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OT is dying

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ShinRun
Activity on OT slowed down quite a bit these few months and OT is slowly dying. Ok "Dying" might be a bit of an exaggeration but neither the less, OT is no longer what it was a few months ago. I remember seeing a shitpost go past the 100 post mark within an hour but getting even past 50 post within a month now is challenging. Shit even FG which is subjectively much more active than OT was inactive except for necro and raffi's personal chat thread. There used to be fun threads and events but now it's just a total downgrade. A quarter of the threads are being used as Ashton's personal diary which I wouldn't consider as shitpost but it could be better, another quarter is used to force abraker to sing IWITW which I get it being a promise to the older members, it has gotten quite boring and repetitive. Even gen 8 who are supposedly the most active people on OT is either inactive or somewhat active. At this rate, gen 8 might die out before gen 9 even arrive and I certainly don't hope to see that. I know people have personal lives but I've seen quite a few gen 8 member with quite a lot of free time on their hand (cough cerno, uwu, warlord cough). A simple solution to this is to simply make more quality threads. Also maybe post more often but you do you. Honestly I just hope to see a few more new member join in and stuff since raffi who I believe to be the next denizen joined in a whole 8 months ago and while I seen a few more faces since then, I don't think there is anyone too promising.

This might just seem like some dumb complaining from a guy on the internet and it is, I'm just tired of carrying gen 8 on my back and I hope OT will become as active as it used to be. Alright I'm tired and stressed out now so I'll stop bitching about it.
Manishh
Carrying
ghoulybits
The inactivity of our generation is sort of a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation. On one hand, I do agree that more posts need to be made in order to keep this forum alive (and that I should probably try contributing as much as my schedule allows). On the other hand, though, an increased amount of posts means an increase in the amount of absolutely putrid trash posts made by people who will never touch OT again, and there's no doubt that people will start bitching about terrible posts.

Do agree about the denizen part, kind of shocking. Part of it may be due to more strict denizen requirements that could dissuade people from posting nonstop for 2 months and calling it a day, but it's really been unusually quiet. There's been some new people, but quite frankly, I'll see them get nominated for denizen over my dead, rotting corpse.

TL;DR we're fucked lol
Topic Starter
ShinRun
Most older members are inactive currently which would be a great time for newbie to join but it’s just that no one is actually joining
WitherMite
new people are gonna have a hard time posting here even if they aren't the people who just got lost on their way to G&R, since there's nothing going on and there aren't really any examples to follow anymore they have no clue what people would like to see in a post, so whenever they make a thread it either gets ignored or they find out that the few people active here don't appreciate the "lmao loud & random = funny" low effort zoomer humor very much and end up just leaving.

at this point the forum is just us making fun of kids.

tl:dr
osu people are kids.
we dont like kids.
we scare them off.
forum dies.


of course I'm not helping much with how rarely I post threads, but I've just never been good at coming up with ideas tbh, most of my threads end up flopping and I don't like making low effort stuff.
z0z
not really feeling like making new threads
Ashton
I didn't expect to be called out like this at midnight, now i'm hesitating to post my cafe review thread...
abraker
Ah, the quarterly "OT is dying" thread. How right on schedule!

roufou
sad
[ Rynn ]
honestly, i have to agree with this. of course we did discuss about this at some point in a vc (with tad too) and the quality of the threads are downgrading. i started to realize why im not posting as much as before even when i have free time (which i have both too much and too little). looking at the threads in the front page now, the quality is just way different from back then where gen 8 people started to be active in OT (it was at the time where OTGN was still active i think). FG is still more active than OT, but most of it is just TN and raffi's personal chatting thread is dying already. threads made by people from older generations are still fine and entertaining for me, but the majority of the threads made by new people dont catch my interest. the only thing that made me still wanna visit this forum is the current OTGN. not quite active like before, but at least entertaining enough for the older generations to enjoy.
Patatitta
I mean, I don't know if i've ever seen it "alive", and i'm doing fine, so it wouldn't really affect me that much
igorsprite

