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:agreed

Activity has gone noticeably up in the past year, new and returned people like Mihail, Lindale, Silberio and so on have made it a little more active.

I like a close-ish community though, where you have identity and people recognise you and get your personality.

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Originally Posted by Jingleheimer Schmidt (Post 5551633)

It doesn't matter if members are disappearing, I'm still here.

All that matters.

I'd agree with those saying the Network needs to change with current games. I mean, I, like I think most people, got here through the network. I was looking for maps and skins for Call of Duty (the Call of Duty) and noticed a link to an ongoing discussion in the forums. I originally just stayed in the CoD community but I eventually branched out.

Personally I don't post much because I don't feel like I have a lot to say that hasn't been said before. I also find being in my mid-20's disturbing, I'm out of touch with all these new "memes" and things kids today seem to be into. >_>

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Originally Posted by FileGamer (Post 5552842)

LOL, yeah weird that today's trends can make even those in their 20s feel old and out of the loop. Wait till you get in your fifties. At that point it seems redundant to even try to stay in tune.

At some point we have to face the fact that to a large degree, we only relate to those whom grew up with the same or similar experiences we had ourselves. I still miss 70s, 80s and 90s rock, but what ya gonna do, things aren't the same anymore.

You know, Omen, I really envy you for having been around back then, hahaha. Damn it. The music of my growing up years, even now, is sooooo bad. Haha.

I've already noticed such stuff though. It's hard to imagine even wanting to associate with the significantly younger generations. The people going through their early-middle teen years now are on a totally different plane than I was at that time. Hahaha.

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Originally Posted by Mihail (Post 5549664)

I sort of agree, for some reason some publishers and developers see user created content as an a enemy, why? I don't know, while their game could sell for years based off of user created content, they think DLC is the better way to do it atleast for the short gain of money, which leaves me with a confused face, especially when DLC is atmost an hour or two worth of content at worst it's nothing at all but OOOOO a new item.

Simple answer: It sells. You can thank the console crowd that laps it up since they make the most money for gaming companies now. Console gamers can't get mods legally, so they buy DLC to lengthen their titles. Companies then figure that they should close off modding to keep PC modders from creating the content for free and instead sell them the console DLC for extra cash. Modding is a casualty of greed, and innovation is a casualty of greed, and file sites like us become a casualty of greed.

You'd think companies would keep modding around to lengthen the life of a game and maybe draw some new ideas in, but that's not the case. Maybe this is a sign of how short-sighted the industry has become.

I remember when Epic Games was a PC developer that openly supported modding and even held a modding contest for UT2K4. Now they've develop almost solely for the 360 and only sells DLC for everything.

Sucks that greed is killing our site. Seems we create a network site for a new game in anticipation for mods just to have a publisher or developer close the game to modding and decide to sell DLC, making the hard work we did worth nothing.

Now, adbots and advertisers make up the majority of new members instead of people looking for mods, maps, etc. I remember when spambots were rare. Now there's a half-dozen adbots per week. When I see a new intro thread pop up, I half expect it to be made by someone with a generic message and a link in their signature.

Gamfront's future will be as a gaming review site as it is now. The only mod files we'll be distributing are for smaller titles and large titles that still allow modding. Expect this site to shrink as AAA game modding dies off.

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Originally Posted by Filegamer

Don't let age get to you.

EDIT: Maybe I shouldn't be hard on the gaming companies. Some may just can't afford modding anymore.

God, I remember the days of modding and such. Maybe when the economy improves and things balance out (if this ever happens), gaming will return at least partially to that type. Maybe then I will pick up gaming again, haha.

We can hope. I agree that the bad economy has negative influenced the gaming industry, so it's improvement will definitely have a positive impact on the industry. Our site should grow as a result if widespread modding returns.

Now the unfortunate and scary question is... Will the economy ever return to a healthy state?

Dunno. Economic futures aren't fully predictable I believe.