Mojo_JojoWe are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourseRegistered Userregular
edited December 2006
Any chance that any reference to "The Game" or playing it can be made a bannable offense? It's goddamn retarded and leads to such amazing threads as today's (which has thankful been locked but nobody has actually been punished for the stupidity).
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Overall I have yet to have an issue with any of the mods, in any forum I frequent (SE++, AC, H/A, and GV.)
Figured I'd throw out my opinion real quick on the jail system.
An issue I've seen with it is repeat offenders who don't take it seriously enough. They'll behave themselves for a few days after being unjailed, but typically they revert to the same behaviors in no time. And while they may be entertaining folks, it just seems like bothering to jail them is a moot point.
I'm for temp-bans. Personally, I'd even take a jailing seriously. I enjoy posting on the forums. I've been able to talk to and even meet a number of decent folks via this place. Some people, however, don't care because "hey, it's the internet, so what?" A temp-ban, however, would hopefully have the desired affect.
Overall I have yet to have an issue with any of the mods, in any forum I frequent (SE++, AC, H/A, and GV.)
Figured I'd throw out my opinion real quick on the jail system.
An issue I've seen with it is repeat offenders who don't take it seriously enough. They'll behave themselves for a few days after being unjailed, but typically they revert to the same behaviors in no time. And while they may be entertaining folks, it just seems like bothering to jail them is a moot point.
I'm for temp-bans. Personally, I'd even take a jailing seriously. I enjoy posting on the forums. I've been able to talk to and even meet a number of decent folks via this place. Some people, however, don't care because "hey, it's the internet, so what?"
I've seen Captain K ban/temp-ban people for not respecting/ignoring the point of being jailed.
I think Apotheos temp-banned me early in the year for trolling or something while being jailed.
It really depends on the mod and their memory, I guess, and whether or not they are around to catch the repeat offender.
I've seen in more often in SE++ which I know is fairly lax about most things, however it seems like sometimes it comes off as "Oh, that lovable scamp, *wrist slap*" for the repeaters.
The thing about people who do something knowing that they'll get jailed is that they do it with the intent to laugh it up afterwards. If they're banned from the forums, they can't do that. Well, they can on MSN or whatever, but that's getting pretty sad, and the big thing is, there's no false glory in being prevented from posting here.
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The thing about people who do something knowing that they'll get jailed is that they do it with the intent to laugh it up afterwards. If they're banned from the forums, they can't do that. Well, they can on MSN or whatever, but that's getting pretty sad, and the big thing is, there's no false glory in being prevented from posting here.
Nowadays, they just go to their other forum and complain about it there.
The thing about people who do something knowing that they'll get jailed is that they do it with the intent to laugh it up afterwards. If they're banned from the forums, they can't do that. Well, they can on MSN or whatever, but that's getting pretty sad, and the big thing is, there's no false glory in being prevented from posting here.
Nowadays, they just go to their other forum and complain about it there.
Nowadays? This is the first time a forum has branched off of PA, huh?
The thing about people who do something knowing that they'll get jailed is that they do it with the intent to laugh it up afterwards. If they're banned from the forums, they can't do that. Well, they can on MSN or whatever, but that's getting pretty sad, and the big thing is, there's no false glory in being prevented from posting here.
Nowadays, they just go to their other forum and complain about it there.
I'm pretty sure I know to which forum you are referring. And since you've been to this forum you should know that it is basically a supplanted G&T chat thread(I use the word "supplanted" very intentionally). And if you knew anything about the original G&T Chat Thread then you'd know that we used it to complain about the PA forums in general.
That being said, I find it amusing that you used pheezer's rather valid point about jailing to lob more attacks at us.
The thing about people who do something knowing that they'll get jailed is that they do it with the intent to laugh it up afterwards. If they're banned from the forums, they can't do that. Well, they can on MSN or whatever, but that's getting pretty sad, and the big thing is, there's no false glory in being prevented from posting here.
Nowadays, they just go to their other forum and complain about it there.
I'm pretty sure I know to which forum you are referring. And since you've been to this forum you should know that it is basically a supplanted G&T chat thread(I use the word "supplanted" very intentionally). And if you knew anything about the original G&T Chat Thread then you'd know that we used it to complain about the PA forums in general.
That being said, I find it amusing that you used pheezer's rather valid point about jailing to lob more attacks at us.
I'd really rather not have this thread turn into this forum's version of their chat thread, so let's just drop the subject altogether.
