Important Forum Changes

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Shining Raikou said:
@Pokemon99: We tried that before and it didn't work well. Also, an issue is having mods constantly working to approve/mod games.
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We did not try that before, at that time RPGs and YPPYs were both banned and not having either killed the forum, and that is what made it not work. It would work though if only YPPYs were banned, because RPGs are a less spammy way of posting, and there is actually thinking and posting involved without the randomness of the YPPY.
 
@SL, right.... I was hoping a smod could answer my question. That didn't exactly answer my question, because that isn't 100% true, and it's not reasonable.
If I was answering this question, I'd say...

It goes away because many games have rule breakers, plus many new members are attracted to it, and they break the rules. Also, it's cluttered with many useless threads that has been locked.

That'd be something I'd say. I suggest deleting the locked threads, all of them, excluding the stickies, or putting them in the sub-forum "Amazing Threads", where locked threads should belong.
 
You're saying that posting the number 5 isn't spammy? K then. All forums have rule breakers, not just the game corner. This is a Pokemon forum, you join for Pokemon, not for posting what you did today in the Ban game. And all threads have locked posts that "clutter" them. We'll probably keep the few good RPG's and that's it. To be clear:
Delete the Ban Game/Count to 50/I never type games. Keep the worthwhile RPG's.
 
i agree with you. they shouldn't delete what makes their site most popular just over a bunch of locked threads. They should just delete the locked threads or just move the good locked ones to a sub-forum, as there are only about 20 good games that nearly everybody plays, those being The Ban Game, Rumor Evolution, Continue the Story, Count to 50 before a staff member posts, and maybe 16 RPGs.
 
ShadowLugia said:
This is a Pokemon forum, you join for Pokemon, not for posting what you did today in the Ban game.
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Oh, so we should delete the Off-Topic Discussion, Entertainment & Games, and the entire Community Works section while we're at it? You can't guarantee everything in there is gonna be about Pokemon, right?
 
So you joined this forum wanting to talk about the Harry Potter series, eh? I'm not saying delete the extras, but since no one wants to do anything but post in The Ban game, then action must be taken.
 
@SGF, That's my point. It's very messy. They could move all the locked ones to the sub-forum, and we'd be clean and free to play! There are actually a few decent games in the Game Corner. But "just over a bunch of locked threads" wasn't the reason I was looking for.
 
Simple Question: How exactly would PB benefit from deleted said forums?

And I've always thought that ForumGames&More was the "Relax!" part of the banner at the top of the page.
 
If nobody wants to do anything but post in the ban game, then why does this thread exist?
Some games are spammy, yes, but they don't take over the forums. They're at the bottom of the main page, for crying out loud!
 
It's important that we don't scapegoat the Forum games for our terrible TCG and VG programs. But I believe that removing the games, if not for a while, will allow us to see where these programs go from here. This isn't set in stone forever, I'd guess.
 
LuckyPokeGirl, it doesn't seem like you're READING what people are replying with. You're simply throwing things out of proportion.

Important, intelligent, and fun games will survive. From reading through the thread, some games will survive. The ones that prove to be the most-wanted, and fit the criteria (important, intelligent, and fun) will stay. I'm guessing this includes popular games such as Werewolf, The Challenge (both of which were mentioned earlier), and maybe a few roleplays.

So LuckyPokeGirl, please relax. You're overexaggerating what seems to be a big change, but it's really not.

And I agree with ShadowLugia about the scapegoating part, although from my discussions in chat, that's not entirely the case here and it shouldn't be interpreted that way. We want to make this website a more Pokemon-driven website and raise our reputation among the popular Pokemon forums. If the reason you are here is because of the Game Corner, then you are here for the wrong reason.
 
Pokefan4000 said:
If nobody wants to do anything but post in the ban game, then why does this thread exist?
Some games are spammy, yes, but they don't take over the forums. They're at the bottom of the main page, for crying out loud!
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How can you say they don't take over the forums when they're the most active forum?
 
ShadowLugia said:
Wow, how did I miss this? RPG's/The Challenge/YLYL can stay. Everything else should go. Nuff said. And we're basically going to be losing some of the most popular parts of the forum, so I expect to see a couple of people becoming really inactive.
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Although I am one of the many who spends most of their time in the Game Corner, I do believe that this is the right thing to do. Goodbye Game Corner, may it rest in peace, but we need to move on now.
 
@Lenny: So wait, the Game Corner isn't being deleted - just restarted? Again?
 
@DNA: I can't speak on behalf of the staff because I don't know what they're going to do. All I know is some games will survive. Maybe they'll be placed in some sub-forum. But it's not being restarted. It's being isolated and contained (and possibly moved to a smaller, less important part of the forum).
 
Maybe so, DNA. I won't be posting much on this thread. Goodbye if.... *tries to find a reason but fails*

Game Forums go away = Pokebeach goes BOOM, it's dead

Maybe so....
 
Thanks LuckyPokeGirl, for proving my point.

Lenny said:
LuckyPokeGirl, it doesn't seem like you're READING what people are replying with. You're simply throwing things out of proportion.
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If the reason you are here, LuckyPokeGirl, is for the game corner and the game corner ONLY, then you are not the kind of people PokeBeach wants. PokeBeach wants to create an intelligent, competitive TCG and VG community. If you can't even understand the point I'm trying to make here, then there's simply nothing I can do to make you understand.
 
LuckyPokeGirl, I don't think you're reading what people are saying to you.

A few games will remain, as Lenny said. They'll most likely be stickied in off topic or something. The games are currently the most popular forum and that needs to change. This is a site about Pokemon, not forum games. It should be a very small part of the community compared to other things we have going on.
 
@Lenny: I did understand.... My first post in this thread was on the first page.... Also, a few months ago, I was trading VG pokemon. I never got to trade... The first reason I was here was to trade Pokemon, but I then got addicted to the Game Thread, and I eventually lost instrest in pokemon a few months ago.

Now I fully understand: The point is to get more users to swarm the forums, because they are extremely addicted to the GC. Like me. We are not here for just the games.

Thanks, Lenny. ;) If I hadn't understood, I'd be banned by now.
 
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