Trad Games Top Level Forum? Poll!

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Should Traditional Games be a Top Level Forum? This poll is closed.
Yes. It would benefit the place.	222	80.73%
No. Why gently caress up a good thing?	27	9.82%
No opinion. Just being a looky loo.	26	9.45%
Total:	275 votes

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SerSpook: Feb 13, 2012

i'm against it because none must see my posting shame, and being buried in the subforum of a subforum hides it

# ? May 29, 2021 15:58

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# ? Apr 29, 2024 12:46

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Yes. My bad posts about D&D deserve at least as much Respect as the bad posts in D&D.

# ? May 29, 2021 16:15

Nuns with Guns: Jul 23, 2010; It's fine.
Don't worry about it.

I'm okay with it being top level. It's small but it is kind of hidden off. I don't see it causing explosive growth, but it was always an awkward fit nested among all the video game forums.

New Super Metis posted:

ok so the reason you guys need to be a top level forum is that as it stands currently I, as a games IK, inexplicably have powers in here despite having zero connection to the community, and for the last half hour i have been battling the urge to edit the poll results because i think it would be funny

free yourselves from tyranny

It does feel a bit strange to have an amicable reallocation of forums and not a dramatic years-long civil war among numerous competing web factions...

# ? May 29, 2021 16:24

Podima: Nov 4, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

As the TGR IK I think Trad Games being a top level forum is good, and I don't think there's a super compelling need to further segment TGR as anything other than a subforum under Trad Games right now. Getting a link to TGR on the forums index would be a nice little win and might drive some more traffic to games and CYOAs currently in progress, which is good in my book.

# ? May 29, 2021 17:20

The Moon Monster: Dec 30, 2005

I don't really see any reason to. I've gotten the impression that most of the "make xxx a top level forum" cries were about moderation drama and I'm not aware of any going on between games and traditional games. On the other hand I don't really see any reason not to do it either.

# ? May 29, 2021 22:17

Elfgames: Sep 11, 2011; Fun Shoe

can we go back to being a sub subforum?

# ? May 30, 2021 01:54

Nessus: Dec 22, 2003; After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!

The Moon Monster posted:

I don't really see any reason to. I've gotten the impression that most of the "make xxx a top level forum" cries were about moderation drama and I'm not aware of any going on between games and traditional games. On the other hand I don't really see any reason not to do it either.

I suspect that TG ended up under Games due to the infathomable pill-addled will of the former regime, possibly because "it's a subtype of games, therefore,"

Nobody had a plan for any of this poo poo. I'm sure even Jeffrey now only has plans in the sense of 'what happens if I get hit by a bus' or 'hey, maybe I should have functional backups'

# ? May 30, 2021 05:40

Hexenritter: May 20, 2001

I run the discord for the Games Room CYOA community and it is legitimately one of the most awesome, chill and positive goon communities I've ever had the pleasure to be a part of. The membership is upward of three hundred people but the active core is probably half that, and that's just the people who joined the server, there are also posters who contribute but don't do discord for one reason or another so it's pretty active. There's some concern about being a TLF bringing disruptive elements because we'd be more exposed but I also think that exposure could attract new creatives and people who never even knew we existed.

I think it sits in a weird halfway space between its ties to RPGs and the more booklike writing format so it just got crammed in tradgames because it didn't really fit anywhere else.

Hexenritter fucked around with this message at 06:36 on May 30, 2021

# ? May 30, 2021 06:34

The Moon Monster: Dec 30, 2005

Nessus posted:

I suspect that TG ended up under Games due to the infathomable pill-addled will of the former regime, possibly because "it's a subtype of games, therefore,"

Nobody had a plan for any of this poo poo. I'm sure even Jeffrey now only has plans in the sense of 'what happens if I get hit by a bus' or 'hey, maybe I should have functional backups'

I truly have no idea if this post is serious or a parody of someone who is angry about traditional games being subforum.

# ? May 30, 2021 13:23

Tibalt: May 14, 2017; What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee

Nessus posted:

I suspect that TG ended up under Games due to the infathomable pill-addled will of the former regime, possibly because "it's a subtype of games, therefore,"

Nobody had a plan for any of this poo poo. I'm sure even Jeffrey now only has plans in the sense of 'what happens if I get hit by a bus' or 'hey, maybe I should have functional backups'

Honest answer on a bit of SA lore, Traditional Games was created way back in the early 2000s and was functionally identical to the current Games Room - a place for PbP role-playing games that wouldn't clog up GBS. Mafia games and CYOA threads weren't particularly popular yet.

