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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6704493" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>This is both true and not true. In short, yes. What other people like is less important than what I like/want to read. That is the very nature/core of the internet/gimme now culture. I should be capable of seeing what I want to without being inconvenienced or slowed down by things I do not. </p><p></p><p>And there's nothing "wrong" with that. I already know I don't want to have conversations with min/maxer/charop people because numbers crunch and purposeful mis-interpretation mechanics debates so I can get my cake and eat it too are NOT the conversations I want to be a part of or see. I do not (and will not) belong to an Adventurer's League group. I do not play Pathfinder...</p><p></p><p>So their concerns and questions and conversations are not mine to have. At the same time, I am very interested in checking out, from time to time, what folks are brewing up in the Homebrews/Houserules forum...and, almost instinctively, return to the 5e the general discussion to take part in conversations or just check out/read threads that have titles that interest me. I go to the General D&D forum, at least once a week, because I am an old school junky, to see/check/read whatever pre-3e stuff gets brought up.</p><p></p><p>Looking at that forum, I can easily buzz past everything with a 3.5 or 4e tag on it, because they are not my area of interest. IF a title catches my eye on a topic I might find interesting or something I'm looking for inspiration for in my own game, then sure...I can still click on it. </p><p></p><p>Then there's the occasional distraction of something new/interesting getting posted to the front page and something to read there. Check out Meta from time to time if something seems/is going wonky with the site and see if anyone else is having trouble with it.</p><p></p><p>I don't think that is so unusual for a user here to do. You go where you want to see what you want/are looking for in that moment. Go to and return to the forums that hold the the things they are interested in. <em>Intrinsically,</em> that means what they are not interested in <em>IS</em> less important...to them.</p><p></p><p>Furthermore, the proposal that an "All 5e" umbrella forum for all things with a 5e tag can readily and easily give those, presumably like yourself, who just want to see everything all together all of the time. So where's the problem with everyone getting what they want. You want to weed through a forum that is listing everything together all of the time? More power to ya. </p><p></p><p>There is no reason whatsoever that the site can not have:</p><p>All 5e</p><p>General 5e Discussion</p><p>General D&D Discussion (with tags for any edition)</p><p>General Pathfinder Discussion</p><p>Homebrews & Houserules (with tags for any edition or game)</p><p>Character "Builds" & Optimization ["Charop"] (with tags for any edition or game)</p><p>Adventurers' League (which, I guess, is all/only 5e? If not, the tags work there too) [edit]Actually this should be "Organized Play", with tags for AL, Isn't "Expeditions" another one? Does PF have an organized play thing? So, make the sub-forum "Organized Play" or, if you prefer, "Adventurers' League & Other Organized Play" and offer tags for each group./edit] </p><p></p><p>Seven forums, including the "All" umbrella list forum that takes you to the forum of the thread you click on. That's all you need, tops. If ["enough"] people aren't going to those other forums as much...well, write more interesting posts/topics, I guess.</p><p></p><p>Having different topics in a different sub-forums does not, somehow, lessen its potential as a source of inspiration. The forums ought <strong><em>not</em></strong> be organized in a way that is <em>universally inconvenient for all users</em>, because no two people are going to have all of the same interests and needs every time they log on, over some misguided notion that everyone should value everyone else's preferences equal to their own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6704493, member: 92511"] This is both true and not true. In short, yes. What other people like is less important than what I like/want to read. That is the very nature/core of the internet/gimme now culture. I should be capable of seeing what I want to without being inconvenienced or slowed down by things I do not. And there's nothing "wrong" with that. I already know I don't want to have conversations with min/maxer/charop people because numbers crunch and purposeful mis-interpretation mechanics debates so I can get my cake and eat it too are NOT the conversations I want to be a part of or see. I do not (and will not) belong to an Adventurer's League group. I do not play Pathfinder... So their concerns and questions and conversations are not mine to have. At the same time, I am very interested in checking out, from time to time, what folks are brewing up in the Homebrews/Houserules forum...and, almost instinctively, return to the 5e the general discussion to take part in conversations or just check out/read threads that have titles that interest me. I go to the General D&D forum, at least once a week, because I am an old school junky, to see/check/read whatever pre-3e stuff gets brought up. Looking at that forum, I can easily buzz past everything with a 3.5 or 4e tag on it, because they are not my area of interest. IF a title catches my eye on a topic I might find interesting or something I'm looking for inspiration for in my own game, then sure...I can still click on it. Then there's the occasional distraction of something new/interesting getting posted to the front page and something to read there. Check out Meta from time to time if something seems/is going wonky with the site and see if anyone else is having trouble with it. I don't think that is so unusual for a user here to do. You go where you want to see what you want/are looking for in that moment. Go to and return to the forums that hold the the things they are interested in. [I]Intrinsically,[/I] that means what they are not interested in [I]IS[/I] less important...to them. Furthermore, the proposal that an "All 5e" umbrella forum for all things with a 5e tag can readily and easily give those, presumably like yourself, who just want to see everything all together all of the time. So where's the problem with everyone getting what they want. You want to weed through a forum that is listing everything together all of the time? More power to ya. There is no reason whatsoever that the site can not have: All 5e General 5e Discussion General D&D Discussion (with tags for any edition) General Pathfinder Discussion Homebrews & Houserules (with tags for any edition or game) Character "Builds" & Optimization ["Charop"] (with tags for any edition or game) Adventurers' League (which, I guess, is all/only 5e? If not, the tags work there too) [edit]Actually this should be "Organized Play", with tags for AL, Isn't "Expeditions" another one? Does PF have an organized play thing? So, make the sub-forum "Organized Play" or, if you prefer, "Adventurers' League & Other Organized Play" and offer tags for each group./edit] Seven forums, including the "All" umbrella list forum that takes you to the forum of the thread you click on. That's all you need, tops. If ["enough"] people aren't going to those other forums as much...well, write more interesting posts/topics, I guess. Having different topics in a different sub-forums does not, somehow, lessen its potential as a source of inspiration. The forums ought [B][I]not[/I][/B] be organized in a way that is [I]universally inconvenient for all users[/I], because no two people are going to have all of the same interests and needs every time they log on, over some misguided notion that everyone should value everyone else's preferences equal to their own. [/QUOTE]
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