Beginning Year 3 of The Nintendo Element

[FyreeTSG]

...BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN

Well, the Domain, thenintendoelement.com, has been covered through to next year---and we are NOW in our 3rd year as a forum site which was originally intended to be a somewhat-booming, rather active, and good place for discussions and Online Gaming events--WHICH we have had at certain, brief moments in our previous 2 years. BUT, once again, I have to come back to the overly-monotonous point that the site is NOT what I dreamed it would be 2 years into it's existence.

80 Members registered, 9500 posts, etc---are NOT the numbers I was hoping for honestly. I can't see it ever getting much bigger now, to be honest, short of some miracle, or every member active on the site getting 5 friends to join, and they each get 5 friends, in a TNE Pyramid Scheme-kinda thing.

A LOT of money has been invested in this site. And in a couple months the Proboards end of the custom Domain name will need to be renewed, which is another $15+ that needs to be covered. I've invested a lot, as well as through donations from members nice and awesome enough to show they care tat extra bit to throw a few bucks in the TNE Piggy Bank. (Donations AREN'T mandatory, so don't think any less of yourself if you're as penniless as I am).


BUT, with that being said, I have to address the fact that I, like many others I know, are kinda burned-out on forums, or the internet, or even gaming in general. I've been getting my Cartoons on Youtube going again, trying to get my own Comic series drawn and put up on amazon.com, and have been just trying to scratch out a bit of regular income despite physical problems flaring up.

I still try to check on the site daily, post when I get to it, and see what kind of activity has gone on without me. A few members HAVE been good and active for the most part, but it's really only a few(like it has been) who seem to take notice and post on the site. WE need MORE than that, and I know everyone has their own lives to deal with, and the age-old quandary of Forum sites: "No one posts, because no one posts" is fully in effect as usual.

WE need to, regardless of that, take a few minutes and post every day. It doesn't have to be at the highest levels of post-count-spamming, but just let the rest of the site know you still have an opinion, still play that one or two games often enough, or post a link to an interesting news article, or video you watched--OR made.


I myself, will try to get things re-started on here, with a Mario Kart 8 tourney I'm once-again hoping to get started. Smash Bros and Splatoon as well---which I know are still played by MILLIONS of people, and I'd just like to have another dozen or so active Online Gamers here to help out, and if possible spread the word about our Events, and TNE as "The Perfect Place for Nintendo Gamers".....BUT I can't do it all myself anymore.


I'm part of the 3 Founding Elements. Part of a core group of gamer friends going back 5-6 years or so. But I'm ALSO just a guy who plays a little too much Animal Crossing on his 3DS(26 months, 4 days and counting)--but honestly I have little time to get invested in another game, despite owning the BIG Wii U online games.


WE, and I mean The Nintendo Element, and it's Elements(members) NEED this site to be BIGGER than it is in our 3RD YEAR---not for me, but for YOU!


I founded this site for you, the Gamers--Nintendo Fans or otherwise. NOT for me.



---FyreeTSG

[zora182]

If you want to help the site's popularity; Perhaps getting a team together to "spread the word" might help?

[VL]

As someone who considers themselves TNE Staff, I'd like to say that you only need to ask and effort will be given.
I for one am not a self-active individual, I need the slight push from a "boss". So let's talk about what can be done to help the site.

As for the gaming scene, I've fallen out of the consoles as of late. They are just gather dust now.
I'm sure I'll get back into it eventually, It comes and goes in phases.

Aug 13, 2015 21:24:24 GMT -8 zora182 said:

If you want to help the site's popularity; Perhaps getting a team together to "spread the word" might help?

It's not really that easy. To be able to have any impact with "word spreading" you need to be able to reach a large number of people.
Either that you have a lot of friends or a lot of followers on Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, etc...

A random denizen of the internet, isn't going to have much impact on-line.
And most of us are here because we don't have friends interested in Nintendo, unfortunately.

[zora182]

I completely agree with you, but there's no denying it would definately help a litle.

That last bit is true, most of my friends aren't into video games all that much anymore. The few ghat do are casual gamers with either a playstation or pc. :/

[FyreeTSG]

Once again, things WILL get going again on the site---just been busy with stuff and so on.

[Samus2008]

I'm still committed to the site, just wanna see more activity

[Frostbyte]

I, myself, haven't played any games very much recently. I've started working overnight and college. That along with a lawn care business I work with part time I haven't had a whole lot of time. I still try to check in every so often. That being said this is probably my first time logging on in 2 weeks.

On the upside, I have recently restarted my Pokemon Diamond to beat and battle teams against one of my friends, so I haven't completely quit gaming.