Say it ain't so, Brendy

Christmas Eve has quieted most game show news, except for the ongoing pronunciation spat on Wheel of Fortune. But there's only so much you can say about a dropped "g".

So I'll do some real game show nerd stuff and comment on the recent notice about the GSN Internet board possibly closing. Brendy, the ever-helpful moderator at the board, posted a note that the forum may shut down due to declining traffic and the network generally not getting much out of the board. This provoked a lot of "don't do it!" posts. I chipped in my own laments...

I post here regularly, so of course I'm a "keep it" vote. Gotta admit I don't post as much as I used to because that silly little blog gets a lot of my piffle nowadays. But I crosspost back and forth a lot just to get some reactions from other posters here. I can understand why some folks at GSN wonder about this board. Is the network getting its money's worth? I'm not sure but I'd hate to see any game show forum go away.

Just one more comment about "declining traffic." That may be true but this board remains very busy compared to other game show sites like, say, Matt Ottinger's board. If this board shuts down, folks will just wander over to Matt's board and other sites. And frankly, some of those sites are a lot flame-ier and more immature than this board.

UPDATE: In other inside-the-game-show-blogosphere news, BuzzerBlog's Alex Davis posted a Christmas picture of himself and his sister. He says they'll look even more enthusiastic in the next holiday pic. One odd note: Alex looks a lot like my son minus his glasses.