12-23-2010, 10:19 PM
(12-23-2010, 01:05 PM)Slasher Asher link Wrote:I got a couple of reasons for not posting that much. One would be that most topics here nowadays tend to be about some Freddy/Jason/Michael/Leatherface mask that have already been done by hundreds of other people. Don't get me wrong, I love those movies (well, most of them anyway) but when you see mask after mask of the same old characters for years you gradually loose interest.
Couldn't agree more. There was a time when Mikey masks and hockey masks were the thing and kept the hobby running, but frankly they've all but worn out their welcome for a lot of people, myself included. But the fact is, for the most part, Jason/Fred/Mikey/Leatherface have a rotating door of fandom. But the hobby isn't at all what it used to be and oversaturation has watered it down a lot. Especially with hockey masks. Everything that can be done has been. And like Trav says below, there's not a whole lot more to say. There's nothing refreshing about them anymore and hasn't been for a while. A "part (insert sequel number)" hockey mask is still a "part (insert sequel number)", no matter how good it looks. And Mikey masks are the same to me.
(12-23-2010, 09:34 PM)travsall link Wrote:In my opinion it's just the ebb and flow of any community based around collecting high end pieces. The economy I think plays a bigger role then most realise, without the disposable income to buy new pieces, and then subsequently take pictures and post them, it reduces a large amount of the regular new topics. NIGHTOWL is a community that's more then just masks, but that is where the foundation is, decrease on the masks, decrease on the posting. I like seeing new Leatherface, Jason, Mike, Freddy stuff, but it can get to the point there's just not a whole lot more to say on the subject. Time of year is a BIG factor too, between money being spent on Christmas, and people not having the time to take pics, or even stop by to post. I'm with the guys that don't mind this drop off though, when you look at some of the topics that were being posted, to what's being posted now, quality FAR surpasses quantity.
I've been around this hobby for a pretty good stretch of time now, and it's just part and parcel, things slow down, and then pick up, like I said ebb and flow.
Excellent post Trav. Couldn't agree more with this one either. Quality does surpass quantity.