Threads where the users play games together in the thread. Between pen and paper games to "Your post number indicates what happens to you" to drawhore quest threads, "Let's count to 10" threads from /b/, "Get the guy across the gap," "Hunger Games" threads, and many more.
These threads are fun and people enjoy them and there's rarely if ever any flaming going on in these threads. Problem is, they're off topic everywhere but /b/ and /b/ is 90% porn (also [s4s] and /trash/ I guess, but come on). Giving this subject its own board would revitalize one of the things that made old-/b/ so good and made 4chan great in the first place. TG's #1d20 dice rolling should be included and the OP of every thread should include the rules of the thread. Let users play chess by committee, jeopardy, hang man, etc.
>>380123
Hiro please do this
also risk
Threads die on /qa/ if there's no flame war.
>>381833
Link some people on /tg/ and tell them that we're making a new home for the questfags. Guaranteed replies.
>>380123
I personally hate those kinds of threads, I always hide them. I would love it for them to get their own board so I didn't have to see them anymore.
>>381833
would also help if there was some sort of strawpoll, as the mass of idiots that lurk everywhere seem to love those.
>>381833
That should tell you what kind of support an idea has. If it can't even get generic "I support this" posts, it's probably not very popular.
>>381895
When people write, "I support this" or "this" then people accuse them of being from reddit though. :^)
>>381892
Sure why not? (Also I'm an idiot that linked the results page last time)
http://strawpoll.me/6277178/
Why don't we just outright ban them because this is not a forum for forum games.
I would support a board like this for sure.
Any board that promotes original content born on 4chan is a plus. 4chan used to create a lot of shit and now it just bitches about reddit and tumblr.
I think this is a great idea.
They should do like a cool dice rolling script that shows you little PNGs of the appropriate dice type with the number on the top.
They could also have a little store for images for Risk type games - you could upload an image and perhaps even draw your own borders.
I think it would be definitely cool. People are trying to do this kind of shit all over 4chan. Why the hell not?
I'd be down with it, as long as it doesn't become /roleplay/.
>>381907
Straw poll is sitting pretty at a 2/3rds majority so far.
>>382753
I'd be okay with it becoming /roleplay/.
>>>/reddit/
>>383581
You can't do drawhore quest threads on reddit because reddit doesn't preserve chronological ordering of posts.
This would actually be something you can do on 4chan and can't do on reddit. Think about it.
You should be in favor of making the ONE BOARD that would be better than a reddit alternative board.
>>380123
Please for the love of God take Quest threads
>>383635
What's the deal with Quest threads anyway?
>>384135
moot shoved them on to /tg/ when he found out that they were shitting up his precious /a/, so now there's a bunch of anime waifu self-insert faggotry on /tg/ that half the board can't stand and the other half will fight tooth and nail to keep posting. They have nothing to do with Traditional Games and really don't belong on /tg/.
>>384135
They started on /tg/ back in 2008, then spread out a bit around 2011 and were pushed back into /tg/. For a while, there were a ton of them at any given time, but it's slowed down a lot. Now people claim that less than 10 threads at any given time are "choking the board" and "pushing out other content".
Best suggestion I've seen since /qa/ became /q/.
>>384504
>22 Forum Game threads up
>less than 10 at any given time
gif because i cant into compression very well
>>381839
This. Questfags are so fucking arrogant and self-absorbed that the suggestion they go someplace else, even if it would be entirely to their benefit, is interpreted as the mother of all insults. They will react as though you just threatened their family.
>>384999
>Pretending it's to their benefit and not yours
Everyone knows that you hate badwrongfun.
>>385096
I think it could handle those hunger games threads.
I participated in one on /trash/ and it wasn't the worst thing in the world. The RPing was really cringey but then I tried RPing myself on the next thread and somebody replied to me in character with a quote from their respective show and it was actually pretty funny.
God, what has become of me?
Let's play some Shiritori, /fg/. Category is food. Words can't end with N.
Spaghetti.
>>387086
Ice cream.
>>387614
Maple Danish
>>387615
Human.
>>387616
>Human
>n
You lose.
>>387790
THAT'S NOT HOW SHIRITORI WORKS YOU DENSE MOTHERFUCKER REEEEEEEEEEE
>>387086
>>387890
Yeah, that's stupid. "Words can't end in N" only applies to Japanese shiritori because there is no Japanese word that begins with ã‚“. You can't "lose" shiritori if you play it with English words because there are no English words like that. Also, the loser in shiritori isn't the one that ends a word with ã‚“ but the one that has to go next.