After miniature threads, Magic the Gathering discussion, and Mafia games were moved to Trad Games in 2007, eventually the Trad Games Discussion sub subforum (!!) was created under the Trad Games/future Game Room. In 2012 somebody noticed this and also that TG had no moderator for the last decade, so they switched it around and gave TG their first moderator since 2005.

So basically, nobody planned anything, it all evolved out of the need to banish nerds from GBS and promptly forgetting about them. Considering TG was mostly self-moderated for most of its existence, I think it's cool that Tad Games has this very unique culture that you don't see elsewhere on the internet.

# ? May 30, 2021 21:28

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

wheres the mods, the poll is over!

# ? May 31, 2021 02:15

Athanatos: Jun 7, 2006; Est. 1967

Plutonis posted:

wheres the mods, the poll is over!

If you try to do back end stuff on weekends or holidays the ghost of radium he left in the code deletes the database and that's frowned upon I guess?

I'll have it done by mid-week, baring any emergency bullshit I'll let you know about.

# ? May 31, 2021 18:16

Hexenritter: May 20, 2001

No butt stuff on Saturdays, got it

# ? May 31, 2021 22:06

spectralent: Oct 1, 2014; Me and the boys poppin' down to the shops

Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:

It'll make the link bigger and easier to click so I am for it.

This is basically it for me yeah. The shallowest possible reason, but hey.

# ? May 31, 2021 22:33

Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

Gosh I went camping for the long weekend and I come back and all my wildest dreams are coming true!

Well OK not exactly a wild dream but I do think TG isn't a subcategory of (video) games, and I also think TGR deserves to be visible in the forums list (as do all forums on SA IMO).

This was an idea raised in the mods forum many months ago and I'm pleased to see that the priority list for admins has gotten down to a point where it's up for action.

e. also I'm gonna sticky this poll

# ? Jun 1, 2021 05:07

Athanatos: Jun 7, 2006; Est. 1967

It's done.

I put it right below Ask/Tell, but thanks to how it works, it may take some time to move up the list. (Seriously you cant just slot it where you want it, you have to play the 'click one at a time' game)

If someone can make a Forum Tag to match the others I'd appreciate it.

# ? Jun 1, 2021 17:55

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

We won. We're troops now.

# ? Jun 1, 2021 18:01

cheetah7071: Oct 20, 2010; honk honk; College Slice

Another QCS success story

# ? Jun 1, 2021 18:04

Absurd Alhazred: Mar 27, 2010; by Athanatos

Athanatos posted:

If someone can make a Forum Tag to match the others I'd appreciate it.

We already have one? :confused:

# ? Jun 1, 2021 18:27

Lemon-Lime: Aug 6, 2009

Athanatos posted:

If someone can make a Forum Tag to match the others I'd appreciate it.

Do you have any idea what font was used to make the others? Seems easiest to just reuse the first frame of

with "TG" as the text, which I can slap together as long as I know the font.

# ? Jun 1, 2021 18:33

Sojenus: Dec 28, 2008

Athanatos posted:

If someone can make a Forum Tag to match the others I'd appreciate it.

# ? Jun 1, 2021 18:47

STING 64: Oct 20, 2006

Athanatos posted:

It's done.

I put it right below Ask/Tell, but thanks to how it works, it may take some time to move up the list. (Seriously you cant just slot it where you want it, you have to play the 'click one at a time' game)

If someone can make a Forum Tag to match the others I'd appreciate it.

I'll have one up tonight.

also can we promote leperflesh to also mod TGR.

# ? Jun 1, 2021 18:55

Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

I took a quick terrible stab in photoshop but this is awful don't use it:

The idea was to add six pips to the square on the left, and go for a yellowish gold color since that seems to be the least-used color among the other forums tags, although the comedy goldmine is a bright yellow (even though it's the goldmine) so I went for a bit more muted? Obviously the blurry gold patch in the middle needs to be blended but I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to pixel art.

e. I'm already TGR's mod, because of the inheritance model, even if my name isn't listed. A mod of a forum is automatically a mod of all of its subforums.

