Agreeing with pretty much everyone else here - yes, working on expanding SG’s influence in competitive tourneys is important, but at the same time a lot of skullgirls is focused upon online already, and SRK’s the closest we have to a hub for Skullgirls activity, so we’re still scattered online, with our biggest hub a section of a much larger fighting game forum. Considering the kind of attention Skullgirls has right now, this is the time to act if we’re going to get a site up.
I wish that actually worked 
I have an answer but I don’t know if I can tell you just yet.
If only they allowed ASCII characters in URIs, I would totally buywww.( ’ - ’ )7.com , lol.
As nice as GMNeko’s offer is, I’d rather we had our own hosting account/server simply because I once had an IPB forum that somehow wiped the entire account it was on, and if we grow big enough we’ll eventually have to mover to a new server anyway. But really, thanks.
@Blandaid, I agree that the biggest thing SG needs is a bigger actual scene, but I also think that now is a pretty good time to set up a separate forum. As much as I enjoy posting on SRK (though not necessarily reading it, lol), I can’t help feeling that the community is a little schizophrenic at the moment, divided between several forums yet without one to really call ‘home’. Also, it’s not just about forums - the site could eventually serve as a hub for other content as well (galleries, wikis, news, etc.).
EDIT: OK, it looks like we’re looking at about $350 for hosting and a vBulletin license. I’m not going to lie, that’s more money than I can afford to shell out on my own at the moment. Any ideas?
If any smash player is looking to get into the game, I can definitely get you caught up with the basics and then-some. Just message me on here or smashboards (iLink).
It would probably be best if you had the ps3 version so I could actually play and show you, but if you are good at reading and applying, 360 works too.
Man, I am still exhausted and my sleep schedule is pretty fucked up. I wanted to make one last post over here before I vanish from the SRK (only to come back for maybe EVO.) It was a pretty intense race at the end there. Number 13, I’m curious to know how much of that last Skullgirls snipe you were involved with because it far exceeded my expectations. I was just as shocked as you guys were when I saw Melee shoot ahead. Between the WePay site screwing up for both of us and the many times where it wouldn’t show the updated amount, I thought you guys were ahead of us at 75k while we were still at 67k. We’re trying to get some breakdowns of the Smash donations over on Smashboards and we’ve only found about a half of our final push. (Before some of you get your hopes up, I’d say the money accounted for is more than enough to hold the contest so I don’t think any assholes taking back their amounts will change the results. Sorry.)
That being said, I’m so glad to see so many Smashers and Skullgirls fans shaking hands now that this was over. I’ve heard from some of you that there were trolls from Smashboards stinking up your chat during the final minutes and I’m sorry for that. As soon as we won, I made sure to come over to your stream and congratulate you guys on the money raised and I know I saw some of you do the same for us. I hope to hear about some good mingling between our two communities at EVO and it’d be cool if some of you gave Melee a shot for their tournament. I’m sure some Smashers there will be willing to do the same. I can’t say that this whole competition peaked my interest in Skullgirls only because I was already very interested. Had Melee not been in the running, I would have been rooting for you guys. I hope you guys get a good forum together because when the PC version comes out and I finally join your community, I’m not gonna want to keep using this place. XD (It takes forever to load and it smells.)
Sayonara, Skullgirls.
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WEPAY! [/troll]
Is that per year?
Not exactly. A vBulletin license is a once-off $250, and hosting is about $70/year or $120 for 3 years. Also eventually we’d want to look at getting a custom theme made, but that’s low on the priority list.
Also want to say GHNeko’s server is pretty reliable if you guys are willing to take up his offer.
IMO
A SG dedicated forum isn’t warranted right now. We’re not split up and scattered, we’re small. It would be effort better spent on other things. Let’s build our size up first because, if you haven’t noticed, most fighting game sites are dedicated to multiple games, even if it is the same franchise.
Some should volunteer to help Chibi out with the Canopy Kingdom blog/news site at least.
SRK will fix this server problems soonish iirc.
It’s not piggybacking when you’re at tourneys with other games or inviting other games, it’s splitting the bill. Venues want more people, hotels want more rooms booked. It’s a symbiotic relationship, not a parasitic one. In your area, I’m sure there’s local meetups or people wanting to meet up for other games. Ask those scenes if you can bring a setup or invite them to yours, you might get a deal on the location if you can bring a lot of people.
This is about community I guess…
I’m calling all the Egrets to report to the HQ, more specifically to the Princess’ website. Report to her by reading her briefing and leaving a comment.
Roll out!
http://erinfitzvo.com/thank-you-to-the-entire-skullgirls-community
Ok.
There is an official forum in the works. In fact it’s still sitting there. It was planned to be open with the release of the patch.
Until Microsoft delayed matters on their side. So basically until the patch is released for the 360 the forum can’t be opened as well everyone knows the forum will be filled to the brim of people asking ‘When’s the 360 patch coming? Is it done? Is it here yet?’ over and over.
That’s about it. We have a forum / site, we’re just waiting on the 360 patch to roll out.
Well on the forum front that leaves us with three options
Wait indefinitely for the 360 patch and the official forum to open
Not wait and start our own forum
Or convince Mike Z/them to open the official forum now before the 360 patch
If we do decide to just wait for the official forum, we should focus on trying to get more Skullgirl tourneys/hotspots started
MS putting a hold on everything…
It’d be easier if the official forum was just opened up. SG having it’s own forum wont segment the community much if at all since a vast majority of the users would probably enjoy an official site and forum lead by the team themselves.
Wow. So much hangs in the balance due to the 360 patch.
Good god, Microsoft.
And with the leaked colors on EU PSN, M$ has even more ammo to work with. ffs M$. -_-
God dammit M$…WHY
Why is the 360 patch held up anyway? I know I’ve read it somewhere but I can’t remember.