VERY Happy About "Gaming Action" Forum UNConsolidation

garyh · Dec 13, 2003

Just wanted to drop by and say that I'm not real pleased with the Talking the Talk getting scrunched off the main board. It's really the more appropriate forum for a new PbP gamer to enter, rather than the games-a-flyin' Playing the Game forum.

Heck, Creamsteak and I were hoping to get Living Enworld on the main forum menu with subforums of its own (OOC and IC forums). Now, even the classic Talking the Talk forum is a sub-forum doesn't get its own listing.

This change wasn't mentioned in the forum shakeup warning that was posted, or I would have raised these concerns earlier. I don't think these changes are good for the PbP gaming here on the boards, and I'd like the forums back the way they were. Also, the blurb for Talking the Talk doesn't even mention that that's the forum where PbP game recruitment takes place.

An explanation as to why this was done would be appreciated, at the very least.

Thanks.

Mirth · Dec 13, 2003

garyh said:
Just wanted to drop by and say that I'm not real pleased with the Talking the Talk getting scrunched off the main board. It's really the more appropriate forum for a new PbP gamer to enter, rather than the games-a-flyin' Playing the Game forum.

Heck, Creamsteak and I were hoping to get Living Enworld on the main forum menu with subforums of its own (OOC and IC forums). Now, even the classic Talking the Talk forum is a sub-forum doesn't get its own listing.

This change wasn't mentioned in the forum shakeup warning that was posted, or I would have raised these concerns earlier. I don't think these changes are good for the PbP gaming here on the boards, and I'd like the forums back the way they were. Also, the blurb for Talking the Talk doesn't even mention that that's the forum where PbP game recruitment takes place.

An explanation as to why this was done would be appreciated, at the very least.

Thanks.

What he said. I too feel that Talking the Talk is the intro point for new PbP gamers and to bury it in a sub-forum will make all the more difficult for those would-be gamers to find.

Jay

jezter6 · Dec 13, 2003

I am also extremely bummed that d20 modern got the shaft and went into OGL.

OGL?? what the heck? Now we get to watch threads disappear between spycraft fanboy threads and arguments about elf pr0n.

[sarcasm]GRRRRRRRRRRRREAT![/sarcasm]

Piratecat · Dec 13, 2003

jezter6 said:
I am also extremely bummed that d20 modern got the shaft and went into OGL.

More than anything else, I'm pleased about this change. Many of the topics discussed in both forums complement one another, and neither has a particularly rapid turnover. My expectation is that combining the forums will result in better conversation for everyone. Better one healthy forums than two quieter ones.

Try to keep an open mind, and see how it goes.

Mirth · Dec 13, 2003

Piratecat said:
More than anything else, I'm pleased about this change. Many of the topics discussed in both forums complement one another, and neither has a particularly rapid turnover. My expectation is that combining the forums will result in better conversation for everyone. Better one healthy forums than two quieter ones.

Try to keep an open mind, and see how it goes.

Hey Kevin, any feedback from you on the PbP forum changes?

Jay

Shalimar · Dec 13, 2003

Speaking as a Play by Post Gamer, I have to agree with GaryH hole-heartedly, the consolidation of Talking the Talk with the regular In Character forum makes it much more difficult for new people to get involved in gaming on this website.

garyh · Dec 14, 2003

Mirth said:
Hey Kevin, any feedback from you on the PbP forum changes?

Jay

What Jay said.

Any response to my original comments, P-Kitty?

Piratecat · Dec 14, 2003

Sure. Let's try it for a week or so and make sure it's a problem. Although I don't wish to speak for him and it would require some juggling, I'm guessing that in a worst case scenario Morrus can make the Talking the Talk forum into the entry point instead. Would that work?

Shalimar · Dec 14, 2003

Why does one have to be the entry point for the other? It worked fine the way it was. Making either the entry point for the other is rather counter-intuitive.

Creamsteak · Dec 14, 2003

Doesn't bother me. Gary asked me to post, and... well... this is one of the VERY FEW times that I don't see the difference in a tiny thing.

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