The end of SyntaxBomb forum

[angros47]

Looks like the owner has closed it. They have done it before, and then reopened, but this time it seems definitive.

[paul doe]

Oh? Any particular reason this is so? Having less forums about coding is always bad news...

[RetardedAndProud]

Such a shame we have lost another forum, especially how I myself detest Discord.

Not one to cause upset or rumours but I caught the site in an "under construction" mode before the current home page state, and it's message was along the lines of that Qube had had enough of the childish squabbling/behaviour?

I can't remember the exact quote, but it's such a blow to the forum platform.

[angros47]

They periodically organized a programming competition, with a prize in money for whoever wrote the best game on a given theme. They did it this year, too.
When they did, one of the previous winners complained about not having been paid, even after years, drama ensued , and one of the most acriy, historical users left the forum as result.
The next day, the forum was gone. That's why I think this time it won't come back.

[RetardedAndProud]

This could be the rebirth of https://www.dbfinteractive.com/ to fill the void, but the forum software need updating as it's so unstable.

[angros47]

It seems broken, not just unstable

[paul doe]

This could be the rebirth of https://www.dbfinteractive.com/ to fill the void, but the forum software need updating as it's so unstable.

Oh? Never heard of this one. It even has a very prolific FreeBasic sub-forum! Nice.

They periodically organized a programming competition, with a prize in money for whoever wrote the best game on a given theme. They did it this year, too.
When they did, one of the previous winners complained about not having been paid, even after years, drama ensued , and one of the most acriy, historical users left the forum as result.
The next day, the forum was gone. That's why I think this time it won't come back.

That's... rough. SyntaxBomb was one of the few 'old Internet' programming forums that was still very much alive and kicking... What a shame.

[angros47]

It's also discussed here:

https://www.socoder.com/?Topic=9798