This is news to me since I thought the current Watch is doing well. I see new names poping up all the time and posting stuff. As far as I can see the news posters are doing well to keep the discussions going. Couchpotato in particular is doing a superb job and he covers lot of games. In fact thanks to Couchpotato and others news posts, I have discovers lot of new games.
I did say that I was a pessimist.
But we did see a new user by the name of something like AIZ that said that he'd be here often ….. and he's gone!!!
My perception may be affected by the fact that, like some said, some old Watch members don't visit as often. It might also be because I'm less inclined to read the new members' posts.
Am I nostalgic? Mayhaps.
Also I don’ think I come to Watch to read game reviews or even interviews with developers conducted by watch members. To me the main attraction of the Watch is to read and have discussion about games I like with other "like" minded people. This discussion can be generated based on reviews and interviews posted on other sites. However this doesn't mean I don’t enjoy reading reviews by Maylander, Fluent and others. WhatI am saying here is, I don't think we need Watch stuff to bust their arse and try to write more reviews or get interviews etc. We don't need them burning out.
I love this about this place too.
This might sound bit selfish and may be harmful to the Watch future, but I don’t actually want the Watch to get “too big”. I am not saying Watch is “too big” now, I think it can do with few more people but not too many. When a forums get more users, it can be hard to get know posters and if you don’t know the posters then thing becomes less personal and the feeling of community goes away.
I'm sure I speak for many here when I say that we don't want that either.
Before the Watch, there was a place called Rpgdot.
This was where many of the forefathers of the Watch hung out.
At one point in time, a big bad wolf bought the lair and blew the place apart by adding shit that slowed down everything to a crawl. We could go to the moon and come back and the pages would still be loading.
So no. We love it like this.
I am glad that many think that the Watch is fine.
Gradually renewing its fanbase with youngling as the olderlings step aside and let the new generation bloom.
But I can't lie about it.
I guess I miss some of the ''old'' Watch.
Wow. I’m only 4 tenths of a Century old and I’m already nostalgic about many things.
How will I react when I’m as old and wise as our eldest member.
