Some key points (Sorry but I'm not going to read through 9 pages of the same stuff... I went through 5 pages, that's enough <_<;
Regarding non-developer usersThe idea is to get them involved in the game development community, instead of simply being here to chit chat. #ZFGC is good for chit chatting. Most typically users won't join a forum without intending to involve themselves with what the forum is designed for. For example, I wouldn't join the Marijuana Smokers Online Community, because I don't smoke it.
We want to draw in users interested in development, and deter general discussion based users. That being said, we're urging the users we do have who joined only for general discussion to apply themselves to the game development community. Everybody has a talent they can apply; anywhere from linguistics, to art, to even voice work. Somebody has some talent to offer.
Regarding Extra BoardsOther Discussion was here for one reason, and that's to serve as a "spam-lite" when the Spam board was removed for the millionth time. That being said, it was also a generalized board for anything that doesn't belong anywhere else. That's pointless when the stuff that didn't belong anywhere else had subboards in it. Why have a main board for other discussion when everything else you could possibly ask has a board already?
Community Speak was always the general discussion board. There's no need for an extra one.
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