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Important thread on rpg.net

Started by Pierce Inverarity, April 16, 2007, 11:59:41 AM

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Pierce Inverarity

April 16, 2007, 11:59:41 AM
There's a thread in Trouble Tickets in which a new user asked why there's no Exalted subforum, given its popularity. The difference to dozens of other threads like it from the past is that Darren has come out and agreed that would be a good idea.

This means the thread can't be dismissed quite so easily. They have to take it seriously. So now's your chance to speak your mind on the matter, and show the mods and admins that it's a deep and pervasive problem.

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=321406
Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini

Koltar

#1
April 16, 2007, 12:08:32 PM
Important ?
 Maybe, maybe not .

 Interesting ? Oh hell yes.

Thanks for the link.

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Koltar

#2
April 16, 2007, 12:19:50 PM
Darren and that poster's resons and assumptions for creating a new subforum are faulty.
 Popularity of RPGs is a cyclic thing. I could make an argument, based on just what I see at TWO game stores that DUNGEONS  & DRAGONs and White Wolf's WORLD of DARKNESS are both more popular than EXALTED.
 Heck , when  we subtract out my purchases - GURPS is more popular than EXALTED is in this local region.

- Ed C.
The return of \'You can\'t take the Sky From me!\'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUn-eN8mkDw&feature=rec-fresh+div

This is what a really cool FANTASY RPG should be like :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-WnjVUBDbs

Still here, still alive, at least Seven years now...

Pierce Inverarity

#3
April 16, 2007, 12:29:29 PM
Koltar, clearly you haven't checked rpg.net TTO on a near-daily basis for the last couple of years. It's deveolved into Exalted Plus X.

For various reasons, a game's rpg.net popularity doesn't accurately reflect its real world popularity. But even as that makes the game unreal in the big picture, it's still a reality on rpg.net. A very obdurate one.
Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini

Dr Rotwang!

#4
April 16, 2007, 12:42:24 PM
We should have a Classic Traveller subforum here, since we're all over the LBBs it seems like, and we can get to arguin' about pirates and the efficiency of the Imperium and jump missiles and --

Yeah, you're right.
Dr Rotwang!
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Koltar

#5
April 16, 2007, 12:48:04 PM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!We should have a Classic Traveller subforum here, since we're all over the LBBs it seems like, and we can get to arguin' about pirates and the efficiency of the Imperium and jump missiles and --

Yeah, you're right.

 Been there, done that on other forums, we should've made T-shirts for it.
 {{{:- )
 Funny thing is, I just posted TWO posts over there. The second one was friendly sarcasm - guess I gotta memorize those smiley things for that to be more obvious.

 ...and no I stopped checking their Role-pkaying forum on a daily basis quite awhile ago  - it got boring.

- Ed C.
The return of \'You can\'t take the Sky From me!\'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUn-eN8mkDw&feature=rec-fresh+div

This is what a really cool FANTASY RPG should be like :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-WnjVUBDbs

Still here, still alive, at least Seven years now...

RockViper

#6
April 16, 2007, 01:06:30 PM
I think its a bad idea for generic RPG forums to have sub-forums dedicated to specific games that already have entire forms dedicated to just that game, it could take a lot of traffic away from the main RPG section. The large number of Exalted fans on RPGnet would better serving their own gaming needs by posting questions and comments of in depth rules discussions on the official WW Exalted board.
"Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness."

Terry Pratchett (Men at Arms)

Dr Rotwang!

#7
April 16, 2007, 01:12:49 PM
Important threads on The RPG Site.
Dr Rotwang!
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James McMurray

#8
April 16, 2007, 01:18:26 PM
As a newly Exalted GM who up until recently had avoided TTO mostly because of the overwhelming number of Exalted threads, I weighed in in favor of a subforum.

James McMurray

#9
April 16, 2007, 01:19:01 PM
Quote from: RockViperI think its a bad idea for generic RPG forums to have sub-forums dedicated to specific games that already have entire forms dedicated to just that game, it could take a lot of traffic away from the main RPG section. The large number of Exalted fans on RPGnet would better serving their own gaming needs by posting questions and comments of in depth rules discussions on the official WW Exalted board.

How do you feel about the local Amber forum?

RockViper

#10
April 16, 2007, 02:17:43 PM
Quote from: James McMurrayHow do you feel about the local Amber forum?


I am not aware of any other Amber forums official or otherwise  (I'm not saying there are not any, just they don't seem to be large enough to notice with a quick google search),and it doesn't seem to be distracting from the main forum so I don't have a problem with it.
"Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness."

Terry Pratchett (Men at Arms)

Ian Absentia

#11
April 16, 2007, 02:35:15 PM
Quote from: James McMurrayHow do you feel about the local Amber forum?
I realise you didn't ask me, but I spoke out against it at the time, and I still feel it's inappropriate for a general topic site to give special consideration to a specific, brand-name topic due simply to preference and popularity.

I think I'll weigh in over at tBP to say the same.

!i!

Thanatos02

#12
April 16, 2007, 07:00:57 PM
Quote from: Pierce InverarityThis means the thread can't be dismissed quite so easily. They have to take it seriously. So now's your chance to speak your mind on the matter, and show the mods and admins that it's a deep and pervasive problem.

Deep and pervasive problem?
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Pete

#13
April 16, 2007, 07:06:54 PM
I have to be frank here, I'm struggling to see the importance and the deep and pervasive problem.

As to the Amber forum, I don't mind it, but it would be nice to see Erick post a lot more in there like he said he would when it was created.  Not a knock on him as I understand he's a busy guy and all that but still...it'd be nice is all.
 

Pierce Inverarity

#14
April 16, 2007, 07:48:49 PM
Quote from: Thanatos02Deep and pervasive problem?

Hell yeah.
Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini
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