BlizShadow

 

There's plenty of discussion to be had about the entire franchise-both old and new games- from a theoretical standpoint. Even with no real news of any upcoming games on the horizon, SSMB's Sonic section is still thriving because people aren't just making conversation about the bare technical discoveries of everything in the vein of: "Hey, this game has left over data, ain't that cool?" Rather, they ask questions about how certain game mechanics can function in different environments or what entirely new mechanics can be brought to the table in the future.

Make a cheaply-done graph in Microsoft paint or grab a video of some cancelled Spider-Man game to help visually explain an idea you had for some branching level design, and that's an automatic head-turner right there; people will be interested and respond with either praise or criticism, and subsequently debate goes from there.

Remember: that's only game mechanics. Story lines, character development, depth, and personalities, art styles, music motifs and theme songs, voice acting, etc.: These are all broad, valid and thought-provoking discussions to have fun with. There's a ton of things I'd certainly like to talk about and wouldn't mind making topics for, at the very least to see if people here would be interested in actually- you know- sincerely talking about them.

Also, for the people who had ideas for Clans, so do I. We should congregate sometime. =P

Oriko Mikuni

Jan 18 2012, 09:14 AM

And the problem for me about the Sonic sections of the forum is that there's currently no discussion I want to partake in. There's probably the same problem for others.

Master of Darkness™

Jan 18 2012, 10:20 AM

Oriko Mikuni

Jan 18 2012, 09:14 AM

And the problem for me about the Sonic sections of the forum is that there's currently no discussion I want to partake in. There's probably the same problem for others.

Then why must it be left to the same old people to create the discussion/conversation? If there's nothing here to discuss, have a read through old threads and see if they introduce something that you could talk about with retrspective, or maybe figure out something nobody else has.

Not just aimed at you, but every single bugger who's cried about this exact sort of thing over the years

Fenroar

Jan 18 2012, 04:25 PM

My own opinion on this matter. Late but if I may. My own toots on the situation

I kimda have to agree with others on 'not much interest' in the Sonic sections. I mean, I try to post Sonic news from my twitter feed and discuss but I'm not all that interested in discussing 'Most ____ character/moment' or odd bugs and glitches of the sort. Personally(I made sure to read the entire topic before posting fyi), I think the not enough activity in the Sonic sections is the usual he's struggling idea. I mean, I know some people here aren't total Sonic fans nowadays but still love going to this forum. Gotta remember Sonic doesn't have a cartoon now and comics in general are dying out as well. :V

I'm against a complete removal of the Shack as well. I go on and off of the place as I get busy, but it's a nice place to go to for some casual talking with people. Some craziness I admit but I still like it. But it seems it's decided that removing it won't do much?

I like Maelic's ideas too. Clans and stuff sound really neat. *nod*
Also, since we're talking about activity(not sure if it's related to this subject) but if we want to spice up activity, whatever happened to the idea Ninty, Sony, etc., boards where a few people can constantly post news topic about said companies? I thought we discussed that once before but dunno what happened to it.

And for RPing, well... we had this new tournament but it's kinda... well... :V (No offense, MoD and D-Metal).
And I work pretty hard on my RPs, people. ;-; I'm busy with many things now, but I try to make them as interesting and original as possible when I do make one. ;-;).

Yeah, thats my own thoughts on the matter. Apologies if I missed or got the wrong idea or something. :V

Whew. Writing this on a 3DS took rather long. D:

Fwiss

Jan 19 2012, 03:54 PM

Listen to you own advice, Metallix. Don't add too many forums to the board, that's how forums die.

Neku Sakuraba

Jan 26 2012, 04:10 PM

It's not gone, it's just been moved for some reason. Metallix appears to be doing one of his random shuffles.

You'll find it in Section V - Other Amenities. Basically right at the bottom of the forum.

As for spurring activity I really don't know what you can do. People will only want to talk about stuff they want to talk about and even then you can only carry a discussion on something so far before its tailwind patters out and the S.S. Topic comes to a halt.

Also I do enjoy what the Shack is. Sometimes people talk causally about their day, other times they just let their hair down and go nuts. Sometimes we all need a place to do that and frankly there just isn't anywhere else in the forum where you can do that without getting in trouble. Sometimes discussions do take place in there, but they usually only last a few posts and then are never brought up again. It's sometimes view as a general discussion of whatever is on your mind at the time I guess. I'm sure the poster who started it probably didn't even mean for a discussion to come from their statement in the first place. Sometimes it just happens, y'know?

Anyway, tangent over. Apologies for not actually being of any help here. ^^;

EDIT: Looks like you found it in the time I was posting all... that. Whoo me. xD;

Maelic

 

I honestly hate the Shack. I can't even follow it, much less understand their inside jokes.

Maelic

 

Frankly, though, I don't think I've clicked on the Roleplay Garden since I've been back.
It's the sluggishly-paced and amateur-drowned Fan Character Shrine that gets me.
I don't know what it is, but something's strangling the creativity in the generations below mine.

Angel Peach

 

We have a chatroom on Skype, guys. It gets some activity, but not nearly as much as Shack.