Please Ease Up on OT Posting

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EricNoah

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Hi folks!

Off-topic posting, now and then, is a normal and expected (and often fun) part of the EN World experience. It is now time, however, for our semi-annual "ease up on the OT posts" post. So ... here it is!

Guidelines for OT Posting (I'm pulling these outta the air, I may think of more ;))

1) When you're considering posting an OT post here in General, take a look at the topic list and do some counting. If you can see more than 4 or 5 or so OT posts, please hold off unless it's a quick question/comment that can be easily resolved.

2) General is the only forum where you should be posting off-topic stuff. What's off-topic for General is really, really off-topic for Rules or Plots & Places, etc.

3) Check the other forums -- sometimes what seems like an OT post actually would be on topic in the right forum. Meta and Movies/TV are two examples of forums that actually developed because they are a type of OT post that actually have a home here.

4) We're always happy to see birthday or birth announcement or "I'm getting married" type posts, but don't be offended if we move them to somewhere like Meta after a bit of celebration has taken place.

5) Label your OT posts as such -- helps people not waste their time if they're not interested. In the same vein, keep in mind that General RPG is for all RPG-related conversation -- it's not OT to discuss non-D&D RPGs etc. in General.

That's all I have for now. Let's let a few of the current OT threads disappear before starting up new ones. Thanks!
 

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Doesn't this belong in Meta? I hope a mod comes along to move this soon, otherwise people'll start complaining about the blatant favoritism towards this guy. I mean who the hell is EN, anyway? It's not like the site is named after him!

Oh wait...:o
 


Hey, you were the one who went down that road more than me.

BLACKSHIRT AND ANGCURU!

A pair of teenaged superheroes with the amazing ability to derail ANY board post! Even one of Eric Noah's!

TREMBLE!!!!
 

*Slaps forehead.*
I"m gonna go get something to eat.

I think things should stay the way they are, EN, but we should put up a sort of unwritten rule. Y'know, like one hivemind thread at a time. Only so many OT threads at a time.
 

I hate to say it Angc... but wouldn't that actually have to be written down for people to know about it? (I mean, I don't want to phone up 12,000 people just to tell 'em about it! ;))
 



Everyone, thanks for reminding me why I come here.

You're all even more insane than I am. Espeacally that EN guy.
 

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