Not posted here in ages, but I figure I should add my $0.02.
Personally, I haven't been visiting as much due to becoming bored of Pokemon, White took me several months to complete, and I haven't bothered with B/W2. Last Pokemon game I played through was Super Pokemon Rumble, and that was an impulse purchase. I doubt I'd have even finished it if it wasn't for two good school friends also buying it. To be fair, they also bought B/W 2, but that's two out of about a dozen of us who bought B/W.
I'd say it's people changing over time (I personally stopped bringing my ds to school to try and be more sociable, I kinda felt guilty getting sucked into a game whilst surrounded by lovely people), we've all changed over years, and that's how it links to this site. Loads of people that used to be here are still here, the diehards, so to say. I'd even bet that a bunch if those 30 or so haven't bought the latest game, and are here purely for the community, which is where this site's always stood out to me. It's still the same people I got to know 2-3 years ago, there's not been much change. People have left, and there's not really anyone new filling those gaps, as it's hard to feel accepted in an already established community. I'd know, I don't feel like I fit in elsewhere, the other places I've grown fond of have well established communities where everyone's close, and I've never felt comfortable to join them on mumble or in a tf2 team, mainly due to a large age gap, and not being too social.
I'd suggest getting new people in, but it would be difficult. Perhaps focusing on something else for a bit if the admins are growing tired of Pokemon? I know of the acid reflux, but it always seemed empty to me, but that was months back. Maybe turn the site into more of a general gaming site, but it'd go against the site's origins
Personally, I haven't been visiting as much due to becoming bored of Pokemon, White took me several months to complete, and I haven't bothered with B/W2. Last Pokemon game I played through was Super Pokemon Rumble, and that was an impulse purchase. I doubt I'd have even finished it if it wasn't for two good school friends also buying it. To be fair, they also bought B/W 2, but that's two out of about a dozen of us who bought B/W.
I'd say it's people changing over time (I personally stopped bringing my ds to school to try and be more sociable, I kinda felt guilty getting sucked into a game whilst surrounded by lovely people), we've all changed over years, and that's how it links to this site. Loads of people that used to be here are still here, the diehards, so to say. I'd even bet that a bunch if those 30 or so haven't bought the latest game, and are here purely for the community, which is where this site's always stood out to me. It's still the same people I got to know 2-3 years ago, there's not been much change. People have left, and there's not really anyone new filling those gaps, as it's hard to feel accepted in an already established community. I'd know, I don't feel like I fit in elsewhere, the other places I've grown fond of have well established communities where everyone's close, and I've never felt comfortable to join them on mumble or in a tf2 team, mainly due to a large age gap, and not being too social.
I'd suggest getting new people in, but it would be difficult. Perhaps focusing on something else for a bit if the admins are growing tired of Pokemon? I know of the acid reflux, but it always seemed empty to me, but that was months back. Maybe turn the site into more of a general gaming site, but it'd go against the site's origins