everyone!

Renee

Aug 9 2015, 02:57 PM

I hear what you're saying, it's not all bad there though. I like both environments, Beth and Chorrol. There are a lot of good people over at Beth's forums, and I like the fact that there's always somebody new showing up over there.

Acadian

Aug 9 2015, 04:02 PM

Yikes! I remember the last time BethSoft made their forums 'new and improved' back in very early 2010. The result was a half dozen or so of us packed up our fan fics and moved here to chorrol. We were invited here by treydog and you can tell all of us 'treybabies' by our March 2010 join date.

Who knows? Perhaps it will go fine. . . like the more recent BethSoft/Steam foray into paid mods . . . oh. . . wait. Uh oh.

I'm worried.

I think Uleni and Renee are both right. BethSoft forums are big and many members there are way too quick to start an argument just to argue. Otoh, there are plenty of dear friends there. I do post regularly there but currently only on the somewhat rough and tumble Skyrim forums.

mirocu

Aug 9 2015, 04:28 PM

Sigh.

I´m not gonna move over. I will get a new join date and everything, my entire history, will be gone, I can´t have that. The new Bethesda official forum will have to make due without me.

SubRosa

Aug 9 2015, 05:00 PM

I have not gone there in years. As Uleni pointed out, there are just too many trolls. But I am not going to say I will never go back. Sean Connery once said that about doing another Bond film. So naturally he ended up doing another Bond film...

mirocu

Aug 9 2015, 05:18 PM

I think it sucks. Even though it´s not at all the same anymore I was kinda hoping to celebrate ten years in 2017.

Oh, well...

Elisabeth Hollow

Aug 9 2015, 05:53 PM

Sounds like it's time to advertise hardcore and get new blood.

mALX

Aug 9 2015, 07:15 PM

QUOTE(Acadian @ Aug 9 2015, 11:02 AM)

Yikes! I remember the last time BethSoft made their forums 'new and improved' back in very early 2010. The result was a half dozen or so of us packed up our fan fics and moved here to chorrol. We were invited here by treydog and you can tell all of us 'treybabies' by our March 2010 join date.

Who knows? Perhaps it will go fine. . . like the more recent BethSoft/Steam foray into paid mods . . . oh. . . wait. Uh oh.

I'm worried.

I think Uleni and Renee are both right. BethSoft forums are big and many members there are way too quick to start an argument just to argue. Otoh, there are plenty of dear friends there. I do post regularly there but currently only on the somewhat rough and tumble Skyrim forums.

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I was remembering the same thing, this is exactly what drove us all here. And to take our profile names away? Why? How? Does this mean we are going to have to make all new profiles and give up all our longevity there?

This is worse than what they did before, this is Myspace kind of crap! We'll have to start calling Todd "Tom." Doesn't he know that loyal fans don't like being shoved off to make room for the new formats?

I had better write to Leydenne and Princess Stomper before the change, because afterward I might not be able to.

QUOTE(SubRosa @ Aug 9 2015, 12:00 PM)

I have not gone there in years. As Uleni pointed out, there are just too many trolls. But I am not going to say I will never go back. Sean Connery once said that about doing another Bond film. So naturally he ended up doing another Bond film...

Same here, except to write to friends that are only there (like Leydenne and Princess Stomper).

Uleni Athram

Aug 9 2015, 07:19 PM

QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ Aug 10 2015, 01:53 AM)

Sounds like it's time to advertise hardcore and get new blood.

I'll help by supplying them with smutty fanfics regarding Ulfric and Tullius!

mALX

Aug 9 2015, 07:26 PM

QUOTE(Uleni Athram @ Aug 9 2015, 02:19 PM)

QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ Aug 10 2015, 01:53 AM)

Sounds like it's time to advertise hardcore and get new blood.

I'll help by supplying them with smutty fanfics regarding Ulfric and Tullius!

And the evil antagonist is a power mad gnome named Todd Boward, any similarity between him and any real life person is purely coincidence ...

Uleni Athram

Aug 9 2015, 07:33 PM

And the evil Todd Boward plans on marrying Ulfric against his will, because he's a jealous little gnome that can't grow an epic beard like Ulfric. Plus, he likes northern men and their "icicles."

I really gotta go to sleep now LOL

mALX

Aug 9 2015, 07:45 PM

QUOTE(Uleni Athram @ Aug 9 2015, 02:33 PM)

And the evil Todd Boward plans on marrying Ulfric against his will, because he's a jealous little gnome that can't grow an epic beard like Ulfric. Plus, he likes northern men and their "icicles."

I really gotta go to sleep now LOL

Todd Boward shoves the player into his secret catacombs where he is planning to turn into an incubus and suck the faces from all his prisoners so their remains will not be able to be identified ...

Callidus Thorn

Aug 9 2015, 09:51 PM

Hmm, much like the existing Bethsoft forums, this thread is now subject to Skyrim-related derailment.

How very appropriate

Uleni Athram

Aug 10 2015, 01:18 AM

Nope, not Skyrim; sanity-derailment is what I'm going for here.

Callidus Thorn

Aug 10 2015, 10:47 AM

Then I fear that as yet you're falling short, having achieved merely topic derailment

mirocu

Aug 10 2015, 02:53 PM

I have already begun to advertise this place to a bunch of people I know aren´t here

Destri Melarg

Aug 10 2015, 07:21 PM

Another 'treybaby' here (thanks a lot, Acadian

). Lost my original name and password ages ago during one of the previous purges on the Bethsoft forums. Haven't been back since. Maybe I'll go back once the new forums are all up and running… then again, maybe I won't.

ghastley

Aug 10 2015, 07:45 PM

I forsee a lot of issues if they don't let the established users claim their usernames for a period. Just matching the email addresses or something to confirm it's the same user. Otherwise there will be deliberate impersonation happening, something we've seen here.

mirocu

Aug 11 2015, 08:09 AM

QUOTE(ghastley @ Aug 10 2015, 08:45 PM)

I forsee a lot of issues if they don't let the established users claim their usernames for a period. Just matching the email addresses or something to confirm it's the same user. Otherwise there will be deliberate impersonation happening, something we've seen here.

Yeah, an identity is an identity and I think it´s important to know that mirocu is still mirocu and not Acadian in disguise...

Grits

Aug 12 2015, 09:00 PM

Thanks for the heads up, Renee! I would have missed this until the day my link no longer worked.

mirocu

Dec 10 2015, 08:33 PM

Still unsure if I´ll join the new site. Guess I´ll wait and see how it unfolds

Anyone who´s set on joining up directly?

mALX

Dec 10 2015, 08:46 PM

QUOTE(mirocu @ Dec 10 2015, 02:33 PM)

Still unsure if I´ll join the new site. Guess I´ll wait and see how it unfolds

Anyone who´s set on joining up directly?

Is the new site up? I didn't know.

I just went there, and there isn't a forum to be found, it is all about advertising their new games and gear. Are they doing away with the forums?

ghastley

Dec 10 2015, 08:52 PM

The bethesda.net site exists now, but the "community" link takes you back to bethsoft.com. So the site's there, but not the new forums.

mirocu

Feb 3 2016, 11:11 PM

ATTENTION

They are apparently letting people sign up now so act quick if you´re gonna. I won´t since I can´t even access bethesda.net plus I don´t like this whole thing.

Callidus Thorn

Feb 3 2016, 11:14 PM

Eh, it's been so long since I was around the bethsoft forums, I might not bother.

Acadian

Feb 3 2016, 11:44 PM

Thank you for the update, mirocu. I did go look at Gstaff's thread, followed his instructions and registered. Happily, Acadian was available as a call sign and I had no problems. Not sure what it means exactly, but I am registered now. Lol.

Grits

Feb 4 2016, 12:03 AM

Thanks for the update. I guess I'm free to shop as myself on the new site.

ghastley

Feb 4 2016, 02:26 AM

Signed up, too, just to make sure my username isn't taken. I wasn't happy that the same password wouldn't work. Stronger passwords are harder to remember, so not really more secure, anyway.

