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Poll: Would you like an additional subforum in The Tavern?
- more serious topics - "General Crawl Discussion" (Blade) could be a new name
- less serious and off-topic ideas - this could keep the name Crazy Yiuf's Corner
Technically it would be easy to create a new subforum. I'm still in favour of this idea and will vote for yes. However, I'll give you arguments for both sides which I picked up from Blade's recent topic.
PRO:
Blade wrote:[...] it seems like it would be helpful to have a subforum titled "General Crawl Discussion" or something similar.
Right now, there are basically four areas served by the forum:
1. Receive or dispense advice (Dungeon Crawling advice, CiP)
2. Voice opinions about game design (GDD)
3. Mini-tournaments (The Dart Board)
4. General fluff and low-effort posts (CYC)
Technically, everything that doesn't fit in 1-3 can be lumped into the category of CYC. That subforum has several clear problems for any sort of serious discussion, though. The name "Crazy Yiuf's Corner" does not lend itself to high-quality posting. Finding quality there is a crapshoot: There are some good threads, but they're diluted by a lot of others.
Because of this, I'm inclined not to post a lot on Tavern [...]
CONTRA:
archaeo wrote:[...] I think the mod team would generally prefer to tweak existing subforums instead of adding a new one. There's not much enthusiasm for a general "off-topic" section, and pulling the Crawl out of CYC would give us one. Furthermore, I'm skeptical that a "GCD" would really generate better discussion, unless it was moderated to the point it might as well be GDD.
Currently, all the topics proposed in the OP either are in CYC already or would be well received there. It's possible that a better description for the subforum would help, as well as a clarification of GDD's place as a discussion forum and not strictly a proposal forum. What would make a bigger difference is if people would post the kind of content they want to see, and reply to content they're interested in seeing more of. I'll also remind everyone that CYC isn't unmoderated, and using the report button or PMing an active mod is totally appropriate if you think a good discussion is getting derailed and would benefit from splitting a topic or moving posts.