Mr. House Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 What do you use the Archives for? I use them to review past RPGs and RPG characters, and to remember their names. Though recently, its been giving me some trouble. Quote I occasionally return to BZP for a nostalgic trip back. Hit me up on discord if you need anything. BZPRPG Characters that I will possibly revive, Mons-Shajs-Tarotrix-Aryll Vudigg-Jorruk Yokin-Senavysh Angavur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitoshura Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Some of it was down since February because of some stupid hack. I (used to) use it for a reference thing of older stuff that I missed. Quote profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonesiii Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 (edited) Searching for GregF posts, and -- prior to fishers64 posting her complete archive -- PM quotes. Incidentally, you can still search many things in the archives by using google, and opening cache versions of the pages (hover mouse over the little arrow to the right of each search result; if a cache version is available it'll say so in the popup there). Include "site:Bzpower.com" in your search along with the search terms. Dunno how effective that would be for other uses besides searching for quotes, but FTR. Edited April 18, 2013 by bonesiii Quote The Destiny of Bionicle (chronological retelling of Bionicle original series, 9 PDFs of 10 chapters each on Google Drive): Part 1 - Warring with Fate | Part 2 - Year of Change | Part 3 - The Exploration Trap | Part 4 - Rise of the Warlords | Part 5 - A Busy Matoran | Part 6 - The Dark Time | Part 7 - Proving Grounds | Part 8 - A Rude Awakening | Part 9 - The Battle of Giants My Bionicle Fanfiction (Google Drive folder, eventually planned to have PDFs of all of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Smoke Monster Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I haven't used it in a long time. The last time I did was to look over an epic I started before the downtime. I haven't used it since. Quote Everyone is one choice away from being the bad guy in another person's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToaN Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 For some reason, I cant access any of the archived threads. I get "IPS Driver Error". Quote The BZPower Chat is alive! Join at: http://xat.com/thebzpc I am ToaN, from the N continuum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishers64 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) Greg posts, Greg answers of any kind, my old posts, bones' old posts and stories. And that's just the most common uses...I probably spent too much time poking around in there for my own amusement, reading old stories, old comedies, and old theories. And the cache thing, since bones brought it up, is problematic. Frankly, you can only get the first page of whatever you're searching for via that method as far as I know, and some things plain flat aren't cached. Beats nothing, but it's not an excuse for staff not to fix the thing (Dead horse smashed into oblivion, I know). Although "site: www.bzpower.com/forum" might work slightly better when doing a search - that will just give you archive results, eliminating results from the new forum. Edited April 19, 2013 by fishers64 Quote Hero Factory RPG | Bionicle Mafia XXIX: Storyline & Theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumiki Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Even when it was up I never used it for much of anything - I couldn't even log in if I wanted to search for something. Fixing it is certainly something that's on the to-do list over in the Tracker, but it's hardly a critical problem. Quote avatar by Lady Kopaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitoshura Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 For some reason, I cant access any of the archived threads. I get "IPS Driver Error".It's been like that since February due to a hack. Just so everyone knows, it's been tracked here. Quote profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToaN Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Darn hacker! > Quote The BZPower Chat is alive! Join at: http://xat.com/thebzpc I am ToaN, from the N continuum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyru Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I usually used the archives to look at past RPG's and old Library topics, as far as I can remember. I haven't used them for awhile now. Quote BRPG Forum Rules • BZPRPG Starter Topic • Q&A Compendium • SK:A Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dralcax Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I usually use them to look at my old topics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taipu1 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I go there mainly to check some stuff in my past epics/comedies, but also to look at other topics I remember for nostalgia's sake. Shame I can't do any of that at the moment though. Quote - Taipu1.HighFly MatoranShowdownBZPRPG ProfilesHave you seen my Blog? I understand if you haven't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ta-metru_defender Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 To look at old stuff, mostly. Stuff like my old animations and MOC's. And occasionally a cool old topic. Quote Hand-drawn, bespoke avatar by none other than Mushy the Mushroom. a body adrift in water, salt, and sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phovos Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I used to use it to re-write my old comedies and make sure that I'm not badly repeating old events in my new comedies. Quote Click here to read The Bohrok-Kal's Ramblings! Yes, I know there were 7 months between the last two episodes but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I browse the Archive for the nostalgia. Man, I was so immature back then. (Still am.) Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Exemplar Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I used it all the time before it disappeared due to that hacker. I use it for reference in my BIONICLE fanfictions, to learn stuff that Greg has said, story theories, old BNG stuff, references for BNG movie scripts and so on. It is so helpful and I cannot see my everyday life without. Not that I am geek that sits around the computer all the time and read the stuff there, but almost I'm still immature as well, ZHX! Quote Just a geeky guy trying to learn the craft of writing stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unauthorized Autobiography Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I don't use it that much, but it was ussually for reviews and stuff. Quote -G u u R a h K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archivist_66 Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 To find any interesting information about collectibles and promotions. Quote "You are a Toa -- prove yourself worthy of the name!" Onua, "Into the Nest" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observance Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 (edited) Any chance of the Archive returning to full operational capacity instead of getting IPS Driver Errors? e: I mean, if they didn't always throw up IPS Driver Errors. Edited May 2, 2013 by Observance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitoshura Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 See this post: For some reason, I cant access any of the archived threads. I get "IPS Driver Error".It's been like that since February due to a hack. Just so everyone knows, it's been tracked here. Quote profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observance Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Ah. Hope they'll get fixed soon, then. I made some things in the old forums that I'd like to bring back here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonesiii Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Ah. Hope they'll get fixed soon, then. I made some things in the old forums that I'd like to bring back here.Did you try the google cache option to find them? (See my earlier post.) Figured I might as well ask, in case that would help. Quote The Destiny of Bionicle (chronological retelling of Bionicle original series, 9 PDFs of 10 chapters each on Google Drive): Part 1 - Warring with Fate | Part 2 - Year of Change | Part 3 - The Exploration Trap | Part 4 - Rise of the Warlords | Part 5 - A Busy Matoran | Part 6 - The Dark Time | Part 7 - Proving Grounds | Part 8 - A Rude Awakening | Part 9 - The Battle of Giants My Bionicle Fanfiction (Google Drive folder, eventually planned to have PDFs of all of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observance Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Yeah, I did. The topics I'm looking for weren't cached, sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Usually I would use the Wayback Machine to check out the Archives, except it's not possible to do so. Something about Page Not Found. Although I can access older versions of this iteration. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zacian Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 I used the Archive to use kits of Chimoru or any other kit. But I only managed to load a few kits and I found some of them completely useless. After a few weeks later I decided to go load some more kits and I found them offline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Invictus Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 For the most part I look at back at topics I made in the past, or other hilarious topics my friends made and I wanted to dig up again. Quote Up, down, turn around, please don't let me hit the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heir of the Chronicler Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 There's quite a bit of nostalgia in the Archives, including all the past incarnations of Vaal's Forge & Foundry. It's just nice to have the old stuff there. - Heir Quote Click the banner. You know you want to. Shia Lebouf would tell you to just do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexann Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I used them to look up kit topics and Dark's comics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I'm too scared to go back there. Except those times when old BZP friends of mine and I are on a group Skype call and we laugh our butts off and how noobish we all were back then. Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexann Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 The first time I used it was to collect parts from the MNOG Kit topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taka Nuvia Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Well I would use them to look at some of my older artworks, and see what sort of feedback I used to get (thus see whether I'm still making the same mistakes or not ^^) Quote My art collection topic - updated! (21/09/2021) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Titan Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 I rarely use them. But when I do I look through the old RPGs and some other random topics if I feel like I really need something to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protodite Karzahni Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I don't. Well, sometimes I go to try and find my old stories. Stories I look at with shame and then wish I could somehow unwrite them. Quote I wrote stories once. They were okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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