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A General Use Subforum?

CentipeedCentipeed Registered User regular
edited February 2007 in Tube's Circus Of Bug Reports and User Issues
I was just wondering if there was a specific reason why there isn't a general use subforum such as General Bullshit over at SomethingAwful? Is it because you guys want to keep the website focused on gaming and whatnot, or because you just never saw a need for it, or what?

I think it might be quite popular if we had a place to make posts about general topics. Toys, and the like, for example, might not fit into Games and Technology. And a "Post funny pictures" thread wouldn't really fit anywhere either.

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    ArcibiArcibi Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    SE++

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    CentipeedCentipeed Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Arcibi wrote:
    SE++

    Granted, but I think a general use forum with the same ruleset as G&T might be nice. I mean, if I post a thread in SE++ asking what to look for in a student house, and someone replies "Toad", that's no problem, because it's a chat subforum.

    If we had more rules like G&T, then the threads would stay on topic etc.

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    Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited February 2007
    Centipeed wrote:
    Arcibi wrote:
    SE++

    Granted, but I think a general use forum with the same ruleset as G&T might be nice. I mean, if I post a thread in SE++ asking what to look for in a student house, and someone replies "Toad", that's no problem, because it's a chat subforum.

    If we had more rules like G&T, then the threads would stay on topic etc.

    Plenty of threads stay on topic

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    InvisibleInvisible Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Centipeed wrote:
    Arcibi wrote:
    SE++

    Granted, but I think a general use forum with the same ruleset as G&T might be nice. I mean, if I post a thread in SE++ asking what to look for in a student house, and someone replies "Toad", that's no problem, because it's a chat subforum.

    If we had more rules like G&T, then the threads would stay on topic etc.


    That thread would probably be better suited for Help and Advice. And did you forget about D&D? It's not all monocles and top hats, there are various fun threads there. You'd just have to put more into your opening post than "Toys. Let's talk about them."

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    Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited February 2007
    http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1073846106

    this toy thread stayed on topic

    generally if it's not a stupid idea, it'll stay on topic

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Debate and Discourse sounds right up your alley.

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    ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited February 2007
    Centipeed wrote:
    Arcibi wrote:
    SE++

    Granted, but I think a general use forum with the same ruleset as G&T might be nice. I mean, if I post a thread in SE++ asking what to look for in a student house, and someone replies "Toad", that's no problem, because it's a chat subforum.

    If we had more rules like G&T, then the threads would stay on topic etc.
    Like Keith said, if you make a good thread, it'll probably stay on topic. And if you really want it to stay on topic, then use D&D.

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    DaySleeperDaySleeper regular
    edited February 2007
    Keith wrote:
    http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1073846106

    this toy thread stayed on topic

    generally if it's not a stupid idea, it'll stay on topic

    And sometimes if it's stupid enough it turns into the thread of champions.

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    deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Elkamil wrote:
    Centipeed wrote:
    Arcibi wrote:
    SE++

    Granted, but I think a general use forum with the same ruleset as G&T might be nice. I mean, if I post a thread in SE++ asking what to look for in a student house, and someone replies "Toad", that's no problem, because it's a chat subforum.

    If we had more rules like G&T, then the threads would stay on topic etc.
    Like Keith said, if you make a good thread, it'll probably stay on topic. And if you really want it to stay on topic, then use D&D.
    Unless you're new and then this happens.

    It was an ok topic then the regulars just assassinated it.

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    ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    deadonthestreet wrote:
    Elkamil wrote:
    Centipeed wrote:
    Arcibi wrote:
    SE++

    Granted, but I think a general use forum with the same ruleset as G&T might be nice. I mean, if I post a thread in SE++ asking what to look for in a student house, and someone replies "Toad", that's no problem, because it's a chat subforum.

    If we had more rules like G&T, then the threads would stay on topic etc.
    Like Keith said, if you make a good thread, it'll probably stay on topic. And if you really want it to stay on topic, then use D&D.
    Unless you're new and then this happens.

    It was an ok topic then the regulars just assassinated it.
    No, it was a terrible topic, then the regulars put it out of its misery.

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    DaySleeperDaySleeper regular
    edited February 2007
    That guy was also brand new and made a thread pretty much right away. That is recipe for disaster in any of the forums here and would continue to be the case in this hypothetical new forum.

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    ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    DaySleeper wrote:
    That guy was also brand new and made a thread pretty much right away. That is recipe for disaster in any of the forums here and would continue to be the case in this hypothetical new forum.
    It's only a recipe for disaster when it's a bad thread. Yes, about 90% of threads made by new people are bad by our standards, but we don't jump all over someone's thread just because they're new.

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    deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    It wasn't great but it sure as hell wasn't terrible. Plus there's this:
    The D&D Rules Thread wrote:
    Don't assassinate threads.
    You don't like a particular topic? Don't post in it. You don't get to dictate the topics of coversation here, that's the mod's job. If you simply must whine, use the chat thread.



