Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

[noname219]

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We need to use a ouija board for that.

[Razor]

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I'm salty that my @flashflashrevolution.com email doesn't work anymore.

Whatever happened to that? :/

From what I gather so far, Synth just needs to hand over the site to the staff that are willing to improve it and keep it alive, rather than treating it as "not my problem" ~_~

[bmah]

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Where can Synthlight be contacted? This is starting to sound like a vitally important matter.

Zageron and a select few have his cell # for texting purposes. I can recall several instances in which Synthlight has failed to respond to even that - and he is typically contacted when the site has serious downtime issues. I have his Skype, but he appears extremely sporadically.

Latest opportunity would've been a potential one-on-one meeting with him and Zageron in Vancouver during an apparent conference trip, but Synth never ended up travelling there.

Trust me - we've definitely tried to contact him. Unfortunately it's entirely up to Synthlight to respond at all. We all understand that he has a busy outside life, but if he claims that FFR is his baby, we definitely deserve a bit more personal maintenance.

[Xiz]

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Zageron and a select few have his cell # for texting purposes .... and he is typically contacted when the site has serious downtime issues.

Perhaps this should be considered a serious issue then. It might be time to let him know "Hey, it's time to pass down the reigns" or something along that nature. However everyone needs to be on board for this to happen.

[choof]

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ironically thirdstyle was created because of a few of these issues and everyone hates it

[lurker]

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the fact of the matter is that anyone who tries to start a serious "jump ship" movement, even though ffr is CLEARLY going nowhere, is going to look like an asshole to a lot of people on this site

[bmah]

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Perhaps this should be considered a serious issue then. It might be time to let him know "Hey, it's time to pass down the reigns" or something along that nature. However everyone needs to be on board for this to happen.

That has already been suggested to him I believe. Have yet to hear his thoughts on that matter. Our site's direction is quite frankly tied up by his decisions/lack of decisions. It really isn't as simple as concluding incompetence being the main factor that's hindering progress. If it was, then we could come up with an action plan that could take effect immediately. Reality? The site needs Synth.

[gold stinger]

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It's sent off to an email no one can currently access.

You guys could have gotten tons of DMCA notices by now and no one knows because synthlight is inactive.

Cool.

[Charu]

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ironically thirdstyle was created because of a few of these issues and everyone hates it

I didn't like it because their game took out C-mods pretty much, lmao.

Also, if the underlying problem of why this website can not continue to improve and could be on the verge of being offline for good is because of the founder and creator of the website... eeeeeeh...

If people don't feel like leaving and want to continue to use this website, I'd imagine you guys would have to make separate domains to host content. We can already play files others have made on different domains via thanks to awesome arc using the game from this domain. Why not just move said content just like that and rewrite code so your stats and everything will still remain intact and recorded?

...I feel like someone already suggested that some time ago, but eehh... throwing it out there.

Also, if the forums are a big part of the space issue, move the forum... to a different domain. I mean I can see no other way.

But my suggestion is only if you guys can't persuade Synthlight to do SOMETHING for the website.

[mr_candy]

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As it stands, no one person runs the site, most staf are split into 2 groups. Content/Event and Developers


Synthlight is the sole owner of the site and won't give up access to the backend (Server/cPanel/etc) even after several requests from Zag & myself.
I don't think I would even take the site if it was given to me.


Unknown and supposedly.
We're still using the same HDD on the server since 2006 with our amazing 80gb of space. The site has gone down so many times in the last few months because we've run out of space. As it stands we have about 3gb left before the server crashes for it's final time. Synth apparently had a new server and new HDD for the last several years but has never gotten around to ever installing it.


There's no money in FFR anywhere beyond that donation drive for the tournament/prize/whatever it was. Everyone basically does there job either because they want to or they enjoy it. That or they have nothing better to do and only keep doing it because they are the only one who knows how the backend even works.



No one looks out from FFR in a legal standpoint from what I can tell. Even if we received a DMCA, I don't even know where it would go. Hell, beyond PMing admins on the site, I don't even know if we have an email that we supposedly check.


Most Admin/Mod positions are debated on by bmah, Sky Kitten, OWA, Halogen, Sprite, arcnmx, emerald, Myself.


FFR doesn't have a leadership in any sense of the word. People basically have a single task and unless you ask them what's happening, the going ons of staff members are a complete mystery to even other staff members. Things like our apparent new monthly updates are half a surprise to me unless Prawn is unable to make the change himself and requires help.


I'm very salty about how things have turned out over the years, though I'm partially to blame.

Mod status is also basically for show and gives barely anything. Though that was mainly due to Zageron redoing the entire forum layout/permissions.

Developer status is also pointless since beyond Max, the rest are admins and just fuels our ego trip.

Working on FFR is like trying to revive a dead person, regardless of the amount of work put into it, you aren't getting anywhere unless you get a new person to take the place of the old. It doesn't help that large changes are basically impossible.

Pretty much what i thought, it's a damn shame.

So in a nutshell, nothing going to happen until synth either relinquishes ownership, or gives full control to someone.

*Psst* Admins, go make a ffr2 and we'll all come to it.

[hi19hi19]

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Thanks for the answers Velocity.

*Psst* Admins, go make a ffr2 and we'll all come to it.

Please no.
This has happened many times before (R2, Keybeat, Thirdstyle) and each time it's either epically failed or torn the userbase in two.

The only logical thing to do is to get this site under the control of someone who checks in more than every 4 months and establish leadership, revive the company structure, etc. etc.
Trying to save it by all jumping ship at once to a new site has never worked, and it probably never will for a few social-psychological reasons.

[andy-o24]

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Let's all get jobs at Wiredtree and complain to Synth in person.

-o24

[mr_candy]

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yeah hihih but sadly i don't think that'll ever be happening:/

[Kraezymann]

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It's nice to see everyone coming together to make a step forward for the community though!

[Xiz]

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The only logical thing to do is to get this site under the control of someone who checks in more than every 4 months and establish leadership, revive the company structure, etc. etc.
Trying to save it by all jumping ship at once to a new site has never worked, and it probably never will for a few social-psychological reasons.

This.


Those who have direct access to Synth might be the key in order to get this done. However, what exactly needs to be said/done is something I am not sure of.
Perhaps if we get every admin (current and past) on board, and have everyone come together and let him know that something needs to change, something might happen.

(still spit-balling here)