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Gandalf Parker said:
For me its not so much the traffic, but if people arent using the forums that are already here then Im not sure if splitting would help. I wouldnt mind one just for maps so that my threads didnt disappear so fast, but Im not sure that posting them somewhere else would help all that much if no one goes there and sees them.
For the people who DO feel there should be more forums...
Making a bunch of forums and having them empty is not really a problem. I can do that. Not like it would cause much extra load on the system to have them there. But what about the chicken/egg thing? (I dont post there becuase no one reads that one, I dont read that one because no one Posts there)
Does that mean they would be in favor of a moderator moving the AAR's to the PbEM forum which already exists? and move the OT threads to the Shrapnel.General forum which already exists?
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While I voted against splitting up the forums, I'm not all that strongly opposed to having a single MP game forum. I do think most people would use it as well. I'd bet that most of the posters on this board only play Dom2, and as such, we don't use the other forums that currently exist because we're really here to talk to other Dom2 players, not to other Shrapnel players (which is not to say Shrapnel is not a great company
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If you create another forum or two under Illwinter, with a reasonable topic breakdown (such as MP Game forum or MP Game/AAR Forum), I think most players will use that forum appropriately. Inevitably, some will not, then it's up to the Moderators to enforce that as they see fit (personally I like it when Moderators enforce forum topics by moving threads, but I don't see it as critical). I don't think the chicken/egg thing will be too severe, if the new forum is under the Illwinter hat, and especially if we were to kick off the new forum by moving existing MP Game threads.