| Terry37 | 20 May 2016 6:14 p.m. PST |
In case you are not aware, Fanaticus will be closing down forever September 1st. Here is a link to Chris's announcement. link This will be a big hit to the DBX community, and for me personally. I had the pleasure of meeting Chris once and what a fine fellow he is. Thanks Chris, and as sad as it makes me I fully understand. Terry |
| Mako11 | 20 May 2016 6:20 p.m. PST |
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| D6 Junkie | 20 May 2016 6:30 p.m. PST |
So Sad, I often went there for inspiration |
| Jeigheff | 20 May 2016 6:32 p.m. PST |
Chris Brantley is a gentleman and a half. |
| Yesthatphil | 20 May 2016 7:00 p.m. PST |
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79thPA  | 20 May 2016 7:43 p.m. PST |
Bummer. I don't even play the rules, but I like to go there and just look around. |
| NavyVet | 20 May 2016 9:23 p.m. PST |
All good things must come to an end. Thanks to Chris for all the years of service Fanaticus has given us in the DBA universe. |
| Temporary like Achilles | 20 May 2016 11:31 p.m. PST |
That's a real shame. It's been a very useful resource for me over the years and I don't even really play DBA. It will be a huge loss for those who do. Best of luck to Chris Brantley in his future endeavours. |
| Oh Bugger | 21 May 2016 2:46 a.m. PST |
I can only second that – it was an exemplary resource. |
| coopman | 21 May 2016 8:26 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the effort that you put into the website all these years, Chris. You done good! |
| ashill2 | 21 May 2016 11:21 a.m. PST |
This is very sad news; I visited the site about once a week and have been inspired by much of its content. Chris has done a tremendous service to the DBA community and I entirely understand his reasons for closing this chapter of DBA gaming. |
| sneakgun | 21 May 2016 4:39 p.m. PST |
Why doesn't someone or someones take it over? |
| 79thPA | 21 May 2016 6:49 p.m. PST |
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| mikeygees | 21 May 2016 6:56 p.m. PST |
It is a bummer. I could always count on it being there whenever I would gravity back into the DBX atmosphere… |
| abelp01 | 22 May 2016 3:27 p.m. PST |
Sad. Excellent resource for Ancient era gamers, not just DBx. |
| Twilight Samurai | 22 May 2016 9:00 p.m. PST |
It has been a great boon for all those interested in DBA and Hott, where will they be without it? |
| Cambria5622 | 23 May 2016 9:58 a.m. PST |
Shame, I was a regular user back in the days when I played DBA. It was a great resource. |
 Bobgnar | 23 May 2016 11:33 a.m. PST |
Useful sites come and go. Fanatics is (and soon was) the best for DBA. There had been Rec.games and the Electronic Hoplite that have gone. Now we still have the TMP DBx thread, Yahoo, and there is a DBA FaceBook page, and some DBA Google site. Those do not have all the useful sections that are on Fanatics, but still allow for discussion of issues and ideas. How can all the useful information on Fanatics be saved? I use the army list descriptions every couple of weeks, and likewise the other sections in the Resources section. This will be lacking in any of the discussion options I mentioned. |
| Skeptic | 23 May 2016 9:21 p.m. PST |
Short of somebody maintaining it as a "live" site, what about keeping it running as a static or frozen site, i.e. no new posting, but the information remains available? |
| Boomcoach | 25 May 2016 9:07 p.m. PST |
If Chris would give permission, it wouldn't be hard to host a static mirror of the site, without the forums. I don't know how much would be involved in maintaining a static copy of the forum. I downloaded a copy of the site for my own reference, it runs about 300 MB. |
| Ammianus | 26 May 2016 7:05 a.m. PST |
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| Thomas Thomas | 26 May 2016 1:37 p.m. PST |
Big blow to DBX in general. Comes at an odd time as introduction of DBA 3.0 has rekindled interest esp. in historical battles. New Great Battles Book with a whole set of historical battles for DBA 3.0 has done much better than we (the historically biased authors) had dreamed. Wave of good news re DBX now hits the rock of Fanaticus fading. Some of us are already discussing creating alternative. Meanwhile of course we always have the DBX section of the Miniature Page. TomT |
| MajorB | 28 May 2016 5:22 a.m. PST |
How can all the useful information on Fanatics be saved? I use the army list descriptions every couple of weeks, and likewise the other sections in the Resources section. This will be lacking in any of the discussion options I mentioned. Try looking on the Wayback machine archive.org |
| timurilank | 29 May 2016 2:34 a.m. PST |
Gentlemen, The alternative is already up and running since a week. The site is a "spitting image" with all the familiar subject areas; Gaming, Discussion, Rules, How To and DBA Alternatives. The former "Resource" section is being compiled in the new DBA Wiki. The Fanaticus DBA Forum:
fanaticus.boards.net/forum The Fanaticus DBA Wiki:
link Cheers, |
| Thomas Thomas | 31 May 2016 10:31 a.m. PST |
Just checked out new Fanaticus. Great work – all systems go. Made my first post. TomT |
| Oh Bugger | 04 Jun 2016 4:42 a.m. PST |
Well done its great to see. |
