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Goodnight TVF
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31-03-2021, 10:04 PM
TVF has closed it's doors.
https://tvforum.uk/closed.html I have to say, the soundbite surprised me when I was sitting in silence and it just started playing after (I assume) a forced refresh.
31-03-2021, 10:05 PM
WOW. Just posted my last comment and it went before my eyes. Thought it was closing at midnight?! Well done Asa, great way of ending it with that slowly expanding countdown!
31-03-2021, 10:07 PM
I was slightly startled too when I heard the announcement on my browser. Wasn't expecting it to go until midnight. RIP.
They're both women and that trumps regionality; ITV guidelines
31-03-2021, 10:08 PM
31-03-2021, 10:08 PM
That was actually quite sad to watch. Who knew it was possible to get emotional over a website closing, but 20 years is a long time.
31-03-2021, 10:10 PM
Kudos to Asa for the ending there! Absolutely the way TV Forum should have bowed out. And at 22:03 as well - what a nice nod to the launch date 22/03/2001.
RIP, TV Forum
31-03-2021, 10:10 PM
A suitably professional, classy, and well-executed closedown.
Wouldn't expect anything less. Now if you'll excuse me, I think my, um, hay fever is acting up ...
"Good evening. Dull, grey, cold, miserable - and that's just me. The weather hasn't been great, either."
31-03-2021, 10:11 PM
Andrew Wood post_id=1455 time=1617224908 user_id=847 Wrote:https://twitter.com/theidentgallery/stat...4849270784Gosh, I logged onto the site when there were only 20 seconds left so I only saw the small countdown clock, didn't see it zooming in and the background fading. And the audio clip didn't autoplay for me, I had to wait until the player appeared (a Firefox quirk, presumably). ![[Image: 1592580878_1869298444.svg]](https://up.metropol247.co.uk/062020/1592580878_1869298444.svg)
31-03-2021, 10:12 PM
DanielK post_id=1446 time=1617224680 user_id=1019 Wrote:TVF has closed it's doors.It wasn't a forced refresh. There was a 90 second BBC News style countdown, the screen blurring and the timer getting bigger as it got closer to zero. Then when it hit zero, the screen changed to the TV Forum is closed announcement. I managed to get one final post on the And Finally thread as that countdown was on, quickly pointing it out and then saying bye. Got that in with 20 seconds to spare so it's almost certainly the final post on the forum.
31-03-2021, 10:13 PM
Hopefully there will be a way to experience the countdown again but understandable if not. Looked brilliant from what [mention]Andrew Wood[/mention] posted.
They're both women and that trumps regionality; ITV guidelines
31-03-2021, 10:14 PM
Bye bye TV Forum. It was a blast.
To Rob and Asa, thanks again for providing a new home to this precious community.
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31-03-2021, 10:16 PM
That's it.
It's just very odd - whether as poster or guest the forum has always been a constant since I was 16 years old. I'm nearly 40 now. An unbelievable amount of change in that time. As I said at the time, it's another part of my past that has itself slid into the past. As I also said at the time, the announcement wasn't a massive surprise. Time to look to the future.
31-03-2021, 10:17 PM
Well I guess this as good a point as any to make my first post here! Better update my bookmarks - I've absent-mindedly clicked the TVF bookmark at least twice already since it closed...
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