Knights of Tezoth

I think there's no need to copy it 1 to 1; the main thing is to understand how to preserve functionality, i.e.

- Proper page layout: the poster's data (nickname, avatar, etc.) on the left, the message content on the right, navigation at the top, and a field for writing a new post at the bottom. No half-screen backgrounds or other visual clutter. Posts should follow one after another without stepping.

- A proper editor with preview and a minimum of features, but with full support for HTML tables and BB code (this is needed primarily by the GM for writing visually pleasing and easily readable posts).

- A control panel through which you can view current topics and influence reputation (it won't be superfluous, although the "downvote" button could be omitted — there's no point to it).

- The ability to open posts in a separate window and link to them.

Maybe someone else will remember something else.

And is there no desire to help bring HeroesWorld to the desired result 🙂 ?

Your help would be just the thing 😐

So far only Heroist has approached me with a concrete list of things he'd like to fix or change, for which I thank him.

And as I already said, it doesn't take years or months to make this a reality — most of it is already ready and will be done in the near future.

Bringing HeroesWorld to the desired result would indeed be the best outcome for all concerned about its fate, but at the moment it seems that different parties see it completely differently, and the abundance of changes and innovations caused by the modernization that took place does not inspire optimism.

We can go beyond the technical difficulties described earlier and ask questions about the purpose of certain features, i.e.:

Who are the AI-generated image descriptions intended for? They may amuse to some extent, no doubt, but they carry no semantic value whatsoever.

Automatic translation of messages into another language — the AI unilaterally alters all opinions and creative works of users, publishing this information on the internet on their behalf. Again, who is this intended for? It's highly doubtful that English-speaking users who don't know Russian (and are there enough of them?) will be able to communicate with the main user base this way. The same applies in reverse — if an author gave a topic a title in English or any other language, they had some reason for doing so, and automatic translation in most cases looks ridiculous and fails to convey the essence.

Automatic deletion of accounts and anonymization of their messages — I believe that the ability to delete and anonymize one's account is a good thing, but let's imagine for a moment that such a feature had existed since the very birth of the forum: by today, the vast majority of posts on the forum would belong to "former members" and old topics would become impossible to read.

In summary, all this suggests that the innovations were introduced not to achieve any practical benefit, but just for the sake of it or for testing purposes.

One would hope for positive prospects for the forum, but at the moment expectations are quite the opposite.

Nevertheless, taking this opportunity, I want to express my gratitude to you, Creator — for many of us and, in particular, myself, HW has become a kind of home and has been so for a full two decades, helped us make friends and create unforgettable memories. So regardless of what awaits the forum in the future, I'm glad to be a part of it. Thank you for making this possible 👍