What can be done to bring 360 fans back to G&T? Alot of them left a little while back.
Personally I feel this is a major problem. G&T has always been a forum that embraces all consoles but lately there has been a dirth of 360 related topics aside from old faithful's like Gears of War.
So... abandonware. For awhile, it wasn't kosher to talk about or link to, then it got added to the rules as "fine, it's jive, don't go crazy with it and ask a mod if it's anything you think that might be questionable." I asked about the current stance on it awhile ago, but never really received an answer.
What can be done to bring 360 fans back to G&T? Alot of them left a little while back.
Personally I feel this is a major problem. G&T has always been a forum that embraces all consoles but lately there has been a dirth of 360 related topics aside from old faithful's like Gears of War.
So start a thread on whatever you want to discuss. If it doesn't work, then there aren't enough like minded people here to discuss whatever you wanted to. It's not a match making service, it's a forum.
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What can be done to bring 360 fans back to G&T? Alot of them left a little while back.
Personally I feel this is a major problem. G&T has always been a forum that embraces all consoles but lately there has been a dirth of 360 related topics aside from old faithful's like Gears of War.
So start a thread on whatever you want to discuss. If it doesn't work, then there aren't enough like minded people here to discuss whatever you wanted to. It's not a match making service, it's a forum.
Or maybe we should look at why so many 360 fans left in the first place?
Look all I'm saying is that G&T has always been a place where you knew you could go and get great multi console information. Nowadays there is very little 360 information available at G&T and what little that does get posted drops like a stone (except for Gears of War). That tells me that G&T is doing something wrong in terms of attracting 360 fans.
Sure it's a forum. But shouldn't we be looking at ways to make the forum welcoming to everyone no matter what console they favour?
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited December 2006
If there has been little 360 info, that has been due to the users. If there has been little posting in 360 threads, again that is due to the users.
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I never said I didn't know where alot of the old 360 PA fans went. Some of them still visit/lurk here (myself included). What I'm asking is how to attract new 360 fans period and get more diverse discussions going in G&T that look at games from every console.
If there has been little 360 info, that has been due to the users. If there has been little posting in 360 threads, again that is due to the users.
So it's ok that G&T really doesn't have that many 360 fans left then? I'm not trying to play the blame game here.
I mean who really cares if it's because of the users or because of the administrative staff. It doesn't matter who is at fault.
What matters is what can be done from a policy and procedure viewpoint to either bring people back or attract new 360 fans. I've always assumed that we don't want G&T to stagnate into a one console fan club. The only way to keep that from happening is to ensure that people from all three of the major consoles are attracted to the site.
I'm not sure exactly how that could be done but here are some suggestions.
Perhaps 3 sticky's at the top of the forum with a Massive OP in each about each console and major games coming out for it. Lock the threads after the OP is posted and have one mod responsible for updating it weekly.
Then if people see something in the OP they want to discuss they can make a new topic for it. At least this way it will be implicity understood that G&T supports all three consoles full heartedly as it will be the first thing people see when they come to G&T forums.
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If there has been little 360 info, that has been due to the users. If there has been little posting in 360 threads, again that is due to the users.
So it's ok that G&T really doesn't have that many 360 fans left then? I'm not trying to play the blame game here.
I mean who really cares if it's because of the users or because of the administrative staff. It doesn't matter who is at fault.
What matters is what can be done from a policy and procedure viewpoint to either bring people back or attract new 360 fans. I've always assumed that we don't want G&T to stagnate into a one console fan club. The only way to keep that from happening is to ensure that people from all three of the major consoles are attracted to the site.
I'm not sure exactly how that could be done but here are some suggestions.
Perhaps 3 sticky's at the top of the forum with a Massive OP in each about each console and major games coming out for it. Lock the threads after the OP is posted and have one mod responsible for updating it weekly.
Then if people see something in the OP they want to discuss they can make a new topic for it. At least this way it will be implicity understood that G&T supports all three consoles full heartedly as it will be the first thing people see when they come to G&T forums.
Sort of like a "This week (month) in Console X" series of threads?
Edit: But if it is going to be a locked topic, why not just one topic with three posts in it?
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If there has been little 360 info, that has been due to the users. If there has been little posting in 360 threads, again that is due to the users.
So it's ok that G&T really doesn't have that many 360 fans left then? I'm not trying to play the blame game here.
I mean who really cares if it's because of the users or because of the administrative staff. It doesn't matter who is at fault.
