What are your feelings about OFF-TOPIC discussion?

**isetcap** · 03-24-06, 10:07 AM

Should definitely be off the main forum. Next thing you know, people will be looking for dates in here...

**Bill Dozer** · 03-24-06, 10:50 AM

Iset,

What are you wearing?

**natrass** · 03-24-06, 10:55 AM

I think the main should be for 'bookie chat' and the private (which is a lame name) should be general. I spend all my time in the private forum and it can feel like hanging around the toilets sometimes.

**isetcap** · 03-24-06, 10:57 AM

Originally posted by Bill Dozer

Iset,

What are you wearing?

Dammit all to Hell.

At the behest of Tony Kornheiser, I "always wear white".

**isetcap** · 03-24-06, 11:06 AM

Originally posted by Bill Dozer

Iset,

What are you wearing?

Right now I'm sporting a mop on my head and a sixth-grader's mustache. If you look closely at my face you can see the tracks of tears. Call me Adam.

**bigboydan** · 03-24-06, 01:42 PM

Originally posted by Mudcat

My vote is for 3. I don't want clutter up the main forum where Industry discussion is SBR's bread and butter. The Private forum gets too drama-heavy for civilized discussion sometimes.

i agree mudcat

we need to keep industry news,and more gambling type questions saved for the main this section IMO

**onlooker** · 03-24-06, 03:22 PM

I like the Off Topic stuff.

I do think we need a new forum for it. I voted for #3, because we dont need to clutter up the Main forum.

Also dont think it should go in the Private forum, or re-name the Private forum. Because we need the Private for flames and porn.

So a new forum for Off Topic and things could be the way to go.

**Willie Bee** · 03-24-06, 04:58 PM

I like the Off Topic discussions just for the break from sports and wagering talk. Voted #1, but that was before reading the good point Mudcat and others raised. My experiences at other forums have shown that sometimes you can get too specialized with forum divisions. But in this case, perhaps it makes sense.

**moses millsap** · 03-24-06, 05:02 PM

Let's just post in the promotions forum. That forum sucks anyways and is filled with touts. LOL.

**Mudcat** · 03-24-06, 07:51 PM

Originally posted by Willie Bee

My experiences at other forums have shown that sometimes you can get too specialized with forum divisions.

Even though I voted for 3, I agree with that too. There probably is no perfect solution.

Mind you, I didn't consult with any techies to see if a new General Discussion forum was even a viable option.

**imgv94** · 03-24-06, 08:10 PM

I voted for #3!! Great Post Mudcat!

**BigDog** · 03-24-06, 09:08 PM

I'm in for #3 ......I like alot of the OT discussions myself

**Mudcat** · 03-25-06, 11:13 AM

What I probably didn't stress enough is that I'm not talking about 2 new threads a week or something like that. I could post quite a bit of stuff. I get a lot of ideas popping into my head over the course of a workday and I work alone so there is no outlet except you guys.

Well maybe I'll ease into it, primarily in the main forum with the more frivolous stuff in Private. We've got some funny people here and I mainly just want to generate more laughs for myself.

But I feel weird every time I post something OT in the Main Forum. I feel like I'm farting in church or something.

**Illusion** · 03-25-06, 03:05 PM

Off topic threads have there place in the main forum. Like Willie said, we don't wanna have too many specialized forums. I say keep them in the main forum for now.

**onlooker** · 03-25-06, 09:16 PM

Originally posted by Illusion

Off topic threads have there place in the main forum. Like Willie said, we don't wanna have too many specialized forums. I say keep them in the main forum for now.

I dont feel that way. Because the Off Topic stuff can very well bury the Offshore news and updates. That is something we dont want to happen. So we do need to put the Off Topic stuff in its own forum. This keeping the important things at the top of the Main or Industry News forum.

Members that come here for industry news dont usually use the "Search" feature and I know they dont want to scroll through all the Off Topic stuff to find something they are possibly here looking for.

**Patrick McIrish** · 03-26-06, 02:06 AM

Originally posted by Illusion

Off topic threads have there place in the main forum. Like Willie said, we don't wanna have too many specialized forums. I say keep them in the main forum for now.

I agree more with this than anything else I have read. Selfishly for me I admit but I browse about 8-10 forums with gambling content, I go to the main forum for each one. Hard to make time to browse several different forums within each site. And believe me if there is book information on the main forum then I will find it no matter how much OT stuff there is. I just hate a site with 100 different categories of topics broken down into their own forum and little to no participation in most of them.

The OT in the main forum almost defines the personality of a site, I see nothing at all wrong with it here. Always been sort of a catch-all for these gaming forums and I hope it always will be.

**pags11** · 03-26-06, 04:06 AM

I like off-topic stuff...I plan on starting an "Ask Pags" OT thread after the big dance ends...it will be Leykis-esk on focusing how to get chicks into bed with as little money spent as possible...coming soon...

**Mudcat** · 05-29-06, 02:04 PM

I'm going to bump this and see if there is any new votes and/or discussion.

BK · 05-29-06, 02:08 PM

#3. OT stuff is good. But yes, a new forum for it would be good.

**rolemand** · 05-29-06, 10:34 PM

I almost invariably click "new posts" so it doesn't matter to me though I voted main forum.

**onlooker** · 05-29-06, 10:47 PM

Originally posted by rolemand

I almost invariably click "new posts" so it doesn't matter to me though I voted main forum.

Thats what I do. I always click on "new posts". Read all the new ones, then go from there.

**Mudcat** · 05-31-06, 07:15 PM

Originally posted by rolemand

I almost invariably click "new posts" so it doesn't matter to me though I voted main forum.

Huh. I wasn't even aware of that option - until now. It's a good thing I'm not a mod here or something.

**Illusion** · 05-31-06, 07:19 PM

Originally posted by Mudcat

Huh. I wasn't even aware of that option - until now. It's a good thing I'm not a mod here or something.

**pags11** · 06-01-06, 04:33 PM

I like the off topic discussions, especially during the slow months like now...I'm fine with them being in the main forum...

**totobernal** · 06-01-06, 05:42 PM

I like the idea of off topics on another section, and use the private to post porn and stuff like that

**Illusion** · 06-01-06, 06:16 PM

Originally posted by totobernal

I like the idea of off topics on another section, and use the private to post porn and stuff like that

That's exactly what I was thinking, but the poll is way too close so things will more than likely stay the same.