And when wotmania was in its death throws we both know which board was the most active, even if the two years since the last book was partly to blame. That's not to say I think you're necessarily "wrong" as applied to RAFO, but I do think the day would've come (assuming RAFO had some staying power) when the same problem would've rearisen, and I can't blame Ben for wanting to split the boards at the outset rather than trying to go back and do a big patch job. For my part, I wish RAFO more aggressively pursued WoT fans in a period where books are being released at a rate that can only be called frenetic in comparison to the books published while Jordan was dying, but that die has been cast and there's no sense trying to undo it (I do think RAFO could benefit from more WoT networking; we may not be a WoT site anymore, but we're one of the few with a dedicated WoT board. ) If merging the boards would solve the problem it's worth considering, but I think it's more likely it would just be lampshading the problem. How many CMB regulars were also WoTMB regulars at wotmania? And if the former are unwilling or unable to generate and maintain lively discussions, whose fault is that, really?