Shouldn't We Use One Forum? - Page 2

I think people inhabited the Black Forum more to begin with cause the name sounded more appealing.

quote Gotenks

quote Chaos Team

One main problem with having one forum for both that I could see, or getting rid of the less active forum, is that some new people who will be searching for "White 2" may never find Neo if only a Black 2 forum existed.

That's not true at all CT. If they White 2 forum was deleted, then there is most likely a way to have the existing White 2 profile URL, redirect to the Black 2 forum. If you're familiar with the wikis then you know if you type in say "pokemon white 2", it should redirect you to "Pokemon White 2" because someone has set it up to be that way. The same would happen here. Plus Red could rename this forum "Pokemon Black and White 2".

If the forum was called "Pokemon Black and White 2," then obviously there wouldn't be any problem.

I was going off of the idea of the OP saying we should abandon one forum for the other, lol.

quote Chaos Team

quote Mega Shuppet

Just like the games. You've got to either pick one version or buy them both.

> MS

Lol the strange thing is, even though the Black forum on here was immensely more popular than the White forum, I think the actual White game sold more copies than Black.

Everyone got White because of Braviary. :L

Everyone's gonna get Black for Black Kyurem.

> MS

They really should be in the same forum tbh. It's stupid seeing the same threads being discussed in two places with the same answers.

Having two forums is just separating parts of the community. Plus they're the same backbone in terms of gaming (same story, virtually same gyms etc.), just different appearance of some things.

quote DC Sniper

quote Dragoon

It's always been that way and it's always worked, I can't see any reason to change that.

Worked for one of the forums, yes. Having one central forum for Black/White 2 would focus the activity and have a greater amount of discussion on topics like "N being the main character, etc". Not changing it because it's always worked isn't a viable excuse when the change would change it for the better.

Heh, wonder why I didn't get notified for this...

You can't say for certain that the forum would see an increase in activity no matter how likely it might sound. I understand where you're coming from but looking at things on a game by game basis a lot of new people to the forum will be asking a question and we'll waste 2/3 posts trying to establish which game the user is trying to ask for help for. There needs to be that clear definition for anyone new to Neoseeker/forums not to mention it allows for easier navigation when looking for help. Generalised discussions may fare well in a merged forum but it wouldn't work out so great with game specific discussion. Looking at the differences in the White and Black forum can tell you that.

The point I was trying to make with that thread is "Don't fix what isn't broken".

quote Dragoon

we'll waste 2/3 posts trying to establish which game the user is trying to ask for help for.

If someone posts "Someone help me with Ghetsis", that's not going to need any clarification. If someone asks "Help me with Black City", then that's not going to need any clarification. In fact, I'm having trouble finding a question that it would matter what game was being played, exactly.

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Heh, wonder why I didn't get notified for this...

I dunno.

Another thing I want to mention is that the trend of every Pokemon color series, has been the same storyline, with version differences minor in detail. RB, GS, RS, DP, BW.

quote DC Sniper

quote Dragoon

we'll waste 2/3 posts trying to establish which game the user is trying to ask for help for.

If someone posts "Someone help me with Ghetsis", that's not going to need any clarification. If someone asks "Help me with Black City", then that's not going to need any clarification. In fact, I'm having trouble finding a question that it would matter what game was being played, exactly.

As I said, generalised threads such as "Someone help me with Ghetis" wouldn't be a problem, but we should assuming that titling or detailing is always going to be clear enough to distinguish one game from another. Titles like "someone help me!!" or "i'm stuck" don't really give an insight into which game they are refering to, and are often in abundance within the forums.

quote Vast

The problem with the White forum is that people make the same threads.

But they still shouldn't merge them because there might be too much activity.

I don't really see how 'too much' activity could be a problem.

quote Dragoon

As I said, generalised threads such as "Someone help me with Ghetis" wouldn't be a problem, but we should assuming that titling or detailing is always going to be clear enough to distinguish one game from another. Titles like "someone help me!!" or "i'm stuck" don't really give an insight into which game they are refering to, and are often in abundance within the forums.

Okay, so the original poster will post what they're stuck on (99% of the time), and the replies will focus on just that. I wouldn't ask for version when the post clearly asked a question and the differences are wild Pokemon or the mascot.

quote Geo

I don't really see repetitive threads as a problem due to the 2 separate forums.
It's already evident in the Black 2 forum even without considering what was posted in the White 2 forum. With that, nothing much can be said about "focusing and concentrating discussion" since that argument won't stand strong.

Moreover, having 2 separate forums absolutely solves and avoids the issue of clarifying version exclusive inquiries.

Aye or Nay?

The "version exclusive" argument is hardly a better argument. There are literally, a small, finite list of difference that could easily be explained by a sticky.

Why would you have two games of the same content and subtle differences be split into two different forums? Why don't you split up the localized releases of Gravity Rush or Pokemon, too?

It isn't a matter of fixing what's not broken, it's a matter of common sense.
Red and Blue, some wild Pokemon differences and sprite colors and appearances.
Gold/Silver, some wild Pokemon differences, sprite colors, appearances, and mascot legendary being obtained first.
Ruby/Sapphire, didn't play it but I imagine those are the same anyway with maybe one thing tacked on.
Diamond/Pearl, some wild Pokemon differences, appearances, and mascot legendary being obtained first.
Black/White, uniform sprites, slight color schematics different for C-Gear and Main Menu, mascot legendary, some wild Pokemon differences, Triple/Rotation battle significance version differences (and let's be real here, you fought less than a dozen of either no matter what version) and the most "prominent"- Black City/White Forest...which a sticky could cover and have in the title.

quote Vast

But they still shouldn't merge them because there might be too much activity.[/size][/color]

Too much activity? You weren't here a few years ago, were you? Aside from many game forums being popular and having high PPD counts, Loungin' in particular was ranked #1 with iirc, 1000 (did it get to 3000? Can't recall) PPD sometimes.