Morrus, I protest!

[Dr Midnight]

If there's any discussion on this anywhere else, or if this has already been duked out, ignore.

I don't like that there's now a Fantasy/Sci Fi thread that's separate from General RPG discussion. I understand that organization is fantastic, and sometimes it's odd having serious RPG posts intermingled with the posts about Spock vs. C3PO.

I only go to two forums on a usual day- General RPG Discussion and Story Hour. I like the discuss-all hot topic collection that the G-RPG-D forum offers. Now, we've got segregated forums that don't have as much traffic. I posted something yesterday in Fantasy/SciFi, and it did maybe 1/20th as "well" as it would have in the old G-RPG-D forum. I think the continued fracturing of the forums is suffocating the threads, and the good that a thread does.

 

[EricNoah]

Gosh, all of the mods have been saying how great it has been on the General board since the move.

 

[Darkness]

General Role RPG Discussion had turned into General Buffy/Star Wars/other hot topic du jour Discussion - which many people complained about.
So... Personally, I love the new it's set up.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I was actually meaning to start a thread on how great this new forum is. Many thanks to Doc M for providing this thread to do it in.


I like the non-rpg sci-fi/fantasy forum and think it was a great comprimise for all those that wanted an ot forum. Less clutter in general discuss and someplace to talk about movies, books, and TV.


Side note: Dr. Midight's Feng Shui story hour was one of the best ever! Glad to see it got a spot on the story hour archive.

 

[Holy Bovine]

Sorry Dr. M but I gotta disagree with you on this - the new forum is a great idea. it basically gives a place for the OT stuff to go and as more and more people are redirected there from General I'm sure you will find the traffic on each thread going up. In the last week there has already been a significant increase.

Add the fact that General RPG has suddenly become very much focused on actual RPGs in the last week (*gasp*) and it is a Good Thing.

 

[Dr Midnight]

Oh well... I concede the feet.

 

[kreynolds]

I concede the feet.

Huh? You yield your feet?

Sorry. I just couldn't resist.

 

[King_Stannis]

Oh well... I concede the feet.

concede nothing, my friend. i'm right there with you. this new set up sucks. now, instead of "a bunch of OT threads", there's a bunch of "MOVED" threads on the General RPG board.

before, going to the "General Forum" was like walking into a crowded room, checking out who's there, and talking about stuff. yes, not always rpg stuff, but it was like a community. dare i say, it was fun. now everyone gets redirected because of this anal-retentive policy to some closet or dark corner that usually has about 5 people in it at any given time.

all as a knee-jerk response to some extra "star wars" threads that would have already died down, most likely.

goodbye community spirit, i suppose. thanks for listening, to the six of you who actually come to the "META" forum.

 

[Viking Bastard]

I hate it too.

Talking about the inspirations of our RPGs I find no different (and more important IMO) than discussing the execution of said inspirations.

The problem is simply that now the Fan/SciFi stuff doesn't get the attention that is deserves, being in a seperate forum.

 

[Umbran]

The problem is simply that now the Fan/SciFi stuff doesn't get the attention that is deserves, being in a seperate forum.

Have you actually looked at the traffic? Nigh 200 posts per day isn't enough attention?