Originally Posted by sencho (Post 799212)

No go here. Still hitting the infernal paywall.

Originally Posted by vincent_richter (Post 799214)

Just so you know, there is a "Free Account" option in the Membership Type drop-down.

Originally Posted by Urza_101 (Post 799279)

has anyone gotten word from them that they are fixing it?

Originally Posted by sencho (Post 799216)

Especially after an acquisition like this - they bought the BEA knowing this was an open feature so getting cute and hiding it behind accounts means they don't want our continued patronage.

Originally Posted by catfish27 (Post 799286)

(Me, I occasionally visited the BEArchive even before the Addventure existed -- gosh, I'm old.)

Originally Posted by sencho (Post 799289)

But the real measure is if you remember Acotto's FTP site. :)

Originally Posted by sencho (Post 799289)

But the real measure is if you remember Acotto's FTP site. :)

Originally Posted by SoylentOrange (Post 799313)

Here's the link to the "Please don't be morons" thread about the Addventure on the BEA. Might be worth adding your voice to the chorus:

http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?topic=9996577.0

Originally Posted by Sutibaru (Post 799324)

RIP addventure. Even if you aren't technically dead, having a login screen to even view it will result in a sharp drop of contribution and essentially walls off new people from discovering it.

CYOC is a decent alternative but it's clearly more focused on transformation.

Originally Posted by brickware (Post 799325)

I have been trying to do that but the confirmation email never arrives despite repeated attempts. Not quite sure what to do about that.

Originally Posted by OhZone (Post 799326)

Look at your junk folder?

Originally Posted by vincent_richter (Post 799336)

Are they allergic to money?

Originally Posted by BotComics

Hi again and sorry for the delay answering, but as somebody suggested, we don't work on weekends.

I took all the necessary time to read your comments carefully.

We CARE about your comments and we will reconsider our decision to see what's the best for the majority of the community. It could mean not for all, but for the majority.

Some definitions and answers to void any speculation:

1. I am the Marketing Manager of BotComics, Inc. We are also owners of BEArchive and I work here since 2011. I am not some newbie playing around with your loved 20 year old website. BUT I have to recognize, I am not as familiar with BEArchive as I am with the comics websites, so all your feedback is valuable to me. If we need to reverse some decision because we see that's the best for the majority of the community, we will do it.

2. When we added the registration and login requirement to access Addventure it wasn't done because of the traffic or the publicity. When we designed the login/registration process it was for bearchive.com. What happened with Addventure was completely accidental. We never expected to disturb the community.

3. We are a small group of people managing a significant number of projects and despite reading and accepting some of your recommendations we can't just implement all the solutions immediately. We have limited human and economical resources and we can't do everything at the same time.

4. It will take some time for us to fix some problems and behaviors of the website. Maybe a week or two. In the meantime, I kindly ask for your patience and understanding.

5. We are evaluating the solution proposed by Adama "Open to view, register to post".

I'll keep you posted with a new post on this thread.

Have a great day.

Mariano

Originally Posted by PyroWildcat (Post 799369)

Yeah, that makes me confused about where his reply on page 3 came from. Is this saving face or was it all really just a misunderstanding?

Either way, glad we dodged a bullet here. Here's hoping that the login thing gets fixed soon, but I might as well put up the episodes I had been sitting on while waiting for this to be undone.

Originally Posted by BillPratt (Post 799379)

Tonnes of Star Wars, OhZone. Tonnes of it.

Originally Posted by OhZone (Post 799376)

"Put up?" You mean you have some additions to make? Is there any SW? It needs more SW!

Originally Posted by MadmanDarkHeretic (Post 799484)

Seems like it's really shrunk in population, but going to the link earlier in the thread does get in without any login check that I've seen? Maybe it was wandering the bea earlier looking at it.

Originally Posted by Cilansis (Post 799211)

Just wanted to post that the Addventure is back up. It's now at http://old.bearchive.com/~addventure/