Decrepit

Feb 4 2016, 02:42 AM

I signed up as my decrepit self, but won't visit there again until I know the forums are active. Wanna link straight to 'em rather than contend with the Bethesda.net home page, which I have no interest in.

Lopov

Feb 4 2016, 06:15 PM

Just like Decrepit, I'll wait for the forums to be launched before getting back to Bethesda.net because I don't like the home page either. I registered, but the forced keys of the password annoyed me, not sure how exactly this contributes to a stronger password.

Since in the past few years I haven't posted much at Bethsoft, I don't expect to post much at the new forums either but we'll see.

ghastley

Feb 4 2016, 07:17 PM

Some notes that may have relevance to others:

I registered from my browser at home, and tried to login from work. It accepted the name and password, but sent me an email (to my home server) with the login link for the "new browser or device". It's likely that will happen any time you clear your cookies, so make sure the email address you supply the first time isn't temporary, or you might get locked out.

User names containing spaces aren't allowed, as the space acts as a delimiter in some of the interfaces, and the name would get truncated at the space. Presumable Pseron Wyrd has changed his, as he states he can get it. Only one non-alphanumeric character, too. Can't see any reason for that restriction. Accented characters should count as regular alphabetic ones.

tegeus-Cromis

Feb 4 2016, 07:56 PM

This all just sounds too tedious. Though I'm mostly concerned about just two forums - OB Mods and the (frequently excellent) Construction Set forums. But it looks to me like The Assimilation Lab and TES Alliance (and Chorrol, of course!) can fill the gap mightily, so I just may not bother with Beth Forums at all once the change happens.

Renee

Feb 4 2016, 08:48 PM

QUOTE(ghastley @ Feb 3 2016, 08:26 PM)

Signed up, too, just to make sure my username isn't taken. .

This exactly. I don't want anybody pretending to be me.

I made sure to put my new username in my current sig over at Beth, just so there's no confusion.

Not to start on a negative note, but one thing that really sucks is we cannot put a space, hyphen, or underscore into our name. So now I'm ReneeGade instead of Renee Gade.

I can live with that, I guess, but still....

Maybe the new forums will be okay. Maybe the search function will be better, oh my gosh, Beth's former search function was so awful!

ghastley

Feb 4 2016, 09:35 PM

Hyphens and underscores should be permitted, but only one. The space restriction makes sense, but the only one hyphen part doesn't.

Darkness Eternal

Feb 4 2016, 10:04 PM

Hope Rohugh isn't around this time.

Time to bypass the ban.

Darkness Eternal

Feb 4 2016, 10:21 PM

How do I sign up for the new forums?

How do I sign up for the new forums?

ghastley

Feb 4 2016, 10:38 PM

This is the link in the Bethsoft general forums.

https://account.bethesda.net/en/login

Some have reported that the registration process fails in Firefox, and recommend using Chrome.

The new forums themselves are not yet accessible. This is just the sign-up process for when they're opened. Existing users got a bit of advance warning.

Decrepit

Feb 4 2016, 10:45 PM

QUOTE(ghastley @ Feb 4 2016, 03:38 PM)

This is the link in the Bethsoft general forums.

https://account.bethesda.net/en/login

Some have reported that the registration process fails in Firefox, and recommend using Chrome.

The new forums themselves are not yet accessible. This is just the sign-up process for when they're opened. Existing users got a bit of advance warning.

For what it's worth, I registered via Firefox (yesterday) without issue. Leastwise I recall none.

Darkness Eternal

Feb 4 2016, 10:52 PM

QUOTE(ghastley @ Feb 4 2016, 10:38 PM)

This is the link in the Bethsoft general forums.

https://account.bethesda.net/en/login

Some have reported that the registration process fails in Firefox, and recommend using Chrome.

The new forums themselves are not yet accessible. This is just the sign-up process for when they're opened. Existing users got a bit of advance warning.

