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"This years FOG- Naffilitious"

Poor. The only way NiGHTS! can possibly describe the past year of the forum. In fact, maybe worse than poor. Not being allowed to swear, NiGHTS! has decided to create a new word to describe the year. Naffilitious. This year was naffilitious.

Why the pesimism? Well, let's investigate the last year. It began at a time of huge prosperity in the FOG. Every member would contribute mesningful topics on all ranges of gaming. Never would copied reviews win prizes- onmly well thought out, well written pieces on gaming. Nothing more. The FOG was inhabitted by gamers alone, of which NiGHTS! former alias, SonicRav, was one.

Then shock hit the forum. We had physically run out of topics to talk about. Except for one exception. DC and PS2 were coming. So began console wars topics that have never started. In NiGHTS! 531 days on the site only this topic has been around so long. Only this topic has become so old. People judging consoles they have not played, being biased towards firm based on past experiences, or even worse, the firms' dealing outside the realm of gaming. Absurd. Very absurd.

However, that was not the FOG's downfall. The downfall was the exodus of gamers joining the FOG. Hundreds of biased, uninformed gamers flocked to the site. In the past this had not mattered. A few people would join at a time and learn the intricacies of the FOG. No more. Now they set the rules. Which included biased against opposing consoles, not reading up on gaming issues before talking about them, and, the worst offender, not talking about gaming.

Even setting up other forums on life, the universe, everything did not stop them. The Future of Gaming was used for all topics from the publishing of exam results to the beginning of the universe. Today, there is only one notable topic on the chat forum about actual gaming.

Of couse, NiGHTS! is not ithout his faults. Just last night he posted a string of messages on the notable election. One said "vote NiGHTS!", another, "Vote Sonic" and another "Vote Aladin Sane". All former NiGHTS! aliases.

Fact is, that the notable/regular system has been a disaster. What good has come from it? Every 3 months another notable must be elected. But the fact is that eventually these notables will become un-notable as they post less and less. In this election there are no real candidates that stand out at all. What is the point? In its early life, the system just made newbies spam to become regulars. Then there was abuse of JATs and Newbies by the regulars, and vice-versa. Now JATs aren't listened too, and no one cares about whether you are a regular or not.

Naffilitious is this years word. Let's just hope that that all improves by this Christmas.

NiGHTS!

Turbonutter wrote:
> I agree with all you have said Nights. I think there are far too
> many people around here and it was better in the old days. Alsom
> there are a lot of people not talking about gaming as you have said,
> but I didn't want to bring this up. I'm glad someone has had the
> courage to do so.

The "Future of Gaming" is just a
> brand name now. People post here and forget what the forum's called.
> These days their are little topics even to do with
> gaming.

Personal posts (er-no, Ant) I don't mind, but A-level
> results???

Sort it.


hmmmmm.... In the old days people used to win more reguarly too ;)

I agree with all you have said Nights. I think there are far too many people around here and it was better in the old days. Alsom there are a lot of people not talking about gaming as you have said, but I didn't want to bring this up. I'm glad someone has had the courage to do so.

The "Future of Gaming" is just a brand name now. People post here and forget what the forum's called. These days their are little topics even to do with gaming.

Personal posts (er-no, Ant) I don't mind, but A-level results???

Sort it.

DeltaJava wrote:
> What problem are you talking about?

i have ben here since the start, but everyone thinks i have only been here a couple of months!

me

What problem are you talking about?

ok... maybe i have solved the problem?

Elliot, you are the bright cloud over the forums, metaphorically speaking.

I have a big problem.

Earlier I said "I have been on the forum over 500 days".
Someone says "I have been here 9 months and have not seen you"
Answer: I have had 6 different names.

So, having been on the forum since the start, and having read almost every topic ever published on it (I hardly reply... unlike most people I only reply when I feel I have something interesting to contribute), I find that people don't actually realise how much I have contributed to the site!

Damn u!

NiGHTS!

Indeed FOG is great but how would you like to vote Dringo for a funnier FOG and as i am a Notable hunter i'll hunt myself That'll be a laugh!

Nicely written, but I don't really agree that it's been a bad year. We had a few good stories this year, including getting a few more people to write short stories, a lot of which were fantastic reading. The FOG forums as a whole underwent a lot of change and it took some getting used to. But it is settling down, bar a few recent hiccups, and I certainly wouldn't want to be without this forum for more than a week. Who knows, I may even get on here while I'm in Spain (more than likely)

Put it this way: If I was in hospital, the first thing I'd order is a laptop with a net connection, so that I could talk to you lot, it would make me feel a whole lot better...

GasMask?? Me-a close friend of yours?? You what?? ;)

Only kidding mate! This has given me an idea for a new topic...