Rearranging the sub-forums...again

[TerraDave]

Moving from 4E rules to 4E discussion is a pretty big change. As is the creation of the legacy forum.

Do people know? Will you be able to move threads again to sort of let them know?

I am not saying its bad, just that we are clueless.

 

[freyar]

how to?

With the forum rearrangement, the hosted forums are subforums of General RPG Discussion. Anyone know how to mark the main forum as being read without marking all the subforums as being read also?

 

[jaerdaph]

On a positive note, I just discovered the awesomeness that is Plots & Places because of its new placement. I was only marginally aware of it before.

It's like seeing a whole new side of EN World.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I'm not a fan of merging Media and Off Topic. I liked reading the various media threads and they weren't cluttered with a bunch of stuff that had nothing to do with books or movies and such, like "Request Math Help Regarding Tsunamis".

Oh well. We all can't be pleased...

I'm with Catsclaw. I really liked having a media-specific forum. I understand why you might want to combine two forums that weren't getting a lot of attention... But I'm afraid that, for me, needing to dig through all the other OT stuff to find the media threads is more likely to get me to stop visiting either, as opposed to inspiring me to visit both.

 

[Piratecat]

I'm with Catsclaw. I really liked having a media-specific forum. I understand why you might want to combine two forums that weren't getting a lot of attention... But I'm afraid that, for me, needing to dig through all the other OT stuff to find the media threads is more likely to get me to stop visiting either, as opposed to inspiring me to visit both.

Hmm. Tags might help with this - simple ones such as "media" and "OT" only. One click and you'd filter everything else out.

 

[Crothian]

Is the market place forum gone? I was using a thread there to keep track of trade stuff.

 

[Nonei]

I mostly like the new forum/subforum structure, although I have a few comments. They seem much more organized now

There is a suggestion in the legacy discussion forum to separate out pre-3E from 3e again, but instead of 3e-specific, have the forum include both 3e and D20 derivatives. That seems to me like it would be very helpful, since there's quite a variety with 3.5, pathfinder, True20, and all the other various D20 systems.

I personally would also like to see the hosted forums as not a subforum of general discussion, and 'plots and places' listed in the forum jump just underneath the general discussion forum. It's kind of hiding down there lol.

My other suggestion is to combine all the system-specific forums under one heading, instead of having both 4e and other. This is kind of a selfish suggestion, since it would make the forum jump box narrower and fit better on my screen without scrolling LOL. Also, it seems a little odd to have a section with only 2 forums in it...

Thank you!

 

[fba827]

I think consolidated forums makes it a lot easier to make joke forum names for april 1st Not that anyone would even be thinking or planning such a thing...

 

[Thanee]

Either is cool with us. Can I deputize you to start a thread in the OOC forum asking about opinions, and then link us to it here? It's a simple change if there's a consensus.

I made a poll, and even among the very first comments one idea has been proposed, which I had toyed with as well (which is a little more complicated, however).

Basically, make a new main forum (called, e.g., Play by Post), which is for general threads, recruitment threads and the likes.

And move all the other forums as subforums into that one.

Talking the Talk (OOC), Playing the Game (IC), Plots & Places (RG - maybe just a link to the forum, because I guess it is meant to be more prominent up there, as it is now), and the Living Games main forum (with the various Living Games subforums, as it is now).

Would that be doable?

I'm reasonably sure, that if I make a new poll, this structure will get a vast majority voting for it.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Deset Gled]

Just a thought... Would it be better to merge Media with the Software Computers and Video Games forum? The tech stuff is a kind of media, and I think the crossover between the two would be better than the crossover between Media and Off Topic.

Of course, it might be even harder to go back.