Why There Haven't Been Any Updates

Sean P Kelly · 07-03-2010, 08:09 PM

I went for a trip in May, which threw me off my rhythm a bit.
I have been glued to the TV watching the World Cup
I've been doing some soul searching after my graduation and wondering about whether it is really worth it in the long run for me to continue the site

I haven't written off the site just yet and I am hoping to finally get around to updating within the next week or two.

Luigiman7 · 07-03-2010, 08:18 PM

*Any.

Glad to hear you're back.

**Valigarmander** · 07-03-2010, 08:49 PM

DOUBLE NEGATIVES

MeowMan · 07-03-2010, 11:39 PM

Just think.. If you quit.. NC will have to move again.

Metal Man · 07-04-2010, 02:38 AM

Technically I have that part covered.

Technically I too am unsure whether there's much point to continuing things, since it seems at best to be recycling old material endlessly and at worst being a Jay impostor.

Jay himself doesn't really care for how things have been, either. Poker. Pokerpokerpoker. Er, I mean, since SMBHQ has sort of become a hollowed-out-shell of what it was. I mean, just look at Nintendoland. Or TMK. Or MarioWiki. Or anywhere else.

SMBHQ was once the top place to be for community stuff, but stuff ran that off, and now it's just kind of an old site. Since the adjustments it no longer sucks to use, but... is just sort of old and outdated in spots. It just seems like we've all become too old to have much enthusiasm in it anymore, especially since...
* Nintendo no longer blatantly neglects most of the non-Mario characters
* Other sites, especially MarioWiki, have obliterated the need to catalog Mario information
* Sprite comics have come to be seen as out of fashion almost like Disco
* The fans who maintained sections have moved elsewhere
* New media like Twitter, Facebook, and so on have taken people's attention off of fan sites and onto fan groups on those sites instead
* Video stuff about Mario and other games have exposed all the little nifty secrets sites like SMBHQ once were the sole possessors of
* Those sites which persist utilize fully Web 2.0 PHP/SQL/blog post formats in order to post faster and spread their reach further
* The news section has recently gone silent
* No major site or people seem to be paying attention to the reviews that are being posted
* Site visits have fallen off from 60k, to 40k, to now leveling off somewhere around 30k

In essence, the age of websites like SMBHQ has pretty much come to a halt. If you want to be relevant, you have to post reviews and news. SMBHQ barely managed with two people, and those two people are busy. I, with the NC stuff, was a third column, but even I have sort of become disheartened at how... inactive it all is, and how I seem to just be making dim echoes of what Jay did.

After a point, it becomes a question of whether it's worth it to continue to ride the old, failing car or whether it should be allowed to retire with dignity. Keep up all the content, heck, keep up the ads...

But perhaps, if nothing else, let it rest until some passion can be found again, somewhere.

***CaptHayfever*** · 07-05-2010, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valigarmander

DOUBLE NEGATIVES

I can't get no satisfaction,
I can't get no update action...

And remember, "I-a can't get no! No, no, no!"

Perrin Aybara · 07-05-2010, 08:54 AM

I say retire them both. Archive the content but just let it fade into the mists of the internets. They're dead, jim.

-jay

Metal Man · 07-09-2010, 03:39 PM

More or less. Continued work is sort of futile, as either side is reaching a smaller and smaller audience as time goes by.

Redshirt · 07-09-2010, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perrin Aybara

I say retire them both. Archive the content but just let it fade into the mists of the internets. They're dead, jim.

-jay

MeowMan · 07-09-2010, 11:49 PM

I want NC to live.

Seanorry · 07-19-2010, 12:19 PM

This is pretty sad. Thinking back at all the good times I had with the sites, it almost brings me to tears. Do want you want with them, but make sure it's want you want to do.

Metal Man · 07-19-2010, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeowMan

I want NC to live.

NC was effectively dead somewhere around 2007, if not earlier. My attempts to make it live have mostly fallen upon dead ears--as in, most of the old fans are gone. I appreciate those who would want it to be active, and who continue to submit stuff, but ultimately, without an active community and Jay's sense of humor, I can't really claim it to be alive, even when I do update it.

