AHAAHHH! Today has got to be the worst case of mindless idiot total waste of time and space "game" playing I've ever seen. Practically every single TV SHOW so-called discussion of TV show favorites were all over-ruled with one mindless game playing waste of time exercise after another. All taking top billing over genuine intelligent TV show discussion. Since whenever one of these stupid games is played they over rule the discussion posts unless you go into each and every topic to see if there was a new discussion post.

The idiot games here have gotten way out of control. Why isn't there just a thread for JUST GAMES alone? This way when I look at the board to see the latest discussion topic on a TV classic I'll be able to actually see where there is new activity instead of nothing but new game playing activity. Which means I will be missing out on any new discussions or valid posts of discussion since they are now over powered and blocked out by the latest asinine game posts and I am not about to open up every supposed to be discussion topic to see if there was a genuine new discussion post. The latest discussion posts should be seen from the menu of TV Show headings and you shouldn't have to open up every show title to discover a genuine discussion post.

Put all the crap games under one thread already and bring sanity back to this once interesting place of intelligent discussion over TV shows not and endless purposeless trail of game posts.

STOP THE MADNESS, :mad:or at least put it under a heading unto itself, call it Idiots United. :D

The games are fun! ;) I enjoy them and so do lots of others ! :)With me it is not a way to make my post count higher! I could care less about how many posts I have! :rolleyes:I just come here to have fun and unwind ! :):D


I kind of feel the same way though about the politics boards! To me, they get excessive and make Sitcoms Online become negative and bullying !! :(

Bonnie most of your posts are interesting when they're on TV shows but I'm sorry to see you are one of the game players. OK, I guess you game players need a place but WHY does it have to be on the NAME YOUR TV SHOW Heading where people go to actually talk about a TV show not to see their posts buried under a bunch of waste of time idiot game posts.

If you must play games then there should be a Heading for Game players so the rest of us can once again enjoy this site for what it was meant to be, A DISCUSSION ABOUT TV SHOWS not endless stupid games.

And Bonnie, while we're talking, really you should be ashamed of yourself:o for that endless ridiculous middle aged to elderly ladies version of Teen Beat magazine over there.:rolleyes: It's truly a middle aged to downright elderly bitties version of the old Teen Beat magazine. Thankfully I only visited there once and I didn't appear to be the subject of adornment amongst the bags once I called them all on their ridiculous rantings and behavior. I haven't dared to go back for fear of the cat clawing. Talk about a entering a clucking chicken house alone. I do wonder though have you all started yet on your love and sighing over Bobby Sherman or David Cassidy?:crazy:

Sometimes I wonder about people. :(

AHAAHHH! Today has got to be the worst case of mindless idiot total waste of time and space "game" playing I've ever seen. Practically every single TV SHOW so-called discussion of TV show favorites were all over-ruled with one mindless game playing waste of time exercise after another. All taking top billing over genuine intelligent TV show discussion. Since whenever one of these stupid games is played they over rule the discussion posts unless you go into each and every topic to see if there was a new discussion post.

The idiot games here have gotten way out of control. Why isn't there just a thread for JUST GAMES alone? This way when I look at the board to see the latest discussion topic on a TV classic I'll be able to actually see where there is new activity instead of nothing but new game playing activity. Which means I will be missing out on any new discussions or valid posts of discussion since they are now over powered and blocked out by the latest asinine game posts and I am not about to open up every supposed to be discussion topic to see if there was a genuine new discussion post. The latest discussion posts should be seen from the menu of TV Show headings and you shouldn't have to open up every show title to discover a genuine discussion post.

Put all the crap games under one thread already and bring sanity back to this once interesting place of intelligent discussion over TV shows not and endless purposeless trail of game posts.

STOP THE MADNESS, :mad:or at least put it under a heading unto itself, call it Idiots United. :D

While I enjoy the games, I really enjoy having an intelligent discussion about a show more.. I’ve tried to jump start discussions on The Adv. of Ozzie and Harriet Board and have occasionally started some threads on the Hazel board, a show I’m also fond of.

