For any random 4chan users who might be lurking, and are confused on what this site is all about and where it came from, let me fill you in! Ayashii World was a Japanese BBS originally founded in 1996. It was one of several precursors to 2channel, and it no longer exists By the late 90s, Ayashii World had splintered into many different sites, many of which do still exist today One of the most active examples is あやしいわーるど＠みさお (Ayashii World@Misao), which gets a little under 4,000 posts per day: http://misao.mixh.jp/cgi-bin/bbs.cgi Many of these splinter sites took on a life of their own, and updated/ changed their site software to suit their needs, or add extra features For many years now, nearly all surviving Ayashii World sites use scripts that are based on a script called くずはすくりぷと (KuzuhaScript) One such example of a currently maintained KuzuhaScript-based script is KuzuhaScript PHP +, as used on あやしいわーるど＠蛭ヶ岳 (Ayashii World@Hirugatake): https://hiru.coresv.com/bbs.php And the script itself: https://hiru.coresv.com/ksphp-plus/ The site you're currently browsing - "Strange World", founded on 2021/03/29 - uses that same script, only with the user interface partially translated into English by our admin kuz, who is the owner of several other bulletin boards and imageboards Contrary to what you might have heard, this is not the first attempt at bringing Ayashii World to the English-speaking world - I'm not sure who that honor goes to - but there was at least one site I know of that immediately preceded this one It went by the name "Sonzainashii World", and it was owned by the elusive Mr. Yasutake. It was founded at some point in 2020, and went down without a word some time around February this year (;´Д`) Here's the original URL for posterity, and an archive to demonstrate what it was like: https://sonzaishinaiworld.heliohost.org/bbs/bbs.php https://archive.vn/tM2rP And now you know! ヽ(´∇`)ノ
> "Sonzainashii World" That should be Sonzaishinai World, oops (;´Д`) Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:12:27
Don't read that drivel, all you need to know is nobody here knew shit about this stuff until sonzaishinai world was advertised on 4-ch and then once the admin forgot about it this shit clone popped up created by a Russian guy who tries to put his name on just about every nostalgia driven "reboot" imageboard/textboard in existence. The original ayashii world didn't use software like this, by the way. Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:12:27
> > "Sonzainashii World" > That should be Sonzaishinai World, oops (;´Д`) > Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:12:27 Do you think a sorry is gonna cut it???? (•̀o•́)ง Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:15:45
> Don't read that drivel, all you need to know is nobody here knew shit about this stuff until sonzaishinai world was advertised on 4-ch and then once the admin forgot about it this shit clone popped up created by a Russian guy who tries to put his name on just about every nostalgia driven "reboot" imageboard/textboard in existence. > The original ayashii world didn't use software like this, by the way. > Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:12:27 You seem very upset. If this place upsets you, why do you visit here? Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:22:37
> The original ayashii world didn't use software like this, by the way. The earliest forms of Ayashii World (before they decentralized in 1998) were only "not like this" in the same way that futallaby is "not like vichan" - and by that I mean they are functionally the same thing once you look past a few superficial QoL features and additional bells & whistles Ayashii World boards were still going strong for years after becoming decentralized, and the original KuzuhaScript was already considered to be the "de facto standard" Ayashii World script as far back as 1999 It's the prevailing users of Ayashii World boards today who continue to develop, maintain, and use the version of KuzuhaScript we're using right now, and the post-millennium additions are so minimal that it's silly to act like this is somehow something completely different If you removed tree view and the embedded youtube player you'd already be back to Ayashii World circa 1998, and if you removed the reply and name search functions you'd be back to 1997 (;´Д`) Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:22:37
> > Don't read that drivel, all you need to know is nobody here knew shit about this stuff until sonzaishinai world was advertised on 4-ch and then once the admin forgot about it this shit clone popped up created by a Russian guy who tries to put his name on just about every nostalgia driven "reboot" imageboard/textboard in existence. > > The original ayashii world didn't use software like this, by the way. > > Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:12:27 > You seem very upset. If this place upsets you, why do you visit here? > Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:22:37 woah, watch your mouth, peasant. How DARE YOU challenge the twitter cancel mob. Dont ask questions. Dont ask why. Kuz is bad. Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 12:37:17
> > The original ayashii world didn't use software like this, by the way. > The earliest forms of Ayashii World (before they decentralized in 1998) > were only "not like this" in the same way that futallaby is "not like > vichan" - and by that I mean they are functionally the same thing once > you look past a few superficial QoL features and additional bells & > whistles > Ayashii World boards were still going strong for years after becoming > decentralized, and the original KuzuhaScript was already considered to > be the "de facto standard" Ayashii World script as far back as 1999 > It's the prevailing users of Ayashii World boards today who continue to > develop, maintain, and use the version of KuzuhaScript we're using > right now, and the post-millennium additions are so minimal that > it's silly to act like this is somehow something completely different > If you removed tree view and the embedded youtube player you'd already > be back to Ayashii World circa 1998, and if you removed the reply and > name search functions you'd be back to 1997 (;´Д`) > Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:22:37 i dont understand how the name search function works (;´Д`) Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 13:07:15
> i dont understand how the name search function works (;´Д`) Click the star symbol on any post that has the name field filled in, and it will display every post made under that name Also, it's not very obvious, but you don't need to quote an entire post or thread in order for your reply to be linked. Like most other forms of post-based communication, you can just quote the relevant sections to provide context, or remove the quote entirely, and it will still be linked to the post you're replying to correctly Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 21:39:11