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Originally Posted by rubecube
Everything you said.
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I used to do the same as you pretty much. Lurk, make the odd post in FoI, and then check the OT quickly then disappear. I got sick of all the bitching and fighting in FoI, and so I came over here more and more. Now I hardly ever go into FoI. I'll check it, see if there's anything remotely exciting, and then come back to ol' faithful, the OT.
I made the mistake of going into the last game thread, and jeez what that ever a mistake. To say the quality of the OT is lower than some of the drivel that's posted in there is ridiculous.
Anyways, moving on.
I think the serious component to the OT is alive and well still. Look at the threads on the ring road (other than the one Razor Ruddock destroyed). There's still lots of good discussion in here. Movie recommendations, planning trips to California, a big discussion on the positives and negatives of the H1N1 shot. Those four threads are all what you would consider serious, and that's just from looking at the first page.
The other issue is, it's an OT forum. I realize it can't be anything goes, but still. If a topic is worth discussing, it will be brought up, dealt with and disappear. If it's not worthwhile, it'll fall off the main page faster than Avery goes down after a hit by Jagr. But the thing is that the RTT was quite obviously very popular. It went through three versions, and was still going strong when it got shut down. I understand it can be tough for mod's to figure out what the hell caused a big meltdown between a couple people with the sheer size of the thread, but what I can't understand is why people felt they couldn't take part. It's was mindless thread for people to just rant a bit, make some funny comment that wouldn't be worth a new thread but was still good to read. A person didn't need to read every single page of the thread. I know I just would jump in sometimes and post without looking at what was going on before, just because I wanted to get something off my chest or whatever.
I think people might take this site a little too seriously sometimes. When it comes down to it, all most people are to everyone else is a handle and a bunch of words on a screen. I can understand why Bingo wants to keep the rep of the site up and all that. Hell, I like knowing that it's a fairly respected place. But I can't see how having a chat thread takes away from the site's reputation. Not every thread in the off-topic forum needs to be a political one, or a religion thread. It's nice to have some place to go and just post whatever you feel like (within reason obviously) at that time.
In regards to longsuffering's post:
I think the FoI is still the main focus on the site for most, but I think it's entirely unfair to say that the reason it's been so crappy lately is because of all the 'clique-y insider posts' in the OT. I think that can solely be put upon the regulars in FoI. The freak-out threads, the I Like threads, they weren't started by the OT regulars. They all seem to be started by guys who rarely come over to this side of the board. I've never seen ResAlien, or 4x4 or Locke, or GreenTeaFrappe or any of the other RTT and OT regulars start a thread proclaiming that Iginla should be traded, the Sutter's should be fired, etc.
First and foremost, this is a hockey board. I don't think we need an OT forum specifically dedicated to serious issues, and another spot where we get babysat in our 'playroom'. If anything, it'd be the religion, politics, healthcare forum that would need extra attention.