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A 'Game Design/creation' forum?

Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
I really think we should have a forum where game creation can be discussed. It would be a lot easier and organised than having 'I need a programmer' threads pop up every few days in the G+T forum, plus we could have stickes that imform people of general rules and tips in tersm of finding team-members, getting organised, programming, sprite creation, etc.

I think this would be a great idea as a lot of forumers are obviously into videogames, programming, art, design, writing, etc and we could have many collaborative, organised projects. Instead of people posting in the AC if they need an artist or G+T for a programmer, those people can simply look at a sticky entitled 'artists/programmers avialble'. Willing artists/programmers can put their names down here and their area of work (programming in Game-maker, sprite animation, etc) and people looking for these types of people can look at these and PM those people instead of making the afformentioned threads all over the forums.

That's just a few ideas but I think this is a valid idea

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    OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2006
    Not an official response, but I think that it would be largely empty, or worse, largely useless -- full of 'lawl do work for me' threads.

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    TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited June 2006
    I really don't think this is necessary. Aside from anything else, those projects never get off the ground.

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    JoeslopJoeslop Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    I mirror the mod's responses, mainly because we never got a Tabletop/Wargame/etc. board, which, no offense, is I think more warrented than Game Design.

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    TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited June 2006
    Those never get off the ground either. Once G&T can sustain a thread about a P&P game, with people playing for more than six months, we can think about a P&P forum.

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    Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    Good points.

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    PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2006
    This is just about the most superfluous request for a new forum I've ever seen.

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited June 2006
    I want a separate forum for the mods to hang out in.

    But it has to be invisible.

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    GiantRoboGiantRobo Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    I think EE should come back, since there are sometimes things to randomly talk about but stay on topic. But not as serious as D&D, and not as off topic as SE. Just my idea, but it most likely won't happen.

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    InvisibleInvisible Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    Rolo wrote:
    I want a separate forum for the mods to hang out in.

    But it has to be invisible.


    You rang?


    If they wouldn't make a Tabletop Subforum, what chance does this have?

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    bone daddybone daddy Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2006
    GiantRobo wrote:
    I think EE should come back, since there are sometimes things to randomly talk about but stay on topic. But not as serious as D&D, and not as off topic as SE. Just my idea, but it most likely won't happen.

    EE is D&D. It didn't go anywhere, it just got a name change.

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    deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    Couldn't game design stuff go in the Artist's Corner?

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    GiantRoboGiantRobo Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    bone daddy wrote:
    GiantRobo wrote:
    I think EE should come back, since there are sometimes things to randomly talk about but stay on topic. But not as serious as D&D, and not as off topic as SE. Just my idea, but it most likely won't happen.

    EE is D&D. It didn't go anywhere, it just got a name change.
    Meh, that's what I get for going on a hiatus for a while.

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    Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    Those never get off the ground either. Once G&T can sustain a thread about a P&P game, with people playing for more than six months, we can think about a P&P forum.
    I thought we wanted that forum to discuss that stuff, not to awkwardly play games.

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    HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    Couldn't game design stuff go in the Artist's Corner?
    No, because they can't tell you to put it on your mom's fridge.

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    Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    Henroid wrote:
    Couldn't game design stuff go in the Artist's Corner?
    No, because they can't tell you to put it on your mom's fridge.
    Game design is fine in G&T. WE get about one thread on it per month and it usually gets about five sarcastic replies before it drops off the first page and is neevr seen again. The current one is just an exception for some reason.

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    The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2006
    pheezer FD wrote:
    This is just about the most superfluous request for a new forum I've ever seen.

    Oh hey now, I haven't told you guys my plan for a knitting forum yet!

    I think the AC suggestion could be a good one, although I'd want to hear from the AC mods about it first. I've heard some rumblings about things being a bit dead in there lately, and perhaps expanding the forum's, you know, thingy into other areas of art/design would be a good move.

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    HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    Mojo_Jojo wrote:
    Henroid wrote:
    Couldn't game design stuff go in the Artist's Corner?
    No, because they can't tell you to put it on your mom's fridge.
    Game design is fine in G&T. WE get about one thread on it per month and it usually gets about five sarcastic replies before it drops off the first page and is neevr seen again. The current one is just an exception for some reason.
    We had a huge project set a couple of years ago and managed to work up a mailing list and have a couple of meetings.

    Then it died. Like, over a weekend it just stopped. People lack dedication. There was only one forumer-made project that camet o be, and it was the fruit-fucker FPS.

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    OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2006
    The Cat wrote:
    pheezer FD wrote:
    This is just about the most superfluous request for a new forum I've ever seen.

    Oh hey now, I haven't told you guys my plan for a knitting forum yet!

    I think the AC suggestion could be a good one, although I'd want to hear from the AC mods about it first. I've heard some rumblings about things being a bit dead in there lately, and perhaps expanding the forum's, you know, thingy into other areas of art/design would be a good move.
    expanding thingies are what this forum does best.

