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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: FifteensAway on 29 July 2024, 05:09:20 PM
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Have no idea if this subject has come up before so if it has and been 'voted' down, feel free to delete. But curious if others would like to see a Star Wars dedicated Child Board here on LAF?
And hope this doesn't open a can of worms where everybody is clamoring for their own favorite period to have one!!!! :o
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I vote: "Yea!"
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The power of one vote, the power of two votes, the power of many votes o_o
Yeah, it could be nice to collect it all in one place
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It sounds logical, but a quick scan of the top 135 threads in the Scifi forum shows the following:
Threads Topics
19 40K
12 Star Wars
6 Rogue Trader
5 Battletech
4 Dune
2 Dr Who
And there are some others that popped up regularly too, such as Star Trek, Aliens and the Quar, but I didn't count those (it's a slow day at work, but not that slow ;) ).
So going with the above results, it seems the first universe to get its own sub-forum should be 40K (and related topics; I included Epic threads here as well, but left out the specifically Rogue Trader ones).
While I would not be categorically against such a subdivision, I personally feel that it would do several things which might be undesirable:
1) Threads/Posts would get less views and comments, since there would be fewer people finding the content
2) It would isolate/bubble certain topics even more, preventing cross-polination and influx of different ideas
I for one really like the diversity of topics in each general forum; it often gives me ideas and exposes me to subjects I would not seek out otherwise, or even know about. And to me, that's a good thing.
Previously, we had sub-forums created because certain topics would innundate/flood the general forums, to the detriment of threads with different topics. For instance, the Frostgrave sub-forum over in Fantasy, which was necessary at the time the game came out because every other thread was a Frostgrave one. (although traffic there has slowed down considerably since then; just saying). But this is clearly not the case with Star Wars related threads.
So, all things considered I wouldn't make this a hill to die on but I would probably prefer things to remain the way they are now, especially considering the bit of inventory I did just now :)
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Although I generally do not support "child boards", I would make an exception for Star Wars (as long as it is DISNEY Star Wars).
Hide it somewhere nice and dark and forgotten, Out of sight out of mind.
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Daeothar makes some really good points... the balance (in the Force) feels about right currently.
The power of one vote, the power of two votes, the power of many
I'd have to vote No purely on the basis of that post lol
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I would say no, purely due to the general fall in the level of traffic on laf.
I'd also suggest that the small scale sci fi skirmish childboard be rolled back into the main board as it gets very little attention.
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I'd also suggest that the small scale sci fi skirmish childboard be rolled back into the main board as it gets very little attention.
Agreed, if that is possible. It seems posting there relegates you to fewer views. So, why would you do it? ???
Mike Demana
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I’d say no. I’ve no great interest in Star Wars - but don’t see that many topics that I feel it needs its own board.
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I’d say no. I’ve no great interest in Star Wars - but don’t see that many topics that I feel it needs its own board.
This.
If you want more views, then post more content :)
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I would say no, purely due to the general fall in the level of traffic on laf.
I'd also suggest that the small scale sci fi skirmish childboard be rolled back into the main board as it gets very little attention.
Agreed - I see what was being aimed for but it didn't really take off, and no other period board has specific child boards based on game size.
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As others have said, probably best to keep it all together?
Once stuff gets sorted to a child board, I often forget to visit it ;D
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Meanwhile I only come here for Star Wars related material. So I'm all on for a separate board.
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While I get the arguments against such a child board, I am another who only visits the Future Wars board for Star Wars. But I will live with whatever the collective decides.
I have noticed the rather dramatic reduction in activity here on LAF. Can anyone point to any primary reasons? Have people migrated to some other forum? Been wondering about this for a while now.
There is still a pretty hardy hard core group still keeping things moving.
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I have noticed the rather dramatic reduction in activity here on LAF. Can anyone point to any primary reasons? Have people migrated to some other forum? Been wondering about this for a while now.
I suspect Facebook is eating the forum (has been for years).
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I have noticed the rather dramatic reduction in activity here on LAF. Can anyone point to any primary reasons? Have people migrated to some other forum? Been wondering about this for a while now.
Captain Blood has a (brilliant)small business to run now...
Seriously I have no idea except maybe some people prefer Facebook, X etc but for me that's all a bit here today and gone tomorrow (and no space for long discussions on the true nature of Orcs/Goblins!)
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Oh and I didn't know there was a Sci Fi skirmish child board...
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Oh and I didn't know there was a Sci Fi skirmish child board...
It used to be for Rogue Stars, if I remember correctly, but after that fizzled out it got renamed.
