I predict a quiet?

Lol pun on lyric DX

Anyway, here's my two cents on a random issue that this thread inspired in me.

So, think about this question: Why do most people visit PC? To join in discussions? Maybe. Because Serebii and Bulbagarden suck in comparison? Maybe. Because we have a massive community? Maybe.

Or, just possibly, it's because of one small thing:

SHINY

GOLD

You may see where I'm going with this. HGSS are close. Very close. The Japanese version is out and the ROM is circulating the internets. Already, I bet the number of ShinyGold downloaders is gradually dwindling. When the English release comes, how many people will come to download what is basically a GBA version of an NDS game? Especially when DS emulators are gettin better and better. So, when people are buying or downloading HGSS, nobody's going to want SG any more. I don't mean this as an insult to Zel - his hack is great, but the fact is that people won't play an unofficial remake when an official one is easily available.

And of course, when Shiny Gold's popularity drops, so too will PC's. I reckon that with the release of english HGSS, we are going to see a SERIOUS drop in traffic, especially of the one time users who join, stealing what you wanted to be your username in the process and then never even post. We'll probably also see a drop in "OMG I IZ STUCK" threads in CQ&F, though we'll no doubt still get plenty from other hacks.

So, yeah, expect a drop in n00bs for a while at least, PC. At least until someone makes a hack of D/P/Pt that's an R/S/E remake.

STRIHGH, signing off!

Well, that's actually good news.
I hate it when I see one-time-visit users taking up usernames (whether crappy or not).

Well good I say. PC will become better this way and if not more professional. And a tighter community is a better community where everything is peacful. But seriously though shiny gold was this forums only real spark. With HGSS well we are losing it I guess.

You're forgetting the noo s Hg/Ss themselves will attract to the community.