Why is it so quiet lately?

DriveEuro · Feb 25, 2003, 07:41 PM

Maybe it's me but it's been pretty quiet and slow around here. Anyone else know?

***craig5320*** · Feb 25, 2003, 07:52 PM

*yawn* everyone's burntout

or is that just me?

DriveEuro · Feb 25, 2003, 08:25 PM

I guess everyone. It's been so slow in here that I've spent most of my time in other forums......

nieves · Feb 25, 2003, 08:31 PM

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Originally posted by DriveEuro
I guess everyone. It's been so slow in here that I've spent most of my time in other forums......

Other forums?! What other forums? I had no idea that there were other forums... Or maybe you're hallucinating... must be the heat, the cold or the A/C that's sending out negative energies :P

Now seriously... An off-topic forum is the place to be for me 'cause I'm off-topic in RL, most of the time, too... I scan the post and rarely do I find something to comment on... I'd like to set up a revolution of some sort... a flood of stuff coming from the back of my strangely twisted mind, but I don't have anything to start on.

Now even more seriously... I think this lag will pass... 'Cause it sure is lag, the posts will come.

Greetz!

No_Style · Feb 25, 2003, 09:38 PM

Rage3D is always full of threads to read. DriverHeaven Forum gets real excited with driver releases and newly discovered tweaks or hardware.

UberLord · Feb 25, 2003, 10:20 PM

Suits me just fine atm as I'm very busy @ work atm

ToshiroOC · Feb 25, 2003, 10:32 PM

Well, DriveEuro, if you think things are getting too slow 'round here, then I think you should get'a'posting with some new threads!

Zardon · Feb 25, 2003, 10:40 PM

maybe people are losing interest, always a possibilty.

edperks · Feb 25, 2003, 10:54 PM

Maybe people are busy with work! and spending their income tax checks, and it has been sometime since ATI and Nvidia released a new video card. The FX has yet to prove itself lets hope they do so we all can benefit from the competion between Nvidia and ATI.

ToshiroOC · Feb 25, 2003, 11:06 PM

Well, if people are losing interest, then maybe we need to spark some new interest! If anyone has a good idea, PM/email me

Good ideas for keeping DH hopping and active are always welcome.

URWORSTENEMY · Feb 25, 2003, 11:07 PM

It does seem to be always the same old faces posting.
I guess there is a lot of ppl who just come here to 'read then leave' and not participate within the forum

digitalwanderer · Feb 25, 2003, 11:51 PM

Whaddya mean, "quiet'? What do you expect, it's frigging words on text not conversation!

I think it's because there is so much NOT happening in the graphics world right now, and there just isn't any real controversy here for us to fight over. All our members are too bright to not see the nVidia situation for what it is, so we just don't have the fanboyism going on here that they seem to be having at a lot of places on the net. (Not that I would ever do anything like that or cause trouble anywhere...

)

Seriously, when things start happening this place always starts happening....when things get slow DH will tend to get a little slow.

Hmmm....mebbe it's time to bust out the tinsnips and MAKE something happen....

fornicatarachnid · Feb 26, 2003, 12:09 AM

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Originally posted by URWORSTENEMY
It does seem to be always the same old faces posting.

Did you hear that Mr Kinetic? NME said you were old ! lol

BWX · Feb 26, 2003, 12:16 AM

After I post it seems to take forever to go back to the forums, the forums seem very slow all together, (refreshing pages and the like)- maybe that's the reason.

mbeeston · Feb 26, 2003, 12:28 AM

sorry.. school... rage3d... rebal alliance missions... and yes.. burnt out.. oh and natural selection

DriveEuro · Feb 26, 2003, 12:52 AM

I mean that this plce was hustling and bustling like 2 months ago ( I know people were on break ) but even before that there seemed to be much activity.

MikeDaMan · Feb 26, 2003, 12:58 AM

I think this forums quite active, I've also started posting a lot more. However, with over 21,000 members (closing in on 22,000) I think we can do a little better

Come on people...get to posting

NaumoJR · Feb 26, 2003, 01:33 AM

I don't understand while people are concerned with "post amounts". A forum should be about posting your thoughts and opinions on different subjects. Not about how many times you post. Post numbers are just a stat that show how many times you and others have posted. People shouldn't post messages just to up their number of posts. If people don't have an opinion then they won't post. It's hard to keep up with a forum like this that has a lot of different areas. Not everyone can sit around and monitor the forums waiting for someone to post so they can reply.

