[./Nomad]

I don't see why it would ever be considered though. Do you really think this forum is worthy of being invite-only? What makes it special when compared to similar forums that aren't invite-only? Furthermore, 90% of the people who were computer-literate (and made the forum decent) have either been banned or left because there is nothing on this forum worth staying for.

That, my friend, is a piss poor attitude to have. There is a close, tight knit community and good leadership here. There is a good solid archive of information in the tutorials sections and that in itself counts for something.

Additionally, it's unfair to say that 90% of the people who were "computer literate" left or were banned. From what I've seen the team here is more than fair with their bans and you don't know why people choose to leave. More often than not people leave forums or become inactive because life gets in the way, people have real lives, jobs, family, higher education, when those things start to take up more time, luxuries like forums are usually the first things that get pushed out of the way. People come and go and you can dwell on the past as much as you would like but a sour attitude really does nothing to further the community and those same people that you're thinking of that left would probably frown upon that attitude if they were still here.

take it as someone who has seen communities built from the ground up and fall just as quickly as they were built, a forum as established as this with the userbase and strong leadership as this one has is definitely something worth staying for.