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'Important Discussion' time guys...name your weird fetish

author=kentona link=topic=3009.msg58854#msg58854 date=1233170254
Tutorials/Articles have dropped off a lot, while Review submissions are WAY up.

Yeah, sorry about that. Real life's been biting my but butt lately. >_>

EDIT: Fixed spelling. <_<

author=kentona link=topic=3009.msg58854#msg58854 date=1233170254
Plus, we've had 5000+ posts for 5 months running!

What forums categories are the most popular?

author=Fallen-Griever link=topic=3269.msg64763#msg64763 date=1236175046
But, seriously, as far as I'm concerned this "topic derailing" stuff is being blown way out of proportion. Going slightly away from the subject at hand isn't derailing a topic, discussions tend to expand in scope over time and this is just a natural thing that people need to deal with. Some topics have, in my opinion, been overzealously locked, but maybe I was just a much more leniant admin back in the day.

But you are one person within an entire community, F-G, and while you've never had a problem stating your opinion (something about you that I can respect), your view is socially flawed. Discussions in the 'General Discussion' forum are meant to evolve well-beyond the scope of the topic, as in going so far off topic that they are almost their own new topic. However, in a forum setting, specifically designed for a certain purpose, such as 'Feedback on my Gameplay Please', moving far beyond the intended topic undermines the purpose of that forum.

The concept of a Forum came from our buddies the Romans, and while the Internet Forum has given rise to such intellectually elite concepts as the Blog and Twitter, the basic concept of the Forum hasn't changed much in the past 2000 years. We are still expected to follow rules of etiquette (presumably, our Roman friends didn't tolerate throwing sheep-dung at the persons they disagreed with) we are still expected to maintain some sort of decorum (although we are not all toga-wearing men in our 40's or beyond), and we are still expected to somewhat remain on topic.

The purpose of a forum is to discuss topics. People post to the forusm ebcause they want other's opinions on those topics, not opinions on things that ahve no bearing or significance to their topic. If Person A wants to talk about Topic A, and posts about Topic A, then Person B should either discuss Topic A, go make Topic B. Standard rules of logic dictate that if A <> B, then A will always <> B.

author=Fallen-Griever link=topic=3269.msg64763#msg64763 date=1236175046
For instance, the anime discussion was entirely relevant to Project DOAD because the game used exactly that style. That the style of art used could cause people to dislike/not play the game and the reasons behind that were, in my opinion, helpful criticisms for the developer to consider in future productions.

Excuse me, but who the heck are you to dictate what another person creates? If a person wants to create something based on dreams he or she had as a child, a fight he or she got into with his ex-lover, or a favorite genre of animation, you will not now, nor ever, have the right to say, in any way or through any criticism 'Maybe you should choose a different genre.' If that was not your intended point, then I apologize for jumping your case, but you sounded a lot like a censor for a moment. If that was you intended point, then I believe that you owe Skye an apology.

author=Fallen-Griever link=topic=3269.msg64763#msg64763 date=1236175046
That the opinions were negative and caused someone to throw a hissy fit and delete everything they'd created previously wasn't a problem with the thread derailing, it was a problem with someone being an oversensitive child.

I totally agree with you here, although I am not saying that the creator of the game in question acted that way. If someone cannot take criticism for their work, they don't need to be sharing their work with a developer community, or the public.

author=Fallen-Griever link=topic=3269.msg64763#msg64763 date=1236175046
Besides, you can't make a game and then expect people not to comment on the pros/cons of using a certain artistic style in your game, that's just naive, just like you can't showcase your project and expect people not to comment on the pros/cons of using a certain script or a certain battle-system or a certain character sprite. Seriously, if people had started talking about enzyme catalysis or Latin grammar or something then you'd have a good case to say that the topic had been derailed, but talking about something relevant to the topic at hand isn't derailing it at all.

While you make a valid point about people needing to expect criticism about their style, and I agree with you, again I feel that you are turning this into a justification for what was done to DOAD. And personally, I think that is not proper. The artist was asking for opinions on the content of the game, and the gameplay of the game, not on the style. That would be like the creator of Final Fantasy VI askign for other developers to look over his gameplay and balancing, and then getting his entire game trashed by said other developers because he chose to have Amano do the character portraits.

author=Fallen-Griever link=topic=3269.msg64763#msg64763 date=1236175046
That isn't to say some topics haven't been completely derailed, although I would like to point out that moderators have at their disposal the ability to seperate one topic into two if they so feel the need, thus saving topics from being locked and also creating a relevant discussion topic at the same time (at least I assume the moderators here have that ability as I assume this forum functions just like any other generic forum). This would be a better solution to locking threads that are deemed to have been derailed than simply locking them.

I don't know what the moderating practices of this forum are, F-G, but if that is the case, then perhaps they need to look at that option. Either way, I agree that there needs to be work on both ends. The Moderators need to moderate and the members need to try and stay on topic. It's a two way street.

author=harmonic link=topic=3245.msg64472#msg64472 date=1236034608
You immature dickfucks. It's not weird to have a preference for a woman with a tad bit more substance/voluptuousness than the normal skinny model chick. It's quite NORMAL, in fact.

And we don't mean OBESE people. More like Rachel Ray. Just curvy. Dumbshits.

Sarah Jay, myself, personally.

Baby got some serious back.

author=Blindmind link=topic=3254.msg64424#msg64424 date=1236023654

author=Craze link=topic=3254.msg64298#msg64298 date=1235983000
Are you seriously eighteen? You are aware that Sora is, like, nine years old, right? Or thirteen or something. I dunno.

Hahaha he is fourteen.

Also, I approve of the username! Welcome.

Agreed. Kingdom Hearts, and Sora, is the bomb.