Preserved Topic: other forums

Just curious what other online communities you are involved with? The Asylum is the first place I have participated in- so I guess I compare everything else to this! A few days ago I registered with flashkit, and boy I wasn't used to the size of it. You post a question and see that the thread immediately gets bumped down because so many people are on at once-but also there are more people- so the question does tend to get a pretty fair response. The overall design is not as high scale as it is here. Folks here definitely are of a higher caliber designer- definitely noticeable.

CRO8

Yeah the asylum is the first forum I participated in too. Does tend to give one pretty high standards to judge the other forums by doesn't it?

This is the only forum that I am part of for graphics design but I am thinking of joining a forum at sijun.com too. For none design stuff I am part of White Wolf and the Wizards as tj333 forums for RPG games and the Overclockers forum at www.overclockers.com as tj9 for computer stuff.



(insert funny joke here)

The first real forum I have participated in is this one, then I ran over and saw GN's but didn't like it as much as I like this one.

Just like the other folks above, this is the first board I've participated in. I recently got active at http://atheistparents.org . Sometimes I'll jump in at Internet Infidels ( http://iidb.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi ) but I mainly lurk there.

Cell Number: 494

This is always going to be my home forum , but over the last year or so , it has been going to the wall with a shit load of young arrogant kids (which is a shame really). Most of the ppl who encouraged/inspired me at join here in the first place, have either moved on or rarely participate anymore. Can't blame them really either.


Such is evolution and progression.

Why go to other forums??.

Well VP is right about "it has been going to the wall with a shit load of young arrogant kids (which is a shame really)." as it has been over a few months or so, but it's nearly summer term so what do you expect?

Over the last year I have noticed that people who where here a lot just don't come here a more and if they do it's just a few posts and that?s it... shame because there where good people to have and share things with, oh well that?s life and how evolution and generation go

I have been to other forums like computer arts, create online, graphic forums, etc but not really compares them to this place, as there mostly full of silly kids who are just out to rip or just fu*k around and not learn new things and improve on themselves. So I still come back here .

I'm more of a lurker in other communities...
Couple of design/art communities...
One or two to gather some general knowledge about PHP or something...
There's a few that i browse just for the sake of reading children flaming each other...

Then i've got 2 main forums that i'm actually active in....
One for when i'm bored... (highly active)
and of course.... the zone. (little/no activity)

And that about sums it up.
And um... I'd like to "second" VP's comments.

okay....maybe i am one of these "young arrogant kids", maybe not?
BUT i am respecting u guyz! especially the mad scientists! ~steps away~

like vp said, this is also gonna be my home forum.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!




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VP I hope your not talkin bout me

Speaking of home, this is my home page so when I open up IE 5 here it is.

VP: Kids are the future, so as an older resident here you should try and set an example with the talent that you have

Just this one...I don't like the size of the other forums, besides, the other forums are so unoriginal with names like: Computer Hacking Forum or Mikes Music Forum


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counterfeitbacon

I dunno, this place has lost some of it's mistique, along with some of it's better members...

I post here whenever I get the chance, but I'm not really compelled to to hit anything other than 'community' forums unless I'm pointed to it or to do 'op' stuff

this is the only real forum I can stand, but I hear a lot of people from here bounce around on http://www.deviantart.com


Harmonizing new illusions...
ICQ: 67751342

I'm currently an active member in 3 more messageboards (one kiddies place, one with amateur video game developers and one with just much random stuff going on) and lurking on at least three more (may change every week or so)...

But, as for the complaining about 'older' members leaving and new members coming; That's the way it is. Stuff happens. I've also seen people who've been away for a while (Petskull, Mikey Milker, DarkGarden, Shiii to name a few) who came back... Obviously, they couldn't stay away from the asylum... You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave...

And the newbies? They need to be taught. You don't become brilliant in a day.... and it doesn't take talent, it takes practise! This was the first board I went to, and I've learned a lot of stuff here, as I don't doubt everybody did. Look at a random newbie with just 15 posts under his belt. In a year, he might be one of the most contributing members on this board.



