What an odd thing to say. It literally says “D&D” in the subforum name.Huh, “D&D Older Editions” is now its own forum under “General Tabletop Discussion“.
It seems the official position is: If ain’t 5e, it ain’t D&D.
The exact opposite. The idea is to encourage discussion without having those threads immediately buried under a million 5E threads.An...interesting choice. Basically ghettoizes discussion of anything other than 5e, which is less than ideal IMO. But I guess that's just how it's gonna be.
Nice theory.The exact opposite. The idea is to encourage discussion without having those threads immediately buried under a million 5E threads.
This.On the other hand, if the earlier editions, are what makes you tick, now you can limit yourself to that, and not be burdened by all the 5e posts.
Yeah, it's been my experience that this is exactly what happens in other boards. Fork out the "old" stuff and sure, it doesn't get buried under a ton of other things. Instead it never even gets the chance to be seen in the first place.Nice theory.
I suspect, however, that the practice will be that this sub-forum gets very little traffic and not many new threads. (though I'd be happy to be wrong in my suspicions).
There's no pleasing anyone these days. Threads for older editions get ignored and buried, even if the topics being discussed are applicable to other editions. But moving them out of the way just makes them easier to ignore. Double-edged sword? We'll see how this goes.What an odd thing to say. It literally says “D&D” in the subforum name.
The exact opposite. The idea is to encourage discussion without having those threads immediately buried under a million 5E threads.
I do the same thing.I just click on the "Community" button, so that I can see all recently-active threads. So long as stuff from this new sub-forum appears there, I suppose it's not too much of an issue.
Oh! So you're saying why do we have forum groups at all? Problem solved, I guess.I just click on the "Community" button, so that I can see all recently-active threads. So long as stuff from this new sub-forum appears there, I suppose it's not too much of an issue.
You could already do so by filtering the tags.On the other hand, if the earlier editions, are what makes you tick, now you can limit yourself to that, and not be burdened by all the 5e posts.
Nice theory.
I suspect, however, that the practice will be that this sub-forum gets very little traffic and not many new threads. (though I'd be happy to be wrong in my suspicions).