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Post by sophielovessam on Dec 5, 2010 19:22:42 GMT -5
Hey guys, as you all know. The site numbers have gone down, so im thinking, what would make this site more attractive to guests or more interesting? Could we advertise it more? Any ideas?
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Post by lordhowl on Dec 19, 2010 21:19:13 GMT -5
Hey guys, as you all know. The site numbers have gone down, so im thinking, what would make this site more attractive to guests or more interesting? Could we advertise it more? Any ideas? Well, for the site itself, I'd say it's just a little bit forbidding. It's not the easiest site to navigate, and it only gives the latest ten messages, and I think it should give about 20. The black background looks cool, but it's hard to read messages off it, especially when it's also imbedded over graphics. And with the black background, the quoted text in messages needs to be larger. It would probably help readability if all the text were a just a point larger. Of course, all this only counts if a member of staff would show up soon and read it. Wicky? Boehlke? But there's no one here.
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Post by Grim The Weird on Dec 22, 2010 15:11:07 GMT -5
LH i think we did over analize it... I admit i used to be obsesed with these movies, but somehow i think spending alot of time reading, thinking, analizyng and discusing them in depht might had made the site a bit borring. Dont get me wrong i love the site because i met many grat people from all over who shared intrested on things i liked.charles, marlie, sophie,el nat(lol), epi and me. Our litle GS fAmily :p I hope this site gains some more life and i get to talk to you guys again.
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Post by lordhowl on Dec 22, 2010 20:03:04 GMT -5
LH i think we did over analize it... I admit i used to be obsesed with these movies, but somehow i think spending alot of time reading, thinking, analizyng and discusing them in depht might had made the site a bit borring. Dont get me wrong i love the site because i met many grat people from all over who shared intrested on things i liked.charles, marlie, sophie,el nat(lol), epi and me. Our litle GS fAmily :p I hope this site gains some more life and i get to talk to you guys again. I appreciate that Grim, thank you and I hope it does to. I understand but if the site is committed to those movies, and those movies only, what else are we going to write about? And if people want to stay light about it, they're free to post lightly about it. But they haven't been. They don't have to pay attention to my over-analytical posts. It was bound to become boring if it's over-discussed, which is why people go to other sites to discuss something else. You could talk about how good looking Katharine Isabelle and Kris Lemche are, talk about having sex with them. It's a movie that's almost unknown. None of the actors, even if they gave career performances in GS, have gone on to stardom (except for MiMi Rogers, who loaned her stardom to the production.) So, that's boring. I could write about Katharine Isabelle's sex appeal, spice this up with crude remarks. We could write about that. But really, what it comes down to is this: there isn't much there. We don't have a TV series with all kinds of events and plot developments to talk about. As great as GS is, there isn't much, and after you go through the first one, there aren't many great moments in the rest of the series. Now, I analyze because I'm a professional writer. I analyze things for people to watch or read, so they don't have to do the hard work of coming up with plots and characters themselves. That's why I analyze the movies, more or less automatically. Now, I can understand Jason's sentiment of wanting to "do" Ginger. If in real life had seen her stretch back on the hockey field like that (all other things in the situation being there), I wouldn't have thought of anything else for the entire day.
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Post by epiklow on Dec 25, 2010 20:26:00 GMT -5
I don't know guys. I've been on a mission to show everyone Ginger Snaps, but it's hard! Lots of people, in here in Canada, don't know about it. Also, it's true, after awhile we're all just running in circles over the same topics. I love this site though, and our GS family So even if this never becomes a popular site, I'll still go on.
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Boehlke
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Post by Boehlke on Mar 30, 2011 12:49:03 GMT -5
To answer the OP. Yes, the site has seen better days. And many major ad campaigns has been run. fans have posted in other forums etc.
The site is a mess, as has been mentioned it is not the easiest to navigate, the layout is old and we sure need lots of improvements in order to cater to the broader audiences.
Unless someone pulls Sam away from the funny farm, this won't happen. I am only a moderator, forum layout and such is restricted to me unfortunately. Only thing I can do is edit text, edit users and basic moderator stuff.
If Sam had known he'd be gone for so long he could have given me the necessary privileges to continue evolving the curse, keeping it up to our modern standards and such. Alas, that did not happen. If by any chance he would return things would change. But until then we will be suffering a slow death.
Oh, and hello to you OP. And every new member here. Finally back from my stay in Zanzibar. Bonus, a working internet connection to call my own too.
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Post by sophielovessam on Apr 2, 2011 5:42:45 GMT -5
Hey Boehlke! You're back!!!!! How have you been?
In reply to what you have said, have you been in contact with Sam in the last few months possibly?
