How are things going?

draget · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:42 am Post subject: How are things going?

I haven't been here a very long time, is this place still active? Looking down post columns it would appear not.

Though I do see that all the old hands are still here such as Cer, Dark Monkey, Alienz, Matt Fenton etc.

Who runs this place now, still eric?

Is msn.pm dead still?

Has everyone moved somewhere else or is this place the end of the road?

Tom

darkmonkey · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:22 am Post subject:

Hey,

Bot Depot is still semi-active, though not at all as active as it once was (despite a lot of effort put in by noir118, the new owner). Eric decided he wanted to focus on other things in life, so handed it over to noir, who's done a terrific job of making the place look lovely.

The MSN.PM is semi-dead. A few people have done a little bit of work on it, adding new features such as nudges or w/eva, but other than that no work has been done. It must be noted that it does work, but there is just no more work being done to it.

And finally, I believe that this is the end of the road - there isn't as much interest at all in bots as there once was, and it just doesn't seem to be picking up again.

At the moment the forum is more of a question and answer session than a discussion area. Someone who needs help will ask a question, we'll answer, and that'll be it. *sigh*.

mat007 · Almost An Agent Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 1375 votes: 2

There's always hope the bot scene will revive its self one day Smile

zander · God Like Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 540 Location: england

well hopefully it will, someone will always be interested

noir118 · The Architect Joined: 31 Oct 2003 Posts: 152 votes: 4

I'm half considering arching all the old posts into "Cold Storage" and starting the place fresh as a discussion for AI based on Matthew's suggestion in another post. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Turn over a new leaf sort of thing! Smile

darkmonkey · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject:

I wouldn't recommend it. The forum will look empty!

noir118 · The Architect Joined: 31 Oct 2003 Posts: 152 votes: 4

mat007 · Almost An Agent Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 1375 votes: 2

noir118 · The Architect Joined: 31 Oct 2003 Posts: 152 votes: 4

I just get the feeling there are a dedicated few of you who visit regularly but don't have much to do because of the general stagnation on the site. I won't get rid of what's here, it's too valuable a resource. But I am going to set up a few new forums and see what sticks.

mat007 · Almost An Agent Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 1375 votes: 2

Pepper · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:33 pm Post subject:

I like the idea of starting fresh. Wink

Rowan187 · Newbie Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 2

I check up on the site every 2-3 months. Seems more dead each time. It's actually pretty depressing. Do any of the bots such as Maya or WhiteWarrior even work anymore? And whats up with http://botworld.marzopolis.com/ is that just an offshoot of what this site was or a side-project?

I think it would be great to see things moving again somehow. but Microsoft seems to be taking things into their own account with the Create your own API Shit feature they added..

Someday perhaps.

zander · God Like Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 540 Location: england

i think a releases of a new template on such sites as mess.be may get the bot world going again, maybe some features people havent saw before??

just an idea....

Rowan187 · Newbie Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 2

zander · God Like Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 540 Location: england

yea,

well opefully something along these lines may go down a treat to reopening the bot-world

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