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.

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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.

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

I meant my ragging on your non-cooking. Jesse (I think) is the one that brought it up as a thread.

For me, it comes down to the fact that I like knowing there is a specific and appropriate place to talk about something. Even if it is only once in awhile, I'd be much more likely to go to a separate thread for games than go to the comics* thread. Boxed Set is similar to me in that, for whatever reason, the thread doesn't really attract me, even though I'm into a couple of shows that got put there for discussion.

*I don't really know much about what is discussed there, but that's my impression of Other Media.

And CaBil hits the nail on the head. There are gamers who might not want to be spoiled about comics. But, I guess, tough luck to us, should the Gaming thread proposal fail.

I really don't think I need to point out that spoilage is a very touchy subject around here. Even though I just did point it out.

I meant my ragging on your non-cooking.

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Hee. Yep, all good. Especially since I can cook now. (Those of you calling me a cooking guru are sweet and kind and generous, and also wrong. I'm still just a beginner, but it was sweet of you to say.)

Jesse (I think) is the one that brought it up as a thread.

True. And I don't actually want a cooking thread, but you would be AMAZED at how much I want to post about food compared to how much I do.

Would an Other Media thread that was explicity determined as the home for gaming talk work out okay? I'm getting the idea that some of the reticence to get game talk going there might be exactly because of the potential for thread overrunning, and the reluctance of people to do that when it's not really the thread for it. I think the dynamic might change a lot.

But - I don't know if that would be a good or bad thing. I'm subbed in that thread, but I've never really been active so I don't have a good feel for it. Would people feel overrun? Would it be a more exciting place?

It seems to me like the sustained comic discussion happens mostly around major release dates for three or four titles. I think if it were doable to try to keep a space for that with gaming talk filling in more of the breaks it might be workable. But I want to hear a lot more from people who are invested in the thread, since that's not me whichever way this all goes down.