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Post by Dashe on Aug 8, 2013 16:27:45 GMT -5
There should really be a Pokemon X and Y thread in the gaming section for this. The amount of potentially threadworthy subjects that get buried in here is bordering on the insane.
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Post by satoh on Aug 8, 2013 19:31:00 GMT -5
What's the etiquette on new information relating to old topics...? Do I start a new thread or perform forbidden alchemy on the old thread to bring it back from the gates of Eljudnir?
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Post by Dashe on Aug 8, 2013 19:52:01 GMT -5
I'd say revive the old X and Y thread if you can find it. The game has only been announced for what, a year? I'm not sure there is one, though.
With objective stuff like games and TV and the like, reviving an old thread isn't terrible unless you're responding to a specific post made ages ago. Or unless the game has had some kind of major reboot or a bunch of sequels or something. I'm pretty lenient with what constitutes a necropost, personally, seeing as I'd rather see multiple areas of the board active.
So basically either one of those options you mentioned is better than just starting every topic as a new post in this thread. This extends to everyone here. The lot of you severely underestimate the potential of some of these topics you bring up here!
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Post by satoh on Aug 8, 2013 19:57:01 GMT -5
Oh no I was just asking in general. I had thought about a Legends topic I read while I was lurking a while back...
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Post by Dashe on Aug 8, 2013 20:04:36 GMT -5
Oh! That depends on how old it is, then, since it's actually Legends. I'd call anything before 2010 too old--if that's the case and you want to reference the old thread because it's got good info in it, or it's very related, stick a link in your new intro post. But I'm not the one who's picky about necroing. I don't remember which of the mods is, actually. Probably all of them but me.
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Post by RyanLEO on Aug 8, 2013 20:06:42 GMT -5
The new member in the artwork section got a banhammer, but if it's ok for certain things then I think a few MML1 and 2 topics need bumped
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Post by Dashe on Aug 8, 2013 21:00:25 GMT -5
The new member in the artwork section got a banhammer, but if it's ok for certain things then I think a few MML1 and 2 topics need bumped The new member in the artwork section was a Pakistani SPAMbot registered in StopForumSpam six times. You're good.
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Post by Mr. Foetus on Aug 8, 2013 21:13:45 GMT -5
Hey now, let's not discriminate here. Spambots aren't people too. They're very passionate about artwork. It's a very important subject to them. They even write whole artistic posts about weird products so we can find the beautiful hidden meaning behind them.
On a completely different note, I often wonder if I should revive a thread or not. But I can never tell if what I'm going to post is important or interesting enough to warrant necromancy. And creating a whole new thread when I could just post in the old one just seems silly to me. XD
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Post by satoh on Aug 8, 2013 21:27:40 GMT -5
On a completely different note, I often wonder if I should revive a thread or not. But I can never tell if what I'm going to post is important or interesting enough to warrant necromancy. And creating a whole new thread when I could just post in the old one just seems silly to me. XD Yeah... in retrospect it doesn't seem worthwhile to make a single post confirming that all of the skies in MML are solid, and thus reviving a topic about subcities having artificial skies... just to put it right back in its grave... anyway I did some testing and that's that. All skies are solid. Its not even really pertinent to anything... I think an aside in this unrelated talk section is all it really deserves in retrospect.
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Post by RyanLEO on Aug 8, 2013 21:37:26 GMT -5
Pakistani's eh, I doubt anyone there knows that legends even exists. Reviving some threads turns out to be pointless because certain members don't visit anymore
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Post by Dashe on Aug 8, 2013 21:57:57 GMT -5
Just remember: when it doubt, err on the side of more expansive forum activity in more places. I'm not just blowing hot air here. If all of the topics just end up being discussed here, this forum will die. This thread's more for stuff like, "What did you do today? How's life? Let's pretend to blow each other up!" and what have you. Small talk.
Oh, and if I keep having to steer you guys into making other threads in lieu of using this as a catch-all for every topic, I might end up locking this one in the future and using it as yet another excuse to not have a cbox. So you guys are definitely going to want to get into the habit of making those decisions about whether to necro or to start a new thread. It's not Sophie's Choice, trust me.
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Post by Dashe on Aug 9, 2013 13:30:29 GMT -5
Put it in General Discussion if you're not sure where it goes, not at the end of a monster of a thread where it'll get lost!
Making a thread in the wrong place is not that bad, especially when the subject is ambiguous. But making posts in TRTANT that should really be threads? That's lazy. Make a thread. I don't care too much where, because we can move it, very easily, if it's not perfect, but make a real thread, dammit.
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Post by ZEROrevive on Aug 9, 2013 14:05:52 GMT -5
Oh look, I'm making a post here.
The last few weeks for me have been uneventful for me...and it's driving me a bit nuts. I tried Co-Oping Majoras Mask with my friend last night but my mood wasn't there. Going to watch him play some Metroid Prime tonight...
On a side note: I want to get Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on 3DS very badly...but apparently I can't buy Circle Pad Pros off nintendos store. Because they don't accept paypal.
Time to save up a bit extra and pay more on Ebay. Or Play Asia perhaps.
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Post by Sybillian on Aug 9, 2013 19:45:02 GMT -5
Nintendo doesn't accept PayPal? I was under the impression that all online stores accepted it.
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Post by ZEROrevive on Aug 9, 2013 20:55:01 GMT -5
Nope. Only credit Card....(Sigh)
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