I have to disagree with the main statement.
The release of the next smash, the lack of interest over time from both hackers and users, people simply moving on with their lives and pursuing other interests, and modding this game being reduced to merely importing things is what has caused the most damage.
The "attitude issue" you mention is real, but it's not the main reason why these forums have been dying.
You think the biggest issue is we don't interact with each other?
Well, I don't know what you expect people to do... randomly talk about their deepest desires and darkest secrets in order to bond?
You say this community isn't friendly, but to be honest this has been a way more friendly community than most out there.
Just go look at any other community or website based on a hobby or the modding scene of other games, you'll see tons of elitist unfriendly [censored]s.
Actually, I think I've seen way more [censored]s in smashboards than here.
We even have a big off-topic section where people can be friendly and talk about other things they like.
Hell, some of the modders from the past are still here only for the off-topic section and the people they've met there.
Reading the thread seems like some of you guys think it's a problem that people don't "help" others, but I ask you then what do you expect?
Do you expect the experienced hackers to go out of their way and waste so much time to try and teach the random noobs how to do things?
There's several tutorials about how to do pretty much all the things we have learned and developed over the years.
The knowledge is there, it depends on each person to actually pay attention and look it up.
Nobody is going to be like myself, Pik, M2000, Beyond, SDo0m, TurboChaos, among many others in a day, a week, or maybe even a month.
To draw a parallel here: I'm good at drawing, pretty darn good
So you're the first member in the list of big dogs pantheon of brawl hacking?
To quote someone sometime somewhere tonight... "typical velen, narcissistic in every post".
Sorry, but I couldn't help commenting about this.
I try to encourage them saying they could, but they insist they can't. It's the same thing here on the forums and for our modding community, and nobody gives anyone words of encouragement to, as I said, galvanize their will to create.
Have you stopped to consider that most people that have that attitude or don't pursue learning something or getting better, or developing a skill, don't do it simply because they have no time or interest in it?
This is very true. People rarely help each other. There arent very many tutorials being made. People get criticized for what they want to make for a hack or mod. The request threads are filling up with no one doing them. (Granted a lot of them are fan characters or have no detail or cant be done)
From all the people asking help, the majority are either straight up making requests or asking questions that already have an answer in some threads and basic tutorials.
It's understandable that people don't want to answer the same questions again and again.
You answered yourself the issue about requests.