>>387899
>Also, the loser in shiritori isn't the one that ends a word with ã‚“ but the one that has to go next.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiritori#Basic_rules
Your variation on Shiritori is the opposite of how it's normally played.
This would be a good idea. It'd help the quest cluttering on /tg/, make a home for Risk threads, and other general games people like to play and make.
>>380123
We need more OP vs The Rest of 4chan threads in general. They're the best threads.
>>380123
>Forum Games
>Forum
Stop this shit already.
>>389426
"Board Games" means something else.
>>380123
I support this post
>>384135
A few people don't like them. And like any such thing, there's a lot of yelling.
I support /fg/ or /cg/ or /pg/ or whatever the fuck you want to call it with the caveat that every thread should have a board-list dropdown to indicate the board it is "associated with" (the majority of which will probably be marked /tg/)
>>389426
4chan is literally a forum
>>389929
I figure that should just be something OP is supposed to include (and there could be a sticky explaining that) so nobody has to program anything new for it.
>>389929
By definition yes, but its not like a regular forum.
I know you miss your old one, but please fuck off.
>>390419
What the hell is a "Regular Forum" anymore?
Do you think people still use PHPBB or Usenet?
I support this idea
>>390422
Places that are my le edgy anonymous 4chan are sissy forums
Which reminds me, /fg/ should definitely support secure trips, to make it easy to tell different players apart
This sounds like a great idea. The only concern would be it being inactive and no one bothering to use it
>>390422
Something like gamefaqs, SA, etc.
>>390427
This is what I mean.
You came from another forum and want 4chan to be just like it. Fuck off.
>>390434
See the image next to your post?
There's possibilities there.
You can't do that on gamefaqs.
4chan could have a unique thing that can't be done on other places.
4chan could have a thing that Reddit can't do!
>>390435
I didn't say go back to reddit.
I don't know where you faggots are coming from, but 4chan will never be like it.
Im glad that this board catches all the whining faggots.
>>390437
I didn't say that you said to go back to reddit.
>>390440
Those are the only ones I have that perfectly fit my reaction.
But I have more random ones.
>>390454
>no
What is the difference then?
>>389426
Do you know what a forum is? It's a little more inclusive than you think. It's basically any place where people hold discussions. Bulletin boards are forums. So is Reddit. So is Youtube. So is Wikipedia. So is Congress.
>>390465
Shitty forums like SA are not the same as 4chan.
Be less of nigger and learn the difference.
>>390499
Just because some forums are bad, it doesn't mean that forums are bad by definition. 4chan IS a forum. Look up the definition of an internet forum on Wikipedia (or anywhere you want):
>An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.
Look, that is exactly what 4chan is.
Also 4chan is listed as an internet forum here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_forums
>>390499
For somebody who accuses people of being niggers you sure can't read.
>>390561
>>390530
>it doesn't mean that forums are bad by definition.
Then why are they always terrible?
>>390645
In my experience not all forums are terrible. There must be a common link between each forum you've visited. That link might be you.
>>390849
>In my experience not all forums are terrible.
Same. And (not so) coincidentally, the ones that are better have far stricter moderation. But at least the people in the better fora actually knew how to behave.
>>390454
If you're gonna call it "4chan games" you might as well call every other board "4chan Anime" or "4chan Technology" or "4chan Shit 4chan Says"
>>390869
Like "Forum Anime" or "Forum Technology" or "Forum Shit 4chan Says" is any better? Unless you want us to just call the new board "Games"? Not that I'm against that.
Say, what happened to the /ig/ name proposal?
>>391035
How about Futaba Games?
>>391038
Shouldn't it be Yotsuba Games? Futaba is 2chan
>>391039
>/yg/ - Yotsuba Games
I like it.
>>392093
http://www.y8.com/games/dress_yotsuba_online
>>380123
I support this
>>380123
Whatever the board is called, I support this. Quest threads on /tg/ are faster than most of the board due their nature, and there are always 10+ running at any one time. People that continued to use the board seem to have retreated into generals, where their discussions about things that are actually on topic won't immediately go straight into the trash.
Quest threads have already done nearly irreparable damage to /tg/, and I hope we can fix it before it's too late.
They've also started cropping up on /v/ again rarely, although it's much less an issue there due to the board's speed.
