D&D 5E Best of the 5e Forum

Li Shenron · May 5, 2017

robus said:
I've made a preliminary pass through most of the recent stuff pulling out 5 star threads that seemed to fit the bill (threads discussing upcoming WotC products were excluded for example).

The idea is nice, but are we really using the stars rating for threads? Because I got the impression that the vast majority of threads doesn't receive any star ever; then the majority of starred threads have received a rating (usually 5 stars) by a single person; and finally the majority of starred threads which have been starred by more than one person, have been starred by two persons, usually the first person giving 5 stars, and the second person disagreeing and giving 1 star to compensate...

robus said:
Unearthed Arcana Index

Err, no...

In theory it should be one of the most useful thread to be pinned, but in practice it is one year late! The list of links in the first post was last updated April 2016... how can this be called a "best" thread?

robus · May 5, 2017

Li Shenron said:
The idea is nice, but are we really using the stars rating for threads? Because I got the impression that the vast majority of threads doesn't receive any star ever; then the majority of starred threads have received a rating (usually 5 stars) by a single person; and finally the majority of starred threads which have been starred by more than one person, have been starred by two persons, usually the first person giving 5 stars, and the second person disagreeing and giving 1 star to compensate...

Err, no... In theory it should be one of the most useful thread to be pinned, but in practice it is one year late! The list of links in the first post was last updated April 2016... how can this be called a "best" thread?

Well that's why it's open to curation

- I don't claim to know all the best threads. I'll update as suggestions and critiques come in. I really just wanted to pin 1 thing, but that wasn't a long term plan. So feel free to suggest improvements!

Lanliss · May 5, 2017

Li Shenron said:
Err, no... In theory it should be one of the most useful thread to be pinned, but in practice it is one year late! The list of links in the first post was last updated April 2016... how can this be called a "best" thread?

Being behind on the UAs does not mean the ones that are in the thread won't be helpful. Unless you know a thread that has all of them collected, preferably with links to their ENworld discussions as well as the UA itself, I think that thread should stay.

robus · May 5, 2017

Lanliss said:
Being behind on the UAs does not mean the ones that are in the thread won't be helpful. Unless you know a thread that has all of them collected, preferably with links to their ENworld discussions as well as the UA itself, I think that thread should stay.

I also think that having threads like that linked in a pinned index like this increases the chance that they won't just die off.

Satyrn · May 6, 2017

Li Shenron said:
and finally the majority of starred threads which have been starred by more than one person, have been starred by two persons, usually the first person giving 5 stars, and the second person disagreeing and giving 1 star to compensate...

That's actually the opposite of what's happening recently.

How do I know? Very simple: because ~~my name is Harry Lime~~ I've been 5 starring the threads that seem to get spiteful 1 star ratings.

Miladoon · May 6, 2017

What is your current way to roll stats

It has helped me.

jayoungr · May 6, 2017

Haven't had a chance to read all of this one yet, but it seems like it should be on the list:

The Shadow in the Flame: A Workshop on Designing Dungeons, Monsters, and a Villain

robus · May 7, 2017

Added the requested links

Li Shenron · May 7, 2017

Satyrn said:
That's actually the opposite of what's happening recently.

How do I know? Very simple: because ~~my name is Harry Lime~~ I've been 5 starring the threads that seem to get spiteful 1 star ratings.

It might be the opposite of my example, but it's another example of a rigged vote