Originally posted by: CO
I think have sort of a solution to everyones problem, so this way nobody gets banned, and we don't get labeled a site of being exclusionary like TFN.
I think Jay needs to divde up discussions boards now as a whole seperate board for PT talk, and OT talk. This way it atleast keeps any PT talk to a whole seperate page that anyone here who doesn't recognize them as movies have to even venture on, and for those fans of the O-OT who like, love, or even hate em, but still love gushing or bitching about them, they can talk all they want.
I tried to achieve this at TFN by establishing an O-OT Page, where every topic was circa 1977-83, so there was no chance of any SE lover chiming in about the new SPX, Greedo shooting first, or Hayden in ROTJ. I was shot down, and pretty much laughed at, and that was one of the reasons I stopped posting there.
So Jay, I think if you have seperate boards for OT & PT talk, and all the saga talk 1-6 can also go on the PT board, I think alot of people wouldn't get as mad anymore, cause I think many of them won't even venture on that board. And then you could see who a real troll is if they start making smart ass remarks on an OT board.
I think have sort of a solution to everyones problem, so this way nobody gets banned, and we don't get labeled a site of being exclusionary like TFN.
I think Jay needs to divde up discussions boards now as a whole seperate board for PT talk, and OT talk. This way it atleast keeps any PT talk to a whole seperate page that anyone here who doesn't recognize them as movies have to even venture on, and for those fans of the O-OT who like, love, or even hate em, but still love gushing or bitching about them, they can talk all they want.
I tried to achieve this at TFN by establishing an O-OT Page, where every topic was circa 1977-83, so there was no chance of any SE lover chiming in about the new SPX, Greedo shooting first, or Hayden in ROTJ. I was shot down, and pretty much laughed at, and that was one of the reasons I stopped posting there.
So Jay, I think if you have seperate boards for OT & PT talk, and all the saga talk 1-6 can also go on the PT board, I think alot of people wouldn't get as mad anymore, cause I think many of them won't even venture on that board. And then you could see who a real troll is if they start making smart ass remarks on an OT board.
There's a very huge problem here. As per your proposal:
* Any OT talk that involves the SEs goes on the PT board
* Any Star Wars talk that encompasses all six movies would go on the PT board
* Any SW talk that doesn't involve strictly the O-OT (and, presumeably, the EU based around the O-OT) goes on the PT board.
First of all, newbies would get confused at this. They would see a board called the "OT Board" and assume its the place to talk about the SEs. They would never think that you would talk about the SE-OT on a board labelled PT--it just isn't logical.
Secondly, considering that practically all we do here is moan about the changes and the PT, it seems to me like all that would happen is that most of the discussion would migrate to the PT board and we'd be right back where we began.
Thirdly, topics such as Lucas interviews.... where would they go?
Finally, the fundemental question of Go-Mer would not be resolved at all. In fact, I suspect that people like Darth_Evil would just continue complaining about him. It would be worse because we'd have people finding even more baseless reasons to pounce on him.
Case in point, imagine if someone posted in the hypothetical O-OT Forum, and asked about an obscure plot point in Return of the Jedi, and Go-Mer responded and simply answered the question, WITHOUT bringing the PT or the SEs or the EU into the discussion (which I know he's capable of because I have seen him do it). Go-Mer's critics would not care for the actual content of his post, they would simply see a Go-Mer post in the O-OT forum and assume he was "trolling," and in their minds they would have even more hard evidence even though they really wouldn't.
Personally, I think it would be bad management if Originaltrilogy.com created another subsection for their forums--the ones they have already cover pretty much all the ground possible and adding a new one would not resolve anything, but would actually create more problems later down the line.