    What I'm really saying is D&D would maybe be a better forum if the assassination rule is followed. I mean if the thread is terrible let the mods kill it. Don't have users flame a guy because it's totally unproductive and it helps no one. If you have nothing to contribute, don't post.

    I think.

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    ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    deadonthestreet wrote:
    It wasn't great but it sure as hell wasn't terrible.
    By the standards of D&D, it was terrible. It was a Livejournal post, and not a particularly good one (sorry, MJ), followed by "discuss."
    Plus there's this:
    The D&D Rules Thread wrote:
    Don't assassinate threads.
    You don't like a particular topic? Don't post in it. You don't get to dictate the topics of coversation here, that's the mod's job. If you simply must whine, use the chat thread.
    What I'm really saying is D&D would maybe be a better forum if the assassination rule is followed. I mean if the thread is terrible let the mods kill it. Don't have users flame a guy because it's totally unproductive and it helps no one. If you have nothing to contribute, don't post.

    I think.
    Meh. The lesson sticks a little better, this way.

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    ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited February 2007
    Him being new had fuck and all to do with it. He made two other threads before that one, and they did just fine. Then he decided to copy a bunch of crap from "his journal" and call it a thread. We expect threads to be coherent. A topic doesn't get to stay just because somebody threw a lot of text together.

    And he tried to make that same thread again, but in English this time, and it's sitting there unlocked and purty.

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    FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2007
    Javen wrote:
    Debate and Discourse sounds right up your alley.

    Yeah, back when it was called Everything Else.

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    redxredx I(x)=2(x)+1 whole numbersRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    FyreWulff wrote:
    Javen wrote:
    Debate and Discourse sounds right up your alley.

    Yeah, back when it was called Everything Else.

    ohh... you mean when I was a mod, and actively encouraged forumers to take a hand in moderation and rip the shit out of people for making stupid threads and comments?

    Or, for the month or two when it was Evan running rampent?

    It is a far far friendlier place now, for everything but religion threads, than it ever was when it was called EE.

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    FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2007
    No, back when it was a forum where you could have on-topic chat threads without the Wild West of SE++ but also not the hardassness of D&D

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    KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2007
    FyreWulff wrote:
    No, back when it was a forum where you could have on-topic chat threads without the Wild West of SE++ but also not the hardassness of D&D
    it's not that hardassed.

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    redxredx I(x)=2(x)+1 whole numbersRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    you mean, like, mega threads?

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    Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2007
    redx wrote:
    you mean, like, mega threads?

    Ohnoez! The M word has been unleashed!

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    CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Kusuguttai wrote:
    FyreWulff wrote:
    No, back when it was a forum where you could have on-topic chat threads without the Wild West of SE++ but also not the hardassness of D&D
    it's not that hardassed.

    Shhh, you'll wreck your forum-cred.

    But seriously, if someone wants to make a thread about whatever and wants it to be on topic, D&D works fine. Hell, we had a fairly long and on topic thread about candy bars for christ's sake.

    Any thread that starts with a decent OP on a non retarded subject should do alright.

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited February 2007
    what's wrong with the wild west?

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    redxredx I(x)=2(x)+1 whole numbersRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Just_Bri_Thanks wrote:
    redx wrote:
    you mean, like, mega threads?

    Ohnoez! The M word has been unleashed!

    well, It's just that I've been a reg of that particular forum, and that is the closest thing I recall to "on-topic chat threads." They had a lot of bullshit(chatting) in them.

    In earlier times, well, threads could wander more from thier original topic, but they wern't really supposed to be chat threads. It was more of a cumulative error kinda thing. That's died down a little bit, and honestly, it makes posting kinda easier, because you don't have to read so much of the thread. It is going to pretty much be the same topic as the OP. It is still there, but not nearly to the same degree.

    I'm mainly trying to figure out what the hell he is talking about.
    Rankenphile wrote:
    what's wrong with the wild west?
    Personally, it makes me kinda tired trying to keep up, and I don't get enough recognition, so it doesn't help to inflate my ego much.

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited February 2007
    you wanna see a thread stay on topic for seventy or eighty pages?

    talk about your ex girlfriend's tits

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    KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2007
    Rankenphile wrote:
    you wanna see a thread stay on topic for seventy or eighty pages?

    talk about your ex girlfriend's tits
    Hell, I had a thread about semen stay on topic for 100 pages.

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    JaninJanin Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Kusuguttai wrote:
    Rankenphile wrote:
    you wanna see a thread stay on topic for seventy or eighty pages?

    talk about your ex girlfriend's tits
    Hell, I had a thread about semen stay on topic for 100 pages.

    That's because you chose a subject of deep interest to everybody in SE++.

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    Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited February 2007
    Rankenphile wrote:
    what's wrong with the wild west?

    I need it to be at least wild wild

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    TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited February 2007
    We already have two general use subforums.

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