So I was writing this in the topic about underaged users and spammers, I ended up writing everything below, and thought it could go into a different topic, so here it is.
Back then when we were developers, we got things done, and we were the revival of a dying community. Unfortunately today, there is no one left wanting to take that spot, so we're at the same position we were in several years ago and then some (the ones who are making fictional routes or BS routes). I'm sorry to sound harsh, but in my opinion, any/every route being developed today looks the same as if it was just a year or so ago. When BVEStation started we brought in completely new visuals, new objects, new trains, new simulator, and even multiplayer. What about today? No revival, same looks, similar routes, its more of the same. We were hoping that there would be a new group that will take over and continue our legacy, but from what I have seen this hasn't happened, and this may never happen. Everybody has become more technologically savvy, but nobody is actually being technologically savvy. You know how to use, but you don't know how to create.
The NYCTBA community was near dying when BVEStation came in. We're hitting that point again, will there be a new group that will come and bring some innovation back, I really don't know and we really can't tell. Right after we hit the peak we started getting lower quality work, and now we're getting nowhere. I don't know what will happen to the community, but it certainly doesn't look good right now. Development communities have sprung up, segregating themselves into "Companies" as opposed to working for the overall group that is and was once NYCTBA. New websites have sprung up, breaking the community as a whole, selfishness and extreme paranoia with copyright has kicked in. The BVE Community on the other side of the ocean, literally obliterated.
All the original developers including me are now in college, we barely have enough time to visit the site. I guess we failed to get a good group to take over us, either they joined a "company" or have pursued their own self interest. Joe rarely comes on these days. There isn't much I can say other than it was an honor to work with the new NYCTBA team, and seeing a few of the older ones return. For the ones who want to give us something new, please do, and please don't do more of the same. Don't be a dick and steal/redistribute our work, this happens mainly because of abysmal work to be honest. We need people who will continue to inspire our next generation of developers, and not come out with crap or do crap.