Personally I don't think the Karma System is that bad of an idea. Providing it was explained clearly (I feel the old one was confusing, but maybe with more time we'd have gotten it eventually-?) I can't see an issue with it, probably more positives than negatives, so yeah *thumbs up* all for it.
As for the newspage, its what we need around here amid all our speculation and hype. I'm not sure on the legal issues or whatever but I get almost all of my up to date LP news from over at LPT. It's probably THE most exponentially up-to-date source around that I've ever some across with regards to LP, and fairly reliable. Maybe someone should see about an affiliation there or something? I'm not sure how that works, I'm not technically-literate, but Jas has a lot there and if we're able to 'borrow'/link with him then we can have our news and provide him with more customers for his downloads, seeing as how someone made mention of having somesort of stockpile of LP stuff at our (LPF in general) disposal for exchange. I'm not sure if it would mean we're cutting our own throats in some regards, downloads in that case may become clogged with more people accessing who aren't necessarily members here (LPT being a free site anyway with no subscription) and in essence kind of losing our own identity in a way... do you get what I'm trying to say?
Anyway, I'm not sure what can be done to necessarily 'better' LPF, as has been said it's driven by the members (and acknowledgably maintained by you mods) and having more games may just distract members further from the topics and threads that are there. What about cleaning the place up a bit, general housekeeping? I've noticed people starting duplicate threads without searching first, and we lose old threads behind them that may still be of relevance. Is there any way you could "re-hash" the older threads into archives and merge all similar threads into one to clear up some of the mess? *shrugs* Just musing is all.
Again, not sure if it's what you're after but just a suggestion.
BTW, you're all doing a great job anyway. Just wanted to tell you that because until things like this thread were brought to my attention I had no idea what really went on behind the scenes (and probably still don't in all reality) behind keeping sites like this alive. I know it doesn't help solve your issues but thought maybe you'd appreciate someone saying thanks is all, so, y'know; "thanks." :thumbsup:
TC, TTYL,
-Rav