Poll: A game Sub Forum

[Guest]

One of the reasons I started the poll and asked for opinions was because I wanted people to think about the subject.

We have a new mod. We have threads from other boards being put into the playground. there have been several threads the last two weeks asking why people leave, can't get into the playground, and how one should go about posting at all.

I thought it would be a good time to gauge the opinion of the people who post in the playground.

Why any one feels the need to to defend themselves is beyond me. I'm not attacking anything. I'm not out to get anyone specific. I'm not making any demeaning remarks about people who start games or play in them.

If anyone cares to go through all my posts you will see I played in lots of game threads when I started out I enjoy them and I find it interesting to see what other people come up with.

That several people have taken this so personally is surprising and not what I meant to happen at all. I suppose people are protective over what they feel is thiers and don't like anyone questioning the worth of something they feel ownership over.

It was truly not my goal and whatever offense I have caused I appologize.

I genuinely believe having a seperate game forum would be benificial. Threads like the DLS thread would have much more of a chance to shine in the playground if it wasn't pushed off the first two pages in less than 10 minutes because someone decided to play every single letter game and word game.

As for who would be judge? The mods. They are always the judge. It may not be the perfect system, but that is the nature of the beast.

Again, I'd like to appologize for any offense. truly it was not my intention to hurt any feelings. I was just curious. You have no need to feel the need to defend yourself to me. I respect the right to differing opinions and i'm not going to go scorched earth if my suggestion isn't recieved well or implemented.

I understand your reasoning, and I know you didn't mean offence.

It maybe was a couple of words and phrases maybe... like 'clutter' and 'more stimulating'... that maybe unintentionally conveyed a less that complimentary tone about any game threads...

I also agree with you about some of the game threads. Some people seem to LIVE on them... some with tens of thousands of posts.. just posting stuff like "1246" followed by "Avocado" followed by "Hawaii"... followed by "Cum on her tits"... one after the other in the 'name the' type threads..... and you can see when a post-upper has been on as you see their name down the right hand side of the board.... and I for one don't understand it, or see any point.... but if they want to... hey...

Moving my threads to a games board won't help though, as those quizzes are easy for people to up their post counts (why... I have no idea), whereas mine are quiz based, and answered.. sometimes if I am not there they slide down the pages, and that'll happen in a games forum in 10 minutes of a post-upper logging on.

So basically... I would rather (just for myself) that my threads were in with the more stimulating stuff getting knocked down.. rather than in with solely 'name a place in the world with the next letter' type threads getting knocked down. I suppose it's an ego thing.

Also Foof raises a good point... who decides what a game thread is? Many are pretty vague.... can appeals be put in?

I also think the place will be a bit duller with lots of 'hello' threads dominating instead.... take away the games.. and something else will replace it.

Also... while I'm here... I also feel there are many threads here that don't belong in the playground apart from the quizzes...

Why is hollyocks thread here and not in the ampics????

And quite a few belong in the GB....

But really.... I think the diversity is beneficial to the Playground ultimately, rather than negative... (apart from maybe those 'initial' threads like 'A', 'B'... and so on), and it'll ultimately suffer...

Just my opinion, and I know more disagree than agree, and that's cool.

 

[Spins]

I understand your reasoning, and I know you didn't mean offence.

It maybe was a couple of words and phrases maybe... like 'clutter' and 'more stimulating'... that maybe unintentionally conveyed a less that complimentary tone about any game threads...

I'm not exactly sure who said 'clutter' and 'more stimulating', but it wasn't me

The only time I used stimulating was in reference to new threads that can't seem to catch on because they are pushed down so fast.

I tend to say what I mean and mean what I say. I suppose some of my sentences can be taken as long winded explanations that mean 'clutter' and 'more sitmulating', but I never meant them that way

As far as an appeals process and who decides what goes where...

Who knows how mods ever decide such things? There are plenty of threads that don't seem to belong and some of the ones that have been moved into the playground I think fit better in other places, but I have no influence over such things. I don't even have influence over whether there is a new board

I would think it would be like any other 'problem' one might have on the board. You PM the mods and ask them consider your point of view. If they agree then something happens. If they don't you curse out loud and go back to whatever you were doing.

