It obvious the culture war is raging inside the hobby. Clearly, we want everyone here to speak freely about these issues, but at the same time, we need the RPG Main Board to be about RPGs and only RPGs. I suggest the creation of a POLITICS IN GAMING subforum for any threads about any real world political or real world cultural issues involved with any games.

The Politics in Games subforum would be not be hidden like RPGPundit's Forum, but easily searched for just like the Other Games or Main forum. The threads would show up in the New Posts section, but it would keep the RPG Main Board more focused on gaming.

Especially because the next two years (or more) are going to be a Category 5 social media shitstorm.

What say you?

I'd support this. There seems to be plenty to discuss about politics in games, but it does clash with more practical gaming discussion.

Quote from: Spinachcat;1100142It obvious the culture war is raging inside the hobby. Clearly, we want everyone here to speak freely about these issues, but at the same time, we need the RPG Main Board to be about RPGs and only RPGs. I suggest the creation of a POLITICS IN GAMING subforum for any threads about any real world political or real world cultural issues involved with any games.

The Politics in Games subforum would be not be hidden like RPGPundit's Forum, but easily searched for just like the Other Games or Main forum. The threads would show up in the New Posts section, but it would keep the RPG Main Board more focused on gaming.

Especially because the next two years (or more) are going to be a Category 5 social media shitstorm.

What say you?

Yes.

100% agreed.
There's no way to avoid talking about politics without losing some relevancy as there's an entire wing of the playerbase as well as most of the staff in the largest companies in the industry who want to weaponize RPGs for their Cultural War.

That having been said, sometimes I just want to talk about RPGs without seeing a rundown of the latest idiocy the fucktards have gotten up to.  I admit lately I've been doing a lot of that elsewhere.

Politics In Gaming solves that perfectly.

RPG Forum - Gaming Only
Politics in Gaming - The latest assaults from the Usual Suspects.  The local front of the RPG Culture War.
Pundit's Forum - Non-gaming politics or anything else as long as Pundit keeps it open.

Make it so. Kirk tested, Picard Approved.

If the usual suspects will actually adhere to it. Then sure.

But we have several posters who just love to derail threads with their latest idiot screed.

Quote from: Omega;1100500If the usual suspects will actually adhere to it. Then sure.

But we have several posters who just love to derail threads with their latest idiot screed.

^^This^^

The same nitwits who keep dragging politics into gaming do not care about their threads having to be in a different forum, they will just plop them in to where they believe that their signal will get the most bandwidth.

Quote from: Omega;1100500If the usual suspects will actually adhere to it. Then sure.

But we have several posters who just love to derail threads with their latest idiot screed.

Heh, I meant threads about the latest Usual Suspects, ie. the SJW gaming crowd.  If people can't keep that out of the RPG Forum with TWO places to talk about politics...well, someone will die on that hill, then everyone else will be a little more circumspect.

Or one could just, you know, ignore the threads one's not interested in like I suppose you ignore the Pundit's forum.

I'm okey with it.

If adding another bathroom keeps people from shitting all around the rest of the house,  then I'm all for it. Unfortunately, I think potty training has been neglected for far too long for it to really help.

I think HappyDaze has just spouted a uncomfortable truth.

From his butt!

I agree with HappyDaze, and I'm sure there will be an adjustment period as we return to NO politics in the main forum and the mods will have to shift some threads into the Politics in Gaming forum, but in general, I believe most posters here can adhere to the rules - especially as the idea is NOT to hide or diminish any discussions, just sort them out away from the Main Forum.

Whatever the owners want is okay with me. I'm just amused that apparently adults can't ignore topics they don't like.

Quote from: ArrozConLeche;1100687Whatever the owners want is okay with me. I'm just amused that apparently adults can't ignore topics they don't like.

And yet you felt the need to reply to this thread with an oblique snipe at people complaining the forum is being invaded by retards. Doesn't that undermine your entire remark?

As long as it doesn't end up as Tangency v2.0 I can see it as a useful subforum. But this site and its users, from what I've seen through years of lurking, have done a pretty damn good job avoiding that kind of pitfall.