I’d have no problem with games moved to ONE specific site (or even banned from S.O.)

Since you feel so strongly about this, why not p.m. TJ or Janice and see what they think.

Hazel was my all time favorite show till I found myself enraged every time Hazel ignored Mr. B's orders and seemed to be working in the opposite direction. I had to give myself a break from Hazel a show I watched every week for 30 years ever since VCRs were discovered.

Ozzie & Harriet is a newer discovery for me ever since I saw it on the old RTV now thankfully EZ Living/Folk TV/M net/ whatever other name they keep calling themselves. Seems to be a station that doesn't know what it wants, but at least for now they show Ozzie & Harriet and My Little Margie. THough they do keep showing the same few episodes over and over but once in a while they put a new one on. So I record them now with my DVD-RAM disc so I don't waste any more disc space with endless repeats and only keep the occasional new show.

My 3 Sons is another one of my old favorites I've liked since it was new on CBS. That show never enrages and is always pleasant and funny. Esp. like Bub & Uncle Charlie, the 2 grouches, my mentors.

Hazel was my all time favorite show till I found myself enraged every time Hazel ignored Mr. B's orders and seemed to be working in the opposite direction. I had to give myself a break from Hazel a show I watched every week for 30 years ever since VCRs were discovered.

Ozzie & Harriet is a newer discovery for me ever since I saw it on the old RTV now thankfully EZ Living/Folk TV/M net/ whatever other name they keep calling themselves. Seems to be a station that doesn't know what it wants, but at least for now they show Ozzie & Harriet and My Little Margie. THough they do keep showing the same few episodes over and over but once in a while they put a new one on. So I record them now with my DVD-RAM disc so I don't waste any more disc space with endless repeats and only keep the occasional new show.

My 3 Sons is another one of my old favorites I've liked since it was new on CBS. That show never enrages and is always pleasant and funny. Esp. like Bub & Uncle Charlie, the 2 grouches, my mentors.

Well as you know, The Adv. of Ozzie and Harriet is my favorite show(just look at my av!). Sometimes if you watch TOO MUCH of a particular show it loses its appeal. So enjoy the many other great shows out there. My Three Sons is a nice show so happy viewing!

While I enjoy the games, I really enjoy having an intelligent discussion about a show more.. I’ve tried to jump start discussions on The Adv. of Ozzie and Harriet Board and have occasionally started some threads on the Hazel board, a show I’m also fond of.

I’d have no problem with games moved to ONE specific site (or even banned from S.O.)

Since you feel so strongly about this, why not p.m. TJ or Janice and see what they think.



What??? You got to be kidding me!!! You are one of the main people if not the main person who is on the game threads the most !! What are you talking about , having them banned from S.O.? :eek::(:mad:

Bonnie most of your posts are interesting when they're on TV shows but I'm sorry to see you are one of the game players. OK, I guess you game players need a place but WHY does it have to be on the NAME YOUR TV SHOW Heading where people go to actually talk about a TV show not to see their posts buried under a bunch of waste of time idiot game posts.

If you must play games then there should be a Heading for Game players so the rest of us can once again enjoy this site for what it was meant to be, A DISCUSSION ABOUT TV SHOWS not endless stupid games.

And Bonnie, while we're talking, really you should be ashamed of yourself:o for that endless ridiculous middle aged to elderly ladies version of Teen Beat magazine over there.:rolleyes: It's truly a middle aged to downright elderly bitties version of the old Teen Beat magazine. Thankfully I only visited there once and I didn't appear to be the subject of adornment amongst the bags once I called them all on their ridiculous rantings and behavior. I haven't dared to go back for fear of the cat clawing. Talk about a entering a clucking chicken house alone. I do wonder though have you all started yet on your love and sighing over Bobby Sherman or David Cassidy?:crazy:

Sometimes I wonder about people. :(


I have absolutely NOTHING to be ashamed of;) and your post is so rambling and very off the mark ! :rolleyes: That is all I will say on the subject ! I don't want to stoop to your level! :rolleyes:

Well, maybe ashamed is the wrong word, how about embarrassed then. At least embarrassed. What's off the mark? I thought while you were here I'd bring up the elephant in the room. That ridiculous thread you're always on.

