◆ [Date updated: 2021/04/09(Fri) 01:13:28]
　■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
　│
　├■キモい
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　│　Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:12:27
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　├■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.
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　││The original ayashii world didn't use software like this, by the way.
　││
　││Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:12:27
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　│├■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`)
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　│││Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:22:37
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　││└■i dont understand how the name search function works (;´Д`)
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　││　│Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 13:07:15
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　││　└■Click the star symbol on any post that has the name field filled in, and it 
　││　　　will display every post made under that name
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　││　　　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
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　││　　　Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 21:39:11
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　│└■You seem very upset. If this place upsets you, why do you visit here?
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　│　│Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:22:37
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　│　└■woah, watch your mouth, peasant. How DARE YOU challenge the twitter cancel mob. Dont ask questions. Dont ask why. Kuz is bad.
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　│　　　Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 12:37:17
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　└■User: 
　　│That should be Sonzaishinai World, oops (;´Д`)
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　　│Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:12:27
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　　└■User: free thinking person
　　　　Do you think a sorry is gonna cut it???? (•̀o•́)ง
　　　　
　　　　Linkto：2021/04/08(木) 09:15:45