Yeah ok, seriously guys, STOP MERGING THREADS FFS

[Infinitron]

The megathreads are there, Roxor. I didn't make them. You didn't make them. We all did.

I'm trying to explain the reality, not change it.

 

[Darth Roxor]

No, right now you are trying to weasel out of your retarded opinions.

 

[Monkeyfinger]

News forum is for smaller, specialized threads with focused discussion on one aspect of a game.
GRPG forum is for megathreads which contain all the news, big or small, as it comes out, as well as a bunch of tangents that emerge as people argue.

I like the fact that such a split exists but the codex version only really works for the kickstarter RPGs. For older RPGs there's nowhere for the specialized threads to go and you get things like the wizardry megathread and the BG series thread, which probably should be eviscerated

 

[ironyuri]

The megathreads are there, Roxor. I didn't make them. You didn't make them. We all did.

I'm trying to explain the reality, not change it.

554 different users have made a total of 17,930 posts in the Eternity thread. Average is 32 posts each while the median however, is only 5. Top #20:

username posts
Infinitron 1831 (10.2%)

Torment Thread, 6,126 posts by 341 different users. Average 18 posts per user, median of 4. Top #20:

username posts
Infinitron 657 (10.7%)

Wasteland 2, 3,418 posts by 348 different users. Average 10, median 3. Top #20:

username posts
Infinitron 421 (12.3%)

Meanwhile, over in the non-cRPG RPG Forum, the BioWare / Mass Effect Thread has 11,523 total posts made by 470 different users. Average is 24, with median of 5. Top #20:

username posts
racofer 415 (3.6%)
Angthoron 366
Seboist 334
Infinitron 291

 

[Absalom]

All Infinitron does is post news though. The megathreads are all on the heads of the actual moderators.

His avatar is the Melnorme though. Can't trust those guys :paranoid:

 

[Andyman Messiah]

I appreciate this thread.

 

[curry]

It's amusing to notice how this thread itself has become a promising proto-megathread.

 

[DragoFireheart]

Mods that merge everything into one thread are fucking douchebags. Fuck you for making me wade through thousands of posts to find that useful tidbit of information.

 

[DragoFireheart]

I'll demote everyone and start again.

You should do this anyways. It'll make the Codex more interesting.

Make me a politics moderator. I'm always there anyways.

 

[Mother Russia]

Mods that merge everything into one thread are fucking douchebags. Fuck you for making me wade through thousands of posts to find that useful tidbit of information.

Ever hear of google?

But yes, megathreads suck.This is why I stopped going into GRPGD alltogether like the others here, and also why I stopped perusing Kisckstarter threads (like the Larian one)

Also, bring back kingcomrade to show these 'tards how real moderating is done.

 

[DragoFireheart]

Ever hear of google?

 

[dibens]

If mods want to do something useful, they could start editing megathread OPs with all the notable updates and content pics of anticipated games complete with links to the specific posts in the thread.

 

[Cosmic Misogynerd]

So... ban Infinitron?

Yes, please.

 

[tuluse]

Another idea, though this is only for kickstarters, maybe there should be a news aggregation thread for each big game. Only staff members can post in it and they put all the updates, formspring posts, something awful screen shots in there. Then the discussion thread(s) would be separate.

This would make the info actually easy to access and follow, while also fostering better discussions.

 

[Infinitron]

Another idea, though this is only for kickstarters, maybe there should be a news aggregation thread for each big game. Only staff members can post in it and they put all the updates, formspring posts, something awful screen shots in there. Then the discussion thread(s) would be separate.

This would make the info actually easy to access and follow, while also fostering better discussions.

You're not the only one to have this idea.

Perhaps in the end it's not really an issue of discussion at all, but of insufficiently comprehensive newsposting. I don't think the Codex front page needs to post every little tidbit of new information about the next great Kickstarter title, but it appears that there might be a demand for some kind of light-weight "KickstarterDex" subsite, which would cover everything and anything.

 

[Crooked Bee]

So, just to make this clear, if someone posts a new thread saying "Hey guys I got a question about this Wizardry game" or posts impressions of his, say, Wizardry 6 playthrough, or something like that, it shouldn't be merged with the Wizardry thread? Why? I don't really care either way, but why have tens of 1- or 2-page Wizardry threads rather than keeping all Wizardry-related discussion in one, easy-to-check-out thread?

