Celebrate old Escapists! The war against the newbies has been won!
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Huh, I didn't know /r/KotakuInAction was the subreddit for these forums. But bah, who uses subreddits anyway, get yourself an 8chan board daddy-o and be hip n jive with the cool dawgs!Barbas said:
(This post is the result of too much coffee and a warped sense of humour, it is not meant to be taken seriously.)
I am shocked and offended at this insistence that I'm some kind of common thief! Just for that, I'm not giving your watch back!The Almighty Aardvark said:
Yeah... "used to". I mean I know they said they don't care if they get banned but was there actually any real reason to do so? (Don't worry, that's rhetorical, I know what happens when anyone attempts to hold any kind of serious debate about moderation)ForumSafari said:
On topic of course there's not a whole lot of new members. the Escapist has been hemorhagging talent badly the last year or to the point where Yahtzee is pretty much the only thing drawing people here at all. That aside were there seriously people so focused on everyone else's join dates? Seems like a ridiculous thing to make any kind of fuss about.
You totally started it by invading our space!DeanCain said:
I thought the intent was light-hearted. Granted, people have been talking more serious and so I have as well, but I'm not sure the intent was really cane shaking. So much as fake cane shaking.
Wait, why am I explaining myself to you? GET OFF MY LAWN!
Now, can we share or...DeanCain said:
Oh, don't even go there. I know Artie's weak point: PR!
It's true. I also can't drive without the left blinker on.
Even after I sandpapered it and nailed it to my wrist! I thought you lived by a codeSomething Amyss said:
You call that a nail? It was a thumbtack at best! I am well within my code!The Almighty Aardvark said:
Did you know that every year The Escapist is dying? It's true! Every year someone starts posting threads that are all doom-and-gloom about "No new posters will ever come!" or "All the old, decent posters have left!" or "This site's going down hill and losing it's content!".
It was like that in 2007 when I first joined this site. It was that way last year. It's shaping up to be the same this year. It'll be the same next year, assuming the site survives until late 2016.
The Escapist is dying. Long live The Escapist.
It was like that in 2007 when I first joined this site. It was that way last year. It's shaping up to be the same this year. It'll be the same next year, assuming the site survives until late 2016.
The Escapist is dying. Long live The Escapist.
I wouldn't get scared until the parent company sells/drops the site. Then we'er screwed. As of now the site seems to make enough money to cover expenses...or at least people think it will be able to and are willing to take the hit. Even with the crap tier ads.Vigormortis said:
As things are now, the problems are still fixable; all you have to do is get a ton of new awesome vid producers to make stuff only for The Escapist...or at least have a sizeable delay between putting vids on youtube.
The funny thing is, Jim and Extra Credits are doing way better now that they're off the site.
I'm sorry, what did you say newbie? You'll have to speak up, my old ears aren't what they used to be....Drathnoxis said:
In my experience escapist is the quintessential gamer. It dies every year. So i guess that makes us zombies.
Anyways, i heard that to the victor go the spoils, so where is my booty?
DOWN WITH THE- *looks at friends list* *sees join dates*
Well um... good thing guys I guess? Just let me hide and escape the purge until I gain senority
Well um... good thing guys I guess? Just let me hide and escape the purge until I gain senority
Well Off-Topic has 31473 views and Game Industry has 106031. But I'm not really sure that tells us much, since some of the threads in Game industry are almost a month old. It seems like both forums have different styles of activity...IceForce said:
Hmm, what if we compare the new threads and posts made in each forum since today:
Game Industry:
New threads: 28
New posts: 2718
Off-Topic:
New threads: 113
New posts: 4042
Judging by that, Off-Topic is still more active than Game Industry.
That is a good question. I agree that all the reasons you stated are likely part of it. It could also be because the Escapist had such an influx of new users for such a long time that a tight community never really formed. There were just too many people for most people to get to know everybody, and without that sense of community there isn't a lot to keep people around long term. Or maybe I'm completely off base, I don't know, there were an awful lot of regular posters who were banned. Over a hundred that I personally recognised by name or avatar.IceForce said:
It's true that the Escapist forums didn't launch until August 2006, there was the Escapist Lounge before that, which was just the comment sections for the articles. It launched around December 2005.Barbas said:
As for older accounts, the Escapist launched on July 12, 2005 so any accounts made earlier than that are likely from the sister site WarCry Network which launched May 21, 1999. Escapist users were able to post on Warcry and vice versa.
Yes, I think they are. A few people seem to be under the impression that the OP consists of anti-newbie hate speech. One person went so far as to say that I personally have made the forums a hostile place for newcomers.LostGryphon said:
Is it just me or do the forums seem to be more sensitive than they used to be? I seem to remember people making threads of a similar tongue in cheek nature several years back without everybody getting so literal about everything.
Well, the purpose was really to point out the problem of there not being many new users coming to the site, thus the reason the majority of the OP consists of statistics.DeanCain said:
A SUVIVOR?!?!?!?!?Super Cyborg said:
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OT- This is a really really bad thing guys. That means the site appeal is down. The rising and peak phases are over, now the war of attrition to an eventual demise phase has started. Eh, but the quality of a site has to do with how many new folks it attracts...
One of the major issues is that the site hemorrhaged a lot of users with the loss of a lot of content providers.
There's not much I can say that other's haven't already. Right now The Escapist is in a slump, especially with outcry some proposed content providers have caused. Before we can get new users in, the site needs to get some new exclusive content, basically that's all there is to it.
There's not much I can say that other's haven't already. Right now The Escapist is in a slump, especially with outcry some proposed content providers have caused. Before we can get new users in, the site needs to get some new exclusive content, basically that's all there is to it.
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Not a serious thing, it was an old joke thread and nothing more, we were mostly goofing off and there was no vitriol or anything, trust me when I say most users find this to be kind of depressing, we don't want our hang-out to die off.Cold Shiny said:
I was Switzerland at first but then I hid in a bunker with some guys, passed out because of the noxious gas of excessive bean consumption and ate a sock or something, pretty sure I died at some point.
Hmmm... The only thing I have noticed about the Escapist over the years are less new topics posted each day.
But then again, most of them were utter shite... All about morals of drowning people (who will you save?) or billy basic 'what do you look like?', 'what is your favourite geek possession?' or 'who is your favourite game character?'
But then again, most of them were utter shite... All about morals of drowning people (who will you save?) or billy basic 'what do you look like?', 'what is your favourite geek possession?' or 'who is your favourite game character?'
