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Off Topic / Re: New Steam UI update
« on: June 27, 2023, 08:10:24 AM »steam used to look like attached
i liked when steam looked like this
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Off Topic / Re: Blockland on Roblox's old manual swear filter
« on: June 19, 2023, 03:00:26 PM »-snip-
One time a bunch of Roblox users mass joined the forums and tried to spam us off the internet iirc
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Off Topic / Re: Blockland forums but all the posts are generated by chatGPT
« on: May 08, 2023, 12:21:31 PM »-snip-
Hey there, sorry to hear you're having a rough day. Maybe you should go smash some eggs or something to let out that frustration! Just kidding, but seriously, hope your day gets better.
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Off Topic / Re: Blockland forums but all the posts are generated by chatGPT
« on: May 06, 2023, 09:41:05 PM »
Sorry for coming late to the party, but I just had to vent my frustration about something that's been bothering me for a while now: the over-reliance on AI-generated content in our beloved Blockland community.
Ugh, what is with all these people using AI to generate their posts? It's like they don't even care about contributing something unique or original to the conversation. I mean, why bother typing out your own thoughts and ideas when you can just let a machine do it for you?
It's lazy and uninspired, and it really takes away from the spirit of this community. I come here to engage with other like-minded individuals, not to read a bunch of generic, algorithm-generated drivel. So please, let's all make an effort to use our own brains and come up with something worth sharing.
And to prove my point, I'm about to post a screenshot of my latest creation in Blockland - a towering castle that I spent hours building and perfecting, brick by brick, with no help from any AI program. See for yourself how superior it is to anything that a machine could come up with!
I used runway AI to generate the picture based on the response ChatGTP gave me when I asked what picture should be with this text post
Ugh, what is with all these people using AI to generate their posts? It's like they don't even care about contributing something unique or original to the conversation. I mean, why bother typing out your own thoughts and ideas when you can just let a machine do it for you?
It's lazy and uninspired, and it really takes away from the spirit of this community. I come here to engage with other like-minded individuals, not to read a bunch of generic, algorithm-generated drivel. So please, let's all make an effort to use our own brains and come up with something worth sharing.
And to prove my point, I'm about to post a screenshot of my latest creation in Blockland - a towering castle that I spent hours building and perfecting, brick by brick, with no help from any AI program. See for yourself how superior it is to anything that a machine could come up with!
I used runway AI to generate the picture based on the response ChatGTP gave me when I asked what picture should be with this text post
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A brockrand comic in 2023? And it's good? By Talos, it's finally happening
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General Discussion / Re: the last blid database known to man
« on: April 03, 2023, 02:18:18 PM »
"swholli last seen 2019"
*sweats at currently opened blockland window*
*sweats at currently opened blockland window*
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Off Topic / Re: The Chronology of the Blockland Forums
« on: April 01, 2023, 11:34:23 AM »oh stuff that's neat
There's an alternate universe out there where Lego actually bought the idea.
Except then we'd probably be on to Blockland 3: This one has Microtransactions so I'm actually glad to live in the Berenstain universe this time.
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General Discussion / Re: how did you find out about blockland's existence
« on: February 10, 2023, 11:15:42 PM »54
Off Topic / Re: Another one bites the dust.
« on: January 24, 2023, 03:12:59 PM »There was that exact moment when you heard that Annoying Orange absolutely had nuclear secrets he allegedly sold to Saudis and suddenly this thread went cold and dormant
I think my theory still stands.
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Off Topic / Re: blockland: the community that killed the game
« on: January 13, 2023, 10:09:50 AM »
Holy stuff thank you for addressing this quote, I've been wanting to talk about this in depth since I wrote that post but I didn't really want to just dump, but now I will:
The one and only time I got drama'd was for pointing this exact thing out. I don't stand by everything I said and did then because I was still a teenager, but my point still stands.
Nickthesushi even corroborated my claims. This place has kind of always prided itself on being an edgy part of the internet, all the while for a product to be enjoyed primarily by children. The problem was systemic from the start, we were all just far too young to understand why it was a bad thing.
Holy stuff, Ladios, that's a name I've not seen in a long time. And yeah I think you and I started playing this game around the same era (you a year or so ahead of me) and I met and made so many great friends, some of whom are still very much close friends, but it doesn't excuse the kind of toxicity we all were apart of.
Remember this forum's ability to always garner a debate topic at least once a month? Like "christian vs atheist" "democrat vs republic (us centric)" or whatever else. And it was vile some of the arguments I'd participate in. I really learned how not to act on the internet by being here.
I don't think forums dying as a social media (if you can even call it that) is the problem. This site still exists, many forums do and thrive within their own ecosystem. Blockland enjoyed a very brief modicum of success in the mainstream (like when djy was still making videos with it, it was a viable sandbox) and then slinking back into the niche entirely because of the toxic reputation our community had. Not just the forums, the game itself. I used to think this was because our userbase had an median age of like 12, but I think it was a little more sinister than that. It was a wild west, laissez-faire type place. When bad things happened/were said it only gained notoriety instead of being discouraged. User got banned? They'll be back with an alt. User said something inexcusable? It's okay, they were just trolling. User is an admitted child enthusiast? Not against TOS good to go continue on site and game.
