# What's the latest on the game forum? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 17, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443 "2007-05-17T13:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 18, 2007, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/21 "2007-05-18T11:27:15Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] You heard it here first! [/QUOTE] On the other hand, shooting a Moderator might get you banned. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/22 "2007-05-18T11:48:42Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] On the other hand, shooting a Moderator might get you banned. [/QUOTE] Only if he was in a nkz. ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/23 "2007-05-18T12:17:49Z")
I hadn’t considered the teenage nerd game gameplayers issue. I see where that could be a problem, as they’d migrate to other forums. I do think that most of them would be scared off by the subscription fee, though. Perhaps we could try a game forum on a trial basis? Give it a couple months and see how it impacts the site as a whole? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/24 "2007-05-18T13:50:48Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] On the other hand, shooting a Moderator might get you banned. [/QUOTE] Only “might”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/25 "2007-05-18T14:20:20Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Only “might”? 😃 [/QUOTE] Them’s good odds! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/26 "2007-05-18T14:54:53Z")
What they said. It’s under discussion for possible implementation. Hang on for further development. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/27 "2007-05-18T15:55:55Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] On the other hand, shooting a Moderator might get you banned. [/QUOTE] Sounds like a good idea for a game thread to me. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/28 "2007-05-18T16:06:28Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] Sounds like a good idea for a game thread to me. [/QUOTE] I think it might be more of a sport. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/29 "2007-05-18T16:12:51Z")
I put up an occasional chess game thread - pure skill, comments, guaranteed ending. I doubt teenage nerds would be interested! ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/30 "2007-05-18T16:16:43Z")
Well, they might be if you get to shoot a mod for each checkmate. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/31 "2007-05-18T16:17:13Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] …one big question mark is whether this would attract droves of teenaged-nerd-gameplayers who do nothing else. A related question is how much server time such games might slurp up. [/QUOTE] …and you’re afraid that would take away from the grown up-nerd-gameplayers?.. 😉 ---
**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:** [May 18, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/32 "2007-05-18T16:31:39Z")
Would teenaged-nerd-gameplayers shell out $15 to play the types of games we play in threads? C’mon…Diplomacy?! It seems to me lumping the MPSIMS game threads and the nomadic sports threads into one forum would be a great idea, solving multiple issues at once. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/33 "2007-05-18T17:25:34Z")
Adding a forum is easy. Finding the [del]saps[/del] noble souls to moderate it will be harder. Thinking up the guidelines for the forum also. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/34 "2007-05-18T18:02:58Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] Adding a forum is easy. Finding the [del]saps[/del] noble souls to moderate it will be harder. Thinking up the guidelines for the forum also. [/QUOTE] I’ll moderate. The rules are - I win. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/35 "2007-05-19T04:02:16Z")
The First Rule of Game Forum is you never talk about Game Forum. (That’ll cut down on the discussion threads.) ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/36 "2007-05-19T10:22:35Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] The First Rule of Game Forum is you never talk about Game Forum. [/QUOTE] And the second rule? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/37 "2007-05-19T10:43:07Z")
(Double post, thought of an honest question after sarcastic comment) Would this forum become the new home to all those kinds of continuing threads, such as the MMP and sequential thread titles? ---
**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:** [May 19, 2007, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/38 "2007-05-19T12:04:31Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] And the second rule? [/QUOTE] Please see rule #1. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2007, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/39 "2007-05-19T12:27:52Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] (Double post, thought of an honest question after sarcastic comment) Would this forum become the new home to all those kinds of continuing threads, such as the MMP and sequential thread titles? [/QUOTE] I thought those were the heart and soul of MPSIMS? ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443/40 "2007-05-19T13:58:46Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] Would this forum become the new home to all those kinds of continuing threads, such as the MMP and sequential thread titles? [/QUOTE] They are not really game threads though, so I shouldn’t think so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-the-game-forum/404443.md?page=3)