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I was a... to use the over used term... "noob" when I first came here.

Other forums? nah... I look around other ones and forget to go back for the most part. *shurgs*

Izzay

mas: Its not a question of age (although discussion on this often uses age related terms) its a question of maturity and this needn't correlate with age so I don't think you've got much to worry about

I ended here from:
www.phpbuilder.com http://forums.devshed.com

swinging in via the GN but I haven't really posted much over at the first 2 in a long while (although there are less members here there are members here of a much higher quality than you'll find in most places).

I've recently stuck my head in at:
www.stickysauce.com

as it got a lot of press in the UK recently - its a bit quiet but shows a lot of promise if it can get the community really going. However, it is the GN and Asylum for me for the time being I appreciate the mix of art and code that the Doc has managed to bring together and as I said some of the coders and artists here of a quality you are unlikely to find elsewhere (so certain sections would be well advised to listen to them more).

I also get a little bored in my wanderings elsewhere.

On the question of what other forums people go to:
http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/FaqWiki/shownode.php?sortby=&id=365

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FAQs: Emperor

This is the only forum where I'm active and visit daily. I visit a couple of other forums as well, but mostly just lurking around seeing how much better this place is

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Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.
- copied from the wall of cell 408 -

I love this place. Althougth people think it is going down hill, MANY other forums have said the same thing. It may be the way, but with good people here, it does not have to happen.

I also hang out at:
http://www.maxforums.org/
http://www.3dark.com/
https://www.photoshopuser.com
http://www.deviantart.com/

I do kick around at other, but only when I'm in search mode.




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I'm not a member of deviant art, but I hang out there a lot too.

The only other community I hang out in is www.deviantart.com . But thats only occasionally.

This is my home on the web. Has been and will be.

~ Create beautiful things. Or just kill yourself. Either way the world should benefit. ~

i occasionally migrate to the gurusnetwork, which is basically a sanitised, less nonsense version of the asylum.
but this is my home, and as much as i hate to see the walls being torn apart on this place by immature types, i know that these types of people come and go.
i'm a long way from giving up on this place yet, vp, and i sincerely hope that you are too.

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reitsma

I keep feeling like my name will soon be mentioned, shortly falling after immature...

Insider, everyone knows himself....

Me?
I go to a spanish forum (www.forosdelweb.com) and this, but i'm not too active in neither both lately.



A sig should be here.....
But is not.

wakkos, where are you from in SA? I just happened to pay attention to where it sais ur from on ur bio, thats kinda funny

*young, arrogant kid replies* is 19 young enough?

Unfortunately, this isn't my home forum.. (DON'T KILL ME! PLEASE!!!) But it *is* the only other forum I visit daily now. i hang out at the fxzone (eyeball) and mostly just help out people with their beginning steps into photoshop..

Shit man, what fucking coincidence raptor, I saw you post a thread to remmixx about them pipe/wire interfaces today, it said raptor and I got thinkin, the asylum? nahh, but thats weird....

Ayup, dat's me. I try to keep a low profile

Pretty much anywhere you see me, the name's gonna be Raptor. somethingleet, neofrog (lost my membership - inactivity). Just about anywhere in the graphics community. If not, i'm TheRaptor or Rapt0r. lol.

The name actually means something to me, but i won't go into that...

btw, while i remember.. when i "corrected you" about constant/variable, i wasn't. I was correcting myself

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Don't really hang out anywhere else. I lurk at Fark and used to post there a bit, but the average intelligence over there equals that of a golf ball. Plus, the nature of the place really isn't conducive to extended discussion on a particular topic.

I also used to hang out a bit at WWDN (WilWheaton.net... yeah, that Wil Wheaton. I came across his site at Fark and was so shocked to find out that he's become a pretty cool guy that I started hanging out there, before I found the Asylum) Soapbox, but I kind of stopped going there. I may pop back in now that I have a little more time these days.

