Why no OT Board Moderators?

[JLXC]

Many other boards like this have a full on OT board. Let all the people go and babble there. I have never understood why these boards did not have one.

 

[Zappo]

Mostly because Morrus (and Eric before him) wants them to stay on focus on D&D and roleplaying in general. There are other places to talk about other things.

 

[JLXC]

Zappo, yeah I noticed that with all the constant OT posts. If there was another forum, then this would be a non-issue. People WOULD stay on topic.

 

[Zappo]

That's why the mods don't like the number of OT posts. The basic idea is that poeple just shouldn't talk much about OT stuff here. I think one of them would answer you better, though.

 

[Piratecat]

#1: This should be in Meta, not in General Discussion. I'll move it.

#2: There will never be an OT board here. Morrus has no interest in hosting one, and I agree with him completely on that. We generally point people towards boards like Nutkinland for that. A few OT threads are great in general discussion; they help build the community, and they're fun. A lot is less cool, and we try to avoid it. That's why we ask people to try and use their discretion ande good judgement before posting OT threads.

 

[Darkness]

I don't know how many threads asking this very question I have seen over the months - even though reading the FAQ thread would answer this question easily enough...

From the FAQ thread (here in Meta)
Can we have an Off-Topic forum?

Nope. Sorry. I have no interest in running such a board. All I want to run is a D&D/d20 board. If I ever do decide I'd like to run a messageboard on a different subject, then I'll do so elsewhere.

 

[Horacio]

And I really like that answer, and agree fully with Morrus and the moderators in this

 

[Heretic Apostate]

Besides, what would one talk about in an OT forum? If it's something off-topic, wouldn't it then be on topic, thus making it off topic? And it it was on-topic, wouldn't it then be off-topic, thus making it on-topic?

It's all very confusing...

 

[Roland Delacroix]

Plus just the on topic forums alone are already straining the server. Maybe if Moruss gets a dual AMD XP 2100 system going he can get some moderators for one, but right now ENworld really can't handle more forums.

 

[Darkness]

Besides, what would one talk about in an OT forum? If it's something off-topic, wouldn't it then be on topic, thus making it off topic? And it it was on-topic, wouldn't it then be off-topic, thus making it on-topic?

It's all very confusing...

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