Is there a way to filter out all the crap that's being posted about nowadays? There are jRPGs, iOS, non-crpg Indie, browser shit and everything else under the sun on the front news page. It's become AnythingWatch instead of RPGWatch. I've gotten to the point where I'm only coming here about once a week, it's so bad.
I come here for PC RPG's only. That's what the site was built around and it has seriously deteriorated in the last couple months. For God's Sake where is Dhruin?
In the past I have tried to be of some assistance to Dhruin and Myrthos every now and then by searching for news myself. I wanted to be of some help to them, because their job is hard and takes a lot of commitment to do on an every day basis.
Searching for interesting news took me a lot of time. There were weeks I invested more than two hours a day. I was asked if I'd like to post as well but rejected the offer because English is not my mother tongue AND because scrutinizing the entire text, chosing the tidbits and making a post out of it, with proper linking or embedding, would ask even more time than searching for news.
I have enormous respect for all news posters and I am in awe when it comes to those posting news on a daily basis.
Just like Dhruin Couchpotato is doing an amazing job. Top-notch.
When I read your sentences, crpgnut, my stomach cringed. Your words 'crap', 'shit', 'so bad', 'deteriorated', I find them most insulting. Surely you could have worded your wishes in a pleasant manner?
As for Dhruin and his whereabouts. I'm sure you'll agree Dhruin is allowed to have priorities elsewhere, without having to give an explanation why he is not able to serve your needs.
If you were trying to compliment Dhruin for his devotion to this site all these years, day in day out, without ever getting paid, try to do so next time without devaluing and critizing the efforts of someone who's showing the same discipline and time in this as Dhruin did, who is trying to make good and varied news postings that may appeal to many readers, interested in RPGs, just as Dhruin did.
Start contributing yourself, start by providing Couchpotato suitable links for the frontpage. You'll soon learn it's difficult to keep up the motivation as it is - without anyone tearing down your work. You'll learn getting comments about the contents of a newsbit at the end of the news posting can be very stimulating.
Keep up the good work, Couchpotato! Some people dislike even the smallest changes (like having to skip subjects they don't like), they want everything to stay as it was.
So, I am afraid that, if you stop posting, say five years from now, we'll read the impetuous outcry of some other frustrated person: 'FFS, where's Couchpotato?'