Suggestions for the database system and message counters.

And the group of people who agree with me isn't that small; in fact, I thought it was quite large, it's just that they've all gone quiet. :(

Because arguing with those who engage in pointless chatter is useless. Look at how the situation has unfolded among the actively participating members: you and Zubr are for removing the counter, Ment and Ar are for keeping it, and Pobeditel can't make up his mind. It's 2-2-1, and the ones who want to keep the counter are the ones who engage in pointless chatter.

Now, let's look at the facts. Comparing HEROESWORLD and cross-platform AG and similar games is incorrect. On all thematic forums dedicated to a specific game and/or series of games, there are perfectly normal sections dedicated to other games, and in those sections, the counters work. But in forum games, the counters don't work anywhere because it's all just pointless chatter. In the end, if you want to play Mafia, there are special forums. Yes, you can say that forum games have their own fans, like the aforementioned TES, Allods, and so on. But the thing is, in forum games, the number of posts starts to skyrocket, which is normal, but because of this, the focus of the forum shifts. No other game, whether it's KB, SW, or something else, will have as many posts and threads in the forum dedicated to fans of Heroes. And there will be a chatter sub-section. As for moderating the chatter section, Ment, don't make me laugh. Everyone who could moderate it doesn't care about it. The section has turned into a swamp of pointless chatter.

Now, let's look at it from another angle. New people are coming here now to play Mafia. That is, the forum is growing. Is this good or bad? Look, Lynx, who was actively advocating for keeping the counter, has 1200+ posts, and they were all made in the Mafia section. And she's not the only one. But the forum is a Heroes forum. Will this newly arrived "Mafia community" (in quotes, because I wrote about Mafia on HW above) become part of the Heroes community? No. The regulars of the chatter section still sometimes appear in the Heroes sections, but the Mafia players don't.

And in conclusion, we have a lot of people on the forum who have nothing to do with Heroes but are... how can I put it more gently?... are representatives of low-quality Mafia players. That is, there's nothing to be proud of. And since there's nothing to be proud of, the counter should be removed so that we don't embarrass ourselves.