Post by Ansur on Oct 18, 2006 10:06:13 GMT -5
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Some of you may Know this, but this is the most recent update on SBO.com
10/14/06 SBO will close somewhere in 2007
I thought it would be a good idea to make another post since it's been 2 months since an update. I would like to say that Smash Brothers Online will be closing after Brawl is released. Why will the site be closing? Well there are alot of reasons.
1. Website Time
I am the only one who runs both the website and the message board. Ever since I attended college, started working, and have done other things in my personal life, it's becoming harder to keep up with the site. The reason why is because I have too much time on my hands with my personal life that I cannnot devote enough time to the website, so there are lack of updates. There have been lack of updates in the past year and have fallen behind alot. The message board has hundreds of submissions, and other things have to be fixed on the board.
2. Discussions
I dont see the point of keeping this site open after Brawl is released. I feel that the only purpose for this site after Brawl is released is to actually just discuss Smash Bros. in general, and discussing characters for the next game. When I first started this site, I wasent expecting to keep it open forever. Infact, I had no idea that this site would get so many hits all over the internet. I wont have time to run a website and discuss Smash Bros. at the same time. We also ran out of alot of characters as there is always tons of repeat submissions.
3. Personal Time
I want to focus more on my personal life. I have spent countless days, weeks, and months working on this site and I believe that if I keep working on the site and not focusing on my personal life, I wont get anything else accomplished. I have even pretty much almost quit playing video games ever since I turned 21.
4. Attacks and Raids
I would like to say that there is a change of plans on me selling the site. I will not be selling the website because I feel that whoever buys the site will eventually trash it. The only reason I wanted to sell the site to someone is so the site wouldnt completely shut down and all of our hard work would go away.
Another reason why I wont be selling SBO is because I feel that a Troll/Lamer will buy the site in order to trash it. SBO has been attacked by many members from other websites since 2005. Hundreds of people would raid the forums, and even spam Staff via IM or e-mail. Members from GameFAQs, Nsider, NewGrounds, Sega.com, YTMND, and lots of other sites would constantly raid the forums and cause massive Flame Wars which got out of control. I guess the reason why this site has been attacked alot is due to the information that was provided on this site. I feel that SBO caused itself alot of attention around the internet, and some gamers did not like the site since we had unofficial information, so many gamers would attack. SBO will not be sold to anyone and will just be shut down.
5. Other Projects?
Will I be working on any other projects besides SBO once it closes? I wont be making any more sites after SBO. If I do make another site in the future, it may just be a personal site or another small site. SBO is the biggest website I have ever owned since I used the internet. SBO has had over 800,000 page views according to the site's statistics. I've made other small sites such as Emulation Gaming, Text RolePlaying, Online Gaming Clans, and many other sites. I am very proud of SBO and the work I have put into it and I would say this was my biggest site ever. I also cant forget the people who helped submit content.
6. What's been happening
I turned 21 in June and I moved from Arizona to Wisconsin. I am planning on moving overseas in the future, as I plan to move back to New Zealand or Australia to live there.
So yeah, that's about it. I am sorry to dissapoint everyone but SBO will be closing next year, 2007. It's been fun working on this site, but I have to let it go since I am having trouble keeping it up. There was one time a lack of updates for 3 months, then another one for another 3 months. This site was only for fun and I did not want to make any promises of always keeping it open. I dont have time to manage the site and work on other things as it's almost impossible for me.
Do I have regrets of making SBO? No, actually I dont. I dont have regrets making SBO because I've had my fun, and now the fun must end. Even if all of this work goes down the drain, I really have no regrets for this as I cant keep the site open for the rest of my life. I will have more important matters that will cause me to sway away from managing SBO. I believe that SBO did very well and I think Nintendo and Konami saw this site and have had some ideas of what gamers wanted.
So where will you guys see me again? My original name on the internet is JoshCube, so you can search for me using that name. I had the name JoshCube before the GameCube came out, so I wont be changing my name to JoshWii or anything like that. JoshCube will stay the same as it is.
Anyways, thanks for visiting SBO and I bid farewell to everyone later on in 2007.
THIS SUCKS! SBO is still in maintenance mode, so I gues July 14th was the last day SBO was ever posted on.
