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Posted July 09, 2022
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Ambiti0nZ: Nope. I even participate in them. It's a forum and people can discuss whatever they want as long as it doesn't go against the terms of use, moderation rules or the standard of decency.
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Orkhepaj: they are against the tos , they are just spamming
No, they are not. Spamming refers to sending the same information repeatedly. Forum games are a form of interaction that brings novelty and new activities and information to the fore.
Posted July 09, 2022
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Orkhepaj: they are against the tos , they are just spamming
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Ambiti0nZ: No, they are not. Spamming refers to sending the same information repeatedly. Forum games are a form of interaction that brings novelty and new activities and information to the fore.
it is the same information repeatedly, it is clearly spamming
just that they use not exactly the same comments doesnt mean they not the same, they clearly have the same information , meaningless blabla fe post the next number topic

novelty?:O they are the most stale topics , you can open them up anywhere, and it is exactly the same as years ago
Posted July 09, 2022
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Ambiti0nZ: No, they are not. Spamming refers to sending the same information repeatedly. Forum games are a form of interaction that brings novelty and new activities and information to the fore.
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Orkhepaj: it is the same information repeatedly, it is clearly spamming
just that they use not exactly the same comments doesnt mean they not the same, they clearly have the same information , meaningless blabla fe post the next number topic

novelty?:O they are the most stale topics , you can open them up anywhere, and it is exactly the same as years ago
You're welcome to leave the forums if you don't like it.
Posted July 09, 2022
You know, GOG could just open a game forum specifically for the forum games.

No extra coding or anything. Just open a new forum, mods. Sticky a link to the forum in the GD to direct users there in case they can't find it. And on occasion give the GD a sweep and move any new games which arise.

But, I'd ask those who play them first, especially the more complex and interactive ones like the forum mafia.

It's not spam. Some games can be quite good for social interaction between members here. Some are... well, simplistic time wasters though and tbh a complete conundrum to me as to why they exist. But some people like them, so why not. They're better than troll and argument bait threads after all.
Posted July 09, 2022
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Orkhepaj: it is the same information repeatedly, it is clearly spamming
just that they use not exactly the same comments doesnt mean they not the same, they clearly have the same information , meaningless blabla fe post the next number topic

novelty?:O they are the most stale topics , you can open them up anywhere, and it is exactly the same as years ago
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Ambiti0nZ: You're welcome to leave the forums if you don't like it.
just like you are to take your lame forum games and play it elsewhere
Posted July 09, 2022
I, honestly, don't care. I've tried to play "three words" or something and it was boring. I don't want to commit to something like Mafia (especially with my poor social skills, I would be most likely first to be lynched). I would prefer if all the "games" were in a separate subsection of the forum but I don't really mind them even in main section.
Posted July 09, 2022
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DreamerKnightX: I'll definitely check it out, thank you for the invitation. :)
The Signup for the next game just started.

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/masters_of_the_universe_signup_for_social_deduction_forum_mafiawerewolf_game
Posted July 09, 2022
No, and those that are have no reason to be. Ignore them and move on. We don't need a sub forum for them.
Posted July 09, 2022
There's always bored/boring forumers complaining that the forum is too devoid of content (that is content catered to them) and ask for the removal of forum content (that is content not catered to them), as if this will make wonderful threads magically spring from everywhere. It started when GOG became too popular for the initial crowd of drm-free oldies lovers, and new forumers started whining about giveaway threads of all things, essentially curbing the gogers spontaneous generosity. Compromises were found, with thread tags allowing forumers (directly or through scripts) to filter out "waste of time" on their videogames forums.

And then of course, forum games. "Stop playing, this is the games forum". Because oh noes, it "takes up space", or something.

There will always be something to pin forum content dissatisfaction on. "Make a forum for announcements", "make a forum for other medias discussion", "make a forum for non-gog gaming discussions" (actually gog outright bans them now), etc. It will never solve what the complainers feel. What would solve it would be an avalanche of threads they'd personally find interesting, and if it happened, the presence of other threads wouldn't bother them.

