Ok, I understand that. But there's a problem between IRC and forums.
How many guys here use IRC? I know you have thousands of members here, but only like at most 100 users come to the IRC, but only like 10-20 users or less are active there. People who started using the IRC tend to stay away from the forums. People who use the forum would stay away from the IRC. They're like different cultures. I, myself, prefer the IRC, so I don't use the forums at all. I was a forum guy like a few years ago (8-10 years ago), when I noticed that IRC is more enjoyable than forums. Well, I started using IRC before I started forum, but I was very inactive on both sides.
Also, the fp forum has been very inactive for a couple of years, as far as I can see. It's just not as active as any parts on this community... That's because IRC and Forum should never get intertwined.
Well, I don't see FP forum a waste of space, bandwidth, or it disrupts other users. So, there must have been another reason to put it hidden =\ I'm happy that FP is still on PC, and if you keep us here, I'd be very appreciative. Thank you =)
I asked steve to remove the mainsite, because i feel that forum would be enough. Also, we don't have website staffs, and I'm very busy with other stuff, so I won't be able to work on it. Hence, the forum must remain.
It would be nice though
https://freepokemon.com gets redirected to FP forum... I don't mind if the mainsite is a forum.