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Post by nat on Apr 6, 2011 12:29:28 GMT -5
The fucks going on? *stumbles out of bathroom* I leave you motherfuckers alone for a few minutes 'n the place goes tuh hell!?! Just get some hookers! Streamers, balloons; some fruity punch spiked way the hell up with some heavy shit!! Everythings gunna be ok. Trust me The hookers make everything better...
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Post by lordhowl on Apr 22, 2011 22:31:19 GMT -5
This is so weird. It looks like we had 205 guests on in the last 24 hours, but no members except yours truly. It's been running like that here for the last week.
At least we are attracting the curious.
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Post by lordhowl on Apr 27, 2011 15:15:29 GMT -5
Yep, strangely enough, the number of guests on this site daily have tripled. Either its traffic is really cyclical or its growing greatly in popularity.
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Post by Grim The Weird on Apr 28, 2011 20:34:24 GMT -5
what a dream LH i havent had a GS dream though i dremnt i got mauled by a werewolf once >.< i woke up and still had a bit of the pain from the bites... maybe it actually hapened O:
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Post by Grim The Weird on Apr 28, 2011 20:36:23 GMT -5
This is so weird. It looks like we had 205 guests on in the last 24 hours, but no members except yours truly. It's been running like that here for the last week. At least we are attracting the curious. i hope ur right LH that would be a great thing for this site, the films, and your novel
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Post by Grim The Weird on Apr 28, 2011 20:37:57 GMT -5
Hey guys, as you all know. The site numbers have gone down, so im thinking, what would make this site more attractive to guests or more interesting? Could we advertise it more? Any ideas? i ran my myspace page and a GS fan page but no one know what it was all about... but im all for a litle exposure for the site
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Post by insanereaper on May 1, 2011 19:09:15 GMT -5
I have returned! OK so heres my story. About the time i disappeared my computers hard drive had melted and I had to wait 3 weeks for a new one. Of course I got a new on but I was trying to get back most of the stuff on my computer. My cousin lent me some games to play. And then I remembered about this site. Unfortunately when I was crawling out of the abyss that I was lost in my arm fell off so I had to go back into the dark to find it. It was dark... Toke me awhile... Then I had to climb back up again... But i'm back now! Oh darn I lost my arm again...
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Post by yokokurama on May 17, 2011 22:04:34 GMT -5
i would say start a RP group on this sight or something like D&D
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Post by lordhowl on May 18, 2011 11:00:00 GMT -5
i would say start a RP group on this sight or something like D&D For an RP group. I can't do it, but maybe others you meet here would be willing. The site has a couple problems, which makes me want to mirror it and start it again. The legendary founder of the site, who went by the handle "Sam" had some personal problems and has not been back here for years. The remaining staff, Boehlke and Wicky Wicked, only check in occasionally now. Both have careers distracting them. Boehlke has said they don't have access to the site options that allow them to make any changes. The problem with my mirroring the site and running it is, I don't know what I'm doing. Website construction and maintenance is a mystery to me. Even mirroring, I don't know the first step of it. Another problem is, only half the people might get the message that the "real-live" TCiB is elsewhere. Features like the "chat" option no longer work here. Though people do meet on MS Messenger.
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Boehlke
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Post by Boehlke on May 24, 2011 10:38:07 GMT -5
Hah, talking about being distracted. Took well over a month for me to get back here again.
I'm afraid my skills are limited, I know basic html and CSS - plus I barely have the time to go forum cruising... Or else I'd be happy to start the site anew. The biggest problems isn't really maintenance, it is mirroring the site without sufficient permissions. Now, I could always download the whole thecurseisback forum, but that would mean extensive html and css editing and so forth when creating the new site, not to mention all the users would have to be created manually, passwords reset for every member... Manually. And notifications would have to be sent to everyone, one member at a time. This is completely doable, though time consuming. There's probably a better way than this, though I probably don't know about it.
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Post by Illingyophobia on May 31, 2011 21:40:29 GMT -5
Hmm, I don't know.. maybe a chat box or something. Wait, there's a chat already,isn't there? Oh well, I took a crack at it.
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Post by lordhowl on May 31, 2011 23:12:27 GMT -5
Hmm, I don't know.. maybe a chat box or something. Wait, there's a chat already,isn't there? Oh well, I took a crack at it. I'm afraid the chat feature doesn't work. A group of us use MSM, though if you want to join.
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missfirefly
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Post by missfirefly on Jun 9, 2011 8:26:37 GMT -5
I think the site is pretty cool as it is, really, but that's just my opinion. I think the inactivity might be because the movie was released a whole decade ago now. I still watch it whenever it's on though.
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