# is it ok if i.....\[recruiting for a game on another site\]

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**Created:** [May 21, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-if-i-recruiting-for-a-game-on-another-site/755276 "2016-05-21T02:59:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-if-i-recruiting-for-a-game-on-another-site/755276/1 "2016-05-21T02:59:57Z")

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Ok heres my dilemma I participate in a pro wrestling game on a message board and due to well stuff were looking for new members to join and wondered if I could make a thread here to let people know about it …

thanks

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-if-i-recruiting-for-a-game-on-another-site/755276/2 "2016-05-21T10:50:55Z")

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No problem at all. People recruit for games regularly.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-if-i-recruiting-for-a-game-on-another-site/755276/3 "2016-05-21T20:27:45Z")

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I think the request is to see if anyone here wants to go play a game somewhere else. That’s how I read it, anyway.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-if-i-recruiting-for-a-game-on-another-site/755276/4 "2016-05-21T21:06:34Z")

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> [@Irishman](#):
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> I think the request is to see if anyone here wants to go play a game somewhere else. That’s how I read it, anyway.

And that has been done here before–particularly for Mafia. Idle has (had?) his own site, and games are also played here, the Giraffe Boards, and on Facebook. And people would post stuff here about them.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-if-i-recruiting-for-a-game-on-another-site/755276/5 "2016-05-21T21:19:09Z")

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Heck, every now and again I recruit for my baseball simulation game. I see no harm in it.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-if-i-recruiting-for-a-game-on-another-site/755276/6 "2016-05-21T23:14:24Z")

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**Moderator Note**

Thread title edited to more clearly indicate the topic.