Gleemax is Dead

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I guess the idea was kinda to be like how ENWorld2 is supposed to be; provide a way for people to write blogs, articles, network with people and the designers.. the way they described it was "MySpace for gamers"

Aside from the technical problems EN World 2 had so far, I think its working better at that goals for me then Gleemax has. Of course, maybe it just because I am a long time EN Worlder and don't see much reason for switching to another forum... Seems like I don't have to look for one, either, now.

Overall, I appreciate that they admit their mistakes. The question is: Will they _really_ learn from it. Will the rest of the DDI work well? Or will they have to give up on that, too, eventually, as so many are predicing? I still have some hope left, so, WotC, don't disappoint me.

 

[davethegame]

Hi All,

A couple of points, which some folks have already pointed out, but worth highlighting:

- The Wizards of the Coast forums are not going away. Nothing will change with the D&D forum area.

- Staff blogs will continue to exist on our forums in our Staff Blog section.

- This is change is a very vrey good thing, as it allows us to focus on Magic Online and D&Di, both of which deserve our attention and resources.

Let me know if you have any other questions. I'll be keeping a close eye on this thread. Thanks!

-Mike

Hey Mike, thanks for stopping in. Do you know what the status of the Gleemax Games are going to be? (Will we still be able to play Vegas Showdown, etc., somewhere?)

 

[drothgery]

There was content on those forums?

Sure. Kieth Baker shows up a lot in the Eberron forum, and the SWSE forums have some interesting discussions from time to time. So do the designer 'blog' forums'.

Now, on the general D&D forums and maybe FR-land? Not so much...

 

[renau1g]

I greatly look forward to DDI, is there any word on the timing of the releases? I have heard rumours of 1/month, but nothing official yet.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Sure. Kieth Baker shows up a lot in the Eberron forum, and the SWSE forums have some interesting discussions from time to time. So do the designer 'blog' forums'.

I feel like somebody just told me that Elvis had been alive all these years but that, as of today, he was actually really really dead.

 

[mhensley]

ahem....


HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[EricNoah]

Could you put a couple of spaces in your maniacal laugh, please?

 

[mhensley]

Could you put a couple of spaces in your maniacal laugh, please?

better?

 

[PatrickLawinger]

Gleemax

Okay, I am not "dancing in the streets" about it, but really, Gleemax was a decent idea that was so poorly implemented (in my opinion) that I always felt it was doomed to die.

Now, honestly, I haven't stopped by since the first horrible ugliness that was Gleemax, but when I did it was so awful looking, clunky, slow, and just plain "ugly" in every sense a website can be ugly that I doubt much of that improved.

I don't know about anyone else, but I also think that WotC has completely blown in with DnD Insider (STILL not ready) and the Dungeon and Dragon online magazines are a pale shadow of Paizo's issues.

If they have finally admitted that Gleemax is, well, going nowhere, does anyone have any faith in DnD Insider? If I recall, DnD Insider code is being written by the same folks as Gleemax.

Patrick

 

[Darrin Drader]

Every time I peeked in at Gleemax, it just looked like a redundant set of messageboards to me. There's nothing wrong with messageboards, and I actually prefer to communicate through messageboards, but I couldn't figureout why a person would post to Gleemax instead of posting to the regular WotC boards, here, the Paizo boards, or anywhere else that gamers gather.