OT: OT Posts 0

[Architecht]

This is just a reminder that while there is considerable lee-way on what's allowed in comics general, including the occasional OT post, we do need to keep a reasonable limit on non-comic related posts. This is less a carved in stone limit than a general feel for the % of OT content.

 

The water cooler is the appropriate place for general banter.

 

Thanks.

Arch

[jordanscott]

[nearmint]

Arch,

Most of us that participate on the CGC boards do not hang out in the water cooler, and therefore don't know the people who post there.

OT posts tend to be of a more personal nature, and are directed towards friends on the boards, not the strangers in the water cooler.

[OrangeNemesis]

my thing is, i know alot of the people in comics general dont go to the WC. SO if i want the opinions of the people i normally post with they wont see my topic.

 

but yea, pretty much what nearmint said.

[Scheradon]

I agree. I never go to the WC. I forget it's even there as I log onto the chats via cgccomics.com and not collectors-society.com. To navigate from the WC back and forth to our comics chats is a bit of a hassle IMO, thus I rarely have ever been there.

 

Plus what everyone else says...I'd rather get the opinions of people who I know and hang out in CG.

[Sal]

since going to the WC is neither convenient nor completely friendly / familiar, you would be okay with taking the word "Comics" out of "Comics General?"

 

 

i'm just wanting to know the reason(s) why some seem to be fine with making this forum less and less comic-centric.

 

my own personal belief is that if you want to talk about movies and books and things you read on teh Intranets that have nothing to do with comics...you do it in the Water Cooler. if you don't know the people there, then get to know them. if it's inconvenient, then create a WC bookmark. it takes two seconds to jump to the WC and back, for the love of Pete

[Jeffro.]

if it's inconvenient, then create a WC bookmark.

 

That's exactly what I did.

[Drummy]

Maybe a Comics Water Cooler above Comics General is in order? Not that I'd go there, necessarily, but at least I'd know who's posting...

 

Dan

[Architecht]

There's a "Jump To:" drop down in the lower right hand corner of every page...

[Scheradon]

since going to the WC is neither convenient nor completely friendly / familiar, you would be okay with taking the word "Comics" out of "Comics General?"

 

 

i'm just wanting to know the reason(s) why some seem to be fine with making this forum less and less comic-centric.

 

my own personal belief is that if you want to talk about movies and books and things you read on teh Intranets that have nothing to do with comics...you do it in the Water Cooler. if you don't know the people there, then get to know them. if it's inconvenient, then create a WC bookmark. it takes two seconds to jump to the WC and back, for the love of Pete

 

I guess I just don't see OT posting as being out of control. I enjoy the occasional OT post from fellow board members I've gotten to know here and if I were to post an OT question, it's these same people whose opinions I'd want to hear from.

 

You must hate comic conventions as even though they have the name "comic" attached, they are full of other stuff you'd consider OT.

[Sal]

since going to the WC is neither convenient nor completely friendly / familiar, you would be okay with taking the word "Comics" out of "Comics General?"

 

 

i'm just wanting to know the reason(s) why some seem to be fine with making this forum less and less comic-centric.

 

my own personal belief is that if you want to talk about movies and books and things you read on teh Intranets that have nothing to do with comics...you do it in the Water Cooler. if you don't know the people there, then get to know them. if it's inconvenient, then create a WC bookmark. it takes two seconds to jump to the WC and back, for the love of Pete

 

I guess I just don't see OT posting as being out of control. I enjoy the occasional OT post from fellow board members I've gotten to know here and if I were to post an OT question, it's these same people whose opinions I'd want to hear from.

 

it's not "out of control." yet. but why wait until it's out of control before addressing it.

 

and your statement is a far cry from "oh, it's not convenient for me to click over to the WC so i just post OT here." you don't see the OT topics as a problem; this is personal preference, which i can abide...rather than simple laziness...which i can't.

 

You must hate comic conventions as even though they have the name "comic" attached, they are full of other stuff you'd consider OT.

 

 

no, but i do hate conventions that are ostensibly comic-related, only to find that there are three dealer booths and eight hundred tables of pr0n, dvds, D&D stuff, Magic games and Star Trek paraphenalia.

 

oh, and don't tell me what i hate and what i don't hate. i hate it when people do that *spoon*. just respond to what i write, not what you think i should have written but decided not to for whatever reason

[Ze-man]

i'm just wanting to know the reason(s) why some seem to be fine with making this forum less and less comic-centric.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because there are 19 other rooms that contain nothing BUT comic talk?

 

 

 

 

 

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Look, since Arch seems unwilling to budge on this issue everyone will just have to work around it.

 

But c'mon.. having a place (CG) where all of us can post an occasional topic we would like to get feedback from our friends is not exactly a far fetched notion. For the most part we are a close knit bunch, and self policing seems a better way to control it.

 

 

Trying to preserve the sanctity of CG by editing out certain material while letting others stand is like trying to separate all the bad all you can eat buffets from the ok ones in Vegas, you can't. All you can do is work around them, visit the ones that suit your taste, and stay away from those that you dont like.

 

We all know for the most part the serious comic talk is contained in specific forum rooms. Not CG

 

 

Why this is even an issue at all still baffles me. Then again, I like variety, while some it appears do not. Even if it is the occasional Birthday or public announcement. Where is the line drawn?

 

 

Ze-

[Sal]

i'm just wanting to know the reason(s) why some seem to be fine with making this forum less and less comic-centric.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because there are plenty of other rooms that contain nothing BUT comic talk?

 

*needless cut and paste deleted*

 

Look, since Arch seems unwilling to budge on this issue everyone will just have to work around it.

 

But c'mon.. having a place (CG) where all of us can post an occasional topic we would like to get feedback from our friends is not exactly a far fetched notion. For the most part we are a close knit bunch, and self policing seems a better way to control it.

 

 

Trying to preserve the sanctity of CG by editing out certain material while letting others stand is like trying to seperate all the bad all you can eat buffets from the ok ones in Vegas, you can't. All you can do is work around them, visit the ones that suit your taste, and stay away from those that you dont like.

 

 

Why this is even an issue at all still baffles me.

 

Ze-

 

no, since Arch won't budge, the people who enjoy OT posts will have to work around it. those who don't, won't.

 

and if all the people who enjoy the OT threads all went to the WC to post their OT threads together, then the unfamiliarity of the WC would no longer be a problem.

 

oh, and the Las Vegas analogy is just it's more like one big buffet that has a lot of stuff you like and a lesser amount of stuff you don't. and yes, you can work around the stuff you don't like. but why should you have to, since the buffet's owner has said that he is going to limit the stuff you don't want?

 

personally, i think The_Thing is what is keeping people out of the WC. but that's just my opinion.

[Ze-man]

Ease off the throttle there Sal, you won already.

 

 

I was just replying to your question why people felt compelled to dillute CG.

 

And my analogy was more in line with CG is like a bad buffet at times. Removing certain elements from it does not make it better, just less to choose from.

 

I understand the rules as they are now, and will be fine with working around them.

 

Kenny

[OrangeNemesis]

This OT post should be moved to the WC.

[mica]

Sal

[Sal]

Ease off the throttle there Sal, you won already.

 

never! to win is not enough; you must crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the women!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[rob_allan]

Ignore the thread de-rail here. (I figure it doesn't matter much since this post is OT anyway.) I've been trying to post a reply here for about 15 minutes and IE keeps crashing. I made some changes so I'm trying to see if I can post now.

[Ze-man]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[topofthetotem]

for the love of Pete

 

Who's Pete?