When will the [4e] tags dissapear?

[kpenguin]

When do you guys think that we, as a gaming community, accept 4e as the standard and assume that any gaming thread is 4e unless stated otherwise like we now do with 3.5?

When will [3.5] tags become more frequent?

[Emperor Tippy]

When do you guys think that we, as a gaming community, accept 4e as the standard and assume that any gaming thread is 4e unless stated otherwise like we now do with 3.5?

When will [3.5] tags become more frequent?

Never? Honestly the tags are a good idea and should be used for most threads.

[Swordguy]

Agreed. The tags serve to quickly and easily allow me (and, I presume, others) to scan down the topics and focus on the systems that interest me. That way, I don't waste my time with stuff like WoD or Exalted, but can concentrate on games I care about.

At a time when the forums can crash for no reason at all at any time of the day or night, I don't want to spend a lot of time here. Therefore, the tags help me to not, in fact, waste that time.

[bosssmiley]

Agree with Tippy and Swordguy above. The bracketed tags save having to wade through threads concerning a system you have no interest in (be it 3E, 4E, BRP, WFRP, whatever). They're a time-saving device and a good idea.

As for when 4E will become GITP's totemic preferred system and obviate the need for 4E tags; well, I doubt that will happen any time soon. Too many people have looked hard at 4E and gone broccoli dog at it. I don't think these 3E Protestants will be conforming to the new One True Way any time soon.

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[Kizara]

That picture is made of win.

Also, forums downage suckith.... :(

[Tsotha-lanti]

They'll begin disappearing when we start getting new forum members who have never played anything by 4E.

[Matthew]

Indeed, I wound like to see much greater and uniform use of [3e], [4e], and other tags, as outlined in this post: System Abbreviations and Edition Tags.

[Gen] Generic/General
[BD&D] Basic Dungeons & Dragons
[1e] First Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
[2e] Second Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
[AD&D] Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
[3e] Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 or 3.5
[4e] Dungeons & Dragons 4.0
[D20] 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and other direct D20 systems
[D6] Star Wars D6 and other D6 games
[WoD] World of Darkness
[C&C] Castles & Crusades
[RM] Role Master
[RQ] Rune Quest
[SWS] Star Wars Saga
[T20] True20
[Tra] Traveller
[Ex] Exalted
[SR] Shadow Run
[SW] Savage Worlds
[AM] Ars Magica
[GURPS] Generic Universal Role-playing System
[M&M] Mutants & Masterminds
[ED] Earth Dawn
[SS] Seventh Sea
[FS] Fading Suns
[LA] Lejendary Adventures
[BRPG] Basic Role-playing Game
[SF] Star Frontiers
[MF] Mutant Future
[GW] Gamma World
[WHFRP] Warhammer Fantasy Role-play

Simulacrum Games

[OSRIC] Old School Reference & Index Compilation (OGL approximation of AD&D)
[LL] Labyrinth Lord (OGL approximation of BD&D)

[Zeta Kai]

My opinion is in line with the concensus (for once). The [tags] are a good idea that should have been implemented long ago. If you ask me, the best thing I've seen come out of 4th Edition so far is the use of [tags].

Also, as a side note, this is my favorite forum, & the only one that I post to with any regularity. It is also the most unstable one I've seen, with outages & slowdown unseen on many less worthwhile forum. Mabye it's just a trade-off, but it is regretable.

Lastly, let's not forget our free-spirited friends who play [FUDGE], the system to use when you find WoD too structured & crunch-heavy.

[PnP Fan]

Maybe when the [4.5] or [5.0] tag becomes commonplace?

[EvilElitest]

personally, i think the dicetion with 4E might reach a point where people start playing other games more often and then we would have nothing but tags
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[SamTheCleric]

I like the tags... I'm just waiting for some of the topics to cool down so that the [4e] tag looks less like a target.

[Charity]

Indeed ^

Leave em to it is my current take on it all.

Wheres my Powers & Perils tag Matt, or Boot Hill for that matter?

Well you included Gamma world and Star frontiers...

[Matthew]

Wheres my Powers & Perils tag Matt, or Boot Hill for that matter?

Well you included Gamma world and Star frontiers...

[BH] Boot Hill
[P&P] Powers & Perils (not Papers & Paychecks )

...now quit complaining and get back to reading my super cool OSRIC Fast Play Module