Alph · 10-20-2010, 04:07 AM

Da na naaaa na na na na naaaa na na na naaaa na naaaaa....

Da na naaa na na na na naaa na na na na naaaaaa....

Every night in my dreams, I see you, I feel you..

That is how I know you go on...

Far across the distance and spaces between us you have come to show you go ooon...

Near...far...wherever you are, I believe that the heart does go oooon...

Once more you open the door, and you're here in my heart and my heart will go on and on...

Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime...

And never let go till we're gone....

Love was when I loved you...

One true time...

I hold to...

In my life we'll always...

Go oooon...

Near!

Far!

Wherever you are!

I believe that the heart does go ooooooon...

Once more, you open the door and you're here in my heart and my heart will go on and on...

Da na naaaa na na na na naaa....

You're here!

There's nothing I fear!

And I know that my heart will go on!

We'll...

stay...

Forever this way!

You are safe in my heart, and my heart will go on and on....

Sean P Kelly · 10-22-2010, 08:32 AM

Metal Man · 10-22-2010, 11:44 PM

That was weird, and I'm the person usually speaking about vorpal ice cream scoops as weapons.

Alph · 10-23-2010, 11:19 PM

I'll never let go, NC. I'll never let go.

thychaos · 11-07-2010, 03:07 AM

so ive known about this site since i was like...12? idk, but i found it a long ass time ago. used to go to this website all the time, and i just now made an account...too band its kind of pointless though, seems as if this site is almost dead now...sigh, i wish great things didnt have to fade.

07-03-2010, 08:09 PM	#1
Sean P Kelly Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Gender: Posts: 3,789 Thanks: 19 Thanked 58 Times in 46 Posts	Why There Haven't Been Any Updates I went for a trip in May, which threw me off my rhythm a bit. I have been glued to the TV watching the World Cup I've been doing some soul searching after my graduation and wondering about whether it is really worth it in the long run for me to continue the site I haven't written off the site just yet and I am hoping to finally get around to updating within the next week or two.

07-03-2010, 08:18 PM	#2
Luigiman7 ヽ(◔ ◡ ◔)ノ.･ﾟ*｡･+☆ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ~)´◡｀(~ Gender: Posts: 17,605 Thanks: 1,134 Thanked 1,012 Times in 713 Posts Blog Entries: 8	*Any. Glad to hear you're back. __________________ ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ＷＯＮ’Ｔ　ＹＯＵ　ＢＥＣＯＭＥ　Ａ　ＭＡＧＩＣＡＬ　ＧＩＲＬ？

07-03-2010, 11:39 PM	#4
MeowMan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Las Pegasus Gender: Posts: 6,606 Thanks: 849 Thanked 208 Times in 132 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Just think.. If you quit.. NC will have to move again. Last edited by MeowMan; 10-22-2010 at 04:26 PM.

