ATTN NEWBS: For missing activation emails, ask in Discord!

[Lumin]

UPDATE: If you registered for the forum and didn't get an activation email, just come to the Discord and let us know what name you signed up with, and it can be sorted out manually. Gmail just not letting the messages through sometimes seems to be becoming more of a problem.


(Finn, would you mind pinning this?)


Let's try this again.


https://discord.gg/WD6kBfB


I've made a dedicated server for ADRIFT now, instead of just inviting you all to come hang out in a side channel tacked onto the CYS one. I even prepopulated it with 15 people and one sentient AI, all ready to hear about your games and be tempted into making one of their own. ADRIFT veterans and lurkers alike are welcome, as well as any players of IF in general. (Just no AIF or NSFW content please, there are minors in there.)

I know it's technology but it's not scary! It's quite safe. You can think of it like a chat room/forum hybrid. Look:






Not that Theo isn't great and all, but it'd be nice to have a few more authors in there. I'm really excited to see what the next year will bring.

[The0didactus]

I've been hanging out with these folks for about a year and a half now and it's been fun. They're a great crew to bounce ideas off of. I'd love for this to turn into a worthwhile community, and I've invited some of my friends as well

[Cricket]

I have to ask: what is AIF, and where can I find it?

[David Whyld]

Sorry to be a party pooper, but is there really any need for a Discord server? This forum is fairly quiet most of the time as it is without most of the discussion being diverted somewhere else.

[Cricket]

It's easier for someone new to stay involved with a community if they have a reminder that it exists be on their mobile phones. So it will likely stimulate activity here more than anything.

[Lumin]

It's also easier to just click a link when you're casually interested in a new site and get to know the community before you go through the trouble of registering.

We've had several people join my other server who didn't have CYS accounts, to the point we had to make it a rule to create one and give us the name. Seemed weird to me at first but Discord is becoming ubiquitous now and that's just the way it is. There was also a tradition that developed to make them either post a short story on the forum or write a review before they could take part in regular server activity, so it was good for the site in the long run.

Also what Cricket said. A forum is a thing you have to remember to check, Discord is a constant stream of activity on your phone, and one that makes it easier to get quick responses to questions or thoughts, often on minor things you'd hesitate to make a thread about. ('Does this sentence look weird?' and so on.) Forums are still the only format for long, detailed posts, but a more casual chat environment has a place too.

Anyway, I wasn't expecting a huge amount of interest from people already used to just the forum tbh, but this is a good way to cast a wider net for newbies and lurkers.

[David Whyld]

Okay, fair point. I suppose if it gets people talking about ADRIFT, it can only be a good thing, whether it's here, there or wherever.

[Lumin]

So, the other day we got our first new member through this thread; a not especially bright 12 year old who spammed emojis, constantly spewed contentless drivel, and after a great deal of prompting still had zero interest in discussing writing or the use of ADRIFT, even though that was what he was allegedly there for.

As I commented after banning him, I've had more compelling and meaningful conversations with bots. ADRIFT forum, you're welcome for this important filtering service provided by the humble folks on the ADRIFT discord.

And if Hammy shows up here, I'm happy I will no longer be the one responsible for him.

[Lumin]

And now we have Daryl and he's so much better, and he's polite and so normal seeming. Oh my God, what a relief.

[P/o Prune]

So, the other day we got our first new member through this thread; a not especially bright 12 year old who spammed emojis, constantly spewed contentless drivel, and after a great deal of prompting still had zero interest in discussing writing or the use of ADRIFT, even though that was what he was allegedly there for.

As I commented after banning him, I've had more compelling and meaningful conversations with bots. ADRIFT forum, you're welcome for this important filtering service provided by the humble folks on the ADRIFT discord.

And if Hammy shows up here, I'm happy I will no longer be the one responsible for him.

Your service is highly valued and much appreciated
and NO! you are not getting extra points.

[Lumin]

I'll have plenty of points once the Ectocomp is open.

Hoping I can get four hours free today to write the first game.

[Lumin]

So the discord is really hopping these days, we've had a couple of people from the intfiction forums join and they seem to be enjoying a chance to actually talk to other authors like normal human beings without the klaxon wail of some mod's Fun Detector going off.

antscoff (or whatever Anthony goes by here) is also working on something which may be of major significance to the community when it's done, and he seems to be making lightning fast progress on it.

Also, same thing I said in my last post, but for 2020 this time and this time it WILL happen.

[rotter]

Never really got my head around Discord. Like DM rooms on Twitter can never work out who is talking to whom. Must be my age.

[R2T1]

Never really got my head around Discord. Like DM rooms on Twitter can never work out who is talking to whom. Must be my age.

I agree. It is similar to how our parents never understood The Beatles or Rolling Stones.

[rotter]

Never really got my head around Discord. Like DM rooms on Twitter can never work out who is talking to whom. Must be my age.

I agree. It is similar to how our parents never understood The Beatles or Rolling Stones.

Well, if it is so radical guess it isn't for me then.