Kennigit
proud 2 boxer
Eh. There certainly was something to aneeshm's threads back then.
Is Civfanatics dying?
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Dreadnought
Deity
Well....in a way, it is. But, then again, the forum seems to go through cycles, so I don't think its something to worry about.
There certainly has been a drop off on the stalker training threads.
BasketCase
Username sez it all
CFC was poppin' in the past because Iraq War #2 was a new thing and lots of CFC's members had stuff to be really mad about. Now, Iraq is old news. Obama turned out to be a big disappointment, so he's no longer a good enough replacement topic. And the revolutions in the Middle East, most of which are failing? Well, the same people who opposed intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan are quietly flipping a 180.
The issues are all screwed to hell. So yeah, CFC is running slow these days.
bestrfcplayer
Steppin' up!
Yah. Even though CFC is running slow, I don't think it's dying, though.
Disgustipated
Deity
decline is inevitable (decline is far different than dying, however) as the decline of the Civ franchise is inevitable (as we've seen with Civ5).
azzaman333
meh
Activity has slowly been dropping for quite a while now.
objection!
I was close. What happened to him anyway? I liked his threads.
He left to go play Paradox games and make half-assed AARs.
It's a shame he did that before the whole Charlie Sheen thing.
ArneHD
Just a little bit mad
I think it might be because a lot of topics, like "science and technology" and "arts and entertainment", were split from OT. If you want to revitalize OT, remerge these into OT.
Abaddon
Deity
This. One thousand times this!!!
azzaman333
meh
Verbose
Deity
I think there's definitely something to this. Iraq was good for discussion, because it was so palpably obvious it was about the US and the rest of the West calling the shots. And we think we know a thing or two about that.
This time, what's going on in the Middle East is generated, well, by stuff going on on the ME, of which we are all by and large pretty ignorant. Or at least while we might not want to admit ignorance, we are more reticent about howling our opinions because this time we feel actually unsure what's up down there. At least the discussion has been a lot more tentative. It might not mean the quality is necessarily lower...
bathsheba666
Fast 'n Bulbous
Ah, I presume you mean by this that the people who opposed an illegal war waged by a second rate frat-boy addict, with sidekicks, have no problem with endorsing a war supported by the UN.
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Nah, I don't think it's dying. There's forums out there that are really desolate compared to what they used to be, and CFC still maintains a healthy traffic flow. Compared to December 2005, yeah, it's probably lower, but that was right after the release of Civ4. It's not only much later after the release of Civ5 right now (six months versus two months), but Civ5 wasn't nearly as well-received as Civ4 at launch. That can't be good for any Civilization site.
Even so I'm sure the release of Civ5 still increased CFC's active membership a good amount. The forum does need a new game release every so often to keep membership steady, or you're right, it would eventually wither.
stuge
Emperor
Activity!=quality. Although if a forum goes very quiet, it won't stay good either, but while threads like aneeshm's "throwing infants to the streets" generate lots of activity, they're only good as trolling material.
Mathalamus
Emperor of Mathalia
the number of quality threads and posts has seen a serious decline lately.
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