Should BA have other manga sub forums?

[spacecat]

Well should we? If so what manga? Maybe we should make one and see how it goes before considering others but I've had a few people suggest this to me. Please vote and comment :)

[yanniv]

Yes, sir.

Make that Reborn!

[negativzero]

at this rate, we'll turn into another narutoforum.. lol...
but its a grat idea imho. we could do with mangas that are popular now like D GrayMan, or we could have a forum for a new and upcoming manga, that'd be nice.. ^__^ just no naruto and one piece, they have too many boards for that.. lol...

definitely Dgray man if you ask me.. or claymore, since they don't have many LJs for that too...

[spacecat]

Gah im adding claymore to the list, how did i forget it...and yeah I'd prefer manga's that don't have many forums already.

[Jaimie]

I vote for Reborn. :uhuh D.Gray-man has a forum now (D.Gray-divinity), and Naruto and One Piece are already very popular with lots of their own communities. I haven't read Claymore so I can't comment on that... :ohh

[Riekie]

Yeah i think it's a good idea to be more than a 'bleach' forum..the more variety the better.

And I definitely agree on the part that 'smaller' manga is better than a manga like Naruto or One Piece like Nez suggested.

[Planeswalker]

One Piece, Naruto and Reborn yes. Claymore no...because its a monthly manga and wont get much activity.

Yay subforums!!!!!!!!!!

[Gintoki]

Not that I want it that much but I'd go for One Piece :D

Ye I know there are already a lot of OP forums but who cares ^^

[Rain]

I don't think we should other manga subforums, mainly because this is bleach forum, not a multiple manga forum.

And generally, spoilers/discussion of new chapters in any series are posted in that series' FC, and thats probably what the subforum would be about right?

That being said, if it is decided to have sub-forums I say it should be for Claymore. One piece and Naruto don't need it, and since Claymore is just monthly it could be a good test

[FireCandy]

just no naruto and one piece, they have too many boards for that..
I agree with that.

And generally, spoilers/discussion of new chapters in any series are posted in that series' FC, and thats probably what the subforum would be about right?
It’s not about subforums but anyway. Do we really have to do a FC for every manga we want to post a link to chapter’s download? I think it would be better to do ‘Manga chapters downloads’ thread. Sometimes it makes me angry when I have to go to the NF to find the link to download chapters and I don’t think having 1 active person in the FC makes worth starting it.
Some people want to download manga and don't want to discuss it here or in or they're doing it in other places (or even don't disscuss it at all).

Edit: I read only Naruto so I can't say anything about other mangas. Sorry >.>

[spacecat]

Well guys no it wouldn't just be for spoilers but further discussion that is limited in an FC. Just like every other forum has I spose @@

[Ann-chan]

^lol yeh, lots of manga forums have "other manga" sub-forums :>

and I am SO jumping on the Reborn bandwagon XD because there just isn't a nice forum for that yet :/ I mean, if I really want to talk about OP I'll just get active on Arlong Park forums and there's a naruto forum as well... (though I would never ever go to a naruto forum even though I do read it XD)

[FireCandy]

Well guys no it wouldn't just be for spoilers but further discussion that is limited in an FC. Just like every other forum has I spose @@

Like manga thread, anime and fanclubs?

[spacecat]

Like manga thread, anime and fanclubs?
Yeah like a mini forum in a forum ;) sure people who love Naruto don't need that, there are plenty of places but manga's like Reborn have hardly anywhere like that...if at all @@

[emoloz]

Erm isn't there Yes for the top most popular mangas on the forum option? I think a few would be great so people can have a look at a few and update the newson a few if you get what i mean. Oh thats the word to reduce Bias. Gah am sick of that term but yeah more choice and reduce arguments and bias between members.

[Poiison]

I think the variety would be pretty good for us. ^,^
Personally I'm all for Blood+, Tsubasa Chronicles, Kingdom Hearts (yeah it's a manga too. xD), hmmm and Death Note. All those in my perspective are very good mangas, well Blood+ was an anime. XD But whatever.

Like said One Piece and Naruto are very popular and have their own forums and a lot of them.

[Ann-chan]

^yes but DN is over already :/ and I doubt there isn't a Tsubasa forum yet.... it's gotten real big recently ^^ and Kingdom Hearts manga is probably discussable on one of the million KH forums too lol xD

there's a Blood+ manga too though~ :> multiple even! I believe there's a normal one and one with a shounen-ai undertone XD (I used read that one for a while lol) but Blood+ would be the only one I'd nominate in that row seeing as it doesn't really fall under "insanely popular" ^^

[Raiden]

I said Yes to reborn :yell

[Bleu]

No. we already have the fanclubs in non-bleach, people can discuss other manga there i guess.

[Sarada]

I voted Claymore by accident ... but I should've voted Reborn ...

And I also think Dexter should have his own subsection!

[Velius]

The question is not whether we all want subforums or not, spacecat. The question is are you prepared to be expected to do twice or more the work? :D (Assuming it will be one of the less popular ones, which would probably be the best idea.)

[Who]

It's unnessecary. Becoming too general is usually the death of the forum, because people lose interest in something that is just like every other popular forum out there (aka almost all of the anime/manga ones are rather general these days). But if you stick with specializing in something, then people get beyound average information on said thing, and thus their interest stays up. So keeping it to bleach only with the small sections it has to discuss other anime/manga is fine.

[Rain]

Now I get it, since it wouldn't just be limited to spoilers/small discussions I can see how an FC might not be enough

Then I say that trying it out with a manga that doesn't have its own forum (like claymore or reborn) couldn't hurt.

But I still think it would be better to just have a forum for each/one series.

