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OFPEC The Editing Center => Comments & Suggestions => Topic started by: Baddo on 09 Mar 2005, 18:17:09
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As everyone can see from the home page of OFPEC, OFPEC is now breaking it's own rules of not to be a site for science fiction or similar stuff.
"TO8A2 Arachnida Released." says the news.
Rules:
http://www.ofpec.com/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=12
are apparently made to be breaken, not only by members but by staff also as is now happened.
:o
What do you think about this? I would like to see OFPEC as it states in the rules, 'based around realism'.
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Wolfsbane: There is no place for Sci-Fi or otherwise on this Forum. ;)
:beat: *Gets Shot* :beat:
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OFPEC is a Website based around realism
This is just my opinion of course, but bringing sci-fi stuff to the main page (or any other part of this whole site) will not make this a better site at all, but it causes in a lot of trash that doesn't follow 'based around realism' in the site and makes it harder to find the stuff based on realism from the site.
IMHO.
:)
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This might have escaped your reasoning, but, it is the news page after all.
As far as I'm concerned, whether the 'news item' is realistic or sci-fi, it is still a piece of OFP news.
My 2 piastres worth.
Planck
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I agree. Sci-Fi stuff has always been concidered off topic at OFPEC. That's one of the reasons I prefer this site over the more childish discussions at ofp.info or the official Forums.
The boring, realistic stuff that makes up the bulk of OFPEC (editing and advanced scripting) tends to keep discussions rather strict and almost academic. I like it that way.
If moderators or administrators start to break rules they are supposed to enforce on other users it somewhat defeats the purpose of having these rules in the first place.
OFPEC is not (and has never been) the leading site for OFP news. It's a great resource for advanced editing and mission design as well as a good school for learning the finer aspects of editing. I would prefer it to remain that way. You have my full support Baddo.
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Although I'm not bothered either way, he has a point. If you speak about and announce sci-fi addons on ofpec, where's the sense in preventing us from doing so in the forums?
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I agree, I have seen a zero tolerance policy enforced towards scifi stuff on the forums (borderline scifi-realism stuff getting closed also) so I don't see why this doesnt apply to the news section...
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As soon as I saw the front page, just two minutes ago, I wondered what the hell it was doing there. I'm with those who say, let Ofp.info keep all that stuff. Whilst it is good work and popular stuff, I think Ofpec needs to keep it real.
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The only reason why I still play OFP is because it's realistic, and the only reason why I've always visited OFPEC several times a day is because it sticks to realistic things, so I don't have to read about all the sci-fi stuff that I will never even think about downloading...so, as The-Architect said, let ofp.info keep the sci-fi, and keep OFPEC as it's always been, real and good ;D
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I saw that and went "well...looke that".
I'm not totally flamed up about it. IMO its okay to put in something scifi like that every once and awhile. If all the sudden the past 12 news posts are all about a new upcoming wookie and Luke Skywalker for OFP, then we've lost all that has made OFPEC well and good. :'(
Of course having it banned in the forums is a great idea since you've seen how large threads can get on some subjects... But again, IMO a news item can't really be responded to and if we don't get flooded with them, its ok in my book. ;)
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*My two cents... first as a news poster here.
News is news, and the purpose of it is to inform the community of new releases, new pictures, etc. There is no discussion of news here (as stated previously), and it has not, in the past, spilled out into the forums (except this single complaint...).
The limit of Sci-Fi discussion is limited to the forums because OFPEC is about editing, not how things work, which is where the bulk of Sci-Fi discussions go. Keep in mind, discussions of Sci-Fi addons are allowed, if it pertains to editing, model making, config work, etc.
*Now... as a visitor....
I like to see new news on the frontpage (I really need to kick my arse in to gear, once RL allows... ), and I have no problem seeing Sci-Fi news posted on the frontpage. Many innovative things have come out of these addons in the past, and I see no reason why it couldn't be the same in the future.
I see this thread made in spite... perhaps that's just me.
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The intelligence depot will post news about anything in the OFP community, and it happens that they announce the release of a new addon which maybe sci-fi (or fantasy, or any subgenre of those two) related.
In the forums, we do not allow discussions regarding the creation of sci-fi units, such as "I want a Tie Fighter" or "Someone should make the starship Enterprise".
What we do allow is technical discussions regarding the creation of addons, scripts or missions, such as "How would I write this script?", "How do you use Oxygen?" or "How do you write config files for addons?".
It doesn't matter if they want help with a sci-fi addon or with a regular addon, as long as the discussion is kept around the technical side of creating it and not what they're actually creating.
This has been a long standing policy on the OFPEC forums, and we've never disregarded this rule. In essence, a discussion about scripts, addons or missions is okay, a discussion about sci-fi topics is not okay.
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I agree that it's not the end of the world. It's just a silly spider robot in the news section. And if it can inspire someone to make even better realistic addons it serves a prpose also for OFPEC users. But it's still a Sci Fi-gadget, and I would prefer this site to be Sci Fi-free. But since it's not my decision I'll just ignore the robot until it's pushed away from the news page by some other news.
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The intelligence depot will post news about anything in the OFP community...
In the forums, we do not allow discussions regarding... sci-fi...
This has been a long standing policy on the OFPEC forums....
Well said, tootsie! :D :thumbsup: And we support this ALL the way!!! :)
...In essence, ...a discussion about sci-fi topics is not okay.
...which is why no-one is allowed to discuss the staff ::)
;D j/k ;) :-*
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*Gets up out his rocking chair and wanders over to the discussion*
You young whipper-snappers never had it as hard as I did back in the day....
For my crusty, unwarranted opinion, I strongly believe OFPEC will always remain Sci-Fi free on the Editing aspect of things. I would be very hurt and dissapointed if Sci-Fi made it onto the Forums or into the downloads, because it's something that we as a team, always used to fight against so hard. There were many reasons for this, the biggest one being, that OFP is a combat simulator, based around real physics and suchlike, and thus should be respected for the stand it's taken.
(Another reason, is that it would just bring far too much work this way!!)
Still, news is, after all, only news, and in the stage OFP is currently at, which is it's now as old and crusty as myself, news needs to be spread, because more and more people, slowly, but surely, are dropping off from the game and the Community. Any publicity as good publicity, and OFPEC, being the forerunner of the Editing Community, will, I have no doubt, maintain its ethos of being here to provide information to the Community, and allow people access to resources.
At the end of the day, the Editing Community is one big family, whether they prefer realism or Sci-fi. So it's time we gave our bro's more hugs, whilst continuing to bully them. (Only because we love them!)
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At the end of the day
Legendary ;D
;) :thumbsup: