All Good Things

[Neo]

I've renewed Gametavern's IP through January 2013, and I'm currently not planning on renewing it again after that. It's clear to me now that there's really nothing more that I plan on accomplishing here. All my interests and so forth are wrapped up in other projects, and I don't have the time to give the site the kind of attention it deserves.

And besides, we all know that the world is going to end on December 21st, 2012. Sure, there are these so-called "scientists" and just plain "rational" people who deny our impending doom, but here on planet Reality you and I know the truth - It won't be long before the dead rise up to feast on the flesh of the living. The zombies are coming, my friends, and they will show no mercy and offer no quarter.

I will be participating in a zombie run (http://runforyourlives.com/) in early December, which is like Warrior Dash except with a capture-the-flag zombie element thrown in. It's perfect timing as it will occur a few days before the actual apocalypse. Great training run for the real thing. I recommend the rest of you start training and make similar preparations. You'll want to be highly organized when the walkers come so that you don't find yourself asking questions like "Where did I put my shotgun," or "Did I remember to board up the bathroom window," or"Why is mom eating the cat?"

[Fox 6]

There really should be a ticker for the remainder of GT's life

[Bond]

So ... new forum or let die?

[Angrist]

Who's up for some more games of Mafia this year? Starting next week or so. Oh and who wants to organize it?

[Typhoid]

So ... new forum or let die?

Personally, I think we've got a good, entertaining thing going here. If there was a new incarnation of this forum I would be down from the start.

There really should be a ticker for the remainder of GT's life

I also agree. That would be hilarious.

[Jason1]

Why cant we all just get a donation going or something and everyone just pay whatever you can contribute and then we can renew it and it could still be GT, just not owned and paid for by Neo anymore?

[Fox 6]

Can we do a hostile takeover of Nerds on the Rocks?

[TheSlyMoogle]

Couldn't someone else just take over?

It feels bad man to let it die.

[Neo]

Sorry my internet was down. Idiot sprinkler installer cut the cable line a while back. We jury rigged it but I guess it finally gave out. Now we've got a brand new feed installed.

Anyhow, Vampyr has offered to take over the site. There are a lot of details that have to be worked out, but I'd like to see the site continue in some fashion with someone at the helm who actually wants to invest the time to make it succeed.

Whoever does it will probably want to switch servers, as I'm sure you can find a better deal than what I'm paying now. There are usually discussions on the vBulletin forums regarding which hosts are good and which suck.

[Neo]

There are basically three things that would need to be transferred:

1. The website name
2. The host
3. The vB license

[Angrist]

Do you have any cost indication, or would you rather not post that online?

[Neo]

Let's see... It's $55.50 billed quarterly, so that works out to $18.50/month. I don't know, maybe that is reasonable for what we're getting.

We're currently using 627/900 MB, and our monthly bandwidth limit is 30,000 MB. Looks like we average about 8 GB per month so we're well under the limit.

The vB license is paid for, but there is a yearly subscription fee if you want upgrades (which is part of the reason we haven't gone to vB 4). Not sure what that runs these days. vB 4 looks pretty fancy - has iPad/iPhone apps.

[Bond]

I'll give money.

[Jason1]

Wow, over $200 a year just to keep the website running does seem a little steep, but what do I know? I would be willing to contribute if needed.

[Bond]

Also, who bought GameTavern.com?