The 360 thread!

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:32 am 0

Multiple threads for different gaming topics is the way to go - it was only Some Annoying Fanboy who got the creation of one uber thread going. Perhaps the mods should just lock gaming threads in bleatings so we can take speculation and discussion over there (playing the games).

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:40 am 0

Disclaimer: I do not own a console, and do not expect to.

It's not always easy to tell which forum is the right one. I recently wanted to ask about programs to get data off a DV camera, so I asked in "I'll show you mine ...". I'm still not sure that was the wrong forum, but there was very little response.

Alternately, in "Playing the games ..." there is the Oblivion thread, which I post to quite a lot, but its name says it's for PC and 360, no mention of the PS3 (the poster was Mr Meow, I know Meow is the same person, but I suspect he can't access the account with which the thread was created).

flookster · Post by **flookster** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:50 am 0

Maybe the mods could create specific threads for each format in the proper forum and those of us who would prefer to post in Playing the Games... about playing games could do so. Or anyone else who likes posting "The Official Thread about random topic that eventually becomes huge" type threads could do it.

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:07 am 0

flookster wrote:

Maybe the mods could create specific threads for each format in the proper forum

I don't think that really works, Oblivion at least seems to be identical on all the platforms it runs on, so having different threads about it on the PC, on the 360 and on the PS3 would mean you would have to read all three threads if you wanted to know everything that people had discovered about the game.

flookster · Post by **flookster** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:13 am 0

zip accident wrote:
flookster wrote:

Maybe the mods could create specific threads for each format in the proper forum
I don't think that really works, Oblivion at least seems to be identical on all the platforms it runs on, so having different threads about it on the PC, on the 360 and on the PS3 would mean you would have to read all three threads if you wanted to know everything that people had discovered about the game.

Yeah - I wasn't really talking about specific threads for a game in each format - more a specific Nintendo, Xbox and Sony discussion thread in PTG. Threads about certain multiformat titles are fine as the Oblivion and COD4 threads show.

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:22 am 0

I don't know what I think about that.

There has until recently been no PC thread in Bleatings, and a Console is not in itself a game. I still don't understand why having threads in Bleatings is a problem.

flookster · Post by **flookster** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:29 am 0

zip accident wrote:I don't know what I think about that.

There has until recently been no PC thread in Bleatings, and a Console is not in itself a game. I still don't understand why having threads in Bleatings is a problem.

It isn't a problem (to me at least) but why have PTG when we have YYers who prefer to post everything in Bleatings. In fact why have any other forum at all?

skweek · Post by **skweek** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:32 am 0

flookster wrote:
zip accident wrote:I don't know what I think about that.

There has until recently been no PC thread in Bleatings, and a Console is not in itself a game. I still don't understand why having threads in Bleatings is a problem.
It isn't a problem (to me at least) but why have PTG when we have YYers who prefer to post everything in Bleatings. In fact why have any other forum at all?

Exactly. Wheat/Chaff and all that.

chub · Post by **chub** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:43 am 0

I always thought that PTG was for threads about a specific game, whereas Bleatings is more about general discussion including games. So for example the Nintendo thread we have is for people to write about general Nintendo news/thoughts/etc, but then something like Super Mario Galaxy gets its own thread in PTG for more in-depth discussion.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:51 am 0

chub wrote:I always thought that PTG was for threads about a specific game, whereas Bleatings is more about general discussion including games. So for example the Nintendo thread we have is for people to write about general Nintendo news/thoughts/etc, but then something like Super Mario Galaxy gets its own thread in PTG for more in-depth discussion.

Ay, that would be fine too, but theres threads about individual games in bleatings too (theres a big one about Orange Box, for example).

I don't really mind which way we take it, but it'd be nice to have some consistancy.

When I moderate I tend to be quite anal in moving threads to the right bits of the forum, but I know this place is moderated in a more relaxed manner than that.

The argument about just folding everything into bleatings is that it'd be quickly overwhelmed. Most of the posts would be about games, music etc... and you'd find the general chitchat threads wouldn't get anywhere near as much traffic as they wouldn't stay on the front page as long.

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:53 am 0

skweek wrote:

flookster wrote:
zip accident wrote:I don't know what I think about that.

There has until recently been no PC thread in Bleatings, and a Console is not in itself a game. I still don't understand why having threads in Bleatings is a problem.
It isn't a problem (to me at least) but why have PTG when we have YYers who prefer to post everything in Bleatings. In fact why have any other forum at all?
Exactly. Wheat/Chaff and all that.

Yeah, but I'd have thought that PTG was the wheat (so to speak), and Bleatings was the chaff, i.e. the rough outer husks of the wheat that get thrown away (the "whole" in wholewheat referring to the kernel and the inner husk being present, though maybe the likes of All Bran do use the chaff nowadays).

So, in my view, the other forums are for the specialised interests

and Bleatings is where the rabble hang out (I post quite a lot in Bleatings, I'm not criticising the people who post here). Any duplication in Bleatings means less chaff like postings in the other forums, which may or may not be a good thing. Sorting the chaff of the chaff from the simply chaff may not be a worthwhile exercise, IMVHO.

flookster · Post by **flookster** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:58 am 0

I'm not sugesting we stop people posting in Bleatings in "Official" threads. I am sugesting threads in PTG where people who want to post about specific consoles and games can do so in the forum designated for it.

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:13 pm 0

flookster wrote:

I'm not sugesting we stop people posting in Bleatings in "Official" threads. I am sugesting threads in PTG where people who want to post about specific consoles and games can do so in the forum designated for it.

Okay.

I have no problem with that as a theory, but anyone who wanted to could have done that already. That it hasn't been done suggests to me that it's not particularly wanted, though I wouldn't dislike it if someone did make such threads.

Stickied threads would be a different matter of course, not everyone can do that.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:47 am 0

This week's XBLA releases are Screwjumper and Shrek-N-Roll, apparently:

http://www.xblarcade.com/node/1404

I'd suggest you exercise your right to a free demo before even thinking about buying either of 'em...

Bod · Post by **Bod** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:18 am 0

Where the hell is Sensi Soccer?