What happened to Pakgamers?

Vbulletinpro

Active member
Sep 10, 2011
258
0
21
Rawalpindi, Lahore
www.pglounge.com
Hey Fellas,

I am not an active member of Pakgamers, But I am here
for some time and love this community. I got most of my tech knowledge from this community and I am very Thankful for this. But for quite some time, I am feeling that this community is not active as its used to be. I know people are moving to other platforms like reddit, facebook, youtube etc. But I feel sad about this community. Is there any way, we can make this community active again just like the old days. As this is the biggest gaming community we have in Pakistan. Let me know what you guys thinks about it...

These stats are quite drastic
,M
embers 102,865, Active Members 2,376

 
Last edited:

golabucha

Intermediate
Dec 28, 2015
223
0
11
Hey Fellas,

I am not an active member of Pakgamers, But I am here
for some time and love this community. I got most of my tech knowledge from this community and I am very Thankful for this. But for quite some time, I am feeling that this community is not active as its used to be. I know people are moving to other platforms like reddit, facebook, youtube etc. But I feel sad about this community. Is there any way, we can make this community active again just like the old days. As this is the biggest gaming community we have in Pakistan. Let me know what you guys thinks about it...

These stats are quite drastic
,M
embers 102,865, Active Members 2,376

people got older . Most people got busy with their real lives and social responsibilities . The new generation is mostly busy on social media or playing games .the only time they come to forum is if they have to sell something or if they face some very huge problem with their hardware .i compare forum situation nowadays with that of mmorpg . Be it wow or any other mmo .you don’t get that feeling of inter connectivity or friendship in mmo that you used to get 5 or 10 years ago
 

Dark Sith

Expert
Jan 7, 2009
16,073
35
53
Elysium
well i would agree , a lot of good ppl just left or due to schedule just dont show up ....sigh ....once upon a time the benchmark section was the Thing of the day ..gone are the days . [MENTION=1519]Voodoo[/MENTION]
 

GloriousChicken

Glorious Chicken Lord of Team UG
Global Mod
Jul 30, 2013
2,652
173
69
Karachi
people got older . Most people got busy with their real lives and social responsibilities . The new generation is mostly busy on social media or playing games .the only time they come to forum is if they have to sell something or if they face some very huge problem with their hardware .i compare forum situation nowadays with that of mmorpg . Be it wow or any other mmo .you don’t get that feeling of inter connectivity or friendship in mmo that you used to get 5 or 10 years ago
The precious... MMO... days....
 

NarutimateTaha

Only on PlayStation
Supervisor
Dec 14, 2009
2,099
5
43
26
Karachi
I joined PakGamers when I was pretty young (11 or 12 years) and when people started leaving, I used to wonder "How busy could they be to not even visit once PG once in a while?". Now I'm in university, and I realise how busy one can actually be :p
 

William

Beginner
Sep 29, 2018
36
0
1
I own a forum, and what you need is to fire up their members.
About 25% of the people registered show up when written to.
 

asad3man

Omniscient
Jul 21, 2011
822
0
22
Karachi
I joined this forum in late 2011 or 2012, that time it was a good active community. I was like 13-14 years of age. There were aged and old people here who are not active right now because of their social and family responsibilities. Few of them passed away. Me too, now, getting busy in the life as I'm graduated and currently on job. Though, I still visit regularly PG whenever I use desktop PC as a silent viewer. (sm1).
 

serialklr

Intermediate
Jan 20, 2011
214
0
21
Karachi
I think that pakgamers has not evolved with time. Nowadays, people don't like to spend that much time reading stuff, rather they watch videos and tag them to friends.

Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L21 using Tapatalk
 

William

Beginner
Sep 29, 2018
36
0
1
What do you mean by written to?
Most forums have an email address list of the email addresses of all members.
So you just tel all your members what is new on your forum and about 25% will take a look.

I think that pakgamers has not evolved with time. Nowadays, people don't like to spend that much time reading stuff, rather they watch videos and tag them to friends.
The best way into stupidity is just that. Watching and clicking is something my 4 year old could do.
 

frac

Intermediate
Jul 16, 2018
181
0
11
Lahore
With the growth of giants like Facebook and reddit, most of the written discussion has just switched over to there. It's just a better platform I'm afraid, bigger userbase.
 

FUEL2009

☠️ Shakedown Artist ☠️
Jun 8, 2012
1,434
0
41
Karach!
One of the reasons that i can think of is not many quality games have been released since quite sometime.
 

