In rememberance of Avatar Forums

[Crickett]

Originally Posted by xcrunner08

I would like to point out that part of the problem is Lon bought the forum for an absurdly high price, pretty much at the height of the Avatar craze, and it was virtually impossible for that type of forum to increase in value. Thus, I don't think the problem was necessarily that he was greedy, rather that he put himself in a hole by purchasing it and never recovered from that. A-F was living month by month the past couple years.

That being said, while I'm not around either place much anymore it is still sad to see the place go if only because so many people enjoyed it there. Regardless of what happened a few years back, its good that all the A-F people have a place here now. All the best towards this forum, looks like you're about to get an uptick in traffic :p

It could have increased in value if Avatar had turned into the massive franchise it was supposed to be by now. The first sequel was originally supposed to be out last year with a novel (series?) written by Steven Gould. In reality there has been no novel, the sequels haven't even started filming yet and instead we have articles written about Avatar's lack of cultural impact.

Avatar-forums could have been the premiere forum for the next big sci-fi franchise. But sadly it wasn't.

Nice to see you still come around from time to time xcrunner.