# ? Jun 1, 2021 18:55

STING 64: Oct 20, 2006

Leperflesh posted:

I took a quick terrible stab in photoshop but this is awful don't use it:

The idea was to add six pips to the square on the left, and go for a yellowish gold color since that seems to be the least-used color among the other forums tags, although the comedy goldmine is a bright yellow (even though it's the goldmine) so I went for a bit more muted? Obviously the blurry gold patch in the middle needs to be blended but I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to pixel art.

go for baby blue. it compliments better.

# ? Jun 1, 2021 18:56

STING 64: Oct 20, 2006

Leperflesh posted:

I took a quick terrible stab in photoshop but this is awful don't use it:

The idea was to add six pips to the square on the left, and go for a yellowish gold color since that seems to be the least-used color among the other forums tags, although the comedy goldmine is a bright yellow (even though it's the goldmine) so I went for a bit more muted? Obviously the blurry gold patch in the middle needs to be blended but I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to pixel art.

e. I'm already TGR's mod unless something changed when Athanatos moved things, because of the inheritance model, even if my name isn't listed. A mod of a forum is automatically a mod of all of its subforums.

ah ok then mission accomplished

# ? Jun 1, 2021 18:56

pog boyfriend: Jul 2, 2011

actually i changed my mind lets go back for now and think about this a little longer

# ? Jun 1, 2021 19:47

Absurd Alhazred: Mar 27, 2010; by Athanatos

pog boyfriend posted:

actually i changed my mind lets go back for now and think about this a little longer

The avalanche has started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.

# ? Jun 1, 2021 19:49

super sweet best pal: Nov 18, 2009

Leperflesh posted:

I took a quick terrible stab in photoshop but this is awful don't use it:

The idea was to add six pips to the square on the left, and go for a yellowish gold color since that seems to be the least-used color among the other forums tags, although the comedy goldmine is a bright yellow (even though it's the goldmine) so I went for a bit more muted? Obviously the blurry gold patch in the middle needs to be blended but I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to pixel art.

e. I'm already TGR's mod, because of the inheritance model, even if my name isn't listed. A mod of a forum is automatically a mod of all of its subforums.

Feel like there'd be room to make the pips a little larger if it was a 5.

# ? Jun 1, 2021 19:50

Weedle: May 31, 2006

how about something like this (card table green). i don't know what the right font is though

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# ? Jun 1, 2021 21:02

Weedle: May 31, 2006

or, no meeple and the dice show 2 3 4 for the forum id

# ? Jun 1, 2021 21:06

Athanatos: Jun 7, 2006; Est. 1967

Lemon-Lime posted:

Do you have any idea what font was used to make the others?

Not a clue.

Tag requirements are that it looks the same as the others or a little bird sends me angry messages and fixes it anyway.

So...Copy what the other ones look like but changing the one square to a dice would probably be fine.

It has to be .gif format...but not animated.

# ? Jun 1, 2021 21:13

Athanatos: Jun 7, 2006; Est. 1967

Testing what this looks like

# ? Jun 1, 2021 21:16

Lemon-Lime: Aug 6, 2009

The three-dice one is a bit plain, I think the one with the meeple works better.

# ? Jun 1, 2021 21:53

Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

What do those boxes on the left of most of the forum tags signify, anyway? Is there an original reason for them, and the right-justified text?

# ? Jun 1, 2021 23:07

Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

Athanatos posted:

Testing what this looks like

I made a new one, just made the 2-3-4 pattern with successively smaller and rolling dice?

# ? Jun 1, 2021 23:33

Hexenritter: May 20, 2001

Leperflesh posted:

I made a new one, just made the 2-3-4 pattern with successively smaller and rolling dice?

I dig it.

# ? Jun 2, 2021 00:31

Madurai: Jun 26, 2012

ninja edit: I am a dumbass

# ? Jun 2, 2021 00:45

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Leperflesh posted:

I took a quick terrible stab in photoshop but this is awful don't use it:

The idea was to add six pips to the square on the left, and go for a yellowish gold color since that seems to be the least-used color among the other forums tags, although the comedy goldmine is a bright yellow (even though it's the goldmine) so I went for a bit more muted? Obviously the blurry gold patch in the middle needs to be blended but I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to pixel art.

Mouseover text for this icon is "dare you enter our magical realm."

# ? Jun 2, 2021 00:45