Some of you may Know this, but this is the most recent update on SBO.com
10/14/06 SBO will close somewhere in 2007
I thought it would be a good idea to make another post since it's been 2 months since an update. I would like to say that Smash Brothers Online will be closing after Brawl is released. Why will the site be closing? Well there are alot of reasons.
1. Website Time
I am the only one who runs both the website and the message board. Ever since I attended college, started working, and have done other things in my personal life, it's becoming harder to keep up with the site. The reason why is because I have too much time on my hands with my personal life that I cannnot devote enough time to the website, so there are lack of updates. There have been lack of updates in the past year and have fallen behind alot. The message board has hundreds of submissions, and other things have to be fixed on the board.
2. Discussions
I dont see the point of keeping this site open after Brawl is released. I feel that the only purpose for this site after Brawl is released is to actually just discuss Smash Bros. in general, and discussing characters for the next game. When I first started this site, I wasent expecting to keep it open forever. Infact, I had no idea that this site would get so many hits all over the internet. I wont have time to run a website and discuss Smash Bros. at the same time. We also ran out of alot of characters as there is always tons of repeat submissions.
3. Personal Time
I want to focus more on my personal life. I have spent countless days, weeks, and months working on this site and I believe that if I keep working on the site and not focusing on my personal life, I wont get anything else accomplished. I have even pretty much almost quit playing video games ever since I turned 21.
4. Attacks and Raids
I would like to say that there is a change of plans on me selling the site. I will not be selling the website because I feel that whoever buys the site will eventually trash it. The only reason I wanted to sell the site to someone is so the site wouldnt completely shut down and all of our hard work would go away.
Another reason why I wont be selling SBO is because I feel that a Troll/Lamer will buy the site in order to trash it. SBO has been attacked by many members from other websites since 2005. Hundreds of people would raid the forums, and even spam Staff via IM or e-mail. Members from GameFAQs, Nsider, NewGrounds, Sega.com, YTMND, and lots of other sites would constantly raid the forums and cause massive Flame Wars which got out of control. I guess the reason why this site has been attacked alot is due to the information that was provided on this site. I feel that SBO caused itself alot of attention around the internet, and some gamers did not like the site since we had unofficial information, so many gamers would attack. SBO will not be sold to anyone and will just be shut down.
5. Other Projects?
Will I be working on any other projects besides SBO once it closes? I wont be making any more sites after SBO. If I do make another site in the future, it may just be a personal site or another small site. SBO is the biggest website I have ever owned since I used the internet. SBO has had over 800,000 page views according to the site's statistics. I've made other small sites such as Emulation Gaming, Text RolePlaying, Online Gaming Clans, and many other sites. I am very proud of SBO and the work I have put into it and I would say this was my biggest site ever. I also cant forget the people who helped submit content.
6. What's been happening
I turned 21 in June and I moved from Arizona to Wisconsin. I am planning on moving overseas in the future, as I plan to move back to New Zealand or Australia to live there.
So yeah, that's about it. I am sorry to dissapoint everyone but SBO will be closing next year, 2007. It's been fun working on this site, but I have to let it go since I am having trouble keeping it up. There was one time a lack of updates for 3 months, then another one for another 3 months. This site was only for fun and I did not want to make any promises of always keeping it open. I dont have time to manage the site and work on other things as it's almost impossible for me.
Do I have regrets of making SBO? No, actually I dont. I dont have regrets making SBO because I've had my fun, and now the fun must end. Even if all of this work goes down the drain, I really have no regrets for this as I cant keep the site open for the rest of my life. I will have more important matters that will cause me to sway away from managing SBO. I believe that SBO did very well and I think Nintendo and Konami saw this site and have had some ideas of what gamers wanted.
So where will you guys see me again? My original name on the internet is JoshCube, so you can search for me using that name. I had the name JoshCube before the GameCube came out, so I wont be changing my name to JoshWii or anything like that. JoshCube will stay the same as it is.
Anyways, thanks for visiting SBO and I bid farewell to everyone later on in 2007.
THIS SUCKS! SBO is still in maintenance mode, so I gues July 14th was the last day SBO was ever posted on.