Every few years? Pfft..I've this in my top bookmarks, easily worth checking once a week for the misc people like yourself who inevitably show up to say hi!
I've been here over a few different names, never popular though. I miss this place though, it was so great. If anything new does get started up id love to take part. Obviously i pop in to look sometimes.
Unlikely but it is interesting popping in and seeing who is around. I used to check on here religiously.
Spent hundreds of hours doing PS extracts here. Only thing I got out of it was learning to make mediocre sigs and avatars. Can't say it was the best use of time.
Do you still run a bunch of websites? I'd be curious to know if you got your money back on the purchase of GameRenders. All I remember is a poker site, ya?
I can answer this! i was on the hunt for Shagster when the GR domain expired last month.. Found this post on one of his other sites! Code: I am a forum addict. I love owning and running forums. I have been doing this since 2003. Here is the list off all my forums. Some are successful, some are doing ok, and some are just starting. Well here we go 1. ClassicRockForums.com - Of course! 2. GameRenders.com - Graphics Forum 3. GMFullsize.com - Chevy/GMC Truck Forum. 4. TahoeYukonForum.com - Chevy Tahoe/GMC Yukon/Cadillac Escalade Forum 5. ChevyCobaltForum.com - Chevy Cobalt Forum 6. ScionXDForum.com - Scion xD Forum - Just start a few months ago. 7. Rx7Forums.com - Mazda Rx7 Forum 8. AllOfftopic.com - An offtopic forum where bascilly anything goes. Rated NC17 9. CallofDutyForum.com - Call of Duty Forum - Just started yesterday. 10. FFnet.net - Final Fantasy Forum 11. AlbumFire.com - Music/Movie Download Forum 12. CadillacCorner.com - A Cadillac Forum - Just started a week ago. 13. FishForums.com - An Aquarium/Tropical Fish Forum 14. BapeTalk.com - Clothing Line Bathing Ape Forum 15. RandomGames.com - An Arcade Forum 16. ChargerAlley.com - Dodge Charger Forum 17. TitanOwners.com - Nissan Titan Forum 18. FocusAlley.com - Ford Focus Forum 19. ScionxBForum.com - Scion xB Forum I have a few others, but they are pretty much dead so I don't want to post them Glad I got that off my chest now.
That list is so out dated. I have several successful forums and Mad pointed out. GR was the starting point for me and I just wish it continued to be active.
I think the decline was a drawn out process and a bunch of issues that compounded. Logically doing a runner was the first big hit, especially with Dem's activity dropping in the last "big" year. Ban hammer blows to familiar faces (morv, mehz, steez and maj's 782nd account) drew activity away from the site, hell towards the end I ended up speaking to most regulars on MSN rather than on here. For me, the migration to the newer IPB was a factor too, it just didn't _feel_ like GR anymore, hell even now I miss that old blue skin. But as a few have already said, the advent of social networking was the final nail in the coffin.