Ashton wrote:

I didn't expect to be called out like this at midnight, now i'm hesitating to post my cafe review thread...
No, i enjoy your random posts :(
JustABeginner
People come here lesser than before not only because of busy, but they just can't begin or start with a conversation one has created. Either because they do not understand or they just don't get our humour. Not only that, remember that thread where I asked "Why no one laughed recently"? Linking to this, it is really boring to see each new thread just plainly executed without relating to each other or even entertain us. Heck, it's no fun because there are not a lot of s#!tpost anymore that we can create to bring more silly replies, until some moderators clashing in and lock the thread.

The important key to create a lively thread is to relate one topic with one another, not only creating a quality thread. No matter how much maths or facts you've put here, it won't be that fun for us because we just couldn't find any better replies to reply.

And since it is the beginning of the year and most people are starting to get off our butts and do stuff, either school or work, there's not much of a chance you'll see this alive like before. So, take your time with it. Rushing yourself to make threads isn't a solution either, otherwise you'll run out of ideas to talk - props to you if you have a lot things to say but others will find it plainly repetitive.

Last but not least, not famous players been here ever since the old OT where you have top players and some moderations - even Ephemeral himself joined in and hyped everyone. People would see us like a normal person, but don't feel down by it. At the end of the day, we are who we are - OT!Denizens, and together we can secure this place until the day of its demolition.

For now, I should stay a bit active here since it's quiet to be here, plus not always free.

Edit: Think I won't be much around here I guess?
Arctos Sagittario
that's proper GMT speech
igorsprite

ShinRun wrote:

Most older members are inactive currently which would be a great time for newbie to join but it’s just that no one is actually joining
Some new members have inherited bad habits of the old members, so doesn't matter if they are not here anymore xD
Tad Fibonacci
That reminds me OT have a pedo problem as well.
Rhythm32
haha..... ha... :\
igorsprite

Tad Fibonacci wrote:

That reminds me OT have a pedo problem as well.
hey, at least you guys have the discord server
Topic Starter
ShinRun
Alright guys let’s not start an argument here, all I’m asking for is for gen 8 to make some good threads once in a while
Ashton
Generation elitism… maybe thats why ot is dying
Corne2Plum3
By reading comments about this, I think the reason why OT is dying os because people are scared to post anything, to avoid being trashed by old users. Maybe their threads are good, including the new we need.
Hoshimegu Mio

Arctos Sagittario wrote:

that's proper GMT speech
JAB for GMT when?
Meah

Ashton wrote:

Generation elitism… maybe thats why ot is dying
+1

I miss year 2016-2018 OT
Tad Fibonacci

Corne2Plum3 wrote:

By reading comments about this, I think the reason why OT is dying os because people are scared to post anything, to avoid being trashed by old users. Maybe their threads are good, including the new we need.
This is not the reason why people aren't posting. There are barely any oldfags trash talking particular threads made by newfags.

People aren't posting anymore because of the post quality has degraded and nobody is actually interacting with anyone else in a meaningful way anymore. Most of the posts are either one sentence or even one word.
In the past, older gens may shitpost, but the main goal of doing so is to interact with each other. And the quality and effort put into said shitposts are much higher as well.

So alas, since nobody is interacting with anyone else in a meaningful way, there's only so many shitposts you can post before you get bored and do something more productive instead, hence the lack of posts.

