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In my opinion, it would be cool if threads were only locked for a reason.

Why is it a problem if someone continues (actually continues, not only bumps) an old game?

The reasons Fmods gave for locking threads were that it 1) pushes back legitimate threads and 2) can lead to unhappy Chewy and we can't have that can we.

1) Whenever someone plays the game, it gets bumped to page one. The more active the game is, the more often it's bumped. So if the game is only played once per 6 months, it only pushes back other threads once per 6 months. Meanwhile, your "legitimate" threads get bumped multiple times per day, so this is hardly a problem. If someone plays the game once per 6 months, then there is some interest to it, although very little, so it only deserves to get bumped once per 6 months. This is exactly fair.

2) That must be a bad joke.

22-Mar-2016 16:20:31 - Last edited on 22-Mar-2016 16:22:13 by 4A6F6B6B75

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I agree with Jokku. I don't really see the point in locking so many threads. For quite a few years, only obvious spam was hidden/locked. Now it seems that there are a dozen rules for what constitutes an active thread that is allowed to continue to live.

People can't spend all their time on these forums and sometimes they need a break. Sometimes a thread's popularity will lapse for no real reason at all. What's wrong with bumping a once popular thread from page 40 if you intend on contributing something more than just spam? Bumping the thread is sometimes just easier than remaking it. Then you don't have to bicker over who get's to remake it. Let's face it, most F-games really don't need an active owner. (I realize there are exceptions)

The thread life of this section is well over a year. Is this over-moderation really necessary? If bumping the thread improves the foruming experience for at least a few people, then what is the point in locking it?

I guess I just dislike definitive rules, because then F-mods feel the need to indiscriminately enforce them (I realize interpretation of the rules isn't really up to them). We generally can work things out on our own with only a little F-mod intervention.



I don't know, just throwing some thoughts out. Dunno if that made any sense.
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23-Mar-2016 01:57:41

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obendigo said :
On a side note, could we also make a centralized thread just for those "Siggy Galleries" to get rid of that spam?


That somewhat defeats the purpose. An artist wouldn't be able to showcase their art if it were buried in the fortieth page of a thread. That artist wants their own thread, where they can reach more people, and potentially spread more of their art. I hardly think there are enough galleries still alive to pose a problem, seeing as they're all being locked (Which is a whole different rant I could go off on).
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23-Mar-2016 02:01:10

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Very afkable said :

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. :)


Yes for as long as I have been playing in the forum game, it wasn't kosha to recreate a thread within the first few weeks, to give the owner time to recreate it... so many threads have been locked because of this rule and in your time too AFK, I honestly don't know how you don't know this - I am sure we have had conversations on it.

This rule changed unfairly resently and you also know about this.

23-Mar-2016 09:46:06

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These FSR changes look great Kalaya and I support them.

If it's not off-topic, there are some other FSRs which need taking a look at, all of the OSRS FSRs except OS General need remaking (some of them are in outdated sticky threads rather than in the FSR link at the top). OSRS Content Suggestions doesn't even have any FSR.

I was considering making a thread for this but I have just seen this one. :P

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Anyway!

Mod Kalaya said :
I'm definitely up for discussing gravebumping for the forum games forum. What would you think is reasonable?

I think gravebumping is a bit of a non-issue in FG. It should only be a problem if the bumped game is *still* lacking in activity some time after the bump or if there are similar existing active games. If the game is original and players are taking part in the game after a gravebump, then the thread should be left to continue because players are enjoying the newly revived game. Locking it serves no purpose in that situation.

Thanks for the sticky, hopefully I'm not too late to the thread with leaving my feedback.

25-Mar-2016 10:25:34 - Last edited on 25-Mar-2016 10:31:53 by Anger Alt

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2 other ways around the grave bump prob:
1) Forcibly remove the old threads
2) create a RSOF Games Forum V2, move the active threads of the first few pages, then the OP of threads on pages after that need to request those get moved. 2 weeks later, delete V1.

25-Mar-2016 12:39:35

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