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[Gomu Gomu]

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]

OT= Off-Topic to me

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

Mario Galaxy 2 for instance

 

[revolverjgw]

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

 

[Hot Coldman]

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

 

[Fersis]

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

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]

...

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

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]

lol

 

[evlcookie]

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

 

[EmCeeGramr]

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

 

[Lkr]

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

 

[Pumpkins]

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.

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

But why is it a problem in the first place?

 

[whitehawk]

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

 

[Gomu Gomu]

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

And that's a good thing because?

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Should be xXx-|OT|-xXx imo.

 

[Stitch]

all thread titles should include salmon and bear

 

[Slavik81]

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]

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]

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

 

[Conflict NZ]

Looks like arse. Change it back.

 

[Meier]

Dumb change.

 

[gray_fox224]

Forgot to change the Mario thread.

 

[OnPoint]

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]

|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]

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]

It's so pointless.:lol

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

 

[luffeN]

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]

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]

why fix something that wasn't broken?

 

[Pumpkins]

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

why fix something that wasn't broken?

 

[The Faceless Master]

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

 

[Pooya]

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

 

[vazel]

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

 

[EmCeeGramr]

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

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

 

[Metalmurphy]

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

 

[JesseZao]

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

Just do something like [Official] at the end.

 

[The Faceless Master]

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

they all start with the game name.

 

[MrDaravon]

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]

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]

What is this nonsense mods. Who hatched this brilliant idea

 

[Darklord]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Fantasy Final]

|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]

Official threads, serious business.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

:lol

This thread is like Facebook after a UI update.

 

[Pumpkins]

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

Ad hominems fired!

 

[FoxSpirit]

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]

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|