Sub-Site Suggestion

[BrooklynKnight]

I dont have time to eat when I consol game. My hands are too buzy with the controller.

 

[Michael Morris]

::grins evilly..

Anyway Art, while I can certainly see a Video Game site in the future, it's something that needs to wait a little while. See how the sci fi news section does.

For that matter, see how the server tolerates 3 instances of Post Nuke running along with Vbulletin (though so far so good)

 

[Berandor]

I don't want that, but I could stay away from the site.

I think a fantasy/sci-fi news site is alright because
a) most gaming takes place in either setting
b) it is one of the more popular forums at the boards
c) I like it

As c) is obviously the important one, I don't think a PC/console news site will happen

Also, there is a certain danger in overstretching your boundaries. ENWworld is the biggest gaming site. It could become a good Fantasy News site, mostly because it gathers news from other sites, but has little editorial content. Most of the competition doesn't focus on fantasy and sci-fi news.
But there are a lot of succesful electronic gaming sites out there, and just as any RPG site has to compete with ENWorld and other good sites, ENWorld would have to compete with them. Suddenly, ENWorld is the contender. Success as a PC gaming site could mean a lot of work, and enthusiasm, and editorial content (reviews, etc., just like the regular gaming site). Is there a staff for it? Would it hamper the regular site? Is it necessary?

If you say yes, then go ahead and do it.

Berandor

 

[Tewligan]

I dont have time to eat when I consol game. My hands are too buzy with the controller.

If you know what...oh, wait, PirateCat already did that one. Damn.

 

[Grazzt]

then why cover sci-fi news?
whats with all the conserverationalism or whatever.
Isint the point to grow and expand?

Not trying to be conservative. You asked a question. I responded with my opinion. I just dont see ENWorld as an electronic gaming site.

Nobody is twisting your leg to read the sci-fi news, nobody would twist your leg to read the console news.

Nobody is asking you to scour for news to post.

Right you are. I don't read the Sci-Fi news here and wouldn't read the console/electronic gaming news here either.

Its not something we need, no, not at all. But its a logical progression if you're expanding the site from its gaming roots. We have Pen and Paper Gaming, Sci-Fi News (which includes TV shows, Comics, and Movies. Basically its Fantasy/Sci-fi Media news.) so why not console/pc gaming?

Not a logical progression if you keep pen-and-paper gaming and electronic gaming apart and remember they are different. (Sure gaming is gaming, but then ya might as well include Monopoly, Clue, other board games, card games, etc... )

Yes, I want ENWorld to grow and expand and all that jazz, but I (my personal opinion) don't wanna see them grow to include eletronic gaming/console games. That's not why I come here (and yes I know I dont have to read it...and as I said above, I wouldn't).

 

[Morrus]

then why cover sci-fi news?
whats with all the conserverationalism or whatever.
Isint the point to grow and expand?

Sci-fi news is something I've wanted to do for simply ages. It's why I created the forum originally. It's the site I would be running if I wasn't running EN World, whereas a PC Games site doesn't really interest me.

If you'd really like a PC Games site here, how about you (or someone else) start one and, if it works out well, I could look at hosting it for you?

 

[talinthas]

All i want to know, Arthur, is what can an enworld links page for video games offer that can't already be found on IGN, Gamespot, or 1up.com?

Honestly, its not conservatism, so much as focus. ENworld has a focus- D&D. The sci-fi page is morrus's pet project, and since its his site, thats ok. But come on, why would enworld even need a games link page? How about a poll asking how many people even look at anything here that isnt the forums? I think you'll find that its not worth the effort to try to provide something that is already easily accessed elsewhere.

 

[2d6]

what would be really cool is a place to gather together, condense and manage gameday info.

I don't really see the value in expanding to something else that's so overdone. It's nice to have the forums and news links for sci-fi/fantasy TV and games because it's convient and adds to the community aspect of the site, but I wouldn't want that to distract from the core competencies of ENworld which is covering D&D/d20.

 

[Michael Morris]

what would be really cool is a place to gather together, condense and manage gameday info.

I don't really see the value in expanding to something else that's so overdone. It's nice to have the forums and news links for sci-fi/fantasy TV and games because it's convient and adds to the community aspect of the site, but I wouldn't want that to distract from the core competencies of ENworld which is covering D&D/d20.

Now that would be nice. What also would be nice is a searchable online copy of the SRD and other Out of print OGL books.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

yessssssssssss Gameday/Convention Forum/Subsite, definatly!

As for "staffing" a consol news site, I'd have no problem "confirming" sumitted news stories by double checking the links.

As for running the whole she-bang, I dont know if i can handle it.