I like how people blamed the older gens of intimidating the newer gens into not posting when almost none of them posts here regularly anymore except for abraker.
Meah

Tad Fibonacci wrote:

I like how people blamed the older gens of intimidating the newer gens into not posting when almost none of them posts here regularly anymore except for abraker.
Hey hey, I regularly post too
Ashton
I predict the next “ot is dying” thread to arrive around june summer break.
Topic Starter
ShinRun

Ashton wrote:

I predict the next “ot is dying” thread to arrive around june summer break.
I say around September
Farfocele
amog
ghoulybits

ShinRun wrote:

Ashton wrote:

I predict the next “ot is dying” thread to arrive around june summer break.
I say around September
Both of you are too optimistic. May at the latest
Corne2Plum3
Poor Meah. She's so disappointed of the OT current state that she necropost old threads, to remind her the "good times"... Trying to restore a era that is dead: most 4th gen denizens are gone
Puck_
Let it die
Topic Starter
ShinRun
I refuse to let OT die
Nuuskamuikkunen

Ashton wrote:

Generation elitism… maybe thats why ot is dying
idk, I haven't seen people from earlier than gen 6 being active other than the ocassional. And people that complain about this place being crap mostly are on discord and barely post.

Corne2Plum3 wrote:

By reading comments about this, I think the reason why OT is dying os because people are scared to post anything, to avoid being trashed by old users. Maybe their threads are good, including the new we need.
Partly true, OT has been always a bit hostile place towards newcomers in general, but I don't think it's the reason of the decline.

YyottaCat wrote:

Arctos Sagittario wrote:

that's proper GMT speech
JAB for GMT when?
^

Tad Fibonacci wrote:

That reminds me OT have a pedo problem as well.
Well, we had a pedo as overlord before so...
That proplem is about osu! in general actually. I almost quit catch when I found out one of my fav mappers was a pedo.


Meah wrote:

Tad Fibonacci wrote:

I like how people blamed the older gens of intimidating the newer gens into not posting when almost none of them posts here regularly anymore except for abraker.
Hey hey, I regularly post too
@Meah, we always will love ya.
@Tad, I agree with this, as I said earlier on the post.

To add a point myself: Many people here see being a denizen as an incentive to being active, but 8 months seems like an excessively long time for anyone to keep motivated to keep posting, I know that the main reason this time was established was to avoid denizens clashing with presidential/parlamentary elections but as of late we haven't had any during these months.

I propose the reduction to denizenship requirements to 6 months.
igorsprite

eblf2013 wrote:

Well, we had a pedo as overlord before so...
damn, i didn't know that thing about flanster 😢
Corne2Plum3
Yeah denizenship is too hard to get I suggest to restore requirements before the buff, like the one I had to be denizen (iirc, 4 months and 250 posts)
z0z

igorsprite wrote:

eblf2013 wrote:

Well, we had a pedo as overlord before so...
damn, i didn't know that thing about flanster 😢
i say that it's very unfortunate that that was a issue in the first place
the osu drama is mad

Corne2Plum3 wrote:

Yeah denizenship is too hard to get I suggest to restore requirements before the buff, like the one I had to be denizen (iirc, 4 months and 250 posts)
i'm pretty sure it's 2 months and 500 posts
Corne2Plum3

igorsprite wrote:

eblf2013 wrote:

Well, we had a pedo as overlord before so...
damn, i didn't know that thing about flanster 😢
wait what happened ???
z0z

Corne2Plum3 wrote:

igorsprite wrote:

eblf2013 wrote:

Well, we had a pedo as overlord before so...
damn, i didn't know that thing about flanster 😢
wait what happened ???
i think he happened to get caught in a string of pedo take downs, probably because people got the courage to speak up after the first incident
igorsprite
Rip this thread

Btw, i didn't see abraker today
[ Rynn ]

ShinRun wrote:

I refuse to let OT die
i agree
Puck_
well, good luck. ill drift over to whatever happens to ot
Neigdoig
OT is not dying. It's slowed down in preparation for a new era of OT. I will be one of the many members of this era. Watch, 'cos 'tis the season, bois.
ColdTooth
Ok
JustABeginner
Many members, right...
z0z

ColdTooth wrote:

Ok
Joon Yorigami
OT will die around the time I learn how to properly shitpost never
Meah
Don't scare away babies
keremaru
i'm not dying
what are you talking about
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