what the fukk are you even talking about? did I make the poll? did i ever say the poll was going to decide what happens? no, it was a regular member who proposed the idea and it spawned an interesting debate that caught the eye of me and brooklynzson. it wasn't the votes that convinced us, it was the valid arguments that were being made. we ended the poll early because we had already made up our minds, hence me saying from the beginning the poll is cool and all but its not going to make a difference unless it was an absolute blowout. we're a rapidly growing forum, probably one of the fastest growing on the internet. we looked around at a bunch of other forums and they all have gaming and movies separated. we both agreed that eventually it was something that we would have to do, so why not try it now. even
@Liquid who has been adamantly against this split admitted that it was something that eventually would need to be done.
is there overlap with gamers and movie/tv show fans? yes of course, but theres overlap with sports and music fans too (honestly, who doesn't enjoy movies/tv?) you guys are being so closed minded about this entire situation, its no wonder theres an equal amount of people rejoicing about never having to step foot in this forum again as there is of you bytching about this. yall are acting like you just drove 30 minutes through traffic to go to a store and found out they dont have what you need so you have to drive all the way back across town. the movie forum is like 2 clicks of a mouse away.

is a little more inconvenient? yeah sure, but theres a bunch of other posters on here who found it inconvenient that everything was lumped together and while you guys clearly dont give two shyts about anyone but yourselves, as an admin of the entire board we like to consider everyone when we make decisions.
if you're a fan of shows/movies then how can you honestly hate on a forum thats dedicated to that? the threads are already more active in that forum than they were in here because theres a bunch of people who basically gave up and said fukk it because they didnt want to deal with this forum. (all those mysterious votes you guys think i rigged the poll with

) and on the flip side, im starting to see a new movement here in the arcadium that seems exciting. tournaments, leagues...more community involvement with each other in regards to gaming. if you can't see the possibility of these two forums striving and improving while being independent then i'm sorry we disappointed you. by all means continue to be miserable and bytch and moan and pray for the entire thing to fail.
and despite all the negative comments and anger you all have thrown my way, this very moment i'm talking to developers and looking into the possibility of adding a feature where members can basically make their own forum that will display threads from whichever existing forums they choose. so its possible (no guarantees yet) that maybe eventually you'll be able to recreate the old arcadium and view all gaming and movie/tv shows in one listing again.
now please stop tagging me to complain, ive been open and honest about the entire thing and ive said everything i can possibly say on this subject for the time being.