Well, the problem, as I see it, is that senior members get their panties in such a bind over new members being just that, new.. If a new member comes in and posts something that is different, we get a bunch of members basically ridiculing the person until they just decide that this place sucks. There goes our new members and potential to expand..

I mean, even older, contributing members get shit on sometimes. Perfect example is D3V. If you actually talked to guy on IM or something, you'd see that he is a normal person, not some racist bigot that half the members see him as. Well, there goes old members that are barely hanging on by a thread to stick around..

After 5 years of Diablo II, the main contributor to this forum isn't attracting hits like it used to. Activity lull..

Flame Forum..
There just aren't any members left that want to make the effort.
There aren't many members that realize it isn't taken seriously, so they get all bent out of shape over a few insults.
Most of the members simply aren't clever or witty in the least..