MrWally Posted August 1, 2009 Posted August 1, 2009 Maybe if all the old Swampies who pop back in to say hi every couple months stuck around for a while we could return to the glory days Instead they show up, say hello, and disappear back to their "social lives." Pffft.
RoxStar Posted August 1, 2009 Posted August 1, 2009 Hmm.... I disagree. I believe LFN has more active in 2009 than it has been since 2005(ish). Lucascast, Lucasnews, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Monkey Island: Special Edition, and lots of other Lucasarts things have happened in the last 12 months.
Darth InSidious Posted August 1, 2009 Posted August 1, 2009 Hmm.... I disagree. I believe LFN has more active in 2009 than it has been since 2005(ish). Lucascast, Lucasnews, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Monkey Island: Special Edition, and lots of other Lucasarts things have happened in the last 12 months. Yes, and always the same dozen or so people being involved in each thing. More happening, but definitely not as many members.
BlackDove Posted August 2, 2009 Author Posted August 2, 2009 Pretty sure it's got something to do with the fact that Lucas Arts doesn't really do anything anymore but trade its licenses for money. I think the Bioware forums TOR wise are somewhat more active, and rightfully so. Meanwhile Raven treated us like garbage with their instant abandonment upon release, and went to work on SOF2: Dismemberan Shootan or whatever the hell they were doing back then, so it made sense to congregate here. I'd reckon TOR should bring some new members though down the line when actual playing starts taking place. But not that much, since those systems exist in-game. Seven years ago we had to come here to connect with one another, because the actual games were just server checkers, instant play and no online interfacing. Today, it's all in the games themselves. (also yeah, I had the dragonball avatar, it was such a good bait for people to throw down an insult, which would in turn give me carte blanche to troll them into oblivion)
jrrtoken Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 Yes, and always the same dozen or so people being involved in each thing. More happening, but definitely not as many members.This, for utmost emphasis. This is why sites like LucasCast and LucasNews are either quite uninteresting or totally unnecessary. I feel that there needs to be many more "newer" members involved with the community, rather than always the same admins from yesteryear doing all community-based content. More to the point; LFN is stale, and needs a breath of fresh air, both in content and membership.
MysticSpade Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 i stop by in passing i have gone missing a few times here and there. But im around as always. just have my hands in some much stuff with my tv channel and game videos library that im making. plus married 2 kids 2 jobs yeah not a lot of free time...LOL
Darth Avlectus Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 This, for utmost emphasis. This is why sites like LucasCast and LucasNews are either quite uninteresting or totally unnecessary. I feel that there needs to be many more "newer" members involved with the community, rather than always the same admins from yesteryear doing all community-based content. More to the point; LFN is stale, and needs a breath of fresh air, both in content and membership. Let's face it, we can reminisce and have our circle jerk but that isn't going to bring new people. We'd need to spend our time outside LF promoting the site to do that. Any ideas? Despite the breakup TOR is having on the kotor community, it's still happening. I think whom ever are going to be our soldiers of LF for our guilds in SWTOR would need to have some elite playing skills and gimmicks to go along with it. An attractive team that gets the attention of others. Another way I suppose is the UltraSabers forums. They have dedicated fans of the KOTOR series and the Jedi Knight series. If some of us got involved in the saber scene we could help promote LF that way. Also, if we kind of welcomed other stuff that makes SW references it may make us more attractive that way. ...Maybe. Just tossing in ideas.
ZBomber Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 The Swamp started sucking when Tyrion started growing up
BongoBob Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 The Swamp started sucking when Tyrion started growing up Nah, I blame m@rs.
DarthAve Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 Nah, I blame m@rs. QFE. Then again, at least the swamp has posts everyday. Places like RD are the really dead ones, which makes me sad considering that's what brought me to LF in the first place.
Kjølen Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 Let's face it, we can reminisce and have our circle jerk but that isn't going to bring new people. We'd need to spend our time outside LF promoting the site to do that. Any ideas? I'm partial to this idea. There are plenty of large communities that LF could benefit from, in terms of member-induced advertisement. Many of us spend time in other communities, we could probably glean a few new members from other sites. I, for example, also spend time on deviantArt, Project Origin Community Forums, Facebook, and Imperial Nerds. I could get some members easily from there.
BongoBob Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 Nah, I blame Dath for not being around enough anymore.
edlib Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 Well... with few "must have" new games out of LucasArts these days, the forums are bound to atrophy a bit. But then, I mostly post at RSN and XWA... the Swamp is a regular hotbed of activity in comparison. And I remember Black Dove fairly well actually... mostly from a single thread: having to do with someone's avatar with bouncing boobs that was asked to be pulled down, which eventually turned into a meta-discussion on censorship on the forums. Ahhh... good times!
DarthAve Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 Nah, I blame DarthAve. =/ I guess I know where I'm not welcomed.
Darth InSidious Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 =/ I guess I know where I'm not welcomed. Then why haven't you left LF yet?
Dath Maximus Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 Nah, I blame Dath for not being around enough anymore. go ******** a goat and we meet again kal el......
Hallucination Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 So I heard you guys are accepting Ahtonauts now, do I need an application or should I just drop off my resume?
RoxStar Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 So I heard you guys are accepting Ahtonauts now, do I need an application or should I just drop off my resume? If by "drop off my resume" you mean leave your pants with Rhett, then yes.
BongoBob Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 =/ I guess I know where I'm not welcomed. *glues Ave to the floor* go ******** a goat But you never showed me how to do so without permanent injury!
IG-64 Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 Nah, I blame DarthAve. Then why haven't you left LF yet? WTF did Ave ever do? *helps Bongo* And it's hard to talk about much around here since the entire entertainment industry has been full of sucktitude lately.
MrWally Posted August 3, 2009 Posted August 3, 2009 What's with all of the Ave hate? Did I miss out on some old inside joke? *Joins IG and Bongo*
TiE23 Posted August 3, 2009 Posted August 3, 2009 What's with all of the Ave hate? Did I miss out on some old inside joke? *Joins IG and Bongo* Yeah, same here. What's with all the hatin' on little ol' Missus Avery?
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