Wanted to talk about this section.

[Shaggy]

Just being honest but I don't like this game day chat setup. I love just one thread for game days. It was kind of ridiculous going to a thread, then bouncing back into the main game day chat forum to find another thread someone started and then click on that one. Rinse and repeat. Most threads never got replies. I am not a fan of it.

I want your opinions. I would like to go with one game day thread that everyone posts into. Not a forum section.

What do you all think?

 

[Maelstrom787]

I feel like this might be an idea to revisit at a later time.

It definitely -is- how it's done most other places, but here, we use the subforum as sort of a chat room with each thread being a reaction or quick analysis to any in-game event or trend.

Then, we simply wipe the subforum clean for the next week and do it all again.

I understand how this is less tidy in theory, but it's how we've always done it and it's what everyone is used to. With the forum format change, I'd be wary of changing too much in a short period of time.

 

[acer1240]

I like your idea Shaggy. It would be much easier than scanning 100 threads

 

[sutz]

I seldom log in to this forum. It kind of runs like a chat room, with everybody throwing out posts as the game progresses. It's chaotic and basically impossible to really follow. Since you ruled out having a "chat room" per se, this has to be hashed out, I guess. At least we have a few months to figure out how to do it. I'm sure whatever you do, someone will hate it.

For me, I will probably still avoid it anyway.

 

[Shaggy]

Yep, this is why I posted it now, so we have time to talk about it.

I also not a fan of threads and posts being "wiped" out as well.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

Just being honest but I don't like this game day chat setup. I love just one thread for game days. It was kind of ridiculous going to a thread, then bouncing back into the main game day chat forum to find another thread someone started and then click on that one. Rinse and repeat. Most threads never got replies. I am not a fan of it.

I want your opinions. I would like to go with one game day thread that everyone posts into. Not a forum section.

What do you all think?

it’s actually easier to sort by thread when it is in a forum format over the 3.5 hours the game is going on. We are all super adhd in how we watch games, we wanna reaction to that touchdown or a ref call or whatever rught now plus reference when we sober up for the main forum.

The main Thing I would change is making it the radish forum again and pin a post authored by aros or a similarly qualified person who was there in the days when he was.

The other things you might Consider is pinning embed guides so that ppl can place tweets and youtube. There is also random Capitalization going on using the site with my 2022 iPad as you can see, which another xen update may correct.

 

[chris98251]

I like the individual threads due to you can see a title to a reaction of a situation or opinion and it doesn't get lost in the scroll, seeing who posted the thread you can also choose to skip and go to something more interesting to talk about as well. The other thing is if a thread gets out of control it can be deleted or locked, where pissing contests in a scroll format the pissing contest will continue all game long.

 

[Maelstrom787]

I like the individual threads due to you can see a title to a reaction of a situation or opinion and it doesn't get lost in the scroll, seeing who posted the thread you can also choose to skip and go to something more interesting to talk about as well. The other thing is if a thread gets out of control it can be deleted or locked, where pissing contests in a scroll format the pissing contest will continue all game long.

This is my thing. In a single thread, the conversation becomes muddier. I like being able to reply to certain topics. It's a lot neater.

 

[Shaggy]

This is my thing. In a single thread, the conversation becomes muddier. I like being able to reply to certain topics. It's a lot neater.

That's just it though, no one thread had more then maybe 20 replies to it. There were always more threads that had zero replies to it then ones that did.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

That's just it though, no one thread had more then maybe 20 replies to it. There were always more threads that had zero replies to it then ones that did.

shags, I have followed fieldgulls and other sb nation for years. I hate their game threads as they are impossible to refer back to Whilst the info is ther but just disorganized. I’m also on discord which can get even more so.

i Love game day as its the best of both. Please don’t change it. Just rename it.

 

[acer1240]

My future wife SCH is giving good advice. The more I think about it a single game day thread would be a nightmare. Who on earth would want to moderate that thing?

It gets ugly on GameDay Shaggy. If I had the ability, I'd ban half the posters in there

 

[acer1240]

And please rename it

 

[acer1240]

My future wife SCH is giving good advice. The more I think about it a single game day thread would be a nightmare. Who on earth would want to moderate that thing?

