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hhallahh Bob-Omb Level: 38  Posts: 120/607 EXP: 365476 For next: 4971 Since: 03-15-04 From: Portland, OR Since last post: 73 days Last activity: 60 days |
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| This kind of stuff interests me. Why are there so many forums? A lot of them go largely unnoticed... I've been gradually migrating across the different forums here (SMW hacks -> GD -> Craziness / Officers', etc.) but there are still, like, 10 forums that I'd probably visit on a regular basis, if I weren't lazy. Chances are that many other people are like this. Hence, the minor forums don't get nearly as many posts as they would otherwise. That is to say that I might have something to add to a Final Fantasy thread, but since I don't visit the FF forum, I don't see the thread, and I don't reply, and hence there is less activity. In my experience, usually boards start with a small number of broad forums, and then branch out for any of the following reasons: 1. The heavily-visited boards get too much activity for members to keep up with, and hence are "split" into smaller boards with a moderate amount of activity. 2. One type of topic dominates a given board, so the board is split so that the common topic gets its own board (ie. lots of Lunar Magic threads in Rom Hacking leads to SMW Hacking getting its own forum.) 3. Group interest. Some small clique of people want their own board, and don't mind if it's more difficult for other people to access... hell, they may even prefer it that way. I dunno what the ACMLM forums originally looked like, but if I had to guess, I'd say that things used to be a fair bit more active than they are today, and hence most boards were created for reasons #1 or #2... to reduce the burdens on other boards. But nowadays, things aren't so active, and it seems too complex to have a bunch of different boards that are slight variants of each other. For example: General Chat + Officers' Club + Craziness Domain + Anya and Christi's Corner could probably go together. Movies/TV/Entertainment + Anime All the gaming forums + General Emulation These are some examples of possible combinations. The new boards would be more crowded, but not too much so... I usually define "too crowded" as when over a page or two of topics is replied to every day. I know that the denizens of the smaller boards would probably be resistant (see reason #3), but it would probably increase overall activity, which is a plus. I know it won't really happen, but I just think it would be a good idea to streamline the boards. |
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Legion banning people for no reason sure is fun Level: 101  Posts: 448/5657 EXP: 10399737 For next: 317938 Since: 03-15-04 From: The Crossroads is under attack! Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days |
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| I agree that SOME forums should be merged together but: General Chat + Officers' Club + Craziness Domain + Anya and Christi's Corner? You can't be serious. It would never work and no one would go for it. No one in power anyway. Any TWO of those merged together wouldn't work let alone all four of them. Movies/TV/Entertainment + Anime That would work. All the gaming forums + General Emulation That's not going to happen either. I do think that we should merget General, FF, and SMB forums together though. Merging the Emu forum in there would make it too cluttered and unorganized. |
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tinzeee Permaban Repeated warnings and bannings about stupidity Level: 38  Posts: 484/618 EXP: 369695 For next: 752 Since: 04-02-04 From: Australia - Sydney Since last post: 553 days Last activity: 339 days |
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I think its good that acmlm has a variety of forums/threads because it wont bunch everyone up in certain ones... it would be cool to have more people be active and that but i reckon acmlm is cool how it is And others boards... the best board i have been to is this one, its so easy to work your way around. Alot of other boards i have visited are too small, don't have much activity or are too big  |
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knuck Hinox Banned until 19-58-5815: trolling, flaming, spamming, being a general fucktard... Level: 62 Posts: 217/1818 EXP: 1894574 For next: 90112 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Dude. Don't come with that idea of merging forums again. Ace already said that the gaming forums will never merge with general emulation. And there is no need in merge General Chat with Craziness. We all know what kind of threads should be posted in General/Craziness. Officer can't merge neither, since there are only serious topics there. If it was all a big General Chat forum, people won't know what thread is serious or not.  |
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hhallahh Bob-Omb Level: 38 Posts: 121/607 EXP: 365476 For next: 4971 Since: 03-15-04 From: Portland, OR Since last post: 73 days Last activity: 60 days |
