no offence guys

is it me or is this forum getting a bit pants? apart from reading up and coming events ummmm it just seems a bit dull. I aint here to offend but is anyone else feeling the same?

the events are still great but the chat and posts on here seem to have gone a bit downhill or old posts randomly being restarted.

e.g 12 months after something advertised for sale someone is posting is it still for sale

and does the FRA still exist lol, apart from updating the site whats going on at the min? am i missing something lol

When I first joined I really enjoyed reading all the build diaries, how to build my robot and learning about upcoming events.

But now I learn little more about building robots, a lot of repeated questions, build diaries are infrequently updated and I know there is only 1 (or 2) FW events a year.

Although it could be when I first joined there was a wealth of information to read through and now I just have.....

All doom and gloom!
All great things have ups and downs, it shouldn't last for long.

yeah hopefully it wont last. for me i used to come here daily to read about other peoples projects etc.... but now i just seem to come here once a week if that. others forums im with seem to have so much more to read and talk about.

i'd better start spaming my build diary with all my insanity then :)

Completely agree Adrian

It's all the spamming (not necessarily from you Harry) with pointless and un-informative crap that's the problem. Combine this with a lack of general forum etiquette in some instances and frustration from long-time forum contributors as their pleas (to use Google and the forum search function before asking a question that's already been asked) repeatedly fall on deaf ears and you get more people logging on less frequently which leads to a decline in quality information and discussions on the forum.

If you aren't a fan then it's easy enough to leave.

Yeah I do agree - Seem's to be alot of going over the same thing and pointless arguments. Hopefully it's just a short spate that will pass by. I would do a build diary if I had time to build anything!

It's been a while since the last competitive FW event, so hopefully now with the champs rolling around we'll get a boost in activity as people frantically try to get their machines into shape (as I am!).