Insert Credit Forums Remake
February 2024
state of the forum address
Welcome to the first Insert Credit Forums Remake! Sorry for posting this a bit late; let’s uh, call it growing pains, uh… Hopefully this whole thing will make enough sense on its own, but in short: the goal is to be a newspaper, periodical-type thing posted every month,* summarizing the forum’s activities and ongoings, with some fun and shenanigans woven in. This being inaugural, I’ll explain what each section is for. (*I suspect the exact date will vary with my, uh, ability to not procrastinate, but I’ll aim for some time within the first 3 days of each month)
So, that covered, what exactly did happen here in this gosh-danged, hecked-up place??
Forum Clubs
This section will detail what each club is up to, as well as what new clubs may have opened in the prior month.
- The monthly game club played
Megaman Legends 2 last month; opinions seemed mixed, with participants finding the game lovely and disappointing in different regards. - This month’s game is
Gribbly's Day Out, a Commodore 64 title with a wonderfully British name, in which you rescue Gribblets while avoiding the monster Seon. - A WARP ZONE game club has been started for
LINDA^3, now that an english patch of the game has been released. There’s some high expectations going in,LINDA^3 having built up a reputation, but will it meet them? - captain has started a special
club that will be playing through Persona 3 in accordance with the in-game calendar; it won’t start until April 6/7, but you can sign up now.
LOCAL FORUM USER WINS FROLF TOURNAMENT
If someone on the forums has done something fun deserving of mention, I might do a one off section about it! The World Frolfing Federation tournament was held on leap day, with the aim of proving who the world’s best Ribbit King player is. The competition was intense, and the frogs leaped far, but in the end, the winner was none other than local forum user Funbil! Congratulations!
Thread Spotlight
In this section, I’ll spotlight an older thread.
This month’s thread is Let me tell you about Panekit! In it, MDS-02 wrote a wonderful introduction and overview for the obscure Playstation title Panekit. Not only is the game incredibly interesting, with complex sandbox systems predating many contemporary games, but MDS-02’s passion clearly shines through the in the depth of their coverage. Perhaps this thread would be interesting to revisit now that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has released; it and Panekit seem to have many parallels.
Gossip Corner
This section is an outlet to anonymously toss some goss… the forum just has so many rumours going around, so much hidden drama… whether it’s true, or whether it’s not, well, that hardly matters, does it? It’s all about the allure of the secret…
It’s very possible user MoH is an independently wealthy globe trotting playboy
Sources who are close to them have confirmed that forum user billy is in fact living a double life–their real name is in fact William
An elusive forum poster is organizing the King of Iron Post tournament soon, and all posters will be invited to compete
A prominent forum user who shall go unnamed has a third nipple… and it’s NOT who you think it is… because THEY actually LIED about having a third nipple (their climactic battle to the death is scheduled for a release window of Q1 of 2025–Please look forward to it!)
*The Insert Credit Forums Remake does not take responsibility for any of the claims made in the Gossip Corner
New Threads
This section will list all the new threads of the last month, with a short summary of each. I’ll skip over the threads for episodes and game clubs; episode threads, because discussion usually dies down after a week given the weekly nature of the podcast, and game clubs, because I already mentioned them.
This month: wizards, piracy, snacks, Playstation 2, and more!
- Reccomendations for PS1 and 2 games for PAL region that are cheap?
Recommend some cheap PS2-playable PAL games for newcomer Jade Fae, and the forum at large (also, to see the exact same way i typo recommend every single time without autocorrect) - Gimme Wizards
Give safety_lite (and the rest of us) some spell-flingin’, potion-brewin’, broom-flyin’ wizards (and other magic-usin’ folk)! - The Insert Credit Snacktime Thread
HeavenlyHalberd wants us to talk about what we munch and nibble on. - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Discussion & Speculation Thread (SPOILERS)
captain splits off from the Final Fantasy thread to create a space to discuss the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Rebirth freely. - anyone in sydney? i’m having a experimental games party on saturday!
Well, I think this event, ran in part by newcomer dinopoke, already happened, but it looks to have been pretty cool! - The Visual Thread
yeso starts a thread to share neat video game (and video game-adjacent) artwork; only “The Good Stuff.” - ‘Next objective randomiser’ aka the Jaffe method
Inspired by the Insert Credit Show Audio Magazine’s host, docky kicks off a discussion about the concept, and experiences of, randomly selecting goals and choices in video games. - “I Need to do X before I can do Y”
dixego asks about our compulsions to do things, like reading books or playing games, in a certain order. - The Ninth Art (that being comics)
connrrr opens up a place to talk about comics of all sorts not covered by existing threads. - Tomb Raider Remastered and Tank Controls
Newcomer Uli is a fan of tank controls in the Tomb Raider remasters, and wonders if you are too? - Cool Mastodon Accounts and Posts
Forum mod antilese announces the new Insert Credit Forums Mastodon account, and invites us to share other cool accounts. - a monthly insert credit forum news periodical?
the thread where i suggested this whole ordeal, to which you all said “sure,” and offered some feedback. i hope this meets any expectations that thread created… - Interesting Anti-Piracy Protection/Screens
hellomrkearns encourages us all to break copyright law and share the most interesting anti-piracy measures in games. - Depictions of Buddhism in games
saddleblasters wants us to share examples of Buddhism in video games (though I’m not sure whether the Buddha would play them…) - What does [INSERT GAME NAME] smell like?
A thread started by whatsarobot for all the imaginative sniffers (and everyone else) out there, to share what they think games smell like.
Thank you for reading this inaugural post! Hopefully you enjoyed it or found it to be useful or some other form of net positive, at least. I know there’s still some stuff I have to figure out, and some things I might change for the next one; as well, I’m very open to feedback, about anything from the style, structure, content, or anything else regarding this idea; please let me know if you think this should be done differently!
Oh wait, there is one thing left…
Unofficial Forum Mascot for the Month
This forum is great and all… but we have no one to represent us! No one to point to and say “that’s our guy!” No one to stand in for us in the grand arena of the greater internet!
That’s where this section comes in. The first four forum-members who DM, private discussion, or otherwise secretly contact me with their pick for what fictional character should be the forum’s unofficial mascot for the next month, will have their pick put in a poll, like this one:
Lying Down Merchant, from Final Fantasy 7
Place your vote now!
31/10/2024 edit: here are the results from a screenshot i took before the forum switched to flarum:
