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Title: Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: saint on April 17, 2003, 10:52:09 am
This poll will be "live" till first week or so in May.  (Someone please remind me!)

--- saint
Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: Frostillicus on April 17, 2003, 11:02:49 am
I think this is a great idea  ;D
Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: SNAAAKE on April 17, 2003, 02:10:58 pm
 ;D DO IT ! DO IT ! ;D
Artwork makes a difference ::)
Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: Sasquatch! on April 18, 2003, 12:14:43 am
I'd say "yes".  There's some really great artwork coming out of here lately.
Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: paigeoliver on April 18, 2003, 12:44:38 am
I was the first dissenting voice. The more forums you have, the more forums you have to check.

The klov.com forums split into about twice as many forums a while back, and posting went down dramatically when it happened.

Couldn't the logo and the artwork forum just be combined?
Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: saint on April 18, 2003, 08:34:33 am
Kind of -- the logo forum will go away after we're done with choosing them.  Posts can stay and become the artwork forum if folks want one, but I don't intend to have both a logo and artwork forum.... :)

--- saint
Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: Frostillicus on April 18, 2003, 09:06:49 am
I was the first dissenting voice. The more forums you have, the more forums you have to check.

The klov.com forums split into about twice as many forums a while back, and posting went down dramatically when it happened.

Couldn't the logo and the artwork forum just be combined?

But the more organized the forums, the less I need to check.  I hardly ever go to software or Jukebox, for example, since I'm no programmer and I don't have a Jukebox (yet  ;) ).  Of course this is assuming people will actually stick to the rules of relevance when posting (lots of stuff still need to be moved) ...
Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: BobA on April 18, 2003, 02:51:27 pm
With the logo forum going away after it is chosen an artwork forum would make sense.  There are some great artists around and would love to see their posts in one forum.   Could fonts be included in an artwork forum as they seem to be in demand when creating some works?

BobA
Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: Sasquatch! on April 18, 2003, 09:06:34 pm
I was the first dissenting voice. The more forums you have, the more forums you have to check.

The klov.com forums split into about twice as many forums a while back, and posting went down dramatically when it happened.
It's a fine line to balance: If you make too many subforums, you'll splinter/fragment the audience TOO much, to where each subforum dies a bit, but having ten million threads in the Main Forum is a problem too.  We had a very similar problem at Something Awful and learned all this as we went.

The more "specialized" a subforum is (and an artwork forum is a great example of this), the better it will work both for that particular subforum, and for the overall forum community.  So I still say "yes".
Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: SirPoonga on April 19, 2003, 12:12:37 am
software or Jukebox, for example, since I'm no programmer and I don't have a Jukebox (yet  ;) ).  

You need to be a programmer for that forum????
Most of it is discussing latest mame release and FE troubles.
Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: Frostillicus on April 19, 2003, 12:15:29 am
software or Jukebox, for example, since I'm no programmer and I don't have a Jukebox (yet  ;) ).  

You need to be a programmer for that forum????
Most of it is discussing latest mame release and FE troubles.

I don't understand most of what goes on there so I just avoid it mostly... :)
C'mon there are some pretty technical posts there sometimes.

Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: planetjay on April 19, 2003, 03:00:11 pm
software or Jukebox, for example, since I'm no programmer and I don't have a Jukebox (yet  ;) ).  

You need to be a programmer for that forum????
Most of it is discussing latest mame release and FE troubles.

I don't understand most of what goes on there so I just avoid it mostly... :)
C'mon there are some pretty technical posts there sometimes.



Yeah that's what happens when you let programmers interact with real people. That's why they got their own MessageBoard.
Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: SirPoonga on April 20, 2003, 01:58:42 am
Quote
Quote from: planetjay link=board=7;threadid=6683;start=0#47606
Yeah that's what happens when you let programmers interact with real people. That's why they got their own MessageBoard.

HEY, I resemble that remark!
Title: Re:Should we add an Artwork Forum?
Post by: saint on April 20, 2003, 03:12:43 pm
The ayes have it!

New Artwork Forum! (http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=13)