When I first joined Excal it was very information orientated, but that was smack in the middle of hunting season. It is far less technical now, matter of fact it is mostly comprised of bad jokes with a dab of technical info (and a pee in your pants funny story about a roped deer). That is to be expected from any site that grows, it is inevitable when there are lots of people involved, it's the unchangable nature of humanity.What I don't like is how long threads go unanswered, if you read the amount of reads versus replies it is quite sad. Sometimes the old timers just get tired of responding to the same old newbie question over and over, seemingly forgetting that is only old information to them. Newbies should be treasured and welcomed with open arms (not literally, quit looking at me like that) the more we know the bigger we will get, the bigger we get the more attention we will get from the public and manufacturers.

-I don't mean to knock Excal forums, I am active there, but I find there is no rhythm to the board. To call it technical may require someone to read the posts again.. Tye's fat girlfriends is far from technical.
I find this forum to be more of a room full of friends.