So, Jaesun, what's a "classic RPG"? (poll)

[Phelot]

Right now we essentially have a "Good RPG" forum and a "Bad RPG" forum. And then there is the jRPG forum

 

[Clockwork Knight]

I don't personally see a problem defining "What is a classic cRPG" given this rough outline:

Games made before January 1, 2002 12:00PM

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As for indies, yes I would consider the ones using "classic" cRPG designs/mechanics/looks would also be discussed in the RPG Classics forums. Stuff like Knights of the Chalice, Eschalon Series, Swords and Sorcery Underworld to name a few.

>creates a rule to avoid wankery

>bends said rule not even five lines later

:baby:

 

[Ulminati]

Right now we essentially have a "Good RPG" forum and a "Bad RPG" forum. And then there is the UGLY RPG forum

Fix'd

 

[Sul]

There's no need for a jRPG sub-forum. There's only like 2 or 3 threads every month. Also, everyone around here is a closet weebo.

 

[eric__s]

Doesn't give all the people in the Codex Workshop much incentive to work hard on anything if it's already been written off.

 

[Linden]

Creating a jRPG sub-forum is a good idea. Everything else can go into GRPGD, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[spekkio]

I don't personally see a problem defining "What is a classic cRPG" given this rough outline:

Games made before January 1, 2002 12:00PM

But by this rule will we consider every shitty RPG made before 2002 a classic? That's just as stupid as saying that no modern RPGs can be considered a classic.

Welcome to Jaesun's logic. I don't get this "old game = good, new game = shit" fetish that some of you have, but whatever...
IMO as a 'RPG Fagdex' we need only 2 gaming forums: GRPG (old, new, real, pseudo, western, eastern, whatever) and GG (other games, CLEARLY not RPGS. Like Lemmings, Gran Turismo, Victoria or X-wing). Merging Adventure and Strategy with GG would actually incline the GG as well. And made reading the 'Dex easier more streamlined.

tl;dr

but plz revert

 

[Twinkle]

People still discuss RPGs?

 

[J_C]

People still discuss RPGs?

We still discuss that what is an RPG, so ...yeah.

 

[Jasede]

Dumb change that clutters the forum further, sacrificing readability and tradition in favor of stroking someone's ego.

Revert, please. I don't like having to wade through a dozen sub-fora that wouldn't be there were it not for your wankery.

Edit:

Site's becoming a bloated fuckfest.

I always thought we hated bloat and superfluous garbage here, on the prestigious Twitter Facebook Brofist Codex.

What a shitty idea.

Beers repeating.

 

[RK47]

Actually you can just start your own forum if you're so inclined to make things work your way.

 

[canakin]

Well no one complained about the way things woked for 10 years, why change it now?

 

[Roguey]

Well no one complained about the way things woked for 10 years, why change it now?

Complaining about JRPGs and RPGs with reflex-based combat in GRPG is something that happens quite a bit.

 

[SCO]

Demonstration of Jaesun thread moving habits

 

[kazgar]

Hmmm, a poll...

What the hell? Stop splitting shit up, just dump it all in General RPG Discussion.

Err with DU being DU, this could end badly.

 

[Renegen]

The forum splitting has to be future proof. Today BG is probably considered "classic", well just imagine the horror when the Codex will call DA:O a classic RPG and dump it there. It will happen, the codex will turn to shit one day, as hard as it is to believe.

 

[Ulminati]

It will happen, the codex will turn to shit one day, as hard as it is to believe.

Pretty sure that happened ~10 years ago

Besides, I've enough faith in the administration to believe the forum-splitting is a temporary thing to see what works and what doesn't. It's already painfully obvious that opinions on what constitutes "classic" are split. The only thing people seem to agree on is that Jaesuns definition doesnt work, and that moving recently created threads back and forth makes everything a pain in the ass to follow.

But give it a week or so, and maybe the jrpg forum will see its own little niche like the gazebo seems to have. I don't really care for japcrap - an opinion me and others frequently voice in the japcrap threads that spring up in gg/grpg. But if people keep the japcrap in their own little board, it becomes a lot easier to just ignore it like, say, general discussion. Which in turn means the people who DO care about japcrap can DISCUSS! it without our mudslinging.

Still, the front page is getting rather bloated. Perhaps it'd be a good idea to make the gazebo/japcrap boards sub forums of general gaming. Even if that will temporarily confuse people as yet more thread juggling occurs

 

[RRRrrr]

Let's get the codex GOTY's in the classic RPG forum

It would be much more sensible to split the forums in old and new generation of RPGs, new generation being everything post 1997/1998.

 

[someone else]

Why bother retardoing threads in the JRPG forum? That is like retardoing retardo land.

 

[Angthoron]

What can change the nature of an RPGs?

 

[Ulminati]

What can change the nature of an RPGs?

Jaesun, appearently.

 

[Haba]

Oh gee, I go away for a few weeks and this happens.

The worst choice you've made in the entire time I've been reading 'dex.

Who the fuck has the time to read 10 forums? Not to mention the fact that even browsing the forums list takes longer now. I just glance at the list now and most of the time decide that it isn't worth the effort to peruse their content.

gg

 

[villain of the story]

The solution to solve all of our categorical problems: unmod Jaesun.

 

[Forest Dweller]

I just browse Watched Threads and New Threads now, thank God.

This will only really effect me when I want to create a thread. Oh well, I can't be arsed to keep track of all these new arbitrary definitions, I'll just post it GRPG and if he wants his new forum so badly, he can move it.

 

[villain of the story]

If this shit sticks, I'm making duplicate threads in every subforum every time I'm making a new thread.