Now if this forum totally shut down, and not one post was being posted a day I would be concerned. There are still a lot of posts here per day.

About the number of members now. I think it's totally miss-leading. As you can see there are a ton of "members" with 0 posts. I know I should be arguing about teh number of posts as I just said that they really don't matter. I don't make a whole lot of sense. If you understand this post you are good.

a lot of dribble in there

sorry

MikeDaMan · Feb 26, 2003, 01:38 AM

I said "I've also started posting a lot more" not to mean I'm going to spam the board but to help people with problems and make things a little more interesting thus making things a little more active

NaumoJR · Feb 26, 2003, 01:45 AM

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Originally posted by MikeDaMan
I said "I've also started posting a lot more" not to mean I'm going to spam the board but to help people with problems and make things a little more interesting thus making things a little more active

Yeah, there is no problem with that. It's great when everyone helps each other, and contributes their thoughts. Maybe that's what this forum really needs. Get all members posting.

I just don't think everyone should start spamming, and making useless posts if the forum has a slow day or week.

HsuGotaQ · Feb 26, 2003, 02:39 AM

Besides work and just plain temperature (-30 to -40 really doesn't help), I guess it is just that there wasn't that many things to talk about other than the freakin iraq thing. Sometimes you just don't feel like posting either. The driver factor is also to consider. There is really nothing new in the tech sector that is worth while. Hmmm... I guess being single again might help me with posting once more (sniff). Oh well. life's a bitch.

DriveEuro · Feb 26, 2003, 03:16 AM

All I was asking is why isn't it as busy as it was 2+ moths ago. I am not talking about the Off Topic Forum. I am referring to this whole site. We have almost 22,000 people but this forum had more talk and posts back when we had under 10,000 people (NO JOKE!) It's just so quiet lately.

mbeeston · Feb 26, 2003, 06:29 AM

umm.. 2 months agao people cam for the contests.. i know i did.. only differnce.. i stayed

not that others didn't but the people with 0 posts speak for themselves

DriveEuro · Feb 26, 2003, 06:33 AM

NO, even before the first contest for the XP2000 chip... It was so active and vibrant here. It is like glum and dull now (no offense!)

BWX · Feb 26, 2003, 06:34 AM

Maybe it's the calm before the storm... Ooooooooooo- scarry.

BWX · Feb 26, 2003, 06:36 AM

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Originally posted by DriveEuro
NO, even before the first contest for the XP2000 chip... It was so active and vibrant here. It is like glum and dull now (no offense!)

Time for another contest!!!!!

ToshiroOC · Feb 26, 2003, 06:42 AM

We're always open to hardware donations for contests

DriveEuro · Feb 26, 2003, 06:44 AM

Eh, BWX, you know what I mean, like back in October this place was hip and kicking, that was WAY before a contest. Maybe it was the hustle and bustle from the R9700Pro. But still this place has seemed to just taken a nap or something. Or maybe all these thoughts in my head are cuz I've been in xtremesystems.org and overclockersforum.com lately. Those forums are mad busy! Well, I still love this place. I actually know the people here. I'm just a new shy guy in other forums

DriveEuro · Feb 26, 2003, 06:45 AM

Can I donate my old Pentium 133 ???? I also have 32mb of EDO ram.... ahahhahahh

BWX · Feb 26, 2003, 07:06 AM

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Originally posted by DriveEuro
Eh, BWX, you know what I mean, like back in October this place was hip and kicking, that was WAY before a contest. Maybe it was the hustle and bustle from the R9700Pro. But still this place has seemed to just taken a nap or something. Or maybe all these thoughts in my head are cuz I've been in xtremesystems.org and overclockersforum.com lately. Those forums are mad busy! Well, I still love this place. I actually know the people here. I'm just a new shy guy in other forums

