When Will GoDicussions Come Back up?

[Jedo]

Honestly, I'm a little surprised that Don hasn't even said anything at all yet. Has he offered any kind of statement on the whole ordeal?

[Phelan]

According to Javaness on the sensei's page, Don said he hadn't been aware that anything was wrong. Don't know more about it.

[GregA]

I think it's very sad that Don has been badmouthed, as I certainly don't think he deserved that with the time and effort he put in.

However, at the same time, he obviously doesn't have the capacity (time or energy) to steer the framework for the community any more, and I don't feel bad that we have all decided to move on. GoDiscussions.com was his baby, and he managed to make an excellent Go community when there just wasn't one. Now he can move on himself without having the stress of looking after a community he's no longer involved in, and we can have the community we've been wanting recently. Sounds like a win-win for me, and for my part I'm thankful for him for what he did - I'm not feeling guilty about the move though, it feels like a natural progression now.

This.

I completely agree.

For better or worse, we still need to thank Don for getting this community to the point it's at. If everybody hadn't been brought together and all become close, the sort of outpouring we're seeing on this forum (all the time and effort from a lot of different people!) wouldn't be here.

I hate to post just to say me too, but me too.

And not to downplay the hard work people have put in to make this site, but I find it exciting how much easier that task appears than it might have been a few years ago. I still remember the tedium of hours of typing in html in vi just have a stupid little static webpage.

[fwiffo]

Look how sweet my girlfriend is!

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[Kirby]

Sweet (on multiple levels, presumably)!

[POGO]

As much as i got on gd during it's dying days i didnt get to know don.

May i ask what happened that led to his current perdicament to lead GD into retirement?

And as for this site im happy we were able to still have a go community as i know no other's like GD/LI19

[xed_over]

As much as i got on gd during it's dying days i didnt get to know don.

May i ask what happened that led to his current perdicament to lead GD into retirement?

I'm not sure anyone knows just yet

[Tengen]

I voted for the "who cares?" option. One of my favorite GD features was the product database, since many of those reviews were helpful in my book purchases. When did that die, close to two years ago? Eventually one gets tired of waiting for things to return to normal.

[unkx80]

Look how sweet my girlfriend is!

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Are the stones edible? =D

[fwiffo]

No, they're glass go stones. She tried to use mini-oreos but it didn't work out.

[Javaness]

Well it came back up today

[freegame]

I wonder if everyone is going back now killing this forum in the process, or if 19x19 is here to stay, or if GD is going to continue to lose people to this forum and close down for good...

Having two similar forums seems a bit unnecessary.

[Solomon]

I wonder if everyone is going back now killing this forum in the process, or if 19x19 is here to stay, or if GD is going to continue to lose people to this forum and close down for good...

Having two similar forums seems a bit unnecessary.

I agree; THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE. I think, through advertising and word-of-mouth, this forum can beat GD just like how Wikipedia beat Encarta . Even as the leading poster on GD, I won't be going back.

[Redbeard]

I agree; THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE. I think, through advertising and word-of-mouth, this forum can beat GD just like how Wikipedia beat Encarta . Even as the leading poster on GD, I won't be going back.

I would second this. There can be two sites and they can both survive, the same as IGS and KGS both survive. However, to my mind, Don has shown that he cares little for the day to day running of GD on several occasions. He is also reluctant to turn the site over to the community to run as a non-profit. That gives me little motivation to contribute to GD. I plan on staying on L19 for the time being.

[karaklis]

It is useless to go back. It's just a matter of time when that forum is down again. I had some 600 posts on GD, but I'll not go back, unless in order to point to this forum.