where should board games be discussed?

[lord of the mark]

Classic games is supposed to be about Civilization/boardgame, MoM, and Colonization. I read that slash (NOT comma) as indicating that discussions of the board game CIVILIZATION belong there. Others are interpreting it as the general place for board game discussions. Theres a thread on Risk, and another on Settlers of Catan. I usually post about board games in Other Games. Now its not like Classic games is crowded, but then we could sure use some more threads in Other Games that arent Forum Games .

So what should it be?

[Theben]

Whereever you want to discuss it.

[Alex]

Other Games seems the best place for this kind of discussion.

[DrSpike]

OG.

[Skanky Burns]

Boardgame discussion would probably be better in Classic Games. FGs in he OG are continuously bumped, the only threads to survive are those that also have a number of people also playing the game at the time. Threads about boardgames would drop like a rock. Survivability and visability for such a thread would be far greater in the Classic Games forum.

At least, thats my take on it.

[Nikolai]

Classic games I think is the best.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Boardgame discussion would probably be better in Classic Games. FGs in he OG are continuously bumped, the only threads to survive are those that also have a number of people also playing the game at the time. Threads about boardgames would drop like a rock. Survivability and visability for such a thread would be far greater in the Classic Games forum.

At least, thats my take on it.

Its not that bad. Usually it takes over a day for a dormant thread to drop off the front page. While the number of posts to FGs is huge, the number of threads on page 1 at any one time seldom exceeds 6 or 7, so as long as that doesnt get much worse, it doesnt make the board unusable. On the other hand visibility IS greater on classic games - but then the same issue occurs any game that doesnt have lots of current players.

[Nikolai]

I suggess that one merges all the Civ3 MP foums into one, with the different kinds of MP in an underforum. Like the old Dinosaur forum you know.

[Alex]

OG has much more traffic than Classic, so...

[Nikolai]

...classic it is.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
Its not that bad. Usually it takes over a day for a dormant thread to drop off the front page. While the number of posts to FGs is huge, the number of threads on page 1 at any one time seldom exceeds 6 or 7, so as long as that doesnt get much worse, it doesnt make the board unusable. On the other hand visibility IS greater on classic games - but then the same issue occurs any game that doesnt have lots of current players.

To stay on the first page of the OG forum, a thread would need a new reply in at least every three days. The Classic Games forum still has threads on the first page from June.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Nikolai
Classic games I think is the best.

I had no idea we had a classic games forum.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns


To stay on the first page of the OG forum, a thread would need a new reply in at least every three days. The Classic Games forum still has threads on the first page from June.

Does is still count as visible if it is visible but no one is there to see it?

[Skanky Burns]

No. However, people do visit that forum from time to time.

[Nikolai]

Yeah. Because of this thread, I visited yesterday for the first time since this summer.