Hi,

I've made a pause from Go due to too much work etc... Now I'm slowly catching up and playing some informal games on KGS. While browsing L19² I had the impression that the number of new posts and topics has declined since last October?

Is this right? Or is this a misconception since I'm not so deeply involved in the topics at the moment?

Cheers,
Michael

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You are totaly right!

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On the whole, I can't really agree. There may be a lull on a daily or bi-weekly basis, but activity on the forum seems consistent and generally high-quality to me.

Much of the traffic seems to be in the Malkovich forum, where I personally am following several games. Additionally, the study group forum has been active as of late. If at the moment the general discussion and off-topic forums are not so busy, I think it's only a matter of time before someone posts something interesting again.

I think the Malkovich forum got less active since there are fewer active games. The rest of the forum seems about as active as always.

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I'm not sure if this is the case, but it seems to me that with the evolution from rec.games.go > GoDiscussions.com > L19 , the conversations have gradually become more civilized and less rollicking - for better and worse. Just my impression.

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Like anything else people will become enthused/distracted for periods of time. I wouldn't worry about it.

I definitely had that impression for a week or two.

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I've noticed for quite a while that activity here seemed to be dropping off. I think this is also true for go activity as a whole in the United States, at least as measured by AGA membership. I think BGA membership is also down so perhaps it's a more widespread problem for the Western go world as a whole.

I suspect this is at least in part due to the Hikaru No Go boom finally waning; there aren't as many enthusiastic newbies around. Couple that with major contributors to this board like HKA and DrStraw not posting as much and it's bound to be noticed. Personally, I don't find the posts to be so interesting these days (mostly Malkovich games on the front page), and so I tend not to get involved.

Time will tell if it's a cyclical downtown or something else.

Speaking of major contributors of the past, anyone knows if Alex Weldon is still playing Go?

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