I think the arguments for a gaming thread are the same arguments for a cooking thread, really.
Yeah, but I don't wanna talk about cooking.
It's all about me, really.
(Ow! Sorry, my tongue was in my cheek and I bit it.)
Remember that sex we were planning to have, ever again?
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Miracleman - Apr 17, 2008 9:53:00 am PDT #8283 of 10289
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
amych - Apr 17, 2008 9:53:35 am PDT #8284 of 10289
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
my tongue was in my cheek and I bit it
You should really cook that. Much more tender that way.
Sean K - Apr 17, 2008 9:55:13 am PDT #8285 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Mmmmmm...... deep fried Joe tongue......
Daisy Jane - Apr 17, 2008 9:58:25 am PDT #8286 of 10289
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I'd probably support a cooking thread for much the same reason I'd support a gaming thread.
I will say that i think a gaming thread fits with the overall theme of buffistas (in my head anyway, and in a way I can't quite articulate).
Fred Pete - Apr 17, 2008 10:00:33 am PDT #8287 of 10289
Ann, that's a ferret.
It sounds like the basic issue is that the gamers want a place to discuss their interest -- and there really isn't a place now.
I'm not going to take a stand on whether or not a thread is needed. But if (for whatever reason) one doesn't happen, would it be possible to come to an Understanding (also known as Bullshit Consensus) that one or more particular threads are Gamer Friendly? There are long-running ties between the SF/fantasy and gaming communities (or at least, there were strong ones when I was active in both too many years ago).
So given the significant SF/f interests on the board, I think the gamers deserve a place where they're welcome to discuss such topics. Maybe that's a dedicated thread, maybe it's a place in an existing thread. But a place, nonetheless.
And I'd distinguish a cooking thread because cooking matters seem to be comfortably discussed in the general interest threads. (Though I'd be happy to consider evidence to the contrary.)
Connie Neil - Apr 17, 2008 10:00:54 am PDT #8288 of 10289
brillig
I think the arguments for a gaming thread are the same arguments for a cooking thread, really.
Considering the number of recipes that pop up, not a bad thought.
P.M. Marc - Apr 17, 2008 10:02:58 am PDT #8289 of 10289
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
It's not like we're leeching conversation. In fact, it would just be a small portion of us finding a corner to talk about things you're probably not terribly interested in.
Right! Which is why I'm again' it!
It's not leeching existing conversation, no, but it's shuttling off potential conversational topics into their own cul de sac, furthering the sprawl-based change from city to vast regions of suburbs.
megan walker - Apr 17, 2008 10:03:27 am PDT #8290 of 10289
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'd probably support a cooking thread for much the same reason I'd support a gaming thread.
I see them as very different. I may be wrong, but I would imagine that cooking is a subject of more general interest and relevance to a greater number of Buffistas, and is less likely to annoy non-interested readers.
Everybody eats, right? Most people cook at some point. Well, maybe not Sean, but most people.
Dana - Apr 17, 2008 10:04:33 am PDT #8291 of 10289
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Isn't Sean a cooking guru now?
Miracleman - Apr 17, 2008 10:05:50 am PDT #8292 of 10289
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
It's not leeching existing conversation, no, but it's shuttling off potential conversational topics into their own cul de sac, furthering the sprawl-based change from city to vast regions of suburbs.
But the feeling seems to be that it's difficult to get such potential conversational topics started in the available threads. So a gaming thread wouldn't be shuttling such topics off to the 'burbs, it'd be creating a space w/in city limits in which such topics could fluorish.
Like a rooftop garden. With dice and body odor.