Supposedly these forusm were supposed to get an update from long before I joined

• rangero wrote on 2013-10-31 17:22
  Do you make any revenue from Mabination?
• M wrote on 2013-10-31 17:28

  Quote from rangero;1164707:

  Do you make any revenue from Mabination?

  
  
  i think any money beyond what it takes to sustain the site has gone towards events and months where the cost is higher than what is brought in
  
  To answer the question, Im sure when the forums were more active there was extra money each month.
• Hanna wrote on 2013-10-31 18:47

  Quote from Natural Harmonia Gropius;1164691:

  Didn't you plan to turn it into just a general forum for gamers? Seems the better choice. IDK. Your forum.

  
  
  Thats wat I wuz tellin you before, change the name, change what we're about and we'll get more users.
  More users more ad revenue
• Osayidan wrote on 2013-10-31 19:00
  To be able to become a gaming or anything else forum activity in that category has to explode and crush mabinogi's activity levels. There's no point switching the forum to something else otherwise. We'll lose the mabinogi users while also not getting anywhere with whatever we switch to.
• Kyouria wrote on 2013-10-31 20:10
  The new banner creeps me out lol, I think I'll adblock it D:
• Splatulated wrote on 2013-10-31 21:19
  Osay should put some add space on the front page
  
  so at least get some ad revenue from people that go to www.mabination.com and end up looking at the front page
• Krystalys wrote on 2013-10-31 21:38

  Quote from Hanna;1164726:

  Thats wat I wuz tellin you before, change the name, change what we're about and we'll get more users.
  More users more ad revenue

  
  
  And how exactly are people to go find out about a random new site, and what would differentiate it from every other generic site in the universe that they'd even want to? If he wants out he's better off passing the site to someone interested in custodianship of it or killing it outright. Most other options end in tears.
• Ashikoki wrote on 2013-11-01 02:56

  Quote from Krystalys;1164772:

  And how exactly are people to go find out about a random new site, and what would differentiate it from every other generic site in the universe that they'd even want to? If he wants out he's better off passing the site to someone interested in custodianship of it or killing it outright. Most other options end in tears.

  
  
  I told him I'd be willing to take it off his hands some time in the future, but I'd have to study quite a bit on being an actual web admin.
• Krystalys wrote on 2013-11-01 03:02

  Quote from Ashikoki;1164873:

  I told him I'd be willing to take it off his hands some time in the future, but I'd have to study quite a bit on being an actual web admin.

  
  
  I've made him the same offer three years running, every time this comes up, and have experience (and references) for this sort of transition/situation, and a working relationship with Nexon.
  
  He's always claimed to not be ready yet.
  
  Eventually it comes down to the following possibilities:
  1) He changes nothing.
  2) He sells the site for the most possible profit.
  3) He sells or gives the site to whomever he thinks he will run it most the way he'd want it ran.
  4) He shuts the site down.
  5) He attempts to change site focus with unpredictable results.
  
  Everything depends on what his strongest motives regarding the site and his life at any given time are.
  So far he's been grumpy periodically but still cherishes the site enough to be unwilling to let go and risk losing what he enjoys about it. That could continue indefinitely, or one of the other options may swing into higher focus.
  
  I am just hoping he doesn't randomly swing into a rage tantrum and wipe the place the way Adura did Sleepywood. That was a tragic waste.
• December wrote on 2013-11-01 05:23
  [S]Back to Mabiguru guys. [/S]Ahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahhaa
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2013-11-01 12:49
  I really hope Osay doesn't randomly shut mabination down. Me and the rest of the KR Test Crew rely HEAVILY on these forums being alive to organize and give future information which of course helps drive traffic to here.
• Krystalys wrote on 2013-11-01 12:59

  Quote from Kingofrunes;1165012:

  I really hope Osay doesn't randomly shut mabination down. Me and the rest of the KR Test Crew rely HEAVILY on these forums being alive to organize and give future information which of course helps drive traffic to here.

  
  
  Well if he does you're all welcome on Southperry, but I don't think it's a very high risk, really.
• Gensokyou wrote on 2013-11-01 13:01

  Quote from Kingofrunes;1165012:

  I really hope Osay doesn't randomly shut mabination down. Me and the rest of the KR Test Crew rely HEAVILY on these forums being alive to organize and give future information which of course helps drive traffic to here.

  
  
  This.
  
  A donate button would be really cool.
  
  

  Quote from Splatulated;1163989:

  sooo
  
  since it doesn't look like that is ever gonna happen evers .-. can pets be put back in the nation shop
  
  at least untill Osay has a new website to launch and then takesdown pets for a month before launching new site to take not of who has what pet so they can be reapplied after .-. instead of waiting endlessly for an update that may never happen ??
  
  or maybe everyone could keep track of their own pets and then once new website is launched just bombard the pet reapplier with screenshots

  
  
  I'm surprised nobody's thought of a conspiracy theory that splat posts this then suddenly Ashi posts that we can buy pets over Halloween and stuff.
  
  Splat4admin
  
  EDIT: Also, if the community was generally a little more welcoming to newer people and people that wern't quite 10k total with infinity years life experience Obviously an exaggeration, but i've seen a few people ingame that are too intimidated to join up because of the community we would probably get more activity.
• Krystalys wrote on 2013-11-01 13:04

  Quote from Gensokyou;1165015:

  
  A donate button would be really cool.
  

  
  
  Except;
  
  

  Quote from Osayidan;1164690:

  The cost of running nation isn't really the issue when it comes to keeping it running or not, I ran it with no ads for a year and a half and my salary was lower back then.

  
  
  His apathy is the bigger threat.
• Gensokyou wrote on 2013-11-01 13:08
  I didn't even say that donations would help the website or anything, just that a donate button would be cool.
  
  And it would be.