Declining And Dying

[Dralcax]

Do you think that BZPower is dying in some way? When I was new, I used to spend hours on BZP. Now, I'm in and out in a few minutes. It seems that less topics are being created. Only in BBC are topics popping up and a normal rate, and maybe on a good day in some other creative forums. But lately, I haven't seen too many new topics.

[Sumiki]

Naturally there's going to be less to discuss, but I haven't noticed a significant decrease in activity. It seems to be leveling off to a steady rate - and new members are joining every day.

[bonesiii]

No, it's filled with people talking about how it's dying. Maybe if we applied that energy to doing other stuff people wouldn't get that impression.

[Hahli Husky]

No, it's filled with people talking about how it's dying. Maybe if we applied that energy to doing other stuff people wouldn't get that impression.

I lol'd and also agree. I spend about 45 minutes of non-staff-work time on here every day.

[Ballom Nom Nom]

Seems pollworthy, with only two options and all that.However, I agree with, well, everyone who's posted thus far. BZP's still chugging along at a reasonable speed, even gaining new members. It's nowhere near dead.~B~

[Queen of Noise]

BZP's dead. DEAD TO ME.

[Meiko]

I understand what you mean. Before the downtime, I'd be on BZPower for hours replying and replying and replying. Now i spend at most an hour, maybe more. I've also picked up other responsibilities over time, which helps aid my boredom. I've managed though, but hopefully it will pick up again someday soon.

[Cederak]

It's a little quieter this year, but far from dead.-Ced

[GSR]

I've seen dead boards. This isn't a dead board.

[~Xemnas~]

It's not dead- simply quiet. And at this time of day, the RPG forum is very quiet!

[Makaru]

BZP's dead. DEAD TO ME.

You can be dead later. Right now you've got a comic to work on, darn it.

[Velox]

I've seen dead boards. This isn't a dead board.

Indeed. Sure, there may be a slight decline in activity, but to be honest I don't think there's that much of a decline. For me, at least, BZPower seems more..."empty" simply because of some of the members who are no longer here or active. It seems like BZP is dying, but really, some members are just being replaced with new members, which is a good thing; it'd be bad if people kept leaving and no one joined.

[Makuta_of_Oz]

I've noticed as well.I blame the downtime. Many people, including awesome staffies like SPIRIT and *sniff* Turakki #1 Lavasurfer, stopped coming after the downtime.B/S/T has almost ground to a halt; my trade topic died after a single reply, and I don't think it's just because no-one likes shipping to Australia.

[Peach 00]

This could probably be discussed better in this topic, which basically has decline in activity as one of the centerpieces of discussion, or it could be poll-worthy as Ballom said. Although said-topic talks more about the death of controversial discussion, bringing up the fact that due to the decrease in activity there are more post-it-here topics might be a good way to lean towards that discussion instead of a whole new topic devoted to the subject. Might be a good idea, I could be wrong.@Makuta_of_Oz: I don't know, last time I checked, the 'Fruitloops for Masks' guy seemed to be doing pretty well.

Edited April 17, 2012 by Peach 00

[MrSciFiGuy]

I think its getting bigger and rebuilding itself. Tends to be a bit slow at times but just give it time

[Bambi]

I defiantly have been spending less time here. The discussion in the forums is a bit slow, but the blogs are pretty active.

[Laughing Man]

Turakki #1 Lavasurfer

Who?can't really say whether or not the site as a whole is "dying", but the BZPower I knew and loved certainly has. the cool people are all disappearing.

[Cederak]

Turakki #1 Lavasurfer

Who?can't really say whether or not the site as a whole is "dying", but the BZPower I knew and loved certainly has. the cool people are all disappearing.

Can't tell if...It's different now, that much is true. But there are plenty of cool people left here. You just have to get past their quirky exterior to find their awesome interior. http://www.bzpower.com/board/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.png-Ced

[Toa Smoke Monster]

I guess BZP has declined a little, but I don't think that it is dying off. There are still a lot of members on here, and as others have said, new members are joining everyday.

