RKMBs Forums .::Important::. Fortress of Awesome Chat legitimizing the rkmbs, aka introducing MightyGeek.com

long ago, as the hero of time, i sought after ideas to legitimize the rkmbs. not simply by marrying the bitch after i knocked her up, but moreso in the realm of converting the landscape into an ezine; a collection of things for other intraweb folks to read.

for many, many reasons, this was a horrific disaster. none of those reasons involved the content, or the providers of said content - it's simply a culture mix. y'can't force these boards to be anything they're not: a brooding and corrupt haven of malcontent. that's why we all came here, and that's why we all come back.

but still, i long (long!) for the concept of this legitimate front. and that, in an "alfred-talking-to-batman-and-casually-uttering-a-key-word-that-solves-the-problem" type way, is the key: a front. i'm going to give this whole shebang a whirl again, but not trying to mess around with the heinous perfection that these forums are. these boards will stay as is; nothing will change. rather, i've built a front; a new portal, with glistening sheen and a sparkle of happiness and cleanliness. in other words: an actual website-looking website. the goal is to become a IGN / UGO / MANIA / SOMEOTHERSITE type of site, which these boards essentially are, except for all the proverbial doing of one anothers moms.

minus that taint, the new site's content will be the same thing we love here: comics, tv, video games, movies, boobies, and other such things that all fellow geeks love mightily. quite aptly, i've named it thusly: mightygeek.com.

i've spent the past few months nerdily learning new technologies in my thousands of never-ending side projects, and have pieced things together on an alpha build. my hope is to have it polished off to a working-beta within another few weeks. after that? the quest is off and running, with a triforce at stake.

why post this here? especially with the golf and pariahbots waiting with their pre-programmed responses? i post this as an invitation to join. there's no pressure, no need, and nothing required. i don't get a million dollars, or even a single dollar, if you'd like to be a part. i've just always enjoyed the idea of putting something together like this, and i quite honestly find a limitless amount of inspiration from folks upon these forums who share my similar geeky interests.

why would you give a(n additional) fuck? sometimes, i know, each of you has a neato idea or a story to tell or a claim to make or a topic to create that, for reasons learned, you decide to either half-ass post, or worse, not post at all. the advantage of mightygeek.com is that you'll get your soap box. you'll get the opportunity to explain why doctor who is the greatest tv show ever. or the gayest. why the NBA will never have a 2012 season. why the DC reboot is the worst thing to happen to comics. why cena should turn heel. any of those topics that you truly want to tell, you'll now be able to. on a site that looks professional, is professional, has a legit following, and, most importantly, does what any good website should do: makes your opinion (look) more valid than everyone else's. now you're the jackass at a site who ranked "halloween" over "friday the 13th" in the all-time horror movie top 10 list.

oh, well, there's also the perks of lots of free swag from studios (video games, blu-rays, comics, posters, etc.) a revenue-sharing pay-per-post type scenario, and other niceities. that's all down the line, but a short line all lined up and inline. line.

so, yeah, like i said, feel no pressure to do anything. the sites not nearly ready yet, anyway. i honestly just wanted to put it out there, share, and purchase cheap golf clubs. if its of interest, awesome. if not, then i fucked your mom. and she was awful.

MightyGeek? Let's raid their forum!

This looks cool. I've been thinking about doing one-word pre-judging reviews of the 52 relaunch titles (I predict lots of "mehs") but didn't think any website was stupid enough to publish.

I am in full support of this idea. It's just moral support, but I am giving it in full.

Joined.

I'm in.

Gob, a legitimate question: If someone joins, can that person use the entries to hawk affiliate links?

Nothing too blatantly sploggish, though. A real honest to goodness article written by a person wanting to inform people, but with some chosen keywords containing a link to say, an amazon product.

(e.g. the direction of links going from an article repository > mightygeek > affiliate products.)

I joined. Sorry,guys.

Rob, I changed my mind. I'm out.

P.S.

Please remove the math question. It's too hard.

It's a great looking site. However, I get the feeling that Rob's post, protestations to the contrary, is his way of telling us this board is soon being taken to a wonderful farm upstate where it can romp and play forever and forever.

I joined your damn site. I hope you're fucking happy.

I'm in, especially if G-Man's theory is true...as it applies to him and Wonder Boy. Enjoy your farm!!!

