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You are going to look a right ninny this Friday when WWIII starts and all the internet is destroyed.

Except 'The definitive ex-player news thread'. Nothing can destroy that.

2025 ey? What a time to be alive.... censorship and bullshit is taking over the world.

There are still many gasroomers like myself that appreciate no end what you do.

I hope an answer can be found and the gasroom can continue in a similar format for us diehards to enjoy and take solace from the stresses of day to day life.

I hope it is appreciated that this site is an avenue of escape for some of us.

When life gets tough.... the gasroom Is where I come to decompress. To take my mind off reality.... to be in a safe place with like minded FRIENDS.

LONG LIVE THE GASROOM!

@drcongo you are a legend 🙌 👏 ❤️ 💙

I was so concerned today that Gasroom2 had gone for ever leaving the group high and dry and me not knowing where to turn.

Thank you @drcongo for being the unsung hero of the group for so long. I completely understand why it may be time to terminate the site in its current form.

I hope we can all pull together to keep together in some form down the road.

This is such sad news. As I have mentioned many times this is the only social media I indulge in. No Facebook, twitter, instagram and not even WhatsApp. Thank you @drcongo for all you have done hosting and managing this forum and thanks too to the vast majority of fellow chairfolk who have contributed to mainly well reasoned debate and discussion. I will miss you all.

Substack's a subscription newsletter company/service. It lets you compose an article , emails it to a mailing list of subscribers and hosts a comment section underneath any given article for you. So it'd allow for a regular discussion forum of sorts, plus emailing out prediction threads and match day threads consistently , and it wouldn't cost money in any meaningful way. (The company makes its money by taking a cut of the subscription earnings of political journalists and internet celebrities , but hobbyist newsletters are free and plentiful ) . It'd be bare-bones compared to the work of the good doctor, but it'd allow the conversation to continue and the community to stay in touch..

Forgot to say - I'm not viewing that March 16th date as a hard cut-off - I really don't want to shutter this without somewhere else for us all to go to. As much as I hate Reddit, @Chris's suggestion might be the best option for keeping something running without some heavy costs. I'm also talking to one person who may be able to set something new up, but there's probably a fair bit for them to think about first.

Personally I had no idea at all this new legislation was a thing. Ignorance is no excuse, I know, but then I don't contribute to any other online forums and don't use Faceache / Twitter / X / etc.

I can now fully understand why you simply can't continue to run this site, @drcongo.

Sad news indeed.

Edit: What's a subreddit or a substack? I've had a substack overflow cause my PC to crash but I suspect that's not the same?

With all the associated risks for anyone running a successor it sounds very much like a potential end for an independent Gasroom (as well as countless other hobbyist forums) and the end of a glorious era. Many thanks to the original Gasman and to @drcongo for the time and money they have put into the Gasroom over the years, and thanks to everyone who has contributed and made it such a delightful place to visit and waste countless hours.

I’m sure @drcongo will tell me why it’s an awful idea but could we set up a Gasroom subreddit?