I think the main reason is that the senior members are growing up, and they've got other responsibilities to worry about.

Lep isn't around as often now because he's got important school things to occupy him. We all miss being a kid, where responsibilities aren't as many and they aren't as serious.

I didn't even get to meet some of those guys, they had just started to leave while i was still a n00b. I miss a lot of them though. I remember before when Cassius posted a thread that said that n00bs were overrunning us, and making SP crappy. I think this sort of thing comes in waves. It'll pass soon enough as lots of newer users will stop logging in.
You know how it goes, a freidn tells you about an online community and you join and post a bit, then you get busy with something else and you forget about it and stop logging on.

I was sad when Yak got pissed off at some n00b and said he was only gonna lurk from now on.

I think that as the college students here start graduating and getting full-time jobs, they will be replaced with a new generation that is very different from the first one.

Rival- change back to your bunny avatar, plz.

orph- come back, precious!

PS. I noticed *I* didnt get a "i miss him" thread when iwas gone for like 3 months. pshhh

PPS. who's the mod that starts with D?

Orph left(apparently)as a result of the minor tongue lashing(albeit backhanded) Lep gave him for his unceasing Doc Rock raves. I miss his reviews, but not much else.

He tended to be quite frustrating with his pompous nature. I hope I don't get killed for that.

Regardless of how I judge art, I judge people based on their actions rather than their attitudes. Orpheus can be a dick, but to me, what he did for this site - with no personal reward, mind you, but rather the scorn of newer members with no respect for what he did - far outweighs his tendency towards provoking dramatic argument.

For my part, I've stopped editing for some time now. I defended Half-Life 2 vehemently before it was released, but when it came out, it disappointed me. I tried to reserve judgement. I really wanted to like the game. But, exactly as in the illegal version - "taboo," as Orpheus called it - it showed itself to be only superficially flashy, with little meat to the single player campaign or to the engine that powers it. Today, I expected, after months without so much as clicking my Steam icon, to come back and see Lost Coast and DoD Source in full swing - but we continue to wait on both.

I've been on the Snarkpit for close to four or five years now, if my memory serves me correctly. I decided early on, and I am still convinced, that we are hands down the best Half-Life editing community, and our resident artists the most talented - but, I think, there's only so much you can do to plug a sinking ship.

We'll see, when Valve puts out its promised releases, if that is indeed a fitting metaphor.

Things were good back in the day, but times change. Come back orph " SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">

Am I a n00b still?