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YuyuFumo said:
Look, the whole thing with the competition 'not getting a lot of attention' is making a mountain out of a molehill. Some big names showed out to submit, and I really do believe that others (like myself) would have submitted is lower difficulties were included. Sure, it had a slow start, but there was a good amount of submissions by the end. I wouldn't call it a complete failure like you're implying; If you want bigger turnouts, you've just gotta make some adjustments going into the future. It's nothing worth blowing the site to Hell and gone over.

Disregarding that, there's still ample activity in the forums and uploads every other week or so. If you really want to see what a 'dead site' looks like, pop over to Maidens of the Kaleidoscope. The difference between there and here is palpable. The community would really be losing something special if the site were to shut down, as this is the last remote for Touhou forums. All you would really have left are fragmented communities and the God-forsaken Reddit page, which is literally just people posting soft-core porn.

I'm understanding if part of your consideration is due to resources (both time and money) getting tight. I don't think any of us here are going to force a gun to your head for being too broke and/or busy to run the site. But the angle of 'nobody cares about events and therefore the site' comes off as a very strange to me, especially when improvements can be made in the future. When the site eventually kicks the bucket, it should do so with a bang, not a whimper.
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I'd say that the financial and life aspect of it was always in the way but I ignored it.
But now, with life getting more and more in the way and server costs more than ever. It's just that time.

Yes, the donations has helped a ton. But that can only go so far.

Also, those that are willing to volunteer to keep it going. DM me here as I am no longer active on Discord. And please, serious inquiries only.
 
andromeda_shift said:
I know this message was posted earlier but I'm new to the touhou community and the subreddit was the first place I stumbled across and GOD it was awful. It just makes preserving this place even more important, its a good place to get into the community.
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Everything on reddit is awful except for some chud subreddits that were banned anyways for being based
 
YuyuFumo said:
Look, the whole thing with the competition 'not getting a lot of attention' is making a mountain out of a molehill. Some big names showed out to submit, and I really do believe that others (like myself) would have submitted is lower difficulties were included. Sure, it had a slow start, but there was a good amount of submissions by the end. I wouldn't call it a complete failure like you're implying; If you want bigger turnouts, you've just gotta make some adjustments going into the future. It's nothing worth blowing the site to Hell and gone over.

Disregarding that, there's still ample activity in the forums and uploads every other week or so. If you really want to see what a 'dead site' looks like, pop over to Maidens of the Kaleidoscope. The difference between there and here is palpable. The community would really be losing something special if the site were to shut down, as this is the last remote for Touhou forums. All you would really have left are fragmented communities and the God-forsaken Reddit page, which is literally just people posting soft-core porn.

I'm understanding if part of your consideration is due to resources (both time and money) getting tight. I don't think any of us here are going to force a gun to your head for being too broke and/or busy to run the site. But the angle of 'nobody cares about events and therefore the site' comes off as a very strange to me, especially when improvements can be made in the future. When the site eventually kicks the bucket, it should do so with a bang, not a whimper.
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Dude's speaking truth. I have not much to say about it. Moriya Shrine's the only place I feel that it's still living for Touhou fans to interact. Worst case scenario, I can assume forum members will migrate to MotK or to a private server on Discord or whatever, but it will likely not feel the same. Reddit... it's fucking Reddit, do I have to say which kind of people roam there?

I'm pretty sure the truth stands in the middle but let's look at both sides. If it's monetary/resource related first, then that's just how it is, I understand. If it's because activity was low and it doesn't feel worth it, I would like to mention I and a lot of people certainly got ideas worth telling to fight that issue. I'm currently waiting a reply from Nitorium if I can disclose what I've said in my DMs, so that I can share it with everyone. I believe it's disrespectful to say something out loud when it was written in private first without asking (basic decency!?)

edit: got the answer, I can. Will make a thread about it.
 
I would really not want this site to shutdown, and if it does shutdown I hope another site like this will exist in the future and last for awhile. This platform really helped me get into Touhou and I'm not sure what I would do without it, and had a lot of enjoyment getting to converse with other fans of the series like this. With that being said, none of us will blame you if your having difficulty managing the site due to resources or stress.
 
kanedafanatic said:
Dude's speaking truth. I have not much to say about it. Moriya Shrine's the only place I feel that it's still living for Touhou fans to interact. Worst case scenario, I can assume forum members will migrate to MotK or to a private server on Discord or whatever, but it will likely not feel the same. Reddit... it's fucking Reddit, do I have to say which kind of people roam there?
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Idk any other Touhou place so i will pretty much be homeless
 
I've been absent for some time here, but I have to say it would be a shame if the website died. Alas, I cannot hold the torch.
Sincerely, the only situation I'd rather see it dead would be if we have a new owner that is so bad, tyranical, egoistic, and imbecilic that I and others would rather see the Shrine buried rather in the hands of such person.
That being said, I know you are taking this very seriously but please be as wise as you can while choosing the new owner if that's the route Moriya Shrine is gonna take.


