So, I'm putting this forum up for auction.

There are a few stipulations before anyone gets this forum though.

1. I want to hear your idea presented (in as much detail as you can) along with your Viz amount (if there are multiple people then I want each person's contribution). You idea should be included with every bid you make.

2. There is no time limit. If you bid and no one bids for 24 hours then it is likely that I'll call the auction off at that point and you will win. No guarantee you will win the instant 24 hours pass but it is likely.

3. This is my forum until I tell someone they have won it and I have all the Viz. Until then I am free to call off the auction if I choose. I have an expectation of how much Viz I am hoping to get for this forum.


So yeah, start bidding!

For 500k Viz, I would like to buy this forum and make it a "music review" one. I was mostly thinking about making reviews of video games soundtracks, but when I first mentioned the idea - I was inquiring about creating new forums - someone (Zanderlex?) suggested that it should instead be about ALL soundtracks, including movies and TV series. I think this is a great idea as it would create more interactions.

Ideally, I would like it to be like the game review thread. Viz and Contribution Points would be given accordingly, so short reviews would be penalized. General discussions about music would be deferred to the Music forum, where there are already gaming discussions, or the video game forum if it is about tops (best boss music, best Sonic tracks, etc.).

This would be a new learning experience as I have never reviewed a soundtrack, but I believe my reviewing skills for gaming should help me come up with something great.

Do I have to send you the points right away?

janus : this is an auction.... just because you put in a bid doesn't mean you win. You have to wait and see if anyone else makes a bid.

geeogree : I like this idea. Seems like the rented forums rarely have any sort of high activity for any extended length of time.

As far as the previous suggested idea, I have my doubts that this type of forum would really get that much traction on this site. There's already a music subforum on here and it's rarely what I would call "active"

Jordanv78 : Really? What is your point of reference to say that? If you mean the Pokémon forum, then of course. But what about the gaming guide one? I think it would be a fairer comparison since music reviews, unlike gaming reviews, would not come as often

janus : I mean that almost every rented forum on this site has not had any sort of continued success for longer than a month or two the entire time I've been a member of the site and staff. Now some of this are the forum subjects themselves, but other times might be a product of the people running them. Either way,
I'm just saying that I like geeogree's idea of having ideas pitched, so that we can hopefully get one that might have a chance of being successful.

As far as your specific idea, it's not that I think that its a bad idea. There have been many good ideas for forums that didn't take off, mainly because of the traffic tendencies of this site and the users that frequent it. Also that the music forum on this site hardly gets any traffic as it is. So I have my doubts that ANOTHER music forum would do any better. But that is meant as no offense to you personally. Just my own opinion.

My idea for this forum is to buy it and turn it into "The Sonic and Final Fantasy Forum". As the title says, the forum would be all about 2 of gaming's greatest franchises, Sonic and Final Fantasy. This forum would be the go to place for news, discussions, elimination threads, and contests that are all about the Sonic series, as well as the Final Fantasy series. These contests would include screenshot contests, and music competitions.

I'm going to make a 1 million Viz bid.

gamerforlifeforever2 :

Oh man, I hope you can get this. I would absolutely love a Final Fantasy dedicated forum. I think it would do very well, as I'd like to believe that many gamers on the site have at least played and loved one of the many entries. Sonic is obviously cool too, but the Final Fantasy one would be just awesome. I don't have a ton of viz, but let me know if you need any to help you get this started.

Sorry I posted in here even though I'm not bidding.

OK, let us then increase the bid to 1.5 M Viz for my music review forum

I'm increasing my bid to 1.6 million Viz for my Sonic and Final Fantasy forum idea.

I increase the bid to 1.75 M Viz for my music review forum.

Jordanv78 : yeah, that's why my stipulation about the topic being given beforehand. Allows me to see the ideas ahead of time and maybe influence them to something else....

I'm going to bid 1.8 million Viz for my Sonic and Final Fantasy forum.

I increase the bid for my forum to 1.9M Viz

I'm increasing my bid for The Sonic and Final Fantasy Forum to 2.1 million Viz. Thanks to Juliaisme123 and ZeroTails for the extra Viz.

If there are no new bids within 24 hours of Gamer's last bid then he will win the forum.

geeogree : I've got to say, I'm kinda sad that there wasn't more activity to the bids in this. I was hoping for a few newer ideas to be suggested. Oh well.

Jordanv78 : me too. However, I'm not going to make a big deal out of it either. If someone wants to make the forum of their choosing then by all means it is up to them to make it happen.

geeogree : Oh I agree with you. I was just hoping for more activity or more unique ideas. That's noting against the people bidding now.