Jaggedtoothgrin wrote:
and yes, we could talk about other games more. but how does spreading the community even thinner help us achieve that? when you spread something thinly, it doesnt actually make it any bigger, it just looks that way from above (which is not where most of us live)
Bols and Warseer have Epic 'sub forums', the only time they saw traffic was when TacComs was down. The BattleTech people seem to have their place, CAV has it's forum, the 15 mm people seem to like a site etc., Modern has forums. If a goal is to get all of those groups to break away from their chosen forums, you might have some other forums with their own ideas about that plan. (or perhaps you could contact them and work with them)
People that are Chess enthusiasts probably look at Chess sites, Poker players at Poker sites, doubt that they all hang out at the Traditional Games Forum.
I don't know how most people are, but having a generalized involvement in generic 'gaming' doesn't really reflect my interests (it more reflects the wishful thinking of the my local independent game shops where they hope you'd buy a new game once or twice a week). Throughout my 40 or so years of playing games I have always focused on only one or two games at a time. Most 'wargames' and RPG's are rather involved and require a large amount of time painting minis, learning rules, developing tactics, getting games going, etc. For me it's almost like a commited relationship, kinda hard to keep more than one or two going at a time
If you'd like more traffic, and want to increase Epic interest having more visibility for the forum just may work. If you look at Ebay, people don't seem to have a problem selling Epic minis, and the buyers aren't always the same and all the buyers aren't always 'on' TacComms, so something isn't connecting on that level.
This forum is a great place, very motivational, and really has encouraged me to paint, and collect, and game to a higher level. Thanks for all your work CyberShadow I just hope this turns out for the best.