As for this place going to the doghouse, well, I haven't been around long, but from what I've seen I think reitsma is right. The really annoying people may come from time to time, but they don't stick around. I don't know what this place used to be like, but I think it's still pretty cool now. Just my $0.02.




Cell 270

Hmmm... Well, i first came here because I have the upmost respect for the man who first taught me Photoshop (Thanks Doc!). While I was here I met a lot of other people who I respect just as much. Alas, some of them have left now, others have joined but and the passage of time leaves it's mark in my mind.

Although I must admit, I do miss the old asylum. Maybe it's the people, maybe it's all because of how the (loose use of the term) 'design' scene has changed with the times....

Eh, I don't koww. Maybe I'm just full of crap.

Other places I hang out? Well, that all depends. I'll got anywhere I can get some honest and constructive feedback about my work. I thought I could get that at www.deviantart.com but there's just a bit too much trumpet blowing happening there for my liking. Still, it's a nice place, nice system. I also pop into sijun's, gfxartist's and in-front every now and then too. Oh and I lurk a lot at the GN.

My daily rounds usualy consist of :

Asylum, Bored, Guru's, DevArt, Australian In-Front, Check Email... Repeat.

This was my first (getting to be a habit this isn't it? ), and I helped spawn the GurusNetwork idea, although, after being active there for a while, I haven't been back in quite some time. I tried mauisun, but it didn't catch me, to much in fighting and backstabbing going on from little people who think they're big players.

Koan 63, written on the wall of cell number 250:
Those who Believe
Can
Those who Try
Do
Those who Love
Live

My first was the GN. I was referred here to get a question answered, mildly flamed on my second post for even suggesting that people got ignored here, and there`s been no looking back. This is my *other home* ,too. Always will be.
Thanks, Doc.

I would like to third VP comments, second reitsmas`, and thank all those extremely talented people who have inspired and taught me here, and done so just because they are good people. You can`t buy this kind of info. anywhere. So, IMHO, respect `em, or log off.

As for other places, The GN , bored , Retouch Pro , and I lurk some at Squonkys`.
Man, I need a life, bad.


Cell245

Well, well...interesting...as for me...I 'breeze' a lot of boards...and for reasons of my own...but this here, is home. My family....and like every family, there are growing pains...

Tho I'm a relative 'n00b' (to coin a phrase...sorry Izzay) in comparison to some of the long-standing members...yes, I have noticed changes in attitude here...and not just from the 'arrogant, young kids'...but also from those who I have looked up to and respected...for some reason, it seems there is a 'split' in the Aslylum...an older 'elite' if you will...and us ravening loonies...maybe we all need to consider why we are here for a minute...and those of us that can help those 'younguns' out...should. I always thought that is what it was all about here.

I know there were (and still are) times when some of you helped me out...and guided me (not always in a nice fashion...but at least it was truthful...and I couldn't ask for anything more...that's what I really like about this place...one learns so fast here, in comparison to somewhere else...brutal honesty...the best medicine).

Yes, some very fine talent has gone...and come back. I personally would like to see some of the older memebers step up to bat, and grasp the bull by the horns, so to speak. That's what I always admired and respected, from twitch^ , DG, Taxon (now Michael) and Bitdamaged (now Reitsma). Of course, Bugs is still here (god bless his heart) and so is VP (don't mess with his mop...). And where would we be without Grumble and Slime?

The past is gone...long live the future!

As for the 'younguns'...maybe actually trying to listen to (or read, if you will) what some of the older, more experienced veterans post would go a long way to helping and increasing ones skills...yes, sometimes it can be brutal, with your self esteim (sp) laid bare and trampled on...but honesty is a way better form for learning, then getting sweet words blown up your ***. Too many times I've seen such advice ignored or worse, flatout challenged...instead of at least trying to listen...and learn. I think Drac is a good example of someone who can listen well...and appropriately, his skills have increased immensely...you've come a long way, Drac, in a relatively short time...Kudos, man. There is no substitute for good ol' hard work...

