If you stay I win because the forum is that much more active.
If you leave I win because the forum is that much more peaceful.
For a self-described pessimist, that is quite an optimistic way of looking at things!!
Random non-round numbers are more chaotic though, so you seem to be on the Forces of Order.
As a devotee of Slaanesh I appreciate the symmetry and beauty of 100,000. There is no escape from Slaanesh. She marks us all.
...or you could join with a new account, thus leaving @NIGHTBRINGER with that majestic number but still enjoy the place
Join and become a non-Slann?!?
Be among the lowest of the low... a simple peasant. I've occupied that top spot for so long now, it would feel...
uncharacteristic. Like a Daemon Prince becoming a lowly marauder or a Sorcerer-Prophet tolling away in the mines as a slave.
Now sure, I could view it as a challenge to rise through the ranks for a second time. A sort of phoenix rising from the ashes. And while plausible, it is a big leap to hunt down yourself and
@- Q - , especially as the forum dwindles. That's the biggest issue, this place is looking increasingly desolate. Surely I'm not the only one that has noticed this. What will it be 9,000 posts from now?
For example, if we look at the interaction levels in my custom character point threads, we have (discounting my personal votes):
Ra'nubis (October 2017) - 11 votes
Akamun (July 2018) - 4 votes
Valentia (May 2026) - 1 vote (with yours to follow)
A bad trajectory. But of course it expands well beyond this singular & narrow example. How many painters do we have now? What about something more near and dear to your heart, Short Story authors? Mere fractions of what we enjoyed before. For me however, nobody really talks Warhammer anymore; games, strategies, analysis, etc.
@Lizards of Renown was the last super active member in that regard (and myself of course, but talking to myself seems like a sure path to Spawndom
). While he was here, him and I would constantly talk shop. The two of us could single-handedly carry a conversation along for pages after pages, and you know what, it would eventually start accreting interest and others would join in. There just isn't anybody who seems really into the game side of Warhammer, let alone ones specifically interested in 8th edition. Heck even the my beloved General Chat sub-forum is a shadow of its former glory. Do you remember the awesome conversations that were had? Giant discussions would spawn, grow and take a life of their own. Now it's just a meager few of us, puttering away for a few pages at best.
Perhaps its a sign of things to come, but I increasingly talk Warhammer with AI chatbots. I've been analyzing Valentia's rules (along with a few other characters I've been working on) with not one, not two but three different chat bots.
Don't get me wrong, some of the members remaining are the very best. I admire you fine chaps, I truly do! But even among those, activity levels are continually decreasing. Take a tally of the top 20 posting members of the forum, how many of them are highly active in comparison to those that are rarely active or no longer interacting with the forum at all?
If things must go silent. If the forum must eventually fade. Why not leave it on my own terms? On top. A glorious & beautiful end.
But that is many moons from now. For now, we party and chat, as we always have. There are still many good times ahead, even if they are more subdued then back in the golden era of Lustria Online.
Of all the forums I have been a part of, Chamber of the Everchosen, Eighth Edition For Life, Tomb Kings of Khemri and Chaos Dwarfs Online, Lustria is my favourite! I wish she could be revived.
