It was almost fifteen years ago that Kelzam and a few friends first launched a small forum in a random corner of the web named MTG Salvation. It was nondescript and started only with an idea. But in early 2005, that idea caught fire and spread, leading to a massive influx of users, and MTG Salvation has never looked back.
In the past decade and a half, we have come a long way and grown exponentially - both in size and in concept. We have expanded well past being a forum, and even walked away from our days of spoiler leaks. We've gone from Wizard's black sheep that shouldn't be mentioned to even being celebrated with our own preview card.
I have been here to see all of it, having joined the site and staff only shortly after inception. In the past decade and a half, I have been constantly inspired by the dedication and effort the staff and members have put into this community. For every late night I've ever put to the grindstone, there's been a hundred others doing the same, motivating me to do more. I can never express the level of gratitude I have for all of you out there who have made this site and community what it is.
It is therefore with the heaviest of hearts that I announce the following:
MTG Salvation will be closing on July 8th, 2019.
Because of the rich history and great many resources our community has created over the years, the site will not be taken completely offline. Instead, it will be archived and enter a "read only" mode, where all of our past content can continue to be read and linked to. Threads, articles, decks, and posts will continue to all be available, but nothing new will be able to be posted or created.
The answer to the inevitable question of why is complex, but deserves a response. Our owners have expanded on to other projects, launching such epic endeavors as D&D Beyond. As these have taken off, the development team has shifted focus and simply does not have the time and resources for us that we require. They can simply no longer justify the development, infrastructure, and maintenance costs of the site compared to their other projects.
So thank you to everyone who has made this place what it is.
For those of you who wish to continue on with our community here, the staff and I have begun building a new home. We'll announce and discuss the prospect when it is more concrete and closer to completion.
Please rest assured that the staff will be here to the end. We still have another preview season to go through, and we wouldn't miss it for the world.
Good luck on your next adventure and thanks for the years of fun.
Long as we get to be creative.
I don't see either of those things changing. So we'll continue to see you.
As long as Reddit is unusable and Facebook is Facebook I'll probably hover around whatever is next.
I'm glad that the staff are working on something to continue the community - unfortunately I don't have a phpBB2 forum hosted on a random friend's server to pull out of my pocket, this time
I want to extend a special appreciation for the site being kept readable. Hopefully you can let us know somehow if that ever changes so we can collect anything we may want to save. Will the archived site still be searchable / loginable to find posts?
I am given hope that something new may be in the works. Good luck and let us know details when you can.
"So long and thanks for all the fish." - Douglas Adams
Some good stuff come from this site.
I hope there isn't much gap between July 8th and the new site.
"Captain's log, final entry.
This is the final journey of the MTG Salvation forum as it currently stands. This site, and its legacy, will soon become the care of another crew. To them, and to their users, do we commit our future. They will continue the journeys we have begun, and explore the countless planes of the Multiverse together, boldly going where no MTG player... where no one... has gone before."
Looking forward to the future of this community, be it here, or wherever the mods have planned. The way I see it, this isn't the end, it's the dawn of a new beginning. You guys will do what you feel is best for the community, and if it means relocating, that's fine by me. I salute all of you for your vigilance and devotion to keeping the site up and going for all these years.
Carry on, fellow Planeswalkers.
-Gofy
So yeah, this announcement definitely hurts, it's like a huge part of my adult life is sorta dying, damn near a decade of it at that. It's also closing the day before my 29th birthday so..yeah, that really rubs the salt in.
I've seen this place both through good times and bad, and even if aspects of the community or other things sorta pushed me away, I am genuinely saddened by this news and will cherish the memories I have. Thanks for the ride.