Thanks, Ghast!

Acadian

Feb 5 2016, 12:25 AM

QUOTE(Decrepit @ Feb 4 2016, 01:45 PM)

For what it's worth, I registered via Firefox (yesterday) without issue. Leastwise I recall none.

Same here. Yesterday, Firefox, no prob.

Lopov

Feb 5 2016, 02:27 PM

QUOTE(Renee @ Feb 4 2016, 08:48 PM)

This exactly. I don't want anybody pretending to be me.

I made sure to put my new username in my current sig over at Beth, just so there's no confusion.

Phew, now I'm relieved. I thought it was some other Renee Gade that registered on Bethesda.net, one can't be too sure with such a common username.

Renee

Feb 5 2016, 02:43 PM

QUOTE(Darkness Eternal @ Feb 4 2016, 04:04 PM)

Hope Rohugh isn't around this time.

Time to bypass the ban.

Rohugh is still around, but maybe you'll slip right past the guards. GOod luck!

QUOTE(Lopov @ Feb 5 2016, 08:27 AM)

QUOTE(Renee @ Feb 4 2016, 08:48 PM)

This exactly. I don't want anybody pretending to be me.

I made sure to put my new username in my current sig over at Beth, just so there's no confusion.

Phew, now I'm relieved. I thought it was some other Renee Gade that registered on Bethesda.net, one can't be too sure with such a common username.

I know, right? I can just imagine the hordes, the masses, the long line waiting to just claim the name ReneeGade.

And all of them will be disappointed I got there first.

Grits

Feb 5 2016, 02:50 PM

Join the club of “Not Notorious Enough to have Someone Steal your Username.” NNESSU?

bobg

Feb 6 2016, 03:41 AM

QUOTE(Renee @ Feb 5 2016, 09:43 AM)

I know, right? I can just imagine the hordes, the masses, the long line waiting to just claim the name ReneeGade.

And all of them will be disappointed I got there first.

OK that explains why I had to use my old moniker instead the much cooler R.G. Hmmm. I just realized that is my initials too.

tegeus-Cromis

Feb 6 2016, 01:09 PM

Ended up registering just for the sake of reserving my username. After all, you don't know that you mightn't gain great notoriety in some distant future...

Oh, and Firefox worked just fine for me.

treydog

Feb 6 2016, 01:36 PM

Appears no one else wanted to be Treydog, either....

bobg- so thrilled to see you again! Best wishes to you and your Mrs., hope things improve.

If I don't say it enough (and I imagine I don't)- it has been a great honor to have so many wonderful people (and wonderful writers) come here and make Chorrol what it has become- just because I stomped my furry feet about the changes at T'Other Place

Well- okay- more than that... but the honored part is most definitely true. Thank you all.

Acadian

Feb 6 2016, 02:53 PM

Treydog is right. BethSoft made some. . . less than satisfactory (at least to fanfic writers) changes in 2010 resulting in many of us coming here at the urging of treydog. We were affectionately called 'Treybabies'. So, will the upcoming changes result in a crop of 'Treygrandbabies'?

mirocu

Feb 6 2016, 04:18 PM

QUOTE(Acadian @ Feb 6 2016, 02:53 PM)

Treydog is right. BethSoft made some. . . less than satisfactory (at least to fanfic writers) changes in 2010 resulting in many of us coming here at the urging of treydog. We were affectionately called 'Treybabies'. So, will the upcoming changes result in a crop of 'Treygrandbabies'?

Maybe Rocubabies? I have been doing some recruting of my own..

bobg

Feb 6 2016, 11:45 PM

QUOTE(treydog @ Feb 6 2016, 08:36 AM)

bobg- so thrilled to see you again! Best wishes to you and your Mrs., hope things improve.

Not as thrilled as I am to be acknowledged by you. I have always considered you a bright flame in a bonfire of brilliant writers. Thanks for your well wishes. We plug along, laugh when we can, cry when we must and thank god for it every day.