-Kilrahi- wrote on 08/06/19 at 05:31:06:
Further, the real reason the community died is because the series died. We haven't seen an amazing entry since 2001.
Yep, this.
This site would actually have returned to being much more than a forum, like it was back in 2001, but Twisted Metal 2012 dropped the ball and the webmaster decided not to bother, although he did make a TMA YouTube page of TM2012 videos, and he added a TMX-only discussion forum, so it's not like he didn't try to promote it, but the game wasn't popular and TMX's community was not large enough to justify the amount of work hours it takes to create a brand new TMA, and David Jaffe's negative attitude towards hardcore fans trying to use them as scapegoats was the final nail in the coffin that made the webmaster turn away from TM for good. But the TMA Discord server and TMBO revival server have kept the community alive.
I just really don't care for the perception that TM fans became toxic and that it hurt the community somehow. That's total bullshit. The decline of the series hurt the community because many fans became realistic about the direction/lack of direction of the series and gave up.
And hardcore TM fans were always disturbed. Lets not act like hardcore fans weren't "toxic" even back in 2001 when the series thrived. I wont mention names, but there were some hardcore TM fans then that were downright nightmarish characters, but it's easier to overlook when a series is going well.