The friend's network error has been bothering and bugging me for the longest time now and frankly its hindering my enjoyment of the site. i kind of really want to get involved with this community (well.. )  and have good discussions. 

now it also seems like my feed is broken too. I really hope nothing else pops up.

on another note, the activity on the forums is questionable. I suppose that would be normal since this isn't gamefaqs which has countless members already. Usually good topics die off quickly, but that's normal for a forum, i suppose.  The forums seem to be plagued with hatred at the moment too, especially the playstation 3 one.