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I don't doubt it at all. The upside is that it's genuinely interesting. And quite useful for me, as a "writer".

Oh god usually as soon as someone mentions TV Tropes I lose at least an hour. I once spent 6 in there D:

I ended up being linked back to that thread too. It seemed so doom and gloom back then. The owners have been real good to us lately, and I think any improvement looks good for their wallets.

There's been a big plan to write some entertaining as well. I mean, good guides are great, but like The Power of Cheese was awesome. Humorous articles about things gets people to read. Blogging is still a powerful force on the net, so if we can get EoFF to blog well, then we can entice people and generate activity.

We're taking steps to try and improve that. You compete with GameFAQs by writing good guides, having good information, and having images. Also, being entertaining. I don't use GameFAQs much any more simply because I cannot handle all the text.

All of it does apply, and yeah, covering more games content wise isn't going to aid us at all. But we'll survive, especially if some of the planned stuff actually goes ahead. Facebook is killing forums but I don't think it'll ever really die. You can do a lot more on forums than Facebook offers.

Dragon Quest IX is alright, I borrowed it off a mate. I'm only like two hours in or so, but the DS has never been my preferred platform. Still, it's a good game so far, just they talk for so long in the beginning of these damn games xD

I imagine the front site could easily post SE news in general, including DQ and their other stuff. But I don't think we currently have any reporters, whoops. I've volunteered for every role the site has and should have but I can't do everything xD

I still post in the riddle threads from time to time, and occasionally I think of a bull thread topic to make and we get another 20 odd posts to the total. But yeah, like you said, there's not a lot of hope that people are even looking at the games any more. Final Fantasy isn't the draw card it once was, and we can't change that.

Remakes seem to bring a small amount of traffic back. The release of FFXIII also made the forum go insane with activity for a little while. I guess even a game everyone hates is still entertaining when there are so many other members playing it. And I guess those Let's Plays of the new games are the only way to really get much out of 'em.

It's hard for me to judge because I wasn't an active member between 04 and late 06, but I certainly like what we've got. I wouldn't say no to some new members and some extra activity, but the only "dead zones" are the FF forums that are nearing 20 years old.

We've certainly had a bit of inactivity, but at the moment there seems to be a mini-boom. I hesitate to call it that considering the difference between now and even a couple years ago, but it's good to see people still alive and kicking. We occasionally get some long term members coming back after BoB's emails. Nait was here not too long ago xD

It's because the people are awesome imo. And also because the staff are idiots and gave me a job

It's almost like a drug. Sure you can go cold turkey for a while but then you get the cravings and they whip your ass.