It gets ugly on GameDay Shaggy. If I had the ability, I'd ban half the posters in there

Since Les passed there has been no competent moderation in that forum. At all. The threads would be longer if posters didn't have to deal with a select few

 

[Palmegranite]

I've seen other sites that are a good compromise to both of the above. There is a pre-game thread, a first-half thread, a second-half thread and a post-game thread, as well as a few others; perhaps a game-ball thread, etc. When the second half starts, the first-half thread gets locked. You get the idea.

 

[Shaggy]

I've seen other sites that are a good compromise to both of the above. There is a pre-game thread, a first-half thread, a second-half thread and a post-game thread, as well as a few others; perhaps a game-ball thread, etc. When the second half starts, the first-half thread gets locked. You get the idea.

Packerforum does a pre/post game thread and then a game thread. Users seem to like that setup. Cards forum and sports hoopla do one game thread and they like it that way.

I honestly think one game day thread would get alot more activity then a forum section game day.

I'm just throwing ideas out, not officially changing anything. Just wanted to get some ideas from you and also share mine.

 

[kidhawk]

I think one thing not being discussed here are the fans who may not hang out on the board during the game. Personally, I'll come in if I have time during quarter breaks, halftime and after the game and scroll through the thread titles to get a feel for the pulse of the forum and reply here and there, or make a quick post myself. If there was a single thread, that would require scanning through each and every full post to catch up and I doubt I'd want to spend that kind of time.

Why not just make a single Gameday thread for those who want to post there, and let the gameday forum remain as is for the people who prefer that style? If one is much better than the other, then one of them would likely die a natural death.

Also, I would second, third, fourth, etc. any motion to rename the gameday forum for Les. It was wrong to move his name to the archives in the first place and would probably go a long way towards good will if it was done this way.

 

[Shaggy]

I think one thing not being discussed here are the fans who may not hang out on the board during the game. Personally, I'll come in if I have time during quarter breaks, halftime and after the game and scroll through the thread titles to get a feel for the pulse of the forum and reply here and there, or make a quick post myself. If there was a single thread, that would require scanning through each and every full post to catch up and I doubt I'd want to spend that kind of time.

Why not just make a single Gameday thread for those who want to post there, and let the gameday forum remain as is for the people who prefer that style? If one is much better than the other, then one of them would likely die a natural death.

Also, I would second, third, fourth, etc. any motion to rename the gameday forum for Les. It was wrong to move his name to the archives in the first place and would probably go a long way towards good will if it was done this way.

Not a bad idea.

 

[HawkFreak]

I think one thing not being discussed here are the fans who may not hang out on the board during the game. Personally, I'll come in if I have time during quarter breaks, halftime and after the game and scroll through the thread titles to get a feel for the pulse of the forum and reply here and there, or make a quick post myself. If there was a single thread, that would require scanning through each and every full post to catch up and I doubt I'd want to spend that kind of time.

Why not just make a single Gameday thread for those who want to post there, and let the gameday forum remain as is for the people who prefer that style? If one is much better than the other, then one of them would likely die a natural death.

Also, I would second, third, fourth, etc. any motion to rename the gameday forum for Les. It was wrong to move his name to the archives in the first place and would probably go a long way towards good will if it was done this way.

Agreed. This seems like a great way to handle it.
And absolutely agree that Les/Radish should receive that recognition.

 

[hoxrox]

I think one thing not being discussed here are the fans who may not hang out on the board during the game. Personally, I'll come in if I have time during quarter breaks, halftime and after the game and scroll through the thread titles to get a feel for the pulse of the forum and reply here and there, or make a quick post myself. If there was a single thread, that would require scanning through each and every full post to catch up and I doubt I'd want to spend that kind of time.

Why not just make a single Gameday thread for those who want to post there, and let the gameday forum remain as is for the people who prefer that style? If one is much better than the other, then one of them would likely die a natural death.

Also, I would second, third, fourth, etc. any motion to rename the gameday forum for Les. It was wrong to move his name to the archives in the first place and would probably go a long way towards good will if it was done this way.

Good idea. Game days are full of instant reactions to the game. Think it's good to have the option to pick and choose which comments/reactions are interesting enough to read/reply to, and which to ignore... vs having to follow one singular thread for every single reaction/comment.

 

[JustTheTip]

Not a bad idea.

With kid hawk on this one. Maybe both thrive or maybe one dies a natural death. A thread is better for watching real time, the sub-forum is better for checking in here or there during the game and not have to wade through 146 messages that you don't care about 72.5921% of them.