07-04-2010, 02:38 AM	#5
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Technically I have that part covered. Technically I too am unsure whether there's much point to continuing things, since it seems at best to be recycling old material endlessly and at worst being a Jay impostor. Jay himself doesn't really care for how things have been, either. Poker. Pokerpokerpoker. Er, I mean, since SMBHQ has sort of become a hollowed-out-shell of what it was. I mean, just look at Nintendoland. Or TMK. Or MarioWiki. Or anywhere else. SMBHQ was once the top place to be for community stuff, but stuff ran that off, and now it's just kind of an old site. Since the adjustments it no longer sucks to use, but... is just sort of old and outdated in spots. It just seems like we've all become too old to have much enthusiasm in it anymore, especially since... * Nintendo no longer blatantly neglects most of the non-Mario characters * Other sites, especially MarioWiki, have obliterated the need to catalog Mario information * Sprite comics have come to be seen as out of fashion almost like Disco * The fans who maintained sections have moved elsewhere * New media like Twitter, Facebook, and so on have taken people's attention off of fan sites and onto fan groups on those sites instead * Video stuff about Mario and other games have exposed all the little nifty secrets sites like SMBHQ once were the sole possessors of * Those sites which persist utilize fully Web 2.0 PHP/SQL/blog post formats in order to post faster and spread their reach further * The news section has recently gone silent * No major site or people seem to be paying attention to the reviews that are being posted * Site visits have fallen off from 60k, to 40k, to now leveling off somewhere around 30k In essence, the age of websites like SMBHQ has pretty much come to a halt. If you want to be relevant, you have to post reviews and news. SMBHQ barely managed with two people, and those two people are busy. I, with the NC stuff, was a third column, but even I have sort of become disheartened at how... inactive it all is, and how I seem to just be making dim echoes of what Jay did. After a point, it becomes a question of whether it's worth it to continue to ride the old, failing car or whether it should be allowed to retire with dignity. Keep up all the content, heck, keep up the ads... But perhaps, if nothing else, let it rest until some passion can be found again, somewhere. Last edited by Metal Man; 07-04-2010 at 04:07 AM.

07-03-2010, 08:49 PM	#3
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	DOUBLE NEGATIVES

07-05-2010, 08:54 AM	#7
Perrin Aybara Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Alone....so terribly alone... Some... where... out... there... dies Gender: Posts: 12,760 Thanks: 194 Thanked 504 Times in 235 Posts	I say retire them both. Archive the content but just let it fade into the mists of the internets. They're dead, jim. -jay

07-09-2010, 03:39 PM	#8
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	More or less. Continued work is sort of futile, as either side is reaching a smaller and smaller audience as time goes by.

07-09-2010, 11:49 PM	#10
MeowMan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Las Pegasus Gender: Posts: 6,606 Thanks: 849 Thanked 208 Times in 132 Posts Blog Entries: 46	I want NC to live.

07-19-2010, 12:19 PM	#11
Seanorry Newbie Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Some random hole in my backyard. Gender: Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	This is pretty sad. Thinking back at all the good times I had with the sites, it almost brings me to tears. Do want you want with them, but make sure it's want you want to do.

10-20-2010, 04:07 AM	#13
Alph Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: MWAHAHAHHAHAHAAAA!!!ha. Gender: Posts: 1,364 Thanks: 30 Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts	Da na naaaa na na na na naaaa na na na naaaa na naaaaa.... Da na naaa na na na na naaa na na na na naaaaaa.... Every night in my dreams, I see you, I feel you.. That is how I know you go on... Far across the distance and spaces between us you have come to show you go ooon... Near...far...wherever you are, I believe that the heart does go oooon... Once more you open the door, and you're here in my heart and my heart will go on and on... Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime... And never let go till we're gone.... Love was when I loved you... One true time... I hold to... In my life we'll always... Go oooon... Near! Far! Wherever you are! I believe that the heart does go ooooooon... Once more, you open the door and you're here in my heart and my heart will go on and on... Da na naaaa na na na na naaa.... You're here! There's nothing I fear! And I know that my heart will go on! We'll... stay... Forever this way! You are safe in my heart, and my heart will go on and on....

10-22-2010, 08:32 AM	#14
Sean P Kelly Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Gender: Posts: 3,789 Thanks: 19 Thanked 58 Times in 46 Posts	...

10-22-2010, 11:44 PM	#15
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	That was weird, and I'm the person usually speaking about vorpal ice cream scoops as weapons.

10-23-2010, 11:19 PM	#16
Alph Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: MWAHAHAHHAHAHAAAA!!!ha. Gender: Posts: 1,364 Thanks: 30 Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts	I'll never let go, NC. I'll never let go.

11-07-2010, 03:07 AM	#17
thychaos Newbie Join Date: Nov 2010 Gender: Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	so ive known about this site since i was like...12? idk, but i found it a long ass time ago. used to go to this website all the time, and i just now made an account...too band its kind of pointless though, seems as if this site is almost dead now...sigh, i wish great things didnt have to fade.