30-11-2002 07:32									#1
	Where should the story thread(s) go? Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

After a whole fruitless day waiting for people in the Stories and Diplomacy forum to participate in a writing project (see link in my signature), I am asking -- begging the moderators to move the threads back to OT.

Reasons:

1) The Stories forum is, frankly, a Diplomacy forum. My thread is badly out-of-place in a forum that is primarily concerned with world-domination. My threads clutter up the space there and is a waste of Apolyton's resources.

2) There have been running story threads in OT before, and I believe they have been pretty successful. Just recently there was a contest for Story Opening lines, and participation was amazing. Simply by moving those threads, the story project can be transformed from sluggish to vibrant. I think that is the point of having an OT forum in the first place.

So, I say that the two story threads be moved back to OT. They could be topped too, of course , but I have full confidence that OT will keep story threads afloat and thriving.

	30-11-2002 11:04									#2
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

bump

	30-11-2002 13:14									#3
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

It's a diplomacy forum because nobody posts stories there... give it a chance. I've always allowed a story thread or two in the OTF at any given time... but I'm not going to top it. It either survives, or drops like a rock

	30-11-2002 16:17									#4
	Put an end to popups!

People don't look for stories in the "Stories and Diplomacy" forum because there are virtually none there. People don't start stories there because other people don't look for stories in the "Stories and Diplomacy" forum.

You do see the problem.

	30-11-2002 18:16									#5
	Put an end to popups!

I think Ming's point is if there is no story forum then people may complain their stories can't survive in the hectic OT. It is better to have both than either one.

	30-11-2002 21:54									#6
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

quote: Originally posted by Ming It's a diplomacy forum because nobody posts stories there... give it a chance. I've always allowed a story thread or two in the OTF at any given time... but I'm not going to top it. It either survives, or drops like a rock

Ok... so can you move it back to OT? You don't have to top it.

edit:
forget it, I'll just make a new thread on OT. In the meantime you can close the two threads in Stories and Diplomacy.

	30-11-2002 22:24									#7
	Got spare money?

We shall see what happens to your new thread...
My view of the OTF usually shows a 5 hour spread or less from the thread at the top of the OTF to the last thread shown on the first page... That sometimes makes it very difficult to keep a story thread on the first page... good luck

	01-12-2002 05:19									#8
	Remove this text

As expected... 5 hours later, it was off the first page.

Thats why people wanted story threads in another forum. Then you would have 10 days or so on the first page and people can find it