Do you like the idea of a forum games section?

[Shortie]

Some forums I have been on recently and in the past, I have always noticed that some of them if not all have a section specifically for forum games in which members can pass time by playing random forum games within one section of the forum such as maybe word association games. I noticed it varies between each forum as to whether they count the post count or not for these forums as well.

I myself feel that these kind of sections on a forum help to bring activity to the forum and it's something fun to pass the time on the forum as well. I myself when I had my general chat forum would have a forum games section but I made that section not count the post count.

What are your thoughts on a forum games section? Do you like them or do you feel it depends on the type of forum?

 

[Cory]

I like the idea in the general discussion area of the forum because it allows members to engage in fun activities and not necessarily conversational topics. Some users really like forum games forums to pass the time and have fun in doing so. I'd consider it on most of my forums.

 

[Dan The Man]

There should be a General Discussion for any type of forum niche and at a minimum a Entertainment sub-forum. If you want to further break it down into Music, Games, Sports, Technology, etc, that's your decision.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I used to have that back in the day.

I saw other forums put them in and disabled post count.

So I wanted to be different.

I put one in, kept the post count, and encouraged people to use who want to get higher post counts.

A community is about community, after all.

I think the idea is still good, pending the niche and activity.

 

[Ken]

Some forums I have been on recently and in the past, I have always noticed that some of them if not all have a section specifically for forum games in which members can pass time by playing random forum games within one section of the forum such as maybe word association games. I noticed it varies between each forum as to whether they count the post count or not for these forums as well.

I myself feel that these kind of sections on a forum help to bring activity to the forum and it's something fun to pass the time on the forum as well. I myself when I had my general chat forum would have a forum games section but I made that section not count the post count.

What are your thoughts on a forum games section? Do you like them or do you feel it depends on the type of forum?

I love the forum games section, because I'm good at them.

 

[Kennysplash]

If course, it will go a long way in keeping the forum fun and lively.

 

[Arantor]

I've often wondered if this could be expanded out beyond just the usual forum games. I remember chess mods being a thing where players could play each other - maybe we need a resurgence of things like that.

 

[Cedric]

I've often wondered if this could be expanded out beyond just the usual forum games. I remember chess mods being a thing where players could play each other - maybe we need a resurgence of things like that.

As in an arcade you mean? There hasn't been a decent arcade add on as it quite vanished the internet. Even old online games websites have either closed down or aren't supported and updated anymore. Are there even flash game creators nowadays, other than mobile ones ?

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I've often wondered if this could be expanded out beyond just the usual forum games. I remember chess mods being a thing where players could play each other - maybe we need a resurgence of things like that.

Remember forum arcade addons? Those glitchy things. Some games might record your score, some might not LOL

 

[Arantor]

Well, the thing about Flash games is that Flash is basically dead now - though there are Flash emulators in JavaScript these days!

Though I didn't really mean part of an arcade per se, I meant as part of a more dedicated add-on, though there's no reason one couldn't make a more souped-up arcade that could support this kind of thing.

SMF had a mod for this back in the day, looks a bit like this:

And yeah, I remember the old arcade mods; the problem with games saving scores is that they all had to implement saving themselves, and most of the people writing them weren't heavy developers, they'd just made a game in Flash and very often they weren't even written with the arcade in mind, just as a little thing on a website.

 

[Cedric]

Well, the thing about Flash games is that Flash is basically dead now - though there are Flash emulators in JavaScript these days!

Though I didn't really mean part of an arcade per se, I meant as part of a more dedicated add-on, though there's no reason one couldn't make a more souped-up arcade that could support this kind of thing.

SMF had a mod for this back in the day, looks a bit like this:

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And yeah, I remember the old arcade mods; the problem with games saving scores is that they all had to implement saving themselves, and most of the people writing them weren't heavy developers, they'd just made a game in Flash and very often they weren't even written with the arcade in mind, just as a little thing on a website.

If you’re up for it, go for it by all means. There world needs some traditional things, and I’d definitely try it here.

 

[Kale]

I do not really post in forum games much on forums. I am not against it existing though as it's a way to encourage and get some posts/activity.

 

[Heatman]

I don't really have anything against those interested in playing or taking part in forum games. It's fun for them to get on with it, so it's a welcoming idea. I do take part in it every once in a while.