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Way back in the day, the board had a limit to the number of posts in a thread. Because of this, Gygax Q&A threads would be locked and saved when they got close to that limit. This is why Gygax threads are numbered. When the board was upgraded, the limit was removed, and people just continued the same thread for a very long time.
Now, whether this is good or bad is a matter of oppinion. Personally, I think it's good for a number of reasons. First, Gary is a popular fellow. If every independent question went into it's own thread, I'm pretty sure they would take over the General board. Second, Gygax Q&A seems to go in spurts. It'll die off for a while, then have a lot of posts over a couple of days. Keeping one thread for his Q&A stuff makes it really easy for him (or anyone reading it) to subscribe to one thread, and respond to it when there's activity (or, when he's not busy). Third, Gary is allowed to post in other threads. On occasion, he will start up or get involved in other discussions. The long threads that I believe you're talking about are just the Q&A threads.
Fourth, you should probably know that the Gygax threads are not the biggest threads here (altough the probably would be in combined). This is longer, but still enjoyed by many: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=3775979
__________________ We're sorry, we are unable to Cthulhu.boat. Please migraine the cattle prod when the fat guitar makes wallpaper. If the sun is too long, take five ducks and melt them on a post. Thank you for your Volkswagon. -SJ
We have a long-standing agreement: When Gary starts a new Q&A thread, we lock and archive the old one. There's some really good gaming goodness in there.
__________________ "Conversely, I'm amazed at the number of people queueing up to tell people that don't like 4e that they are wrong. Why can't people just agree to disagree, and get on with actually playing the game?" --Delericho
If there's one dragon, it's a solo monster.
If there's five dragons, they're standard monsters.
If there's a dozen dragons, either most of them are minions or your DM is tired of the campaign.
--Lizard
Pffft, that thread ain't got NUTHIN on this thread.
Bah, I guess that's what I get for not checking the Off Topic forum.
I'm guessing that WLD is the longest thread with any real content. Unless someone wants to go prove me wrong, of course.
__________________ We're sorry, we are unable to Cthulhu.boat. Please migraine the cattle prod when the fat guitar makes wallpaper. If the sun is too long, take five ducks and melt them on a post. Thank you for your Volkswagon. -SJ
Thanks, -- N
Unless someone wants to go prove me wrong, of course.
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