Truth is, I rarely come here anymore, not since my falling-out with the site admin. Some of you may remember me as Indigo™. I know very little about what goes on here anymore - but here are some of the things I can fill in the blanks for, from my (brief) time as an official site admin.
Ph0x had at that point been handed a very large project for his real-life career, and had told me that he would be less and less available as time went on. Dark had, at that point been mostly absent, and there was starting to be an increasing influx of spam. Most of that was dealt with myself - so in that respect, I'm glad to see more moderators on Team. He had at that point been working on EOS off and on for a while now - as I recall, he was nearing a beta stage, but got hung up on something else and never got past it. With regards to Urge.info - it's dead. The woman that was assisting (Alison) came down with severe health problems, and was no longer able to keep it going. It will most likely never progress from where it is now. With regards to server access - I believe that Ph0x really is the only one with access. PM's to him are useless. If you want to get his attention - you have to email him at
[email protected].
It was commented once that nothing kills a site faster than the inability for it to have new members. I'm not sure I agree, but it certainly precludes a site from improving. Banquo referenced several good ideas for maintaining the site at it's current level - by adding content. Teases, forum posts and games, etc. It's not a bad idea. With regards to archiving site content - I believe this to be a copyright issue. Some will argue that the content is already copyright infringing, because none of the images are original works. Possibly true - but two wrongs don't make a right. The teases on this site were *always* said to be the original, creative works by the authors, making them personal property, not site property. So if you plan to archive another authors work, you really should get their written permission first.
Milo has always been a site where people could come for webteases. Frankly, without new blood, the authors already here will eventually burn out - and this site *will* die a slow, painful death. The registration issue has to be fixed. But it's always been a core following of maybe a hundred dedicated people, give or take(?). The mass majority of viewers here are unregistered. Do a quick browse of the forum, you'll see what I mean. Until the issue can be resolved, just do what you can to keep it going.
