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"Tough times at SR Towers?"

I've not been around here for months.

I popped in yesterday, have been mooching around, and in the process discovered things aren't what they used to be.

There are lots of inactive SR URLs - for example, things like http://ukps2.com now redirects to http://specialreserve.co.uk/playstation-2, and you have to click through 2 "this page has moved" links to get to where you want to go.

Added to that, people are commenting on the lack of new titles stocked, and the MAXX PC range are apparently no longer available.

About the only thing that hasn't changed are the slanging matches. I see a lot of new names, and a few of the old ones (have many left?), but the arguments continue unabated. Some people seem further up themselves than ever, and the only real change is that "PS2", Xbox" and "Gamecube" have been replaced by "PS3", "360" and "Revolution".

Has SR fallen on hard times? What (if anything) did I miss?

Xzibit wrote:
> WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Yeah, I thought so.
>
> Forums certainly seem nowhere near as active as they once were.
>
> Because instead of a healthy nice chat, people are abused by the
> older members. i wont mention names, you know who you are.

Argh.

Shut up.

And fall on something sharp.

Xzibit wrote:

> Because instead of a healthy nice chat, people are abused by the
> older members. i wont mention names, you know who you are.

I'm sorry Mr racist, have people been treating you badly?

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Yeah, I thought so.
>
> Forums certainly seem nowhere near as active as they once were.

Because instead of a healthy nice chat, people are abused by the older members. i wont mention names, you know who you are.

It's all money saving exercises - not having to renew all those domains must save a small fortune. The closure of a shop or two here and there helps too (not for the workers, but that's just hard luck). And selling that Xbox stand pays for some children to wash Tonty's car for a few months, so everything's peachy in the clean-car stakes.

Still doesn't explain why the "new" site design sucks so much balls.

Indeed.

Hope all is well.

Good to see you're still alive, Wookiee. ;o)

These forums aren't even hosted by SR anymore!
A kind user took them over after SR went bust. That was like 14 months ago as well! Man, you really are behind!

Hmph.

I was going to let him jump the cannon, but I've changed my mind.

*Zips up*

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:

> and the only real change is that
> "PS2", Xbox" and "Gamecube" have been
> replaced by "PS3", "360" and
> "Revolution".

You're jumping the gun a little there

Yeah, I thought so.

Forums certainly seem nowhere near as active as they once were.