What happened to pakgamers?

LeGenD123 · Mar 14, 2018

Three factors:-

1. People have to move on with their lives at some point. Scores of members are not into IT-oriented careers and eventually relinquish their [costly] PC-building hobby after job and marriage because may not have time and resources to spare for the said purpose anymore. Therefore, PC-related matters and discussions might take a back seat in their lives.

2. Affordability of gadgets; a key driving force behind discussions is exposure to top-of-the-line gadgets from time-to-time. If masses are not able to afford top-of-the-line gadgets on a frequent basis, many will loose interest or will not have much to talk about.

3. Lure of social media - ability to connect and converse with your friends and family members. Good time-pass.

However, game is not over for a decent forum yet.

LiV3 WiR3 · Mar 17, 2018

I don't post as much as I used to, but I still visit PG everyday. I grew up with this forum. It'll always have a special place in my heart.

Soka · Mar 19, 2018

It got bought and then it went downhill

EternalBlizzard · Mar 20, 2018

^ Who bought it lol?

Honestly what Legend said sums it up pretty well. Forums are somewhat an old thing to hangout, people or young ones like to sit on FB/watsapp/twitter more these days. When it comes to discussing games sure they can come here but again other than games and just hanging and interacting with others, they'd rather do it on the social media.

Static Eyes · Mar 26, 2018

This forum always seemed half dead to me when I first arrived. It still is, and while I haven't completely checked this place, some of the normal threads only seem to have one or two people keeping it alive and posting topics in them (the Anime and Nintendo Hub especially).

I guess it must have been pretty active when the seniors used to be here (as many others have already said), and most people nowadays use social media (Facebook, Whatsapp e.t.c.).

I don't think this forum would really die, though. Might still take some time for it to completely drop dead.

NaNoW · Mar 26, 2018

LeGenD123 said:
Three factors:-

1. People have to move on with their lives at some point. Scores of members are not into IT-oriented careers and eventually relinquish their [costly] PC-building hobby after job and marriage because may not have time and resources to spare for the said purpose anymore. Therefore, PC-related matters and discussions might take a back seat in their lives.

2. Affordability of gadgets; a key driving force behind discussions is exposure to top-of-the-line gadgets from time-to-time. If masses are not able to afford top-of-the-line gadgets on a frequent basis, many will loose interest or will not have much to talk about.

3. Lure of social media - ability to connect and converse with your friends and family members. Good time-pass.

However, game is not over for a decent forum yet.

LiV3 WiR3 said:
I don't post as much as I used to, but I still visit PG everyday. I grew up with this forum. It'll always have a special place in my heart.

EternalBlizzard said:
^ Who bought it lol?

Honestly what Legend said sums it up pretty well. Forums are somewhat an old thing to hangout, people or young ones like to sit on FB/watsapp/twitter more these days. When it comes to discussing games sure they can come here but again other than games and just hanging and interacting with others, they'd rather do it on the social media.

Static Eyes said:
This forum always seemed half dead to me when I first arrived. It still is, and while I haven't completely checked this place, some of the normal threads only seem to have one or two people keeping it alive and posting topics in them (the Anime and Nintendo Hub especially).

I guess it must have been pretty active when the seniors used to be here (as many others have already said), and most people nowadays use social media (Facebook, Whatsapp e.t.c.).

I don't think this forum would really die, though. Might still take some time for it to completely drop dead.

We have over 200 posts a day these days- so wouldnt call it dead...we used to hit much more though.

Now coming to the point, recent changes are actually pretty good and I can already see things turning around for the better

EternalBlizzard · Mar 26, 2018

NaNoW said:
We have over 200 posts a day these days- so wouldnt call it dead...

well 200+ posts wouldn't mean much if 40% is for the marketplace, and we are counting multiple posts per user

That's what i was asking [MENTION=25983]AbbY[/MENTION] what kind of statistics can we measure wanted to see it xD

NaNoW · Mar 26, 2018

EternalBlizzard said:
well 200+ posts wouldn't mean much if 40% is for the marketplace, and we are counting multiple posts per user That's what i was asking @AbbY what kind of statistics can we measure wanted to see it xD

'Talk to me regarding stats in Team PG

Muaaz · Mar 26, 2018

Much like most people who posted here, I'm visiting everyday but not posting

AbbY · Mar 26, 2018

Muaaz said:
Much like most people who posted here, I'm visiting everyday but not posting

Man we need you all posting again!

