What other forums do you belong to? Are any of them as good as Hatrack? Give them a rating!
Sakeriver - A fun little club for people to hang out at. Note: Things posted there are often more raunchy than Hatrack. (ID: Same)
GreNME - Like that neighbor's house that you go over to sometimes. Nice and homey, but it's not YOUR home. We play mafia there, and eat GreNME-mod's food. (ID: Same)
Fate's Toy - (nolink) A forum I joined not too long after joining Hatrack. I RPed Escaflowne there, but since my life has become a lot busier, I can't really find time for it, making the other folks kinda mad. But I used to have some really fun times there.. (sighs)(ID: Same)
Anime News Network - Posted here for a little while, mostly talking about Anime and anime news related stuff. Sometimes grammar naziing at the articles. I was driven away by the lack of connection between the people, and the insane amount of n00bs posting terrible threads.... (ID: Same)
Dub This - The forum for a webcomic I started to read a while ago. I sent the author a fanletter telling him I really liked his comic and that it put me back on reading webcomics and he sent me a sketch! I was so pleased I felt I ought to join his forums and contribute. I haven't posted in a while, although I earned a custom title: "Sucks For You" Ehehe. (ID: Same)
Gaia - I was put onto this forum by a friend. It's an addicting little system of roleplaying, reward-based posting, and lotto-like environs. It's fun, sure, but nothing like the homeyness of here. (ID: Different)
In other words, I have many forums but none I love so much as this one. Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
Stats: I am a moderator with 2^14 posts at Ars Technica. I am a moderator with about 1/2K posts at Doom9. I am a moderator with an undisclosed number of posts at an undisclosed spinoff forum. I have about 2000 more posts distributed among several other forums; ones that I'm still active at include this one and DukeBasketballReport.
I also post on IMDB occasionally, but that's not so much a forum as a...I don't know, but it's not a forum.
I also lurk on Ornery or PWEB if I'm bored, but most of the topics that appeal to me there are already being discussed here. In fact, I don't think I've even registered at Ornery.
Hatrack is really the only forum I *enjoy*. I mainly visit the other ones from force of habit.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
By postcout:
Hatrack Ars Technica OSY Ornery GreNME Inside Mac Games
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
enjoyment is discussion with a cap D and the elusive cap T.
which of these forums contains this?
Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
I'm a member of all the Hatrack and OSC related sites - Hatrack, Pweb, Fresco, Grenme, Sakeriver, MadOwl, and whatever else I'm forgetting. No links required for those.
I also occasionally lurk around at Internet Infidels, which sometimes has some interesting discussions but is also sometimes highly annoying. Occasionally I check out some certain Rush forums for new news. Lately I've kept up with a couple of the Democratic candidates' message boards as well. (And man, you guys wouldn't believe how weird the regulars at those places are.)
[ March 04, 2004, 02:46 AM: Message edited by: Jeni ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
There are more, but I haven't been to them in so long it's not worth posting them here. They're just associated with games I don't play much anymore, mostly.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
Harry Potter for Grownups: This tends to have some interesting plot/theory discussions, but it's super-high volume, so instead of scoping it out every opportunity I get in order to have some small chance of reading everything, I just read the top ones every few days. I also do the chat they have on Sundays.
Sakeriver: I haven't been around in a while, but it's pretty interesting.
GreNMe: This is pretty cool. I still haven't got the hang of GreNMe mafia, mostly because I died the first day (throws mafia members ugly looks).
Neopets: I discovered this about a year and a half ago...I'm not as obsessed with it as I used to be, but I do have 534385 neopoints in my bank account.
[URL=http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_nation/nation=sarcasticmuppet ]NationStates:[/URL] This is cool, but I haven't tried to play the UN yet. I just don't have time.
Live Journal: Just like RL journal-writing, I just can't get motivated to write in it every day. It's still cool, though.
and, of course, hatrack.
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
Hatrack. Only Hatrack. I don't even have an account on sakeriver or anything like that.
Posted by Ayelar (Member # 183) on :
Yeah, that pretty much sums me up. I'm an overweight geek who's getting married and trying to get into 3D work.
Actually, I'm very close to technically not being overweight anymore! Yay, weightwatchers.com forums! Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Is this the thread where Hatrackers, having gotten hooked on Jatra weed, are introduced other forums to try and satiate the cravings?
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
Are you suggesting that Hatrack is a gateway forum? I'm pretty sure Gateway has their own forum.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
MegaTokyo American Gerbil Society group (that's so lame) CarDomain and SoundDomain
edit: I forgot to add that I'm also part of the forum for AGS judges training.
