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.
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Connie Neil - Apr 17, 2008 10:00:54 am PDT #8288 of 10289
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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.
P.M. Marc - Apr 17, 2008 10:05:57 am PDT #8293 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
He is.
By the way, I clearly need more coffee.
When I first scanned the proposal, I read tabletop RPG as tabletop RPS.
Wolfram - Apr 17, 2008 10:07:58 am PDT #8294 of 10289
Visilurking
And I'd distinguish a cooking thread because cooking matters seem to be comfortably discussed in the general interest threads.
Games have a lot more tie in with a board that sprung up around television discussions, because I see it as other media like movies, books/graphic novels, and music. I don't really see cooking as a media. Of course I may be doing it wrong.
P.M. Marc - Apr 17, 2008 10:08:20 am PDT #8295 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
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.
A space within city limits would be talking about it in an existing thread, like Natter.
Miracleman - Apr 17, 2008 10:13:37 am PDT #8296 of 10289
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Okay, so the city analogy breaks down.
You get my point.
P.M. Marc - Apr 17, 2008 10:19:23 am PDT #8297 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
Right, and your pro is my serious con.