Well I became a member in November actually, but it was real busy then too- I was searching for something and came across this place. This is actually the second forum I have ever been a member of, so I don't have much to compare it to. Not to name names, but the other one was Guru3d- which was alright, but there were a lot of little assholes over there, so I decided to say C-ya to those punks- There were some really cool people too- don't get me wrong, but way too many of them weren't. This place will always be cool. Slow or not.
You can also go vent and argu w/ people in the political threads as well as get good tech advice, and the mods aren't dickheads- so there will always be people here. (I hope)

I know what you mean though. The news is kinda slow too- everywhere- not just here. It is kinda weird.
Everyone knows the GFFX is, well, not here. No huge games coming out. Christmas is over. War is looming. I dunno-

Memory prices are good, people should be happy about that.

Feb 25, 2003, 07:41 PM	#1
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Why is it so quiet lately? Maybe it's me but it's been pretty quiet and slow around here. Anyone else know? __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Feb 25, 2003, 07:52 PM	#2
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Feb 25, 2003, 08:25 PM	Thread Starter #3
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	I guess everyone. It's been so slow in here that I've spent most of my time in other forums...... __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Feb 25, 2003, 09:38 PM	#5
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	This place is sorta slow.. Rage3D is always full of threads to read. DriverHeaven Forum gets real excited with driver releases and newly discovered tweaks or hardware. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Feb 25, 2003, 10:20 PM	#6
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Feb 25, 2003, 10:32 PM	#7
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Well, DriveEuro, if you think things are getting too slow 'round here, then I think you should get'a'posting with some new threads! __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Feb 25, 2003, 10:40 PM	#8
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	maybe people are losing interest, always a possibilty.

Feb 25, 2003, 10:54 PM	#9
edperks HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 780 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Maybe people are busy with work! and spending their income tax checks, and it has been sometime since ATI and Nvidia released a new video card. The FX has yet to prove itself lets hope they do so we all can benefit from the competion between Nvidia and ATI.

Feb 25, 2003, 11:06 PM	#10
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Well, if people are losing interest, then maybe we need to spark some new interest! If anyone has a good idea, PM/email me Good ideas for keeping DH hopping and active are always welcome. __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Feb 25, 2003, 11:07 PM	#11
URWORSTENEMY nme Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Behind You!! Posts: 389 Rep Power: 0	It does seem to be always the same old faces posting. I guess there is a lot of ppl who just come here to 'read then leave' and not participate within the forum

Feb 25, 2003, 11:51 PM	#12
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Quiet? Whaddya mean, "quiet'? What do you expect, it's frigging words on text not conversation! I think it's because there is so much NOT happening in the graphics world right now, and there just isn't any real controversy here for us to fight over. All our members are too bright to not see the nVidia situation for what it is, so we just don't have the fanboyism going on here that they seem to be having at a lot of places on the net. (Not that I would ever do anything like that or cause trouble anywhere... ) Seriously, when things start happening this place always starts happening....when things get slow DH will tend to get a little slow. Hmmm....mebbe it's time to bust out the tinsnips and MAKE something happen.... __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Feb 26, 2003, 12:16 AM	#14
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	After I post it seems to take forever to go back to the forums, the forums seem very slow all together, (refreshing pages and the like)- maybe that's the reason. __________________

Feb 26, 2003, 12:28 AM	#15
mbeeston HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: alberta, canada (thats north of the usa people) Posts: 1,037 Rep Power: 68 System Specs	sorry.. school... rage3d... rebal alliance missions... and yes.. burnt out.. oh and natural selection __________________ R.I.P Roadee - you will be missed T_T peace,love, and war... 3 things people look for... "if your going off the deep end, show off, do a cannon ball!" - me

Feb 26, 2003, 12:52 AM	Thread Starter #16
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	I mean that this plce was hustling and bustling like 2 months ago ( I know people were on break ) but even before that there seemed to be much activity. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Feb 26, 2003, 12:58 AM	#17
MikeDaMan DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 874 Rep Power: 0	I think this forums quite active, I've also started posting a lot more. However, with over 21,000 members (closing in on 22,000) I think we can do a little better Come on people...get to posting __________________ DFI Lanpart UT 250GB motherboard. 1GB 2X512 Crucial Ballistix PC 3200. AMD Athlon 64 3400+. Retail ATI Radeon X850XT PE AGP

