# Welcome to the Game Room! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 21, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499 "2008-02-21T03:10:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/1 "2008-02-21T03:10:51Z")
Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board’s newest forum! Please post your questions, comments, and concerns to this thread. Have something to add to the FAQ? Post it here. Have a rules suggestion or comment? Post it here. And, let me be the first to welcome all you gamers, sports fans, chess masters, trivia geeks, role-players, gamblers, Mafia scum, console junkies, arcade dwellers, dance dance revolutionaries, puzzle solvers, and various spectators and hangers-on. Let’s play! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/2 "2008-02-21T03:46:28Z")
What prompted this? Are we to expect further fora specialization in the future? ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/3 "2008-02-21T03:48:05Z")
Firstly, long overdue idea, but i’m glad this finally here! 🙂 Secondly and stupidly, can this be moved above the Pit? I liked having the Pit last since i usually work my way down the forum. And with the Pit last, it was like i was building up to some treat before going to bed. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/4 "2008-02-21T03:48:26Z")
Is there a way we could move it up the page to being above the BBQ pit? Maybe squeze it between Cafe Society and IMHO. It seems like everything else is similarly grouped–Technical things related to the site are up top, factual talks (GD/GB) are together, then we move progressively downwards as talk gets more mundane (IMHO\>MPSIMS). I know it seems silly and there’s not a whole lot of justification for it, but it just seems like it should be, well, below everything, in sort of a “fiery inferno of hate” sort of way. I can’t be the only weirdo who is thinking this. edit: OH MY GOD NOW IT’S MOVED STOP MESSING WITH MY HEAD ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/5 "2008-02-21T03:51:34Z")
[QUOTE=ForumBot] edit: OH MY GOD NOW IT’S MOVED STOP MESSING WITH MY HEAD [/QUOTE] You’re not the only one having head issues apparently. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/6 "2008-02-21T03:52:07Z")
I love it! This matches the overall theme of the forums: discussion type. My only question is how closely will threads be monitored for post-count padding/parties? I hope not much. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/7 "2008-02-21T03:52:28Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] What prompted this? Are we to expect further fora specialization in the future? [/QUOTE] There were a few reasons. The primary one is that we’ve had to keep down the number of forum games - specifically, Mafia - because they caused too much clutter in other forums. Now that we have our own space, we don’t need to keep it to one game at a time. We also got a significant number of requests for the forum. I think it makes sense. As it was, sports and game threads were spread between MPSIMS and Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/8 "2008-02-21T03:53:55Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] My only question is how closely will threads be monitored for post-count padding/parties? I hope not much. [/QUOTE] I hope to keep it to a minimum. I definitely reserve the right to close utterly pointless post padding (“Let’s count to a thousand!”) but the rules on forum games will be significantly loosened from the past. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/9 "2008-02-21T03:58:25Z")
Well, let me just say that I hope this forum works well, and thanks to the people involved who have made it happen! ---
**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:** [February 21, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/10 "2008-02-21T03:59:27Z")
WooHoo! We have a home. Will the post icons be staying or is that a temporary oversight? I have a thread I might request be moved here. Should I just report it? [This is the link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=456519) of the thread I would like to give a new home. Thank you powers that be and **fluiddruid**. Jim (happy, happy, joy, joy) ---
**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:** [February 21, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/11 "2008-02-21T03:59:54Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] I hope to keep it to a minimum. I definitely reserve the right to close utterly pointless post padding (“Let’s count to a thousand!”) but the rules on forum games will be significantly loosened from the past. [/QUOTE] Sounds perfect. What’s with the smiley, etc., icons? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/12 "2008-02-21T03:59:56Z")
What’s up with the post icons? And why are they only available in this forum? And why is my butt so sweaty right now? ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/13 "2008-02-21T04:02:30Z")
Oohhh, shiny. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/14 "2008-02-21T04:06:00Z")
I believe that’s probably in error. Waiting to hear back about that. ETA: It’s been fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/15 "2008-02-21T04:17:04Z")
Sweeeeeeet! This is fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/16 "2008-02-21T04:18:54Z")
So, who went off and wiped off **Happy Lendervedder** ’s sweaty bottom? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/17 "2008-02-21T04:21:21Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] So, who went off and wiped off **Happy Lendervedder** ’s sweaty bottom? [/QUOTE] Rumors of my sweaty bottom being fixed are sorely mistaken. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/18 "2008-02-21T04:27:14Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] And, let me be the first to welcome all you gamers, sports fans, chess masters, trivia geeks, role-players, gamblers, Mafia scum, console junkies, arcade dwellers, dance dance revolutionaries, puzzle solvers, and various spectators and hangers-on. [/QUOTE] Deathpoolers? If so, here is the thread to move: [The Celebrity Death Pool 2008 - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=446179) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/19 "2008-02-21T04:30:02Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] Rumors of my sweaty bottom being fixed are sorely mistaken. ☹ [/QUOTE] You think a non-sweaty bottom is the “fixed” condition? People all over the world are just dying to have sweaty bottoms and yet you don’t appreciate yours at all. In other news, I would probably never noticed that we had a bouncing baby forum if it hadn’t been for the slight “Eh?” feeling when I saw **Airman** ’s (?) “Can we move this above the Pit” post in ATMB… ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499/20 "2008-02-21T04:30:46Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] Deathpoolers? If so, here is the thread to move: [The Celebrity Death Pool 2008 - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=446179) [/QUOTE] I think pools would qualify as a game. I’ve moved the thread. Thanks! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-game-room/438499.md?page=2)