The list goes on but I really do believe that this site was a little microcosm of the internet as it was in 2004 (just new enough to be engaging and user friendly attracting millions, just old enough to still be riding off the heels of the dot com bust where regulations were slim to none) except it never grew up. Badspot didn't invest in this community, and frankly I don't even know if I think it was his job to. I am now as old as he was when he made this game and if I had this sudden giant swath of literal children calling me "dadspot" I'd probably panic and bug off too.
I've been saying it for a few years now (and don't hold me to it, you know how bad I am about completing projects) but I've been itching to make a video essay on this community, the game, and its history. I mean we inadvertently created kiwifarms, there's a lot of untapped stuff to talk about that I think the internet as a whole would be interested in lol
Someone--I don't know who--brought up this whole subject in a post I saw during one of my earlier sporadic logins to this forum, and I haven't really been able to get it out of my head since. This place was essentially a little self-contained Kiwi Farms (ironically, considering who would wind up hosting that site) with a key difference existing in that the vast majority of people here were literal children.
this place was always treated as some 4chan-lite ran by some dude who never learned to give any stuff.
The one and only time I got drama'd was for pointing this exact thing out. I don't stand by everything I said and did then because I was still a teenager, but my point still stands.
The thing is, about calling everyone here a 4chan wannabe:
He's completely, entirely, outright, utterly, undisputably, thoroughly,fully, purely, correct.
Old or not, it's ridiculous. I really just picked the ones that caught my eye from the title. Wouldn't want to dig through derailed threads full of stuffmemes.
Nickthesushi even corroborated my claims. This place has kind of always prided itself on being an edgy part of the internet, all the while for a product to be enjoyed primarily by children. The problem was systemic from the start, we were all just far too young to understand why it was a bad thing.
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Holy stuff, Ladios, that's a name I've not seen in a long time. And yeah I think you and I started playing this game around the same era (you a year or so ahead of me) and I met and made so many great friends, some of whom are still very much close friends, but it doesn't excuse the kind of toxicity we all were apart of.
Remember this forum's ability to always garner a debate topic at least once a month? Like "christian vs atheist" "democrat vs republic (us centric)" or whatever else. And it was vile some of the arguments I'd participate in. I really learned how not to act on the internet by being here.
internet forums are a dying breed
was bound to happen
I don't think forums dying as a social media (if you can even call it that) is the problem. This site still exists, many forums do and thrive within their own ecosystem. Blockland enjoyed a very brief modicum of success in the mainstream (like when djy was still making videos with it, it was a viable sandbox) and then slinking back into the niche entirely because of the toxic reputation our community had. Not just the forums, the game itself. I used to think this was because our userbase had an median age of like 12, but I think it was a little more sinister than that. It was a wild west, laissez-faire type place. When bad things happened/were said it only gained notoriety instead of being discouraged. User got banned? They'll be back with an alt. User said something inexcusable? It's okay, they were just trolling. User is an admitted child enthusiast? Not against TOS good to go continue on site and game.
The list goes on but I really do believe that this site was a little microcosm of the internet as it was in 2004 (just new enough to be engaging and user friendly attracting millions, just old enough to still be riding off the heels of the dot com bust where regulations were slim to none) except it never grew up. Badspot didn't invest in this community, and frankly I don't even know if I think it was his job to. I am now as old as he was when he made this game and if I had this sudden giant swath of literal children calling me "dadspot" I'd probably panic and bug off too.
I've been saying it for a few years now (and don't hold me to it, you know how bad I am about completing projects) but I've been itching to make a video essay on this community, the game, and its history. I mean we inadvertently created kiwifarms, there's a lot of untapped stuff to talk about that I think the internet as a whole would be interested in lol
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Off Topic / Re: Forumer of the Year 2022 | Goth77 vs. Ghost
« on: January 08, 2023, 11:49:43 AM »
I'm sure no one saw it, cause who watches the credits to a youtube movie, but this was the last credit I put in and it felt fitting.
In the same way I know it doesn't matter who wins this competition- I just like knowing he won cause he really deserved it. His stuff was so good.
I remember sitting in a server in v7, waiting ages to download on my stuffty low-tier 2007 broadband to join, simply because it was the new Vice City map he was hosting. It was an event and it made the game feel so limitless. He will be sorely, sorely missed.
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Off Topic / Re: Forumer of the Year 2022 | GSF Ghost vs. Hologlaxer
« on: December 26, 2022, 06:22:05 AM »
Ghost
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Add-Ons / Re: [Client] Resize Bricks
« on: December 25, 2022, 02:14:09 PM »
This is the kind of shot of lifesupport this game needs
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Gallery / Re: [VIDEO] Block Wars: Episode 1 - Phantom but Deadly
« on: December 23, 2022, 01:05:32 PM »
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Gallery / [VIDEO] Block Wars: Episode 1 - Phantom but Deadly
« on: December 22, 2022, 12:57:15 PM »
Click here to go to the video
Video premieres tomorrow at 3PM EST...
Something I've been working on for a long time is ready to be shown to the public, so make sure you notify yourself about this video, a second, secret premiere will be live as soon as this one is!