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Poll Discussion for new boards (59 votes)

We should have a TV/Movies board 32%
We should not have a TV/Movies board 8%
We should have an Anime/Manga board 31%
We should not have an Anime/Manga board 10%
We should have an entertainment board with all the above plus books, etc. 17%
It should all stay in OT to keep the board alive 51%

Recently I (and other moderators) have been receiving quite a few requests for new boards to be created; top among the requests is a board for TV/Movies and an anime/manga board. The possibility (no promises!) is there but I wanted to know what OT thinks about it since most people who made the request are OT users.

For now the options on the table are those 2 boards or maybe a board that would encompass entertainment tv/movies/anime/manga/books/etc...feedback for other boards will be taken into consideration for future additions but it won't be part of this push.

Please let me know what you think (choose all that apply and feel free to explain your reasoning) and I'll take this poll to the higher ups if you guys want to see any of these new boards.

Also, let me know where you're interested in book discussion and where you think book discussion should go.

Thank you for your help =)

UPDATE: No point in requesting the return of OT After Hours since I got confirmation that this will not be happening.

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#1  Edited By Master_Live
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  • TV/Movies board: yes.
  • Anime/Manga board: yes.

Those two boards should be separated.

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#2  Edited By DaVillain  Moderator
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@Master_Live said:
  • TV/Movies board: yes.
  • Anime/Manga board: yes.

Those two boards should be separated.

I agree to this. But however, if that was the case, then why not let other users just make a thread on OT? I mean, this is what's OT is all about, making threads when it comes to Anime/Movies, Books, ect. is there a reason to have these when we can just used it here on OT? We really want to make this place the best right here in OT.

Edit: If the feedbacks are higher for demanding then I can understand.

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#3  Edited By Master_Live
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Well, my reason for the Anime/Manga is selfish. They annoy the hell out of me, they're always asking for recommendations and then people are either too dumb to point to previous threads or just get angry at the 4543895034802480 anime recommendation thread. Just let them get their kicks somewhere else. Hopefully you can discuss Hentai there too...

Which brings me to my next point: perhaps OT After Hours should make a comeback! I don't care much for it, just throwing it out there.

The TV/Movie board is obvious. People will just have to come up with better, new topics to discuss in OT.

I'm not worried about OT becoming less active anyway since I think Gamespot will go under in a year or so.

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#4 comp_atkins
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It should remain under the OT umbrella imo as tv/movies etc.. are "off topic" of video game discussions.

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#5 DaVillain  Moderator
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@Master_Live said:

Well, my reason for the Anime/Manga is selfish. They annoy the hell out of me, they're always asking for recommendations and then people are either too dumb to point to previous threads or just get angry at the 4543895034802480 anime recommendation thread. Just let them get their kicks somewhere else. Hopefully you can discuss Hentai there too...

Which brings me to my next point: perhaps OT After Hours should make a comeback! I don't care much for it, just throwing it out there.

The TV/Movie board is obvious. People will just have to come up with better, new topics to discuss in OT.

I'm not worried about OT becoming less active anyway since I think Gamespot will go under in a year or so.

Objection withdraw on using OT. I do agree that if your gonna do a Anime/Manga then that should include Hentai as well. Since I'm a Hentai fanboy, [and I have no shame saying that] I would like to see that happen. Also OT After Hours.

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#6 deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@davillain-: Always the perv =P Should these new boards happen they will still be subject to the ToU so I'm not sure if Hentai discussion would be permitted. Screenshots would definitely not be and I highly doubt you'd be allowed to discuss who stuck who's tentacle where.

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@korvus: Oh no Mr. K. I have no intention to post pics but rather just discussion the name of this hentai and just disusing the plot. Not all of hentai involves the Squid hands, just silly story plot and that's about it. But yeah just talking about the name and give a reasons why it's good or bad shouldn't be a problem.

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#8 deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@davillain-: If it's nothing explicit then it's just anime discussion =)

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#9 fueled-system
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The last thing a nearly dead forum needs is more separation to be perfectly honest unless of course it is to get rid of religious/police topics from this board which doesn't help with bringing in new members

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#10 DaVillain  Moderator
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@korvus: Then that settles it. I voted Anime/Manga Board. [Which includes Hentai talk but keep it classy as they say]

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#11 Serraph105
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I don't want to potentially kill your enthusiasm for this Korvus, but I voted against this. How many people would come here to discuss the news of the day if there was a whole other board dedicated to entertainment? I wouldn't think all that many.

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#12 deactivated-5b1e62582e305
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@comp_atkins said:

It should remain under the OT umbrella imo as tv/movies etc.. are "off topic" of video game discussions.

Yeah, basically. Fragmenting every thing is largely pointless at this time.

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#13  Edited By deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@Serraph105: I am fairly neutral about it, to be honest. I just decided to put it forth because enough people seemed to want to see this happen.

I don't really think it's such a bad idea though...I know a lot of people think OT is just for religion, politics and "how to talk to girls" and don't really discuss movies like they want to because they feel it doesn't fit the board. Same with anime discussion that somehow got cornered into one thread even though people are free to make more threads about it (guess because of the "if there's a sticker it should go there" mentality that is true for most things but not for this).

I also think that there's nothing wrong with people with specific interests gathering in a specific place...if someone is only interested in discussing movies and not religion or politics then they won't participate in those threads whether there's a new board or not.

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#14 deactivated-6127ced9bcba0
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Anime/manga should have its own board, tv/movies shouldn't.

