Too much stuff in General!

[Nifft]

Hey, I'm having trouble keeping up with General these days... maybe we need a sub-forum for just DM stuff ("DM's Cave" or something) to siphon off the Plots & Places, RBDM, Iron Foo, and other players-not-invited type of stuff?

That, or we need to extend how many threads are on each page... which might just slow down the server.

-- N

[alsih2o]

or flip to the second or third page.

frequently, when i am feeling non-creative i just push a page number from the bottom an review some old stuff.

i like the new, quicker turn over system. i think in the long run it will encourage people to look past the top 10 or so posts, past the first page and past general.
i think that in turn will increase the already great level of (discourse? conversation?) sharing.

i will keep coming here and bugging all of you if it goes to 2 forums and i am only allowed in one, but i am heavily in favor of most of the changes i see around here.

alsi "all respect to niffts opinion, just taking equal time" h20

[Varianor Abroad]

General gets way more traffic on this board than on others. I wonder if it's because it's the first thing you see once you scroll down past the big ad banner?

[Darkness]

Originally Posted by alsih2o

or flip to the second or third page.

That's my recommendation as well.

[Nifft]

That's what I do now. My point isn't that I'm too dumb to cope with the current system, my point is that the current system puts too much stuff in General -- and worse, too many kinds of stuff.

I was a fan of the old Plots & Places forum, even though it was tragically low-traffic, because it was so easy to search for ideas -- as a DM, it's nice to be able to find those quickly. I'd like to have a forum that combines that with IronDM-type discussions, and any other good ideas that DMs might like.

I wouldn't mind if House Rules were folded into this proposed forum -- it's low enough traffic as is.

-- N

[Piratecat]

In my opinion, the solution will be upgrading the server and eventually going back to 40 threads per page.

I hadn't thought so, but I love having OT stuff in its own forum and P&P threads in General Discussion. It's pretty close to an unqualified success; they turn over faster, but they are getting 2-4x the number of responses that they would get in P&P. Even better, the cool ideas are inspiring people. I wouldn't want to change that.

[d20Dwarf]

Originally Posted by Piratecat

In my opinion, the solution will be upgrading the server and eventually going back to 40 threads per page.

Mmmmm, $15k.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Piratecat

Even better, the cool ideas are inspiring people. I wouldn't want to change that.

That's the goods, all right!