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BoringSupreez wrote:I guess it's obvious this site is on the way out, huh?

If you say so. I`m not sure what your measure is - amount of posts or new articles?
I`m not a regular but have used this site over the years so can`t say if it`s in "decline" or not.

Some thoughts:
-I disagree on the fact that there`s nothing left to discover. There is, only people may be unwilling to do so - for example there are thousands of "hidden gems" from microcomputer era. Also people could move out of their comfort zones a bit and try new platforms/genres - some folk are still stuck in their childhood choices.

-to some extent I can agree that the "forum model" suffered with the video killing the text star, which is a lamentable trend in general (I really loathe vids replacing screenshots or written tutorials) however not as much as to say there`s only a few active forums left: there`s plenty, only more specialized/niche ones. However I couldn`t care less if there`s a let`s play or some other "show" on the tubes - I`m strictly a reader, gimme ASCII any time, and if it means I`m stuck with fellow-minded greybeards then so be it ;) However I don`t think it`s always the case, there`s plenty of young`ins who use forums too.

-I hate cliques, even though these are a natural form of human socio-order. Unsure if this place suffers extensively from this malady, so far I haven`t detected it and I`m fairly sensitive. The fact that most posters are from Next Gen (btw, shouldn`t this hierarchy be reversed? ;) shelf is similar on most forums, by default.

-if mods ban people who are "disrupting the community" or "creating an unwelcome environment" then more power to them. I can`t stand forums where some high-post-count memebers are allowed to be assholes by the virtue of being a part of the furniture, whereas noobs are chastized.

neogaf (which is a cancer's cancer)

Here we`re 100% in-sync :D

Bone, your argument can basically be reduced to "dang Millennials".

I am Bone not Boring!!!

BoneSnapDeez wrote:I am Bone not Boring!!!

Tokyo... Maine... same difference

edit; n/m

He means the little text section on the left side underneath our names which indicates our "level" here based on number of posts. Many of us are "Next-Gen".

When I joined here in 2011, I wasn't expecting much but this site got my interest back into retro gaming once again. I am an active participant in the forum and many of the Together Retro months.

Yes, I too confuse Supreez with Deez because of the B-S initialism. Their names, not the cuss word

ExedExes wrote:He means the little text section on the left side underneath our names which indicates our "level" here based on number of posts. Many of us are "Next-Gen".

Okay I see what he means now, gotcha.

I came in here thinking I'd be forwarded to some juicy internet drama and instead I just see a bunch of users smooching with words. Some reminiscing of days long gone. And all the while others are even having a reasonable discussion! Apparently I missed everything.

I'm not having it.

But as long as I'm here, how have y'all been?

RyaNtheSlayA wrote:But as long as I'm here, how have y'all been?

I'm doing well. I went for a nice walk this morning on a stretch of park that used to be old train tracks. Google search something called the High Line in NYC.

Just to be clear, the posts from April 1st aren't jokes, correct?