# Could we please have a separate video games forum? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 24, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910 "2014-07-24T06:18:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/1 "2014-07-24T06:18:11Z")
A while back, The Game Room was split off from mainline Cafe Society. Now it encompasses everything from sports to “Talk to me only in…” threads, which seems a little messy. IMO the video/computer gaming culture is different enough from the people who like to play thread games that splitting video games off into its own subforum might benefit both groups by keeping topics more organized. I know I don’t care much to count to infinity for the nth time, personally, yet right now both types of posts have to compete for attention on the first few pages. Looking at The Game Room now, half the first page is dominated by keep-posting threads that have thousands of replies. Not the biggest deal, but would be nice to see. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/2 "2014-07-24T06:47:36Z")
I actually agree with this, as the way it’s currently divided makes no sense at all. Not all games are “games”–if not their own forum, they should be grouped back in with Cafe Society. It has a lot more in common with other arts than they do sports. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/3 "2014-07-24T12:30:03Z")
Maybe there already is one, but you don’t know the sequence to get there. You probably also don’t know about the underground duck racing circuit, I bet. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/4 "2014-07-24T12:50:41Z")
Alternatively, have a “sports” forum and a “games” forum. I think either idea would improve the board. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/5 "2014-07-24T13:15:39Z")
Sports should be a separate forum, I agree. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/6 "2014-07-24T13:28:57Z")
I agree. I’m more interested in video games and it’s become increasingly hard to sift through all the other stuff in The Game Room to find the posts I’m looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/7 "2014-07-24T13:44:02Z")
Is there enough content to divide by sports/gaming/Dope games? Sports/gaming/video games/Dope Games? Or would cleaving off just sports (or just gaming, etc.) make the remainder readable? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/8 "2014-07-24T13:49:06Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Sports should be a separate forum, I agree. And hidden by default. Okay, maybe that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/9 "2014-07-24T13:53:50Z")
I don’t post much in the Game Room, but to me it always seemed weird that thread games (i.e., where the thread _is_ the game) were lumped with everything else. I would rather see: (1) A sports forum (2) A games forum (video games, board games, table top RPGs, etc.) (3) Thread games could go in IMHO or MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/10 "2014-07-24T14:41:59Z")
> [@tim314](#): > > I don’t post much in the Game Room, but to me it always seemed weird that thread games (i.e., where the thread _is_ the game) were lumped with everything else. I would rather see: > (1) A sports forum > (2) A games forum (video games, board games, table top RPGs, etc.) > (3) Thread games could go in IMHO or MPSIMS. To ‘really’ fix things you’d pretty much need three forums, which leads to a bit more clutter than the admins want. It was a great relief when on-Board games moved out of IMHO/MPSIMS. If you’re not actively playing, they’re trite distractions that hogged the top slots and continuously bumped ‘regular’ MPSIMS threads off the page. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/11 "2014-07-24T15:42:17Z")
Oh GOD no, please don’t put the threads back in MPSIMS or IMHO. How about just nested subforums? The Game Room The Game Room -\> Video Games The Game Room -\> Thread Games The Game Room -\> Sports And everything else (board games, etc.) can go in the regular Game Room. Categorizing video, sports, and thread games will free up a lot of space for all the rest of the discussion. And people who don’t visit the Game Room won’t be affected at all by the change. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/12 "2014-07-24T15:51:25Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Oh GOD no, please don’t put the threads back in MPSIMS or IMHO. How about just nested subforums? > > The Game Room > The Game Room -\> Video Games > The Game Room -\> Thread Games > The Game Room -\> Sports > > And everything else (board games, etc.) can go in the regular Game Room. Categorizing video, sports, and thread games will free up a lot of space for all the rest of the discussion. > > And people who don’t visit the Game Room won’t be affected at all by the change. 1. Are there enough posts to justify each of these subforums? 2. Is it possible to find enough moderators to cover each of these new subforums? ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/13 "2014-07-24T15:53:36Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > If you’re not actively playing, they’re trite distractions that hogged the top slots and continuously bumped ‘regular’ MPSIMS threads off the page. Which is exactly what happens in the Game Room at the moment. Perhaps the answer is a dedicated Thread Games forum for those to live in? I honestly think sports and board/video gaming could live in a forum together. At the moment, 8 out of the top 10 threads in the Game Room are thread games. I have nothing against thread games, and judging by the post count in those threads they are very popular and probably account for a significant percentage of posts on the board. So wherever you put them, they are going to drown out whatever else is there. ---
**Author:** ![Oliveritaly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oliveritaly/32/15233_2.png) [@Oliveritaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oliveritaly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/14 "2014-07-24T15:54:19Z")
Regarding 1, does it matter? There’s enough right now I think. There won’t be a ton of activity in them but that makes the job with two easier. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/15 "2014-07-24T15:58:24Z")
You still have to have mods for those forums no matter how busy they are, and they still have to be vetted. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/16 "2014-07-24T16:12:50Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > 1. Are there enough posts to justify each of these subforums? > 2. Is it possible to find enough moderators to cover each of these new subforums? 1. There’s at least enough to move thread games into their own subforum. 2. TGR mods can continue to moderate the subforums too. Or I’d volunteer for the video games one if they needed somebody. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/17 "2014-07-24T16:16:42Z")
I’ve been thinking about this for a while. Video games are of interest to me, as are a few sporting events occasionally. But those get lost in all the discussion of sports which are of no interest to me (Americans generally disagree with most of the world on what sports are interesting) and the multitude of threads which are “games” themselves. I wouldn’t mind sub-forums for non-US elections either, but that might be more tricky. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/18 "2014-07-24T16:51:55Z")
No, please. We already have too many forums based on subject matter. There is no forum where active threads are getting pushed off the first page. Having to glance at more thread titles and scroll a little farther is not sufficient reason to segregate threads into more forums. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/19 "2014-07-24T16:54:50Z")
As a creator of one of the ongoing thread games, and a poster in several others as well, I want to sincerely apologize to those of you who want to talk about sports and video games but have to sift through so many forum game threads to get what you want. I agree sub-fora make the most sense, but I have a question about that. If we created 3 new sub-forums inside The Game Room, if I just went to The Game Room, what would I see there? Would I have 3 links and nothing else? 3 links and also all of the threads from all sub-forums listed in recent posting order? If subforums can act as a glorified tagging/filtering system, then great. But if all a subforum does is just add more forums, and the posts in “Video games” won’t show up in “The Game Room” as well, there’s really no point, is there? ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910/20 "2014-07-24T17:27:30Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > No, please. We already have too many forums based on subject matter. What’s “too many”? Is it causing a problem? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910.md?page=2)