Though it was a different subject than idiot games taking over this TV SHOW DISCUSSION board, it is possible to talk about more than one thing without being "rambling". I think we all can handle more than one thought. Don't worry about reaching my level, it's not possible.

But carry on, you're certainly free to do so, I just don't see the sense in it.:wave:

I really like the games a lot, and enjoy playing them. :)

I like the games, and I post on some of them. But I can see HA's point of view. It's a difficult problem.

On the few boards I moderate I tried separating the games from the regular posts. It was an attempt to improve it, but evidently not successful. I also don't care about post count either.

I'm at a loss for a solution. One problem is running out of things to say on popular boards like Leave it to Beaver.

Put on your thinking caps, class!

I like the games, and I post on some of them. But I can see HA's point of view. It's a difficult problem.

On the few boards I moderate I tried separating the games from the regular posts. It was an attempt to improve it, but evidently not successful. I also don't care about post count either.

I'm at a loss for a solution. One problem is running out of things to say on popular boards like Leave it to Beaver.

Put on your thinking caps, class!

Move them to one board sounds like a good solution to me because HA does have a good point.

I really like the games a lot, and enjoy playing them. :)


Thank you for your post Mikaela !;) I really enjoy the games too! I was really upset by this thread last night but in the light of day I really don't think the game threads will be closed down. So let's continue to post on them and have fun! :):wave:

Well, maybe ashamed is the wrong word, how about embarrassed then. At least embarrassed. What's off the mark? I thought while you were here I'd bring up the elephant in the room. That ridiculous thread you're always on.

Though it was a different subject than idiot games taking over this TV SHOW DISCUSSION board, it is possible to talk about more than one thing without being "rambling". I think we all can handle more than one thought. Don't worry about reaching my level, it's not possible.

But carry on, you're certainly free to do so, I just don't see the sense in it.:wave:


I have nothing to be embarrassed about either! Maybe I do get a little silly and post a lot about my crushes , but I am not hurting anyone ! ;)

With that said , I am not going to fight with you, I am going to be mature and turn the other cheek from your insulting posts to me ! ;)

Right, he's just direct, right HA? He didn't mean to hurt your feelings, right HA? (I think he's just around at night and is probably at work.)

It's not that hard to find non-game posts, he's just blowing off a little steam.

Your crushes! You mean like Howie, BG? I remember that!

Maybe silly, but fun to read!

Your crushes! You mean like Howie, BG? I remember that!

Maybe silly, but fun to read!



Oh yeah, I had to think for a minute who Howie is? :D You mean the Son in law from the Paul Lynde show? ;):wave:

I thought that might stump you. Yep, he's the one!

I stopped watching that when they moved it to the graveyard shift.

ItI thought that might stump you. Yep, he's the one!

I stopped watching that when they moved it to the graveyard shift.

Yeah, that is a really good, funny show! ;)And even better because of tall, cute, blonde Howie ! :D I used to catch it sometimes when it was on Saturdays if I was off work early enough! A shame they have to move the good shows like this to such inconvenient times ! :(

I like the games, and I post on some of them. But I can see HA's point of view. It's a difficult problem.

On the few boards I moderate I tried separating the games from the regular posts. It was an attempt to improve it, but evidently not successful. I also don't care about post count either.

I'm at a loss for a solution. One problem is running out of things to say on popular boards like Leave it to Beaver.

Put on your thinking caps, class!

Would it be possible for TJ to create a game sub-forum in each TV show section that has a lot of activity on those particular threads? That way, it'll keep the main forum strictly for regular discussions of the show and the game threads in a separate section.

What??? You got to be kidding me!!! You are one of the main people if not the main person who is on the game threads the most !! What are you talking about , having them banned from S.O.? :eek::(:mad:

Hi Bonniegirl.. I got your p.m. and responded back. Just clarify the one question I raised in it.

