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  MythicParty

  Posts: 78 August 2008

  http://www.enworld.org/articles/Gleemax_is_Dead/6908
  Congratulations to Micah, Ryan, & the entire OP Community. I've been absent for quite a bit (our new website) but I'm very happy to be the messenger on this. Go Darwinism!
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  dm_punks

  Posts: 18 August 2008

  Whoa. Kudos to Micah & Ryan, and to all of us!
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  MythicParty

  Posts: 78 August 2008

  Hmmm. Micah's & FemmeLegions's posts in this thread are both gone. Conspiracy?!
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  FemmeLegion

  Posts: 521 August 2008

  This was during that database hiccup.
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  MythicParty

  Posts: 78 August 2008

  Which was caused by Gleemax: http://forums.obsidianportal.com/forums/1/topics/450
  :)
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  Micah

  Posts: 894 August 2008

  Heh, wish I could blame them for our own stupidity... ;)
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  ajb47

  Posts: 21 August 2008

  I'm a little confused.
  
  Did OP beat WotC because OP *does* everything Gleemax was *supposed* to do? Because, then I get it.
  
  But it sounds like there was some sort of declared rivalry and I don't remember hearing about it.
  
  AJ
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  redstar

  Posts: 119 August 2008

  bq. I’m a little confused.
  Did OP beat WotC because OP does everything Gleemax was supposed to do? Because, then I get it.
  But it sounds like there was some sort of declared rivalry and I don’t remember hearing about it.
  AJ
  
  Don't question it! OP wins!
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  FemmeLegion

  Posts: 521 August 2008

  Hi vermilion,
  
  I don't ever remember hearing the PTB saying "we're gonna outdo Gleemax". Again, I was always under the impression that Gleemax was strictly going to be focused on WotC/Hasbro products, which would mean OP was not strictly competition since they were platform-neutral.
  
  And technically it's hard to claim that OP "defeated" Gleemax because nowhere in the official announcement did WotC/Hasbro say the site was abandoned because there were other sites available to fill the void. Granted, they have nothing to gain and potentially plenty to lose by so saying, so it's not surprising they didn't, but it still makes it hard to decisively claim "victory". We OP-fen will just do it anyway. ;)
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  ajb47

  Posts: 21 August 2008

  I've only been here since the end of March, so that's why I wasn't sure about some sort of open rivalry, so that is what was confusing me. And it seems there was none, so I am no longer confused.
  
  I have an account on WotC forums and I was there long before the Gleemax announcement. At least the first several messages about the forums migrating to Gleemax said that the site was supposed to be for *any* RPG, and I think it was supposed to be some sort of Facebook for gamers. I always thought the interface for the site was crappy. I went to college for computer programming and worked in the field for several years before becoming a stay-at-home dad and I couldn't easily figure out how to do just about anything on that site. And the forums were a lot slower once they moved them.
  
  So, um, yeah. OP is light years ahead of what Gleemax was doing. At least in my humble opinion.
  
  AJ