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Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei LN/Manga - Requests for new threads
Since the Mahouka LN/Manga forum is limited (only Mods and Admin can create new threads), this thread serves as a way to request a new thread to be created.
Please post here if you wish to request a new Mahouka thread. Please bear in mind that we will only accept reasonable requests, we wish to maintain the focus within the forum and cut down on the noise (so no pointless threads cluttering up the place). Don't forget that you may still post in existing threads as usual, the only restriction is that you may not create new threads within this particular forum. |
2014-04-04, 12:22 | Link #3 | |
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As for a general thread... we tried our darnedest to create threads that would cover pretty much every topic imaginable, including both a news and announcements thread and Q&A/discussion about other topics. I've found in the past that people can be lazy, and if you give them a general discussion thread they'll post there rather than being bothered to find the more appropriate thread. So, to help avoid this I'd rather try to see for now if the current threads will do, and if we need another new thread to discuss a specific topic not covered by the current ones, to create one specifically for that topic. The whole sub-forum is available for this, so there is no limit to the topics that can be created.
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2014-04-04, 14:18 | Link #4 | |
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But then again, I think a General thread has its uses. For example, if I want to talk about the web radio contents, where should I post it? It may be overkill to create a thread for it since interest level may be low. Or should I post it in the Anime subforum's general thread, assuming it gets one? There's also going to be a game for PSP vita. Should it go under this subforum or the anime subforum, or have its own thread in the games forum? |
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2014-04-04, 16:25 | Link #5 |
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I'm not sure if i can even lie here. I'm a frequent forum user at many places and i prefer general threads over all of these very specific threads. This is how i see it, people naturally head to a general thread first. Because of that, there tends to be more people who read that general thread and thus you have more people willing to answer to your posts and that's the point of a forum, It's not very fun if so few people reply to your posts. By separating everything into separate but appropriate threads, it gives me the impression that the forum is sort of unpopular/dead because many threads with less posts doesn't look as good as 1 thread many posts. A general thread encompasses everything, a specific thread can be very.... excluding and you don't even get the feeling that people have at least read your post.
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2014-04-04, 17:45 | Link #6 | |
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If you want to complain, you're better off going to the Forum and Site Feedback section of the board for it instead of cluttering it up here. |
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2014-04-04, 20:08 | Link #7 | ||
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That said, even if interest is low, I'd have no problem creating a thread for the web radio. The threads don't hurt by being there, and it'll never gain interest if it's permanently stuck under "other". Quote:
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2014-04-05, 09:29 | Link #11 |
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Can we have a spoiler thread, or another General thread for the LN? I just read a post where the admin removed all the spoilers before I had a chance to see them. I can't read Japanese so I used to depend on this forum for spoilers. all of the specific topics are cool and all, but they deal with old info that nobody really talks about anymore as you can tell from the lack of posts. The old general thread was almost always near the top of the 1st page because someone was always posting there. Now you've taken away the general thread, and removed spoilers from the speculation thread which is the most logical place for them. How does this benefit those of us who aren't new to the series?
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2014-04-05, 14:05 | Link #12 | |
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One of the reasons for creating threads for old info is because we anticipate that a number of new readers will arrive to the franchise with the airing of the anime. They may wish to discuss this older content as they read it without being spoiled for the newer stuff until they get to it.
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2014-04-05, 14:57 | Link #13 |
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I understand why the separate threads exist, which is why I'm not bashing them. I'm just saying that there currently is no place for those of us in the know to discuss new stuff. The thread you speak of is a poll thread that specifically says "Spoilers or hints about future events must not be posted in this thread." Hence why I'm asking for a Spoiler thread, or another general purpose thread. Also what's the point of a speculation thread once new information is officially released? I personally think you may have created too many very specific threads that are too narrow in their function. If there's a spoiler for a certain event, then there will be speculation based on that new information. but if its all just random speculation by a bunch of people then there's not much point to reading it. |
2014-04-05, 23:14 | Link #14 | |
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What else are people going to do after one volume is released while they're waiting for the next volume to come? It's the normal way things go.
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2014-04-08, 17:37 | Link #15 | |
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For example, some subjects have come up in the anime thread just can't be talked about there (is Tatsuya a Stu? Is it a harem?). |
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2014-04-08, 17:42 | Link #16 | |
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And in theory it'd be possible to discuss these topics in the anime thread too, but the problem is that novel readers keep wanting to jump in, and the imbalance in information is way too high. Novel readers have a massive advantage because they literally have volumes more content to draw from. Anime-only viewers are literally speaking in ignorance in comparison. So at this stage, the conversation that source readers can have about these topics, and the conversation (speculation) anime-only viewers can have about these topics, should be kept separate due to this huge disparity in reference material.
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And it is rather frustrating to read something I disagree with, from a novel reader, and not be able to say "let's take the discussion to the novel thread". Quote:
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