Decline Megathread whining: Released/Announced

[procrastinator]

what Jaesun did

 

[Curious_Tongue]

If I start a thread "Post-release impressions of South Park", do you think it would survive?

Yes, it would. For fuck's sake, people, get over what Jaesun did two years ago.

Blame the victims why don't you?

This place appears to be still traumatised.

 

[Telengard]

But would it survive....

Before this thread, sure. But now, after all the uproar found here, could the Administration truly resist the temptation of the obviously huge amount of butthurt they would cause by merging every Stick of Truth thread.

 

[Abelian]

But would it survive....

 

[Lord Trousersnake]

Yes, it would. For fuck's sake, people, get over what Jaesun did two years ago.

Blame the victims why don't you?

There was a holocaust of the threads, but sadly Infinitron remains a denier.

 

[Spectacle]

It didn't take long before the thread I made for the release of Tropico 5 was merged into the announcement thread.
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/tropico-5-released.85627/page-4

That may not be anywhere near the longest announcement thread on the 'dex, but it is still nice to have a clear break between pre-release speculation and post-release facts.
Despite the vehement denials of the management it seems like the "one thread only per game" is in full effect.
What is your defense this time, Infinitron?

 

[Infinitron]

What is your defense this time, Infinitron?

Talk to one of the Strategy Gaming forum moderators?

(Personally, I would keep it merged because the original thread was really small, not a GRPG hundreds of pages behemoth. How clear a break do you need? But, it's not my decision.)

 

[Spectacle]

What is your defense this time, Infinitron?

Talk to one of the Strategy Gaming forum moderators?

(Personally, I would keep it merged because the original thread was really small, not a GRPG hundreds of pages behemoth. How clear a break do you need? But, it's not my decision.)

WhiskeyWolf, JarlFrank why so eager to merge?
Ideally, I think that someone looking for impressions about a new game should be able to click on the thread and not have to guess at what page the speculation stops and the facts begin. So even the shortest pre-release thread should be abandoned and let slip off the first page of the forum.

 

[Infinitron]

So even the shortest pre-release thread should be abandoned and let slip off the first page of the forum.

Problem is a lot of posters DON'T let it slip and keep on posting in it.

My strategy is to let people keep posting in the original thread until a decent number of post-release pages have accumulated. THEN, you split it off. Presto, the original thread drops off the first page immediately, and people keep on posting in the new one. This is what I've done with several of the high profile RPG threads.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

WhiskeyWolf, JarlFrank why so eager to merge?

Don't look at me, I'm a lazy fuck and doing my best to do as less as possible.

But you can be sure it was Infini who ratted you out.

 

[Ulminati]

So ME4 was announced today. They had a video, talked a bit about wanting vehicle customization and more open-world exploration. There was a thread for those curious. It existed for about 2 hours until it was merged into the generic bioware megathread by the usual suspects.

So to answer infinitrons post on the last page:

If I start a thread "Post-release impressions of South Park", do you think it would survive?

Yes, it would. For fuck's sake, people, get over what Jaesun did two years ago.

Nope. Megathreads are still all the rage it seems.

 

[Infinitron]

Wasn't me.

 

[Jaesun]

We were already discussing ME4 (such as seeing the new screen shots) as well as knowing the Mako is back etc etc.....

We needed 2 threads to discuss the same thing?

 

[Ulminati]

We don't need everything in one bigass megathread. I recall DU being abundantly clear about that when I was moderating. I can't imagine that's changed now.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

We were already discussing ME4 (such as seeing the new screen shots) as well as knowing the Mako is back etc etc.....

We needed 2 threads to discuss the same thing?

ME4 isn't going to need it's own thread? Your OCD won't allow you to see that far into the future?

 

[Jaesun]

In the interest of SCIENCE! And because I have been here for 10 years, I'm going to show you something.....

 

[Humanity has risen!]

Jaesun again doing various moderating actions to threads about games he doesn't like or finds "dumbed down" and then playing dumb by saying "is this really an RPG?" or "is this really needed?" some other spiel that wouldn't fool a five years old. If there wasn't a separate JRPG and console RPG section being made he would STILL be doing this there. Get lost already.

 

[Ulminati]

Then at least be consistent Jaesun. If all bioware games belong in the megathread, merge the 250+ page DA:Inquisistion thread into the megathread as well. Make it completely impossible to follow. Go on. No time like the present.

 

[Infinitron]

Split the ME4 stuff back to its own thread. Let the stupid huge Mass Effect megathread die already.

 

[Jaesun]

That's what I did.

 

[Goat Vomit]

I like megathreads, sure merging those two threads might seem excessive now but when its closer to release and a bazijion threads all dealing with the latest Bioware herpaderp completely drown out everything else when they crop up all over the place I think you'll sing a different tune. Alternative it would be nice if you could make a thread folder/subdirectory so that all threads could be sorted by subject, game etc or perhaps a real tagging system so that I can easily find what's decline, what's about game design and sort out the interesting topics.

I like my forums organized and neat.
:mrfussy:

 

[Sensuki]

You could just ask if South Park is worth playing somewhere? ...

 

[MasterSmithFandango]

Moderators are fucking faggots with hall monitor badges. The forum will not collapse if there are two threads on the same game/topic. Your job should be to prevent spam and that's pretty much it. Two threads on a game does not spam make.

 

[Irenaeus]

Megathreads are useless, I never use them nor read them. That's why I prefer to post in RPG news.

 

[DwarvenFood]

Both the merging of threads, as the splitting of threads, is fucking annoying and retarded in most cases.