Well, that's about it for my little 'rant' here...keep in mind that it's just my opinion...

i consider you a noob anyway for not finishing our ps pong match

But it's not over...I have just not had the time to do anything on it lately...and while I can post here from work...I don't have photoshop here (sniff, sniff)...but tomorrow I will definety get a return in...I don't have to work evenings tomorrow...YEAAA!

mahjqa, what's that forum for video game development..... sounds like a nifty place to hit...

do they cover C?


Harmonizing new illusions...
ICQ: 67751342

Well at 37 I'm hardly a young arrogant kid but still, as a relative noob this was the first forum I stumbled across and like most new internet users I didn't really understand the protocols involved. the result was several pointless posts until I received a much needed rap on the knuckles from Petskull so now i've settled into a more mature attitude (number of postings really doesn't matter). like many of you I've rattled around other forums but keep coming back here.

Perhaps its not so much going to the wall as evolving like a living thing. I think its up to the veterans to help steer it in the right direction, even if that means dropping some members who continue to be abusive or arrogant.


~We're not here for long, we're here for fun~

Asylum was my first. I lurk around some other forums just like the rest of us, but I don't post there very often. Sometimes I post at a Star Wars collectors forum: Rebel Scum
Sometimes at Graphic Forums

Other than that I like to nose around at Fark and a few other graphic places like Eyeballdesign and Deaddreamer.

That's about it.

I used to hang around a lot at a Visual Basic forum but that kind of went to the wayside.

Later,
C:\


~Binary is best~

WS-

quote:

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Bitdamaged (now Reitsma).

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Eh? I thought he was bunchapixels?

Uhh...whoops? Did I get that wrong? Sorry if I did...with all the names changing around here, it gets quite confusing...

well if I listed all the forums I frequent you all would be wondering how I have the time to do my jobs and visit so many forums .. well let me put it this way .. this is the only graphic/source code forum I visit on a daily bases .. and I only visit Gurus Network maybe once a month .. the Asylum is my "work" forum so to speak

course I run my own forums as I'm sure some of you do as well .. so you can just imagine how much I move around .. but if you see a RammStein on a forum it is mostly likely going to be me

cEll .::. 513

I don't like other forums.

Occationally I'll try to branch out and visit other forums but I eventually become discouraged when I found out that it just isn't the Asylum. A good deal of the older members complain about the newer members, but I don't think they realize how well they have/had it here. We have a good mix of diverse people which makes learning enjoyable.

-Jestah
Cell 277

well put Jestah- as a new member who is still in the early stages of learning PS, scripting and general design- I hesitates to post my work, but feel comfortable asking questions- you guys provide solid answers along with links for me to pursue further info. I like it here and the more I am somewhere else (GN exception) I like this place even more

Thanks for making this noob feel at home.

cheers.
CRO8

I dont really like other forums I've tried too much, Im sure I'll keep loyal to this one. Though since I've signed up Ive only really started posting recently.

I got really into the one at http://www.sijun.com/ it has the best artists Ive ever seen, but its over run by annoying newbie over-posters that dont have much good to say. Also there is too many people, and no one gets any replies , your lucky to get two, the first one is usually for the "first post" novelty, something I just dont understand. Only the best artists get decent replies, which is strange because the goal of most people there is too get criticism on their art (good or bad) and its the best artists who need it least. anyway, I've pretty much left there, I'll prolly visit more during the summer when I get time to paint.

http://www.eatpoo.com I just recently found this place. Its another art place, this seems to be better than sijun, but with less absolutly amazing artists, but still a lot better, I like the way its called eatpoo it turns away "judge by the book cover" people. Also the guy who owns it hasnt completly abandoned the forum like sijun.

Then theres this place .. I love this place , one thing I really like about it is the people, the load time, the active owner and the small print, which lets several posts take up the same screen space as one or two on other forums.

I've tried some others, none compare to this place. Dont bother looking



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