OT News Threads

[BrooklynKnight]

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=61186

yep i made that post. And people complained about its OTness. Absolutly right. People dont want me making OT posts, i dont want them making them either. Especially things that everyone can just see over on cnn.

 

[Mistwell]

I have yet to hear one single example of a valid "CNN" thread. The "Fires" thread was and is about gamers impacted by the fires. The sports threads was and are about EnWorld Fantasy threads. The swedish political assassination was about the impact the murder had on EnWorld users. Exactly WHICH threads are you talking about?

 

[Mistwell]

I have yet to hear one single example of a valid "CNN" thread. The "Fires" thread was and is about gamers impacted by the fires. The sports threads was and are about EnWorld Fantasy threads. The swedish political assassination was about the impact the murder had on EnWorld users. Exactly WHICH threads are you talking about?

 

[LightPhoenix]

I have yet to hear one single example of a valid "CNN" thread. The "Fires" thread was and is about gamers impacted by the fires. The sports threads was and are about EnWorld Fantasy threads. The swedish political assassination was about the impact the murder had on EnWorld users.

Well, by that reasoning, to be incredibly asinine, I could make a post about porn, relate it to gamers, or say the BoEF, and it's on topic. Even further, I could then make a post about how that post affected ENWorld users, and it's on topic. Sorry, but I don't buy it. You can relate anything to gamers or the impact on ENWorld members, and therefore it's not a good judge of whether something is off topic or not.

Quite bluntly, I'm a little sick of people trying to justify OT threads by claiming they relate to the community, or because they have to do with gamers. The description of General is not "Hear about how world events affect so-and-so users". It's "Discuss D&D and RPGs in general, DM/player issues, settings, etc.". People are not RPGs, and so stuff like the fires is OT, plain and simple.

 

[KidCthulhu]

Ah, so you don't want to get rid of them because they are or are not of interest to the general community. You want to get rid of them because a) they don't interest you and b) you got yelled at, so you want to see others get punished too.

Very mature.

I don't have a problem with news threads. The world has an impact on us and we on it. As long as things don't get political or insulting, I enjoy discussing events with people who have a similar set experiences and background.

 

[Welverin]

Someone mentioned Sports threads. The only Sports threads I recall are EnWorld Fantasy Sports threads. Those are EnWorld events...not general sports discussions.

Well somehow you've missed them. I believe there was a thread on the MLB playoffs, I know there was one on the NFL around the time the season started, and there is now a yearly NHL playoff thread. So we definitely have plain old sports discussion threads, they are kept to one at a time however.

 

[thatdarncat]

Other people have rightly pointed out that all this [OT] news does affect gamers, abet in a more personal way.

I'd like to add that I've found these news posts are a great source of information for major events, such as 9/11, the columbia disaster and the blackouts. Most news sites, like CNN, DDOS'd off the net by all the people attempting to reach them during something major. Also, the threads tend to be a great collection of news from many sources, often giving greater insight into events than perusing a single site like CNN or even several sites would give.

If something big is happening, I flip on the TV and check ENWorld. I know I'll get good news from ENWorld, and I might get shiny pictures from TV. But not much else.

Next you'll tell me I shouldn't ask for a good chili recipe on the boards.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Very mature.

If you mean me, I try my hardest.

However, that doesn't change the fact - they're OT posts. I'm a just a little sick of people trying to say they aren't. Perhaps my reaction before was incensed, and I apologize for that. It doesn't change my position one bit though.

And hey, I only argue my own opinion. I leave the obviousness of that to the readers... if they can't figure that out, and take offense, that's not my problem. That shouldn't have to be pointed out at every opportunity.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Other people have rightly pointed out that all this [OT] news does affect gamers, abet in a more personal way.

Again, just because something affects gamers does not mean that it's on topic or that it belongs on these boards, specifically in General. In fact, there's a precedent of moderators moving posts that are personal into Meta. Just because they're personal to more than one person doesn't mean they're not personal.

And again, but that logic, pretty much anything can be posted in General. I could start giving sex advice... after all, gamers do have sex. Therefore it affects gamers. The fact is that the whole "affecting gamers" is a terrible arguement, plain and simple.

Next you'll tell me I shouldn't ask for a good chili recipe on the boards.

I have a good recipe for vegetable chili...

 

[BrooklynKnight]

hey hey! you're not supposed to attack LP, you're supposed to attack me!