After more than three months of semi-intensive preparation, testing, fixing and adjusting the import process, I'll finally be transitioning our boards to a new message board software for real. This blessed event is planned to take place this Friday (November 2, 2007). The transition will take approximately 8-10 hours to complete, during which time our current message boards will be closed for posting.

Once the transition is finalized, the old boards will be accessible solely as read-only archives, but you will still be able to access your profile and private messages to save them (http://www.sorcerers.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/18/1027.html). The new boards will be accessible at a different url, which will be posted on every page of the old boards, so you will all find your way there.

I'm not going to go into details about the new boards here since we'll deal with that on-site, but one thing to remember in advance is that on the new boards, you will log in with your PUBLICLY DISPLAYED NAME (PDN) used on the current boards instead of with your login name. The password will remain the same.

Special thanks go to the SPS account holders who have beta tested our new boards and the imports and provided me with valuable feedback to make the transition as smooth as possible!

Well, I for one am looking forward to when I can look back on the good ol' days of SP when we didn't have to deal with all this newfangled Board crap. :geezer: (Yes, you read that right - I want to look forward to looking back.)

:p

But seriously - the new Boards are going to be great. :thumb:

I am sitting here trying to think of an appropriate sacrifice to the god/dess of good fortune.

One question? Will FAI still be available? Eight to ten hrs (if all goes well) without SP may cause irreparable damage to my psyche.

Oh well, there's always Morrowind and my house needs a good cleaning.

:thumb: I agree with Splunge, the new Boards are going to be great.

Man, we need to have a countdown or something before the current BoM close!

Of course, FAI will still be here. ;) Nothing except the board platform will change.

Ooooooooh this is exciting. It feels like a new beginning. "Everything old is new again" and all that.

Hm, I'm wondering if the RBP will get reset back to #1 after the move :D

Hm, I'm wondering if the RBP will get reset back to #1 after the move And crush Beren's hope to start #100. NO WAY! :shake:

Looking forward for the new boards :thumb:

From what I've already seen in the beta tests, the new borads are going to look sexy. I'm really looking forward to all the new features. :thumb:

Yay for upgrades! :banana: :rolling:

Will the post count reset itself :hmm:

No; all the threads, posts, forums and member data will transfer over, though certain things like profile pictures will need to be reset.