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Gomu Gomu · May 22, 2010

Rock Band Platform |OT|
Final Fantasy XIII |OT|
Super Street Fighter 4 |OT| BACK OF THE BUS, SAGAT!
StarCraft 2 Beta |OT|
Split/Second |OT|
ModNation Racers |OT| Loading, Moaning And Creating Vinyl Clothing
Blur |OT|

What's up with that? Fucks up the title imo.

Fantasy Final · May 22, 2010

OT= Off-Topic to me

And why some thread are not |OT|'d?

Mario Galaxy 2 for instance

revolverjgw · May 22, 2010

Instantly makes me think "Off Topic". I really wish they could be designated some other way.

Hot Coldman · May 22, 2010

Come on mods, drop some knowledge bombs on our heads.

Fersis · May 22, 2010

Yup just noticed.
I guess its to have shorter OT titles so its easier to spot?

Fantasy Final said:
OT= Off-Topic to me

And why some thread are not |OT|'d?

Mario Galaxy 2 for instance

I think that it didnt have Official Thread in the title

Relaxed Muscle · May 22, 2010

...

To be fair, it sounds like off-topic...

Fersis said:
Yup just noticed.
I guess its to have shorter OT titles so its easier to spot?

And easy to search? but then again, not all official threads are tagged as OT....

noisome07 · May 22, 2010

evlcookie · May 22, 2010

Yea i thought it was off-topic as well, took me a minute to go "where's the official .. ooh" :lol

EmCeeGramr · May 22, 2010

At least now "Official Thread of" isn't everywhere.

Lkr · May 22, 2010

OT=official thread? besides off topic, only thing I can think of:lol

Pumpkins · May 22, 2010

It's going against a long held GAF-tradition and must be abolished to preserve our fragile, meme-filled culture.

But yeah, I'm not digging the change much either.

EmCeeGramr said:
At least now "Official Thread of" isn't everywhere.

But why is it a problem in the first place?

whitehawk · May 22, 2010

Woah, the mods just changed every official thread...

Gomu Gomu · May 22, 2010

EmCeeGramr said:
At least now "Official Thread of" isn't everywhere.

And that's a good thing because?

jim-jam bongs · May 22, 2010

Should be xXx-|OT|-xXx imo.

Stitch · May 22, 2010

all thread titles should include salmon and bear

Slavik81 · May 22, 2010

Shouldn't tags be the first thing in the title, rather than somewhere in the middle? |OT| is constant-length, and the game name is not.

Sciz · May 22, 2010

For a moment I thought Off-Topic had been temporarily closed and some of its threads migrated here.

Then I was confused.

Then I was sad.

erpg · May 22, 2010

At a quick glance, I thought we were getting a whole bunch of off topic threads for various game-fanatic groups.

Conflict NZ · May 22, 2010

Looks like arse. Change it back.

Meier · May 22, 2010

Dumb change.

gray_fox224 · May 22, 2010

Forgot to change the Mario thread.

OnPoint · May 22, 2010

Fantasy Final said:
OT= Off-Topic to me

And why some thread are not |OT|'d?

Mario Galaxy 2 for instance

Yep.

I'm all for shorthand but Off Topic is "OT"

Plus, I always enjoyed the creative thread titles

Pumpkins · May 22, 2010

|OT| Reminds me of clan tags in Counter-Strike or something. :lol

"Yo man! I'm |OT| Pumpkins! That's right, Omega Tactics, foos!"

Fersis · May 22, 2010

Slavik81 said:
Shouldn't tags be the first thing in the title, rather than somewhere in the middle?

Yup, it would be easier to spot OTs that way.

Darklord · May 22, 2010

It's so pointless.:lol

And like others have said when you see the words "OT" you think Off-Topic.

luffeN · May 22, 2010

Slavik81 said:
Shouldn't tags be the first thing in the title, rather than somewhere in the middle? |OT| is constant-length, and the game name is not.

this would be better

EmCeeGramr · May 22, 2010

Gomu Gomu said:
And that's a good thing because?

Because it's shorter and now half of the official threads don't start with "Official."

Community Forum · May 22, 2010

why fix something that wasn't broken?

