Oliver
Admiral
Shine On You Temporal Diamond
I've been walking for ages, yet I haven't moved a smegging inch!
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Post by Oliver on Oct 8, 2007 5:31:49 GMT -5
Not to spam or anything. But, i've got a bone to pick.
Why are sensless topics all being locked nowadays because they "go off topic"? This board is the neutral board, for just discussion, you'd think that at least nobody is making random threads in any of the other boards.
I'm being serious. The fun seems to be being sapped from this place. There's just no variety. It's all monotounous. If we don't ramble off topic in one thread, then someone will end up starting a new thread with the topic that was going to be the changing factor in the origional thread. And i remember in the old days there was plenty of rambling off-topic, and nobody cared, because the threads would die off eventually anyway, and it was great fun to just babble away at things, things you wouldn't normally talk about otherwise.
Also, if people aren't joining this place because there's just one board for random discussions that is full of random discussions, then perhaps there's something else we're not seeing.
P.s. i bet this thread gets locked. That's fine, because it's probably going to end up with discussions about barbequing sausages on a sunday afternoon and trying to stp the flies touching them.
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Mara
Admiral
"the one and only"
Go Tigers!
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Alright
Oct 8, 2007 18:03:56 GMT -5
Post by Mara on Oct 8, 2007 18:03:56 GMT -5
I myself have no problem with a few off-topic posts... but when it does get out of hand, it seems a bit too much.
We could always just have one thread for random chat/off-topicness that won't fit in any other Neutral board thread.
My 2 cents.
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PurpleEyes
Admiral
Purple Since 1982
*blinking at TR*
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Alright
Oct 8, 2007 21:30:28 GMT -5
Post by PurpleEyes on Oct 8, 2007 21:30:28 GMT -5
I've always been of the mind that if there are enough reasons not to go off topic, it may not happen so much.
Things were defnetely different a few years ago. I know people get annoyed with that "back in the day" stuff but it was. People were actually around and posting at maximum.
edit: dangit, I pressed the enter button before I could get all my thoughts out!
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Mara
Admiral
"the one and only"
Go Tigers!
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Alright
Oct 9, 2007 17:08:59 GMT -5
Post by Mara on Oct 9, 2007 17:08:59 GMT -5
Yeah, I know... It's the same on all forums.. at least ones that have been around a few years.
It's sad.
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