 

[poppy1963]

I also like the idea of a separate "sub-forum"!!! Too often I'll get the notification box that a reply has been posted to a thread I've been participating in while I am writing in another. In just like 15 seconds that thread may be two pages back because of the game threads (and others) but alot because of games! Plus there are alot of people who post mainly to the Game threads...it would be helpful to them as well, I think, and newcomers!

 

[SexSweetheart]

I usually have multiple windows open anyway. This would just mean that I would have a window open to the game thread area - and whichever other area I was reading.
But - I'm just that way - not everyone is. I can't stay focused on just one page.

I'm with you. I also have bookmarks for all the pages I like to play with, so the separation would not be a problem with me. I think it is a great idea because I have started a chat thread and don't get the attention I would like for it because of the games. I'm not upset because of the games but upset because it doesn't get seen the way I would like it.

If anyone plays on more than one game thread, you are always flipping through different screens, so split away.

 

[Elffy]

this is the playground and they are in the right place, if they want to talk about sex, in their own personnel threads, why not move those to a subform instead of these, playgroud = games, IMHO it should stay this way

 

[DLL]

i have an idea lets play naked jeopardy

 

[Kinky-Princess]

Don't you bounce between threads now when you are playing games and having conversations?

Well,yes but at least the index for them is all on the same page.
It would be okay to jump back and forth I supose,but if I get busy and have to choose the games will lose out.

I am not saying this to be against the idea of a games forum just voiceing some concern.

 

[mrtnmoon]

as the starter of a few game threads that have varying degrees of (in)activity.... it really doesn't matter to me. however, one of the the problems I have with the idea of a game sub-forum turns out to have already been voiced by DB. namely, where do you draw the line? is a thread like, "I like.... I don't like...." for example, a game or not? to me, it seems like it is, but others may disagree. and I mean no offense to whoever started the thread or the people that post in it.... that was just the one that came to mind.

 

[SheRemembers]

Wow. The philosophy and emotion tied in to this whole thing exceed my wildest expectations.

 

[mrtnmoon]

Wow. The philosophy and emotion tied in to this whole thing exceed my wildest expectations.

nah.... philosophy is the talk on a cereal box. personally, I like DLL's idea the best. smart naked chicks is hot.

 

[Guest]

as the starter of a few game threads that have varying degrees of (in)activity.... it really doesn't matter to me. however, one of the the problems I have with the idea of a game sub-forum turns out to have already been voiced by DB. namely, where do you draw the line? is a thread like, "I like.... I don't like...." for example, a game or not? to me, it seems like it is, but others may disagree. and I mean no offense to whoever started the thread or the people that post in it.... that was just the one that came to mind.

Thank you moon

nah.... philosophy is the talk on a cereal box. personally, I like DLL's idea the best. smart naked chicks is hot.

and I agree here too!!


Blimey!!

 

[Buttah]

as the starter of a few game threads that have varying degrees of (in)activity.... it really doesn't matter to me. however, one of the the problems I have with the idea of a game sub-forum turns out to have already been voiced by DB. namely, where do you draw the line? is a thread like, "I like.... I don't like...." for example, a game or not? to me, it seems like it is, but others may disagree. and I mean no offense to whoever started the thread or the people that post in it.... that was just the one that came to mind.

I think a little common sense is needed here. To me that thread is not a game but then who am I?

 

[Spins]

Wow. The philosophy and emotion tied in to this whole thing exceed my wildest expectations.

Me either. I guess I should have kown better.

 

[Spins]

as the starter of a few game threads that have varying degrees of (in)activity.... it really doesn't matter to me. however, one of the the problems I have with the idea of a game sub-forum turns out to have already been voiced by DB. namely, where do you draw the line? is a thread like, "I like.... I don't like...." for example, a game or not? to me, it seems like it is, but others may disagree. and I mean no offense to whoever started the thread or the people that post in it.... that was just the one that came to mind.

This is something I don't understand.

How is it right now? A mod can, at any time, move, delete, alter any thread on thier board.

The reason there are mods is simply because posters can not agree.
I have no doubt if a forum was created just for games that therer would be posts in it that many would feel didn't belong there. There would be some who felt that thier thread wasn't a game. There would be posts elsewhere on other boards that people would think belong in the game forum. There would be game threads that started out as games, but were more chatting than anything else.

There were people 'concerned' with threads being moved off the personal section into the playground. There were people in the playground 'concerned' about the threads being moved into the playground.

