What's with the cliques?

[Eluvan]

Having been here only a short time, I can say that so far my experience of EnWorld has been a good one. I have found the people welcoming, witty, and responsive, and the atmosphere warm and friendly.

Yet one thing bothers me. Why is it that people stick so much to their own forums? The PbPers stick to the PbP forums, and everybody else talks amongst themselves in the general forums. Both groups have some presence in the Story Hour forum, but it is dominated by the General forum crowd. So... why? Why is there no interaction between the forums? Why do none of the general forum crowd PbP? Why do none of the PbPers chat?

 

[Michael Morris]

People tend to post in the areas they are most interested in, or in my case where they have the most work to do.

Now if you'll excuse me, the forums need more repairs.

 

[Teflon Billy]

I find I get on well with the good, solid folks of General RPG Discussion, while I find it hard to contemplate deigning to speak to the inuhuman bastards of, say, Meta.

 

[JoeBlank]

I think once the lure of PbP sucks you in, it consumes all of your time and you are no longer able to participate in General, Rules, or other discussions.

 

[Crothian]

I find I get on well with the good, solid folks of General RPG Discussion, while I find it hard to contemplate deigning to speak to the inuhuman bastards of, say, Meta.

Don't even get me started on those Off Topic people though......They are actually worse then the Staff Forum people.

 

[barsoomcore]

I only ever talk to myself, so I avoid the whole problem.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Don't even get me started on those Off Topic people though......They are actually worse then the Staff Forum people...

Surely you jest!

 

[BSF]

What about those Publishers? Sheesh! Oh wait, I post in that area even though I'm not a publisher.

I don't think it is so much about cliques as it is about time and opportunity. You want a clique? I have a private hosted forum for my game and only allow my players access. Of course, we discuss such mundane things as game scheduling and have been known to hand out email addresses & phone numbers in there. I keep it private because it has to do with our game.

I don't post to PbP because I am not in any of the games and don't have the time/motivation to join one right now. Other than that, I spend time in General Discussion, Rules, House Rules, D20, Publishers, Story Hour, the Art Gallery, Meta, and sometimes in Off Topic. I also stop by in the EN Publishing, Creature Catalog, Marketplace and the Rogues Gallery every once in a while. I devote a lot of time to EN World. Not everyone else does. I know people that peek out of General once in a blue moon when they have the time.

Enough of my rambling for the moment.

 

[Hypersmurf]

The PbPers stick to the PbP forums, and everybody else talks amongst themselves in the general forums. Both groups have some presence in the Story Hour forum, but it is dominated by the General forum crowd.

PbP? Story Hour? General?

I'm missing something. Are these just fancy new names for 'Rules', or are you telling me there are other forums around here?

I don't understand

-Hyp.

 

[Len]

Hyp, those are the Play-by-Post Rules, Story Rules and General Rules forums. They're a mess, pretty much, because they don't have you posting all the right answers.