[Stu]

Are my the only one who doesn't rate the Zeta/Brotherhood days? From an outside perspective I found the whole thing dreadfully boring. It was painful at times watching some genuinly brilliant posters become awful, repetetive, predictable caricatures of themselves.

Anyway it was great when I came here. It's a bit crap now though. It's still very busy and has this weird mix of people which keeps me posting but for the most part young teenagers rising to be some of the most consistent, prolific posters has spelled the downfall of the site.

I know they'll all disagree and I'm sure most of them are nice people they're just not all that interesting. The forum literally feels like some pop music discussion forum hosted on a free domain provider advertised on the back of a cereal box or something at times.

[Z]

Originally Posted by Stu

Are my the only one who doesn't rate the Zeta/Brotherhood days? From an outside perspective I found the whole thing dreadfully boring. It was painful at times watching some genuinly brilliant posters become awful, repetetive, predictable caricatures of themselves.

Anyway it was great when I came here. It's a bit crap now though. It's still very busy and has this weird mix of people which keeps me posting but for the most part young teenagers rising to be some of the most consistent, prolific posters has spelled the downfall of the site.

I know they'll all disagree and I'm sure most of them are nice people they're just not all that interesting. The forum literally feels like some pop music discussion forum hosted on a free domain provider advertised on the back of a cereal box or something at times.

I hated it too, I actively distanced myself from it all. It wasn't even really Zeta vs Brotherhood, if anything it was a schism that forced new members to feel as if they had to be part of one, or the other, and actually limited conversation. The forum felt less active than it does now, idk if that makes sense, but in the sense that people were so dedicated to posting in either thread that there wasn't so much discussion elsewhere. Then Zeta died, followed shortly by The Brotherhood and that Independents thing appeared from nowhere, as did The Shack/whatever else you want to call it. What we've been left with are the remnants of the Zeta/Brotherhood days still roaming the forum looking a bit like relics (and for example, newer members kicking up a fuss when old members reappear, allegedly with some kind of agenda) and not really belonging to the forum anymore because they belong to an older time. That's my take on it anyway.

[CharlieO]

Originally Posted by Stu

Are my the only one who doesn't rate the Zeta/Brotherhood days? From an outside perspective I found the whole thing dreadfully boring. It was painful at times watching some genuinly brilliant posters become awful, repetetive, predictable caricatures of themselves.

Anyway it was great when I came here. It's a bit crap now though. It's still very busy and has this weird mix of people which keeps me posting but for the most part young teenagers rising to be some of the most consistent, prolific posters has spelled the downfall of the site.

I know they'll all disagree and I'm sure most of them are nice people they're just not all that interesting. The forum literally feels like some pop music discussion forum hosted on a free domain provider advertised on the back of a cereal box or something at times.

I agree with that but am most probably one of the people you describe.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Stu

Are my the only one who doesn't rate the Zeta/Brotherhood days? From an outside perspective I found the whole thing dreadfully boring. It was painful at times watching some genuinly brilliant posters become awful, repetetive, predictable caricatures of themselves.

Anyway it was great when I came here. It's a bit crap now though. It's still very busy and has this weird mix of people which keeps me posting but for the most part young teenagers rising to be some of the most consistent, prolific posters has spelled the downfall of the site.

I know they'll all disagree and I'm sure most of them are nice people they're just not all that interesting. The forum literally feels like some pop music discussion forum hosted on a free domain provider advertised on the back of a cereal box or something at times.

I think at first the Zeta/Brotherhood thing was pretty funny and just a bit of banter but after about a week it got a bit out of hand and started to get a bit vicious. I prefered arguing with the Britney Spears obsessives if I'm honest which was a bit before that

Agree about the site, its still OK to post in, most of my posts tend to be in episode discussion threads now though. It doesn't really feel like a community anymore, maybe I'm just out of the loop now because I don't use MSN or don't speak to any members anymore but I don't really get the sense that most people know who anyone else is. It just seems to be the mods that know each other.