The forums remind me of Cleveland's Municipal Stadium...

[HRBaker]

Back when I was younger, I spent a lot of time in Cleveland Municipal Stadium - a mammoth structure that could (at times) hold 80,000 people. I was only there once when attendance hit 65,000 and it was a memory that won't quit.

Most of the time, however, the stadium had less than 10,000 (this was back when the Indians were "bums" as my grandfather use to say). The place felt like a morgue on those days - a huge expanse of empty seats.

Unfortunately, these forums - a place I have spent a significant amount of time in the last 20 years - remind me a lot of those days at C.M.S. The place is "empty". It seems most OOTP players have either moved to Reddit or quit visiting altogether.

So, why did I bring this up?

It just makes me very sad that the community that once lived here is now gone.

[diamondgirl]

Originally Posted by HRBaker

Back when I was younger, I spent a lot of time in Cleveland Municipal Stadium - a mammoth structure that could (at times) hold 80,000 people. I was only there once when attendance hit 65,000 and it was a memory that won't quit.

Most of the time, however, the stadium had less than 10,000 (this was back when the Indians were "bums" as my grandfather use to say). The place felt like a morgue on those days - a huge expanse of empty seats.

Unfortunately, these forums - a place I have spent a significant amount of time in the last 20 years - remind me a lot of those days at C.M.S. The place is "empty". It seems most OOTP players have either moved to Reddit or quit visiting altogether.

So, why did I bring this up?

It just makes me very sad that the community that once lived here is now gone.

I feel the sadness

Too many outlets these days.

Ngl, I have zero interest in Twitch. However, just by signing in I get 10 packs per day.

And maintaining people's attention to go to multiple websites in a day? So 2007 of you.

[Ty Cobb]

I feel your pain, Baker. I've been here since 6.5 and there were so many colorful characters. Some we've lost to the ruthlessness of time. Some drifted off to other projects. Some were seduced by the instantaneous fix that discord/reddit/etc, offer. Personally, most of those other places feel like a rabble screaming at one another, and because 8,417 people are screaming at once, each assured that their two cents is the most meaningful bon mot in history, it seems incoherent and disconnected. Dennis Miller once called Twitter the "Thunderdome for Chiclet™ Brains." He was a hair ahead of his time I fear.

Still glad a lot of us old timers hang on.

[jksander]

Originally Posted by HRBaker

Back when I was younger, I spent a lot of time in Cleveland Municipal Stadium - a mammoth structure that could (at times) hold 80,000 people. I was only there once when attendance hit 65,000 and it was a memory that won't quit.

Most of the time, however, the stadium had less than 10,000 (this was back when the Indians were "bums" as my grandfather use to say). The place felt like a morgue on those days - a huge expanse of empty seats.

Unfortunately, these forums - a place I have spent a significant amount of time in the last 20 years - remind me a lot of those days at C.M.S. The place is "empty". It seems most OOTP players have either moved to Reddit or quit visiting altogether.

So, why did I bring this up?

It just makes me very sad that the community that once lived here is now gone.

I still enjoy the community here ... between this forum and the ones I have on Discord for my online leagues, I get plenty to keep me busy. The key is to have users here who interact well with the new people so we can make it an inviting place for more than just the old school posters.

[Kushiel]

We would hope that this place would return to those thrilling days of yesteryear. But it will not. OOTP personalities themselves act like this is the forbidden zone. I have been told it is because they are so busy. But they find time for other outlets, like Discord.

So, new people come here, see a half dozen of us regularly in posts, then start to also believe this place is avoided. Here we are.