General Site Updates

Durga · **Posted:** Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:41 pm

Decided to change this into a general updates thread, since some updates aren't really big enough to warrant their own thread.

Update (1/17/13):

Word censoring is now optional. If you wish to have swear words censored, the option is in now in your user control panel. The board rules on what you can and can't say still apply.

Update (November 2012):

The staff has two announcements to make.

EDIT: Arkada cleared up the news on the fate of the main site.

Arkada wrote:

http://DesuDesBrigade.com will NOT be taken offline, and will remain as proof to what we did from 2009 til this spring, however the site will not be updated. The control of the forums have been with the users for some time and will remain so. Nothing is shutting down.

The second announcement we'd like to make is that we are reorganizing the forums. The main reason we are doing this is that the Brigade forums are no longer used due to the D2 Brigade breaking up, and for forums that never get used they take up too much space. We don't have an official date for when the forums will be getting moved, but we're shooting for the end of November. Here is our current plan for what the forums will look like:

[chatterbox]
>Introduce Yourself
So, who the hell are you again?
>Anime & Manga
I can only assume that this forum will be somewhat popular here. Y'know. Just a hunch~
>Games
Video games, board games, any kind of games! Discuss them here
>Art & Entertainment
Movies, Music, TV, Books -- everything!
>Serious Discussion
Talk about important, mature things in a polite and mature way. We are not responsible for any actions you may take as a result of advice you receive online. Take all opinions simply as they are.
>Everything Else
Basically, you can talk about anything here. Just please don't turn into 4chan, okay?

[The Bukkiteer Quarters]
>Community Corner
Wish someone a Happy Birthday, discuss roleplaying, organize Convention meet-ups, etc. (And be cautious of the Shipping thread)
>Reviews & Stuff
Post your reviews, AMVs, podcasts, writing, artwork, whatever. Free publicity!
>Livestreams
What's more fun than watching a series or movie? Watching it with friends over the Internet!
>Forum Games
Silly forum games just waiting for the spamming.

[site]
>The DesuDes Brigade
Former threads from the original D2Brigade, plus updates on their current activities
>Feedback & Assistance
Ideas? Suggestions? Complaints? Glitches? Report them here and we'll get back to you ASAP!
>Archives
Old, lost, or dead posts live here. Or rather, they dwindle forever in a plane of semi-existence in an eternal hell. Yay hell!

Our goal is to move the Brigade forums out of the way, but still keep them around for the sake of nostalgia and possible updates in the future, and give spotlight to the community, hence moving the Brigade forums into one forum near the bottom and moving the Community forums up. We felt that certain sub-forums were active and relevant enough to warrant being on the front page. Any sub-forums not listed above will remain in their parent forums.

However, our planned structure for the forums is not set in stone. We're open to feedback on how the forums should be structured, so make suggestions if you have any. Keep in mind, we want to keep this as simple as possible, so the likelihood of creating brand new forums is low right now. This is mostly just a way to simplify navigation of the site.

Thank you for reading.

Atmora · **Posted:** Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:59 pm

Oh lame I wanted to buy the domain name too.

NoOne · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:37 pm

In all honesty if we are going to keep the main site around we might start adding videos or articles to the front page. A lot of members here already do stuff like reviews, Let's Plays and AMVs. You can take the content put it on the front page and boom, the site gets more activity, new people may show up and those who get featured on the front page get more viewers. And yes I realize we have fan projects section for just this reason but not everyone visits the forums. And if a new user does stumble on this site and the first thing they is the good bye video then they may leave that very instant without realizing the site still has some activity going on.

Plus IMO having an a good chunk of a website and doing nothing with it is just a waste of server space.

NoahClue · **Posted:** Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:25 pm

NoOne wrote:

In all honesty if we are going to keep the main site around we might start adding videos or articles to the front page. A lot of members here already do stuff like reviews, Let's Plays and AMVs. You can take the content put it on the front page and boom, the site gets more activity, new people may show up and those who get featured on the front page get more viewers. And yes I realize we have fan projects section for just this reason but not everyone visits the forums. And if a new user does stumble on this site and the first thing they is the good bye video then they may leave that very instant without realizing the site still has some activity going on.

Plus IMO having an a good chunk of a website and doing nothing with it is just a waste of server space.

While I do think it would be nice to have activity on the main site again to assert that the community never really went anywhere, I wouldn't want to affect the main site with non-Brigade material at all. Think of it as a museum of sorts for the members when the D2Brigade was still a group, a relic to remember the good times that can't be brought back but was a great time back in the day. That sounds like the respectable thing to me, and it IS what the group decided themselves.

If anything, I say enjoy the Miku Clock and be glad that Arkada is allowing the site to still be accessible as long as the forums stick around. It might not be complete since the site changed designs twice and lost a lot of comments and links in the shuffle, but I like it better than not having any reminders at all.

Durga · **Posted:** Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:22 pm

Expect to see the forums reorganized around Sunday.

Plotclaws · **Posted:** Thu Nov 22, 2012 6:55 am

Durga wrote:

Expect to see the forums reorganized around Sunday.

Praise Allah.

Durga · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2012 6:09 pm

The move is complete! I hope you like the new layout.

MexicanAnime · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:12 pm

and no threads were lost this time. Nice job Durga!

NoahClue · **Posted:** Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:52 pm

Flawless victory, kudos Durga. Take a victory lap.

And just so no one forgets, the original Brigade threads are still up in case anyone has new videos (or even old projects) that they want to discuss with the original D2Brigade forum group. I know JO's looking for extended exposure for her Fruits Basket Radio Drama, and Vixen's been in talks to finally review the final Twilight movie in the near future.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have some old Glass Reflections that need polishing.

Durga · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:11 am

Small update for the forums. See first post for details.

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