Pumpkins · May 22, 2010

EmCeeGramr said:
Because it's shorter and now half of the official threads don't start with "Official."

Yeah but now they all start with |OT|. :lol

SHOTEH FOCK OP said:
why fix something that wasn't broken?

The Faceless Master · May 22, 2010

doesn't really matter either way... does the '|OT|' help or hinder google searches?

Pooya · May 22, 2010

I just came here and saw all the OTs. I was like WTF?:lol

vazel · May 22, 2010

This confuses my eyes. I want the distinctive official thread titles back.

EmCeeGramr · May 22, 2010

Pumpkins said:
Yeah but now they all start with |OT|. :lol

No, now they start with the name of the game itself.

Metalmurphy · May 22, 2010

What's wrong with long titles? I mean you do have that huge space for them anyway...

JesseZao · May 22, 2010

Looks messy. Which is funny because they probably want it for uniformity.

Just do something like [Official] at the end.

The Faceless Master · May 22, 2010

Pumpkins said:
Yeah but now they all start with |OT|. :lol

they all start with the game name.

MrDaravon · May 22, 2010

Incredibly annoying and makes me think Off-Topic. Also they're not even putting it at the start of the thread titles, so I don't even really see the point.

Gomu Gomu · May 22, 2010

Slavik81 said:
Shouldn't tags be the first thing in the title, rather than somewhere in the middle? |OT| is constant-length, and the game name is not.

|OT| Rock Band Platform
|OT| Final Fantasy XIII
|OT| Super Street Fighter 4 BACK OF THE BUS, SAGAT!
|OT| StarCraft 2 Beta
|OT| Split/Second
|OT| ModNation Racers Loading, Moaning And Creating Vinyl Clothing
|OT| Blur

Naaah, still not good.

MMaRsu · May 22, 2010

What is this nonsense mods. Who hatched this brilliant idea

Darklord · May 22, 2010

EmCeeGramr said:
Because it's shorter and now half of the official threads don't start with "Official."

Who cares? It's not like they were huge or cluttering things up. This will just end in confusion and people getting banned for going into threads and thinking it's some off-topic thing.

Pancakes · May 22, 2010

revolverjgw said:
Instantly makes me think "Off Topic". I really wish they could be designated some other way.

Same, I was really confused for a second.

EmCeeGramr · May 22, 2010

Darklord said:
Who cares? It's not like they were huge or cluttering things up. This will just end in confusion and people getting banned for going into threads and thinking it's some off-topic thing.

I thought they were cluttering things up.

Also, I'm not dumb and I can read so I don't think "Off Topic" when I read that.

Pumpkins · May 22, 2010

The Faceless Master said:
they all start with the game name.

Which is messy since there is usually more than one thread for the same game. Plus, the |OT| tag isn't consistent. Sometimes it's in the middle, or the end, it just doesn't look right.

ZZMitch · May 22, 2010

This is dumb. I want to enjoy unique thread titles dammit!

Fantasy Final · May 22, 2010

Gomu Gomu said:
|Official| Rock Band Platform
|Official| Final Fantasy XIII
|Official| Super Street Fighter 4 BACK OF THE BUS, SAGAT!
|Official| StarCraft 2 Beta
|Official| Split/Second
|Official| ModNation Racers Loading, Moaning And Creating Vinyl Clothing
|Official| Blur

Naaah, still not good.

There

GK86 · May 22, 2010

Official threads, serious business.

jim-jam bongs · May 22, 2010

:lol

This thread is like Facebook after a UI update.

Pumpkins · May 22, 2010

EmCeeGramr said:
Also, I'm not dumb and I can read so I don't think "Off Topic" when I read that.

Ad hominems fired!

FoxSpirit · May 22, 2010

Yeah, me too. And if it HAS to be, at least put the tags in front.
And honestly, |OT| is from a graphical point of view ugly. Even [OT] would look nicer.

The Faceless Master · May 22, 2010

i wonder how far this will go...

what will be first:

iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming |OT|

or:

buy/trade/sell |OT|

or:

"I need a new PC!" 2010 Edition |OT|

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