(Too mean?)

i'm actually undecided as to whether i'd link a new forum to that site, somehow connect it to this site for use as a forum, or just go the forum-less comment route, which is where it's at now.



that's just the kinda stuff i'm thinking. stupid, funny, informative, etc. things that don't really have a great place elsewhere. we could mix formal, standard deep-site reviews with blog-style, punchy, quick thoughts. make whatever we want out of it.



i don't really see why not. i think i'd want to see more specifically what you're referring to, but as long as it's slyly mentioned within content and not an infomercial, seems fine to me.



still tweaking. the end result will have a structure more similar to another site of mine, toonbarn.com. not with all the goofy, cartoon idiocy, just referencing the actual core templates. (and, for the record, that's another site anyone is free to join in as a contributor, if you're also gay for animation)



no death. these boards will live on as an independent entity (unless in someway joined, as mentioned above).



at mightygeek, we welcome all types of death farm commentary!

that's the other thing - everyone is also obviously welcome to join as a reg'lar member, in addition to a writer. one or the other, both, or neither; the latter resulting in mom fucking.

well, after the initial "oh, here we go again" response to reading the thread title, this actually is a pretty good idea. I have a lot of irons in the fire and this would be a good spot to push them.

change. evolve. move forward.

I'll be round.

ok, i've thus far converted all the registered accounts to "contributors". this means, in addition to reading everything on the site, you'll also have the ability to write. if you don't want to, you don't have to - and if you flat out want me to un-contributor your name, i can do that, that's easy.

however, if you DO like the idea, read on...!

when you log in, there should now be this horrifically ugly gray bar spanning the top of the page. one of the first few options in that bar is ADD NEW. click on that, then select "POST" from the drop down.

that will take you to the main posting interface. from here, you'll be able to enter all your garbage - it's a wordpress backend, so if you've used that before, you know the drill. if you haven't, its honestly not that different from posting here, except a bit better and easier.

feel free to putz around, get used to all the different features and options and such. nothing you post will go live to the site, it instead goes to an admin queue, where i can review, make edits, then post through. not that id ever change content - i'll just fix stuff if its broken, or add purdier pictures, change the schedule of when the post goes live, or other fruity things. however, in the meantime, you can just try stuff for the sake of trying it.

you can add images by uploading them through the interface - no need to worry about hosting or ftp. you can add youtube videos and similar share-media sites with ease, as well - typically just by posting the URL in the article. you can also completely customize the interface - dragging the little blocks around, or even deleting them, if they're in your way.

most of the rest is self explanatory, but feel free to ask if you don't know what you're looking at. the backend is a little slow, because its still on a testing server, so once i have it all purdied to be a live site, everything will be faster.

TL; DR

Just joined!



Liar!

Apparently adding a google+ button makes advertisers very happy. Also, a google+invite from someone here would also make me happy.

I could probably add something to the site. Probably an article on how Doctor Who is better than Rob Kamphausen. It will be lengthy, but unlike sex with Rob, quite satisfying...

I'm torn between "That's what she said..." and making the obvious joke about the amount of research you put into arriving at that conclusion.

Two things:
1.Somebody already has my username.This is unacceptable.
2.Is there some sort of bowling trophy involved?

I signed up just to have another website I can log into once every few weeks post twice and disappear again.

hah - really?




i am working on an achievements system, which could include bowling-trophy-shaped notices. but that's a down-the-line type event.

Really,really....delete this poser.

Kill the false Allan!! There is only one, true Allan1 !!

Are you worshiping false allans, Rob?

You need to fix the login prompt Gob.

yar, there's a good deal of wonkiness left. i'll be anniversarying in and out (uh huhuhuh) over the next few days/weeks, but i'd say all should be polished up nicely by the middle of august. the site, too!

in the meantime, everyone free free to start adding your posts. even if you're just queuing them up or testing out ideas. once the improved site goes live, everything taht is there now will be carried over and improved in the new world!

What the fuck is this shit?

That's pretty close to disapproval, Rob. You may just have a hit on your hands.

its like the internet just smiled!

If Rob's new site gets hacked due to Rob's shitty security, only then will Pariah like it.

At any rate,all is well and fixed.I also purchased new golf clubs.

I really should continue that one day.....

if only there were a new creative website to use as an outlet...

Just sent one playing around. Probably do more of this during the weekend to get a feel for the software.