What matters is what can be done from a policy and procedure viewpoint to either bring people back or attract new 360 fans. I've always assumed that we don't want G&T to stagnate into a one console fan club. The only way to keep that from happening is to ensure that people from all three of the major consoles are attracted to the site.
I'm not sure exactly how that could be done but here are some suggestions.
Perhaps 3 sticky's at the top of the forum with a Massive OP in each about each console and major games coming out for it. Lock the threads after the OP is posted and have one mod responsible for updating it weekly.
Then if people see something in the OP they want to discuss they can make a new topic for it. At least this way it will be implicity understood that G&T supports all three consoles full heartedly as it will be the first thing people see when they come to G&T forums.
Sort of like a "This week (month) in Console X" series of threads?
Edit: But if it is going to be a locked topic, why not just one topic with three posts in it?
Equality. Imgine the whines if the 360 post is put before the PS3 post or the PS3 post before the Nintendo post etc.
The idea is that the first thing a PS3, 360 or Nintendo fanboy sees when he or she comes to G&T is a stickied OP dedicated to their beloved console of choice. Person sees something in a console OP they like, they go rush to post a topic in the forums.
At the very least create the illusion that there is equal representation of users across all consoles here at G&T. And slowly that illusion may become a reality. But equal representation won't happen unless it is supported directly by the administration and mods.
Its also been a fairly dead period in 360 news, up until the Halo 3 news. Most of the attention here is rightly focused on Gears of War, and a good deal of past attention was focused on the various big games. The people here haven't been talking about various DS games because they hate the 360, only because there is something to talk about.
November was hardly a dead time for 360 news with some of the largest releases yet ... Rainbow Six, Gears of War, Viva Pinata, Tony Hawk Project 8, Call of Duty 3, Small Arms and Splinter Cell Double Agent.
These are big games ... if you're a 360 fan. If you're not, then maybe Gears of War is worth taking note of. The rest .... well there haven't really been very many topics on any of these games that I've seen over November. The obvious reason being there are very few 360 fans left at G&T.
That said, the Lost Planet thread is doing well and the Gears of War thread is still going strong. I believe a Shadowrun thread I posted last week lasted a day or two as well. There are still some fans left but we need to be doing what we can to rebuild the 360 fanbase here. I can't speak for the PS3 but I believe that G&T fan wise it's in even worse shape than the 360.
Again all I'm trying to say is that G&T has always been a multi console/PC board. It really doesn't feel that way anymore.
You can't make people post about the 360, no matter what changes in policy or protocol. Also, the 360 is not a recent launch anymore, while its two competitors just came barreling out of the gate.
Even 360 fans want to talk about the Wii and the PS3 because they have been anticipated happenings for some time, now. I'm sure once all the consoles have settled in there will be equal discussion amongst the three.
You can't make people post about the 360, no matter what changes in policy or protocol. Also, the 360 is not a recent launch anymore, while its two competitors just came barreling out of the gate.
Even 360 fans want to talk about the Wii and the PS3 because they have been anticipated happenings for some time, now. I'm sure once all the consoles have settled in there will be equal discussion amongst the three.
Probably not equal, mind you. This place really doesn't have many people who own or will own the PS3 for quite sometime, while plently of people will have the 360, the Wii, or both. I expect the PS3 talk to be pretty tame until MGS4 gets a bit closer.
You can't make people post about the 360, no matter what changes in policy or protocol. Also, the 360 is not a recent launch anymore, while its two competitors just came barreling out of the gate.
Even 360 fans want to talk about the Wii and the PS3 because they have been anticipated happenings for some time, now. I'm sure once all the consoles have settled in there will be equal discussion amongst the three.
Probably not equal, mind you. This place really doesn't have many people who own or will own the PS3 for quite sometime, while plently of people will have the 360, the Wii, or both. I expect the PS3 talk to be pretty tame until MGS4 gets a bit closer.
Well, you know what I mean. Give the people chance to talk about they new toy(s) and everything will be back to normal.
Although as you well know, G&T is very broad in its subject matter, so if you want non-stop talk exclusive to the xbox 360, you might want to look elsewhere.
Bamelin, if everyone who wants to talk about the 360 left, they're gone. If they lurk here, and wonder why no one talks about the 360 here, maybe the solution is for them to, you know, post about the 360. I'll reiterate: This forum is not a matchmaking service. We're not trying to attract enough PS3/Wii/360 fans so that everyone has a friend, we're trying to keep a fairly open and interesting forum that people feel they can post in.
