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Game News Bethesda goes FOBOS on Fallout 3 discussion

Spazmo

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Tags: Bethesda Softworks; Fallout 3

The <a href=http://www.elderscrolls.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat=&C=6>Bethesda discussion forums</a>, which had up until now been a hotbed of discussion about the company's upcoming Fallout sequel, are now apparently off limits for FO3 talk. In <a href=http://www.elderscrolls.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2845662&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=10&vc=1>this thread</a>, the following announcement was made:
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<blockquote>My apologies to the Fallout fans who enjoyed discussing this, but every Fallout discussion is hereby suspended from these forums until a Bethesda admin decides otherwise.</blockquote>
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Sorry, guys, it didn't work for Interplay either.
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Thanks to <b>Briosafreak</b> for the heads up.
 

plin

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It's been the same recycled shit since the second fallout topic. I don't blame them.

Vis already had 317 posts alone.
 

Ausir

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Maybe we'll make a Fallout 3 board 'round here? We get a lot of Fallout-related threads lately, and now that DAC is dead...
 

Diogo Ribeiro

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I'm divided about having a Fallout 3 specific board. The pros would be that it would gather all FO3 related talk there, and it would be interesting to discuss it. But i don't know if we need a beacon that attracts nimrods who register for the sole purpose of trolling.
 

plin

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And is there really anything to talk about other than the newsbits that we already have topics for in the news section?
 

Ausir

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Well, making a special FO3 board might limit trolling to just that board.
 

Diogo Ribeiro

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plin said:
And is there really anything to talk about other than the newsbits that we already have topics for in the news section?

Well, there's always someone with a list of suggestions :)


Ausir said:
Well, making a special FO3 board might limit trolling to just that board.

Yes, that's true. It could limit it. But are you going to risk it?
 

Whipporowill

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Wasn't Saint against a FO3 board, or did I dream that up? This is a general crpg community site after all - although we host some boards to indie delevopers, that was more of trying to support them kind of thing?
 

Vault Dweller

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There is no reason to have a FO3 forum. First, it has nothing to do with FO, second, the developers don't give a shit, and third, if you want to see some wacky FO3 ideas, click here.
 

boywoos

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Ausir said:
Maybe we'll make a Fallout 3 board 'round here? We get a lot of Fallout-related threads lately, and now that DAC is dead...

DAC is not dead! I'd say we have, oh, at least ten posters there :D
 

Duodenum

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Eh, I say it's about time. As mentioned, every conceivable argument from every viewpoint had been mentioned at least once in the first thread or two, and all that was happening in the 13 threads that followed was repetition. It was a waste of bandwidth and off-topic (these forums ARE on elderscrolls.com, not fallout3.com or even bethsoft.com). I'm sure that, eventually, there'll be official Fallout 3 boards from Bethesda.

Hopefully the trolls won't bother coming over from the Elder Scrolls forums, either here or NMA. And hopefully trolls won't go from those places over to the Elder Scrolls forums to rant & rave there, either.
 

kathode

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It's opened again. Sorry for the downtime. A moderator got fed up and his trigger finger got a bit itchy I guess. Believe it or not, I actually found out about it first from this news post :)
 

Greenskin13

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Someone should make a movie about this.

Dissent! Power Struggle! Intrigue!

I miss the BIS Drama! image....
 

Spazmo

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On the one hand, it's good to hear you aren't going the crazy Chucky gestapo lockdown route.

On the other hand, I'm disappointed that now we won't get a chance to enjoy another Elara debacle. Actually, it's still not too late. Any volunteers? We need one pathetic turncoat with a buying price of a forum modship, one mob of angry community members, one guy to photoshop the turncoat into a variety of hilarious pictures involving branded dildos and we need Mr. Carrot to go dig up some obscure Japanese porn.

It's just how it's done.

As for a FO3 discussion board... no. This is a general RPG site and it's forums are devoted to RPGs in general. Feel free to talk about Fallout, but if you want a specific Fallout forum, NMA! Y'know, because giving competition to Odin makes Briosafreak cry.
 

chrisbeddoes

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kathode said:
It's opened again. Sorry for the downtime. A moderator got fed up and his trigger finger got a bit itchy I guess. Believe it or not, I actually found out about it first from this news post :)


Nice. At least this will not escalate into a chucky 2 thing.
 

jiujitsu

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plin said:
It's been the same recycled shit since the second fallout topic. I don't blame them.

Vis already had 317 posts alone.

I agree with that. But they shouldn't just lock the topic because they can't take the heat.
 

plin

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S4ur0n27 said:
How many times can you people repeat the same shit over and over?

As long as there is still breath in their lungs, they will most likely continue.
 

Seven

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Spazmo said:
On the one hand, it's good to hear you aren't going the crazy Chucky gestapo lockdown route.

On the other hand, I'm disappointed that now we won't get a chance to enjoy another Elara debacle. Actually, it's still not too late. Any volunteers? We need one pathetic turncoat with a buying price of a forum modship, one mob of angry community members, one guy to photoshop the turncoat into a variety of hilarious pictures involving branded dildos and we need Mr. Carrot to go dig up some obscure Japanese porn.

It's just how it's done.

As for a FO3 discussion board... no. This is a general RPG site and it's forums are devoted to RPGs in general. Feel free to talk about Fallout, but if you want a specific Fallout forum, NMA! Y'know, because giving competition to Odin makes Briosafreak cry.

I'm also pleasantly surprised to see that they haven't gone the TeamChuck route.

As for the sacrificial lamb, I nominate plin, and if she's not a woman I'm sure that Mr. Carrot will be happy to use gay porn. :P
 

plin

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Seven said:
Spazmo said:
On the one hand, it's good to hear you aren't going the crazy Chucky gestapo lockdown route.

On the other hand, I'm disappointed that now we won't get a chance to enjoy another Elara debacle. Actually, it's still not too late. Any volunteers? We need one pathetic turncoat with a buying price of a forum modship, one mob of angry community members, one guy to photoshop the turncoat into a variety of hilarious pictures involving branded dildos and we need Mr. Carrot to go dig up some obscure Japanese porn.

It's just how it's done.

As for a FO3 discussion board... no. This is a general RPG site and it's forums are devoted to RPGs in general. Feel free to talk about Fallout, but if you want a specific Fallout forum, NMA! Y'know, because giving competition to Odin makes Briosafreak cry.

As for the sacrificial lamb, I nominate plin, and if she's not a woman I'm sure that Mr. Carrot will be happy to use gay porn. :P

Shut the fuck up dick lips.
 

Seven

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Wow, that's creative; I'll have to remember it the next time I crawl off your mum. :lol:
 

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