It's time to be honest.

This site is not healthy. Sure, we're still getting a stream of new users, but that stream is dwindling. We may tote this as the best on the net, and sure, there's several active users who are prolific posters and very knowledgeable. These people are usually correct about the right cause and solution for problems.

But what problems?

Look at the site activity in recent months, and look at the number of help requests. Check us out on Alexa.com. No matter which way you cut it, this site is going downhill. For many users, who want a prompt response for their problems, this site is no longer the best. On the one other site I frequent (which I shall not name), there is usually a decent response within minutes, not hours (or even days) as on this site. (It's not QJ, NB.)

Stripped of its members with only a few clutching on, this site is dying. TBH, I don't know what happened; this used to be one of the major PSP websites. I suppose once one member left, another did, and more followed. It's sad, but we have to face the facts; without one of this site's core purposes - to help people with PSP-related issues - we are nothing. That is also why we're so off-topic recently; without newbies to help, we post elsewhere, which gives newbies the first impression that we're just an off-topic forum with an interest in PSPs, which reduces the newbies still further. It's a vicious cycle.

But this site can't stay on life support forever.

And so, it is with great sadness that I must annouce my departure of this community. Not right now, though; I'll still be here, just not as much. I'm also dropping the name 'dorkdork777' - it was originally a dare from my brother, as a name for my RuneScape account, and the name stuck. I've also got a few stupid, immature deeds down to that name, which is another reason for me dropping it; as well as the fact it's terrible in conversation. ("Hey, what's your Xbox Live ID again?") And for all those reasons, dorkdork777 will be dead in a few months. Also, I'll still be active on my personal email address and websites I don't use dorkdork777 on (like facebook).

BTW, I won't be making a new account on this site; I'll be dorkdork777 until I leave.

If you really want to know my new username, then contact me and I'll consider it. But as I really want a new beginning on the whole internet, don't be offended if I refuse.

That must be a record; I went off topic even in one single post. But anyway; discuss.

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