Loki Odin

Needs the PG status up: back.
Jun 27, 2007
730
8
23
Larkana
I think people just got tired of juggling several social networks, picked the one most accessible/easy and stuck with it.
Never been active on Pakgamers since Starcraft Wings of Liberty released (and that other thread) it was when the Blog/Diary/whatever segment was taken down that i lost interest in the site completely.
 
General chit-chat
Help Users
We have disabled traderscore and are working on a fix. There was a bug with the plugin | Click for Discord
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • faraany3k faraany3k:
    I dont think games have looked any better since 2019 onwards and they are performing worse and worse. Game developers have really dropped the ball.
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    Consoles can't even catch a break in titles developed exclusively for them 😢
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    "All of this lends the game distinctly last-gen look at times, which is compounded by image quality and frame-rate issues."
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    Link
  • Chandoo Chandoo:
    no jokes.
    Link
  • Chandoo Chandoo:
    faraany3k said:
    So while Playing Control, I found a journal which said that a bathroom is missing in Islamabad Beurue of Control. With Alan Wake and Control seems to be connected worlds. Even our city is in the universe as well. No wonder those Trail 5 and Trail 6 are haunted.
    did you know you can see @NaNoW credited in the game too ? :p
    Link
  • faraany3k faraany3k:
    So while Playing Control, I found a journal which said that a bathroom is missing in Islamabad Beurue of Control. With Alan Wake and Control seems to be connected worlds. Even our city is in the universe as well. No wonder those Trail 5 and Trail 6 are haunted.
    Link
  • EternalBlizzard EternalBlizzard:
    faraany3k said:
    What is peoples obsession with Battle Royale genre. 6 minutes to find a match, 3 minutes to setup a match, 2 minutes to land, 10 minutes for scavanging maybe 2 3 gunfigts and its over. Multiplayer landscape is looking absolute dogshit.
    I tried playing Apex Legends once. Couldn't find a gun for 5 minutes straight. If I found a gun, I couldn't find the right ammo for it. Got killed fighting with my fists. Uninstalled it the next day.
    Link
  • faraany3k faraany3k:
    What is peoples obsession with Battle Royale genre. 6 minutes to find a match, 3 minutes to setup a match, 2 minutes to land, 10 minutes for scavanging maybe 2 3 gunfigts and its over. Multiplayer landscape is looking absolute dogshit.
    • Like
    • Haha
    Reactions: iampasha and EternalBlizzard
    Link
  • M muneebjahangir:
    skip the villain arc
    Link
  • EternalBlizzard EternalBlizzard:
    iampasha said:
    I usually stay away from animes. Vinland saga changed the way i look at my life, and my experiences within. I recommend every breathing human being to watch this animated masterpiece at least once fromstart to finish.
    After I watched it, I never felt like i watched a show. It was a friggin journey. I got way too attached to Thorfinn and seeing him grow up and find himself and get rid of all the negativity inside of him was just pure bliss.
    Link
  • iampasha iampasha:
    EternalBlizzard said:
    Vinland Saga > Berserk
    I usually stay away from animes. Vinland saga changed the way i look at my life, and my experiences within. I recommend every breathing human being to watch this animated masterpiece at least once fromstart to finish.
    • Like
    Reactions: EternalBlizzard
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    Crapcom's RE Engine expose hogaya saaeen. This shit ain't worth experiencing on any platform. 🤷‍♂️
    Link
  • Chandoo Chandoo:
    When a $399 console provides the same experience as a 4090. Yikes indeed saeen :sneaky:
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    that's a yikes saaaen
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    " Both PS5 and Series X have an unlocked frame-rate here, with performance that generally lies between 30fps and 45fps. That makes for a stuttering and inconsistent output in general play, no matter what you are doing at any given time."
    • Haha
    Reactions: EternalBlizzard
    Link
  • Link
  • EternalBlizzard EternalBlizzard:
    Vinland Saga > Berserk
    • Like
    Reactions: iampasha
    Link
  • faraany3k faraany3k:
    I absolutely hate parry and Sekiro made me love it, i hate sci fi and Mass Effect made me love it. This is the definition of genre defining experiences.
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    Forbidden West Complete Edition now available on your fav websites. And Nixxes showed Crapcom how it's done 👍
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    RE Engine is just utter shit for anything other than corridor design remakes
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    This is a console first developer. LMAO
    Link
  • Link
  • faraany3k faraany3k:
    With how great cod warzone has translated onto mobile. Mainstream Consoles have lost its value even further. Maybe console gaming was associated with TVs and how TV is not the primary source of media consumption anymore, consoles will lose its 200 million core audiences even further.
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    Even VRR can't rescue it 🥲
    Link
    faraany3k faraany3k: I dont think games have looked any better since 2019 onwards and they are performing worse and...