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Akmatov
May 11th, 2009, 02:58 PM
The Yahoo Groups SPMBT and SPWW2 and SPColorMods used to be very active, but they seem to have died. Other than here, is there an active SPMBT forum?
Double_Deuce
May 11th, 2009, 06:00 PM
I think all the main discussions are now here, with maybe some still going on at the Blitz (http://www.theblitz.org/message_boards/forumdisplay.php?fid=14) and World at War (http://worldatwar.eu/index.php?&lang=3&refcode=0&location=boardlistnodes&boardid=11) websites.
Akmatov
May 11th, 2009, 10:25 PM
That is sad, those groups used to be very active.
JohnHale
May 12th, 2009, 02:35 AM
Akmatov,

I think their raison d'etre withered away when this dedicated Shrapnel forum was created - the Yahoo groups pre-dated this Forum by quite a while, I believe.
Cross
May 12th, 2009, 08:41 AM
Akmatov,

I think their raison d'etre withered away when this dedicated Shrapnel forum was created - the Yahoo groups pre-dated this Forum by quite a while, I believe.

John,

I always thought the Yahoo Groups were associated with the DOS versions of SP.

Once the games were upgraded to Windows, and the shift to Shrapnel with these forums, those Yahoo Groups seemed obsolete.

That was my impression.

cheers,
Cross
Akmatov
May 12th, 2009, 11:34 AM
I always thought the Yahoo Groups were associated with the DOS versions of SP.
You guys are quite right. Although there has always been, I think, a Camo Workshop or Shrapnel Games forum; it was always much more game development specific oriented whereas the Yahoo Groups were more wide ranging and scenario oriented. The old forums used to get hundreds of posts a month, which is far more than since they withered. Sigh.
DRG
May 12th, 2009, 11:11 PM
Re: Is there a successor to the dead Yahoo Groups?


Yes, you're posting on it now.


The Yahoo Groups SPMBT and SPWW2 and SPColorMods used to be very active, but they seem to have died. <snip>


The Yahoo forums lingered for awhile and then died a predictable death after Andy and I moved here as this became the primary source for information on the game.


The old forums used to get hundreds of posts a month


.....and at last count there were nearly 22,000 posts on the Shrapnel winSPMBT forum which averages to over 450 a month and when it's combined with the winSPWW2 total it averages over 700 a month and between Andy and I we account for over 125 of those per month which still leaves nearly 600 post a month on average between the two forums that don't come from us which is higher...on average... than only a few months at Yahoo

Don
JohnHale
May 13th, 2009, 03:48 AM
[QUOTE=Cross;690460
John,

I always thought the Yahoo Groups were associated with the DOS versions of SP.


cheers,
Cross[/QUOTE]


There were a few "characters" on there, I recall. A certain Gud springs to mind.....

It was from the Yahoo group that I was first seduced onto the Dark Side of PBEM. A big thank-you for that!
DRG
May 13th, 2009, 09:07 AM
John,

I always thought the Yahoo Groups were associated with the DOS versions of SP.


cheers,
Cross


There were a few "characters" on there, I recall. A certain Gud springs to mind.....

It was from the Yahoo group that I was first seduced onto the Dark Side of PBEM. A big thank-you for that!


Guds posted here a few times but not lately. People may be active for a couple of years then RL usually takes it's toll.


Don
hoplitis
May 13th, 2009, 09:20 AM
...People may be active for a couple of years then RL usually takes it's toll.

Don

Yes some of us may return to society after proper medical treatment!
:D:D:D
Gud
May 19th, 2009, 03:25 PM
Huh ? Did someone call ? I'm still alive, thank you, but don't have as much time to contribute as I had during my merry university years. But, I'm still playin' the game !
JohnHale
May 21st, 2009, 02:06 PM
Keep on keepin' on, Gud!
troopie
May 21st, 2009, 11:23 PM
Huh ? Did someone call ? I'm still alive, thank you, but don't have as much time to contribute as I had during my merry university years. But, I'm still playin' the game !

Glad to hear you're still around. I'd feared you'd become a nun or ran away with a circus or something.

troopie
DRG
May 22nd, 2009, 12:16 AM
Glad to hear you're still around. I'd feared you'd become a nun or ran away with a circus or something.

troopie

worse than that......lawyer. :)

Don
hoplitis
May 22nd, 2009, 09:50 AM
Glad to hear you're still around. I'd feared you'd become a nun or ran away with a circus or something.

troopie

worse than that......lawyer. :)

Don

Oh my God!!! You keep track of us after we log out !!!:eek:

:D:D:D

On the lawyer thing ... so true!:ahh:
:)
Gud
May 23rd, 2009, 12:43 PM
Actually, worse my gentlemen - I've enrolled on PhD studies in law, and I am currently teaching students full time. All this academic research means I have little time and energy to dig thru Mobhack, but summer holiday is coming and maybe I'll try to ... bug you all about armoured trains or find errors in P-82 Twin Mustang armament...

Seriously tho, great job on the Winblows versions, I can finally play them without hangups at random times. Wohoo !