Me, too. For a long time I was like it didn't matter, we owed the guy for the site, blah blah blah.
LiterateDog Send a noteboard - 18/09/2010 05:43:11 AM
I mean, without wotmania, I'd never have found the best friend I'll ever have; a person who truly is a brother to me. But the end there just completely soured me. He came off as extremely selfish and petty to me about it. It was his toy and he wasn't sharing even if he didn't want it any more.
They did have a link and that was very cool of them to do that. I don't see how it would hurt them to continue it.
I don't know if wotmania's biggest draw was WOT there at the end. It might have been. I dunno. But the site had grown to a lot more than just WOT. Dragonmount didn't need the exposure and anyone who really just cared about the WOT stuff already knew about it. RAFO needed the extra exposure and we didn't get it.
I know. I kept putting off saving them and ended up losing most of the ones I wanted to keep.
Definitely.
With Wotmania gone (and arguably before, depending on your priorities), Dragonmount was unquestionably the premier WoT fansite. From that perspective, it makes sense to direct wotmania's traffic there. From a community standpoint though, I'm right there with you. It surely would have been nice for Mike to give US the domain. On the other hand, didn't the Dragonmount landing page have a link to our site? Can't remember. That would mollify me a bit.
They did have a link and that was very cool of them to do that. I don't see how it would hurt them to continue it.
I don't know if wotmania's biggest draw was WOT there at the end. It might have been. I dunno. But the site had grown to a lot more than just WOT. Dragonmount didn't need the exposure and anyone who really just cared about the WOT stuff already knew about it. RAFO needed the extra exposure and we didn't get it.
Anyway, I honestly didn't care too much about this. What I was really upset about was Mike not following through on his promise to provide some migration tools. In particular, for the noteboards. I never cared, but a lot of longtime members lost a lot of important stuff, or spent a long time copying hundreds of old notes. I tried to help out with some website scraper programs, but they were tricky to get working, and I'm not sure how many people managed.
I know. I kept putting off saving them and ended up losing most of the ones I wanted to keep.
I was one of the people trying to defend Mike right till the end, but man. . .the way he handled the site closing really soured me on the guy.
Definitely.
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www.wotmania.com no longer leads to a Dragonmount page letting people know where we are.
- 18/09/2010 01:07:47 AM
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Thankless bitches. *NM*
- 18/09/2010 01:10:31 AM
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Honestly, it's probably an oversight, or a temporary measure. EDIT
- 18/09/2010 03:03:51 AM
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I still think Mike was a total asshole for not having it link to this site anyway. Whatever. *shrug* *NM*
- 18/09/2010 03:12:08 AM
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What was his reasoning for that, anyway? 
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- 18/09/2010 04:59:26 AM
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- 18/09/2010 04:59:26 AM
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"I'm a dick and like the guys who run Dragonmount. Fuck you, loyal wotmaniacs." *NM*
- 18/09/2010 05:03:36 AM
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He didn't really communicate at all during the last month or two.
- 18/09/2010 05:37:41 AM
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He never considered wotmania anything more than a WoT fan site...
- 11/10/2010 02:57:13 PM
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Yeah, I half agree.
- 18/09/2010 05:36:33 AM
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Me, too. For a long time I was like it didn't matter, we owed the guy for the site, blah blah blah.
- 18/09/2010 05:43:11 AM
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Re: Me, too. For a long time I was like it didn't matter, we owed the guy for the site, blah blah
- 18/09/2010 06:10:07 AM
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Was it you who came up with that exporting software? Worked fine for me, once I figured it out.
- 18/09/2010 10:54:11 AM
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It worked for me, too, eventually.
- 20/09/2010 01:46:54 PM
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- 20/09/2010 01:52:43 PM
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- 20/09/2010 01:52:43 PM
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Quite. I never considered him part of the community. Ever.
- 20/09/2010 11:25:44 PM
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Yeah, he checked out and then was definitely phoning everything in at the end.
- 20/09/2010 11:33:19 PM
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Speaking of Mike, I found a hilarious blog post about him
- 29/09/2010 03:21:13 AM
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Yeah, fuck those fucking parochial White Anglo majorities! I hate them!
- 29/09/2010 03:27:36 AM
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Hilarious is the word. A fangirl (boy?) of Chomsky, Ayn Rand and Michael Moore? Wow. *NM*
- 29/09/2010 10:57:46 AM
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Are you still trying to go to wotmania by mistake? 
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- 18/09/2010 12:36:23 PM
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- 18/09/2010 12:36:23 PM
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No, he goes to "womania.com" but sometimes accidentally types a "t".
- 18/09/2010 03:13:19 PM
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Funny, in ten or so years I never accidentally found that site. Good tips on the rhythm method. 
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- 18/09/2010 04:53:41 PM
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- 18/09/2010 04:53:41 PM
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Nah, I was at Dragonmount looking at their Brandon Sanderson book tour page...
- 18/09/2010 06:15:04 PM
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaand it's back now.
- 10/10/2010 03:48:28 AM
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Re: Aaaaaaaaaaaaand it's back now.
- 10/10/2010 07:07:03 PM
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