Games...

[PitOnTheProwl]

How about remembering this is a reptile forum and spending time posing information instead of clogging up my new posts with more games?
Old threads may get locked as they are of no benefit.

[MasonC2K]

Hahaha! There really are a lot all of a sudden. I then someone necro'd an old one! LOL!

[Bogertophis]

We've had only 2 going for quite some time, & to me, 2 is a "good number" for this stuff...it's sure not why I come to this forum. I think I'm a good sport, but it
seemed as if every time I came back on the forum there was another new game, or an old one dredged up.

I agree, PitOnTheProwl...lock the old ones for sure.

[MasonC2K]

At least keep the Drop One Add One and Word Association. That is all I need.

[Bogertophis]

I kinda like "This or That" & usually ignore "Word Association"...I think "This or That" was the first of the new ones posted? I'd vote for keeping that one in addition
to our 2 original ones, & lock up the rest...it's over-kill, even for "off-topic".

Could always vote (have a poll) on this?

[SilasHorn'sHerptiles]

I have only been here for a bit, and the games are taking over. There's still plenty of good info but they are definitely distracting from the purpose of the forum. Glad you're doin something about it. I'd hat for bp.net to become uninformative. This is a really great community, and I'm very impressed with everyone's experience and willingness to share info. Thank you all so much.

[Valyndris]

Sorry, my bad, I'm guilty of adding 2 games. I agree with Bogertophis on keeping the 2 old ones and the "This or That" as I like that one the most. You can kill the rest.

[MasonC2K]

While I do agree there are too many games, I don't see how they distract from the rest of the forum as this is the Off Topic spot. Almost the entire rest of the forums are about snakes and reptiles.

[Zincubus]

How about remembering this is a reptile forum and spending time posing information instead of clogging up my new posts with more games?
Old threads may get locked as they are of no benefit.

I can half see where you’re coming from as they have a far worse problem with hundreds of games in the DigitalSpy forum and I actually DETEST word /puzzle games myself .

That said we are in the off -topic section so I can see why there are games appearing .

Maybe there should be a guidance sticky saying what is /isn’t allowed ?!


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[rlditmars]

I believe the issue is that while they are in the "Off Topic" category, they appear on the first page when you log in. So out of the 30 threads, 4 of them are games. That's over 10%. If the game posts were contained to the "Off Topic" forum without appearing on the front page, I would have no issue with them. But a new person coming on here sees this and you have to wonder, what is their first impression of this community? If you look at the thread with the most posts you would think that is worth a read, but instead, it turns out to be a game. I myself don't care for them as I fail to see the value. To me, they are neither informative or entertaining, but that's just me.