No one is going to stomp on you for posting about the 360. If no one cares to reply, then I'm very sorry. That's about all there is to it, though.
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November was hardly a dead time for 360 news with some of the largest releases yet ... Rainbow Six, Gears of War, Viva Pinata, Tony Hawk Project 8, Call of Duty 3, Small Arms and Splinter Cell Double Agent.
These are big games ... if you're a 360 fan. If you're not, then maybe Gears of War is worth taking note of. The rest .... well there haven't really been very many topics on any of these games that I've seen over November. The obvious reason being there are very few 360 fans left at G&T.
That said, the Lost Planet thread is doing well and the Gears of War thread is still going strong. I believe a Shadowrun thread I posted last week lasted a day or two as well. There are still some fans left but we need to be doing what we can to rebuild the 360 fanbase here. I can't speak for the PS3 but I believe that G&T fan wise it's in even worse shape than the 360.
Again all I'm trying to say is that G&T has always been a multi console/PC board. It really doesn't feel that way anymore.
There was a thread for each and every one of those games, except maybe CoD3. Most of them are on the second or third page by now, but by no means dead. By the time the Wii thread gets snuffed the talk will return to the 360 games...if people keep making the new threads to discuss the games.
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I never said I didn't know where alot of the old 360 PA fans went. Some of them still visit/lurk here (myself included). What I'm asking is how to attract new 360 fans period and get more diverse discussions going in G&T that look at games from every console.
How to bring in 360 fans: talk about the 360
how to bring in diverse discussions: what are you, a publicist? If there's something you want to talk about, talk about it.
Is there really any point to the Science v Religion threads in D&D? They've already been limited to 10 pages and its been acknowledged that its because they degenerate into the same ole thing pretty quickly.
So why even have them at all? To me they all seem to be the same thing anyway: Science WOW! Poo on Religion. That's not exactly a revelation given the demographic of the people who visit the Penny Arcade forums
Bamelin, the 360 fanbase around PA is pretty much equal to the Wii fanbase, so don't kid yourself.
Can you seriously post that with a straight face? Seriously? Honestly, the Nintendo fanbase here is huge and attempting to deny that is just ludicrous. I don't think there's anything we can do to balance them nor should we, the forum should be based upon what the community wants, within reason of course. If you want more Xbox360 threads make them. I'll still make PSP threads even though they rarely survive for more than a day.
Really the only thing I'd like to see is more D&D style rules in G&T, because in certain threads, you can't even post a well-reasoned, dissenting view without fanboys jumping all over you.
I'm sorry if it's been brought up before, but seeing your posts and then looking at your sig is a little ridiculous.
For the record I and many other 360Arcadians actively support both boards. I often crosspost interesting topics both ways between 360Arcadians and G&T which draws visitors to G&T from the Arcadians boards.
I've been around for a couple years and actively done my part to help make G&T a better place through my posts.
I dislike what you are implying. So what if I advert another site in my sig? Lots of people do that. I'm just as likely to tell people over at Arcadians they should post more in G&T as the 360 information has been slipping abit here (this is actually something I've done).
I'm sorry if it's been brought up before, but seeing your posts and then looking at your sig is a little ridiculous.
For the record I and many other 360Arcadians actively support both boards. I often crosspost interesting topics both ways between 360Arcadians and G&T which draws visitors to G&T from the Arcadians boards.
I've been around for a couple years and actively done my part to help make G&T a better place through my posts.
I dislike what you are implying. So what if I advert another site in my sig? Lots of people do that. I'm just as likely to tell people over at Arcadians they should post more in G&T as the 360 information has been slipping abit here (this is actually something I've done).
The problem is not with you advertising another site in your sig at all--in fact, that's encouraged.
The problem is that you're wondering where all the 360-posters have gone and the answer is right there.
I'm sorry if it's been brought up before, but seeing your posts and then looking at your sig is a little ridiculous.
For the record I and many other 360Arcadians actively support both boards. I often crosspost interesting topics both ways between 360Arcadians and G&T which draws visitors to G&T from the Arcadians boards.
I've been around for a couple years and actively done my part to help make G&T a better place through my posts.
I dislike what you are implying. So what if I advert another site in my sig? Lots of people do that. I'm just as likely to tell people over at Arcadians they should post more in G&T as the 360 information has been slipping abit here (this is actually something I've done).
