Should there be better tracking of Crowdfunding info?

crkrueger · April 13, 2016, 02:50:24 PM

Personally, I suck at keeping track of Kickstarters, not only for actual RPGs, but for other things related to RPGs like
Dice handmade from Bulletproof Glass
Voodoo Tarot Cards
The Ubiquitous Weekly Awesome Miniatures run from new companies you've never heard about.

Crowdfunding and indie publishing is almost the de facto standard for RPGs at this point, it seems like a dedicated thread to simply list them would be a good idea. Not talk about them, not argue about them, just crowdfunding links. If people want to talk about them in more depth, they can do it other appropriate places.

So, how do you think theRPGsite should handle Crowdfunding?

dragoner · April 13, 2016, 02:55:59 PM

The main forum has too many stickies already. So I vote no, to a ks sticky.

crkrueger · April 13, 2016, 02:58:33 PM

Quote from: dragoner;891522The main forum has too many stickies already. So I vote no, to a ks sticky.

The full poll is up, there's another option.

I was thinking the same thing about the Sticky in the main forum, so I put up the option of having a new KS forum in the first area of the site, the Pen & Paper Roleplaying Central. That would make the first grouping 5 forums instead of 4.

That way instead of a sticky that would become a mess, just have a new forum for all threads Kickstarter/IndieGogo/etc. on things related to RPGs.

jux · April 13, 2016, 03:44:24 PM

Quote from: dragoner;891522The main forum has too many stickies already. So I vote no, to a ks sticky.

Yes. The posts per page could be increased as well.

To keep track on Kickstarters, I recommend this resource:
http://rpggeek.com/geeklist/202074/kickstarter-rpg-projects-2016/page/1?

dragoner · April 13, 2016, 04:15:24 PM

RPGgeek is cool. I'm good with all of the above suggestions, esp with a sub-forum for ks threads.

Christopher Brady · April 14, 2016, 02:42:36 AM

Ignoring my distaste for Kickstarters in general, I think it should have it's own sub-forum under the News and Adverts section. Mainly because you ARE advertising (maybe for someone else, maybe for your own) a product that is (hopefully) coming in the near future.

Rincewind1 · April 14, 2016, 03:52:00 AM

I'd prefer that things stay the way they are. It makes easier to discuss the Kickstarters I think, when threads flow and die as interest grows and ebbs in particular KSes.

Spinachcat · April 14, 2016, 05:18:42 AM

I hates the stickies. Hates!

KS subforum? Don't know. Does it bother people that KS stuff pops up in the main forum? Or KS board games pop up in Other Games?

I think having KS in the main forums gets them more exposure. Which I feel is a good thing.

jux · April 14, 2016, 10:32:50 AM

Sorry for offtopic, but am I the only one that likes when General RPGs and D20 D&D topics would be separated into different sections?

dragoner · April 14, 2016, 11:02:51 AM

Quote from: jux;891686Sorry for offtopic, but am I the only one that likes when General RPGs and D20 D&D topics would be separated into different sections?

lol

It might be like trolling the rest of the users here because 50% of posts are about D&D and it's ilk.

Christopher Brady · April 14, 2016, 12:51:01 PM

Quote from: jux;891686Sorry for offtopic, but am I the only one that likes when General RPGs and D20 D&D topics would be separated into different sections?

Yes. The moment you separate any forum, you create an unintentional 'Us vs. Them' mentality.

They're all role playing games. Let's keep it inclusionary, please.

jux · April 14, 2016, 02:04:30 PM

Quote from: dragoner;891692lol

It might be like trolling the rest of the users here because 50% of posts are about D&D and it's ilk.

Yes I notice and this is exactly what is annoying to me. Most of the dnd topics are actually not about RPGs, but rather game specific talk. But I understand how this forum has long history and it's userbase us used to this.

Itachi · April 14, 2016, 02:08:16 PM

Quote from: jux;891686Sorry for offtopic, but am I the only one that likes when General RPGs and D20 D&D topics would be separated into different sections?

I prefer the opposite – a single forum called simply "Games", joining Roleplaying games, D&D games, Storygames, Boardgames, Videogames, etc. in the same place.

Christopher Brady · April 14, 2016, 02:16:50 PM

Quote from: Itachi;891735I prefer the opposite – a single forum called simply "Games", joining Roleplaying games, D&D games, Storygames, Boardgames, Videogames, etc. in the same place.

I'm with Itachi, really.

crkrueger · April 14, 2016, 02:24:47 PM

Quote from: Spinachcat;891660KS subforum? Don't know. Does it bother people that KS stuff pops up in the main forum? Or KS board games pop up in Other Games?

I think having KS in the main forums gets them more exposure. Which I feel is a good thing.

True. KS stuff in the main forum doesn't bother me at all, but I was thinking if it had it's own forum there would be better chance to get notice of KS for dice, minis, maps,

Quote from: jux;891734Yes I notice and this is exactly what is annoying to me. Most of the dnd topics are actually not about RPGs, but rather game specific talk. But I understand how this forum has long history and it's userbase us used to this.

Not sure what you're saying.

Quote from: Itachi;891735I prefer the opposite – a single forum called simply "Games", joining Roleplaying games, D&D games, Storygames, Boardgames, Videogames, etc. in the same place.

Some men just want to watch the world burn. (and really like forum paging

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