Is DBZF UK closed?
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Yes the reboot is.
You can see the old posts (and PMs if logged in) here
www.tapatalk.com
(plus yoshi's dumb spamming after it closed)
Or on archive.org if you want the old forum design
You can see the old posts (and PMs if logged in) here
Dragon Ball Z Forum
Discussion forum for Dragon Ball, anime, and more w/ a fun community. We chat about everything else under the sun as well! Circa 2004.
www.tapatalk.com
Or on archive.org if you want the old forum design
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Links will be broken, but there's a way to find what they linked to, if you copy the number in the url and add it to a tapatalk url
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I'd like to archive it somehow (possibly leaving the gay ass posts somehow made by Gog and Yoshi after it closed), but idk if it's possible. The ideal would be to archive whatever is on waybackmachine (it doesn't have everything, like I'm not sure if the wayback bots could access the non-public sections, such as the Post Your section, where a decent portion of the more community-focused discussion took place. IIRC users needed a certain number of posts before they could view it). And then fill in the gaps with the Tapatalk pages (which also don't have everything iirc - like blogs don't seem to be there (I remember KP asking about this after the switchover), but I'm quite certain some blogs made their way onto waybackmachine). "Wget" might make it doable, not looked into it though. Can also add "if_" to the url after the page ID number, to remove the banner eg https://web.archive.org/web/20110729082157if_/http://dbzf.co.uk/index
The new site (Vbulletin, not Tapatalk) was nice aesthetically, but it's fair enough it's down. Not sure who was paying for it at first, but Cal paid for it a while with the intention of somewhat reviving it, until I guess it was clear it was going nowhere.
The new site (Vbulletin, not Tapatalk) was nice aesthetically, but it's fair enough it's down. Not sure who was paying for it at first, but Cal paid for it a while with the intention of somewhat reviving it, until I guess it was clear it was going nowhere.
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In hindsight, sure. The reason they didn't is because they don't control it and the formatting is trash compared to the old forum (which they controlled and customised). The new one was so they'd have control over things and not have any unexpected corporate shenanigans mess with things again.
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I miss Gog.
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Nah, the forum's activity was already declining before Tapatalk took it over. No point in migrating to save a dying community, especially if you're gonna be paying money for a new server.
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Yoshy, why were you posting gay ass and dumb spam?
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To boost my post count.Yoshy, why were you posting gay ass and dumb spam?
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Nah you're full of shit and pulling it out your ass and smearing it all over your keyboard. The reason I gave is the fact of it. They didn't have access to the database any more because tye email about the changeover was sent to the forum's founder (yellowhairedguy20) who hadn't been on the forum for about 10 years. Anyone who was there and paying attention to what Tim and Rogue said will know that's the case. Everything you said is your head cannon.
You're thick as shit, because if there was no point paying for a new server, why did they pay for a new site, which cost money? Why did Cal try paying for it a few years after it had effectively died? I'm not sure yoy even thought abiut what you typed. And do you believe people don't put money into forums before they're even big, or that people don't have different ideas of what constitutes good or busy activity? Do you think a high activity level is the same on Kanzenshuu as on Sherdog? Not all are from the nsdrrw tate school of "it needs to be big and make me seem popular or powerful to be worth paying for". Do you think little indie bands quit because they aren't getting kpop levels of views? There are factors your naive mind is unable to consider I guess - sad for you.
The activity had declined since around 2015, but it clearly declined more because of the migration (which was in 2018). It was still more active than current Zeta (Nila's spam aside). Declined isn't the same low level of activity it had on the new forum, unless you only see in binary.
