I've never seen the forums as dead as they are right now

[happydolphin]

Khuutra said:

Kantor said:

How can you know unless you try? I haven't played Leviathan, but I'm sure plenty of people have.

This has never really been a game-focused forum, more a console-focused one, even back in the golden days, but if you want to discuss games, you can.

I did try, back with the first few multiplayer DLCs, and the Earth DLC. The Extended Cut, too. THis is not something I've failed to try.

Your second paragraph pretty much brings it all together, I guess

I find that depressing in a very real way.

But how can the forum help that, and is it something that got worse over time?

About the Zelda thread, maybe you should try lowering your expectations. For example, find a buddy online who will commit to the Zelda marathon (who knows maybe I'll PM you about this someday), and do it with him/her in the thread, and invite whoever else is interested to join. Then, you and said players could go through it together, and others could follow and maybe join in as they get interested, or join in at a different point that interests them particularly.

Sometimes it's just in how you present your threads, and what your level of expectations is. One thing is certain, you can't increase the # of posters that visit here, all you can do is work with what you know, in that some posters have insights on certain topics, and there's a level of intelligence on this forum you don't find as easily elsewhere. In other forums people may be resourceful but not as analytical. You have that here. So, the trick is to lower your expectations and feed people in smaller doses here so as to catch fish (thread posters).

If you expect 400+ posts, it's rare you'll get it so you might be dissappointed. Lower your expectations to say 100 and try to change your bait. It's been working for me. And then, don't let the numbers discourage you, just keep trying (I do that too, so I'm not just saying, I'm also walking the talk).