Like I said in my p.m. I’m 50-50 on the games. I’m addicted to them, so for me I don’t see them as a positive. Like a smoker who smokes four packs a day and can’t quit. I also did not say I wanted them banned, just would respect any decision Janice or TJ made, should they decide to get involved.

The games are kind of addicting.

Re the sub-forum idea, the sitcoms themselves are sub-forums. Maybe there could be a forum for Sitcom Games, with the sitcoms as sub-forums. I don't know whether that creates other issues or not.

I can raise this issue with the other mods and TJ but I know one question that would come up is, How many people are complaining about this? I don't know the answer to that. Meanwhile anyone is free to PM TJ and bring it up, but I know he's always really busy.

Hi Bonniegirl.. I got your p.m. and responded back. Just clarify the one question I raised in it.

Like I said in my p.m. I’m 50-50 on the games. I’m addicted to them, so for me I don’t see them as a positive. Like a smoker who smokes four packs a day and can’t quit. I also did not say I wanted them banned, just would respect any decision Janice or TJ made, should they decide to get involved.


I did get your PM , thank you for responding ! :)

I also want to apologize for my post to you last night, it was a little harsh. I was pretty upset at the time and I shouldn't have taken it out on you! :(:wave:

I did get your PM , thank you for responding ! :)

I also want to apologize for my post to you last night, it was a little harsh. I was pretty upset at the time and I shouldn't have taken it out on you! :(:wave:

I figured you were upset, which is why I p.m.’d you right back. I understand everything better now. And really appreciate you letting me know how you felt; I’d much rather someone let me know they felt I slighted them rather than keeping it in—especially when that wasn’t my intention

I have nothing to be embarrassed about either! Maybe I do get a little silly and post a lot about my crushes , but I am not hurting anyone ! ;)

With that said , I am not going to fight with you, I am going to be mature and turn the other cheek from your insulting posts to me ! ;)

Oh my! Heavens to Betsy. Women getting crushes and appreciating adult male beauty. How shocking! Sarcasm aside, I personally find those posts cute,harmless and even a little endearing-even chuckle a little over them-laughing with you not at you. We’re around the same age, and all of us grew up with these shows when they originally aired. And YES, a lot of TV stars are hot, probably one of things that helped them have star appeal! (Duh,)

Appreciating adult physical beauty doesn’t diminish with age, thank God, and is nothing to be ashamed of.

No matter what we post someone is NOT going to like it. The solution: don’t read those kinds of posts! A no- brainer IMO.

Later I shall indulge my “addiction”

Honestly I doubt TJ would ever ban games, although I can see where the frustration is coming from.

I agree with Rawr that game threads should be sequestered somehow. I'm not certain on the limits of the software but it may be possible to put a special tag on game threads so that they only appear when you're on that show's board. In other words if you're on the main page looking at the most recent post of a forum, a non-game thread would take precedence over a game thread.

Honestly I doubt TJ would ever ban games



Probably not, although when The Politics Board was REALLY getting out of hand,I think he was considering shutting it down.

Probably not, although when The Politics Board was REALLY getting out of hand,I think he was considering shutting it down.Politics by nature is divisive. But fun game threads and the game board are not the same thing at all. I also do not consider the game threads/board at all like smoking, which you can die from and secondhand smoke can also be damaging. The OP here who is constantly rude and condescending to those they disagree with (opening post that started this thread is sure full of hate and insults for those who play, post #4 might be even more hateful and attacking :rolleyes:) is blowing a mountain out of a molehill. There is nothing wrong with A-Z games on individual show boards, that is one thread and countless other threads are show discussion. Don't like them, don't read them. The vast majority of threads on show boards are not games. There is really no need for TJ and Janice to get involved on this because of one hateful poster's bashing all the games and their players.

