though i don't play DOD i can't imagine whey you would need private forums. seems like that would keep everybody segregated, when we are all supposed to be one big family.
I think you need to just let go man. The house forums were closed for the same reason Rellik said. It's to bring everyone closer and to not be segregrated through "x" amount of houses. As an eGO, you should know better than most that posting "I miss ..." threads are not welcome and unecessary. Sorry if I'm not in the right place to say this.
Basically the house system, was something created to do four main things:
1. Help with promotions
In a growing DOD clan, it was easier to have house leaders watch for es worthy of promotion to eG than have one large division with only a few leaders.
2. Make a scrim program.
Allowing members to join houses as part of eGO meant scrims could be played between the houses.
3. Bring people together
Creating smaller groups was a nicer way to help people make friends than having people wander around the forums searching for people to play in servers with.
4. Upkeep servers
By putting houses on their own home maps, people would play those maps commonly with their friends, so if a map was failing, a house could be rallied to save its map. The home map system was created to instill a sense of pride in the house's home server.
This was just an explanation post for Rob using my knowledge of the system. I don't mean to hi-jack the thread or anything.