[Wrinkledlion X]

Actually I'm impressed that it's still so active. It's gone down, of course, but it's doing very well, all things considered.

[Laughing Man]

Turakki #1 Lavasurfer

Who?can't really say whether or not the site as a whole is "dying", but the BZPower I knew and loved certainly has. the cool people are all disappearing.

Can't tell if...

Totally am. I've never heard of this Turakki person. Edited April 17, 2012 by Eucliwood

[Cederak]

Turakki #1 Lavasurfer

Who?can't really say whether or not the site as a whole is "dying", but the BZPower I knew and loved certainly has. the cool people are all disappearing.

Can't tell if...

Totally am. I've never heard of this Turakki person.

Oh, well that makes me a little disappointed then. She was a cool person, and a very bright personality around here.-Ced

[fishers64]

Turakki #1 Lavasurfer

Who?can't really say whether or not the site as a whole is "dying", but the BZPower I knew and loved certainly has. the cool people are all disappearing.

Can't tell if...

Totally am. I've never heard of this Turakki person.

Oh, well that makes me a little disappointed then. She was a cool person, and a very bright personality around here.-Ced

A look into the forums archive, under the forum General Disscussion, will reveal some of her amazing wit and charm. The "Funny Staff Closers" topics tend to provide examples. Speaking of which, I miss those. There were a couple of those since the forums came back, but alas not enough for a topic. That's probably due to a shortage of topics to close. But no, I don't see BZP as dying. I always find too much to post in anyway. The forums tend to surge with topics...and die...and surge again...and die again. But that's only with discussion topics, which are the most fun - the creative ones march steadily onward. Edited April 17, 2012 by fishers64

[Laughing Man]

Turakki #1 Lavasurfer

Who?can't really say whether or not the site as a whole is "dying", but the BZPower I knew and loved certainly has. the cool people are all disappearing.

Can't tell if...

Totally am. I've never heard of this Turakki person.

Oh, well that makes me a little disappointed then. She was a cool person, and a very bright personality around here.-Ced

A look into the forums archive, under the forum General Disscussion, will reveal some of her amazing wit and charm. The "Funny Staff Closers" topics tend to provide examples.

Yeah, I can't even find anybody named Turakki in the archives..

[fishers64]

Turakki #1 Lavasurfer

Who?can't really say whether or not the site as a whole is "dying", but the BZPower I knew and loved certainly has. the cool people are all disappearing.

Can't tell if...

Totally am. I've never heard of this Turakki person.

Oh, well that makes me a little disappointed then. She was a cool person, and a very bright personality around here.-Ced

A look into the forums archive, under the forum General Disscussion, will reveal some of her amazing wit and charm. The "Funny Staff Closers" topics tend to provide examples.

Yeah, I can't even find anybody named Turakki in the archives..

That's because Makuta of Oz misspelled it. :)It's Turakii, I think.

[Laughing Man]

Turakki #1 Lavasurfer

Who?can't really say whether or not the site as a whole is "dying", but the BZPower I knew and loved certainly has. the cool people are all disappearing.

Can't tell if...

Totally am. I've never heard of this Turakki person.

Oh, well that makes me a little disappointed then. She was a cool person, and a very bright personality around here.-Ced

A look into the forums archive, under the forum General Disscussion, will reveal some of her amazing wit and charm. The "Funny Staff Closers" topics tend to provide examples.

Yeah, I can't even find anybody named Turakki in the archives..

It's Turakii, I think.

Oh, I know Turakii. One of my best friends actually.I just didn't know who that "Turakki" person was.

[bonesiii]

A lot of you are saying that people you know moving on equals BZP dying, but that's been going on for years. Called turnover. I've been active here since late 2003 and I've seen at least five distinct generations of good friends of mine come and go. You have to learn how to make new friends easily. :)At least one of the examples yall gave I happen to know was due to simply not having time anymore personally, and that has always happened. I have noticed a lot of new members since the downtime, in fact, about the same, seems to me, as usually, it's just that all of us are a bit less active than we used to be without canon Bionicle to talk about. I think it's going up if anything and that trend might continue as we become more well known as a LEGO-in-general site (still with the best rules and stuff of any other site, pretty much) than just a Bionicle site.

