What is on-topic for /tg/ besides traditional games? How can I predict whether I'll be banned for posting off-topic before it happens?
No, the topic of /tg/ cannot be "everything" or else it would be impossible to be banned for posting off-topic. There are obviously some topics that are off-topic for /tg/, but in seven years of posting on /tg/, I have failed to discern a pattern to why some threads about topics other than traditional games are deleted and some stay up for days.
For example, I know that Star Trek the TV show is inherently /tg/ related, regardless of whether a thread is framed in the context of a traditional game or not.
I know that not all science fiction TV shows are /tg/ related, so the reason for Star Trek being /tg/ related is not just being science fiction.
Where is the dividing line?
I know that a thread in the format "imagine a fantasy setting where XYZ" is sometimes /tg/ related and sometimes not, for no apparent reason.
I know that there are many "worldbuilding inspiration" threads where the preface "I want to use this vague idea in a game" is implied, even if the entire OP is just a single line of greentext that's not even a complete sentence and a picture of someone's face. They usually are not deleted, but sometimes they are. I don't understand why. The ones that were deleted become just as /tg/ related when you add "I want to use this vague idea in a game" as the ones that were not. It just seems random.
Please explain the rule in a way that allows me to avoid being banned in the future. I don't just want an answer to a single specific scenario, I want to understand how the rule works.
>>574152
Can you run it in a system?
>>574157
You can run literally any vague idea for a story in "a system" if it's the right kind of system and you put in the effort. It might not be a *good* game but you can theoretically do it.
Despite this, many "worldbuilding inspiration" threads on /tg/ are deleted. The condition "can you run it in a system" cannot be the only condition.
http://desuarchive.org/tg/search/deleted/deleted/type/op/
If a thread was considered off-topic for possessing a certain characteristic, then ALL threads that possess the same characteristic must also be off-topic.
Either it's breaking a rule or it isn't. A rule that changes from day to day is worse than no rule at all.
>>574168
Then it's because it get's spammed.
>>574168
Sorry, but except that one example in your pic all I'm seeing is shitposting threads getting deleted.
>>574152
You may be too retarded to live, consider never posting again.
>>574343
There's a ton of shitposting on /tg/ that never gets deleted. What makes some of those threads okay and others not? Where do you draw the line?
Here's another example.
The thread is EXPLICITLY about a fantasy novel, that is, a medium other than traditional games, despite the existence of a dedicated literature board. It doesn't attempt at all to relate the topic to a hypothetical traditional game that OP might play. There is absolutely no reasonable way to interpret it as being about traditional games, because it explicitly mentions a novel.
The thread is a single line of greentext, not even a complete sentence, and a picture of someone's face, in the format ">thing I don't like" which is blatant shitposting.
IT WAS NOT DELETED. WHY NOT?
>>574848
>1. Because this did not seem like a shitpost
>2. Because everyone likes monkeys
>3. Because there is civilized discussion
>4. Because you don't understand 4chan
Pick any
>>574874
>5. Because nobody reported it and mods didn't see it.
>6. Because nobody was around to delete it.