The problem is not with you advertising another site in your sig at all--in fact, that's encouraged.
The problem is that you're wondering where all the 360-posters have gone and the answer is right there.
Ok the point is taken and I'll admit it's a fair one. Apologies if I sounded obtuse, I just didn't want to go down that road as alot of it is water under the bridge. 360Arcadians is what it is, but surely there are other ways that G&T can look at attracting new 360 fans.
As for Arcadians, you can be sure that any new folks that visit 360Arcadians through other referrals will inevitably find their way to G&T. We still do put up alot of cross poasts from G&T over there and I'm sure both sites will benefit from the common history and connection we all share.
I'm not sure I understand the complaint. PA is pro-360 in general. Maybe not as much as the Wii or NDS, but the Wii is a new system, the NDS continues to come out with and announce awesome games all the time. And the 360 gets a fair share, but the reason we're not seeing more threads is because there really aren't THAT many 360 games coming out.
So, I guess the solution is to tell developers to start releasing more high-quality Xbox 360 games? The failing isn't with us.
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GoslingLooking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered Userregular
edited December 2006
If you were to make an 'upcoming games' sticky, I'd just toss all the games into one big sticky. First the consoles, then the handhelds. (Anyone who whines about the 360 releases coming before the Wii releases or whatever is just effing hopeless.) You get your inspiration, and in the meantime nobody's playing favorites. If someone is interested in, say, Pimp My Ride for the PS2, they'll look it up and maybe make a thread about it. (And yes, that game exists.) If not, they won't.
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Figured I'd throw out my opinion real quick on the jail system.
An issue I've seen with it is repeat offenders who don't take it seriously enough. They'll behave themselves for a few days after being unjailed, but typically they revert to the same behaviors in no time. And while they may be entertaining folks, it just seems like bothering to jail them is a moot point.
I'm for temp-bans. Personally, I'd even take a jailing seriously. I enjoy posting on the forums. I've been able to talk to and even meet a number of decent folks via this place. Some people, however, don't care because "hey, it's the internet, so what?" A temp-ban, however, would hopefully have the desired affect.
I've seen Captain K ban/temp-ban people for not respecting/ignoring the point of being jailed.
I think Apotheos temp-banned me early in the year for trolling or something while being jailed.
It really depends on the mod and their memory, I guess, and whether or not they are around to catch the repeat offender.
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Nowadays, they just go to their other forum and complain about it there.
I'm pretty sure I know to which forum you are referring. And since you've been to this forum you should know that it is basically a supplanted G&T chat thread(I use the word "supplanted" very intentionally). And if you knew anything about the original G&T Chat Thread then you'd know that we used it to complain about the PA forums in general.
That being said, I find it amusing that you used pheezer's rather valid point about jailing to lob more attacks at us.
Personally I feel this is a major problem. G&T has always been a forum that embraces all consoles but lately there has been a dirth of 360 related topics aside from old faithful's like Gears of War.
So start a thread on whatever you want to discuss. If it doesn't work, then there aren't enough like minded people here to discuss whatever you wanted to. It's not a match making service, it's a forum.
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Or maybe we should look at why so many 360 fans left in the first place?
Look all I'm saying is that G&T has always been a place where you knew you could go and get great multi console information. Nowadays there is very little 360 information available at G&T and what little that does get posted drops like a stone (except for Gears of War). That tells me that G&T is doing something wrong in terms of attracting 360 fans.
Sure it's a forum. But shouldn't we be looking at ways to make the forum welcoming to everyone no matter what console they favour?
I never said I didn't know where alot of the old 360 PA fans went. Some of them still visit/lurk here (myself included). What I'm asking is how to attract new 360 fans period and get more diverse discussions going in G&T that look at games from every console.
So it's ok that G&T really doesn't have that many 360 fans left then? I'm not trying to play the blame game here.
I mean who really cares if it's because of the users or because of the administrative staff. It doesn't matter who is at fault.
What matters is what can be done from a policy and procedure viewpoint to either bring people back or attract new 360 fans. I've always assumed that we don't want G&T to stagnate into a one console fan club. The only way to keep that from happening is to ensure that people from all three of the major consoles are attracted to the site.
I'm not sure exactly how that could be done but here are some suggestions.
Perhaps 3 sticky's at the top of the forum with a Massive OP in each about each console and major games coming out for it. Lock the threads after the OP is posted and have one mod responsible for updating it weekly.
