Good topic and discussion. As usual, Recon touches all the right areas. :D
Seriously, I agree with him. Especially this section...
[quote][b]What the site has evolved into is something that was (in the view of our hosts and I see their point) built to handle the incredibly massive increase in members and posts. [/b]Yes, things here were busy and the site was well-utilized back in the Halo era, but the membership and posts-per-minute are HUGE compared to those "good old days". [b]If the site structure and features had remained "as they were" for this explosion of members and posts, I believe that everyone's experience would have suffered incredibly. (yes, even more than the suffering of long-term members who look back nostalgically on the past).[/b][/quote]
As a new Ninja but especially a long-time member, I couldn't agree more. And the site and community will continue to evolve in this new era.