The Bleeding Roses wrote:Are you people honestly trying to rationalize including F7ers in NSG? F7 is the 4chan of NS, the dredges of the internet.
No thanks.
This sort of attitude makes me sad. I haven't been on NS for long, but I value the seriousness and interest of NSG, with discussions on pretty much anything, as well as some less serious, more humorous topics to keep us entertained. But then if one forum on NS has an instant, welcoming feel to it, it is F7. No other forum here really allows for new players to get involved as quickly. I'll admit that I'm not as keen on the current styles of play, and I do miss some things and people (2nd PLT, come back... Well, don't, 'cos that would be against the mod rulings, but hey...) but the beauty of F7 is that it has the pride to stay above the level of mere 4chan, or at least above the level of mere /b/, because I'm told there's more to 4chan than just /b/, by virtue of the amount of non-NS roleplay and serious intent. Perhaps, now that Her Modliness and Her church have left F7, it may be time for a new F7-centered mod, in the same way that there are mods that specialise and inhabit most other forums here, and there should be a representative of the Powers That Be somewhere to, firstly keep us out of trouble, and secondly to understand whether what we're doing really is trouble, which - yes I know, OMG no-one understands us - sometimes doesn't happen at the moment. But other than that, F7 should not be looked down on as the lesser forum.
My suggestions as to our current predicament? Well, the fun is draining out of NSG and into F7. There are a few good arguments for merging the two, but there are more against. However, could we have a trial period (I don't know how long) where nothing is allowed to move between NS and F7 except by special injunction unanimously agreed by every single
UN WA member? Or whatever floats your boat, but you get the gist. No movement between NSG and F7, not even by well-intentioned mods. Nor even by request. Just let's see what that does.
Obviously, if something belongs in technical/F&NI or whatever, that should be moved. Although I reckon we're both getting quite good at dealing with n00b problems.