What's happened to this forum?

Themanisbacknick wrote:
Haha good vid sue :lol:

Thought you'd like that one, Nick :D

eliansukke180 wrote:

4junk3000 wrote:
Can't talk. Tapping...

:lol:

Ooh I was hoping you'd revive that old avatar style! This place seemed emptier without it.

Excruciator69 wrote:

cdepast wrote:
sadly there have been a couple bad apples that have driven away forum regulars. Everything is a cycle. As attrition takes place, new members will replace the old.

They foolishly endured the likes of Josh for far too long.

Also, I will contend that since this event and the previous couple of events have been so good there is little to legitimately complain about. That'll remove a ton of activity from these forums.

I'd rather have it that way.

I agree with this.

Previous events had a lot more to discuss. This one seems pretty will designed, and we are busy doing our thing.

I recall much of the past posting here being rants about what someone dislikes, then dozens of responses suggesting those dislikes are unwarranted or over critical, then complaints about the complaints, then responses defending the original complaint, and basically a bunch of bickering.

Lately I see posts in OT of people having fun playing posting games, posts the Showcase displaying creative designs, and posts in discussion speculating future game themes.

Basically more fun and less drama. So....

I don't really have a problem with how the forum is lately.

suetopia wrote:

cdepast wrote:
sadly there have been a couple bad apples that have driven away forum regulars. Everything is a cycle. As attrition takes place, new members will replace the old.

This is a valid point. We have seen this happen right before our eyes - I recall not too long ago a thread made by someone who usually just lurks on the forum. He did nothing wrong and was met with a nasty reply by someone almost immediately - and to the credit of the majority of the people on the forum, people expressed their outrage about the nasty post.

That is just one example, though. This happens time and time again. Someone states an opinion, someone disagrees and then the mud slinging starts. We have all seen it. And it usually is just a couple of bad apples that are doing it (not always the same ones). I know that the MOD team does their best to stop this, but there is really only so much they can do as there is so much going on here. Instead of discussions, we often see mud slinging and bullying. It scares away potential new contributors, and some of the older forum members have gotten to the point where they are so tired of seeing this and/or being the target of this that they feel they have to leave.

I think that we all need to remember to respect each other a bit more. No single one of us is better than any other member - that includes EVERYONE. We all have valid opinions whether others agree or not. If we keep these things in mind and stick to discussion and having fun rather than belittling, bullying and harassing then people will start to come here again. We may even see some old faces return.

Themanisbacknick wrote:
I don't normally post on this section but I think it's still the same a lot of threads being made regular. But the forum in general is quite well on Ot anyway but it will come good in the end

I think Nick also makes a good point. People come and people go - such is the nature of a forum. Circle of life, and such.

Rudeness is a weak imatation of strength.

Looks like the forum is getting ready to heat up. You had to ask.
:mrgreen:

Sorry to hear this forum isn't as busy as it used to be.

Let me go fix that with another Brandine thread...