# sports should be split off from the game room. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 24, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752 "2008-04-24T22:22:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/1 "2008-04-24T22:22:41Z")
The game room was a good idea but I think sports should have its own spot. It is a pain to run through all the posts trying to find the ones relevant to a sports happening. It is equally a drag to go through the sports posts looking for a game issue. The game room needs a bifurcation. I appreciate the division. I just think one more is needed. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/2 "2008-04-24T22:37:14Z")
Yeah, I don’t think they go together at _all_. I mean, I know they were thinking, “well, it’s all games” - but it isn’t. Not at all. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/3 "2008-04-24T22:39:56Z")
Wow. I hate to be a Negative Nelly, but I just can’t see it. And I’m so grateful for the Game Room that I couldn’t bear to ask for another split. But if you guys manage to convince TPTB, I won’t complain. ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/4 "2008-04-24T22:53:11Z")
I empathise with the OP - any other sports fans surprised how shite the game room forum is turning out to be? It just feels like a particularly lame version of MPSIMS (if that’s the right acronym). I guess the real problem is not enough sports threads full stop to fuel a forum, so there has to be all this D+D, finish the sentance bollocks mixed in. A further splitting doesn’t seem likely - maybe rename it the sports forum, thus quarantining all the penisvagina threads back into MPSIMS, and seeing how that does? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/5 "2008-04-24T23:05:42Z")
See, I think just the opposite - I see a thread that looks really interesting and then it turns out to be about _baseball_. WTF? Who gives a crap about baseball? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/6 "2008-04-24T23:24:16Z")
What about sports makes it so much more important than D&D or video games? ---
**Author:** ![Jeeves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@Jeeves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeeves)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/7 "2008-04-24T23:34:30Z")
No, I am getting a little sick of all these forum splits. Sports should be in games, or I suppose maybe cafe society. We don’t need another forum. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/8 "2008-04-24T23:38:18Z")
[QUOTE=The Cocky Watchman] I guess the real problem is not enough sports threads full stop to fuel a forum, so there has to be all this D+D, finish the sentance bollocks mixed in. [/QUOTE] It’s the Game Room. People play games there. I like playing some of the games, and I like reading some of the sports threads. A split would mean another forum to read, as I’d want to read both the Game Room and the Locker Room (or whatever). No big deal, but I like 'em together. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/9 "2008-04-24T23:40:21Z")
Might as well leave them together, I don’t mind wading past the sports threads to get to the interesting ones. Just teasing guys, you sports folk have your place in this world too! ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/10 "2008-04-24T23:49:00Z")
They’re bound to run out of classic rock bands eventually. Aren’t they? Please tell me they are. They have to. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/11 "2008-04-24T23:55:56Z")
I think sports fits fine in the game forum. If we need a split, it’s to get the crafting/cooking stuff away from the TV shows, movies, and music. I hate it when I get sauce splattered on my books. Don’t even get me started on those knitting needles scratching my DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/12 "2008-04-25T00:08:03Z")
I see The Game Room as like a giant rec room/basement with pinball machines and vintage arcade machines set up against the wall, couches and beanbags in front of multiple big-screens for both watching sports and playing console games. On the other side of the room are tables for board games and table top RPGs. There’s a billiard table and foosball over there, and plenty of computers on a LAN… All served by the same bar that hands out drinks in the Cafe next door. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/13 "2008-04-25T00:34:43Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] I see The Game Room as like a giant rec room/basement with pinball machines and vintage arcade machines set up against the wall, couches and beanbags in front of multiple big-screens for both watching sports and playing console games. On the other side of the room are tables for board games and table top RPGs. There’s a billiard table and foosball over there, and plenty of computers on a LAN… All served by the same bar that hands out drinks in the Café next door. [/QUOTE] Damn, that echoes my feelings exactly. If I go searching I even posted something similar in the introduction game room thread. There is no need to a new split. This is much better than looking for the sports threads in the Café or lost in MPSIMS, IMHO, the pit and even GQ & GD. Jim ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/14 "2008-04-25T00:52:42Z")
Well, I don’t think it’s necessarily ideal to have sports and games together, but I think it’s a better marriage than cooking and movies is now, or that games and music was before. This isn’t a forum where we have tons of little child forums, for better or for worse. I like the idea of the “rec room” - The Game Room is about recreation and activities. This can be anything from the Family Feud games to conversations about disc golf to D&D dorkfests to pro-sports discussion. If there’s anything I can do to make the sports folks feel more welcome, please let me know. If you all need stickies, updates to the rules, and so on - just speak up. I just won’t pretend to know anything much about sports, because I really don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/15 "2008-04-25T01:04:27Z")
I’m really enjoying The Game Room (and I should considering I was one of the loudest voices bitching about it), but I have to admit, I’m starting to feel overwhelmed by some of the game threads. I almost wish we could limit the Madness threads to like 3 at a time. Oh, now that I’m thinking about it, it would be really cool to tag each thread as Sports, Game Thread, Video Games or D&D. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/16 "2008-04-25T01:24:56Z")
Why should we limit madness threads? The forum is new, it’ll will still take a bit to determine the direction. It’s called the game room. Let the posters decide what games are to be played and discussed. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/17 "2008-04-25T01:34:23Z")
As of this moment, it still takes more than 24 hours for dead threads to fall off the first page of The Game Room. You can’t say that for any of the other forums on here, which goes to show that The Game Room is NOT overburdened. Cafe Society was HEAVILY overburdened before the split, and I am very glad it happened, but doing another split is not necessary. The only thing I WOULD recommend is to find a better place for food posts (even if it’s bringing it back here), cuz they seem even more out of place in CS than the sports threads did. And as someone moderating a Madness thread which isn’t getting much steam yet, I think that whatever it takes to bring more people in The Game Room, the better! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/18 "2008-04-25T01:48:18Z")
Yes…food topics are out of place in _Cafe_ Society… :dubious: 😃 Maybe we should only allow coffee and pastry related threads? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/19 "2008-04-25T01:53:00Z")
[QUOTE=kevja] Why should we limit madness threads? [/QUOTE] Because out of 50 threads, 12 are related to Madness games. That’s almost a quarter of all threads. I just worry that The Game Room is quickly getting a reputation as The Game Thread Room and people who aren’t interested in game threads (but are interested in sports or video games) won’t go there. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752/20 "2008-04-25T02:10:22Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] Because out of 50 threads, 12 are related to Madness games. That’s almost a quarter of all threads. I just worry that The Game Room is quickly getting a reputation as The Game Thread Room and people who aren’t interested in game threads (but are interested in sports or video games) won’t go there. [/QUOTE] I looked at the 1st page of the game room and I quickly found the sports threads. It still seems easier to find them in the game room than all over the board. Maybe I am the exception as I am both a Sports Fan and Gamer, so I like the format. I think I spend most of my time in the Game Room now. Jim [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-should-be-split-off-from-the-game-room/446752.md?page=2)