Off Topic Forum

[Xzen]

I think they need to add one. It'll save themselves a lot of headaches in the future.

[Nayt]

Why would they want to host off-topic material on an ffxiv related discussion forum?

[Xzen]

Why would they want to host off-topic material on an ffxiv related discussion forum?

To make their jobs easier?

[Greencactaur]

Why would they want to host off-topic material on an ffxiv related discussion forum?

Because its a forum for people to talk amongst each other o_o

[AdvancedWind]

To make their jobs easier?

Because a few people want to make Osama Bin Laden threads?

it has not been a problem since march 8, why would it become important at any point? If some people start constantly making off-topic posts, they will get closed / deleted and it will stop like it has been since the beginning.

(I'm not stalking you, I swear it lol)

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

Because its a forum for people to talk amongst each other o_o

There are fan forums for this kind of stuff.

[AdvancedWind]

(Also, it wouldn't make things any easier, as off topic posts have even more chances to devolve into all kinds of crap and therefore would be even harder / require more work to moderate. )

[Xzen]

Because a few people want to make Osama Bin Laden threads?

it has not been a problem since march 8, why would it become important at any point? If some people start constantly making off-topic posts, they will get closed / deleted and it will stop like it has been since the beginning.

(I'm not stalking you, I swear it lol)

Yet here we are the next day dealing with more off topic threads that could all be taking place in an off topic forum where the mods could just let the run instead of having to delete and close and send emails and temp ban people. This isn't going to be the last time this situation comes up.

[Nayt]

I don't think it's a good idea. It's one thing when an unofficial fansite does it to keep their boards flourishing, and another when it's hosted by the official company. Also, they'd be making their jobs less easy.

For instance, I noticed today there were a couple of locked threads about bin laden. Why would SE want to bring political opinions on their official Final Fantasy XIV forums?

Edit: Silly speed-posters

[KaiKatzchen]

It's a forum for people to discuss FFXIV related information and ideas amongst one another. It was also made so we could discuss FFXIV related ideas and information with SE and help shape the game. That is why it is called the FFXIV Official Forums, not the FFXIV and Off Topic Official Forums.

If you wanna talk about Off Topic stuff there is Zam, Core and like a hundred other FFXIV forums that allow off topic.