I loved being in Boxed Set but I haven't been back since that happened.

My issues with Boxed Set have more to do with the fact that it's mostly Torchwood/DW talk these days, and I don't watch the one and can't be bothered to ahem the other. I am hoping that we'll get some lively Sarah Connor Chronicles talk there in the fall...

... but that's all beside the point.

I like the larger threads because I am exposed to things I would never even think of seeking out in a dedicated thread.

See, I don't think I'm missing anything by having a gaming thread, because I don't think I've ever seen gaming conversation in Natter or anywhere else. Or if I did, it was in such small quantities as to be indistinguishable from the background natter. In which case, no net loss to the community, imo.

I don't get to hang out here much anymore, but I did used to talk to Gudanov about computer RPGs in Bitches. We were on at different times, though, and there was so much other stuff in between it was difficult to sustain a real conversation. I would have liked to really dig in and talk about the games with him instead of mostly just finding out he likes a lot of the same ones I like and how cool that was.

Having said that, of course, I don't do much in the way of board games, or pen and paper RPGs or game systems, and I don't have much time on the board anymore, so I doubt I'd be very active in the thread anyway (though I might finally convince my husband to join the board).

(MM, insent to your profile addy.)

I am hoping that we'll get some lively Sarah Connor Chronicles

I'd love to be able to talk about SCC with buffistas but because I'm always a season behind in Who and Torchwood I don't dare venture in Boxed Set.

It's the fact that DW and TW are in there that might lead me to dip my toe back in. Which is kinda beside the point, except for where it's why I am antiproliferation.

I honestly only started watching those shows and a lot of others due to discussions other people were having about them. I'm not saying that gaming discussion either in a larger thread or a dedicated thread would make me a gamer, but I like the cross-pollination.

And we are back to cross pollination vs. spoilerphobic.

Sigh.

I am so weary of this discussion.

Somebody appoint me queen, and I will make an edict that anyone who wants to discuss any topic can create a thread to do that. B.org will be an old fashioned Post Office wall full of cubicles with neat little labels for carefully pared subjects and everyone will get to interact with the dozen or however many posters share their interest.

Was it ita? who likened it to a TableTalk platform for dozens of folders containing dozens of individual threads.

If we do that, we'll never have to have this discussion again. And it will make everybody happy to be able to create threads at will. Obviously being prevented from creating threads at will is making most people unhappy now.

Pay for it? I don't know. You guys are smart, come up with something. Code it? We'll probably have to hire people because it sounds like more of a job than can be done by a handful of volunteers in spare time. B.org? In name only. But all things pass.

This is an observation and an expression of my personal opinion, not an argument or a solicitation of an argument. It's only one opinion, but as much as I dread confrontation I felt I'd be cowardly not to express it.

it will make everybody happy to be able to create threads at will

Except for the anti-proliferationistas.

being prevented from creating threads at will is making most people unhappy now.

Except for the anti-proliferationistas.

Me? I'd like to see a good-faith attempt at some serious gaming talk. If that fails, but in a way that indicates its own haven is warranted, then let's discuss thread. This all seems very previous to me.

It may have been noted in passing that conversation didn't get rolling, but how about now, when you know people want to talk about it--can it take root somewhere without freaking out the denizens (and in fact, perhaps enriching them)? Why not see that first? What could it hurt?

It may have been noted in passing that conversation didn't get rolling, but how about now, when you know people want to talk about it--can it take root somewhere without freaking out the denizens (and in fact, perhaps enriching them)? Why not see that first? What could it hurt?

I'd be willing to give it a shot. I'm pretty sure the kind of conversation we're thinking of wouldn't work in a general thread like Natter or Bitches (especially Bitches), but in a low-volume more focused thread, sure, let's see what happens. (Other Media's been proposed most often. I think it's an odd fish there, games aren't communication media, but I'm not much concerned for category precision anyway.)

Having said that, repurposing another thread to include discussion of matters gamey will obviously also have an impact on the people already using that thread. So I guess we should get reactions from the Other Media bods?

Having said that, of course, I don't do much in the way of board games, or pen and paper RPGs or game systems, and I don't have much time on the board anymore, so I doubt I'd be very active in the thread anyway (though I might finally convince my husband to join the board).

I would like to make it clear that, though MY personal conversation preference would probably be about tabletop pen-and-paper RPGs I intended the thread for ALL gaming topics...board games, video games, MMORPGs, LARP...what have you.

(MM, insent to your profile addy.)

(backflung)

And we are back to cross pollination vs. spoilerphobic.

Sigh.

I am so weary of this discussion.

ND and Bev, forgive me if this comes across as snarky, because I don't mean it that way: if this discussion, and the same old the arguments coming up, makes you weary and makes you sigh, then why are participating? You don't have to participate in something that clearly makes you unhappy.