I'm done

Zelaron used to serve a pragmatic purpose as a gaming forum, but we have tried to cover too much ground in the past three years.

Right now, we're stuck with a multitude of different categories that interest 2-3 members each. This fragments the "spirit of community" and instils an intuitive conclusion amongst members that the forum is dying because you only choose to visit limited parts of Zelaron. In reality, the sum of parts shows that Zelaron has a fairly high level of activity.

So the question is, how should the community be united?

In theory, the process is fairly simple: Focus on specific areas, e.g. gaming, or even particular role-playing games. Zelaron was originally a Diablo 2 forum, which has been the foundation for our activity in the past six years. The automotive, art, anime, debate, entertainment and flame forums may have to go, although of course, exceptions can be made. There are already too many general conversation forums on the Internet; being another one doesn't help us.

Members with specific knowledge about particular areas on Zelaron could be granted moderator positions as motivation for posting useful information and keeping their forums in order. BlueCube for the RPGMaker forums is an archetypical example of this, and -Spector-'s guides have been a helpful step toward increasing the activity of the Diablo 2 forums.

Once the forum upgrade will take place, it will be easier to rearrange things. The portal will cover only specific areas (humorous computer and video game reviews and news? Raziel has expressed interest in writing reviews for Zelaron), rather than attempting to encompass the entire spectrum of potential areas of interest. We'll also advertise the community on Something Awful and other relevant sites once things have gotten up to speed.

Stay around, and we'll make Zelaron unique and awesome again!