Considering what you said, Kosheh, that's actually quite sad. We have this diverse and (mostly) intelligent community that welcomes new talent (even though we do get fussy if it's simply a recolor or a cheap edit), but most people don't even stop by to lurk a little. To make matters worse, most of the new members that do join are either spam bots or just one of those requesters who show up once, gets warned by an admin, and are never heard from again.
While the already existing community is going strong as it is, I can actually agree that the overall growth is heavily stunted. Not all of us are going to be on this site forever, so when the amount of members participating drops to zero, what would become of this site is anyone's guess.
If I'm not mistaken, it was sprites from popular games (i.e. the Mario & Luigi series) that caused the forum and site to have a flux of activity. When the first M&L game was still a big thing, I saw many sprite sheets trying to emulate that style. Even though I wasn't a part of the community during that point in time, I did managed to pick up from some members that they had a blast during that sprite craze. You reckon a similar phenomenon would do the trick?
While the already existing community is going strong as it is, I can actually agree that the overall growth is heavily stunted. Not all of us are going to be on this site forever, so when the amount of members participating drops to zero, what would become of this site is anyone's guess.
If I'm not mistaken, it was sprites from popular games (i.e. the Mario & Luigi series) that caused the forum and site to have a flux of activity. When the first M&L game was still a big thing, I saw many sprite sheets trying to emulate that style. Even though I wasn't a part of the community during that point in time, I did managed to pick up from some members that they had a blast during that sprite craze. You reckon a similar phenomenon would do the trick?
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