>>393252
>Straight into the trash
I wasn't aware that /tg/ only had 1 page and instantly culled any thread that would have gone to page 2.
>>393269
I wasn't aware that you're retarded. You've demonstrated a general inability to read between the lines with that post though and attacked a metaphor as though it were literal so I guess you sure showed me.
With quest threads, meta quest thread generals, and actual on topic generals showing up as hives of activity that manage to stay afloat by their very nature (event-driven or cyclical), regular threads just getting started fall through the cracks and wallow in the catalog forgotten and unloved until they die.
>>393287
It only takes one person to bump a thread.
If a thread can't get one measly reply in the two to twelve hours it takes for an entirely inactive thread to fall off /tg/, it's probably not worth mourning.
Also, it can be replaced by an identical thread.
The catalog exists. actively viewing page 2 exists. Filters exist. Threads don't get pushed off the board except by brand new threads being made. 10+ threads being bumped a lot only shuffle around on page 1. They do not affect anything on page 2+ and do not stop any other thread from being bumped.
Remaking a thread before the previous one falls off the board is the biggest waste of any board's space, and actually kills off whatever abandoned or bump limited thread is at the bottom of page 10.
>>393292
Looks pretty pathetic when most of the posts are from the same ID bumping the thread though.
>>392787
Why do I always waste 20 minutes on these things?
>>380123
I support this.
Just make sure to turn on thread ID's and allow OP to bump their own thread.
>>384504
>Less than ten
Try between twenty an thirty on a slow day, and it can go up to fifty if you count the CYOA's and occasional chess, "Hunger Games" and "Roll your own (insert subject)" threads.
Correcting moot's stupidity is beyond overdue.
>>396102
And most of them are anime quests, too. They don't share a userbase with the rest of the board.
The only reason they're on /tg/ is because they took up space on moot's favorite board (/a/,) and he'd rather kill another board to make /a/ nicer.
Fuck moot.
>>396102
I literally just counted 11 of them. 14 if you add CYOAs and nationbuilder, which you shouldn't if you know anything about how they work.
If you start counting a ton of unrelated shit in the same category as quests, then yeah, the number goes up, but then you're just making a list of things you personally dislike and calling them all "quests" regardless of their actual content.
>>396121
Quests provably started on /tg/ before appearing anywhere else on the site.
>>380123
Hello Reddit!
>>396230
Try during american hours, shitlord. Or rather, stop posting altogether outside of your precious circlejerks, since you have no clue what you're speaking about.
>>396334
>B-but the numbers I made up are more real than the actual numbers that are actually on the board
Shut the fuck up, you miserable fuck.
>>396230
Quests definitely started on /b/ with the classic oldstyle drawhores.
>>396367
Hush, let the newfag make a fool of himself.
>>396341
>accuses people of pulling numbers out of their ass
>does it himself
Why don't you take your own advice, retard?
>>396913
Except I went and counted them. You're throwing around numbers that would put the generals that created /vg/ to shame.
>>380123
Good idea.
>>397011
Sure thing you did. And then conveniently forgot or didn't count half of them?
>B-but those aren't quests
Yet more reason why a dedicated board for your special brand of autism is overdue.
>>397048
The numbers now aren't the same as the numbers at 12:35 yesterday. And when I counted them yesterday, I included the things that aren't quests, but you count anyway.
You aren't one of those people who thinks that every board should stagnate and never create new threads, are you?
>>397053
No, I am obe of thoae people that think OP has a good idea and is beyond fed up of seeibg autists shit up the board he loves because a cuck at one point decided a special brand of shitposting belonged there rather than on /b/ or permabanned on sight because he was too afraid of losing some of his precious traffic.
Jesus. There is more than enough of both reason and traction for a dedicated board.
>>397071
I don't like thing -anon, 2015
>>397126
And once again the only argument against this board where everybody wins is "I don't want people to be happy."
>>397156
The only people who win are the haters, such as yourself, and maybe the /b/ Risk threads that would flood the board.
>>397164
Ok kid, I'm sure that the tiny subset of people that participate in the /b/ risk threads would push out the quests, CYOAs, Hunger games, and various other chan games all by their lonesome.
Or maybe you don't actually have an argument against the board and are just a troll?
>>397173
If you think stuff coming from /b/ won't outnumber the 10-30 threads coming from /tg/, you're delusional.
Actually, if you think 10-30 threads is enough traffic for a dedicated board, you're delusional.
