Quantity does not equal quality and forums don't really benefit from having legions of rather stupid people making asinine posts/threads. A forum I used to frequent had many of those people and I can definitely say the forum did not benefit from dozens of Insane Clown Posse threads and horribly spelled posts about how gross it is for old people to have sex.
The only thing that will really motivate people to join this place is if/when Oddworld Inhabitants releases another product. Fandom-based communities are generally dependent on the interest of the fandom: join rates go up when a new product comes out and it goes down when the company is on hiatus. Oddworld is obscure enough to have a small cult following, not popular enough to garner a steady stream of interest.
Don't worry so much about the number of people here (it could well be a dead forum), just enjoy chatting with the current people until new people roll in. No tricks will get people to join - if you require people to sign up in order to get something (free sprite or what have you), that's all they'll sign up for and will not likely post in the forum.
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