To the old board members: Do the same threads always come up?

[med stud]

Lots of things arent as bad as they used to be, though; I havent seen millions of PrCs at the house rules- forums and there hasnt been so much whining about class balance lately.

This might be due to people getting used to the system, though.

 

[Wolfspirit]

Didn't someone just ask this recently? (j/k )

Seriously, as allready mentioned, yes, there have been times when different topics have surfaced again and again.

Some other topics that have shown up repeatedly

- Jack Chick (followed by various religious debates)
- Female Gamers (followed by hitting on various females on the boards)
- NPC X is shallow / twinky / has too many books / has been copied in my game (various debates defending and flaming the NPC that began a stereotype)
- Various person in the gaming industry (past or present) sucks

I'm sure I'm missing some

 

[Hand of Evil]

For the most part. What surprises me are how the answers/comments change, I know I have change my thoughts and ideas over the years and my answers reflect that.

 

[Mort]

For the most part. What surprises me are how the answers/comments change, I know I have change my thoughts and ideas over the years and my answers reflect that.

That's my impression too. I was particularly amused by the various monk threads. First everyone couldn't bash monks enough for how uber-powerful they were. Then a few months later, same question: and a flurry of responses about how the monk just plain stinks.

 

[Mort]

edit: double post

 

[Fieari]

Although I'm a relative newcommer to this board, I suspect that one thing that keeps people polite around here is the knowledge that new posters -can't- search, and telling them to do so is futile.

Personally, as soon as I get some money (college and broke are practically synonymns) I'm going to donate simply because sometimes I really do need to search... but until then...

I do love these boards though. The maturity level is greatly appreciated. A fellow student was looking over my shoulder while I was browsing a while ago, and when I told him it was a D&D message board, his first question was "I wonder how many threads need to be locked per day"

He was shocked when I said "I haven't seen any, and only seen one that was headed in that directio (but with a gentle nudge from a mod, things were polite again)"

 

[Psion]

Some threads cycle, though some more than others.

I could live without any alignment debate threads. There is, I beleive, literally no angle on alignment debates which has not been hashed to death.

 

[trentonjoe]

One thing I have noticed is that there are ALOT less "flame wars", "trolls", and references to "squirrels". Very positive in my opinion.

Although the one thread about the female gamer who didn't wear undergarments around children still makes me laugh when I think of it.

 

[NewJeffCT]

I'm curious for those who has browsed here for years. In the general forum, do the same old threads just cycle all the time, or has there been a change in the kinds of threads you see over time?

Yes, you will definitely see old threads recycled. Save a few headlines from when they announced 3.5 and go back to when they announced 3.0 and you'll see how similar they are. Then take the 3.0 headlines and go back to your old Dragon magazine LTTEs (Letters to the Editor) and you will see similar rantings, I mean comments. And, I'm sure you can save the 3.5 and 3.0 headlines from here and they will be remarkably similar as to when they announce 4.0 in 3-5 years.

 

[Desdichado]

I've been pretty selective lately in what I look into, though. Not just any thread interests me for just this reason; you start to feel a strong sense of deja vu. I'm always up for some homebrew discussion, though, especially if it involves low magic.