How about just making claymoreasylum or rebornasylum:D

[Shinrin]

Not in the front, but at sub forum accesable from clicking the anime/manga board there should be many.

[spacecat]

The question is not whether we all want subforums or not, spacecat. The question is are you prepared to be expected to do twice or more the work? :D (Assuming it will be one of the less popular ones, which would probably be the best idea.)
Nah I would hire a mod to run each forum, if it got popular maybe 2.

And I considered making a Reborn forum but I'm paying to host BA already so that would double the cost ;)

[NakeBenihime]

I vote yes, but I like Death Note. Is there already a subforum for that here?

[Lady Scaper]

There is an FC for Death note. I think a sub forum is good idea for a manga series that really doesn't have a forum anywhere else. I haven't read any of the mnaga's suggested. But I want to check out Claymore but I really don't like the art (me sorry). Reborn I don't know anything about it. SO I think it's good idea to highlight a good manga series that just dosen't have a place for fans to discuss things right now. (That is sort why I went on the net looking for Bleach forums anyway since I wanted to talk about it so badly.

[Syn]

I add my vote for Reborn. I should totally catch up, but I love it and as others stated, there are already forums dedicated to Naruto and OP so... :p

[lookingback7]

A sub forum for mangas that don't already have a bunch of forums would be very cool!

[Planeswalker]

I vote yes, but I like Death Note. Is there already a subforum for that here?

Theres no need for one. Both the manga and anime are finished so it wont ever be updated =/. Eventually discussion will fade and nobody will post there.

[Miyona]

It would be nice to have spoilers for D. Gray Man too...

[laurie b.]

The question is not whether we all want subforums or not, spacecat. The question is are you prepared to be expected to do twice or more the work? :D (Assuming it will be one of the less popular ones, which would probably be the best idea.)

It's unnessecary. Becoming too general is usually the death of the forum, because people lose interest in something that is just like every other popular forum out there (aka almost all of the anime/manga ones are rather general these days). But if you stick with specializing in something, then people get beyound average information on said thing, and thus their interest stays up. So keeping it to bleach only with the small sections it has to discuss other anime/manga is fine.

I voted no. I agree with both Velius and Who on their points: one, is BA ready for the extra work and are there willing volunteers, and two, a generalized board does often kills a forum. As it is, BA is already too big to be called cozy.

I think the non-bleach FCs function well (at least those I visit regularly). Additional sections might be redundant.

Besides, think of it this way: with more users on the board, more possibility for conflict. You got to be ready for that. More shipping wars + more trolls + more spam + more lurkers = more fires to put out.

It might be more fun but it's also more work. :)

[spacecat]

Yeah i already have had people volunteer to mod those sections if we make them, so I wouldn't be really doing it myself so wouldn't notice any extra work unless they couldn't handle their job which I'm sure they could. :)

To be honest lots of people have expressed interest in a Reborn forum and I considered making one however servers cost money so I would like to see if there are enough people to warrant a seperate forum before actually making one and this would be a good way to test it. Reborn currently doesn't really have a forum so I think it would be a good thing.

[Velius]

Yes, but are these people going to be able to search for spoilers, pics, translate and just about do everything you are doing for us now? If so, then go for it. If not, well... yea... Who do you think everyone is going to expect to do it.

[Rain]

Velius- of course we'll all expect space to do it I'm sure someone else will try to get the spoilers

Kind of what like what space said, having a subforum would be a good way to test out manga, we could have a sample manga thread instead of just making a seperate thread for each manga (those don't usually get responded too much anyway)

lol, its kind of hard to tell what my postion on this topic is isn't it:D

[negativzero]

vel, if you're concerned about getting dedicated staff to do the weekly staff, thats not really a big problem. there are a lot of people actually interested in doing reborn imho. scans and subs don't come out as regularly as they should be, and frankly, if you all need a TL-er for weekly releases, i'd gladly volunteer.

of course, we could go the other way, and that would be to find affiliates, for popular mangas, and we do mutual hotlinking, which would save resources imho.

space, what kind of hosting are you using? cus the one i am doesn't really cost a single penny more, and all i need to do is to pay an additional 7 dollars per year to make a new domain.. go check up with your host again..

[Velius]

I'm not concerned in the slightest nez. I am more concerned for space. I wouldn't want space to get the work dumped on himself. That just wouldn't be right, even if there was people that were suppose to do the work, not every one is as dedicated, especially on a weekly basis, every week, to what they do in their spare time, as our spacey.

I know space will use good judgment before doing any of this, lets just consider me the voice in the head that makes you double think everything before doing it.

[♠ Fate ♠]

A single forum with a collection of smaller subforums with the in-season or more popular anime would be lovely. <3

[laurie b.]

@spacecat

Actually I was thinking about the problem of an extra server too, but I was thinking of a tactful way to put it. :eek:

Anyway, I don't think it's fair for just one person to shoulder all the expenses of the community... unless you're really willing to do so.

If others who expressed their desire for additional subforums are happy to pitch in with any additional expenses, it would be a lot nicer, don't you think? I mean, it's so easy to demand for stuff... it's so easy to vote "yes" on this matter, but to freely commit an amount to help keep a growing site up and running... that's a bit different. If people had to think about something like that before they voted, they might vote differently.

:) Geez, I hope I'm not being totally tactless now. I'm just concerned about the practical side of things, too. Money always seems to be a touchy subject.

[Agmaster]

Actually, I disagree with having one per popular manga. Why not have manga types? No, not shoujon, shounen, seinen, etc. I mean like popular stuff (SJ regulars, new series, and non-mainstream titles. Course, that's if you even wanted another subforum in the first place.