Hrm. Since the locals have been locked, I have had zero interest in the forums. Kill the locals and you kill the forum essentially. Tom's assertion that information leaks to fast because of the forum is plain wrong. I've been able to track leaks, and even have been able to seed disinformation (which actually had the unintended consquence of making life difficult for a later character, and he actually was involved in discussions about and I about died laughing) and none of it has even been touched on in the forums. The local boards are great. It helps me choose new realms to play in and find other players who I find are doing interesting things.
