An idea for the Underground forum...

Maquisard · 03-24-2007, 04:19 PM

It's looking a bit cluttered with all the daily scene threads. Why not just do one "Daily Underground Scene" thread, and keep posting & commenting in that one?

*Melanie68* · 03-24-2007, 04:46 PM

It's the same procedure used for the Adventure Game Scene of the Day. The only difference is that more threads get started in the Adventure forum so it's not as apparent. I think it's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. One thread could get very cumbersome to go through. Eventually we could make a sticky list like we have for the the Adv. SOTD which will make accessing one you are interested in easier.

Maquisard · 03-24-2007, 05:35 PM

My point exactly--not as many threads get started there, so the daily scene threads are cluttering up the forum. Maybe if one thread were started every week, with seven screenshots posted in each over the course of the week?

Squinky · 03-24-2007, 10:38 PM

I just think more people should be posting in Underground, period.

Erwin_Br · 03-25-2007, 05:01 AM

I'd rather have them posting at Adventure D*kggg-hisssss-ggggggk*!!!

--Erwin

Trumgottist · 03-25-2007, 10:35 AM

Here's another voice in favour of keeping them as they are. Compared to the other forum sections, I can't call the Underground section cluttered. Maybe it's currently getting a bit dominated by the scene threads, but I don't see that as a bad thing. Those threads bring up (brief) discussion or comments on various "underground" games, and isn't that really the main function of the underground forum?

After a brisk nap · 04-29-2007, 08:04 AM

One of the hopes (my hopes, at least) for the Underground SOTD was that it would get people to check out the Underground forum and create more activity there in general.

At the present, I'm starting to lean towards the view that the SOTD are cluttering up the forum, and maybe making the first impression for surfers less compelling.

Maybe as a compromise we could do just one thread per week, and post the Monday/Wednesday/Friday scenes in that? This would cut the number of SOTD threads by two thirds, but not create just one extremely cumbersome one. Also, maybe the juxtaposition of different games in the same thread would lead to some discussion? Opinions?

Squinky · 04-29-2007, 08:27 AM

I could go either way, personally.

SSH · 04-30-2007, 12:54 AM

Yes, but what about the USOTD?

After a brisk nap · 04-30-2007, 04:43 AM

OK, let's try it, then.

Maquisard · 06-11-2007, 08:09 PM

My work here is done.

*rides off into the sunset*

Seriously though, I'm liking Underground a lot more since all the SOTD threads migrated to page 2. You won't see two consecutive SOTW threads either.

*Melanie68* · 06-11-2007, 08:32 PM

(it does look better

)

03-24-2007, 04:19 PM	#1
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Last Online: 05-26-2022 02:58 AM Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	An idea for the Underground forum... It's looking a bit cluttered with all the daily scene threads. Why not just do one "Daily Underground Scene" thread, and keep posting & commenting in that one? __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

03-24-2007, 05:35 PM	#3
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Last Online: 05-26-2022 02:58 AM Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	My point exactly--not as many threads get started there, so the daily scene threads are cluttering up the forum. Maybe if one thread were started every week, with seven screenshots posted in each over the course of the week? __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

03-24-2007, 10:38 PM	#4
Squinky Unreliable Narrator Last Online: 08-10-2012 07:03 PM Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Le Canada Posts: 9,873	I just think more people should be posting in Underground, period. __________________ Squinky is always right, but only for certain values of "always" and "right".

03-25-2007, 05:01 AM	#5
Erwin_Br Under pressure. Last Online: 05-20-2012 02:02 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Posts: 3,773	I'd rather have them posting at Adventure Dkggg-hisssss-ggggggk!!! --Erwin __________________ > Learn more about my forthcoming point & click adventure: Bad Timing! > Or... Visit Adventure Developers: Everything about developing adventure games.

03-25-2007, 10:35 AM	#6
Trumgottist Game Creator Hobbyist Last Online: 05-21-2012 02:18 PM Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Stockholm (or Gotland) Posts: 2,609	Here's another voice in favour of keeping them as they are. Compared to the other forum sections, I can't call the Underground section cluttered. Maybe it's currently getting a bit dominated by the scene threads, but I don't see that as a bad thing. Those threads bring up (brief) discussion or comments on various "underground" games, and isn't that really the main function of the underground forum? __________________ Play my game: Frasse and the Peas of Kejick. The Special Edition is now available! (Mac OS X or Windows.)

03-24-2007, 04:46 PM	#2
Melanie68 Super Moderator Last Online: 05-19-2012 11:09 AM Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,907	It's the same procedure used for the Adventure Game Scene of the Day. The only difference is that more threads get started in the Adventure forum so it's not as apparent. I think it's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. One thread could get very cumbersome to go through. Eventually we could make a sticky list like we have for the the Adv. SOTD which will make accessing one you are interested in easier.

04-29-2007, 08:04 AM	#7
After a brisk nap Elegantly copy+pasted Last Online: 09-02-2021 01:03 AM Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,773	One of the hopes (my hopes, at least) for the Underground SOTD was that it would get people to check out the Underground forum and create more activity there in general. At the present, I'm starting to lean towards the view that the SOTD are cluttering up the forum, and maybe making the first impression for surfers less compelling. Maybe as a compromise we could do just one thread per week, and post the Monday/Wednesday/Friday scenes in that? This would cut the number of SOTD threads by two thirds, but not create just one extremely cumbersome one. Also, maybe the juxtaposition of different games in the same thread would lead to some discussion? Opinions? __________________ Please excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.

04-29-2007, 08:27 AM	#8
Squinky Unreliable Narrator Last Online: 08-10-2012 07:03 PM Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Le Canada Posts: 9,873	I could go either way, personally. __________________ Squinky is always right, but only for certain values of "always" and "right".

04-30-2007, 12:54 AM	#9
SSH Super Scottish Hero Last Online: 03-16-2011 05:41 PM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 2,872	Yes, but what about the USOTD? __________________ SSH's AGS blog "SSH is the best we have" - Pablo Bullian, IP Security expert

04-30-2007, 04:43 AM	#10
After a brisk nap Elegantly copy+pasted Last Online: 09-02-2021 01:03 AM Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,773	OK, let's try it, then. __________________ Please excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.

06-11-2007, 08:09 PM	#11
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Last Online: 05-26-2022 02:58 AM Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	My work here is done. rides off into the sunset Seriously though, I'm liking Underground a lot more since all the SOTD threads migrated to page 2. You won't see two consecutive SOTW threads either. __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

06-11-2007, 08:32 PM	#12
Melanie68 Super Moderator Last Online: 05-19-2012 11:09 AM Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,907	<Underground becomes part of the kitty borg collective yarn ball...> (it does look better )