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  • devonin
    Very Grave Indeed
    Event Staff
    FFR Simfile Author
    • Apr 2004
    • 10120

    #1

    RULES. READ FIRST OR YOUR THREAD MAY BE DELETED

    Welcome to the Multiplayer Game Planning forum! We have such a great community here, and so many of us play games besides FFR, it seemed like we might get some good traction on providing a centralized place for people to organize and schedule times to play multiplayer games together.

    To keep this forum as a useful and effective resource, we're going to have some fairly strict rules about thread formatting and content. Nothing nasty, just making sure everything stays easily readable by everybody else.

    1/ Thread titles MUST follow this format:
    [Date/Server Time] Name of Game

    Server time is viewable up at the top of any forum screen, and makes a handy way to make sure everybody can math out exactly when an event is happening without needing to do time zone conversion.

    2/ Only make a thread to schedule an event

    If you want to talk generally about video games, we have a forum for that. If you want to talk generally about other subjects we have a forum for that too!

    The whole goal of this section is to make it clear and easy for anybody to jump into any game anybody else wants to play, so as long as the threads stay tidy, we can do that.

    Anything persistant or ongoing where people can easily jump in and out (WoW and other MMO guild info, online games with persistant always-up servers) can be stickied at the top of the forum. Anything one-off can just be a thread. Don't hesitate to throw up a thread even if you're only going to be playing a game for a couple hours, just to see if anybody wants to jump in.
    Last edited by devonin; 08-18-2016, 09:36 PM.
  • MarioNintendo
    Expect delays.
    FFR Simfile Author
    FFR Music Producer
    • Mar 2008
    • 4177

    #2
    Re: RULES. READ FIRST OR YOUR THREAD MAY BE DELETED

    this thread isn't locked... we can discuss here?

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    • Xiz
      TWG Chaos
      FFR Simfile Author
      • Feb 2012
      • 3399

      #3
      Re: RULES. READ FIRST OR YOUR THREAD MAY BE DELETED

      Is... Is there really a need for this? It seems like you have been the only person making scheduled events like this.

      I don't see the reason why not to bump the (example) rocket league form saying "hey game tomorrow at 9 server come join" like what we have done for the past few years.

      Also I hope you don't intend on deleting any threads that decide to not use this format opting for the method I explained above outside of this form section, please correct me if I'm wrong.

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      • MarioNintendo
        Expect delays.
        FFR Simfile Author
        FFR Music Producer
        • Mar 2008
        • 4177

        #4
        Re: RULES. READ FIRST OR YOUR THREAD MAY BE DELETED

        I originally thought this would be for FFR MP

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        • Rapta
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          • Dec 2010
          • 1948

          #5
          Re: RULES. READ FIRST OR YOUR THREAD MAY BE DELETED

          Originally posted by MarioNintendo
          I originally thought this would be for FFR MP
          I did to I was like wow someone actually looked at the suggestion i made
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          • choof
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            FFR Simfile Author
            • Nov 2013
            • 8563

            #6
            Re: RULES. READ FIRST OR YOUR THREAD MAY BE DELETED

            Originally posted by Xiz
            Is... Is there really a need for this? It seems like you have been the only person making scheduled events like this.
            that's because it's new and no one has made a thread other than dev lol. I'm going to make a thread soon for the new path of exile xpac. if I have time this weekend I'll make a L4D2 thread as well

            I don't see the reason why not to bump the (example) rocket league form saying "hey game tomorrow at 9 server come join" like what we have done for the past few years.
            whenever you bump the rocket league thread, the only thing that pops up on the front page is "Rocket League." having tags and start/end times looks better on the front page

            Also I hope you don't intend on deleting any threads that decide to not use this format opting for the method I explained above outside of this form section, please correct me if I'm wrong.
            I sincerely doubt they'd be deleted, as the threads outside of this forum are used for general talk about the game as well

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            • Dinglesberry
              longing
              • Dec 2007
              • 2679

              #7
              Re: RULES. READ FIRST OR YOUR THREAD MAY BE DELETED

              I'm just waiting to make a team fortress classic thread so it can promptly die a couple mins after I make it

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              • devonin
                Very Grave Indeed
                Event Staff
                FFR Simfile Author
                • Apr 2004
                • 10120

                #8
                Re: RULES. READ FIRST OR YOUR THREAD MAY BE DELETED

                Originally posted by Xiz
                Is... Is there really a need for this? It seems like you have been the only person making scheduled events like this.
                The subforum had existed less than 24 hours when you made this post. Let people actually see it and get used to it being here in terms of trying to use it for its purpose. We also have a few members of staff committed to keep a few things going all the time so there's always activity which will engender more activity.

                Building community events takes time. When I started running my Sunday board Game Day at my store, we got 0-2 people each Sunday. Now we have 12-15. Same with every other recurring event I've done at the store. Give it some time before you decide it's not needed.

                I don't see the reason why not to bump the (example) rocket league form saying "hey game tomorrow at 9 server come join" like what we have done for the past few years.
                Having it all in one central place, neatly organised and readable at a glance makes it easier for people to see what is happining and going to happen, which makes it more successful.

                Also I hope you don't intend on deleting any threads that decide to not use this format opting for the method I explained above outside of this form section, please correct me if I'm wrong.
                Why would I delete a thread somewhere else that was people planning something? I might post in it saying "Why not go post this in the multiplayer games forum" but what would make you think I'd delete it?

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                • Untimely Friction
                  D6 Challeneged
                  • Aug 2012
                  • 1267

                  #9
                  Re: RULES. READ FIRST OR YOUR THREAD MAY BE DELETED

                  I was about to be salty no one hit me up but this isn't FFR MP, Nice!

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                  • Shadowcliff
                    FFR Veteran
                    • Jan 2008
                    • 695

                    #10
                    Re: RULES. READ FIRST OR YOUR THREAD MAY BE DELETED

                    EST? MST? PST? CDT? Specified in thread title?

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                    • T-Force
                      Your world ends with you
                      FFR Simfile Author
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 4753

                      #11
                      Re: RULES. READ FIRST OR YOUR THREAD MAY BE DELETED

                      Originally posted by devonin
                      1/ Thread titles MUST follow this format:
                      [Date/Server Time] Name of Game

                      Server time is viewable up at the top of any forum screen, and makes a handy way to make sure everybody can math out exactly when an event is happening without needing to do time zone conversion.
                      ..
                      Last edited by T-Force; 08-20-2016, 12:06 PM.
                      Life is simply unfair... Don't you think?

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