Originally Posted by r ward

ya know, things like the friendliness of forums have something to do with the hobby's demise as well. when people are new and they come to a forum it doesn't help enthusiasm to see replies that don't answer questions, or dismissing the question as old and then seeing accusations of "having an attitude" when a complaint is made about not getting answers to the questions asked. then loo around a little and see that these posts are coming from the main contributors on the forum. there is more usefulness in simply answering a question than giving a biased opinion about a subject matter or the OP. other people may have the same question, come on this site see all the crap and leave, thinking "these guys are way too condescending for me to ask my question".