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[Azure-Tranquility]

To liven up the Gaming Discussion, wouldn't it be great if "OTs" were made for new release games?

No, not really.

Not only are there more games that don't need threads, (Rhythm Heaven, are you shitting me?),

It'd just eventually end in a "general release thread."

I don't think so. I've seen forums do it, albeit not in this exact fashion. It never really became a "general" topic, it's just that instead of making a new topic for the same game "series" every few weeks or so, it'd only be done maybe every year or two. Look at the previous 50+ pages and you'll see what I mean. Apparantly, users can delete topics that aren't locked, so there's that also. I went back and deleted 10+ old topics of mine to cut down on flooding, only bumping 2-3 topics that could still contribute.

(BTW, counting mine, Sonikku, and Dioshiba, there were 3 rhythm heaven topics altogether; Clearly there's plenty of interest there, so it's best just to have one topic for all that madness.)

Also, deleting all of the old topics would take too much work. It would be much easier to just not Necropost.

That, and it also goes against the concept of a forum to begin with. If you want temporary conversation, you have instant messengers. Generally, threads are supposed to be permanent, even if they are old and no longer posted in. So, I agree - just don't necropost and there's really no problem.

Still, despite a (very large I might add) rules topic, newbies are still prone to necroposting; It got to a ridiculous level not too long ago, and I can admit it's calmed down, but it could always happen again.
If it weren't for that rash of necroposting not too long ago, I wouldn't have even given it a second thought, but it's not a problem that can be ignored should another wave occur.

At the very least, couldn't an auto-lock system be implemented? That way, topics could still be read, but not necroposted in by newbies.