That is just the way it goes.

If you currently trust the mods to be fair to your threads now why the hub bub over how they would decide what is a game or not?

My thought is a game forum would fourish as more people would play them and there would not be as much of a search thorugh all the posts to find them. The playground would slow down just a tick and allow threads that might otherwise gets pushed down to page 3 or 4 a better chance to be seen.

I believe it is a win win

 

[keiffers]

This is something I don't understand.

How is it right now? A mod can, at any time, move, delete, alter any thread on thier board.

The reason there are mods is simply because posters can not agree.
I have no doubt if a forum was created just for games that therer would be posts in it that many would feel didn't belong there. There would be some who felt that thier thread wasn't a game. There would be posts elsewhere on other boards that people would think belong in the game forum. There would be game threads that started out as games, but were more chatting than anything else.

There were people 'concerned' with threads being moved off the personal section into the playground. There were people in the playground 'concerned' about the threads being moved into the playground.

That is just the way it goes.

If you currently trust the mods to be fair to your threads now why the hub bub over how they would decide what is a game or not?

My thought is a game forum would fourish as more people would play them and there would not be as much of a search thorugh all the posts to find them. The playground would slow down just a tick and allow threads that might otherwise gets pushed down to page 3 or 4 a better chance to be seen.

I believe it is a win win

you're exactly right - a mod can, at any time, move, delete, alter any thread on thier board. They can dictate what can and cannot be posted on their board and they reserve the right to ban who they feel necessary.

Mods and the owners don't really have to ask users opinions, but atleast the mods here do so. Many message boards on the internet change their forums regardless of what their users think or say and they don't ask beforehand. Atleast here the mods and owners are decent enough to ask beforehand, which I think is pretty good. People will come here regardless of how the threads are sorted. We all read threads here differently than the next, but I don't see it being all that big of a deal to learn to live with a seperate thread for games. The groups that play the games will go where the games are and the people that stay in the PG will go where the PG threads are at, and so on down the list...

 

[privyjo]

this is the playground and they are in the right place, if they want to talk about sex, in their own personnel threads, why not move those to a subform instead of these, playgroud = games, IMHO it should stay this way

Haven't been a member of lit long but this seems to be the definition of "Playground" to me - came to the "playground" to play games and was surprised to find threads here similar to those I found in the GB and other forums. Games should stay in the Playground and everything else be moved to a sub-forum - what would you call it though that would separate it from the already established forums?

 

[carrie-on]

But many of those long threads have nothing to do with 'games', so I don't understand your point there...

I'm sorry i thought that since since this was a question about games that it would be assumed that i meant the neverending game threads..I didn't mean to get anyone's gander up because i, too, have participated in some of the game threads. Like Brie said earlier...how many different foods are there or how many words are there that start with one letter?
I admit there are some other threads that are very long and it would be hard to make the distinction about whether one is a game or not.

 

[omahaman2]

i have an idea lets play naked jeopardy

All I know is this post is bringing me nightmares,
imagining a naked alex trebeck!

 

[mrtnmoon]

All I know is this post is bringing me nightmares,
imagining a naked alex trebek!

that is a scary thought. we could solve that problem by making DLL the hostess. that might make it a little more difficult for the guys (and some of the ladies) to question the answers, tho.

 

[mrtnmoon]

Thank you moon



and I agree here too!!


Blimey!!

shocking that we could agree on something, eh?

 

[poppy1963]

So...

Just curious. What happens next...seems no new votes in a couple days.

 

[BedtimeStories77]

Hi. I was just about to post saying it seems there have been no new votes in a while now. To be honest, I voted that "I didn't care". I mean, no offense, but it does seem like "threads that don't have a specific home get dumped here". It's just the way it is.

I agreed to Sticky this thread to allow the Playgrounders to voice their opinions and vote. As I told Spins in the first place, I have no idea who "persuaded" Laurel and Manu to create new boards in the past. Frankly, I was surprised that the BDSM board had a sub forum since they are a discussion board. Or, how both "how to" and the amateur pics had sub forums...WHY? lol

Okay, all that said, I am going to unsticky this thread now. Seriously, those of you who don't like "games" in the Playground feel free to contact the site owners. I'm not sure where it'll get you...but someone had to have convinced them for new boards at some point...