Yes, we put sponsored tourneys and advertising on the back burner while we are remodeling. We'll look at advertising again once the new layout has been finished. For the tourneys with prizes, yes, that'd bring more members... But will they stay after the tournaments are done and over with? After we get finish with putting in all the hacks, we will focus all our attention on selecting more moderators to help things run more smoothly and to encourage and lead discussions. Because during the tourneys, new members will also be browsing the other subforums and if things are a mess or if they don't feel welcome, after the tournaments are over, they'd just leave and go back to where they were before. I wasn't here in June when the Audio Tournament was ran so I can't say for sure, but from the looks of the stats, activity picked up the week or two before it started and died back down in the middle of June. Maybe it was seasonal but who knows.

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