#freetox support thread - clique not allowed

[McZealot]

start a blf patreon. I'd pay $5 a month to keep the forms alive

[Ad Bot]

[Red Spy]

cheapo

[kongo]

what's the nuclear option

gibby

[Super Suit 12]

what's the nuclear option

Eon/Cone 2.0

[joe411]

Can we take a second here to appreciate how a single forum for an old game caused so much stress for one man simply because of the amount of stuffheads he has to deal with on a monthly basis? Blockland is nothing, it was dead for years. If Blockland and it's forum were removed, it would have almost zero inpact on anything in the world. I think the only reason this cursed site is still up is only because Badspot never really considered removing it before, and just became used to moderating it constantly and with little payment in return. It seems only now he realized that shutting everything down might not be a terrible idea.

I also appreciate the sort of godlike way Badspot is portrayed in the community. I guess it has to do with how we barely know anything about his personal life, only have a few pictures of him, and how he rarely posts anything. And when he does, it's either to ban someone or completely decimate someone else in an argument. He's just a talented programmer living somewhere in Oregon yet we see him as some powerful ruler or deity.

If this really is Blockland's last stand, I'm not too sad to see it go. We've had some goofs and funny moments, but in a way all those things are old and more nostalgic than anything, keeping it up is like forcing an old senile writer to keep writing just because he wrote some good novels 40 years ago. Hell, some of the best moments were directly caused by stuffheads starting drama, and that isn't really a way to maintain a site. Perhaps Badspot will keep it up though, just for stuffs and giggles. Maybe he wants to see how long it takes before a year goes by without a single post.

In the meantime... SM forums, anyone?

[Shift Kitty]

Is his real name even Eric?

[SeventhSandwich]

I'll actually be high-key bummed if the forums dies out soon. This place has served me well as a 'known place'. It's like a familiar coffee shop that I can visit whenever I want. Most of my activity here lately is arguing in political threads, but I do enjoy the company of the people here which is why I come back so much.

The forums are also somewhat of an encyclopedia of my ascent through adolescence into early adulthood, and I can go back any time and see where I was intellectually and my interpersonal relationships at the time - or just whatever cool stuff I was interested in back in July 2013. The forums and Blockland have generated some of my most treasured friendships, and I've met people who have helped me to accomplish great things and work through problems outside of my online life.

I can understand where Badspot is coming from - that he gets stuff on disproportionately to the amount of effort and freedom he puts into this community and the game. But I don't think that we're all just awful people. We've definitely had our fair share of starfishs, egotists, and literal psychopaths, but there are also plenty of great people here who aren't necessarily as visible as, say, someone like Iban. I don't think we're any worse than any other community on the internet with a relatively laissez-faire moderation style, but we've got history, traditions, heroes, villains, and all kinds of weird characters. There aren't many other video game forums that can boast the same kind of depth and longevity as ours.

I have great respect for Badspot for making a place that played such a pivotal role in my childhood. I'm not sure what to think now that we've heard the first mention of the forums actually 'ending' sometime in the near future. When it happens eventually I'll still have this innate reflex to go visit the forums, which will take a few months to really go away. I'll probably find other communities to be a part of, but there will still be a big piece missing. Maybe I'll be surprised by how other places don't have the same kind of toxic problems we did. But even at the forums' worst, I'm still glad it was a thing.

[The Resonte!]

what's the nuclear option

your computer explodes

Is his real name even Eric?

is he even human? is he but a mind consciousness?

[Jefferson Block]

God damnit seventh now I want to cry

[McZealot]

I'll actually be high-key bummed if the forums dies out soon. This place has served me well as a 'known place'. It's like a familiar coffee shop that I can visit whenever I want. Most of my activity here lately is arguing in political threads, but I do enjoy the company of the people here which is why I come back so much.

The forums are also somewhat of an encyclopedia of my ascent through adolescence into early adulthood, and I can go back any time and see where I was intellectually and my interpersonal relationships at the time - or just whatever cool stuff I was interested in back in July 2013. The forums and Blockland have generated some of my most treasured friendships, and I've met people who have helped me to accomplish great things and work through problems outside of my online life.

I can understand where Badspot is coming from - that he gets stuff on disproportionately to the amount of effort and freedom he puts into this community and the game. But I don't think that we're all just awful people. We've definitely had our fair share of starfishs, egotists, and literal psychopaths, but there are also plenty of great people here who aren't necessarily as visible as, say, someone like Iban. I don't think we're any worse than any other community on the internet with a relatively laissez-faire moderation style, but we've got history, traditions, heroes, villains, and all kinds of weird characters. There aren't many other video game forums that can boast the same kind of depth and longevity as ours.

I have great respect for Badspot for making a place that played such a pivotal role in my childhood. I'm not sure what to think now that we've heard the first mention of the forums actually 'ending' sometime in the near future. When it happens eventually I'll still have this innate reflex to go visit the forums, which will take a few months to really go away. I'll probably find other communities to be a part of, but there will still be a big piece missing. Maybe I'll be surprised by how other places don't have the same kind of toxic problems we did. But even at the forums' worst, I'm still glad it was a thing.

Yea, this is pretty much how I feel, except I've been banned like 30 times between 2009 and 2012 so it's not exactly a concise log of my childhood. Most of them were before you needed a key to register. I've literally been on this game for 8 years--almost half my life. I was in elementary school 8 years ago. I was so different. It's nuts. I'd miss the forums a lot, but I don't think I'd be as upset as if it shut down a few years earlier. The thing about this forum is that when I get into political arguments I know who the people are and I can feel like this person is going to remember what I said the next time I bring it up. It's almost like the BLF has continuity when compared to places like Reddit. I'd probably survive by adding everyone on Steam and just chatting via the BL group.

[e-maxx]

i'll never forget you guys

[Super Suit 12]

Someone start a blf shutdown bunker discord where nobody can talk until the blf dies at which point we organize BLF 3

[joe411]

You hit it right on the head, Seventh. It's like in Stand By Me, how the whole story of them going to find the body is just a record of a part of the narrator's childhood. It's a strange situation, yet is so nostalgic to him. But after he finishes writing it down, he gets back to the present and takes his kids swimming.

Perhaps an archive of the blf should stay up on badspot.us, a reminder of times gone by.

[Jefferson Block]

I'm gonna be really sad
I don't know any of you guys personally, and I've only been around for about 2 years, but it feels like I'm part of a community

[Super Suit 12]

Hope for the best
prepare for the worst
The shutdown bunker, just in case...