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My insight on these new rules:
1): Rules 1-3:
This brings me back to when I created a thread because none of the previous owners had been active and I was unable to contact them. These rules are reasonable. There was never a "defined" time limit nor were there any guidelines for someone to recreate a new thread until now.
2): Gravebumping- lower to 3 months:
This seems to be more reasonable than 6 months.
3): Rules 1-3 & Gravebumping:
Clarification: What if Player B created a thread that is not maxed and hasn't had activity in months? Would Player A be allowed to create a new thread without fearing that it would be locked? I would assume yes, but I'd rather be certain.
4): Definition of active:
I think that 6 months is too long of a duration to be considered "active". Perhaps the time interval should be shortened significantly, perhaps to at least one post a month in Forum Games considering that most players don't use the forums too often, let alone Forum Games.
Thanks Mod Kalaya for the suggested new rules!
Overall, I like the suggestions, but they just need a bit of clarification and small changes.
1): Rules 1-3:
This brings me back to when I created a thread because none of the previous owners had been active and I was unable to contact them. These rules are reasonable. There was never a "defined" time limit nor were there any guidelines for someone to recreate a new thread until now.
2): Gravebumping- lower to 3 months:
This seems to be more reasonable than 6 months.
3): Rules 1-3 & Gravebumping:
Clarification: What if Player B created a thread that is not maxed and hasn't had activity in months? Would Player A be allowed to create a new thread without fearing that it would be locked? I would assume yes, but I'd rather be certain.
4): Definition of active:
I think that 6 months is too long of a duration to be considered "active". Perhaps the time interval should be shortened significantly, perhaps to at least one post a month in Forum Games considering that most players don't use the forums too often, let alone Forum Games.
Thanks Mod Kalaya for the suggested new rules!
Overall, I like the suggestions, but they just need a bit of clarification and small changes.
22-Mar-2016 06:52:49
Mod Kalaya
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I'm definitely up for discussing gravebumping for the forum games forum. What would you think is reasonable?
I'd very much be an advocate for giving threads a second chance in regards to gravebumping. In an ideal situation I see something like:
-- If a thread hasn't been posted on in around six months, any player could remake the thread (whilst requesting the old one to be locked). The player who remakes the thread would be invited to revitalise the game to try and gauge interest within the current community. If it doesn't prove to be successful it'll eventually fall back to page 15-20~ and the process can start again, by which point the community and mindset may have changed a bit. I think that if the original thread author hasn't been to the thread in around 6 months then it's clear that they don't wish to operate it anymore. Threads that haven't been posted on for 6 months would be locked for gravebumping but encourage posters to rethink the game a bit.
-- If a thread hasn't been posted on for less than six months: How often are the posts being made? If there's 3 large gaps together (large gaps being 2 months) so say someone posts on Feb 2016, next post is April 2016 and the one after that is June 2016, it would be clear that the community isn't really interested at the moment.
I think that this way we can keep the current games that the community enjoys on the first page whilst having the ability to slowly re-introduce other old games and finding out if the current community would like to have a go at it again.
Maybe we should be encouraged as a community to gauge interest from other Forum Gamers as to whether they'd like to play an old game or not. Could be done via the chat lounge perhaps? Something like: "Hey guys, would any of you be interested in replaying game xyz again? I think we could introduce a new rule abc to make it more exciting"
Something like that would be ideal in my mind
I'm definitely up for discussing gravebumping for the forum games forum. What would you think is reasonable?
I'd very much be an advocate for giving threads a second chance in regards to gravebumping. In an ideal situation I see something like:
-- If a thread hasn't been posted on in around six months, any player could remake the thread (whilst requesting the old one to be locked). The player who remakes the thread would be invited to revitalise the game to try and gauge interest within the current community. If it doesn't prove to be successful it'll eventually fall back to page 15-20~ and the process can start again, by which point the community and mindset may have changed a bit. I think that if the original thread author hasn't been to the thread in around 6 months then it's clear that they don't wish to operate it anymore. Threads that haven't been posted on for 6 months would be locked for gravebumping but encourage posters to rethink the game a bit.
-- If a thread hasn't been posted on for less than six months: How often are the posts being made? If there's 3 large gaps together (large gaps being 2 months) so say someone posts on Feb 2016, next post is April 2016 and the one after that is June 2016, it would be clear that the community isn't really interested at the moment.
I think that this way we can keep the current games that the community enjoys on the first page whilst having the ability to slowly re-introduce other old games and finding out if the current community would like to have a go at it again.
Maybe we should be encouraged as a community to gauge interest from other Forum Gamers as to whether they'd like to play an old game or not. Could be done via the chat lounge perhaps? Something like: "Hey guys, would any of you be interested in replaying game xyz again? I think we could introduce a new rule abc to make it more exciting"
Something like that would be ideal in my mind
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