Politics by nature is divisive. But fun game threads and the game board are not the same thing at all. I also do not consider the game threads/board at all like smoking, which you can die from and secondhand smoke can also be damaging. The OP here who is constantly rude and condescending to those they disagree with (opening post that started this thread is sure full of hate and insults for those who play, post #4 might be even more hateful and attacking :rolleyes:) is blowing a mountain out of a molehill. There is nothing wrong with A-Z games on individual show boards, that is one thread and countless other threads are show discussion. Don't like them, don't read them. The vast majority of threads on show boards are not games. There is really no need for TJ and Janice to get involved on this because of one hateful poster's bashing all the games and their players.

I’m not sure either if Janice or TJ need to get involved either. But it is could to hear what others think. Really on the fence with this one. All I know is the games are addicting for me. I certainly can’t speak for others nor would I want to.

Bonnie most of your posts are interesting when they're on TV shows but I'm sorry to see you are one of the game players. OK, I guess you game players need a place but WHY does it have to be on the NAME YOUR TV SHOW Heading where people go to actually talk about a TV show not to see their posts buried under a bunch of waste of time idiot game posts.

If you must play games then there should be a Heading for Game players so the rest of us can once again enjoy this site for what it was meant to be, A DISCUSSION ABOUT TV SHOWS not endless stupid games.

And Bonnie, while we're talking, really you should be ashamed of yourself:o for that endless ridiculous middle aged to elderly ladies version of Teen Beat magazine over there.:rolleyes: It's truly a middle aged to downright elderly bitties version of the old Teen Beat magazine. Thankfully I only visited there once and I didn't appear to be the subject of adornment amongst the bags once I called them all on their ridiculous rantings and behavior. I haven't dared to go back for fear of the cat clawing. Talk about a entering a clucking chicken house alone. I do wonder though have you all started yet on your love and sighing over Bobby Sherman or David Cassidy?:crazy:

Sometimes I wonder about people. :(You are extremely insulting and mean. You are also a party-pooper.

You are extremely insulting and mean. You are also a party-pooper.

Well I think you ODAAT gals should have a Max thread maxing out on Max. And those who don’t want to come to the parrrtay don’t have to! Have fun. Whoopie LoL

I have nothing to be embarrassed about either! Maybe I do get a little silly and post a lot about my crushes , but I am not hurting anyone ! ;)

With that said , I am not going to fight with you, I am going to be mature and turn the other cheek from your insulting posts to me ! ;)

That's right, Bonnie!! You have nothing to be embarrassed of and neither does anyone else who posts in the games or muddle thread. You continue being the bigger person here!!

If anyone should be embarrassed, it should be the original poster for being so insulting.

How are you viewing threads? If you log in daily and are viewing Today's Active Threads (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/search.php?do=getdaily) or View New Posts (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/search.php?do=getnew), I think it would be pretty easy to just ignore the game threads. If you are going to each individual board to read threads, that would take much more time.

I think the issue is not with the games, but the A-Z game format is getting tired and worn out. There are only so many viable answers before people start repeating what has already been done. It would be better if there were more trivia or other interactive type games. There should be some fresh ideas.

What would be useful would be an ignore thread or ignore forum option. I will look into it to see if there's something available for the vBulletin we are using. There is an ignore option for individual members, but you can't ignore moderators or admins. That would defeat the purpose of having any.

I wouldn't have a problem moving all the Game threads to a sub-forum of the Games board if that's what people would want. That way you could do custom searches that eliminate the Games board. I'm not sure if people would just want to visit one sub-forum for those. Some people who visit the individual boards may prefer things like they are now. We could sticky the game threads on the individual boards, so they are at the top of the boards and the discussion type threads are below them.

People want everything their own way in the most convenient way possible with the fewest amount of clicks. You can't please everybody. I learned that long ago. We have to do what's in the best interest of the community. We can't make massive changes because a few select individuals are complaining about them.

We aren't going to ban games or people having fun. If people want to have their own off-topic chat threads on individual boards, that's ok if it's limited to one thread. We want people to have a good time here. This isn't the No Fun League.

