You know, this is kinda depressing

[Dude Man]

This was the first forum on the internet that I joined. It was really great too, it wasn't too crowded but it had a lot of people that I could talk to. Most of them were pretty nice people, some of them were jerks, but I still loved them just as much as I loved the rest of the people.

For a period of time, this site was probably the only thing going for me at the time. I still had other friends, but I didn't really feel like they cared about me, at least not as much as the people here. Like, at school I'd say something to the guys so I could get there attention, I'd think of something brilliant and hope they'd finally pay attention to me.

They never really did.

But here things were different, whenever I said something here, nearly everyone would read what I said and make a reply to it. Here I actually mattered, and it made me feel happy.

I really miss this place, and it's too bad this forum never meant the same to everyone else as it did to me, and thus nobody continued to post. Yet for some reason I still have this site on my favourite lists, still at the top. It's a terrible shame that nobody ever posts here anymore, and pretty soon this site will be taken down. Hell, I'd ask to host the site myself if I could afford to, but alas, I lack the money.

I've joined another forum, though, with different people, and all of them are pretty nice too. But I'm never going to forget...this was my first and it will always hold a special place in my heart...

[Tosoto]

I still lurk. >:3

Contact me sometime, Dude Man.

[AlienDude]

I am still on the internets pluggin away at various things. Y'all can reach me anytime.

[AlienDude]

If you can find me the db data I can maybe take a crack at it. I can also ask how my buddies at the MPT forums fixed the bot problem. That would enable new blood.

Main thing is that there's no real reason to the average aspiring gamemaker to stray from TKZ anymore and the other system's own forums. There needs to be a new value for this site. The question to ask what this site really was.

An example I read about was about a company that make really high-quality drill bits. Best in the industry...until a Chinese company started distributing bits at a better price of comparable quality. They felt doomed. But a few enterprising individuals got together and were weighing options on how to steer the company. WHO ARE THEY? What kind of company are they, really?

They felt doomed as they only thought themselves as a supplier of high-quality bits, their success in the can. But the light bulb went on. They weren't the supplier of high-quality BITS but the supplier of high-quality HOLES. They then refactored their company and became a leading manufacturer of industrial lasers.

There needs to be some laser action here. Good luck. I am here to help.