Maybe it's that gamers are accustomed to the "geekoid" stigma and are more comfortable in a dedicated space for their hobby. I don't know. But Other Media is not sustaining this particular topic, whether people think it should or not.

Okay, if the default geekiest thread on a geeky board is not sustaining a topic (I haven't seen a huge or serious effort to get the ball rolling starting the conversation there, mind), then how do you expect a thread to sustain it?

I don't understand why a thread with three posts a day is keeping a conversation from happening.

tabletop RPS

Aieee, my eyes. Also, depending on the table, not very safe.

And yet....

Okay, if the default geekiest thread on a geeky board is not sustaining a topic (I haven't seen a huge or serious effort to get the ball rolling starting the conversation there, mind), then how do you expect a thread to sustain it?

Because I've already seen a fair amount of interest in having it.

I know Sean subscribes to Other Media, I subscribe to Other Media, I would not be surprised if ND and others subscribe to Other Media, and yet...no gaming discussion takes root. Laga mentioned in B'cracy that she has attempted to bring it up in Other Media and seemed to imply that it gets rolled over.

This says to me that people want a place to discuss it...enough people that I have confidence the thread would sustain itself. If nothing else because, as Sean pointed out, any two gamers can, given the opportunity, talk the Universe to death. I see a handful + here...the discussion could ROCKET.

I know Sean subscribes to Other Media, I subscribe to Other Media, I would not be surprised if ND and others subscribe to Other Media, and yet...no gaming discussion takes root. Laga mentioned in B'cracy that she has attempted to bring it up in Other Media and seemed to imply that it gets rolled over.

Are you responding to Laga? You're in the thread. I'm being serious here, not snarky, but I'm about to rush to a meeting: if any two gamers can talk the universe to death, why is it not happening?

if any two gamers can talk the universe to death, why is it not happening?

If I knew that, Plei, I wouldn't have felt the need to propose a thread for it. It's just not happening in the available threads.

eta:

Are you responding to Laga? You're in the thread.

Oh, I just put that together. Heh.

I haven't seen her posts about gaming, frankly. They've been lost in a lot of whitefont about the Buffy comics and general discussion of other comics.

Honestly, I tend to skim Other Media because I'm YOINKS behind on Buffy: S8 and don't wanna get spoiled even inadvertently.

ETA: Also, Sean, you know I was kidding about the cooking thing, right?

Of course. But cooking made for a good comparative/contrasting subject example.

if any two gamers can talk the universe to death, why is it not happening?

It is, just not here?

Hey, if you guys vote us down, we'll probably give it another try in Other Media.

I'm just saying there's a number of people here who seem to have forgotten that Buffistas have reacted poorly in the (recent, even) past to having their thread steamrolled by a vote.

any two gamers can will, given the opportunity, talk the Universe to death

Better.

Blink...

I just realized it, Other Media seems to have evolved in Buffy/Angel/Serenity Comics, so I am reluctant to dip into there until I have caught up with the issues.

Not that Other Media is all Buffy/Angel/Serenity all the time, but it is often enough that I worry about spoilage...

Yep, CaBil. That's what kept me out of that thread. And I'm reading comics again now! It's a fun thread! But I'm not caught up on Buffy S8.