Maybe it would be best for the people who don't like the game threads to just avoid looking at them. You're not under any obligation to read every thread or participate in them. I think your issue with the games is that you think it's taking away from the discussion type threads. I don't think that's the case. There's room for both games and discussion type threads on here. Take a look at the Leave it to Beaver board for example. There's a good mix of discussion and game threads. I don't think there's less discussion because people are posting in the game threads.

We've heard from another moderator here, and I need to ask all moderators how many posters they know of that the games bother. Virtually all these sitcom sub-forums have games.

I agree with OH Nuts that they're kind of addictive. As far as I know there is no treatment or withdrawal program (ha ha), and I really doubt the admins. would ban them, as they do generate a lot of interest.

We've heard from another moderator here, and I need to ask all moderators how many posters they know of that the games bother. Virtually all these sitcom sub-forums have games.

I agree with OH Nuts that they're kind of addictive. As far as I know there is no treatment or withdrawal program (ha ha), and I really doubt the admins. would ban them, as they do generate a lot of interest.

They are addicting , but fun! :) And a really good way to pass time! I take public transportation a lot, so say I am on a bus , it is a good way to pass the time playing the game threads on my little cell phone screen, being that it sometimes is difficult to see on a bumpy bus ride ( LA really needs to fix the streets) :eek: and the sun shining in the bus windows, makes it harder to make longer posts on the regular threads ! Quick answers on the game threads are perfect, or before bed when I'm really tired and my brain can't handle regular posts anymore! :D:crazy:

How are you viewing threads? If you log in daily and are viewing Today's Active Threads (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/search.php?do=getdaily) or View New Posts (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/search.php?do=getnew), I think it would be pretty easy to just ignore the game threads. If you are going to each individual board to read threads, that would take much more time.

I think the issue is not with the games, but the A-Z game format is getting tired and worn out. There are only so many viable answers before people start repeating what has already been done. It would be better if there were more trivia or other interactive type games. There should be some fresh ideas.

What would be useful would be an ignore thread or ignore forum option. I will look into it to see if there's something available for the vBulletin we are using. There is an ignore option for individual members, but you can't ignore moderators or admins. That would defeat the purpose of having any.

I wouldn't have a problem moving all the Game threads to a sub-forum of the Games board if that's what people would want. That way you could do custom searches that eliminate the Games board. I'm not sure if people would just want to visit one sub-forum for those. Some people who visit the individual boards may prefer things like they are now. We could sticky the game threads on the individual boards, so they are at the top of the boards and the discussion type threads are below them.

People want everything their own way in the most convenient way possible with the fewest amount of clicks. You can't please everybody. I learned that long ago. We have to do what's in the best interest of the community. We can't make massive changes because a few select individuals are complaining about them.

We aren't going to ban games or people having fun. If people want to have their own off-topic chat threads on individual boards, that's ok if it's limited to one thread. We want people to have a good time here. This isn't the No Fun League.

Maybe it would be best for the people who don't like the game threads to just avoid looking at them. You're not under any obligation to read every thread or participate in them. I think your issue with the games is that you think it's taking away from the discussion type threads. I don't think that's the case. There's room for both games and discussion type threads on here. Take a look at the Leave it to Beaver board for example. There's a good mix of discussion and game threads. I don't think there's less discussion because people are posting in the game threads.



Thank you TJ for addressing this issue!! :)

And thank you to everyone , Oh Nuts, Stevea, Wawwie and Catsrule for your kind words when I was upset! :)

:wave:

Thank you TJ for addressing this issue!! :)

And thank you to everyone , Oh Nuts, Stevea, Wawwie and Catsrule for your kind words when I was upset! :)

:wave:

Glad you’re feeling better. Now go set up Max’s party! :wave:

Glad you’re feeling better. Now go set up Max’s party! :wave:


:D:wave:

We already have a Max and Barbara party set up on the Muddle thread and anything else ODAAT ! Or any other topic , anything goes!! ;)

Drop by and visit anytime! :wave:

:D:wave:

We already have a Max and Barbara party set up on the Muddle thread and anything else ODAAT ! Or any other topic , anything goes!! ;)

Drop by and visit anytime! :wave:

Party hearty! :wave:

If anybody feels like the game threads are dominating over the discussion threads, then my suggestion would be to create more threads or respond to existing topics.

