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Off Topic / Re: The Chronology of the Blockland Forums
« on: February 22, 2023, 04:43:50 PM »Something interesting just droppedthis is huge. some specific highlights:
images from blockland's development that predate v0002, the earliest being from 2003
presentation images badspot likely used to pitch the game to lego
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Drama / Re: DRAMA: SBG being arrogant
« on: February 22, 2023, 03:49:56 PM »
i literally had the same thought of making a joke drama after seeing that post and you beat me to it gg
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Off Topic / Re: Funny Little Computer People
« on: January 31, 2023, 10:26:11 AM »
dont think this really counts but the destroyerofblocks review/brown townysis posts are gold
off loving sucks
don't jump
off loving sucks
don't jump
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General Discussion / Re: how did you find out about blockland's existence
« on: January 16, 2023, 01:17:19 AM »played it with a friend at his house and my dad thought it was cool so he bought it for me, used to use lego digital designer as a very small kid so this was the next step up I guess lolayy digital designer gang. remember going into the preview thing and then using the button that would explode the model? that was epic
i also got a mindstorms set for xmas back in 2010 and played some lego universe back when that was a thing, never really played with actual lego funnily enough
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Off Topic / Re: blockland: the community that killed the game
« on: January 14, 2023, 09:30:56 PM »This is a civilized game. Please use full words.
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Off Topic / Re: blockland: the community that killed the game
« on: January 14, 2023, 09:45:50 AM »
i was about ~8 years old when i found out about blockland and it was 2 years later in 2013 when i bought myself a key and ended up joining the forums some months later. i think i found out about the game in some old youtube video or advertisement or something; i was very into lego-type games at the time, having been regularly playing roblox and minecraft and also screwing with a bit of lego stuff irl (anyone else have a mindstorms set? that stuff was cool). i know that many people pinpoint the death of the game on v21's removal of interiors and terrains, but as someone that started regularly playing the game after said update (i was aware of maps since i played the demo back when the game was on v19 or whatever), i found the community to be highly active for several years after with many cool servers to play around in and stuff to do in general.
in my personal opinion v21 is not what killed blockland, it's a combination of both this game having a relatively tight-knit community that aged out over time as well as the issues with this game's community that people in this thread have already elaborated on, specifically on these forums. being very young throughout my time here i was very naive and didnt really have a good sense of how to behave on internet communities, and many of my earlier posts were reflective of this. i can also remember a good amount of people here giving me stuff back then because of that (shoutout to me winning the "village idiot 2013" award in literally my first year of existing here). i remember being genuinely afraid of being the subject of drama threads and getting banned from servers and the like, and it was always a punch in the gut whenever people here would be less than nice to me. i do definitely subscribe to the point that this was an internet lego game intended for children and that the failure to moderate it as such was detrimental in the long run.
at the same time however, there were many positive experiences that i had with this game and many members of its community. not only did i enjoy the game itself, i met a lot of genuine people that were always willing to be helpful or just give me a good laugh. there are still a good amount of people here that i regularly interact with and i really do think the smaller size of the game's community was a benefit in this regard; you're not going to get these kinds of interactions on the roblox forums (rip) or whatever. so while i have had plenty of negative interactions with this game's community, i still look back fondly on the whole thing. i feel like this place was a learning experience for me that introduced me to both the light and dark aspects of the internet and it is experience that has helped me in many scenarios to this day.
in my personal opinion v21 is not what killed blockland, it's a combination of both this game having a relatively tight-knit community that aged out over time as well as the issues with this game's community that people in this thread have already elaborated on, specifically on these forums. being very young throughout my time here i was very naive and didnt really have a good sense of how to behave on internet communities, and many of my earlier posts were reflective of this. i can also remember a good amount of people here giving me stuff back then because of that (shoutout to me winning the "village idiot 2013" award in literally my first year of existing here). i remember being genuinely afraid of being the subject of drama threads and getting banned from servers and the like, and it was always a punch in the gut whenever people here would be less than nice to me. i do definitely subscribe to the point that this was an internet lego game intended for children and that the failure to moderate it as such was detrimental in the long run.
at the same time however, there were many positive experiences that i had with this game and many members of its community. not only did i enjoy the game itself, i met a lot of genuine people that were always willing to be helpful or just give me a good laugh. there are still a good amount of people here that i regularly interact with and i really do think the smaller size of the game's community was a benefit in this regard; you're not going to get these kinds of interactions on the roblox forums (rip) or whatever. so while i have had plenty of negative interactions with this game's community, i still look back fondly on the whole thing. i feel like this place was a learning experience for me that introduced me to both the light and dark aspects of the internet and it is experience that has helped me in many scenarios to this day.
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Off Topic / Re: Whamageddon 2022 (Game has ended)
« on: December 24, 2022, 06:59:30 AM »
whamageddon is now over. did you win?
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Off Topic / Re: Whamageddon 2022 (it has begun)
« on: December 11, 2022, 10:04:40 AM »
at least 10 people (including myself) have lost god damn
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Games / Re: Splatoon 3 - Chill Season 2022!
« on: November 29, 2022, 08:20:20 PM »
new season dropping
x battle, big run, new catalog, several new weapons/clothes/etc, balance adjustments (rip tenta missile users lol)
x battle, big run, new catalog, several new weapons/clothes/etc, balance adjustments (rip tenta missile users lol)
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Games / Re: blockland adventure mode (real leak)
« on: November 26, 2022, 07:13:24 PM »
this is the blockland adventure mode i remember
https://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=289216.msg8743300
https://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=289216.msg8743300
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Off Topic / Re: Whamageddon 2022 (Begins December 1)
« on: November 24, 2022, 07:08:30 PM »reminder not to click any links trogtor postswatch trog subvert the trend by posting the link to last christmas but it actually goes to an entirely different video
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Off Topic / Whamageddon 2022 (Game has ended)
« on: November 23, 2022, 11:22:08 PM »
the month of december approaches again, and as per tradition, yet another whamageddon thread is made. prepare yourself for this latest iteration of the battle royale game that has sent many a forumer to whamhalla since the original thread was posted in 2018.
previous threads:
2021 - https://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=327686
2020 - https://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=326813
2019 - https://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=324941
2018 - https://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=321681
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Off Topic / Re: what changes as you grow older?
« on: November 18, 2022, 07:34:17 PM »
after graduating high school and becoming adult age last year (both of which happened on the same day lol) i got my act together and started college/work, set up my financial stuff, got a drivers license and a car, etc. getting older sucks in the sense that it feels like i have a lot less time to do the stuff i enjoy so i often have to pick and choose what i want to do and put off things until some indeterminate time, however the upside is having an income lets me be more independent and work on a lot of projects and other hobby stuff that ive never been able to do in the past