Der Kommissar Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) Bring back the Serious Discussion forum. Edited July 4, 2009 by Urist McMiner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 It would have been an awesome post but I can see you edited it and that ruins everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Bring back the Serious Discussion forum. Listen to the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonBladeSniper Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I don't think we should bother, the general forums is fine. The only thing the serious discussion will bring is work and more boring discussions about stuff I hear on the news or ethic questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) If you don't like the things that got topics in that board, A- you did a fine job of exercising your right not to post then and could surely continue to do so and B- you could have made a topic that interests you easily enough. Having one>Not having one Edited July 4, 2009 by Rehab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 If I recall a large percentage of problematic topics and topics that erupted into flame wars came from that section. Although I think that some people take the general section lightly when it comes to trying to discuss serious topics, and don't always add insight, it's just fine for discussing (no pun intended) generally everything. That's just my opinion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 People have too broad a definition of flame wars here. Yes, there was a lot of "you are uninformed, pretend not to be and are therefore shit" but that's not all the topics became. Yes, imo they could have used more presence of somebody telling people to stick to their points and leave their extra personal shit at the door more than they did, but the underlying points of the posts were far more often informational and within the realm of the proposed discussion than the basest form of dedicated mudslinging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Oh no, I was perfectly okay with that, it's just when people started to take it personal and as if it's an argument they must win or their reputation will be lowered or something. That and the occasional person would come in and say something extremely controversial and everyone would gang up on them. (Not to mention trolls will do this purposely just because they don't like people to have serious discussion.) The way I see it is this community just can't be civilized and disagree on an issue at the same time. I think you'd agree that there are a large number of people who take others disagreeing too personally. This is all my opinion however, and I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kommissar Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) Gee, it sure is no staff bringing back the SD in here. I don't think we should bother, the general forums is fine. The only thing the serious discussion will bring is work and more boring discussions about stuff I hear on the news or ethic questions. As a moron, you're neither wanted nor required in the SD. If I recall a large percentage of problematic topics and topics that erupted into flame wars came from that section. Topics that try tempers are going to be brought up whether or not there is a SD. People have too broad a definition of flame wars here. "You're flaming me!" translates to "I'm 'losing' the argument!" here. Edited July 4, 2009 by Urist McMiner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I wouldn't have a problem with it coming back, I just think we can use general either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celice Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 In all truth, there's hardly those who really care about the section here. Then again, the same can be said of the art or ROMhacking section, or even the introductions board There's no reason to not have it other than someone doesn't want to take the time to create the subsect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyvernSageLord Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Didn't I already start another topic asking the same thing a while ago? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentASM Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) Not trying to sound mean or anything, but it appears you posted the topic in the wrong place ^^ The site content forum is literally just for the site. So I'm not surprised it was overlooked (I had to search your topics just to find it). Edited July 4, 2009 by VincentASM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defeatist Elitist Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Not trying to sound mean or anything, but it appears you posted the topic in the wrong place ^^The site content forum is literally just for the site. So I'm not surprised it was overlooked (I had to search your topics just to find it). You're waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, waaaaaaaaaaaaay too nice man. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kommissar Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) If you can't be assed, you could always make me an admin for 5 minutes and let me do it. Edited July 4, 2009 by Urist McMiner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defeatist Elitist Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) If you can't be assed, you could always make me an admin for 5 minutes and let me do it. Listen to this man, he speaks truth! Plox? Edited July 4, 2009 by ZXValaRevan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Even if he didn't speak the truth, you'd want to listen to him anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kommissar Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Some retarded topic is above this one, so bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zkirsche Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I wouldn't mind it coming back. I learnt a lot from that board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Shards Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Bring back the Serious Discussion forum. Is this forum even CAPABLE of serious discussion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masu Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Is this forum even CAPABLE of serious discussion? Haw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Is this forum even CAPABLE of serious discussion? In a word: No. But we have this fabulous parting gift for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufasa Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Of course it's capable of serious discussion. The maturity level is the thing you're talking about. I can spark up a conversation about abortion to a bunch of 5 year olds. But that doesn't mean they'll start talking about it maturely. They wouldn't even know what I was talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Shards Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Of course it's capable of serious discussion.The maturity level is the thing you're talking about. I can spark up a conversation about abortion to a bunch of 5 year olds. But that doesn't mean they'll start talking about it maturely. They wouldn't even know what I was talking about. Immature =/= serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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