well you have a good thing going on these forums ..i will admit that but another good idea would be to set up an irc network were the users can go to discuss various things ...perhaps a flashclient set up on this site ..
i do happen to own a network whith about 3 servers on it services are included(unreal3.2.4 and anope services(also uncludes full ip masking)) if your interrested we can talk more about this and if you already have a network set up then perhaps a link?
my friends and i are the only two admin there and both can offer a great deal of help in various diff things aswell as alot of the users in these forums
and since its a private network there wont be all those shitty ass rules like in IrCQnet for any additional info your welcome to email me at MoFakus@msn.com and for the record i'm also a chanop on IrCQnet !!lol!!
also included are various gameserv games etc. and more being added as of late .. for the forum operators here oper status will obviously be givin etc. blah blah :P