Feb 26, 2003, 01:33 AM	#18
NaumoJR Paranoid Android Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Planet Telex Posts: 1,029 Rep Power: 0	I don't understand while people are concerned with "post amounts". A forum should be about posting your thoughts and opinions on different subjects. Not about how many times you post. Post numbers are just a stat that show how many times you and others have posted. People shouldn't post messages just to up their number of posts. If people don't have an opinion then they won't post. It's hard to keep up with a forum like this that has a lot of different areas. Not everyone can sit around and monitor the forums waiting for someone to post so they can reply. Now if this forum totally shut down, and not one post was being posted a day I would be concerned. There are still a lot of posts here per day. About the number of members now. I think it's totally miss-leading. As you can see there are a ton of "members" with 0 posts. I know I should be arguing about teh number of posts as I just said that they really don't matter. I don't make a whole lot of sense. If you understand this post you are good. a lot of dribble in there sorry Last edited by NaumoJR; Feb 26, 2003 at 01:40 AM.

Feb 26, 2003, 01:38 AM	#19
MikeDaMan DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 874 Rep Power: 0	I said "I've also started posting a lot more" not to mean I'm going to spam the board but to help people with problems and make things a little more interesting thus making things a little more active __________________ DFI Lanpart UT 250GB motherboard. 1GB 2X512 Crucial Ballistix PC 3200. AMD Athlon 64 3400+. Retail ATI Radeon X850XT PE AGP

Feb 26, 2003, 02:39 AM	#21
HsuGotaQ Hydrogenated Dumbass Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canuckland Posts: 755 Rep Power: 0	Besides work and just plain temperature (-30 to -40 really doesn't help), I guess it is just that there wasn't that many things to talk about other than the freakin iraq thing. Sometimes you just don't feel like posting either. The driver factor is also to consider. There is really nothing new in the tech sector that is worth while. Hmmm... I guess being single again might help me with posting once more (sniff). Oh well. life's a bitch. Last edited by HsuGotaQ; Feb 26, 2003 at 02:46 AM.

Feb 26, 2003, 03:16 AM	Thread Starter #22
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	All I was asking is why isn't it as busy as it was 2+ moths ago. I am not talking about the Off Topic Forum. I am referring to this whole site. We have almost 22,000 people but this forum had more talk and posts back when we had under 10,000 people (NO JOKE!) It's just so quiet lately. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Feb 26, 2003, 06:29 AM	#23
mbeeston HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: alberta, canada (thats north of the usa people) Posts: 1,037 Rep Power: 68 System Specs	umm.. 2 months agao people cam for the contests.. i know i did.. only differnce.. i stayed not that others didn't but the people with 0 posts speak for themselves __________________ R.I.P Roadee - you will be missed T_T peace,love, and war... 3 things people look for... "if your going off the deep end, show off, do a cannon ball!" - me

Feb 26, 2003, 06:33 AM	Thread Starter #24
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	NO, even before the first contest for the XP2000 chip... It was so active and vibrant here. It is like glum and dull now (no offense!) __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Feb 26, 2003, 06:34 AM	#25
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Maybe it's the calm before the storm... Ooooooooooo- scarry. __________________

Feb 26, 2003, 06:42 AM	#27
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	We're always open to hardware donations for contests __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Feb 26, 2003, 06:44 AM	Thread Starter #28
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Eh, BWX, you know what I mean, like back in October this place was hip and kicking, that was WAY before a contest. Maybe it was the hustle and bustle from the R9700Pro. But still this place has seemed to just taken a nap or something. Or maybe all these thoughts in my head are cuz I've been in xtremesystems.org and overclockersforum.com lately. Those forums are mad busy! Well, I still love this place. I actually know the people here. I'm just a new shy guy in other forums __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Feb 26, 2003, 06:45 AM	Thread Starter #29
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Can I donate my old Pentium 133 ???? I also have 32mb of EDO ram.... ahahhahahh __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024