QUOTE(Krnsaber @ Dec 29 2006, 04:09 PM)
The fact is, we can't make codex to be what it used to be. Different people come, people go. New influxes of ideas come in and naturally, even though we don't want to admit it, we change too. We just need to grow with the "game" and adapt because quite frankly, we can't afford to get stuck in the past.
You're right. I've seen this place change a
lot in the last three years.... when the December '04 folk came, things changed. When the July 2005 folk came, things changed. Neocodex is an ever-changing atmosphere, but I think we're still doing a very good job at maintaining our focus and our purpose. We currently have the most Neopets cheating programs than any other site on the internet at 165 programs available immediately from signup + 5 posts if regs were open, as well as the most uses per day at an average of 250-300 uses per day. Our forum is the largest of our kind in terms of posts (~700,000), and the site is pretty active and is impressive for this time of year. We are also the longest standing site of our kind, at almost 1076 days of operation (not counting downtimes; Nexodyne ended their focus early after threats from TNT). That must be something to be proud of, because I think it is.
If anyone argues that they don't play neopets, then I'm sorry, but that is our focus and has been for the last three years. You don't have to agree with the statistics.
Instead of focusing on the negative aspects of change, we should be focusing on what makes us a great community. The atmosphere may change over time (as any forum does), but we
are Neocodex.
The site needs the sense of patriotism back, and we need to make people feel proud that they are part of a site like this. The solution doesn't lie in just stopping fights, but by creating a since of fellowship among the members. We can't be trying to kill each other all the time.