Because it's fucking annoying. Who wants to read a 200-page thread looking for some interesting discussions? I'd rather read 5 different Wizardry or PE discussions then read that mega 'everything you ever wanted to know about PE and we do mean everything' thread.

I'm not gonna lie: I vastly prefer megathreads. It mostly has to do with the fact that my time is extremely limited lately, and I only have a few larger threads bookmarked so I can check them out every morning over a cup of coffee. Having a lot of new threads pop up would make it impossible for me up keep up with them. I'm 100% sure I'm not gonna bother to check the forums for every new P:E-related thread -- I just don't have time for that. Checking up on a megathread is much much easier and faster for me, personally. Which I why I guess I spend more time lurking SA than the Codex lately.

I do acknowledge this is mostly a matter of taste and/or time, though, so I don't really care. Unfortunately, if megathreads go away, I won't be arsed to keep up with new P:E drama anymore, which is a shame -- but I understand this is my personal loss and most of the Codex prefers otherwise, so I'm fine with that.

 

[Darth Roxor]

GamerDadCodex

Also, ban Crooked Bee until she gives proof of not accessing SA for at least 3 weeks.

 

[tuluse]

I think the problem is that it's impossible to find anything in a 700 page thread. So it only works when the idea is to constantly be creating new content (BTE). Separating the news out of the mega threads would achieve the purpose of all the offical information being in one place. Which seemed like a concern of yours. Then having multiple smaller threads would help discussion stay on topic and be interesting instead of having to tell someone that cooldowns aren't in the game every 10 pages because they didn't keep up.

 

[Mangoose]

So, just to make this clear, if someone posts a new thread saying "Hey guys I got a question about this Wizardry game" or posts impressions of his, say, Wizardry 6 playthrough, or something like that, it shouldn't be merged with the Wizardry thread? Why? I don't really care either way, but why have tens of 1- or 2-page Wizardry threads rather than keeping all Wizardry-related discussion in one, easy-to-check-out thread?

Because it's fucking annoying. Who wants to read a 200-page thread looking for some interesting discussions? I'd rather read 5 different Wizardry or PE discussions then read that mega 'everything you ever wanted to know about PE and we do mean everything' thread.

I'm not gonna lie: I vastly prefer megathreads. It mostly has to do with the fact that my time is extremely limited lately, and I only have a few larger threads bookmarked so I can check them out every morning over a cup of coffee. Having a lot of new threads pop up would make it impossible for me up keep up with them. I'm 100% sure I'm not gonna bother to check the forums for every new P:E-related thread -- I just don't have time for that. Checking up on a megathread is much much easier and faster for me, personally. Which I why I guess I spend more time lurking SA than the Codex lately.

I do acknowledge this is mostly a matter of taste and/or time, though, so I don't really care. Unfortunately, if megathreads go away, I won't be arsed to keep up with new P:E drama anymore, which is a shame -- but I understand this is my personal loss and most of the Codex prefers otherwise, so I'm fine with that.

If you recognize that most of the Codex prefers otherwise, then you should moderate accordingly to the wishes of your constituents.

 

[Crooked Bee]

SA is a p. cool forum Certainly better than this thread, or most of the threads on the Codex lately.

 

[Crooked Bee]

So, just to make this clear, if someone posts a new thread saying "Hey guys I got a question about this Wizardry game" or posts impressions of his, say, Wizardry 6 playthrough, or something like that, it shouldn't be merged with the Wizardry thread? Why? I don't really care either way, but why have tens of 1- or 2-page Wizardry threads rather than keeping all Wizardry-related discussion in one, easy-to-check-out thread?

Because it's fucking annoying. Who wants to read a 200-page thread looking for some interesting discussions? I'd rather read 5 different Wizardry or PE discussions then read that mega 'everything you ever wanted to know about PE and we do mean everything' thread.

I'm not gonna lie: I vastly prefer megathreads. It mostly has to do with the fact that my time is extremely limited lately, and I only have a few larger threads bookmarked so I can check them out every morning over a cup of coffee. Having a lot of new threads pop up would make it impossible for me up keep up with them. I'm 100% sure I'm not gonna bother to check the forums for every new P:E-related thread -- I just don't have time for that. Checking up on a megathread is much much easier and faster for me, personally. Which I why I guess I spend more time lurking SA than the Codex lately.

