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<blockquote data-quote="IronWolf" data-source="post: 5265500" data-attributes="member: 21076">I think the forums should be kept separate.I this would be the result of combining them again.&nbsp; Things wouldn't stay on the main page and a lot of good discussion would be lost in what one poster or the other would call noise.&nbsp; Admittedly what I consider noise would quite likely not be noise to another and vice versa.&nbsp;While a busy general forum worked in the past, the gaming community is much more split these days with people still playing 3.5, some moving to Pathfinder and others moving to 4e.&nbsp; I think as the gaming community changed then the forums needed to change to match this further split in the community.I think the bickering on the forums would likely increase as forums were combined to General.&nbsp; More people will be having game systems they are critical of forced to the spotlight in general and leading for more detractors of the system to post in those threads.&nbsp; With them split it is easier to avoid (or have a safe haven) to discuss your system of choice.I snipped the reasoning for space sake, but these are all great points in my opinion and echo a lot of my thoughts on the decision.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IronWolf, post: 5265500, member: 21076"] I think the forums should be kept separate. I this would be the result of combining them again. Things wouldn't stay on the main page and a lot of good discussion would be lost in what one poster or the other would call noise. Admittedly what I consider noise would quite likely not be noise to another and vice versa. While a busy general forum worked in the past, the gaming community is much more split these days with people still playing 3.5, some moving to Pathfinder and others moving to 4e. I think as the gaming community changed then the forums needed to change to match this further split in the community. I think the bickering on the forums would likely increase as forums were combined to General. More people will be having game systems they are critical of forced to the spotlight in general and leading for more detractors of the system to post in those threads. With them split it is easier to avoid (or have a safe haven) to discuss your system of choice. I snipped the reasoning for space sake, but these are all great points in my opinion and echo a lot of my thoughts on the decision. [/QUOTE]

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