[Eeko]

BZP is still the most active forum I frequent, and one of the most active I've ever seen.Sure it's a little quieter than in it's heyday, but it's far from dying.

[Sir Kohran]

I wouldn't say it's declining or dying at all - there's always something new to read, every day, even if activity's not quite what it was a few years ago.And it could be far worse. Another 'active' forum I visit has only just seen its first new posts in over three months.

Edited April 17, 2012 by Sir Kohran

[Gatanui]

There has definitely been a decline in activity but still, I think BZPower is far from dying. In fact, I´m sure it´s possible to raise activity once again so it won´t become a permanent decline. Anyway, I wouldn´t say it´s still declining, rather, the downtime reduced activity to a lower, but steady level we have pretty much kept since then.-Gata

[Aanchir]

I probably spend more time here these days than I did since before the downtime. I don't think BZPower is declining or dying in any way. The community may be getting smaller, but a smaller online community can still be just as healthy as a larger one-- the only risk to BZPower getting smaller is that it probably costs a lot to maintain its servers and a smaller community might not be bringing in as much money (in ad revenue, premierships, etc.)I don't see a huge number of new topics on an average day either, but there's plenty of discussion going on in existing topics, so I don't think that's any sign that the site is struggling. If there were a huge number of new topics in every subforum, I'd probably start losing interest since it would become too much for me to keep up with.

[Leg O'Brick]

Like others have said, I'm sure the downtime didn't help. Also, not too much to talk about. Once I get my new MacBook pro I'm going to have some fun in the artwork section. But no, not as big as it once was.

[BenLuke]

The activity has declined, certainty, that is an objective fact, but dying? I mean, there's still plenty of stuff going on in places like COT or the RPG forum.

Edited April 17, 2012 by BenLuke-116

[You just lost the game]

Everything dies eventually, and so will BZP.BZP has died down a bit, but I wouldn't say a major loss of activity.

[Akuna Toa of Sonics]

BZPower is slowing down generally, but not so much in COT and the Creative Outlet. I wouldn't say the website is dying.

[Papa Vinc]

It dies only if you want it do die.(Yay, cliché)~TN726

[Jean Valjean]

There's just less traffit. As I said in another topic, there's fewer story theories, since people can't make predictions anymore, and the annual midyear uproar when pictures of the new sets are released isn't around. While I do miss those and feel that these things contributed to a classical era of BZP, the world doesn't end with the fall of the Roman Empire. There's still discussion and still a sense of community. It's just less of a major metropolis buzzing about and a tad quieter now. I'll admit, there will be a part of me that will always be sad for that, but it doesn't mean that BZPower died.I do hope that, as bonesiii said, we become more well-known as a general LEGO site to attract new members. It's always good to talk about a shared interest that's a bit more in the present. At the moment, the nostaglia here is killing me (softly).Your Honor,Tyrannosaurus Kraggh

[Valendale]

I don't beleive BZPower is dying. It isn't anywhere near dying. It's easily more active than other single-theme LEGO forums. And as several others have pointed out, there are plenty of new members coming in. I've also heard a lot people say they've seen their post counts rise at a faster rate after the down time. I would say that holds true for me at least

[Simulacrum]

Go to this board's RPG / Games forum. Now come back to Bionicle Disscussion. Sadly, BD is not RG. Seriously, some parts of this board feel... dead (*Cough*the aforemention Bionicle Disscussion*Cough*), but for the most part, no, I don't believe it to be dead/dying.

[Mr. House]

Obviously, BZP has declined a bit due to it's main focus being about a dead toyline. But new members are still coming in, so it isn't dying.Although, unless the site begins to expand into more LEGO themes, IMO it'll fade away.