Guys, this is not the "end of an era." I'm all for the emotional attachment that comes with this thread too, and I'll be sad if there's some kind of way that it can't eventually be imported (definitely not any time soon). But the new board system? That's AMAZING. It's fantastic. Many IGNers are already over there and loving it. When's the last time the community said they loved ANY of the changes that have happened to these boards recently? Exactly. IGN is doing it right this time. They have an engineering staff of 30+ that are working on all different aspects, to make sure that it's what the community wants and expects. It's full of awesome powerful features, both for users and mods alike. No more needing a firefox plugin - YouTube videos can/will embed directly into posts. Better poll options (ability to keep results hidden, ability to have a multi-select poll), the list goes on.
And the spam stuff here, that literally would take me the majority of one day to clean up at this point. And... I've got a day job. But on the new boards, it's three clicks and not only is a spammer banned, but their IP is banned and ALL of their posts are deleted. Bam. Done.
So yeah, I get that it's sad about this thread. But seriously, if you haven't yet, check out the new boards - http://www.ign.com/boards/ - They're looking fantastic and I can't wait to hang out with you guys there.
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