At this point it almost looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland, as if Sephiroth summoned a meteor to destroy 90% of the gamers on the planet. So, where did everyone go? One word: ResetEra.
ResetEra is a new gaming forum that was born from NeoGAF's ashes. Built to effectively replace it, it uses many of the same standards; requiring a non-disposable e-mail account (i.e. gmail isn't accepted), a manually moderated registration queue, and a simple interface that doesn't look much different than forums we were browsing back when Valve actually made games.
The results have been amazing at worst, and mind-exploding at best. In just two months it's accumulated over 12,196 threads, 2.5 million messages, and 33,000 members. Impressive.
This success can be seen with its activity levels, which are over half what NeoGAF used to pull on a typical weekday. Basically, every thread on the front page is bumped within a minute, leaving no reply unread.