>>397175
>relevant threads are only on /tg/ and /b/
>no one will post any more than what is currently posted, ever
>obviously there can be no new content or games, just 10 quests, a CYOA, and /b/ Risk threads
And I'M the delusional one
>>397182
If you think the influx of /b/ won't overpower anything from other boards, you are, indeed, the delusional one.
>>397186
And the posters from /b/ won't participate in any other aspect of the board aside from Risk threads because....
>>397197
You're misinterpreting my post. If they don't spread out, they flood with Risk and similar things. If they do spread out and participate in other things, they bring down the level of dialogue to shitposting. Board culture is usually not a valid argument, but when /b/, /r9k/ and certain other boards are involved, it becomes a real concern.
>>397200
So your argument is really just that you're a big baby who thinks that the big bad /b/tards will ruin everything because it fits your narrative. Even if /b/-tier shitposting leaked onto the board, it would be gone within a week. /b/ "trolls" have fucking tiny attention spans. Disregarding the fact that you assume that a small minority of posters who participate in threads that are only on /b/ because they aren't allowed anywhere else would have anything in common with mainstream /b/.
>>397182
I think an entire board for just the currently existing /tg/ and /b/ posts would be enough to fill a board when you consider how fucking huge /b/ is.
>>397931
I highly doubt many people on /b/ would bother to go to this new board and these sorts of games aren't very popular on modern /b/ anyway
>>380123
>Problem is, they're off topic everywhere but /b/ and /b/ is 90% porn (also [s4s] and /trash/ I guess, but come on).
True. Rolling dice instead of waiting for the correct would be nice as well.
>>380123
Good idea, but needs a better name.
>Thread started 17 days ago.
>Only 107 replies.
>That's 6.3 replies per day in average, or one reply every 3 or 4 hours.
>All these "Good idea", "You rule, OP", "OP confirmed for basest guy ever and totally not a faggot" replies.
>Only 37 different IP.
>N, no, I'm not s,samefagging. I swear, he's, I mean, I'm not samefagging.
How if feels to be so lonely in the world, OP?
>>399262
Discussions are slow when there's no flamewar happening.
>>399262
>>Only 37 different IP.
There's plenty of discussion in this thread which is why there aren't a ton of IPs, also that is only an average of less than 3 replies per person which is actually quite low
If nothing else, this thread shows us that strawpolls in the OP are always rigged.
This thread had a strawpoll a few posts down and has nearly as many posters as it has votes (37 posters, 38 votes), whereas threads which open with strawpolls (About literally any topic) regularly get hundreds of votes more than they have posters.
>>399466
3 replies per person isn't low for /qa/'s standards.
>>399286
cuck reddit faggot nigger blah blah blah let's drive up the fucking post count. Let's fucking go. Here's your (you). Go back to reddit. Nice downvote. Reaction images are avatarfagging. Check these dubs. The medium is the message. Defeatist philosophy. Change yourself to accept the world so that you don't have to change the world to suit you.
>>399262
Here's your (you)
>>400233
Yeah, there's actually an attempt at discussion rather than an all-out flamewar.
I guess miracles do happen sometimes.
>>380123
Would there really be enough traffic for such a board?
>>401509
It is my opinion that "enough traffic" does not have anything to do with whether or not a board should be made or should continue to exist. If Hiro removes /news/ then I'll change that opinion but until then, /po/, /news/ and /i/ continue to exist and /pol/ and /r9k/ were deleted once before so there is no reason to assume that traffic has anything to do with anything.
This would work better if we had lynxhub lynxchan with actionscript, flash, visual basic and simple programs that let you roll a dice and let you interact with the pictures.
>>402585
Too far too far!
/fg/ won't work because some of these games depend heavily on groups of people driving the engines.
For instance, you might get a few risk players, but Risk is heavily reliant on a Skype chat called The Circle, which unfortunately also has it's teeth into /int/'s minecraft servers through a few mods.
Quests also tend to need to stay on one spot, or the whole thing can fail. Civ probably suffers from the same thing as Risk, but I'm not sure of that.
/fg/ without support from established groups would just be a terrible, slow roll board.
OP rules; his idea is good, and he's the basest guy, tbtythtgt (to be telling you the honest to god truth)
>>404981
>We're actually shitposting by complimenting people now.
>>380123
Yes please for the love of god
this is a great idea, Hiro I love you pls do <3
