As the years have gone by, I've noticed this forum has dropped in activity. By activity I mainly refer to posts since people do log in. I gotta ask, why is this? xD I can understand that right now there's school and stuff, but users do log in but there just aren't any posts. O.o

I really don't know. I still remember the summer of 2010, when there was about 200 users online a day.

Yeah, activity has definitely dropped quite a bit in the last few years, even before I axed VRIM. I'm definitely quite accepting of ideas to increase activity.

I remember when VR was party central. The amount of regulars has significantly dropped. I make it a mission to have at least 2 posts a day so I can beat Cat in the ranks (SO gonna do it! >: D) but I suppose others lack interest in the threads and don't feel like making their own.

I never have any good input on any topic.

When I first knew about victoryroad/floatzel.net forums, it was a new forum at the time. Cat was a new fond acquaintance so I was interested in what he was up to. When I joined Cat made me a forum moderator, which was a new experience for me, and I was on a team of other new mods. New people kept joining while I was also still new, so I was making more new acquaintances that I saw eye to eye with in terms of familiarity with the forum. Cat kept adding new features, like experience and the arcade. They weren't fully functional, but they were new so they were something to talk about. Cat made a new chat program that seemed like a lot of fun to talk to my new internet pals with. Everything was new and inviting.

Now everything is old and familiar. And familiarity breeds contempt. "This isn't as enjoyable as when it was new" is a common sentiment. Nothing is spontaneous anymore, there's nothing to pique my curiosity. I can't place myself on the same level as newcomers because there's a 4 year difference in familiarity and they seem less significant to the community. I already know what people will be talking about every time I visit the site because I've been here so long and the forum's palette of activities has been stagnant.

I assume that people log in but don't post because they mainly come to check threads about X/Y, at least currently. Also there's the fact that a lot of new gaming opportunities are out/coming out in the very near future to keep people busy.

@Cat333 you could try and advertise the forums on Youtube maybe?

*starts to think whether Victory Rpad should be... Rebooted from scratch*

How would it be rebooted?

Alright, alright. Back on topic, what are some real ideas?

Speaking as someone who only showed up here a little while ago, I feel like this place is kind of a closed community. Meaning people don't know about it. I've been on floatzel.net a few times, but never heard of Victory Road until I went looking for a certain Pokémon MIDI (somehow it seems like this place is the only one with a usable Primal Dialga, I don't get it). On top of that, this is a fairly old forum so there were a lot of old threads I almost "revived" but didn't because I don't feel like testing the bumping rule.

That's my impressions. In terms of solutions, though, I'm rather dry.

Bring back the chat that's all I'm going to say about that.

I think we should also change the layout again to something a lot more welcoming.

Especially considering the amount of new users we get that our Zoroark fans means we need a broader outreach.

I've been considering a chat specifically for tournament use. Beyond that, though, the chat definitely is not coming back.

As for the bumping rule, if something is still relevant, feel free to bump it up, but let sleeping dogs lie when it comes to topics that are far past expiration.

I thought it was funny that I posted this and then didn't come back online after a while. xD My bad for the hypocrisy. I'm also glad we the thread kinda got trolled.

Anywho, yeah, I was gonna say to create more events to keep the place from going dry for users who come on regularly and to allow those who do log in, but don't post, to start posting and starting up conversation. We've just had a new game released last month and hardly any different in activity.

I've been pretty much inactive because a combination of most of the people I was buddies with not posting here and the fact that I can't make as silly of posts anymore means I don't have much to say
as for ideas: ??????????????

A combination of distractions and work have been keeping me... But I still feel that I don't really have good input so I mainly keep to myself.

Victory Road I see as a mining town. It has a lot of activity when gold comes rolling out, then when it's all gone the people move on. To be blunt as hell about it, there just isn't a reason to stay here anymore. There's nothing to do. A lot less tournaments than I've known in the past and a lot less people being committed to them. And believe that would also tie in to people not rolling out threads as much. When you're not getting anything out of the mining town then there's no more reason to stay, so you leave.

I'm still here because I have friends; a strong, small group of friends that I could never imagine saying goodbye to, so I don't. And as long as they're my friends then I'll be dedicated to being as active as possible. But even I find myself at an impasse when I see nothing to say or nothing to get involved with.

Basically you just gotta pull a rabbit out a hat. It's not hard if you have the right assistance.

Reading the above, it makes me feel awful for not coming around for this long ;-;

Hey, why don't we hold a Multi-Player Wifi "tourney"? I don't we'd need to really team up with members only. Maybe keep the rules fair, like no post-pokebank Pokemon or something. I know that frustrates people, but really? With Friend Safari around and breeding being easier, it's not that hard. Y'ALL JUST LAZY.