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I doubt anyone considers it a nuisance!
But, yeah, these AGSOTD generally don’t spark as much discussions as one could hope for, it isn’t just your scenes but all of them.

I understand if you want to cut down to one or two a week, but am NOT volunteering to do more than the once per week I’m doing now. I also don’t really see it as a problem if there aren’t one every single day, if someone wants to take over then fine, but otherwise don’t feel obliged to continue posting 3 days a week.

I think the posts are getting a lot of views, but the average number of replies is around 4 or 5. I think most people look at the screenshot and think that it is nice, that it looks like a game they would enjoy playing, or that it brings back memories of when they played it themselves. But that doesn’t automatically result in a them writing something. I think chrissie said something to the effect that it’s OK if they’re not writing, but if they stop looking, that’s a problem.

Keep up the good work. I look at the posts every day, and I don’t write something most of the time either.

diego - 08 December 2015 11:25 AM

It worked for a while, but my latest offerings have sparked ZERO conversation! I feel like posting 3 times a week is tiring people and imposing a certain one-sided contribution that is working against the collective format idea. I enjoy posting, but not when it becomes nuisance, or even worse - when it produces indifference.

I know how no-response makes you feel, diego. Got the T-shirt to prove it.
Cheer up, you’re still doing a great job.

PS: And forum traffic is not what it used to be.

Karlok - 08 December 2015 01:35 PM

PS: And forum traffic is not what it used to be.

^ This.

It’s more of a general thing than specific to the AGSotD, imo.

Oh, guys, you’re the bestest! I’d really wish you for a friend, chatting and having a beer in a pub after being dumped by my girlfriend or something!

But, this is a resignation - my last 4 AGSOTDs had total of 0 replies! No forum traffic is enough of excuse for that! It’s a red lamp signaling for fresh blood! Of course, AGSOTD was always voluntary, so I’d love (and the only proper way) if it’s done by a person who feels like doing it, and ready to share something on the matter of Hybrid adventure games, Cartoon adventure games or Special feature. (or propose new ideas)

edit: And why nobody told me I missed the Sunday, 29 November? HA! One more reason for a resignation!

diego - 08 December 2015 04:58 PM

edit: And why nobody told me I missed the Sunday, 29 November? HA! One more reason for a resignation!

I’m only sure someone missed a date when it’s too late, and saying something then would make me feel like a dick.

I would certainly hope that your decision to resign only affects one or two of the three posts. How many and which one is your decision. But please don’t abandon them all.

I can’t tell you how many times I wake up on a Wednesday, possibly Thursday, and say “WTF! I know what game it’s going to be, but I don’t have a screenshot I like and I haven’t written a word. I wonder if anyone will notice if I don’t post Casual Friday.”

But I do it, and the post gets four replies, two of which are mine because I am responding to the two who actually took the time to write something. And I wonder, just like you, whether this is worth it. And it’s only been six months of our one-year commitment.And I also say that this isn’t nearly as easy or rewarding as I thought it was going to be.

But then I also say to myself, (muttering expletives as I do so,) “If Kuru, Bastich, Karlok and chrissie got through this, I’ll be damned if I’m going to be the first one to throw in the towel.”

So pare down the workload. My favorite of the three is Cartoon Sunday. And, yes I did notice the missing Sunday. But who knows what circumstance got in the way. So I, and I’m sure other contributors, figured there was a problem. I’m sure if I missed a Friday, I’m quite positive that I would not enjoy getting up from my sickbed to read spiteful hate mail. Or worse…TimovieMan telling me to get my post in promptly or I’m fired.

Chose one or two to proceed with. But don’t leave. We put a lot of effort into the continuation of this thread.

When we get together at that pub, my libation of choice, being Irish, is, of course Guinness. I’ll buy the first round.

diego - 08 December 2015 04:58 PM

But, this is a resignation - my last 4 AGSOTDs had total of 0 replies!

WHAT!?!

I didn’t expect your resignation after you said you ENJOYED posting them. 
You’re free to do as you please of course, but then so am I.  From now on, I’ll try to reply to all your AGSotDs. 

Diego

As others have said, it’s your choice, but unless you are fed up posting them then I would say definitely continue, even if you drop one or two of the days. I know it can be disheartening to get the zero replies response (just like my last one! ) and there have certainly been times when it has felt like I have had “sympathy” replies from one or two people just so I don’t feel left out (Thanks Becky & Chrissie & others!) but ultimately I still think people like them - even some of my obscure AGS nonsense.

I am definitely the same as most people here in that I generally read all the AGSOTD posts but very rarely reply. Maybe it’s because AGSOTD is somehow more like reading a short article on a website and somehow less interactive, but my lack of posting certainly doesn’t mean that I don’t enjoy the posts, whoever has been making them over the years.

Karlok - 08 December 2015 07:29 PM

From now on, I’ll try to reply to all your AGSotDs. 

Hehe. Hey, posting forced replies is the same as posting no replies at all! You do that, and I’ll come back here to complain how people are posting forced comments, and I’ll resign again!

rtrooney - 08 December 2015 06:58 PM

I would certainly hope that your decision to resign only affects one or two of the three posts.

Thanks everyone - I mean, I KNEW everyone is feeling that way, and I’m the same - after all, the point of AGSOTD are not the comments (like when it ran on the front page with no comments at all), but I still feel the current format would work better if everyone was entitled for one day. This is an open call for a member who thinks he can contribute to the current format (or propose a new day) and is willing to do it.