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What did you get into as it was dying or otherwise on its way out?

I feel like I do this a lot with podcasts. I started watching the Gus and Eddy podcast and finished it about a month before the last episode was released for example.

It could be anything though. An online game, an OS, a console, TV show, a forum, or anything else. I'm just curious what people have to say.

It also doesn't need to be "dead". It could just be a significant change where a chunk of the community left.

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So many things...
Game of Thrones, right before the last season came out. Glad I didn't have to wait for the disappointment.
Video games. I will wait 10 years to play a game I want so that the price goes down enough.
AFI's Sing the Sorrow album, until I gave it a fair chance years later.
- I got into ASOIAF maybe a year ago. I’m glad I was able to go into the fandom knowing what a train wreck the show was and also that it’s entirely possible the books will just never be finished, lol. I’m enjoying the shit out of youtube theory videos though!
  
  I think that's a much better way to start. Martin is clearly a discovery writer, but he talks like he's a plotter, and the intricacies of the political machinations imply he's a plotter, too.
  He's written such a tangled mess that it's impossible to untangle everything. Plus, he's made his millions, so there's not much incentive for him to finish.
  I started reading when book 5 was about "due" based on his expected release date he had previously announced thinking that book 5 would likely be out by the time I read up to that point. Over four years later book 5 finally released and I knew in my soul the series would never be finished.
- That can be double edged. I just got into the trails series, and discovered that the early games are all collectable.
- AFI are timeless poets. You could take their songs 100 years back in time and they'd still work.
  I, I came here by day
  But I left here in darkness
  And found you, found you on the way...

The economy.

Ethereum mining.
I finally got a decent GPU in the beginning of 2022 and set up a basic rig. In September of that year Ethereum switched to the "proof of stake" model, rendering mining useless. I managed to maybe get a total of $200 worth of Eth in that time, and that was that. Taking into account the cost of electricity, my profit was around $100.
- I still mine Ergo. It's a PoW smart contract platform (like Ethereum) but it's UTXO like (Bitcoin or Monero).
  Lots to like about the chain. I turn some of my mined ERG into SigUSD (algorithmic stablecoin) and then loan it to a lending pool. Currently make 94%APR in USD that way. Been like that for several months.
  
  With my track record, the moment I start mining again is when they fold.

Pogs. 😉
- I got some pretty cool holographic metal slammers right at the tail end.
  
  I love that!
  
  I have INNOCENT and GUILTY slammers with OJ’s face on them lawl

Tumblr! I only joined shortly before all the wildly terrible business decisions killed it lol. Great memes from there would get cross-posted to my various platforms often enough for me to want to go, but I procrastinated until it was almosssttt too late...
Now we got a fediverse version though 😈
- Ooh, neat! I didn't know there was a fediverse version of Tumblr. Thanks for sharing!!

Game of Thrones. I binged the whole 7 seasons right before 8 came out. I think I saved myself a lot of pain and wasted suspense. That ending was fucking embarrassing.

Anyone get a cyber truck in the last few weeks?

Do things count that I got into when it was already dead?
- Sure I'd be happy to hear about them
  
  Just about every anime I've been into. Transformers, the old Pokémon series, all the Saban content I've fangirled over...

My life.

I've forgotten the name but there was an "adult" MMO made for android devices that I played a while back. After I completed the tutorial, I was shown the announcements and it stated that the the game's service was to end in about week.
I feel like I should have more but I can't remember anything else.

Burning music to CDs. Still fun to listen to in the car.
- Oh me too, It's so much fun. I've got a big binder of them in my car. I know nobody else who does, so I sadly can't share my CDs.

I got helldivers 2 a week ago.

Got into Breaking Bad a bit after it had its series finale, but before Better Call Saul was a thing. I don’t know that the show has ever been “on its way out” though, it just wasn’t being talked about as much at that point.