To be honest, I usually find content through "show new replies to your posts" and "show unread posts since last visit". I very rarely go to a specific board and see what's new
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To be honest, I usually find content through "show new replies to your posts" and "show unread posts since last visit". I very rarely go to a specific board and see what's new
I started doing that some months ago; really broadens one's horizon :D
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I suspect Facebook is eating the forum (has been for years).
Likely only among the 70 year old angry old white demographic. Who uses Facebook?
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Who uses Facebook?
Me, a millennial! (never got into twitter/X, insta, etc etc)
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Me, a millennial! (never got into twitter/X, insta, etc etc)
A rare thing, I’m sure! Beware all those crazy cat ladies and racist granddads on there! lol
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Likely only among the 70 year old angry old white demographic. Who uses Facebook?
Most the population over the age of 30ish. Which is prime wargaming demo. To give an example, the official Stargrave FB group was 9,000 members and sees a 1/2 dozen new posts/topics started each day.
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I have noticed the rather dramatic reduction in activity here on LAF. Can anyone point to any primary reasons? Have people migrated to some other forum? Been wondering about this for a while now.
For me personally, I'm no longer allowed to view LAF on my work laptop, so my activity is curtailed to mornings and evenings. I can view LAF on my phone, but it's a pig to edit messages before posting.
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For me personally, I'm no longer allowed to view LAF on my work laptop, so my activity is curtailed to mornings and evenings. I can view LAF on my phone, but it's a pig to edit messages before posting.
My place went through that phase a few years ago, but fortunately they relaxed whatever rules they were using to restrict stuff.
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I don't care, I'm here for the pretty pictures so I'll see the posts either way :)
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Who uses Facebook?
I have it but it's entirely for promoting mammoth miniatures or for various super specific groups that I'd rather use forums for but the forums don't exist anymore. That and elaborate tenuous meme groups for obscure tv shows.
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What!? Facebook still exists?! :o. I thought someone flushed that dinosaur down a big toilet a few years ago. Well, I can wish. lol. I was on it for a bit to comply with a film contest rule set - but decided it wasn't worth the electrons it uses to exist so stopped cold turkey (which was really easy). False friendships and myriad opportunities for grifters. I prefer real people face to face. Of course, I'm a baby boomer so maybe I'm just getting old and crotchety. I make exceptions for hobby forums but otherwise I avoid all of the social media silliness. Real life is so much more satisfying.
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I think that the Sci Fi Skirmish should be rolled back into the main board as it seems to see little traffic.
There are some great, well moderated and welcoming hobby groups on Facebook with loads of new posts daily; you're much more likely to get prompt comments and answers to questions than here which is a bonus.
Also, it's much easier to post on FB from your phone than LAF so I restrict LAF to on my laptop.
Neither of my 20 something son's use laptop except for work so I suspect many people aren't interested in media which is not fully mobile phone integrated.
If it was up to me it would still be all paper based but I'm a dinosaur.
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I hate FB, as it promotes being an arse for attention and it's hard to keep track of past posts, due to the poor quality search engine - it looks worst than a 90s forum! Negatives aside and I have more, it's the only place I could easily sell stuff - in the first few months, shifted figures that hadn't sold for almost 10 years!
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Also, it's much easier to post on FB from your phone than LAF so I restrict LAF to on my laptop.
Neither of my 20 something son's use laptop except for work so I suspect many people aren't interested in media which is not fully mobile phone integrated.
It's nuts to me that forum software companies don't have great mobile themes almost 20 years after the launch of the first smart phone (there are mobile-friendly forum software, but they are ground-up rewrites like Discourse)
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I hate FB, as it promotes being an arse for attention and it's hard to keep track of past posts, due to the poor quality search engine - it looks worst than a 90s forum! Negatives aside and I have more, it's the only place I could easily sell stuff - in the first few months, shifted figures that hadn't sold for almost 10 years!
I did use it when I lived in my last city, because it was the only way to sell stuff locally. I hated it, and closed my account as quick as I didn’t need it. I also abhor other “social media” - as you say, it just encourages stupidity.
As for posting on a phone - all my posts here are done by phone!
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I'd probably vote no for a child board simply because I feel LAF is already far too subdivided. I can count on one hand the number of times I even think to visit the child boards when viewing here.
I haven't looked, but I know most forums don't have "tags", which would be a much easier way to search threads, etc. If you could simply have [Star Wars] and [28mm] added to your post, and people could search by tags it'd be a bit easier. I haven't even looked for that feature on this forum though.
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There's the Search function, which with a bit of practice pretty much does the same thing...
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I'd say it sounds like the general consensus is a no - which is fine. I do use the search function and it works after a fashion.
So, as the OP, I guess we can say the forum has spoken and no Star Wars child board.
While I can see some say LAF is too subdivided, I find the current divisions fairly useful; I can completely ignore some areas I have zero interest in and focus on those areas of interest.