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Is there any hope for this site?

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matt:
I still lurk but miss the old days.

Warmsignal:
As far as the forums? No. Most have either moved on, or become jaded and apathetic towards both retro collecting and modern/current gen gaming. That was the common thread of this place a decade ago, the reason why it was so active, because everyone was very personally invested in those things. We were all more than happy to trade notes, talk about hidden gems to look out for, show off pick-ups, talk about childhood gaming memories, tell wacky collector stories, create various ranking lists and best ofs, etc. But since the wind left the sails of why we were all here to begin with, solid community members disappeared and increasingly fewer came about to pick up their slack, it became more like sending messages into the void, and like "why bother?" Does anyone here have even a remote interest in the same things that I still care about regarding gaming or collecting anymore? As the sentiment has increasingly felt like a resounding "no" on both fronts, my desire to participate only diminished further. Gotta be honest.

kashell:
This site? Yes. As far as I can tell, tracking a collection is still actively used. Other users seem to be adding to the database regularly. That's the main purpose of the site is in full swing.

The forums? I'm not so sure. I really like the 52 Game Challenge and...that's about it. But, it's enough for me. Game collecting is a chore (not that I was ever a big collector in the first place - 99% gamer and 1% collector) so those discussions have about vanished. The non-gaming related topics could get volatile because of some bad apples. Some of the folks that I first met when I joined aren't on anymore, either.  Fortunately, we're connected via other means.

sworddude:

--- Quote from: tripredacus on August 22, 2024, 09:53:17 am ---Issues with Discord are that they are closed to the public, so they can't be archived except by the admins. There is a lot of lost information that gets put into a discord then then disappears when that channel disappears, or is not known to exist due to how difficult it is to read past information. I personally only use discord if I need to talk to certain people for a specific reason, but there is no use to try to use the discussion portions. It has the same issue as TFW2005 did a decade ago, too much content is posted that if you aren't there constantly, if you miss a day you're doomed.

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there are always filters. + in terms of actual info they usually have sub threads/ forums that are stickied. so stuff doesn't get mixed in with discussions. if you ain't in the server said info is quite hidden however. That being said discord is moreso for chats in the moment not so much info. better stuff out there for that.

that being said the fun convo's about retro stuff are on more faster paced sites these days it is what it is.


--- Quote from: bizzgeburt on August 21, 2024, 09:25:33 am ---I'd actually love to show more activity in this forum, but honestly spoken: Most topics discussed here other than internals simply don't interest me enough for me to reply to or I simply lack anything noteable to say about it  :o  I'd be able to post/reply way more often if there were more retro gaming topics  ;D

by the way: Is there any thread in here where I can submit reviews and such?

yours still reading (mostly) silently,

Bizz

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2nd that. too many topics that are about modern gaming not really interested in that

emporerdragon:
I still lurk and visit, but not too many recent topics have piqued interest enough to post, and I really don't like necro-ing threads or responding to ones that have been necroed, so not a ton of posts from me.

It also doesn't help that my physical collecting for games has basically dried up with the combo of the new generations being more digitally focused and being priced out of wanting to retro collect (I love shotgun collecting, but it's nowhere near as fun when those random shovelware titles are $20+ each). I've instead since shifted my collecting focuses to manga and pokemon cards as the majors, & collectible figures and Lego/Nanoblock sets as the minors.

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