Then if people see something in the OP they want to discuss they can make a new topic for it. At least this way it will be implicity understood that G&T supports all three consoles full heartedly as it will be the first thing people see when they come to G&T forums.
Sort of like a "This week (month) in Console X" series of threads?
Edit: But if it is going to be a locked topic, why not just one topic with three posts in it?
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Equality. Imgine the whines if the 360 post is put before the PS3 post or the PS3 post before the Nintendo post etc.
The idea is that the first thing a PS3, 360 or Nintendo fanboy sees when he or she comes to G&T is a stickied OP dedicated to their beloved console of choice. Person sees something in a console OP they like, they go rush to post a topic in the forums.
At the very least create the illusion that there is equal representation of users across all consoles here at G&T. And slowly that illusion may become a reality. But equal representation won't happen unless it is supported directly by the administration and mods.
These are big games ... if you're a 360 fan. If you're not, then maybe Gears of War is worth taking note of. The rest .... well there haven't really been very many topics on any of these games that I've seen over November. The obvious reason being there are very few 360 fans left at G&T.
That said, the Lost Planet thread is doing well and the Gears of War thread is still going strong. I believe a Shadowrun thread I posted last week lasted a day or two as well. There are still some fans left but we need to be doing what we can to rebuild the 360 fanbase here. I can't speak for the PS3 but I believe that G&T fan wise it's in even worse shape than the 360.
Again all I'm trying to say is that G&T has always been a multi console/PC board. It really doesn't feel that way anymore.
Even 360 fans want to talk about the Wii and the PS3 because they have been anticipated happenings for some time, now. I'm sure once all the consoles have settled in there will be equal discussion amongst the three.
Probably not equal, mind you. This place really doesn't have many people who own or will own the PS3 for quite sometime, while plently of people will have the 360, the Wii, or both. I expect the PS3 talk to be pretty tame until MGS4 gets a bit closer.
Well, you know what I mean. Give the people chance to talk about they new toy(s) and everything will be back to normal.
Although as you well know, G&T is very broad in its subject matter, so if you want non-stop talk exclusive to the xbox 360, you might want to look elsewhere.
No one is going to stomp on you for posting about the 360. If no one cares to reply, then I'm very sorry. That's about all there is to it, though.
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There was a thread for each and every one of those games, except maybe CoD3. Most of them are on the second or third page by now, but by no means dead. By the time the Wii thread gets snuffed the talk will return to the 360 games...if people keep making the new threads to discuss the games.
How to bring in 360 fans: talk about the 360
how to bring in diverse discussions: what are you, a publicist? If there's something you want to talk about, talk about it.
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So why even have them at all? To me they all seem to be the same thing anyway: Science WOW! Poo on Religion. That's not exactly a revelation given the demographic of the people who visit the Penny Arcade forums
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Can you seriously post that with a straight face? Seriously? Honestly, the Nintendo fanbase here is huge and attempting to deny that is just ludicrous. I don't think there's anything we can do to balance them nor should we, the forum should be based upon what the community wants, within reason of course. If you want more Xbox360 threads make them. I'll still make PSP threads even though they rarely survive for more than a day.
Really the only thing I'd like to see is more D&D style rules in G&T, because in certain threads, you can't even post a well-reasoned, dissenting view without fanboys jumping all over you.
I'm sorry if it's been brought up before, but seeing your posts and then looking at your sig is a little ridiculous.
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For the record I and many other 360Arcadians actively support both boards. I often crosspost interesting topics both ways between 360Arcadians and G&T which draws visitors to G&T from the Arcadians boards.
I've been around for a couple years and actively done my part to help make G&T a better place through my posts.
I dislike what you are implying. So what if I advert another site in my sig? Lots of people do that. I'm just as likely to tell people over at Arcadians they should post more in G&T as the 360 information has been slipping abit here (this is actually something I've done).
The problem is that you're wondering where all the 360-posters have gone and the answer is right there.
Ok the point is taken and I'll admit it's a fair one. Apologies if I sounded obtuse, I just didn't want to go down that road as alot of it is water under the bridge. 360Arcadians is what it is, but surely there are other ways that G&T can look at attracting new 360 fans.
As for Arcadians, you can be sure that any new folks that visit 360Arcadians through other referrals will inevitably find their way to G&T. We still do put up alot of cross poasts from G&T over there and I'm sure both sites will benefit from the common history and connection we all share.
So, I guess the solution is to tell developers to start releasing more high-quality Xbox 360 games? The failing isn't with us.