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POLL: Sports forum?

Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Taluntain, Oct 6, 2005.

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  1. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Well, I'm sure the people frequenting Whatnots have noticed that we have quite a number of sports fans there. So I was thinking of making a separate forum for sports discussions. It'd provide a nice corner for those who are interested in it, and keep it out of Whatnots for those who aren't.

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    Poll Results: Sports forum? (46 votes.)

    Should we have a separate forum for sports discussions? (Choose 1)
    * Yes - 52% (24)
    * No - 48% (22)
     
    Taluntain, Oct 6, 2005
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  2. Morgoroth

    Morgoroth Just because I happen to have tentacles, it doesn'

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    Not really sure if it's needed. It's quite a similar situation as with the idea of a relationship forum. I doubt it would see that much of use. Sports discussion tend to pop up now and then but I don't think there's enough sports discussion that it requires a separate forum.
     
    Morgoroth, Oct 6, 2005
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    I guess it can't hurt.
     
    Sarevok•, Oct 6, 2005
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  4. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Actually, there have been a few sports discussions in Whatnots near the top continuously for some time now.
     
    Taluntain, Oct 6, 2005
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    I don't think it's necessary.

    If you keep subdividing Whatnots what's going to be left in that forum but RBP in the end? A forum with only a handful of threads isn't really appealing IMHO.
     
    Uytuun, Oct 6, 2005
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  6. Felinoid

    Felinoid Who did the what now?

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    Not necessary. It's a big topic, but not big enough to deserve its own forum. We've got too many already, IMO.
     
    Felinoid, Oct 6, 2005
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  7. The Magpie

    The Magpie Balance, in all things Veteran

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    Nah, I think Whatnots does the job well enough. It's also convenient to have the Sports threads and the RBP in one place, so it cuts down on the amount of flicking through fora that I have to do.

    Yes, I'm a lazy, lazy man. :D
     
    The Magpie, Oct 6, 2005
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    There are often one or two sports threads being actively posted to but then there are also large chucks of time with no sports threads. I just don't think that is enough to warrant sports having its own forum.
     
    JSBB, Oct 6, 2005
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    Yes please, I support this.
     
    Register, Oct 6, 2005
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    [muse] Maybe if we combine sports and relationships to form the ultimate "relationship sports" forum [/muse]
     
    Sticker, Oct 6, 2005
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    There's quite a lot of sports topics in the Whatnots, but I guess we need that to keep the Whatnots random, while still keeping some more or less meaningful content.
     
    chevalier, Oct 6, 2005
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    Yup. Call it the "Slave Pens" after the CC. Or maybe name it after the Spectator Beholder... ;)
     
    Bion, Oct 6, 2005
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    We still use the same 'World Cup qualifying' thread which is recyclable... speaking of the devil... saturday games....
     
    Sydax, Oct 6, 2005
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  14. Barmy Army

    Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Adored Veteran

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    Yeah, why not? Give me a licence to start even more sports threads and I'll take it!
     
    Barmy Army, Oct 6, 2005
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  15. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Uytuun, I've heard the same argument every time before splitting Whatnots down, but there's still plenty of Whatnots material there, don't you think? ;) The purpose of Whatnots is to serve as an "everything else" forum, not to contain as much stuff as possible that could comfortably be handled in separate forums.

    I'm sure that having a separate forum would also encourage sports fans to open more discussions on the subject.
     
    Taluntain, Oct 6, 2005
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  16. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Hmm, I don't mind either way.
     
    Harbourboy, Oct 6, 2005
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    I say yes to a sports forum. There are plenty of people here to support it; heck Barmy could do it by himself. ;) Also, if sports does separate from Whatnots, more lurkers might be willing to post or SPers post more frequently. Things might get slow during certain points of the year due to one or more sports seasons at an end.
     
    kuemper, Oct 6, 2005
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  18. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Btw, whatever your opinion is, please make sure you've voted in the poll, as that's my primary indicator.
     
    Taluntain, Oct 7, 2005
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  19. Nakia

    Nakia The night is mine Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I voted yes but don't have strong feelings about. I think it would be nice. Sports fans would know were to look quickly and non-sports fans could easily avoid if so desired. I like soccer or whatever it is called in each country.
     
    Nakia, Oct 7, 2005
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    I guess I'm for it - ambivalent about sports, but don't begrudge their presence in whatnots. I imagine the fans could fill a seperate forum sufficiently.

    I *will* say, though, that BoM did seem a little intimidating when I first started here, with its vast organization of fora...I got over it fairly quickly, mind.
     
    jaded empath, Oct 7, 2005
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