Hey everyone, it’s Sheep, been a while since I’ve posted. If I’m missing something then feel free to take this post down.

Basically, I’ve noticed how disjointed the communication is in the community (could be entirely based off my inactivity on oldcp and p3d) and would like to create a single, active discord server where we can all chat. Again, I can’t access the games due to time and tech constraints but I think this would help boost the members on not only the forums, but on p3d as well.

If we have a centralized place to communicate, I feel that members of the community would feel more inclined to start discussions with one another. Basically, the discord chat would have a place to discuss p3d, oldcp, the forums and any other forms of DSGHQ media. However, the main purpose of this chat would be to bring everyone from the community together onto a general chat. Obviously, the rules would have to be applied to this chat and existing staff members would need to be given moderating abilities over the server. I don’t see this as something that’s impossible to do, we are a relatively small community that would be fairly easy to monitor.

I’m aware in the past that it’s been an issue as far as DMing being unmoderated and therefore posing a security threat to the members of the community, but I’m pretty sure we’re all old enough and well versed in the internet enough not to cause any harm to ourselves as far as giving out personal information. Besides, the benefits of creating a centralized DSGHQ discord would be the stimulated growth that this server would create.

Aside from all that, I really just wanna chat with you guys lol the current messaging system on the forums is, for lack of better words, dead.

Thank you

Sheep. This was a mighty fine discussion you've put together. I 100% support this with all my heart.

I just wanted to post a follow up in response to a comment made by Wheeler on my mood which preceded this post.

Yes, the forums do act as a centralized communication to the community, I agree. However, from an outsiders perspective looking in, when you see posts and moods that are on the front page which are days old, then it would appear to them that this is a dead/dying community. I feel that this negatively affects the community because it gives off the vibe that this website is a ghost town.

Perhaps a merge of the OldCP/IOldCP and P3D discords would be more convenient? End result being creating a DSGHQ Discord with seperate P3D and OldCP/IOldCP channels so everything's in one place

OldCP/IOldCP discord is also pretty dead so I don't think this would be a big deal for it's 3 active users

P3D server could probably be considered to be the DSGHQ server. It’s the main game and I think pretty much everyone is in there.

basedbag wrote on 10th January 2023, 04:52 PM:

Perhaps a merge of the OldCP/IOldCP and P3D discords would be more convenient? End result being creating a DSGHQ Discord with seperate P3D and OldCP/IOldCP channels so everything's in one place
OldCP/IOldCP discord is also pretty dead so I don't think this would be a big deal for it's 3 active users

A merge would suffice indeed, from my past experience this has usually worked out in positive favor.

Trust me, it's not a good idea.
You can't moderate Discord properly, most of the problems DSGHQ has had originated from external platforms.

Wheeler wrote on 10th January 2023, 07:29 PM:

Trust me, it's not a good idea.
You can't moderate Discord properly, most of the problems DSGHQ has had originated from external platforms.

Then we’re simply a sheltered community that will remain stagnant until everyone gets bored and leaves. It’s happened to far bigger sites than the DSGHQ. Of course there’s going to be external issues because we’d be bringing in new, external members into the community. We can’t just continue to shelter everybody like we all haven’t been on a Reddit message board before. Things happen, drama happens, feelings get hurt, but that’s life! If we live in fear then we’ll never prosper and grow further as a community.

Loki wrote on 10th January 2023, 06:23 PM:

P3D server could probably be considered to be the DSGHQ server. It’s the main game and I think pretty much everyone is in there.

This is basically the answer, the server is ran by DSGHQ staff and Penguin3D is the main talking point of this community now that OldCP is inactive. There's a general chat for any discussion other than Penguin3D.

Sleddy wrote on 10th January 2023, 11:11 PM:

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Loki wrote on 10th January 2023, 06:23 PM:
P3D server could probably be considered to be the DSGHQ server. It’s the main game and I think pretty much everyone is in there.

This is basically the answer, the server is ran by DSGHQ staff and Penguin3D is the main talking point of this community now that OldCP is inactive. There's a general chat for any discussion other than Penguin3D.

oldcp isnt really inactive. Itd be a good idea to just have 1 chat for all games

Loki wrote on 10th January 2023, 06:23 PM:

P3D server could probably be considered to be the DSGHQ server. It’s the main game and I think pretty much everyone is in there.

Its not really the dsghq chat its just p3d though

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oldcp isnt really inactive.