Gandalf Parker and the SEIV Forum

[primitive]

I (twenty)second the sentiments of the previous posters

The game is old. On-topic Posts alone will not keep the forum alive and an active forum is a great sales tool.

Is Tims 82nd Airborne a good game ?
Don't know, don't care. The dead forum is such a big turnoff for me I will never bother to invest precious time (or money) to find out.

[Ed Kolis]

If OT Posts are Banned, this forum will go the way of the MOO3 forums at Atari. I'd post a link, but that's pointless because you have to register to even read anything at that hellhole!

Keep the intelligent people in the SE4 forum because if you ban OT Posts, you'll only drive us away and there will be no one around to help the munchkins, meaning that they will get out of control with their "OMGWTFLOL NO1 IS HELPING ME!!!!! ", driving any more intelligent people who might dare to stop by right back out the door. I suppose that would save you money in the short run, not having to maintain a forum, but is that what you REALLY want? I sincerely hope not, because if this plan is followed through on, I for one will pester Aaron Hall to find a new publisher for SE5... much as I hate to say this after all these years, one which can be counted on to not turn its back on its loyal fans...

[Gandalf Parker]

The conversation was going really good there for awhile but now its getting panicky so lets tighten a few things. The hints to cut back on the OT Posts which are commonly considered not the best subjects for polite conversation is abit far from "banning OT Posts". Lets back up to about the post done by "General Woundwort" which painted a fairly true picture and contine from there.

By the way, things already look much better. Thanks.

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
The conversation was going really good there for awhile but now its getting panicky so lets tighten a few things. The hints to cut back on the OT Posts which are commonly considered not the best subjects for polite conversation is abit far from "banning OT Posts". Lets back up to about the post done by "General Woundwort" which painted a fairly true picture and contine from there.

By the way, things already look much better. Thanks.

So you're saying I shouldn't expect a check anytime soon.

[Fyron]

Threads do stop on their own at some point... your comments did not stop those OT threads (as evidenced by the fact that they continued for a while after your Posts in them, and did not even slow down).

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
The conversation was going really good there for awhile but now its getting panicky so lets tighten a few things. The hints to cut back on the OT Posts which are commonly considered not the best subjects for polite conversation is abit far from "banning OT Posts". Lets back up to about the post done by "General Woundwort" which painted a fairly true picture and contine from there.

By the way, things already look much better. Thanks.

I think you realize it's a bit difficult for a group of people who play a game such as SE to NOT want to also "chat and discuss" topics unrelated to the game. Besides, we're all a bit smarter than the average guy ( ) and we like exchange thoughts and ideas from time to time.

Not sure how many forums people participate in but I "travel" to a few others and this one is the mildest mannered (the worst being found in Renderosity, IMO). I've mentioned more than once how this forum is just about devoid of personal attacks. That's a good thing. And something the members should feel a bit proud about.

But if it's a problem with bandwidth and space, I guess that's another concern.

[Ed Kolis]

Thanks for clarifying, Gandalf. I'm glad to hear your side of the story; it makes a lot more sense now - Last night was pretty hectic and I completely missed your original Posts! It just still makes me a bit wary to have someone constantly hovering over my head ready to delete any of my Posts, but I guess I've just been spoiled by the lax moderation around here in the past.