almost 1 year

[TheShoe]

It's been almost a year since the last front page post. Does that mean the site is dead? Nighthawk, when do you plan to, if ever, take the site down? As shitty as it is, hardly anyone comes to the forums anymore. Why is it we just can't come up with anything interesting to say here anymore?

[ziggeh]

yeah i have been thinking the same thing for months now.... Aside from the nature of gaming and simply playing together wtfman to me turned into a community i felt apart of. It sucks its dying... i will always be there tho as long as the site stays up.

[TheShoe]

Same here, but it's not too much of a community anymore either really. I mean, a few of us post here regularly, but for the most part its pretty baron. I still check the site everyday practically but I mean, there just isn't enough content to keep me here for more than (click wtfman forum button : see no forum posts : stumble!)

[Exerias]

I lurk.

But I'm too busy with work and trying to start a business to play video games. I wish I had something worthwhile to post, but things are pretty dull right now. Kind of a transitional point in my life; I hope to have fun again in the future :/ I would hate to see the site taken down. I, like a lot of you, check it almost daily, but posts are few and far between and updates have dried up.

My recommendation would be for NH to open the front page to all forum members. He could choose posts to copy to the front page and link to the forum. In addition to updating the front page, perhaps it would motivate someone to put together an entertaining piece of literature. I'd probably do it. Always wanted to be a wtfman

Don't let the site die, Nighthawk.

[Faust]

Originally Posted by Exerias

My recommendation would be for NH to open the front page to all forum members. He could choose posts to copy to the front page and link to the forum. In addition to updating the front page, perhaps it would motivate someone to put together an entertaining piece of literature. I'd probably do it. Always wanted to be a wtfman

Don't let the site die, Nighthawk.

That would probably be the best idea in all honesty.

[jonorsi]

Maybe consolidating the sub-forums into one would be good. It would focus the community more and allow more contact between every member. I know that I don't even bother checking anything other than the General Discussion forum, but that isn't to say I wouldn't chime in on some Politics or Console Gaming once in a while if it popped up in here. No use having multiple almost-empty forums.

And opening the front page to forum posts would be a great idea. We could vote on which forum posts deserve to be front and center, and it would give some of us an impetus to produce some good material for discussion.

[Beer]

You can mess with the forum layout all you want. But unless something happens that inspires people to post, it isn't going to happen. Even if you did get that going, you would need Nighthawk to back it officially and put time into it.

From what I can tell, he's got more important (and interesting) things on his plate than this site. Otherwise the forum layout would be a bit more WTFman and less stock template. Not to mention the front page would've recieved a long overdue upgrade/overhaul.

I try and visit once every three months, if that. But there just isn't a reason to other than I've been a visitor for a long time now. Nothing has or will change.

Really, you can't point fingers to who's at fault other than the industry. There just aren't games out there that really support what this site is about. Hell, there aren't really players out there with the linguistic capability and wit to really support this site anymore.

The WTFmen have all gone on to do bigger and better things (presumably) and this site is a relic of that era.

[jonorsi]

I don't think anyone's pointing or blaming here. It's just a suggestion which may inject a little more life into the front page and possibly reignite the community.

None the less, it is Nighthawk's decision on what to do. Whether he would like to open the front page to the few who frequent here or let it stay the way it is totally depends on his vision for the site.

[Violent Dave]

The tech behind the site is unfortunate and pretty archaic. I remember making front page posts by editing a notepad file. It's certainly old school and "hardcore" but it makes posting a tad more of an endeavor.

[ziggeh]

Its not so bad, just copy and paste the previous post with all tables in tact, edit a lil and replace the post with your own.

edit: btw the link from frontpage to forum posts sounds like a great idea.