Are there any unions on GameSpot that aren't totally dead?

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#1 thattotally
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It seems like every union I go to has no active members whatsoever, and all posts are dated way back in 2008, at the very least. I'd count myself as lucky when I see that one topic at the top that has some posts from this year, and even luckier on the rare occasions that it is from this month.

What do you think? Are any of you on boards that feature similar interests such as final fantasy games, books, certain movies, perhaps Harry Potter, Mario fans, action adventure fans, and so on? Even though GameSpot may have become popular again (as evidenced by all the ads that refuse to let me browse GS in peace) due to the Webby awards or something, it still remains that Off topic and System Wars are the two none dead forums. The rest are all struggling.

Well... do you agree? Do you think I'm just imagining things? TELL ME NOW!

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#2 MrPraline
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The Metal Union is pretty active, not OT active, but there are posts everyday.
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#3 samuraiguns
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Any union that is in F's top 25 anything.

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#4 Sway-
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The Everything Hip Hop union is active. Not as active as OT but people do talk alot.
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#5 BumFluff122
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it matters what kinds of unions you're interested in

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#6 Darth-Caedus
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The metal union is fairly active :)
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#7 Bourbons3
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The Atheism Union seems to tick along ok.
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#8 markop2003
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The social cafe is very active, unions based on single games don't tend to do very well, if it's a big game with mods all the hardcore fans will be at the official sites anyway
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#9 xscott1018
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only the board that are on here are active. a lot of unions are dead. i don't have any unions that people still are in. i usually never look at the unions i join.
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#10 gun-runner
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"The Real OT" is very active, right now we have it set as invite only though.
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#11 Floppy_Jim
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The GUFU union is always active.
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#12 btaylor2404
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There are quite a few unions that are moving along well, some huge, but most tend to be a few hundred users at most.
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#13 pierst179
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Wait.. are there still Unions on GS? :P

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#14 horgen  Moderator
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The social cafe union is very active. Check it out ;)
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#15 BabbsTheTitan
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join the union in my profile, please.
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#16 Ninja-Hippo
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Avant-Game is an awesome union and there are posts there every day. I agree with you that 90% of unions on gamespot are dead. Heck, i just remembered i have a UCB. I dont think anyone's posted there in months, myself included. :P
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#17 Oblivionfan10
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The Real OT, as a few active members, its invite only though sadly
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#18 horgen  Moderator
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Wait.. are there still Unions on GS? :P

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Yeah they live on, though nothing but the board and posting news updates works. :(
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#19 Pvt_r3d
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The Bleach union is pretty active most of the time.
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#20 andyboiii
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OTB is where it's at :)
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#21 Oblivionfan10
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One note.... never go to my union.. not so good.
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#22 vidplayer8
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GFXplosion and The Consoles Debate union are pretty active in comparison. Also Gotei 13.

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#23 jjwalker9600
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I actually had someone to say something to me about my posting. Somebody had to it in the union, no one else was, not even the leader or officers in it. Anybody has a union that wants an active officer, pm me..

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#24 swamprat_basic
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There were just too many unions, many of them on the same topics.

I created the Classic Adventure Gamers Union way back when the Unions first started, but then there came the Monkey Island Union two days later, and the Sierra Online Classics Union, the Gabriel Knight Union, etc, etc.

Users become split between the various unions, and with so many damned unions, it's hard for new users to find ones that they'd be interested in.

Edit: And it actually takes some time and effort to keep up the union. I turned over the reigns as Leader to somebody more dedicated than myself.

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#25 thattotally
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The social cafe union is very active. Check it out ;)horgen123

hmm... I am intrigued by this cafe of socials... they are actually quite lively!

I guess I kind of feel sad that some unions have no life in them whatsoever, but then I think, isn't it better than there's no one around? Wouldn't that imply that the people are actually doing activites outside and making use of their time? I don't know...

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#26 deactivated-5901ac91d8e33
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Yeah Boxxy union is pretty dead....whyyy?
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#27 Rikardur
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The Metal Union is still running.

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#29 Moroes
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The Social Cafe is one of the most active unions on Gamespot when it comes to posting.
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#30 horgen  Moderator
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[QUOTE="horgen123"]The social cafe union is very active. Check it out ;)thattotally

hmm... I am intrigued by this cafe of socials... they are actually quite lively!

I guess I kind of feel sad that some unions have no life in them whatsoever, but then I think, isn't it better than there's no one around? Wouldn't that imply that the people are actually doing activites outside and making use of their time? I don't know...

I hope you don't mind topics going off topic. That's something we're good at. :D
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#31 DJ-Lafleur
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Yeah, there are alot of dead unions now. A couple unions I go to are hanging by a thread; they have maybe two or three threads with some posts.

It's just such a shame really. I had so much fun with some unions before, and most of those unions are completely dead now. :(

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#32 69ANT69
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Only one I still use is the F1PU union.
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#33 chessmaster1989
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The Real OT gets some activity.
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#34 muffincakes87
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Check the sig.:)

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#35 deactivated-5901ac91d8e33
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The Social Café is ok, but they focus a little too much on levels and post counts for my tastes.

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#36 horgen  Moderator
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The Social Café is ok, but they focus a little too much on levels and post counts for my tastes.

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That's what you get for having fastest around... Or anyone who updates the top 25 lists of various things like posts.
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#37 konvikt_17
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like previously posted. the social cafe union is really active.

also the union tag(click on it to go to the union) at the bottom of my sig is a fairly active union