[ March 04, 2004, 10:39 AM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
Forums I visit regularly:
Hatrack Nauvoo Sakeriver Blackball Records - The record label run by Adam Pfaler formerly of Jawbreaker. my own (just getting started)
Some I am registered for, but don't visit often:
ACIDplanet - for ACID audio software. I just registered here yesterday. Runelords - for David Farlands book series. Face To Face - A punk band that recently broke up. I have only posted about 3 times. Foo Fighters Shadowmarch - Tad Williams site Metallica The Tea Party
Those are the ones I can think of right now. Any others I probably only visited once or twice.
Posted by John L (Member # 6005) on :
Hey, Berg, which forum do you moderate over at Ars? I mostly only post (for fun) in the BF, but I read LKF and the Mojo forums for reference (sometimes the other software ones, but not much).
I am GreNME just about wherever I go. If there is another user out there using GreNME as their name, they are an imposter.
[ March 04, 2004, 11:42 AM: Message edited by: John L ]
Posted by dangermom (Member # 1676) on :
I spend some time at Nauvoo and at a tiny board for "feminist homeschooling mamas," but my main addiction is the Straight Dope. Fighting ignorance since 1973 (it's taking longer than we thought).
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
The Demimonde was a disappointment. I finally got people to post there by being a total post-whore, then they seemed to fade away.
Oh, well.
I don't post on any other forums.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
A few of the people who have posted here are registered at sakeriver and even have nonzero post counts, yet didn't mention it. I am forced to assume that the reason they are trying to pretend like they're not on sakeriver is that they are ashamed of it, or me. Fine. But if that's how it is, at least have the decency to come out and say it. Don't be knocking on my door in the middle of the night with promises you know you won't keep. Although, really, it's my own fault. I mean, how many times do I have to hear "I'd tell people about you but my other forum is having a hard time right now and I don't think it could handle this right now" before I stop believing it? And now look what you've done! You've got me blaming myself! As if I'm the reason for your lack of commitment! STOP TOYING WITH MY EMOTIONS!
::pant, pant::
Oh, yeah. I'm on Hatrack, sakeriver, and GreNME regularly. I'm also registered at MadOwl and gamesmaq, although I haven't been around those much since I changed offices. If I'm leaving any out, I'm sorry, but you have to move on with your life. And stop calling when my wife is home.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
John, he's the Soap Box mod at the OpenForum.
-Bok
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
What Bok said.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Okay.
I might be registered at sakeriver.
I think.
Posted by HRE (Member # 6263) on :
Hatrack Young Writers Sleepless-Whispers Angler's Chat Brotherhood-of-Catfishermen (Its like a cult. I swear.) Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Megatokyo Ctr-Alt-Del Least I could Do
Posted by John L (Member # 6005) on :
Well, that tells me why I've never seen him. I'm not a subscriptor. No soapy goodness for me!
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
NationStates (woot)
forum.QbasicNews.com
Here.
And... yeah, that about covers it. Posted by raventh1 (Member # 3750) on :
GreNME, Slashdot *if you can call that a forum*, SomethingAwful, and BluesNews.
[ March 04, 2004, 06:19 PM: Message edited by: raventh1 ]
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Flashkit I also post at the Radiohead.com message board, although I haven't been there regularly for years.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
Hey Magson, would any of those happen to be good B5 forums? I'm looking for something to satiate my obsession.
Posted by aka (Member # 139) on :
This is my only regular forum, though I've lurked and occasionally posted at Nauvoo, Sakeriver, Pweb, etc. I found a forum for the Nevil Shute Norway foundation and I'll probably check it out from time to time, though it moves very slowly. Nevil Shute fans are even geekier then jatraqueros, if you can believe it. I really love them over there. Nevil Shute is such a great writer.
I wish there were a forum for Mark Salzman. I would love to talk to people about his books. He's another writer I really like a whole lot. And he's not even dead, which is a big plus in a writer.
I lurk a little at TheOneRing.net too, since I'm such a hardcore Tolkien addict.
But that's it! Hatrack is my real home.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
This one at hatrack and a forum at team-mayfield.com this the only one i use tho.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Many moons ago, I lurked at Greey Associates LA, Anandtech, Gotapex, clutchcity.net (now clutchfans.net), and Chemical Anarchy.
Posted by Human (Member # 2985) on :
Hey, Ryuko...thanks for the link to the Gaia forums, it's really cool! What's your username there?
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Here, Gamesmaq (really need to get something going there again, hmm...), Sakeriver, Grenme...
City of Heroes, mostly for the beta invite. CyberJocks, local LAN gaming establishment. Fragnation, local LAN party guys. [H]ardOCP, tech news and reviews (haven't been there in a while).
I'm also a member at Bioware's forums for KOTOR and Neverwinter Nights, as well as several places for Morrowind.
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