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I could be completely misunderstanding, but I am 90% sure that this is the case for those particular companies. They get the "brand" recognition of DakkDakka, a well developed forum infrastructure, moderation out of the deal and get to have an official forum for their company with less of the maintenance headache.

If I got that arrangement wrong I'm sure one of the mods will clarify it for us.

That's not the case IIRC. Those companies asked that Dakka host their official forum. I don't recall their being any "pay and get a sub-form" offer.

Regardless, it is totally unrelated to the question of whether there should be a 30k sub-forum.

On that topic (the actual topic of this thread), I guess this also requires clarification: Some mods think there should be a 30k sub-forum and others are skeptical. But it is ultimately up to the judgment of the owners.

If 30k threads are labeled [30k] then finding them should be no problem whatsoever. In fact, that is exactly the reason I ask that users label their threads: it makes them really easy to find.

Creating a 30k sub-forum is not about making these threads easier to find. The real issue is, encouraging people to talk about 30k gaming. A given 30k topic has a much higher chance of falling off the first page in a 40k sub-forum than it would in a 30k sub-forum.

In my experience, however, just creating a sub-forum does not create more discussion. After listening to Star Trek Attack Wing fans about why they should have a sub-forum, and in view of the then-imminent launch of D&D Attack Wing, I advocated that the owners approve a WizKids sub-forum. The result? The same handful of people who posted about Star Trek Attack Wing before continued posting about it ... and that's it.

Now there are some big differences between this and a 30k sub-forum: For one, Dakka Dakka is for better or worse primarily known as a hub for 40k discussion so having a 30k sub-forum is a lot more "on brand" than having one for WizKids products. Secondly, the Attack Wing games have pretty well fizzled out whereas we may be at the dawn of a new empahsis on 30k products from GW and obviously FW has been milking the Heresy for all its worth over the last few years.

So there are good arguments both for an against and the owners are aware of them.

Good news everyone! An early Christmas present from Yakface and Legoburner!

Ah, many thanks to our overseers for doing this!

Enjoy

Linkage:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/forums/show/91.page

Note that the forum is specifically for discussing army lists, tactics, and rules for 30k. Background discussion of the Horus Heresy should still go in 40k Background (since it's still the background of the same universe, after all )

If you guys know of a 30k thread that needs moved to the new forum, please send us a PM with a link to that thread! Thanks!

I see there's also a Game Design forum! Didn't expect that!

 KaptinBadrukk wrote:
I see there's also a Game Design forum! Didn't expect that!

Yeah, that one may be a bit of a slow burn at first, but it will be interesting to see where it goes..