I do acknowledge this is mostly a matter of taste and/or time, though, so I don't really care. Unfortunately, if megathreads go away, I won't be arsed to keep up with new P:E drama anymore, which is a shame -- but I understand this is my personal loss and most of the Codex prefers otherwise, so I'm fine with that.

If you recognize that most of the Codex prefers otherwise, then you should moderate accordingly to the wishes of your constituents.

I do not really moderate, nor do I care about moderating.

 

[felipepepe]

Checking up on a megathread is much much easier and faster for me, personally. Which I why I guess I spend more time lurking SA than the Codex lately.

Gentlemen, I present you irrefutable reason for us to kill all megathreads.

#bringbeebackhome

 

[Vault Dweller]

So, just to make this clear, if someone posts a new thread saying "Hey guys I got a question about this Wizardry game" or posts impressions of his, say, Wizardry 6 playthrough, or something like that, it shouldn't be merged with the Wizardry thread? Why? I don't really care either way, but why have tens of 1- or 2-page Wizardry threads rather than keeping all Wizardry-related discussion in one, easy-to-check-out thread?

Because it's fucking annoying. Who wants to read a 200-page thread looking for some interesting discussions? I'd rather read 5 different Wizardry or PE discussions then read that mega 'everything you ever wanted to know about PE and we do mean everything' thread.

I'm not gonna lie: I vastly prefer megathreads. It mostly has to do with the fact that my time is extremely limited lately, and I only have a few larger threads bookmarked so I can check them out every morning over a cup of coffee. Having a lot of new threads pop up would make it impossible for me up keep up with them. I'm 100% sure I'm not gonna bother to check the forums for every new P:E-related thread -- I just don't have time for that. Checking up on a megathread is much much easier and faster for me, personally. Which I why I guess I spend more time lurking SA than the Codex lately.

I do acknowledge this is mostly a matter of taste and/or time, though, so I don't really care. Unfortunately, if megathreads go away, I won't be arsed to keep up with new P:E drama anymore, which is a shame -- but I understand this is my personal loss and most of the Codex prefers otherwise, so I'm fine with that.

Quite a dilemma... So, you don't have time to check all threads because you're too busy lurking on SA and you lurk on SA because the megathreads fucking suck. Women, eh?

 

[Infinitron]

LOL at people who thought I'd go on a crusade ITT without knowing the editor of the site agreed with me.

Seriously though, for all the whining here, I don't see anybody actually taking initiative and posting new Project Eternity or Wasteland 2 or Torment threads. Go ahead guys, nobody will stop you.

What I suspect is that most people realize that, ultimately, it would be kind of weird to have a ton of threads on the Codex for a game that isn't even out yet. The exception is if it's in a dedicated official forum for said game (like Chaos Chronicles).

Maybe the Codex could have used a Project Eternity subforum.

 

[Crooked Bee]

So, just to make this clear, if someone posts a new thread saying "Hey guys I got a question about this Wizardry game" or posts impressions of his, say, Wizardry 6 playthrough, or something like that, it shouldn't be merged with the Wizardry thread? Why? I don't really care either way, but why have tens of 1- or 2-page Wizardry threads rather than keeping all Wizardry-related discussion in one, easy-to-check-out thread?

Because it's fucking annoying. Who wants to read a 200-page thread looking for some interesting discussions? I'd rather read 5 different Wizardry or PE discussions then read that mega 'everything you ever wanted to know about PE and we do mean everything' thread.

I'm not gonna lie: I vastly prefer megathreads. It mostly has to do with the fact that my time is extremely limited lately, and I only have a few larger threads bookmarked so I can check them out every morning over a cup of coffee. Having a lot of new threads pop up would make it impossible for me up keep up with them. I'm 100% sure I'm not gonna bother to check the forums for every new P:E-related thread -- I just don't have time for that. Checking up on a megathread is much much easier and faster for me, personally. Which I why I guess I spend more time lurking SA than the Codex lately.

I do acknowledge this is mostly a matter of taste and/or time, though, so I don't really care. Unfortunately, if megathreads go away, I won't be arsed to keep up with new P:E drama anymore, which is a shame -- but I understand this is my personal loss and most of the Codex prefers otherwise, so I'm fine with that.

Quite a dilemma... So, you don't have time to check all threads because you're too busy lurking on SA and you lurk on SA because the megathreads fucking suck. Women, eh?

I didn't say I was too busy lurking on SA. SA has megathreads so I easily check out the few I have bookmarked. Fast and easy.

No need to be ascribing things I didn't say to me, VD