Is this forum officially "Dead"?

[SevenStar]

The NPM forum took a big hit when everyone got tired of the crap and Steve Cottrell fired up his own board and everyone relocated. A few, like myself, occasionally post but the NPM forum is pretty much dead.

And that's the point I keep bringing up - when the crap starts the good discussions and posters go away. They come back when it stops but lately it hasn't stopped.

I don't mean to be MMA bashing but it seems to have gone downhill when a bunch of MMA types came over from Bullshido and primarily post insults to other members and CMA in general. It's rapidly becoming and anti-kung fu forum.

Whatever.

there has ALWAYS been mma vs cma discussion here, and modding on the NPM forum - at least a few years ago (I don't go there much) - was pretty strict. I actually attribute much of its "deadness" to that. However, I will say that the mma stuff has increased. For one, many of the cma guys are now mma fans and for another, several have either switched to mma or cross train mma.

[SevenStar]

Obviously you weren't around during the original invasion from Mousel's Deluxe Martial Arts Forums. That's when I came over to poke fun at the Kung Fu guys but instead found them interesting and stuck around.

BTW Google is flagging Mousel's with a "This site may harm your computer." message. What's up with that?

speaking of mousel's, it's too bad ryu isn't around anymore.

[banditshaw]

I am only interested in links related to lupins and the redistribution of wealth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tr_jjs2LKQ

Ahhhh Dennis Moore.

"Your Lupins or your Life!''

[Yao Sing]

SevenStar
I don't disagree with you but the MMA guys I'm talking about I've mentioned before. They showed up ranting an raving about an Internet challenge and have been polluting the place ever since.

And the NPM ISN'T stagnant because of heavy moderation, they left due to the crap and went to Steve's forum. This isn't a wild guess, I'm telling you what happened.

[TaichiMantis]

Same at other forums. At DL, a certain mma poster has been off for about a month...allowing the rest of us to resume our derailed trip to nirvana through peaceful discussion of the true martial arts.

[rogue]

speaking of mousel's, it's too bad ryu isn't around anymore.

Yeah, and unfortunately it's a common handle so you see the name somewhere only to find it's someone else.

[unkokusai]

Same at other forums. At DL, a certain mma poster has been off for about a month...allowing the rest of us to resume our derailed trip to nirvana through peaceful discussion of the true martial arts.

There is and has always been a (well protected) space for discussion of ALL arts and approaches at the DL.

[SevenStar]

SevenStar
I don't disagree with you but the MMA guys I'm talking about I've mentioned before. They showed up ranting an raving about an Internet challenge and have been polluting the place ever since.

And the NPM ISN'T stagnant because of heavy moderation, they left due to the crap and went to Steve's forum. This isn't a wild guess, I'm telling you what happened.

I am referring to what happened when I was posting there, a couple of years ago. Modding was extremely strict. Nothing off topic at all. Anything non-mantis was either moved or deleted. A thread that began about mantis and deviated was closed.

I don't see it as a bad thing per se as it's specific - it's a mantis forum. Like I said, this is the catch all forum. However, to be that nazi... that can make for problems.

[AdrianUK]

Well from a lurker and rare poster I think theres a handfull of posters that keep this site afloat and it seems to be fairly static at the moment, they go and so does most of the intelligent talk and good advice

Maybe there should be a poll for most productive poster to show a little appreciation for the posters that keep us coming back ?