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"To Grix Thraves, other notables and long standing regulars"

I read Grix's 'I have no love for the forum anymore' topic and whilst finding myself agreeing with most of what was said, something was missing. I am still a relative newcomer to this site, and I would like to put forward a point of view that seems to have been forgotten.

With all the talk of a forum dedicated to the people that used to make the forums a special place, I am worried that there won't be oportunities for others, like myself, who don't spam, don't post unneccessary topics, and don't clog up the forums. I for one have always tried to post properly, try and encourage and debate and put forward thought provoking opinions (as hopefully some of you will have seen if you've read my posts) yet I feel like, because I am a relative newcomer to the site, I am being included with the new 'lot' that have ruined the forums.

Don't get me wrong, I am not disputing the fact that FOG has been ruined (because it undoubtedly has) or that you guys don't dserve to be notables or haven't made the forums a great place (because again you undoubtedly have), its just that there are people out there that want to talk about games, have discussion, and have a laugh. I am 18 and don't want to get into mindless 'PS2 is crap' topics - I just want to post and most of all, have fun. I just hope some of you recognise that amidst the mire of mediocrity we currently preside in.

Yeah, it is really hard to try and be friends with EVERYONE... I mean, there are people I don't particularly want to bother with, and I'm sure they feel the same way about me, but for the majority, I know I could be friends with, but I really haven't got the time to talk to everyone on a regular basis... so we've got to be picky.

With so many people on the forums now, it's almost impossible to get to know many of them well enough to distinguish between who writes posts worth reading, and who doesn't.

Maybe it's just me, but I'm finding it harder and harder to recognise the good posters that join these days - particularly the ones who may not post that often.

Grix Thraves wrote:
> RM18 wrote:

I'll try and keep more of
> an eye out.

Thanks :D

I ruled.

Yes.

I rule

RM18 wrote:
> One idea could be for the people actually interested in talking about games etc.
> in a proper manner abandoning Chat and moving to Prime, and renaming Chat
> 'General' or something. That way all the newbies or JAT's can spam to their
> hearts content and the serious talk can take place in Prime. And believe me, if
> no-one was there to get annoyed, the spam would dry up very quickly.

But for those Notable wannabe's Chat isn't a great place to be as I spend half my time in prime and only reach a small audience...

*Vote Dringo and he will kill George W. Bush*

Just those stupid moaning notables :D

*Makes a noise like a chicken and runs*

i read topics by either people i know vagually or by notables. Occasionally ill read something with an interesting title. but many people put interesting titles in and then write about 10 lines of crap.

yawn

there is definatly more spam round than there was.

RM18 wrote:

"Oh, and Grix, I don't hide my face, I'm actually on here most nights"

I don't see you though, so there's obviously some sort of problem with the both of us. Can't just be me. :0)

I'll try and keep more of an eye out.