GTPlanet, the evolution of a Gran Turismo forum to a true lifestyle forum.

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I think it's fair to say that I've seen GTPlanet grow this past year. And the actual Gran Turismo aspect has really died out for me. I visit GTPlanet to talk about cars, photoshop, lifestyle and most of all just to hang out with a great group of people.

Now what I want to know is how do you approach GTPlanet? As a Gran Turismo knowledge database, or a true all around lifestyle discussion group?

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Originally posted by GilesGuthrie
Well I've seen a lot of users follow the same pattern I followed. You come here because you're into GT3 and you want to connect with others the same, but you quickly find out that there is so much more to these people than just GT3, and you start to connect with the people, rather than the people's discrete interests. Then you start to spend less and less time in the GT3 forum, because (a) you already know everything, and (b) you're tired of answering the same questions all the time, and so you move on to other forums.

It is more of a community than a GT3 love-in.
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GTP has evolved to a site that caters for most everyones needs.
GTP is a one of a kind site, we are like a big family in a way. GTP is a great place to come. :)
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Originally posted by youth_cycler

Ditto! :) Though I still have interests in GT3, I admittedly tend not to visit the GT3 forum everyday, because it's running amock with senseless posts. (...) I think everyone's telling the truth when they say that GTP is practically their second (or primary!) home. :D
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I just post in any thread that interests me.
Although I still like GT, being part of Team GTPlanet`s racing sqad.
 
Definitely as a lifestyle forum. But that's only because i don't hang around the GT forums much.

Dunno about you, sn00pie.
 
Are you joking? I hate GCstyle. Your changing your name didn't make me do it.
 
Yeah I know but allot of people started to do it when I did it. Mind you I can sympathise with you, I hated Y2Tuscan about a week after I signed up.
 
Don't get me started on my username. :D But I've openly complained about it so I'm not going to ask Jordan to change it... I refuse.
 
I like The GTP. It's a very inviting place, and you can learn alot here also. Good Bank of knowledge on Gran Turismo, but also a place where I can just hang and chat. Good Job, Jordan!
 
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I agree with you about the lifestyle forum part, Chris - I've especially connected with you, Rob, Robin, Ryan, and though he isn't still here, John, who I talk to nearly everytime I go online.
 
Well I've seen a lot of users follow the same pattern I followed. You come here because you're into GT3 and you want to connect with others the same, but you quickly find out that there is so much more to these people than just GT3, and you start to connect with the people, rather than the people's discrete interests. Then you start to spend less and less time in the GT3 forum, because (a) you already know everything, and (b) you're tired of answering the same questions all the time, and so you move on to other forums.

It is more of a community than a GT3 love-in.
 
Originally posted by M5Power
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I agree with you about the lifestyle forum part, Chris - I've especially connected with you, Rob, Robin, Ryan , and though he isn't still here, John, who I talk to nearly everytime I go online.
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R's rule, HARD! :lol:

yeah i agree with you snoop. GTP has evolved to a site that caters for most everyones needs. i come on to mainly socialise with a few deadbeats whom i have come to know over the past few months and theres always some kind of information floating around about new cars or games etc.

GTP is a one of a kind site, we are like a big family in a way. GTP is a great place to come. :)
 
This is why it'd be even more meaningful to have a GTP party/gettogether. Of course, many probably wouldn't be able to go..

Take myself for example.
 
Originally posted by GilesGuthrie
Well I've seen a lot of users follow the same pattern I followed. You come here because you're into GT3 and you want to connect with others the same, but you quickly find out that there is so much more to these people than just GT3, and you start to connect with the people, rather than the people's discrete interests. Then you start to spend less and less time in the GT3 forum, because (a) you already know everything, and (b) you're tired of answering the same questions all the time, and so you move on to other forums.

It is more of a community than a GT3 love-in.
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Ditto! :) Though I still have interests in GT3, I admittedly tend not to visit the GT3 forum everyday, because it's running amock with senseless posts. However, I still use the forum as a GT3 knowledge base (as some members know), and at the same time it is a community, a place where I can have friends that are so much better than many of the friends I have at school (not saying that the net is a valid excuse to not have a social life, but saying that it's a great place to chat and meet top-notch people that you otherwise would never have a chance to meet). I think everyone's telling the truth when they say that GTP is practically their second (or primary!) home. :D

And, I will use this oppurtunity to thank Jordan for this excellent service that he is providing for all of us. I'll admit myself that I sometimes take the GTP forums for granted, and if it weren't for Jordan, who knows what my life would be like now. I've never been to one particular forum for so long, and I'd like to congratulate him for keeping this a friendly place (albeit there are a few brawls now and then), a place to learn, a place to talk, a place to be who we are. Great job, Jordan! :spin:
 
Just wait till GT4 comes around. We will see a reversal here. Ofcourse the wait is long...
 
I've never approached GTPlanet as a Gran Turismo forum. I'm a whore and came here when granturismo.com went down.

I guess i see this place as a place to screw around and piss off as many people as I can.
 
Originally posted by MazKid
Just wait till GT4 comes around. We will see a reversal here. Ofcourse the wait is long...
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more activity in the GT part, but no reversal. this section of the forums is the busiest, and probably will stay that way too for a long while.
 
Originally posted by Klostrophobic
I guess i see this place as a place to screw around and piss off as many people as I can.
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And we love you for it. :lol:
 
Originally posted by Klostrophobic
...came here when granturismo.com went down.
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Yup, One day in December of 2001, I went to GTF, and it was down (it tunred out later, I typed the URL wrong!) I was looking for a GS code for GT2, and found this site, and there were still a lot of folks talking all about the game, whereas GTF's GT2 section had died down (it's virtually moribund now).

When GTF went down for a month, I gave enough information about GT2 for so long, I felt I couldn't keep letting everyone there down (Okay, maybe 2 members whom are no longer here). I convinced a bunch of GTFers to post Motorsport/F1 stuff in the respective areas during the crash, and I've sort of stuck around.

I like the community here at GTP better than GTF, as it turned out. This place seems to keep it's sanity a little better than the GTF can, proving "bigger is not always better". So I've stuck around...come for talk about GT games, stay for community feeling.

Besides, it's still fun talking about GT2 in my own warped manner.
 
I too was a convert from the GTF. Found it much more welcoming here, and a wider knowledge base of info.

In recent months it has progressed from bein ga GT3 collecting point to a community where I look forward to hearing the latest adventure of someone's real world life.

AO
 
I was just surfing the GTF one day when I found the link to GTP in Mustang Man's sig.:p Clicked on it, liked what I saw, and registered.:) :D
 
Same as that really......


I came here cos i wanted to know what cars were "winable" (is that a real word?) and stayed cos i liked the people.....

Even the Koala eaters!

:lol:
 

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