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    Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    Henroid wrote:
    Mojo_Jojo wrote:
    Henroid wrote:
    Couldn't game design stuff go in the Artist's Corner?
    No, because they can't tell you to put it on your mom's fridge.
    Game design is fine in G&T. WE get about one thread on it per month and it usually gets about five sarcastic replies before it drops off the first page and is neevr seen again. The current one is just an exception for some reason.
    We had a huge project set a couple of years ago and managed to work up a mailing list and have a couple of meetings.

    Then it died. Like, over a weekend it just stopped. People lack dedication. There was only one forumer-made project that camet o be, and it was the fruit-fucker FPS.
    Yep, I still have bitter memories of the "lets design an RPG" project. Bitter fucknig memories. Although I'd like to try again, as I'm a glutton ofr punishment.

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    JoeslopJoeslop Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    Mojo_Jojo wrote:
    Those never get off the ground either. Once G&T can sustain a thread about a P&P game, with people playing for more than six months, we can think about a P&P forum.
    I thought we wanted that forum to discuss that stuff, not to awkwardly play games.

    Yeah, Echo said there wouldn't be much interest because there were only 3 such topics, but I pointed out that, at the time, there were 9 topics.

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited June 2006
    I demand a forum where we can freely discuss, in a serious and rational matter, cocks dicks and lol.

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    Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2006
    I demand a forum where we can freely discuss, in a serious and rational matter, cocks dicks and lol.

    Social Entropy ++ wants you.

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    yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited June 2006
    Here's an idea: How about a forum about games that are not video or are being created? I mean, sure, tabletop and P&P might not fill a forum on its own, and crazy design ideas might not fill a forum on its own, but together, both working at full capacity, I think they just might do the work of one normal forum.

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited June 2006
    I demand a forum where we can freely discuss, in a serious and rational matter, cocks dicks and lol.

    Social Entropy ++ wants you.

    Ooh, thanks!

    Should I just drop in and say "Hi! I'm new here. I like Penny Arcaed and Gabe and Tycho are rad and Gabe should draw pictures of Green Lanten because he is awesome and one time he was a alien"?

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    Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2006
    I demand a forum where we can freely discuss, in a serious and rational matter, cocks dicks and lol.

    Social Entropy ++ wants you.

    Ooh, thanks!

    Should I just drop in and say "Hi! I'm new here. I like Penny Arcaed and Gabe and Tycho are rad and Gabe should draw pictures of Green Lanten because he is awesome and one time he was a alien"?

    We will enjoy seeing that post.

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    ToastToast Registered User regular
    edited July 2006
    I'm just struggling to see why you need this new forum, and how it's not just "we demand recognition!". Is the current situation actually causing real problems for either the people trying to discuss this stuff or G&T as a whole?

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    Carl with a KCarl with a K Registered User regular
    edited July 2006
    i want a forum all for myself

    just me

    (noone else)

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    Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2006
    i want a forum all for myself

    just me

    (noone else)

    Write yourself a letter. Problem solved.

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    Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited July 2006
    Joeslop wrote:
    Mojo_Jojo wrote:
    Those never get off the ground either. Once G&T can sustain a thread about a P&P game, with people playing for more than six months, we can think about a P&P forum.
    I thought we wanted that forum to discuss that stuff, not to awkwardly play games.

    Yeah, Echo said there wouldn't be much interest because there were only 3 such topics, but I pointed out that, at the time, there were 9 topics.
    Generally it is just three threads though. A boardgame one, a warhammer one and an RPG one. Saying that splitting them down wouldn't really work in G&T (I imagine a thread specially about something such as Iron Heroes or Icetower games would just vanish instantly from the frist page and never see a single post).
    Either way, I'm not trying to start the argument about getting this forum again. I'm just a bit curious as to what the other six threads were.

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    JoeslopJoeslop Registered User regular
    edited July 2006
    Mojo_Jojo wrote:
    Joeslop wrote:
    Mojo_Jojo wrote:
    Those never get off the ground either. Once G&T can sustain a thread about a P&P game, with people playing for more than six months, we can think about a P&P forum.
    I thought we wanted that forum to discuss that stuff, not to awkwardly play games.

    Yeah, Echo said there wouldn't be much interest because there were only 3 such topics, but I pointed out that, at the time, there were 9 topics.
    Generally it is just three threads though. A boardgame one, a warhammer one and an RPG one. Saying that splitting them down wouldn't really work in G&T (I imagine a thread specially about something such as Iron Heroes or Icetower games would just vanish instantly from the frist page and never see a single post).
    Either way, I'm not trying to start the argument about getting this forum again. I'm just a bit curious as to what the other six threads were.

    They're all gone now, so I don't remember. There were two or three RPG threads, warhammer, warmaster, boardgames.

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