So is forum life in general slowing down?

[Mark Wein]

I've been swamped the last week or so here at work and I'm staying out of HC so my own time has been limited a bit but it seems like all of the forums I've checked out this week seems to have slowed recently. Maybe TGP and TDPRI aren't in the wake of HC 2.0....

What do you guys think?

[silverring233]

i'm inclined to agree. all the forums seem to have slowed down quite a bit

[Tiltsta]

Yep, slow here, slow on HC 1.0, slow as molasses on 2.0

[Sir JJ Pistols]

looks like this whole internet fad has run it's course, then

[Mark Wein]

looks like this whole internet fad has run it's course, then

I personally got a little burnt out for a while a couple of weeks ago...been missing hanging out with my friends on here, though....

[alexslashaxel88]

Compared to GJ in its glory days, ya most forums seem slower. Maybe the forum bubble has busted.

[Phil513]

I have slowed up a bit, although i usually check in. I spend a lot of time scouring the interwebs for cheap buggy parts these days.

But the folks here are still the best.

[PRScott]

It's spring

[Kerouac]

I've been too busy this week to do much on here and this weekend is going to be worse. Oh well, wedding is Sunday and then I'm off the hook for two weeks, except for Rollerderby next Saturday with my step-sis.

[Help!I'maRock!]

It's called "Spring". People start venturing out of their houses to do things. Weird, I know.

[Mark Wein]

It's spring

My physical business slows up this month every year, too....I think it's making me neurotic.

[Denverdave]

It has been a bit slow. I think some of the initial refugees have returned to HC. The traffic here seems to have leveled out a bit to probably the level it will stay at. It is still busier overall than before the HC 2.0 debacle - especially the guitar forum.

[Yngtchie Blacksteen]

Slower, but that's okay. People are now well aware of what alternatives they have to HC if that forum doesn't suit their fancy. I stopped by LiveRuckus last night, and it was still crawling with life. I have no idea what happens over at the Hate/Ring of Ire Forum, or if it's working at all.

Since I've become more and more interested in the technical side of guitar playing, in particular theory and how the instruments themselves work, I don't think I'd be spending too much time in forums that weren't dedicated to those subjects. Sad, but true. Wein Central works because it has a great balance between the shooting of shit and typical guitar things. Guitar Jam, great as it's always been, is not really about any of that, and HCEG isn't really my crowd for more serious guitar banter.

[hobo]

maybe more people went back to work or it's fishing season now

but in the evening hours Asian and morning Europe time it is a bit quite these days

[Phlat Phive]

The weather is still shit here, so I'll still be posting.

On the other hand, I have some more travelling for work coming up, so in those cases I won't be posting.

[Acadiafall]

I will be posting when im online, but when im not online i wont be.

I hope this helps.

[Phlat Phive]

I will be posting when im online, but when im not online i wont be.

I hope this helps.

It does, it helps immensely.

Are all Germans this helpful?

[_tom_]

I've been too busy with uni work/revision, guitar and biking to poast as much as "usual" on forums

[Acadiafall]

It does, it helps immensely.

Are all Germans this helpful?

Im not German! Although i do 'speaka da lingo'. I could be a spy, no hang on, they shoot spies so sod that.

Germans and helpful doesnt really go well together. i remember when i first came over here and went shopping. Germans very rarely, if ever, hold doors open for you whereas in England everyone does so if you follow someone into a dept store you can expect to get a swinging door in your face.

I was about to declare war when i realised they all do it. I still dont though, i hold doors open for people because i have manners.

[Phlat Phive]

Im not German! Although i do 'speaka da lingo'. I could be a spy, no hang on, they shoot spies so sod that.

Germans and helpful doesnt really go well together. i remember when i first came over here and went shopping. Germans very rarely, if ever, hold doors open for you whereas in England everyone does so if you follow someone into a dept store you can expect to get a swinging door in your face.

I was about to declare war when i realised they all do it. I still dont though, i hold doors open for people because i have manners.

Hmm I've never noticed that when I've been to Deutschland. Perhaps they just don't hold the door open for you because you're British.

[Dexter Inferno]

Im not German! Although i do 'speaka da lingo'. I could be a spy, no hang on, they shoot spies so sod that.

Germans and helpful doesnt really go well together. i remember when i first came over here and went shopping. Germans very rarely, if ever, hold doors open for you whereas in England everyone does so if you follow someone into a dept store you can expect to get a swinging door in your face.

I was about to declare war when i realised they all do it. I still dont though, i hold doors open for people because i have manners.

This sounds familiar. Norwegians are quite similar.
Most keep to themselves, and will generally not make any kind of contact whatsoever with people they don't know.
In my experience, it's not that they don't want to help, but more that they don't want to bother anyone. Weird, I know.
They'll be very helpful if you ask them though, whereas Brits and Americans among others in general will offer their help first.

[Yngtchie Blacksteen]

That's pretty much how we are, yeah.

[DdBob]

Yep, slow here, slow on HC 1.0, slow as molasses on 2.0

That's because everbody is over at www.DdBoblessons.com/forums

[Dexter Inferno]

That's because everbody is over at www.DdBoblessons.com/forums

Bant

[mosiddiqi]

That's because everbody is over at www.DdBoblessons.com/forums

*finger itches over banhammer*

[Gary Blanchard]

Maybe we don't have enough "Please Delete This Thread" threads that people post to ironically?

Maybe we need more Grateful Dead / hippie-bashing threads?

Maybe Mo with a banhammer has scared everyone off?

Maybe if we gave away free beer?

[matou]

Hmm I've never noticed that when I've been to Deutschland. Perhaps they just don't hold the door open for you because you're British.

That's why they call it Doucheland.

[telecaster911]

I've been very busy making my employer millions and getting paid in birdseed . 2 big projects this month with crucial deadlines...

[Eminence_Front]

I've been very busy making my employer millions and getting paid in birdseed . 2 big projects this month with crucial deadlines...

Seriously....We had our best / most profitable year since 1983 and everyone's still running around worried about their jobs.


[/fail]

[Mark Wein]

That's why they call it Doucheland.

lol.

[Chihlidog]

Yeah, I havent been around much. Sorry.

[Mark Wein]

Yeah, I havent been around much. Sorry.

Bstard! It's all your fault!

[Denverdave]

Maybe if we gave away free beer?

You mean Mark has not been sending you the complementary case of PBR every month?

[Mark Wein]

You mean Mark has not been sending you the complementary case of PBR every month?

YOU get PBR. Blanchard gets "Brownies".

[Gary Blanchard]

YOU get PBR. Blanchard gets "Brownies".

Which reminds me of the Barney Miller episode when Wojo's girlfriend made some "brownies" and the whole squad was eating them.

And for the record, I live a brownie-free life.

[Mark Wein]

[Ronk]

Still lurking.

[Aahzz]

I've been so busy at work it's not even funny....

[Phlat Phive]

Maybe Mo with a banhammer has scared everyone off?

That certainly has made me more careful with what I say about Yngwie around here. I feel restricted in my freedom of expression.

[Mark Wein]

That certainly has made me more careful with what I say about Yngwie around here. I feel restricted in my freedom of expression.

lol.

[affy]

Well, I'm going to be forthright. I had considered that this forum had slowed down after I came here. Maybe I should have used a different moniker.