[Tony G]

Originally Posted by futureal

That's really not true...

When I started my R/C forum, there were at least 3 different large forums dedicated to the same topic, even with 10,000+ users. Meanwhile, nobody had heard of me or of my site.

Now, a little over two years later, guess who leads the pack?

Just as in anything, hard work and dedication pays off. Not saying anything is a lock -- luck has a lot to do with it -- but there is always room for one more.

Just because there is other large-scale forums with the same concept, it doesn't mean that you can't succeed.

You just need to work alot harder to recruit new members. Make them see your forum before these large-scale ones.