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New forum title?

  • 05-01-2009 01:32PM
    #1
    quozl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭


    How come the new forum title?

    I don't see a single thread on the front page that relates to RPG games. 40K, bloodbowl, privateer press, none of those are RPGs.

    I agree GamesWorkshop was too narrow. But to my mind, this forum is definitely not a RPG forum. I'm not a RPGer, in any way, and I play all these games.

    Gaming Miniatures forum, perhaps? And it should be under real world games, not roleplaying imo.

    If somebody wanted to roleplay a game of 40K, or Hordes, fair enough, but they're the exception, not the rule.


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  • #2
    Mantel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭Mantel


    quozl wrote: »
    How come the new forum title?

    I don't see a single thread on the front page that relates to RPG games. 40K, bloodbowl, privateer press, none of those are RPGs.

    I agree GamesWorkshop was too narrow. But to my mind, this forum is definitely not a RPG forum. I'm not a RPGer, in any way, and I play all these games.

    Gaming Miniatures forum, perhaps? And it should be under real world games, not roleplaying imo.

    If somebody wanted to roleplay a game of 40K, or Hordes, fair enough, but they're the exception, not the rule.

    Cloud did a re-jig of the games catergory and is looking for some feedback.

    But yeah, it should be something like Gaming Miniatures and Cards, it took me awhile to find the new one in my sub list.


  • #3
    Rev Hellfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭Rev Hellfire


    Yeah its all in a state of flux.


  • #4
    Cloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,051 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Are you okay with Gaming Miniatures and Cards?


  • #5
    quozl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭quozl


    Yep, that sounds about right.

    Thanks Cloud, Rev, Mantel.


  • #6
    Mantel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭Mantel


    Yeap, cheers Cloud.


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  • #7
    Lemming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,174 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Cloud wrote: »
    Are you okay with Gaming Miniatures and Cards?

    I would maybe call the forum "Miniature Gaming" since RPGs has its own section and Magic (the dominant CCG) alreaedy has a sub forum under RPGs.

    As an aside question ... is there much in the way of traffic for card games? Obviously I've seen precisely zero that I can recollect in my time as GW mod.


  • #8
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,256 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    There would be more card-related traffic if the Magic forum was replaced by a card gaming forum.


  • #9
    Cloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,051 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Okay, so you mean like a Collectible Card Gaming forum instead of Magic?


  • #10
    Lemming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,174 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Cloud wrote: »
    Okay, so you mean like a Collectible Card Gaming forum instead of Magic?

    Would probably make it more generic and of course, a bit more obvious for non-MtG related CCG stuff.

    As an aside Cloud, would it be possible to create a means of selecting thread-title prefixs (when creating a new thread) since the forum is now non-GW specific,

    e.g.

    radiobutton: Games-Workshop
    radiobutton: Hordes
    radiobutton: Other -> Please specific [Text Box here]
    etc. etc.

    giving a title format of [prefix] Your title here

    Might make filtering and finding stuff a little easier for everyone since some of the thread titles are a bit non-descript yet game-specific


  • #11
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,256 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    Cloud wrote: »
    Okay, so you mean like a Collectible Card Gaming forum instead of Magic?

    Exactly...at the very least you would get more people...at least somewhere where we can announce demos for other games etc.


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