Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Yea not to mention, there is pretty much, a thread on this site, for whatever game system you fancy. And sometimes I come on here and dont want to talk about Orks, or bash Imperials, or pretend I know WTF people are trying to argue in YMDC. Sometimes I just want to come on here, and BS with people Ive seen pretty much daily.

I for one am grateful it is there, as there is no getting around the fact that it keeps a lot of heated topics and posters away from the site... mostly anyways lol.

But yes, I tend to wonder why people who only post in OT bother with Dakka as opposed to a less regulated place...

Grakmar wrote:Meh, I have no problem with people that post entirely/mainly in the OT forum.

Dakka is a great site and a great resource for any wargamer. But, over time, it can become a little tiring. The topics of discussion get stale and repetitive (there's a limited number of topics relating to 40k). So, people tend to gravitate more and more to the forums that allow them to stay with the Dakka family, but have new things to talk about.

Exactly there are only so many "space marine vs spartan", "hur hur matt ward dur hur", "[newestcodex] is broken" and the like you can read before you need to escape, but not necessarily back off from Dakka. It's the same thread that rears its ugly brick filled face each and every month. The thread that could just copy and paste the entire discussion from its previous iteration. They don't always happen, but there are times where they seem more prevalent and that's when the other sections are needed to keep it fresh.

The OT saves kittens in this way.

This thread has nothing to do with wargaming. . .

And seriously, you don't see us bugging you because youDON'T post there.

Ironically this is not a wargame thread, so I will move it to the OT Forum.

Kilkrazy wrote:Ironically this is not a wargame thread, so I will move it to the OT Forum.

BOOM! That is why it seems like everyone posts in the OT. Most crap posted elsewhere ends up really being an OT subject

Rented Tritium wrote:

ParatrooperSimon wrote:It's really stupid and silly when I see dakka users only posting on the off-topic forum. I thought this was a wargaming board? Not a place to spread useless propaganda (Because thats what most of it is a lot of time). I must admit I do spend my fare share of time in there, but mainly posting on fun topics .

But anyways shouldn't there be a rule where people should post wargaming stuff on a WARGAMING forum??? and not just off topic posts? I'm just curious...

So I take it you lost an argument down there recently?

He's afraid of wiener dogs and their natural greatness.

Most of my posts are here. But this is not the only segment I frequent, nor read.

Bwahahah. This thread started by a poster with 1/5 posts in the OT and no Gallery photos at all. Oh the delicious irony.
Maybe I should wait a month and post the same thread for an even higher degree of hypocrisy.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Oh and I suppose I post primarily in the OT because my wife made me pack away the minis for awhile and I still like the DD community.

I generally don't play any wargames, I'm here for the community.

AustonT wrote:Oh and I suppose I post primarily in the OT because my wife made me pack away the minis for awhile and I still like the DD community.

Were you shirking your chores, young man?

feth you...and yes.

Well, yes, I pretty much just post on the OT board, but I still read the other forums.

Lurkers pretty much do the same thing, yet I don't see a thread singling them out.

Lurkers aren't a source of constant work for the moderators.

Would you rather nobody posted at all?

Moderation is pretty simple then

Kilkrazy wrote:Lurkers aren't a source of constant work for the moderators.

You mean like peope who hit the mod alert button for a picture responding to them in the OT, then use it as thier avatar?

corpsesarefun wrote:Would you rather nobody posted at all?

Moderation is pretty simple then

I would rather they didn't post crap and rudeness.

There is plenty of good stuff on the site, but it gets lost among the bad stuff.

The OT tends to lead to more...opionated discussion, but I'd have to say the Moderation that I have experienced in the OT is more tolerant than elsewheres. Having totally lost my gak and violating rule one with gross abandon and being warned by removing the quick reply being removed for a week UN the OT being laid opposite to the same moderation response by answering in a thread titled "who has the same powers as the Emperor" with "me."
At least the moderators on DD try to moderate. On another board I belong to folks get banned and ip blocked for disagreeing with sponsors sometimes even over legitimate complaints.

For me the OT forum makes Dakka, you can go to most sites and they come across dead or uni-lateral. I come here and get a laugh as well as learning some things.

Da Boss wrote:I get a bit annoyed by people who consistently refer to the OT as a cesspool. As a frequent OT poster, it makes me wonder if you find me something of a turd.

I like OT because some of the personalities in there amuse me, some of them educate me, and generally, the level of discourse is surprisingly good for a hobby board.

I don't object to it per se, and I say this as someone with 12k odd posts that are primarily in the OT, so much as remind people that the posts elsewhere are just as bad.

Its the internet.

Come for the wargaming, Stay for the Off topic.

I'm pretty sure the majority of off topic people are those who've had enough of discussing rules with TFG whether it be local or internet bound.

dogma wrote:

Da Boss wrote:I get a bit annoyed by people who consistently refer to the OT as a cesspool. As a frequent OT poster, it makes me wonder if you find me something of a turd.

I like OT because some of the personalities in there amuse me, some of them educate me, and generally, the level of discourse is surprisingly good for a hobby board.

I don't object to it per se, and I say this as someone with 12k odd posts that are primarily in the OT, so much as remind people that the posts elsewhere are just as bad.

Its the internet.

How about analogizing the OT Forum as a public pool that everyone is allowed to use, only the dirty kids use it, frequently defecate in it, and never gets cleaned out unless the motorcycle gang comes on by and decides to use it.

aosol wrote:Come for the wargaming, Stay for the Off topic.

I'm pretty sure the majority of off topic people are those who've had enough of discussing rules with TFG whether it be local or internet bound.

How dare you sir! I will still froth at the mouth over 40k rules any day I just don't bother.

I post in backgrounds occasionally. I just can't really bring myself to care much about the game proper after GW failed to produce a Sisters codex before sixth edition. Still, I do dark heresy and rogue trader roleplays, and am looking forward to trying out black crusade as well sometime.


What are you talking about? there is no 5th edition Sisters of Battle codex done in white dwarf. That would be silly. No, I am not repressing my memory .

I used to post on the other boards, like discussion, news and rumours, and the various painting and modelling boards, but I haven't bought anything hobby related for almost 7 months.

I only really post on OT and video games because they're the only things that I really have time for.

aosol wrote:Come for the wargaming, Stay for the Off topic.

I'm pretty sure the majority of off topic people are those who've had enough of discussing rules with TFG whether it be local or internet bound.

I'm here for the avatars and the signature .gifs.

Oh look, another OT-centric thread!

This one actually has a nice swerve on it, though I can't point out exactly what it is without violating rule #1. Just know that someone in this thread has earned a full measure of my smug derision.

The Dakka OT: Come for the hatred, stay for the lulz.

I post in other boards, but like OT and videogame, because I like discussions and vidya.

I haven't posted in the 40k section in a while because I can't play right now and going in that section makes it only worse.

....sigh, maybe soon I'll have time to pick up 40k again...