Just ignore them.
Post edited July 09, 2022 by Telika
Posted July 09, 2022
I wonder if making dedicated subforum would kill most of those, especially the lowest effort ones. I assume most of participating are browsing general forum and if there is nothing interesting they might check these games out of boredom. But would anyone go to special forum just to post in "word association game" or something equally pointless?
Posted July 09, 2022
Could be worse.

On IRC a room i frequented for programming had this bot every 15 minutes or something go off.

'There's some ducks flying in the sky'

You either give them food or shoot them.

>Bang bang
>You killed 5 ducks (you meanie!) You've killed 276 ducks so far.
Posted July 09, 2022
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DreamerKnightX: I always wanted to try "Forum Mafia" as it seems like a ton of fun too.
You definitely should! A new game started signups today.

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/masters_of_the_universe_signup_for_social_deduction_forum_mafiawerewolf_game

I strongly disagree with the idea of a separate forum games section. The games are dependent on visibility to find players and I think that hiding them away would greatly reduce the number of players. While there are people who definitely would seek out a separate section, I'd say there's a middle ground of people who probably wouldn't visit a forum games section but might play if they saw one while browsing General. Basically there wouldn't be many new players if they were hidden away.
Post edited July 09, 2022 by my name is racynge catte
Posted July 09, 2022
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Braggadar: But, I'd ask those who play them first, especially the more complex and interactive ones like the forum mafia.
I think from a forum mafia perspective it would make it virtually impossible to get new players.
Post edited July 09, 2022 by my name is racynge catte
Posted July 10, 2022
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Telika: There's always bored/boring forumers complaining that the forum is too devoid of content (that is content catered to them) and ask for the removal of forum content (that is content not catered to them), as if this will make wonderful threads magically spring from everywhere. It started when GOG became too popular for the initial crowd of drm-free oldies lovers, and new forumers started whining about giveaway threads of all things, essentially curbing the gogers spontaneous generosity. Compromises were found, with thread tags allowing forumers (directly or through scripts) to filter out "waste of time" on their videogames forums.

And then of course, forum games. "Stop playing, this is the games forum". Because oh noes, it "takes up space", or something.

There will always be something to pin forum content dissatisfaction on. "Make a forum for announcements", "make a forum for other medias discussion", "make a forum for non-gog gaming discussions" (actually gog outright bans them now), etc. It will never solve what the complainers feel. What would solve it would be an avalanche of threads they'd personally find interesting, and if it happened, the presence of other threads wouldn't bother them.

Just ignore them.
I mean ... if Barefoot can script things so you can group and hide certain topics, maybe GOG could come to the party and include this as a real option in our forum settings? That way we can all configure how we see the forum and hide what we're not interested in. I dunno I can see both arguments here: when lots of forum games get a post at once it can bury decent discussion topics and requests for help, but these games are good social interaction some times, so it's a tricky thing have happen.

At the moment thanks to these scripts the forum games don't personally bother me. But some people are reluctant to use them, and I can understand that. We need more vanilla options on the forum.

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my name is racynge catte: I think from a forum mafia perspective it would make it virtually impossible to get new players.
Fair enough. I've never been big on forum games so I can't really appreciate how hard it is to keep involvement going. I see the value in the mafia and roleplaying-type threads but the others ... not so much.
Posted July 10, 2022
I used to be fine with forum games but ever since they made it so the forum game topics swell to cover the entire webpage I've found it a little more difficult to engage with the rest of the forum.

But you know what? People get enjoyment out of them so I'm willing to put up with them, even though they pop up when you're on different websites, automatically open themselves and text-to-speech themselves at unsanitary volumes.

And even if sometimes the players burst into your bedroom when you're sleeping screaming insults, I think we're all happy to accept these inconveniences for the sake of others' enjoyment.
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