I checked the activity stats and 80% of the people who used to be active between 2012-2016 did come online at least once during the last 3 days.

If you guys come, why mustn't you guys post like you used to!

Our biggest asset, at PG, is YOU ALL, the community! If the community stops posting and becomes silent observers, we lose what we boast.

puppet · Mar 26, 2018

AbbY said:
Man we need you all posting again!

I checked the activity stats and 80% of the people who used to be active between 2012-2016 did come online at least once during the last 3 days.

If you guys come, why mustn't you guys post like you used to!

Our biggest asset, at PG, is YOU ALL, the community! If the community stops posting and becomes silent observers, we lose what we boast.

Yeah I'll revive some dead sextions :thumbsup:

Static Eyes · Mar 26, 2018

puppet said:
sextions

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err.

its sections.

puppet · Mar 26, 2018

Static Eyes said:
._.

err.

its sections.

:fp2: dont start english classes here , I know what m writing

Muaaz · Mar 29, 2018

AbbY said:
Man we need you all posting again!

I checked the activity stats and 80% of the people who used to be active between 2012-2016 did come online at least once during the last 3 days.

If you guys come, why mustn't you guys post like you used to!

Our biggest asset, at PG, is YOU ALL, the community! If the community stops posting and becomes silent observers, we lose what we boast.

I have found a hack that has worked on me. Summon inactive people in threads by mentioning them and asking for their opinions. It leads to discussions

StrikerX · Mar 29, 2018

This! if you look at login stats on my handle then you'd know I visit the forum daily at multiples times to see what is being discussed etc and I generally do read discussions going on in the broadband/networks, MP and sometimes gaming (PC) threads.

Not sure why I am not posting though

Idk, maybe revamp the UI so that the UX is new and feels different. Abhi, things actually are OLD, I mean the forum mostly been the same this decade (except for the re-organisation of forums and sub-forums).

Muaaz said:
Much like most people who posted here, I'm visiting everyday but not posting

AbbY said:
Man we need you all posting again!

I checked the activity stats and 80% of the people who used to be active between 2012-2016 did come online at least once during the last 3 days.

If you guys come, why mustn't you guys post like you used to!

Our biggest asset, at PG, is YOU ALL, the community! If the community stops posting and becomes silent observers, we lose what we boast.

Dark Sith · Mar 29, 2018

just my 2 cents but the forum needs a OVERHAUL and a big one , the interface needs to be re vamped , some spunk needs to be added back , mostly i see its become a buy / sell forum

GloriousChicken · Mar 29, 2018

I'm with you guys on the overhaul.
It doesn't feel modern anymore.

gullfounder · Mar 29, 2018

GloriousChicken said:
I'm with you guys on the overhaul.
It doesn't feel modern anymore.

Overhauling this will too much effort. I would suggest getting a Sub-reddit on Reddit and Leave this site as it is. Managing reddit will be much easier and we can spread it even more.

GloriousChicken · Mar 29, 2018

gullfounder said:
Overhauling this will too much effort. I would suggest getting a Sub-reddit on Reddit and Leave this site as it is. Managing reddit will be much easier and we can spread it even more.

Thats just moving from one place to another.
Reddit is just a mini forum. :\

Leaving everything behind isn't gonna be easy.
so thats not really much of an option.

AbbY · Mar 30, 2018

GloriousChicken said:
I'm with you guys on the overhaul.
It doesn't feel modern anymore.

Nigga how dare you turn on me like that! I JUST gave your blue an overhaul :ninja:

On a serious note though, I think its high time we have a dedicated App too, not just Tapatalk etc...

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