QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Apr 22 2014, 03:30 PM)

Well, I don't know anything about that Blackie, but I figure this forum had a half-life from the beginning.
It's essentially an Oblivion forum, and that makes it niche. And the majority of people who bought Oblivion aren't still playing it. The addition of the Skyrim section helped a little, but that only kept existing forumites here.
And before it was an Oblivion forum, it was an Elder Scrolls forum. It was quite vibrant and cosmopolitan in it's heyday. Perhaps I have rose-colored glasses on, but it was a more or less wonderful exchange of congress and ideas.
Even those, such as myself, who....*looks around for McB*...disliked....Oblivion, we still kept coming back here. For the camraderie, and feedback without the level of politics and overagressive enforcement policies of the Officials.
In spite of that, everyone was largely respectful of one another. We still are, to an extent.