The old forum (not this blog!) is closing down

For the past few months, the EnterTheStory forum attracted around five spam posts per day. I have it set up to require moderation, so I delete them before anyone sees them. But for the past three days the forum has attracted around fifty spam posts per day. They somehow get past moderation. The forum is set up to automatically update to the latest version, but it made no difference. I manually updated today, but that takes too long - it involves downloading files, then unpacking and uploading, then going through an upgrade process that involves typing my FTP details in again... and then doing it again for every minor update, and there are no guarantees that will stop the spam.

 Life is too short for that nonsense. I cannot afford to spend every minute of every day monitoring the forum. So the forum will be closed down: I apologize for any inconvenience.

This blog is now the place for feedback. Please post any comments as replies to these posts. If you want to start a new thread on another topic, please consider using one of the established game forums or social networks - Google for an adventure forum, or a book forum, or Facebook, etc. That way, the game gets extra publicity.

Thanks for being understanding.

 P.S. Spam is just one more symptom of a fundamentally broken economic system. Our system is based on wealth transfer, not wealth creation, so naturally it rewards theft, lies and aggressive and parasitic behavior. AnswersAnswers.com shows how do change to a more rational economy, but that is another topic.