I'm done.

Honestly speaking, if the forums feel "lifeless" because you can't be inflammatory then that's not actually a forum problem.

Let's just work on making better discussions.

And just like that, the thread came to an end. Hey_PIKMIN ran away from the lifeless Forums... and wandered the Internet alone. He never saw the "which starter would you eliminate" thread again. TPCi_GarbageKing is an admin of their word, so he's sure they would at least remove the leaks thread as requested. He heard the news a few days later. It was left up, of course. The "iconic post" never happen. Maybe it was never meant to. Because an "iconic post" is something that doesn't exist.

I would say Hey_PIKMIN was wrong, but I can only speak for myself. I think there is still "life" in the official Pokemon forums. But you have to make the "post" happen. The posters, moderators, and admins... We have seen the "posts", and that is how we have come to know the "community". Perhaps Hey_PIKMIN was one person who has yet to see new "posts" from the "community", beyond the shadow of a lost love. Yet his final "post" may have brought about the "community" he sought once more to debate his decision in the aftermath.

Perhaps Hey_PIKMIN may return, or the forums may find new "life" once more with another "iconic thread". I know both of these seem like impossible feats at first. But if either can happen, it would truly be an "exciting community". So was Hey_PIKMIN "wrong"... or was he "right", when he "posted" his opinion and chose to leave? Those were his choices only he could make for himself then. And the answers to that "thread" speak to what still being a "member" means to the "community".

But... you have to look past all of that, to what's really important. There's something more to the feelings behind a "post" than just getting an "Agree" or a "Flag" reaction, right? It doesn't matter how many "replies" a thread has… The "discussion" will always find a way to make itself known. The only thing we can do is to post with the knowledge we hold and everything we have. Editing the paragraphs one by one… It's never easy… We claw and scratch for every draft. But we will always eventually press that one "post reply" button. That's the reason why "posters" exist. But I'm sure you knew that already, reading this.