Indeed. A friend and I were on the phone just a little while ago talking about how much it effects us when BGG is down. It's not so much the game pages as the community of gamers. We also talked about that time, last year, when it was down for 3 days. It was horrible, just terrible.
This friend...I met him through BGG. On Mar 15, 9:40 pm, Blott <[email protected]> wrote: > You haven't discovered the full joys of BGG yet. BGG is extremely > informative and useful for the things you describe, but if it was only > an informative site it would only be average. It is the community > that makes BGG truly great. Spend some time in geeklists, forums, > etc. and eventually you'll see why people get so worked up when they > can't get their "fix". > > On Mar 15, 8:50 pm, Dassie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've been watching the site for a year or so, so maybe my test sample > > isn't as big as some, BUT this is the first time for me that the site > > has been down completely. What is it you're missing out on? My BGG > > time is spent generally surfing various game reviews/rumour, and takes > > perhaps ten minutes to an hour per week. Does your job depend upon > > sitting at home scouring the site for minute shifts in the rating of > > Dominion? Will you collapse without seeing another new-player question > > for Carcassonne? Or perhaps some new uber-designer from the wilds of > > Russia will create, publish and expand a new game before you get your > > morning coffee and YOU'VE MISSED IT!!?! Have a break. Take a walk. > > Read a book. OR. Play a game. These are relaxing activities. > > Complaining, not so much 8^) Dassie. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.
