I agree with this post, and didnt we have them taken away last time?   I cant understand why they have been put back, no offence to the gaming crowd....but we need our forum space for skinning, and just like last time, the gaming threads are taking over everything here, making it almost impossible to find important threads about skinning.

yep...it's a turn off...

Looks like the "Everything Else" category is suddenly visible her on the WC forum....that's new 

Dunno what business gamers have on a relatively serious and otherwise mature forum.

Might as well get used to it I guess.

Seems like there's f*ckall we can do about it.

last time we had them taken away...... i would like to request the same thing happen this time...

they truly take over the forums like the red weed from war of the worlds....literally! i mean, come on, we just dont need this here.

and im serious about finding it hard to find threads i want to either reply to, or in future help someone who needs skinning help.

if the "everything else" catagory keep popping up, someone who  needs skinning help wont be seen...

PLEASE TAKE THEM AWAY AGAIN.

I had a post that I didn't post about this very thing. I would assume that due to the majority of posts to be rehashed word and sentence threads along with the ever popular product posts (some are entertaining) that the forum has become somewhat droll. I didn't post it because I had a severe case of apathy.

so, now we have the JU game threads in addition to our own. I believe that it was the "off topic" posts that resulted in the previous experiment failing, can't wait to see how that turns out. Can I assume that those types of comments that usually get me in trouble are now acceptable in the "off topic" threads?

Anyhow, I do hope that the lack of skinning thread activity does not reflect poorly on the status of WC ability to stay viable.

Actually 'off topic' or 'misc' threads...relevant to any/all forums. [or irrelevant].

There's about 5 of them.  In reality the only issue is that 2 of them are essentially the same and should have been culled to one only...ages ago.

Truth is....skinners are ALSO Gamers...and vice-versa.

I know I am.

The world won't end with Forum changes.  If you really need something to worry about try Global Warming...

paul (jafo), this is the first time i've disagreed with you. there is no reason nor excuse for threads about gaming to be here on wc. this is a skinning site, not a gaming site.i know i'm tired of having to sort through the threads to find ones related to skinning.

yes, some skinners are also gamers. let those folks post on the individual sites.

Isn't this an issue for Brad really? He owns Stardock, and the various site forums are part of Stardock aren't they?

I personally don't see an issue. The game threads in question have been started in gaming forums, and while I agree they shouldn't be on this site because of that, and I have no idea why they've all seemingly risen from the dead en masse, they aren't exactly making it so hard to find the stuff relevant to skinners. It's really only a matter of going to the bottom of the forum threads page and clicking on 'more recent posts'. There are two pages of recent threads on there. A trifle inconvenient maybe, but nothing major.

We have plenty of threads on here, started by members of WC, that have bugger all to do with skinning or skinning software. Nobody complains about them.

I think Jafo did a good thing. This is an Internet business. All kinds of folks here. As should be. But, along with that is trying to keep everyone happy.

New comers get to see all venues and diversities available to them on page 1. And one doesn't need to go anywhere they don't want to.

It's mostly just getting used to it. Eventually no one will even notice. It's like a shopping mall instead of a shop.

I didn't do anything, other than post logical reason why this is not an issue.[/quote] 

 Duly noted.

Or threads where Starkers yell " You Bastards! I had an Impulse to take a dump and you took my squares!!! " Now THAT was a fine lesson in survival!

Now, on a more serious note. I think if one bothers to look within the topics instead of complete reliance upon the "most recent" catch-all area things would look far less disastrous. It's all a matter of people selecting the correct category when posting and the mods correcting and sorting accordingly. The same troubles that have plagued forum-kind since the dawn of time....