There were many moments where interacting with the people here made me happier, and many little things that were lovely as well. Of course having the games available is also gold, but that's just a slice of the pie.
I have to thank you, Nitorium, for holding this place up and allowing me to join the fun. You and the previous owners and admins, of course.
Also don't just vanish like I do and please appear from time to time to say hello. You might not be the owner but you'll always be welcomed here (even after that amazing April 1st prank which some people are probably still butthurt from).
 
From me, a 15 years old fan, the important part of what I like is the fandom, so I only can thank the administrators for their work.
I never have been someone that communicates or wants to be part of a community. What I like are the games, music, stories people made and still make and share because they like it. They're a crucial part of what Touhou is, and seeing it rotting hurts me, but it is what it is. Current popular trends just do not make room for these kind of things anymore, at least at the small indie level, and the lack of support from the original creators only makes it more easy for everything to crumble into ashes.

MoriyaShrine has been (and will still be if fate says so) one of the major repositories from the old works that I know of, and that's why it's a shame seeing it go away. I know people want a community, but it's difficult to maintain because of the same conditions of what makes the fandom great, the diversity of genres and people.

My only recommendation is, do not trust the InternetArchive alone. They're always hanging from a thread, and they themselves have proven to not be "archivists" [1][2][I cannot find a video that talked about negligence to preserve some physical library, though could've been misinformation]. Lost media is the ultimate victor, that's something nobody can change, but we can still fight it as hard as we can.
Whatever it happens, thank you for being there, for your work, passion, and I hope a brighter future in your endevors. To the admins, to the users, to the ghosts like myself. Thank you, and see you in the next incident. (<- Stolen from Pikasprey)
 
Crab said:
(even after that amazing April 1st prank which some people are probably still butthurt from).
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Yeah, I'm still a bit butthurt from that myself. lol
Though it is what pretty much got me more involved in this site's community.
Before then, all I really did was just check to see about new Touhou fangames, and occasionally to comment.
 
Crab said:
Sincerely, the only situation I'd rather see it dead would be if we have a new owner that is so bad, tyranical, egoistic, and imbecilic that I and others would rather see the Shrine buried rather in the hands of such person.
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As Crab said, closing the shrine would be a better outcome than seeing the forum degenerate by having a new (and terrible) owner. God forbid it's a redditor, first thing they'd do is instantly take down official works from the downloads section, if not the entire section itself.

If this is the end then, that's it I guess. Despite being a rather new user I've enjoyed my time here even though I'm not as huge of a Touhou fan as some of you guys are.

I hope you make the best choice you can regarding the forum's future.
 
SateriCat17 said:
Yeah, I'm still a bit butthurt from that myself. lol
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I personally still find it funny. Probably carrying that memory until my next reincarnation :Kyouko:
But that one event showed how much value the Moriya Shrine has to it's community and how it would suffer without it. If anything it's a reminder of the Shrine's importance.

But at the same time I recall that one time someone attempted to make a "Hunger Games" thing with the Moriya members and we failed to get 16 participants (and all the effort that was required was to write their names down). We ain't dead but we surely ain't blasting. I can easily understand Torm's feelings about this and all I can say is still "Thank you" to him.
 
Tbh fam I didn't even know this site functions as a community, I just always came here to borrow some digital goods :Sanae: so at least the competition worked as an advertisement for the forum
 
I sent a message to Nitorium to volunteer in the case that no one else does. I work in web development so I have the (technical) skills that are required to administrate a community like this. I'm new here, but I hope that I've been active enough that people have seen me around and that no one has a bad opinion on me.

I don't know any of the details on what the requirements for keeping this place up are better than any of you, though. I have to hear those first before I'd fully dedicate myself.

I hope that some long-term forum member volunteers. I think that they would be a much better fit than me. Ideally someone who has the skills and knows this community the most should be the one to take the reigns. I'm just throwing myself out there as a last resort if such a person doesn't exist or want to take things up themselves.

EDIT: I forgot about many of the downloads on here when I made this post. If I was chosen, I couldn't host content which is easily purchasable, which would leave for download the old games not on Steam, the print translations, and the free fangame mirrors.

So it isn't true to say I wouldn't change anything. I am the last person who should be chosen. I'm still here if no one else steps up and we want to preserve everything else, though.
 
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Just wanted to chip in as someone recently returning to the fandom, I think this site is an amazing resource and bastion of sorts for the community. I wouldn't consider myself a die-hard fan, and yet having briefly known about Touhou via fan content (mostly music), Moriya Shrine made the games more accessible to me and I enjoy reading the discussions and tips from other members.

For what it's worth, I was trying very hard to find a community like this (joined Maidens of the Kaleidoscope but I see the forums halfway in the grave ): ) and this is one of the best remaining places. I agree with some of the comments about other platforms like Reddit, it's definitely not the same in terms of the quality of content and discussions; at the same time, I believe content that is not strictly related to danmaku or 'hard-core' can be more accessible to a wider audience, and perhaps promoting a bit of that with the site could be a way to get more people to engage with the community and eventually try out the games (such as myself, still trying to beat my first game!).

There is something very special here, and I sincerely hope the site lives on.

(I have technical know-how in both frontend/backend/cloud-related matters, but I will refrain from volunteering as I am not a long-standing member of the community and am probably not cut out for the commitment right now.)
 
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