as soon as Vistas is released, i can guarantee there are going to be millions upon billions of new posts of people sharing themes, tricks, mods, etc. It is kind of in a slump. I find it harder to post in project logs as well ever since they made the comments threads separate.
yeh, i slowed down on bit when i started this year of uni. guess i realised i couldnt rly afford any mods/new components. plus i tend to mainly read gd and there havnt rly been any threads that have interested me much
There seem to be less people on here since the update to when it turned pro. Before that, it was mainly modding based, and it drove the forums because there were lots of people contributing, adding guides, discussing the articles on the main site, etc. Since then, it seems to have lost a little something. I'm a great fan of the site, but it just seems like modding has been sidelined a bit. A lot of the old guides haven't been brought over (and I'm not having a go at those who are responsible, I know how much you have to do), it seems the modding part has been partially forgotten, only used to show off other's cases. The splitting of the Project Log and Discussion areas hasn't helped, as the input of other people into mods has greatly decreased. The site also feels slightly less community driven than it did before. Now, it does seem as if I am dissing Bit, don't get me wrong, I absolutely love it. There are a lot of things that are better since the redesign, but it has changed a lot since then.
Your right, Oz, but I think it's more indicative of the modding scene in general rather than anything particular that's happening at Bit-HQ. Modding has become more mainstream and acceptable (it must be mainstream if Future have a magazine dedicated to it ), and I think that people are realising that their mod needs to be something really special to distinguish it from the rest of the "me too" wannabes. Add that to the fact that there just isn't really that much exciting stuff going on in the hardware or software world at the moment ("nVidia/ATi brought out their 52nd card of 2006 already...and it has 30 more transistors than the last model? Wow!"...and so on) I guess it's just a fact of life that, as computers and their constituent components, become faster, the impetus to tweak and overclock becomes less and less - after all, if your game is running at 100fps, could you really notice the difference when it runs at 103fps? And hell, even watercooling is becoming mainstream - you know that when Intel start touting a watercooled heatsink! This, of course, is just my ever so 'umble opinion, and there will always be the odd person who feels the need to get that extra fps, but I think that they're becoming a dying breed?
I remember sitting at my desk in summer 2004, drink in hand, snacks at the ready and spent hours looking at project logs. *sigh*
^^ is the reason I have not been posting. iv been having to do all of his work while hes been slacking
Yeah, I forgot to add that about the whole modding scene in general. I went to get a snack and just posted it when I came back It is true, how modding has become more mainstream. There are more and more people thinking that there is no point in adding a project log because their cases could not match up to the legendary mods eg Orac. It is getting harder to produce a unique case. Maybe modding will pick up in a while, maybe not. I hope the forum lasts for many years to come, there are so many great people, and I learn new things every day.
I've noticed a pretty significant slowdown over the last couple of months as well. I remember when the questions we got on here were at least mildly difficult. There used to be a lot more movement in the Winodws section as well as Networking, but now, it moves at a slow pace. Also, a lot of the really great modders have seemingly gone dormant, at least that I can see. My two cents, I guess.
^^that one. Such an increase in rediculous threads lately, especially here in GD and in the H&O forum. I know it turns me away from posting.
lack of content for me (I read the front page, but the forums don't do it for me any more). also the noob factor. I generally hang out in #bit-tech/read other forums (those in irc know which)
Yeah, #bit-tech is my main source of bitness anymore. Do read the front page quite often, and the news via Google Homepage, but I really can't be bothered to deal with the noobness factor on the forums.
Work seems to have blocked it (I'm lucky I can still get on [H] during my breaks) so I can only view bit-tech while at home. Between looking after my nephew and trying to complete as many games as possible in the short amount of free time at home I've got it's not as easy to get on here and read everything
How can you people complain about n00b threads if you don't starts threads, project logs, or mod guides that get people interested? I don't really see how a 20k+ member forum can really have a "slump", I just think that those who do feel a slump have a loss of interest for themselves.
It's the same pretty much everywhere. As someone mentioned above, computing/modding/overclocking has become mainstream. Mag's like CusomPC etc de-geek computers, people think, going by a magazines "whats hot" or "recommended buys" means they'll get a kick ass pc. Suppose its the era we live in now, chuck some cash at it, if it doesnt work go ask someone who can fix it. Posting on a forum is loads cheaper than the rip off PC shops + the advice is actually going to be decent most of the time... We need to get the old sticky guides back. A simple generic Overclocking guide works wonders. Ok you don't get the posts asking for help as much, BUT it does un-clutter the forums and can help make it a generally nicer place to post.
Remember back when LED fans were a new thing? haha, now it takes alot of effort to make a mod original. Back in the day you could strobe your fans or put some CCFL's and you would be the shiznit. Yes, I did just say shiznit.