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#15 killerfist
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@fueled-system said:

The last thing a nearly dead forum needs is more separation to be perfectly honest unless of course it is to get rid of religious/police topics from this board which doesn't help with bringing in new members

I agree with this. OT is nearly dead, why would you split it up?

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@airshocker said:

Anime/manga should have its own board, tv/movies shouldn't.

Mind if I ask why the distinction?

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#17 deactivated-6127ced9bcba0
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@korvus: Because I don't like anime/manga and I would like to see it gone from OT. I like tv/movies and would like it to stay in OT.

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#18 deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@airshocker: And the movie discussion would be less enjoyable in its own board?

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#19 deactivated-6127ced9bcba0
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@korvus said:

@airshocker: And the movie discussion would be less enjoyable in its own board?

It's all about convenience for me.

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@airshocker said:

@korvus: Because I don't like anime/manga and I would like to see it gone from OT. I like tv/movies and would like it to stay in OT.

I can respect that. It's true that I like to talk more on Anime then I do on Movies [but not all the time] and yeah, I like to see just Anime/Manga board cause you got some people here, who are Anime fans, just Manga fans, and hentai. I feel that OT should be also a good place to post movies/TV.

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#21 deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@airshocker: I see. Thanks for the extra info =)

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#22  Edited By raugutcon
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None of those.

- Retro/Classic games forum.

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#23  Edited By deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@raugutcon: You can still talk about retro games in GD though, right?

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#24 raugutcon
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@korvus: not really, people now care too much about newer gen games and hardly ever discuss oldies, in theory you could talk about PS1/PS2 games in the PS section or about NES/SNES/N64 games in the Ninty section but it does´t happen that way.

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#25 deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@raugutcon: But if people aren't interested in discussing it what would be the use of a new board?

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#26 mjorh
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@comp_atkins said:

It should remain under the OT umbrella imo as tv/movies etc.. are "off topic" of video game discussions.

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#27  Edited By comp_atkins
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unrelated: i'm still annoyed the computer hardware forum got merged into a general pc gaming board.. wtf is that about?

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#28 deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@comp_atkins: Having a separate hardware forum is also being discussed.

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#29 comp_atkins
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@korvus: now we're talking

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#30 deactivated-5ebea105efb64
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@Master_Live said:
  • TV/Movies board: yes.
  • Anime/Manga board: yes.

Those two boards should be separated.

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#31 GazaAli
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We're having difficulty maintaining activity in one forum, why would we split traffic further? We have a sticky for anime/manga and its more than enough; a separate forum will be a ghost town.

This got OTAH written all over it rofl

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#32  Edited By deactivated-5b1e62582e305
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@airshocker said:

@korvus: Because I don't like anime/manga and I would like to see it gone from OT. I like tv/movies and would like it to stay in OT.

You deride NeoGAF claiming they shut out opposing views yet here you are wanting to shut out anime threads. smh bro, smh

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#33 DaVillain  Moderator
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@GazaAli: The problem with that sticky is just an Anime recommendation thread and later, that ended up getting sticky. Maybe GS should change it to Anime/Manga discussion of all types of Anime would be nice unless GS wants to delete the post and start all over again.

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#34 br0kenrabbit
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Yeah let's just kick OT in the face with the heel of our boots while it's down. We have enough trouble getting traffic here, why redirect it elsewhere?

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#35  Edited By deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@davillain-: Well, the discussion does not have to begin and end with that sticky...you're more than welcome to make anime/manga threads in OT if the new board idea doesn't go forth.

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#36 garfield360uk
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@raugutcon:

You are not the only person asking recently about bringing back the retro game board. If you are serious about wanting it I suggest putting your name on the message that was posted by another user so staff can see there is still interest in a retro board.

Link

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#37  Edited By elkoldo
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Sticky threads in OT will do. No new boards required if you ask me. After all, if there are new boards, OT will in practice become godforsaken.

Edit: For the first time in my entire life, I agree with the majority; 59% have voted for what I've voted for.

Oh and, we desperately need a sticky football thread in OT. General Sports board sux balls pretty bad.

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#38  Edited By deactivated-5b797108c254e
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@elkoldo: The consensus in the mod team is that there are already too many stickies in OT, so it probably won't happen.

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#39  Edited By elkoldo
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@korvus: if I'm not wrong, the ratio is 5/40. Don't be so tightwad, you can bring up to 10/40. It won't hurt anyone.

( 40 threads with naive counting, only 5 are stickied.)

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@elkoldo: It's not my decision; I actually brought up the request to sticky the movie discussion and most everyone voted against it.

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#41 elkoldo
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@korvus: Jesus who are those guys.

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#42 Buckhannah
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Yes, lets split up a pathetically tiny and small dying community even further. Great idea.

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@Buckhannah: My extraordinary powers of perception are sensing that that's a no...

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#44 brimmul777
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Why not bring back OT After Hours.

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@brimmul777: That's not up for discussion at this time but I'll let the higher ups know that a few people were showing interest.

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#46  Edited By deactivated-6127ced9bcba0
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@Aljosa23 said:

@airshocker said:

@korvus: Because I don't like anime/manga and I would like to see it gone from OT. I like tv/movies and would like it to stay in OT.

You deride NeoGAF claiming they shut out opposing views yet here you are wanting to shut out anime threads. smh bro, smh

what a shit post.

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Keep it all in OT. OT needs more traffic....not less.

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#48 nikkycat
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@LJS9502_basic said:

Keep it all in OT. OT needs more traffic....not less.

Agreed.

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#49  Edited By digitaldame
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@raugutcon: Maybe. ;)

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#50 turtlethetaffer
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This isn't an option, but I'd like to see Legacy forums make a comeback.