I'm sorry to say this, but..... Options

[DoubleJ]

What the hell has happened to this place? It has gotten to be really boring around here as of late. Now I know that as a mod, I am not supposed to say that, but it is honestly how I feel.
Some of you people need to leave cb, as it has turned into consuming your lives, and you are starting to look petty and childish at the minimum.

If you notice, the same bullshit topics are getting bumped left and right, and everything in cb seems to be going in one big circle. There are only so many times when you can honestly say that it is slow because of summer. Hell, I have more interesting convos and discussions on cbc than I do in cb. As a matter of fact, cbc is way more active than cb is.

My point is this, we have got to start changing things up in the form of new topics, people, and what not. This place really could use a stiff kicking in the ass. I remember when I first joined back in November, I would post like 100 times a day....Now I am lucky if I post 6 or 7 times a day.

COME ON PEOPLE! WAKE UP AND LET'S START MAKING THIS PLACE HAPPENING AGAIN!

[The-March-Hare]

I agree with Cristy, to a certain extent. I don't think it's sugar-coating to suggest that some of the problem lies with the 'veterans', in fact quite the opposite. It's simply true that many older members, disatisfied about the current state of cB, have turned to complainig about the changes since the old days, bashing newbies (which DOES happen quite a lot, for whatever reason), and turning to in-jokes for entertainment, which are largely, if not entirely impenetrable to many newer members. I don't think the change in cB can be blame entirely on the people who DON'T post, is what I'm saying.

However, I do very much agree with Javonn that ther is an issue here, but I don't think this thread is any kind of help, other than maybe venting some frustrations. This kind of sentiment has been expressed with increasing frequency for the last 18 months or so, with little effect, mainly because people haven't actually doen anything other than express their sentiments, which is fine, but at some point you have to man up and deal. Be the change you want to see in cB, because, unfotunately, the old members AREN'T COMING BACK. So make new ones feel welcome, and build cB back up to a new place. Unless you do that, then this thread is going to be just another pointless waste of time.

Also, yes, the Jusun issue is a major problem at this point. He doesn't need to be here 24/7, but we need some kind of system where we can at least keep things going from the technical view point. And, yes, get th flipping arcade up.

[Tung]

I agree with Cristy, to a certain extent. I don't think it's sugar-coating to suggest that some of the problem lies with the 'veterans', in fact quite the opposite. It's simply true that many older members, disatisfied about the current state of cB, have turned to complainig about the changes since the old days, bashing newbies (which DOES happen quite a lot, for whatever reason), and turning to in-jokes for entertainment, which are largely, if not entirely impenetrable to many newer members. I don't think the change in cB can be blame entirely on the people who DON'T post, is what I'm saying.

However, I do very much agree with Javonn that ther is an issue here, but I don't think this thread is any kind of help, other than maybe venting some frustrations. This kind of sentiment has been expressed with increasing frequency for the last 18 months or so, with little effect, mainly because people haven't actually doen anything other than express their sentiments, which is fine, but at some point you have to man up and deal. Be the change you want to see in cB, because, unfotunately, the old members AREN'T COMING BACK. So make new ones feel welcome, and build cB back up to a new place. Unless you do that, then this thread is going to be just another pointless waste of time.

Also, yes, the Jusun issue is a major problem at this point. He doesn't need to be here 24/7, but we need some kind of system where we can at least keep things going from the technical view point. And, yes, get th flipping arcade up.

You would be a good person to write those boring monotone speeches that people phase out.