www.consolespace.com I've seen alot of failures in advertising forums....and getting members to join...I really need some help...I got a good name and layout, and good topic setups...just need some members. Any ideas?
The easiest way is to make some quallity posts to other gaming/general forums with a link attached(signature).
If you are willing to spend money then you could always do some advertising, or maybe try one of those forumbooster services, where they will up your forums with interesting posts and topics.
Hire 2-3 posters to post 20-30 posts each and see ho'ws it going, it will cost you only 10$ and you'll double your content. Participating in other gaming forums will help too, (quality posts and a nice signature will hellp a lot). Start a contest (referrals+posts combination) to your forums. Start 2-3 more accounts, and start posting. Chat with yourself, etc
I was going to start a gaming network but then decided not to..I think you should maybe start a blog as well and maybe get some readers!