The forum is sucking life out of the game. Many people used to post roleplays or interaction in-game to satisfy their desire to communicate. These days, they will post on the forum.
I don't see that.
I still see
lots of RP posted in-game. I don't see any decrease from before we had the forum. In fact, looking at the RP board, I think it looks a bit sadly sparse.
Frankly, Tom, every time you say "the forum has been bad for the game," all I see in your justification for that opinion is confirmation bias.