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Why don't more people hang out in Meta, do you think? I know this has come up before, but every time a thread gets moved here and people whine about how Meta gets less traffic I scratch my head in confusion. Then go there! And I always notice threads in Meta that I might miss in General, where everything moves so fast.
Sigh... just wondering why so few people chill out here in the ol' Metaforum...
I have the feeling that many people don't use the 'user cp' option. My bookmark to the EN World boards goes straight to my control panel. In there, I've subscribed to the forums I like (General, Rules, Meta, Software, etc.). There are 7 forums I go to a lot, so I can easily jump to them.
The control panel is very nice if it's used properly. And then the cool forums don't get forgotten at the bottom of the list!
Edit: Oh, and Jester, I agree. Meta is cool!
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Most of the people who come to the boards come for information on their game and they are overcome with the shear knowledge that the 'think tank' that is the EN world forums provide they don't explore the vast reaches offered. Its a theory.
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Most of the people who come to the boards come for information on their game and they are overcome with the shear knowledge that the 'think tank' that is the EN world forums provide they don't explore the vast reaches offered. Its a theory.
It's a sound theory. I posted/lurked on the boards for a year before I ever ventured out of the Rules section, much less found the cp and other goodies. Doesn't hurt that at about that same time, I got an office job where I'm severely bored much of the time.
they have a cool meta too....and what they commonly refer to as meta pigeons...coo....coo....coo.
we called it the meat bored...due to a typo by one poster many moons ago.
i miss her.
so i wouldn't have it any other way.
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Heh... I look away for a couple of minutes and you guys pour out of the woodwork!
Hm, diaglo, one of these days I'll have to go check out the WotC meta board and see what I think. I don't really spend much time there at all.
I'll have to go there, too, someday. I used to post on the Wizards boards quite a bit. But I don't like how they've organized their boards. I like EN World where there is one board for Rules, one for General. At Wizards, you have one forum for spells, one for classes, etc. Too hard to track anything.
And besides, between here and Nutkinland, my time was taken. Not enough time to swing by Wizards.
And besides, between here and Nutkinland, my time was taken. Not enough time to swing by Wizards.
c'mon now. we know you are a swinger.
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OMG! The SKY IS FALLING! --JoeGKushner
Myself, I plan to masturbate less -- der_kluge
I know that I've never really liked d20. I think it was designed by a bunch of hacks --- Monte Cook
I am sickened beyond belief. The half-orc wizard is obviously the best possible PC, and I only had to read 10 pages of the book to figure it out. D&D is dead to me! -- Mike Mearls
FWIW, I'm on the design team and I pretty much find WoW as fun and interesting as banging my head against a brick wall. -- Mike Mearls
you happen to say that 4E reminds you of the reasons you decided against a career as a special-Ed teacher--noted rpg author Darrin Drader
I like coming to meta for a few reasons. I can come hang out and see whose birthday it is, brag about postcount (actually, see who is bragging about their postcount-Hey! I hit #600 this morning!), and just bs about the boards and other stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. And the threads don't disappear in 30 minutes either.
I definitely appreciate the slower pace here. Of course, one of the paradoxes about things like this is that the more people you share it with, the quicker it vanishes...
I usually check out the general and meta boards before any other boards. General has the good stuff and meta has the fun stuff. 'Sides most of the OT posts end up in meta.
Meta is one of the first places I check! I like it!
I do think the description could be a little more enticing though. "Post comments and questions about the messageboards and other parts of EN World. If you have a problem, this is where to go. " Sure doesn't make it sound very exciting does it? It makes it sound like a help forum only. *shrug* Maybe a lot of the stuff here is OT?
I've wondered the same thing. There isn't really an OT forum, and I think Morrus and the gang specifically don't want one. General gets too cluttered with them, but is Meta the place for it? Seems like as good a place as any to me.
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I like Meta because it's a calmer place.
After the "busy-ness" of General and other forums, it's nice to chill in the "after hours" lounge area.
Kind of like having a drink with co-workers after work...
I've wondered the same thing. There isn't really an OT forum, and I think Morrus and the gang specifically don't want one. General gets too cluttered with them, but is Meta the place for it? Seems like as good a place as any to me.
Cough, cough...
Don't you know that the hivemind basically started like that, here in Meta? That we had Piratecat's rule of three? No more than three threads of friendship and crazyness in the darkness that was the Meta forum, until we were shown the light that is the General Discussions forum?
OK, Crothian's Sharkworld has a bit to do with it, too.
Don't you know that the hivemind basically started like that, here in Meta? That we had Piratecat's rule of three? No more than three threads of friendship and crazyness in the darkness that was the Meta forum, until we were shown the light that is the General Discussions forum?
I did not know that! It's a viscious circle, I guess.
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