Isn't wc3c quality > quantity.
I don't want to insult people and start shouting like many people here do, because that's not the way to solve things. I have my opinion, but to get to a solution changes have to be made. I wish hive wouldve stayed the same as a month ago, but be reasonable that's not possible anymore.
I don't have a solution for the situation now.
But I do know that blaming and shouting at the moment doesn't help, it only gets the discussions closed for those that do want to talk in a normal way.
Definitely man, people should get that shouting isnt going to work at the moment. At least, not among users. If something changes among the staff, then sure, but if not, I guess its best to keep moving forward. Because the Hive will, one way or the other, become a productive forum again.
As to that respect, no, WC3 is not dead. Is it decaying? To some extent. I do agree we need to expand from it (without abandoning it of course). With that a few opinions:
SC2
Will we be able to overtake sc2mapster? Realistically, the answer is no. The posibillity to become a rival force in SC2 modding over the course of the next two expansions is still there, however slim it may be. Since Ralle has already been working on including SC2 in his new Hive version, we might as well have him finish that, give him support in that, and see where it goes. A few factors are still in play that work towards our favor. One, SC2 Mapster is ugly. This might just be for me, but it seems to lack a streamline look. Also, the Art tools and new development tools havent been released yet, so the Hive still has a chance to become a competitor in the artistic side of SC2 modding. This, of course, depends upon the Hive artist's desire to improve upon their own skills.
Other games?
Ralle did provide a good bit of insight on this when he said that the Hive would have to focus on the new game for a few years before it would finally become established enough to add another game. Since he has already been working to make SC2 a good portion of the Hive, trying to add another integrated game ATM might be more than we should try to chew. However, if there is a desire to expand into other games, the seed of modding should probably be planted soon. Lets say the Hive wants to expand to include Heroes of Might and Magic modding, a fairly popular game to mod. The hive should at a subforum for people to share their HoMM projects.
Stand-alone Game Development
I highly support the idea of having the hive support Stand-Alone projects. There should be a subsection dedicated to developing these stand alone games. Subforums should include development for different popular indie game engines, such as Unreal Development Kit and Unity Engine. There people can post their projects as well as tutorials and resources. The hive has a lot of artistic talent, and it would be cool to see them put it to work on developing Indie games.
Basically, the idea with any of these expansions is you have to test these expansions as subforums first, get somthing established there, before integrating it as part of the Hive. At least, thats my two cents.
~Asomath