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    05-21-2012 11:46 PM #1
    I noticed it this weekend as it was simply non existent. What is going on, I feel like we have lost 40% of our members.

    How about less creeping and more posting. I would recommend those who are lurking join up and contribute.
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    05-21-2012 11:53 PM #2
    I've noticed it, too.

    Maybe those who have been banned were our most frequent posters.
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    05-21-2012 11:55 PM #3
    Weather's getting nicer. Happens to every forum, every year.

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    05-21-2012 11:58 PM #4
    Also, content sucks majorly

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    05-22-2012 12:06 AM #5
    I've been very busy so my usually 2-3 posts a week has dropped to just this one

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    05-22-2012 12:55 AM #6
    Quote Originally Posted by TetsuoShima View Post
    Also, content sucks majorly
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    05-22-2012 12:58 AM #7
    Let's start one of those threads where each person writes a word and we make a story.


    Then get it published and make milllions
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    05-22-2012 06:57 AM #8
    Quote Originally Posted by TetsuoShima View Post
    Also, content sucks majorly
    x3

    Because of the content that's not allowed and the content that is.

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    05-22-2012 12:39 AM #9
    Quote Originally Posted by FBMphil View Post
    Weather's getting nicer. Happens to every forum, every year.
    ya, people are outside doing boring stuff
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    05-22-2012 12:08 AM #10
    Quote Originally Posted by 22AudiQ View Post
    I've noticed it, too.

    Maybe those who have been banned were our most frequent posters.
    That's the irony right there. If you post enough, you're bound to eventually cross the line and say something thatll get you booted.

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    05-22-2012 12:15 AM #11
    Slowing down? We're not usually known for being the soggiest potato in the crayon box...

    Don't like something? Report it. We can't be everywhere at all times.

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    05-22-2012 01:48 AM #12
    Quote Originally Posted by 22AudiQ View Post
    I've noticed it, too.

    Maybe those who have been banned were our most frequent posters.


    The whole site sucks.. Too many n00bs

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    05-22-2012 11:11 AM #13
    Quote Originally Posted by LeftoverCrack View Post


    The whole site sucks.. Too many n00bs
    Says the guy who has been here less than a year with under 50 posts?
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    05-22-2012 11:16 AM #14
    Quote Originally Posted by FBMphil View Post
    Weather's getting nicer. Happens to every forum, every year.
    This has a lot to do with it. Except I live in San Diego so its always beautiful weather

    Quote Originally Posted by TetsuoShima View Post
    Also, content sucks majorly
    I blame the Dolan thread for scaring people away


    For me I tend to visit sites that are sort of a "catch all" for the internet such as Reddit so when I come here its a lot of "seen it, read it, heard it already" So I dont post /Hipster
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    05-23-2012 01:47 AM #15
    Quote Originally Posted by Air-over-water View Post
    He has been here much longer than that with many more posts.

    Quote Originally Posted by NightTrain EX View Post
    Says the guy who has been here less than a year with under 50 posts?
    Been on this site since 06 posting since 08. Had over 15k in total posts. Just been banned too many times :/

  16. 05-22-2012 11:21 AM #16
    Quote Originally Posted by NightTrain EX View Post
    Says the guy who has been here less than a year with under 50 posts?
    He has been here much longer than that with many more posts.

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    05-22-2012 11:40 AM #17
    Quote Originally Posted by Air-over-water View Post
    He has been here much longer than that with many more posts.
    Unmask the non-N00B!
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    I'm naming my next child NightTrain EX.
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    05-22-2012 12:16 AM #18
    Once the boobs left, everyone else did too.
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    05-22-2012 12:20 AM #19
    Quote Originally Posted by mellbergVWfan View Post
    Once the boobs left, everyone else did too.
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    05-22-2012 12:22 AM #20
    Quote Originally Posted by mellbergVWfan View Post
    Once the boobs left, everyone else did too.
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    05-22-2012 12:24 AM #21
    Long weekend north of the 49th and the weather has been gorgeous. I predict a return to normal levels by the time the work week is in full swing.

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    05-22-2012 03:10 PM #22
    Quote Originally Posted by mellbergVWfan View Post
    Once the boobs left, everyone else did too.
    this
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    Yep, that was my first thought too. A nice set does not automatically make a chick attractive. Especially when that "chick" is a dude.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mellbergVWfan View Post
    Once the boobs left, everyone else did too.
    you rang?
    sorry I've been busy washing the car

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    05-26-2012 07:29 PM #24
    If you're going to post boobs, remember to post some boobs.


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    05-26-2012 07:59 PM #25
    Should I feel badly about TDE not posting anymore?

    The other people I put on ignore still post.

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    05-22-2012 12:29 AM #26
    Quote Originally Posted by rsj0714 View Post
    I would recommend those who are lurking join up and contribute.
    Nope, there are enough unfunny and uneducated children here already. It used to be more cerebral and interesting around here, now it is just tabloid fodder and and toilet humor.
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    05-22-2012 10:38 PM #27
    Quote Originally Posted by patrikman View Post
    It used to be more cerebral and interesting around here, now it is just tabloid fodder and and toilet humor.
    yeah, this forum was a real algonquin round table

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    05-22-2012 01:16 AM #28
    Quote Originally Posted by rsj0714 View Post
    I noticed it this weekend as it was simply non existent. What is going on, I feel like we have lost 40% of our members.

    How about less creeping and more posting. I would recommend those who are lurking join up and contribute.
    Jackssense added at least a dozen stupid threads a week, most of them never got past a page or two. He also tried to bait every conversation he ever had ever. His banning contributed to a 26.9% decline in OT. He can be found in TCL posting under the surprisingly un-ironic name "hipster." Apparently he, in a true to form hipster way, is too cool for OT, or maybe its he liked it before it was cool. EIther way, don't miss his dumbazz

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    05-22-2012 01:18 AM #29
    I miss 2002. I miss JSOR. Because I'm a sadist.

    And why doesn't FancyMan post more??

    I wonder, too, if it's slowed down because everyone blocks one another, thus making threads less fluid.
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    05-22-2012 07:18 AM #30
    Quote Originally Posted by FBMphil View Post
    Weather's getting nicer. Happens to every forum, every year.
    This. Most posts in here now are people bored at work (myself included).

    Quote Originally Posted by 22AudiQ View Post
    1. I miss 2002. I miss JSOR. Because I'm a sadist.

    2. And why doesn't FancyMan post more??

    3. I wonder, too, if it's slowed down because everyone blocks one another, thus making threads less fluid.
    1. 2002's girlfriend says hi.
    2. I think we mocked him off, sadly.
    3. Blocking is stupid. I enjoy the dumbasses bickering in here. It makes my day more entertaining.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mad8vskillz View Post
    they're trying to skip out on their contracts via rapture. not very christian of them

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    05-22-2012 08:12 AM #31
    Quote Originally Posted by backinthegame View Post

    3. Blocking is stupid. I enjoy the dumbasses bickering in here. It makes my day more entertaining.

    So you think reading the words of people who annoy you is smart. That's because you're an idiot.

  32. 05-22-2012 08:16 AM #32
    Quote Originally Posted by Der Schaltwerks View Post
    So you think reading the words of people who annoy you is smart. That's because you're an idiot.
    If you cannot deal with people that annoy you, that is because you are an idiot...

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    05-22-2012 08:17 AM #33
    As said above, the weather is nice. People are spending time away from home doing stuff. I know that is why I haven't been on as much between Friday and Monday.

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    05-22-2012 08:19 AM #34
    1- It was a long weekend in Canadia (Monday off)

    2- Since the mods serious'd, maybe a lot of people found out about looser and funnier boards than this one
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    05-22-2012 08:49 AM #35
    Quote Originally Posted by Der Schaltwerks View Post
    So you think reading the words of people who annoy you is smart. That's because you're an idiot.
    Then put me on your ignore list. I guess I'm just above letting internet trolls get under my skin. To me they're pure entertainment. The internet isn't serious business.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mad8vskillz View Post
    they're trying to skip out on their contracts via rapture. not very christian of them

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