24th May 2005, 1:38 PM
Actually, in the past few weeks the post rate has skyrocketed. Old members that used to only post every few weeks are now posting steadily. New members are starting to trickle in and actually stick around. Things have been on the upturn.
Now, OB1 leaving is bad in many ways, yes, but I wouldn't call him the life blood of the place. He started arguments with ABF, yes, but considering no one really bothered reading them that doesn't really count for anything does it. I tend to have discussions with lots of people, it's just that for most people it doesn't trail on for pages on end. OB1 offered a lot of good things, but the countless pages of arguing was not a good thing, even indirectly.
In the end, he will be missed, but we can go on without him. It's not like he hasn't been gone for a bit before.
So what do we need to do? I'd say not much. Aside from the threads regarding OB1, what is currently active TODAY? A decent number of threads regarding gaming, that's what I see.
So, I wouldn't make any dire predictions just yet. Let's see how things are in a week and go from there.
Now, OB1 leaving is bad in many ways, yes, but I wouldn't call him the life blood of the place. He started arguments with ABF, yes, but considering no one really bothered reading them that doesn't really count for anything does it. I tend to have discussions with lots of people, it's just that for most people it doesn't trail on for pages on end. OB1 offered a lot of good things, but the countless pages of arguing was not a good thing, even indirectly.
In the end, he will be missed, but we can go on without him. It's not like he hasn't been gone for a bit before.
So what do we need to do? I'd say not much. Aside from the threads regarding OB1, what is currently active TODAY? A decent number of threads regarding gaming, that's what I see.
So, I wouldn't make any dire predictions just yet. Let's see how things are in a week and go from there.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)