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Originally posted by Sazerac:
I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
We need a separate forum for "Serious Discussions".
When the forum upgrade occurs, maybe we can rally for a Serious Discussions forum then. We need a place where these kind of heated debates can thrive and not upset other members who aren't interested in those types of discussions.
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OK...upshot from a relative newbie. As one of those who thrives on the serious threads, I agree that are tending to degenerate. I know I've been quite cranky lately, and I want to apologize to anyone that I've honked off.
As for a seperate "Serious Discussions" forum, I dont necessarily think that's a good idea. I've seen it at a couple of other boards, namely MH and a few other non gaming boards. That section tends to draw a very specific crowd who mostly stick there. A lot of them dont interact anywhere else on the board. And the general discussion board ends up being mostly fluff. Here at IW you get an eclectic mix of fluff and substance interspersed with general weirdness. It is an awesome atmosphere and I would hate to see it changed. I agree with Yorick that maybe some sort of warning should be placed in the title, or when things upgrade, Ziroc could enable some icon that would let people know it is a Serious Topic. Segregating all of the Serious Topics to a seperate forum is, IMHO, a bad idea.
Azurewolf...Excellent post. Thanks for attempting to bring a bit of calm to the current storm. Kudos.
PS: Memnoch...sometimes you HAVE to debate the person to make the point. Its a fact of good debate. That's not to say it has to get rude, but sometimes it really does have to get personal to mean something.
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