Is the marathon community finally coming to the end of its days? Certain people from Australia might say so, and can point to Irons as the reason. Or, does the community just seem less active because the CLIQUE has forced a good portion of the retarded users away? People like Macsforever have been forced out of the community by the complex Marathon Government, and the annoying members post much less often. Obviously this is a good thing. Or is it?
Looking back at the community for the last few years, stupidity has always been at its core. People hosting and making shitty maps and other content, countless 12 year-olds posting whatever mindless crap they feel like on the pfhorums and the few community elites putting them in their place have always been what’s driven this community.
A month or two ago, Ryoko bashing was suddenly taken to a new level, and the idea of the CLIQUE formed. Anti-CLIQUE people whined for a while, and then left. Now, the pfhorums are left with noobs asking questions as always (and I feel that’s one of the main reasons this forum should exist, so I’m all for it), and people talking about new projects. A lot of the stupidity is gone, and in my mind, this is exactly what the pfhorums should be. However, as a CLIQUE member, I’ve gotten used to responding to stupid posts with sarcasm, and I actually enjoy doing it. With a lack of retards, the opportunities to do this have gone way down. I think I’d almost like to see some mix of annoying 12 year-olds and people that are assholes to them. This has always been what the marathon community has been about, and that must be why I’ve stuck around for so long.
Sure, we’ve had a few trolls in the last couple months, but nothing even comes close to making the legendary forum. Take tiga for example. His link was an obvious attempt at trolling, and therefore, livening up the forum, but pretty much the exact thing had been done before, and was executed much better. However, the thread does point out something that I found interesting. Not one person took tiga’s post seriously (except BobWithKeycard, that douche will always be around. Thank you, sir) I would imagine that if this had been posted about 3-4 months ago, a number of gullible people would have taken it seriously, and made it at least somewhat enjoyable to watch. These people are gone, and so is the entertainment they provided.
So, will we get a new wave of retards, or will some old ones come back? Would that be a good thing? Even the metaserver has seen a small decline in the number of people that are playing, but games still do occur fairly regularly, so it may be nothing to worry about. I believe that the only hope to draw new people in is the metaserver at this point, and I feel fairly confident that will happen. It seems like in the years I’ve been active in this community, we have had small declines in the “action” and we have always rebounded. New people always seem to come from nowhere. Will it happen again? Only time will tell, and since summer is about here, hopefully we’ll find out soon.
