Could we get an official answer on this? Please?
(Not to say it isn't a good question, just funny.)
Any topic that already has a dedicated forum should go there. That *includes* comparisons to 3.5 as far as I am concerned. Meta-discussions about the board, its operation and policies should go in the Community Business forum.
We've had a general forum for... wel... since the beginning and this question comes up now?
:P
The general board is the catch basin (more or less) for things that don't fit the other forums. OOTS isn't D&D- (That is, there's no WotC book on Order of the Stick.) it's a webcomic.
Whereas it's easy ot say threads about races go on the races board, there's no "general" topic that can be pointed to. If there's a better board for it, it should go on that board, not general.
We've tried to get rid of the forum in the past and I'm sure it will come up again in the future. It's not gone right now because there are still topics/threads that don't fit the established categories.
I could give some examples if you'd like, but as pointed out, D&D General has been around a long time and nobody's really questioned the purpose of it before. (Which, BTW is a question that should be asked on the community business board.)
My two cents, anyway.
I personally think it's time to grow up and let go of it. Really. If you don't wanna play the new edition, then don't. You have the old forums. You have other fan sites. Go and play the game you love. Leave the people who want to play this game in peace.
If you have a negative constructive criticism, then it probably will be accepted with open arms. If all you want to do is complain, the time for that is over.
Then again, in the past months it also seems they have an extremely high tolerance for 4ed Avengers flaming, trolling, baiting and belittling those who aren't all the way on board. Comparatively speaking, anyway.
Heck, hasn't then been done enough? We've had almost a full year of that.
I personally think it's time to grow up and let go of it. Really. If you don't wanna play the new edition, then don't. You have the old forums. You have other fan sites. Go and play the game you love. Leave the people who want to play this game in peace.
If you have a negative constructive criticism, then it probably will be accepted with open arms. If all you want to do is complain, the time for that is over.
No, not really. Nearly all criticism is met with extreme hostility. Which is especially puzzling when it's directed at people who self-proclaim to be on the fence (whether 50/50, leaning more away, or leaning more toward). You'd think the level of vehemence the 4ed Avengers expressed might actually serve to drive those still on the fence further away, specifically because of that culture. Yet it appears that it's a-ok by the WizOs to do just that.
Then again, in the past months it also seems they have an extremely high tolerance for 4ed Avengers flaming, trolling, baiting and belittling those who aren't all the way on board. Comparatively speaking, anyway.
Not really. "4e avengers" also have to obey the rules or also get warnings. I know; I've closed some pro-4e threads myself.
And "anti 4e" people didn't automatically get shut down. "4e sux!" screams trolling. "I don't want to buy another set of books" is a valid discussion for a concerns/criticism forum.
*Though I have a hard time imagining how either one of these could happen. The amount of information given is really far too small to come to either extreme of that spectrum.
People that are upset and angry will be more hostile. They tend to break the CoC more than someone who isn't upset and angry. That's where I think the "appearance" of "more tolerance" is coming in.
http://forums.gleemax.com/forumdisplay.php?f=840
Laser beams go here:
http://forums.gleemax.com/forumdisplay.php?f=853
Unless the context is for Star Wars games, then it goes in the SW board. For d20 modern/future discussion on laser beams it goes on those boards.
I wouldn't say it's "leeway" as much as how many people cross the line and violate the CoC.
People that are upset and angry will be more hostile. They tend to break the CoC more than someone who isn't upset and angry. That's where I think the "appearance" of "more tolerance" is coming in.
Its the borderline cases that don't quite cross the line that cause the biggest messes.
No, not really. Nearly all criticism is met with extreme hostility. Which is especially puzzling when it's directed at people who self-proclaim to be on the fence (whether 50/50, leaning more away, or leaning more toward). You'd think the level of vehemence the 4ed Avengers expressed might actually serve to drive those still on the fence further away, specifically because of that culture. Yet it appears that it's a-ok by the WizOs to do just that.
Irony = I have gotten in more "trouble" since I jokingly put Midwest Avenger in my Sig. If anything, the "avengers" are having their posts looked at and judged more harshly than many (not all) other posters.
look at how the... fiercer antis are often seemingly given a passe-droit.
You said the "C" words.
I noted that the wizo's moved Psionx's post on oots off to the off-topic board. What constitutes general discussion here? Can we get a set of guidelines? Unlike the rules Q&A which pretty much says what's supposed to be in that forum, what does general discussion entail?
Could we get an official answer on this? Please?
Don't post stupid stuff. That should account for most of it. That pretty much includes:
Who is/is not making the switch.
Comparisons to MMOs.
Comparisons to previous editions.
Anything that can fall under a different forum.
So a post questioning what should be discussed on the 4E general board has been moved to Previous Editions / D&D HQ / Community Business ??
I have asked Mike to move the CB forum under the current D&D HQ forum, with a link from the Previous Editions forum.
I will try and find out what should go on this board.
Have I mentioned lately ... how much I ... appreciate ... you?
In a strictly manly, utterly appropriate, ethically sincere and non-oogy way?? ;)
[Now hoping I won't have to return later and edit this little Post!!
]Irony = I have gotten in more "trouble" since I jokingly put Midwest Avenger in my Sig. If anything, the "avengers" are having their posts looked at and judged more harshly than many (not all) other posters.
I really hope not. Nobody should consider you suspect just because you put a tag in your sig.
Even during the heat of the recent Edition Wars, I tried to treat the Avengers as a shared joke ... rather than a street gang.
After all, in my old job, I had to 'take out' the street gangs. ;) I'm far too old for that ... stuff ... now. :D