Overclockers Sold to Case king?

Firestar_3x · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:49

I'm sure Castiel could put his new solar panel array to use and host something should the worst happen

s452 · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:50

Nightglow said:
Hopefully the forums will still be here.

or we'll be forced to go out into the real world...

personally im interested to see how this affects OCUK as a whole and the changes that case king may bring to the table. surely even more buying power may mean even better deals (i hope).

leezer3 · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:50

It'd be ludicrous to get rid of the forum. Budget say 15k a year for a decent managed dedicated server & a VB licence, and it will pay itself back many times over.
This forum is part of the brand

-Leezer-

Cupra · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:50

if the forum isnt attatched to the shop (as it was always stated it wasnt years ago but ive not seen a don say it for a while now) then opening a new shop off the back of the forum probably wouldnt be a bad idea

Castiel · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:51

Firestar_3x said:
I'm sure Castiel could put his new solar panel array to use and host something should the worst happen

Only in the daytime though...

gerbil47 · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:53

Cupra said:
if the forum isnt attatched to the shop (as it was always stated it wasnt years ago but ive not seen a don say it for a while now) then opening a new shop off the back of the forum probably wouldnt be a bad idea

It is though, you have the news section & deal section and customer support part, it's all linked to the shop.

Castiel · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:53

Cupra said:
if the forum isnt attatched to the shop (as it was always stated it wasnt years ago but ive not seen a don say it for a while now) then opening a new shop off the back of the forum probably wouldnt be a bad idea

But probably contrary to the terms of sale...

aaron · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:53

NAOOOOOOOOO!

The forums must stay as they are or my internet life is forfeit! Seriously i spend hours on here each day

. Twill be interesting to see the changes but i sure will miss the community if it goes.

Jurax · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:53

Hope the forum stays, easily the best thing about OC.

Begbie · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:54

s452 said:
or we'll be forced to go out into the real world...

personally im interested to see how this affects OCUK as a whole and the changes that case king may bring to the table. surely even more buying power may mean even better deals (i hope).

Good deals even. OcUK haven't been greatly competitive for a long time. Have they?

Regardless, I hope it all works out well for Spie and most importantly his staff. I doubt it will affect the shop much if its a buyover, unless their not in profit. Then well.........

panyan · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:54

Jurax said:
Hope the forum stays, easily the best thing about OC.

i bet the forum members are the people with the most orders as well

(apart from businesses)

robfosters · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:54

I'm sure some bright spark could find a way of migrating this forum somewhere else.

gerbil47 · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:55

Is this to do with Gibbo posting about trade deals in the news section, first change?

Reaper 392 · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:55

NiCkNaMe said:
Guessing threads are being deleted so staff can be informed.

Generally in a takeover it's unfortunately crucial to keep employees out of the loop until it's complete to keep publicity as low as possible.

hmm, perhaps posting about this on the customer service section wasnt the greatest idea then

panyan · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:55

robfosters said:
I'm sure some bright spark could find a way of migrating this forum somewhere else.

i have found clones of pages on some random server when googling :eek:

Mark A · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:56

So where is the next best forum if this did go down? I don't visit any other forums these days. Very large communities like Reddit and SA don't appeal to me.

cheechm · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:56

Will be interesting to find out "what this actually means"

robfosters · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:57

Mark A said:
So where is the next best forum if this did go down? I don't visit any other forums these days. Very large communities like Reddit and SA don't appeal to me.

I think we would have to band together and find a way of restoring it somewhere else. Couldn't just start using another forum. I like this one too much.

Bennie-Mac · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:59

They wont get rid of the forums fools. It would be a stupid business decision.

Reaper 392 · 7 Feb 2012 at 23:59

Mark A said:
So where is the next best forum if this did go down? I don't visit any other forums these days. Very large communities like Reddit and SA don't appeal to me.

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