Todd Holley Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 A person whom I would consider a good friend of mine has revealed his idea of a forum dedicated to GSP'S to me recently. Many of you are familiar with Justin Croom with "Smokin Servers". This is intended to be fairly similar to WHT, but is primarily focused on the GSP/VSP side of things. I believe this is a good idea and could be a very useful means of communication and information sharing. I posted in this in the off topic forum, but I guess it would fair just as well in the advertising forum. Kevin, you can move the thread as you see fit. I encourage and invite you all the join the forum and at least try to make a few posts . Forums take years to perfect and be populated with pages of useful information, so let's get to it. http://www.gspforums.com/ We would also appreciate any comments / suggestions. Thanks Additionally; I would appreciate it if you would spread the word of this forum. I have primarily focused most of my forum viewing time on the TCA forums as they contain information I am most interested in. So there are many other users that are respected / elderly members of other popular forums such as WHT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcroom Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Thanks for the post Todd! I would just like to add, that we are not trying to take away from the TCAdmin forums at all, we just want a place where all GSP's can come together and talk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studeggle Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I'll be certian to keep an eye on them. I just hope there is something different planned this time to make it survive where the last half a dozen or so have failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 I'll be certian to keep an eye on them. I just hope there is something different planned this time to make it survive where the last half a dozen or so have failed. That has been noted and you are completely correct. The obvious killer is lack of interest. If there is a forum with 3 users and no content, I wouldn't even view it. The trick is getting users on the forum and to actively make threads and contribute overall to the forum. Hopefully this can be accomplished That's why we need your help . A forum is only as good as the community that exists within it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcroom Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 ^^ Couldnt be said better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon|Rich Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 [EDIT] I should have read your post better.. The forum is for GSP to GSP talk so my original post probably makes no sense.. I'll check it out when everything's running and look forward to participating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 [EDIT] I should have read your post better.. The forum is for GSP to GSP talk so my original post probably makes no sense.. I'll check it out when everything's running and look forward to participating. Am exceptionally happy to have your approval Rich . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Well, Let me rephrase as my response was maybe little hasty. I personally refuse to use any forum that is based around phpbb as I think the user experience is overall unappealing when compared with other forum packages available (This is of course my personal biased opinion). If its not worth spending the small amount of money required to license one of the nicer forum packages out there, then I generally will not give the site another look. In addition, while I appreciate your efforts and wish you luck, I generally dislike the multitude of these gsp "community/review sites" as the market is niche to begin with, making the need for one of these VERY small. As such I will generally only bother looking at one if it is done very well, and unfortunately to say, there are very few that are more than an attempt to milk ad money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcroom Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 These forums are for GSP's that use TCAdmin Anyways it has not been proven, look at web hosting talk, a very succesful forum (well before it was hacked lol) competitors often ask for advice and receive it there. As far as PHPBB, we will not be using it long. Anyways if you have nothing nice to say... well please say nothing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Crothers Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Even with the flaming, these forums are still the most mature on the net for GSPs to interact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I agree, which is why this is one of the few forums I will bother with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmoore0206 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I really like thi forum. It answers many of my tcadmin questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECF Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 One thing I find that usually hinders sites such as this would be the lack of participation on the GSP's part. While some people are willing to share info on game hosting many others will not. Their thinking is simply. If they had to figure out how to host a game why shouldn't everyone else. Case and point. We have quite a few large GSPs that use our software. However you will never see them post here. At any rate, good luck with your new venture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougK94 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Even with the flaming, these forums are still the most mature on the net for GSPs to interact. One thing I find that usually hinders sites such as this would be the lack of participation on the GSP's part. While some people are willing to share info on game hosting many others will not. Their thinking is simply. If they had to figure out how to host a game why shouldn't everyone else. Case and point. We have quite a few large GSPs that use our software. However you will never see them post here. At any rate, good luck with your new venture I agree. The forums here are mainly the small to mid sized GSP's, however there is still some very good information shared here and also quite a few friendships that have developed among many users. I know I have talked to many here by telephone, email, VOIP and/or IM. Over the years I have been helped by quite a few members, and have also tried to help others too. I am not sure another forum is needed, as many are in here and use this forum for what you are trying to do with the new one. But that said, I will still probably create an account over there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny5_Hull Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 ... look at web hosting talk, a very succesful forum (well before it was hacked lol) .... Was justy about to comment something simailar after reading it was compared to WHT, lol. Not that I'm dissing WHT mind... I've lost loads of posts Anyway OT.... It could be very good but as said, it is hard to get ANY forum going, let alone one with a small 'potential' userbase. I will keep my eyes (and some words) on it and see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 I do disagree with Justin when he says "If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all". Everyone is entitled to their opinion. And I asked for all opinions and suggestions, not just nice ones . Although I was surprised yet grateful for Rich's gratifying reply, I expected it to be more like Mike's. This new approach at a "GSP forum" is not intended to take away from the TCAdmin forum, and I doubt will ever do that. The TCAdmin forum is by far the most mature, and perfectly sized forum I have ever been a part of. As said in post #1 this idea was contributed by Justin, I can take 0 credit for it. Although I will gladly support it, and believe it could turn out to be something good. It all relies on if people are willing to submit information and contribute to the forums through information as well as spreading the word about it. As pointed out by Kevin, many large GSP's will not contribute to ideas such as this at all. Although WHT is very large, much too large in my opinion, you see many owners / presidents of companies on the forum contributing to new users with just a few posts. The web hosting field is over saturated, just like the game hosting market is. Basically, I just figured this would be a good tool to use for the sharing of information to and from individuals that are willing to use it. There is no sense in being hostile about it in my opinion. Also noted upon the moment of conception was that we need a more stable / solid forum software such as VBulletin or Invision Power Board. Keep the comments coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmoore0206 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I think this is a very good idea. The more people we get to contribute to the forum and the more active and popular it will get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissam Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Yeah, I know I suck, but what does VSP mean? Virtual Server Provindor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan M Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Yeah, I know I suck, but what does VSP mean? Virtual Server Provindor? I'm guessing as it's a virtual service and not physical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcroom Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 voice server provider I think is what he is referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Voice Server Provider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicToMeyeZR Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 One thing I find that usually hinders sites such as this would be the lack of participation on the GSP's part. While some people are willing to share info on game hosting many others will not. Their thinking is simply. If they had to figure out how to host a game why shouldn't everyone else. Case and point. We have quite a few large GSPs that use our software. However you will never see them post here. At any rate, good luck with your new venture Hey, I take offense to that. I'm only small in server numbers.... lol Big in heart. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 I can attest that you should feel better, because hey... your bigger than a few other users on the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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