One guy and his lackys came in around that time and basically destroyed all comradery and the fun of the fights. It put so much distaste in most combat fighters that they left. IMO, 1v1 fights were never the same after that. Also the big changes in the Match Play made it basically unplayable, at the time, it was the water. There was no depth perception. That took too long to fix and drove fighters away. Then came more fixes to match play that had many gaping holes that needed fixing but still arent fixed today. Im hoping Hitech can look into that after Melee adjustments.
I agree for the most part that many fun/funny people have left the forums and its more about discussing gameplay issues. Tight knit communities are hard to keep espcially when a couple of goons turn everything into a pissing contest.
I too often wonder where everyone went. We had huge squads that just vanished. I miss Hlbly, dude was hilarious. Most of us are still here for the addiction and I guess somewhere to talk with like minded people. The old dsys were certainly much better.
