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Every day, you could come on, and there would be... six, perhaps five new topics. Each of them would be excellently written, discussing new points. It was interesting to see what people had thought of, and it would be fun to argue the points.
That was six months ago. Since then, what's happened?
About 20 new topics are created every day, about two of which are worth reading. Regulars are dropping like flies, and some of the most respected of people on the forum don't come on any more.
In my opinion, the legacy of the FOG's have fallen. We do little more than chat pointlessly now. Even the stories, which have kept me here for the past six months, seem pointless these days.
What used to be a cozy forum, with people coming on and winning games, then leaving, with the handful of regulars who were always guaranteed to turn up every night, has turned into a mass of people, all chattering with no thought for entertainment, with only a good one or two topics every day.
As I join the likes of ssxpro, Wookiee Monster, FantasyMeister, Sniper, by leaving, I make this topic not so I can flatter myself with people telling me not to leave, but I make this topic because it's important that the FOG does not get any more worse than it already is. I hope that by showing people are not interested in the FOG these days, I hope that something can be done to bring the quality of the forums back to the greatness that it once was.
But... I shall not be handing in my resignation as a notable. Make what you want of this, but I have my reasons.
Tony, Sheepy, The Game, Rasta, Edgy, Turbo, Meka, Pb, er-no, Sniper, Venombyte, Rav, Ant, Darkness, Ali, Mouldy Cheese, De Sol, Dan_uk, M16, webmaster, FM, MWA, Goatboy, Wookiee, ssxpro, Shanksy, Reaper, Terry S, Iguana, Bonus, Fogmaster, Your Honour... I bid you all farewell. I hope you can bring to this forum what seems to be missing today.
That was six months ago. Since then, what's happened?
About 20 new topics are created every day, about two of which are worth reading. Regulars are dropping like flies, and some of the most respected of people on the forum don't come on any more.
In my opinion, the legacy of the FOG's have fallen. We do little more than chat pointlessly now. Even the stories, which have kept me here for the past six months, seem pointless these days.
What used to be a cozy forum, with people coming on and winning games, then leaving, with the handful of regulars who were always guaranteed to turn up every night, has turned into a mass of people, all chattering with no thought for entertainment, with only a good one or two topics every day.
As I join the likes of ssxpro, Wookiee Monster, FantasyMeister, Sniper, by leaving, I make this topic not so I can flatter myself with people telling me not to leave, but I make this topic because it's important that the FOG does not get any more worse than it already is. I hope that by showing people are not interested in the FOG these days, I hope that something can be done to bring the quality of the forums back to the greatness that it once was.
But... I shall not be handing in my resignation as a notable. Make what you want of this, but I have my reasons.
Tony, Sheepy, The Game, Rasta, Edgy, Turbo, Meka, Pb, er-no, Sniper, Venombyte, Rav, Ant, Darkness, Ali, Mouldy Cheese, De Sol, Dan_uk, M16, webmaster, FM, MWA, Goatboy, Wookiee, ssxpro, Shanksy, Reaper, Terry S, Iguana, Bonus, Fogmaster, Your Honour... I bid you all farewell. I hope you can bring to this forum what seems to be missing today.
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Grix Thraves wrote:
> As for a system... what about simply matching membership details to the details
> being put into here?
You could have enter your membership number whever you log into the forums...
Email addy, password & membership number?
or it may be decernable via the email addy alone?
or it could be a field in the 'edit user details' section?
> As for a system... what about simply matching membership details to the details
> being put into here?
You could have enter your membership number whever you log into the forums...
Email addy, password & membership number?
or it may be decernable via the email addy alone?
or it could be a field in the 'edit user details' section?
Hercules! wrote:
If
> anything like that does get introduced then id become a member.
I was thinking
> of becoming one anyway but i dont often have the money to buy games regularly so
> i didnt really see the point in me joining.
You can claim a free game when you join too!
If
> anything like that does get introduced then id become a member.
I was thinking
> of becoming one anyway but i dont often have the money to buy games regularly so
> i didnt really see the point in me joining.
You can claim a free game when you join too!
Anyway you'll find that mpst people around here are on it so ts worth joining...
(MSN)
(MSN)
If you were asking if i had any of them then nope i dont but if you were saying an alternative to these forums if people drop then yes, fair enough.
If anything like that does get introduced then id become a member.
I was thinking of becoming one anyway but i dont often have the money to buy games regularly so i didnt really see the point in me joining.
If anything like that does get introduced then id become a member.
I was thinking of becoming one anyway but i dont often have the money to buy games regularly so i didnt really see the point in me joining.
Hercules! wrote:
> HálloHowArtThou wrote:
> Hercules! wrote:
> we'd see lots of
> people dropping out of
> here.
*****
Surely that would be
> good?
-----------
in some ways yes but in others no.
idiots dropping -
> good thing
good posters, friends and people like that - bad thing
*****
MSN, AIM or Yaahoo?
> HálloHowArtThou wrote:
> Hercules! wrote:
> we'd see lots of
> people dropping out of
> here.
*****
Surely that would be
> good?
-----------
in some ways yes but in others no.
idiots dropping -
> good thing
good posters, friends and people like that - bad thing
*****
MSN, AIM or Yaahoo?
Hercules! wrote:
> HálloHowArtThou wrote:
> Hercules! wrote:
> we'd see lots of
> people dropping out of
> here.
*****
Surely that would be
> good?
-----------
in some ways yes but in others no.
idiots dropping -
> good thing
good posters, friends and people like that - bad thing
*****
MSN?
> HálloHowArtThou wrote:
> Hercules! wrote:
> we'd see lots of
> people dropping out of
> here.
*****
Surely that would be
> good?
-----------
in some ways yes but in others no.
idiots dropping -
> good thing
good posters, friends and people like that - bad thing
*****
MSN?
HálloHowArtThou wrote:
> Hercules! wrote:
> we'd see lots of people dropping out of
> here.
*****
Surely that would be good?
-----------
in some ways yes but in others no.
idiots dropping - good thing
good posters, friends and people like that - bad thing
> Hercules! wrote:
> we'd see lots of people dropping out of
> here.
*****
Surely that would be good?
-----------
in some ways yes but in others no.
idiots dropping - good thing
good posters, friends and people like that - bad thing
Less people would mean less spam and less spam would see the QUALITY of the forums going up then we wouldnt have all the problems with notables dropping away :-D
Hercules! wrote:
> we'd see lots of people dropping out of here.
*****
Surely that would be good?
> we'd see lots of people dropping out of here.
*****
Surely that would be good?
I think they could introduce it for the UKChatForums GAD each day but not sure about the UKreviews one.
I think thats what im best at and i think that submitting a decent review is worth a GAD.
Just think of what those professionals get for doing one review in a magazine or on a professional website or something.Quite a bit.
I think thats what im best at and i think that submitting a decent review is worth a GAD.
Just think of what those professionals get for doing one review in a magazine or on a professional website or something.Quite a bit.
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