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why does this forum exist when space rpgs go in rpgs, space tactics go in tactics?

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It was a dumb autistic change, years later it is obvious that it was totally unnecessary to split these off from strategy and simulation. Only the leisure zone, a much younger subforum, has less threads.

for years it had used to be as it should be (Strategy Games, Simulations)

Then some previously unknown moron came, took charge and changed it into four subforums that generate less interest than the previous 2. Since the interesting posters have left its basically just the same guys jerk offing over the same games. It could just as well be called "Polish turbased jank" "Paradox Games>everything else" and "Imagine Star Citizen would ever be playable"

The only logical explanation is that he isn't interested in Strategy Games and Simulations and achieved that discussion of those has ended.
 

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for years it had used to be as it should be (Strategy Games, Simulations)

Then some previously unknown moron came, took charge and changed it into four subforums that generate less interest than the previous 2. Since the interesting posters have left its basically just the same guys jerk offing over the same games. It could just as well be called "Polish turbased jank" "Paradox Games>everything else" and "Imagine Star Citizen would ever be playable"

The only logical explanation is that he isn't interested in Strategy Games and Simulations and achieved that discussion of those has ended.
Worse than the splintering, a lot of interesting stuff was just shoved into general gaming where shit popular console game thread number 1000 threads buried them down to page 20+ almost instantly killing all discussion.
 

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Obviously mistakes were made in coming up with these forum categories but...

Space "sims" are actually just action games and it makes zero sense to put them in the strategy subforum.

Yet they'd probably get buried in general gaming.
 

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If topics were actually segregated per subforum description, it would actually work well. but the mods are clearly not doing this

Space subforum description said:
If it's set in space, it over-rules all other factors because Space > All, therefore post about it in here.
 

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for years it had used to be as it should be (Strategy Games, Simulations)

Then some previously unknown moron came, took charge and changed it into four subforums that generate less interest than the previous 2. Since the interesting posters have left its basically just the same guys jerk offing over the same games. It could just as well be called "Polish turbased jank" "Paradox Games>everything else" and "Imagine Star Citizen would ever be playable"

The only logical explanation is that he isn't interested in Strategy Games and Simulations and achieved that discussion of those has ended.
Worse than the splintering, a lot of interesting stuff was just shoved into general gaming where shit popular console game thread number 1000 threads buried them down to page 20+ almost instantly killing all discussion.
Also what happens in RPG gaming form
 

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I think they've abandoned the idea of a Space Game forum.

I asked a similar question about this in the Star Citizen thread and people in that thread seemed to think the idea of a Space Game forum was stupid.

So, the space game forum is probably a project someone started to collect the space games, and then lost interest.

Probably should just revert all the games back to their appropriate forums, but that takes more effort which nobody is willing to do. So, thats why this forum exists.
 

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tbh, this forum section does get very little traffic so yeah; I do sometimes wonder why it still has its own sub-forum. Maybe it's just too hard to let go of something that was once such a big part of an SF armchair-spacefarer-geek-gamer's life.
 

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If you haven't noticed, the staff around here doesn't know what an RPG is and doesn't care to make their own binding definition. If a certain News Poster doesn't care for it, it goes in one of the barely read subs.
 

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where would you put a game like X3, outer wilds or starsector that usually appeals to public like the users of this forum but are not pure RPG nor tactics ?
 

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Doom is a space game. Do I post my Doom stuff here or in the GRPG forum?
 

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Obviously mistakes were made in coming up with these forum categories but...

Space "sims" are actually just action games and it makes zero sense to put them in the strategy subforum.

Yet they'd probably get buried in general gaming.
This forum is obviously for us, small group of :obviously: users to discuss proper space simulations and strategies such as COADE.
Now, why is generic space themed derp such as ED, SC or X4 also included here instead of General Gaming Retardo - that's actually a good question.
:smug:
 

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