22nd February 2005, 2:49 PM
Oh don't worry. If a higher level of activity is what everyone wants, then I'll help out. The goal of this shall be how to come up with interesting and thought provoking topics, but more than that, also actively trying to prevent arguments occuring that make these topics undesirable.
One suggestion? There's a lot of power in tact. Polite respect of other's views so they can say what they want without fear of being made fun of is a good way to gain the trust of people.
Now, what sorts of topics should be brought up? Very few of us read news sites and post what we read any more. In fact, when someone actually does read some month old article no one else bothered posting about, if someone DID see it, they go Mapelgirl and say "OLD NEWS PEOPLE!". I know I do that a lot anyway :D. Ya can't complain about a topic being about old news if when you saw it you never bothered posting it yourself :D. Well, okay you technically can, but try contributing too :D.
I think a lot of us have been actively avoiding news about upcoming games because of the risk of spoiling the experience. So, let's post other things. Maybe we can start discussing retro gaming classics? I for one will start a topic covering tactics I've used to beat old game bosses, and we can all post our methods and how effective we thought they were. Then after reading it over we can all vote on what was most effective. I'll go ahead and do that now.
One suggestion? There's a lot of power in tact. Polite respect of other's views so they can say what they want without fear of being made fun of is a good way to gain the trust of people.
Now, what sorts of topics should be brought up? Very few of us read news sites and post what we read any more. In fact, when someone actually does read some month old article no one else bothered posting about, if someone DID see it, they go Mapelgirl and say "OLD NEWS PEOPLE!". I know I do that a lot anyway :D. Ya can't complain about a topic being about old news if when you saw it you never bothered posting it yourself :D. Well, okay you technically can, but try contributing too :D.
I think a lot of us have been actively avoiding news about upcoming games because of the risk of spoiling the experience. So, let's post other things. Maybe we can start discussing retro gaming classics? I for one will start a topic covering tactics I've used to beat old game bosses, and we can all post our methods and how effective we thought they were. Then after reading it over we can all vote on what was most effective. I'll go ahead and do that now.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)