Minidisc. My then-boyfriend bought me a recorder for Xmas 2002 and I was absolutely in love with it. I still use minidisc but I think for most people it was a flash in the pan - it didn't have the staying power that I thought it would.
Also ephedra - right before it was banned, all the women in my office went through the Atkins -> Xenadrine -> Pilates fads. Holy crap did that suck. Atkins made me stink (ketosis) and xenadrine make me shaky, dizzy, and irate. I was too poor for pilates haha. The entire office was miserable!

I got really into Star vs The Forces of Evil, Dexter, Sons of Anarchy, and Adventure Time well after they each had ended.
- Star really grated at the beginning. Rich girl having rich girl problems with rich boy. There was no tension, nothing.
  Then they started introducing dark elements in there - monsters, her family's dark past, the unspoken guilt of those they usurped. It got really good then

Pump it up.
I started playing in 2016, and it's such a niche thing compared to what rhythm games used to be in the early 00s.
I enjoy it but I almost always play alone.
- I’d play PiU with you :c
  I prefer DDR, but you can find me rockin Csiko’s Post any day

Anno online... Great game, got really into it, then realized it was on its way out... Sad times

vine

Laser discs and quadraphonic LPs.
- Playing back quad was such a pain
  
  Really? I've found it to be as easy as a standard LP. 8 Track quadraphonic, now that's a whole different kettle of fish

Sometimes on the news or social media, I'll hear about some well-known musician, author, etc, who has died. There's been occasions where I check out their material and suddenly become a fan.
Have you heard of Daniel Dennett? Check him out.

Escape from tarkov :/
- Just uninstalled earlier this week after years of sinking time into it. I watched the wiggle video and with the current developer drama, I'm fucking done. The game is simply INFESTED with cheaters.

Amateur radio. At this point it's a race to talk to old hams before they die.

Battlerite and OmegaStrikers
Kind of like that, I got into them as they were thriving, since it was on beta/release, but they died very quickly afterwards and it is a shame because nothing captures that feel for me, I like short burst competitive games like that, but I guess people generally aren’t into stuff like that.
E: And actually one more like that, the goatest of them all tbh, just been so long that i forgot about it, but this is one that is an awesome idea for anyone looking for some fun friend group comp game:
SpeedRunners.
This last one is a damn shame, because there really is nothing like it.

Toys-to-life video games. I went on a Skylanders spending spree less than a year before it officially died. $5-$15 figurines got sold at garage sales for $0.25-$3 each.
I had tons of fun getting into it and I was young enough that I could afford to waste the money, so I regret nothing.
- Did they shutdown the servers or something?
  
  The toys-to-life trend ended, as it wasn't making enough money. The games remain playable, but they have no support and are old enough they they require hardware that I no longer have.

Sriracha. I'm thankful to have found some fresh bottles recently, but they're hard to find
- Huh I had no idea they paused production
  https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/05/03/sriracha-hot-sauce-shortage-huy-fong-foods/73547924007/

The human race

Searx, technoblade, vendetta, death battle, yuzu, other stuff i forgot about
Only after writing this list i realised that the post asked for stuff with a dead community, not an abandoned game
- Searx?
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searx
  https://github.com/searx/searx

Living

As a Plants vs Zombies fan, I tried PvZ Online during what was the final year. Same thing with the Yahoo Games Battle Cats.
Two browser games I gave up on after realizing they'd be closing the servers long before I could finish adventure mode in PvZ Online or get anywhere significant in Battle Cats.

There was a show on a local access cable channel in Austin back in the late 90s/early 00s called The Show With Know Name. It was hosted by Charlie Sotelo and his mysterious sidekick "Cinco" in the booth, and they'd just shoot the shit in between showing fun videos (the precursor to YouTubers reacting to viral videos). I discovered it one day while flipping channels, and I learned it was their second to last show after a ten year run. I had a sad.
Side note: Charlie Sotelo manages the SXSW Comedy festival, and he once punched Alex Jones in the fucking face.

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