>>>Intelligent discussions are the real value of this board.

The problem with this board is the format. It really is that simple. Even Yahoo has moved from its free wheeling garbage to a topical index.

Board software designed with topics would go a long way to solving a lot of the problems. Imagine not having to wade through 100 "way to go", "happy birthday", "look what I did", "ebay links", "personal chips and trash", and other assorted bs messages to find the actual messages about chip collecting.

What a concept.