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| You can't be serious. It would never work and no one would go for it. No one in power anyway. Any TWO of those merged together wouldn't work let alone all four of them. Eh, I should've warned people not to get too hung up on the details. I could argue that they could all go together - especially Anya + Christi could be dissolved into others - but I don't really care to. It's just the general idea. All the gaming forums + General Emulation That's not going to happen either. I do think that we should merget General, FF, and SMB forums together though. Merging the Emu forum in there would make it too cluttered and unorganized. Emu gets 1-2 threads updated / day... that will not cause an entire forum to become cluttered and unorganized. Some forums are naturally more compatible for merging than others, but if you merge a bunch of loosely related + inactive forums, you do not end up with a mess. Emu is quite inactive, and should be one of the first forums to go. If it was all a big General Chat forum, people won't know what thread is serious or not. You've never been to a message board where the general forum isn't divided into general / craziness / serious sections? Wow. |
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Yoshi Dude XKEEPER STOLE MY CAR KEYS Level: 79  Posts: 249/3271 EXP: 4572680 For next: 6787 Since: 03-15-04 From: give me a number folks. Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| "You've never been to a message board where the general forum isn't divided into general / craziness / serious sections? Wow." WOW THAT'S WHAT HE SAID WHAT A MORON >=( "If it was all a big General Chat forum, people won't know what thread is serious or not." wait.. wait.. that's not what he said. I understand where you're going, but the problem is too many people here take things way too seriously. Even in craziness domain, there are those who can't get the point. There's a decent enough activity in Officer's Club, and a lot of people enjoy whining about insignificant problems there. I enjoy avoiding it. It works for everybody. It's a nice idea, but I disagree. I think merging SMB (and maybe FF, I don't look there) would be good because, since it's so inactive, people are inclined to make a lot of dumbass polls. If nothing changed it would not matter. We don't have to save any webspace, despite Smasher's logic.  |
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hhallahh Bob-Omb Level: 38 Posts: 124/607 EXP: 365476 For next: 4971 Since: 03-15-04 From: Portland, OR Since last post: 73 days Last activity: 60 days |
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| Yea, okay, it's not exactly what he said, it's just that must boards don't differentiate those threads, and no one is going "omg wtf" because of it (and if there are, it makes the retards easier to identify.) Anyone's who's been to a board that doesn't differentiate the threads should know this. | |||
Gavin Fuzzy Rhinoceruses don't play games. They fucking charge your ass. Level: 43  Posts: 35/799 EXP: 551711 For next: 13335 Since: 03-15-04 From: IL, USA Since last post: 13 hours Last activity: 13 hours |
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| i suggest merging SMW with Crazyness Domain, practically the same people with the same posts.. *gavin is blinded the the "111"s and mispellings* well, wait nm.. forget it (edited by Gavin on 04-22-04 01:06 AM) |
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Xkeeper The required libraries have not been defined. Level: NAN  Posts: -4616/-863 EXP: NAN For next: 0 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: -753366 sec. |
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Originally posted by Gavin *plays "MS Word" with post* SMW with Craziness is probably the stupidest idea I've heard yet.  At most I think the SMB+FF[+GENGAMING?] could be merged... neither gets that much activity  Of course leaving them alone's probably a better idea =_= |
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Gavin Fuzzy Rhinoceruses don't play games. They fucking charge your ass. Level: 43 Posts: 36/799 EXP: 551711 For next: 13335 Since: 03-15-04 From: IL, USA Since last post: 13 hours Last activity: 13 hours |
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Originally posted by 404Originally posted by Gavin please learn to sense and appreciate sarcasm. please don't nitpick grammer. that's annoying. blatant mispellings i understand.\ and yes, as you said, leaving them along is most likely best. |
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Surlent サーレント Level: 49  Posts: 226/1077 EXP: 863920 For next: 19963 Since: 03-15-04 From: Tower of Lezard Valeth Since last post: 16 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| The board seems cluttered up, but merging up forums can bring also disadvantages ... So the General Emulation forum usually has not that much to do with the Gaming forum. Mostly SNES games are emulated, regarding also hacks, ripping sprites etc, while you could review and suggest (as well older and newer) games in the Gaming forum. By the way, someone could rename "Rom Hacking" to "ROM Hacking", how it should be correctly. When people post RAM and CD-ROM, the title of the forum should be proper too (edited by Gandalf The Grey on 04-22-04 10:21 AM) |
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Yoshi Dude XKEEPER STOLE MY CAR KEYS Level: 79 Posts: 250/3271 EXP: 4572680 For next: 6787 Since: 03-15-04 From: give me a number folks. Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Gavin, please learn to make sarcasm at least a little bit funny or don't bother at all. I don't know why everyone's being nitpicky. We're not gaining extra webspace by combining threads. I think if you made a poll, most would agree the forums are fine the way they are. |
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