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Why the lack of posts?
I can’t be the only one who has noticed a severe decline in the number of posts to the forum. Over the last week or more, the number of yellow boxes signifying a new post to a thread have diminished from a “full slate” to less than three.
I don’t know where the problem is. I’ve been posting updates to my S4 progress for more than a week. No comments. I can understand if it is not interesting. But, surely, someone would say something about whether they agreed with a conclusion I made.
I posted more than a week ago that the current CPT was drawing down, and it was time for a new vote. It took a week for a mod to pick up on the fact the old thread had been un-pinned and start a new CPT thread. And there have been no new votes on the thread since Lady K posted it. (And that’s no criticism of Lady K. Even though she has undertaken the thankless task of being our scorekeeper, anyone with Mod or Admin attached to their name could have picked up on this.)
There has been a general malaise going on for some time. Something I think Ivo has tried to cure by getting people to invest in the forum via the patronage system. I contributed for two years. As, I’m sure others did as well. But it became apparent to me that it wasn’t working. So I stopped. And many others did as well.
I wonder whether this is why Jack decided to leave. He gave it all he had for seventeen years, but saw what he saw, and decided his future would lie elsewhere.
Come on Guys and Girls, or Men and Women. If we can’t continue to make this a vibrant forum then we are in deep stuff.
For whom the games toll,
they toll for thee.
I have my own theories on why but who knows.
Right now it is kind of trying times for many with inflation raging around the world and wages not exactly keeping up. I expect many are focused more on their jobs and trying to figure out how to get all the rising bills paid more so than focus on posting on gaming forum. Plus April is tax month (at least in USA) with today being deadline so that ensnares many with hours and hours of work to get all paperwork at hand and file it all accurately. Or maybe none of that is a factor who knows.
^ That & also it’s the 1st spring since 2019, at least where I am, that we haven’t been in total lockdown & here we’ve been having quite nice weather too.
I can’t be the only one who has noticed a severe decline in the number of posts to the forum. Over the last week or more, the number of yellow boxes signifying a new post to a thread have diminished from a “full slate” to less than three.
There were 6 new posts when I came on 10 minutes ago and that has been fairly consistent these past couple of months.
I don’t know where the problem is. I’ve been posting updates to my S4 progress for more than a week. No comments. I can understand if it is not interesting. But, surely, someone would say something about whether they agreed with a conclusion I made.
Maybe those who have played the game have said what they want to say and those who haven’t played it yet don’t want to see spoilers.
I posted more than a week ago that the current CPT was drawing down, and it was time for a new vote. It took a week for a mod to pick up on the fact the old thread had been un-pinned and start a new CPT thread. And there have been no new votes on the thread since Lady K posted it. (And that’s no criticism of Lady K. Even though she has undertaken the thankless task of being our scorekeeper, anyone with Mod or Admin attached to their name could have picked up on this.)
I saw that the previous CP had ended, but I don’t have any games to nominate right now. If there are games that people want to play, the nominations and votes will come. If not, they won’t.
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bc advie is not what he used to
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^ That & also it’s the 1st spring since 2019, at least where I am, that we haven’t been in total lockdown & here we’ve been having quite nice weather too.
I don’t disagree. Me, I use AG as a distraction from all the things you mention. But, if enough people agree with your point of view perhaps we should just shut down AG until things return to a consensus of what constitutes as normal.
For whom the games toll,
they toll for thee.
I saw that the previous CP had ended, but I don’t have any games to nominate right now. If there are games that people want to play, the nominations and votes will come. If not, they won’t.
I hate to get into a tiff about this because we are good friends. But isn’t it customary to post previous nominations with no votes attached when a new playthrough session starts?
Not that it would bother me if STWB4 skated through with no competition until 5/1.
For whom the games toll,
they toll for thee.
There were 6 new posts when I came on 10 minutes ago and that has been fairly consistent these past couple of months.
This is what I saw when I logged on around 8:00 PM CST. 
The only two new messages were mine. You must be seeing different stuff than I am.
For whom the games toll,
they toll for thee.
^ That & also it’s the 1st spring since 2019, at least where I am, that we haven’t been in total lockdown & here we’ve been having quite nice weather too.
I don’t disagree. Me, I use AG as a distraction from all the things you mention. But, if enough people agree with your point of view perhaps we should just shut down AG until things return to a consensus of what constitutes as normal.
It wasn’t a point of view just an idea as to why there haven’t been many posts lately. You seem to have misunderstood that I was inferring that the lifting of restrictions means that people are now getting out & about rather than being ‘distracted’. 
There’s also been a steady general decline in forum popularity across the entire internet for years now. *Every* forum has less posts than, say, ten-fifteen years ago. It’s just not as big a platform anymore.
That means that if there’s a lull in comments, that instead of still having several threads going, there are suddenly days with little to no posts.
I wouldn’t read too much into it. Especially with Covid-measures relaxing in a lot of places, and spring giving us better weather to get out of the house instead of posting on the internet…
The truth can’t hurt you, it’s just like the dark: it scares you witless but in time you see things clear and stark. - Elvis Costello
Maybe this time I can be strong, but since I know who I am, I’m probably wrong. Maybe this time I can go far, but thinking about where I’ve been ain’t helping me start. - Michael Kiwanuka
I notice more and more people especially the younger generation prefer to discuss in others like discord, reddit, fb group and etc.
I notice more and more people especially the younger generation prefer to discuss in others like discord, reddit, fb group and etc.
Exactly.
Butter my buns and call me a biscuit! - Agent A
We’re just going through a phase.
Recently finished: Four Last Things 4/5, Edna & Harvey: The Breakout 5/5, Chains of Satinav 3,95/5, A Vampyre Story 88, Sam Peters 3/5, Broken Sword 1 4,5/5, Broken Sword 2 4,3/5, Broken Sword 3 85, Broken Sword 5 81, Gray Matter 4/5\nCurrently playing: Broken Sword 4, Keepsake (Let\‘s Play), Callahan\‘s Crosstime Saloon (post-Community Playthrough)\nLooking forward to: A Playwright’s Tale
Plus adventure games are niche market anyways. Also at least in my case it doesn’t help when half the messageboard is advertisements for kickstarters, I tune out for a while.
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