Think the community's state is /worth discussing/?

Just a heads-up: staff got together and worked out a way to have a forum with no topic restrictions. You can read more in its announcement topic. Kudos to BloxMaster for the original idea!

That seems to have... not done anything. Has all remaining activity moved to this super hidden forum or something?

That seems to have... not done anything. Has all remaining activity moved to this super hidden forum or something?

Nope. It proves that even with such forum activity won't increase.

Its the community itself that generates the activity, not what us staff adds.

Not necessarily. How many people actually have access to the secret forums at this point?

Not necessarily. How many people actually have access to the secret forums at this point?

Aside of the staff, no one yet has reached the magical number of stars required, but thats besides the point. If people finally have access to this forum, I don't think that'll increase activity at the other parts of the forum. The entire idea is that because there now is a secret forum that you can earn the rights to, people become more active to make great posts that can get stars rewarded to it. I do see in the logs that people do, but for some magical reason, people stopped giving stars. The last star was given 26-03-2012 04:49.

But the staff does look for posts deserving a star, so if you make a great post or be very helpful we do reward that kind of behavior by a star.

For my part, I must admit I'm excited about the secret forum.  The restrictions will, I think, moderate who comes into the secret forums, and I feel like it will give the opportunity to get to know the other members of this community better.  That in turn makes me want to be more a part of the forums, and perhaps even to create more game content.  There is only so much you can learn from and about people when your only talking about game making.

What kind of point is headgrinder making here? Does he imply he has reached the magical number of stars? 

Who knows...

What kind of point is headgrinder making here? Does he imply he has reached the magical number of stars? 

Who knows...

well it's gotta be 10 surely..?

I obviously have access.