The original thread starter isn't exactly a prolific poster with 1412 posts in nearly 18 years. That averages out to 0.22 posts per day. Start daily episode discussion threads or trivia. Hazel any day or every day? The boards are only going to be as active and entertaining as the community makes them.

OK, I think people are losing my point. I don't want the games banned, nor do I want anyone to ever play a game again. All I'm really complaining about is that whenever a game is played that "most recent" gaming post is all you see when looking down the line-up of TV show "discussions" when you're looking to really see what is the most recent TV show discussion post not what's the most recent game post. When all of these over abundant game posts appear a person looking for genuine discussion never knows when an actual discussion post is made because the game posts are constantly over-ruling the discussion posts. The way it is now if you want to find out if a new DISCUSSION post has been made you will have to open up every single TV Show heading just to find out if a new DISCUSSION post has been made.

Might it be possible for game posts to have a heading of their own so they don't take precedence in the "Recent Posts" line of regular TV SHOW headings? I hope you all get what I'm saying. I just would like to be able to know when a recent DISCUSSION post is made without having to open up every TV show name's heading. As it is now recent game posts take up the space an actual recent discussion post should be. Personally I think the games are a total waste of time but to those that like them, fine. I'd just like to be able to see recent actual Discussion posts at a glance instead of recent game posts taking their place.

And folks, I like Bonniegirl too, I find her posts, when she's talking about TV shows that is, very interesting and sometimes funny. I'm sorry if Bonnie got her wittle feewings hurted. But really, don't worry about the mean old man attacking the girl, as all the mean old bitties over on that thread who have now come to Bonnie's "rescue" over here will remember, I was insulted up and down and I, yes little lovable me, was the one who rose above and left that hen house to the hens before I got clawed and chewed up anymore. Bonnie and all the old hens over there were quite insensitive and hurtful (to use some snowflake language) to well-meaning little me. They were 100 times more insulting to me on their thread and besides I don't consider my honest comment and question to Bonnie here insulting. I was actually hoping to give her something to think about. I just may have given her too much credit. I just think she's more intelligent than the level shown on that other thread. But what the hey. What do I know? :confused:

If anybody feels like the game threads are dominating over the discussion threads, then my suggestion would be to create more threads or respond to existing topics.

The original thread starter isn't exactly a prolific poster with 1412 posts in nearly 18 years. That averages out to 0.22 posts per day. Start daily episode discussion threads or trivia. Hazel any day or every day? The boards are only going to be as active and entertaining as the community makes them.

Thank you! I’ve tried starting topics on shows on the past but they often fall flat. But I’m going to try again.

And thank you (and Janice) for being such an even guiding hand. Even when some of us get off center, it’s nothing compared to some other sites. The general civility always starts someplace: at the top!

To TJ, I don't count my posts, I have no idea how many there are. I only post here when the spirit moves me to say something meaningful or to make a comment on a TV show I'm watching or have watched. If I wanted to play trivia games or any other games I'd go somewhere where they waste time playing games, that's not why I come here. I don't want to repeat what I just said above, but if the game posts could be given their own heading instead of sharing the main TV show Headings that would solve the problem. Game playing could go on thru-out eternity for all I care, I just want to see when recent Discussion Posts are made instead of having them buried under a slew of game postings. Boy, I feel like I'm beating a dead horse here.:crazy:

Moving all the game threads to one section is not practical and would be too much work. It would take away activity from the individual boards. I could suggest maybe keeping the game threads limited to 50-100 per day, but members would have to agree with that. They could just do 1950s/1960s one day, 1970s/1980s the next day and so on.

Your best bet would be to quickly scan through the today's active threads or view new posts section. I have no idea how often you log in and do that. Some days are busier than others.

I think your issue yesterday there was something like 300+ active threads. That's like 7 pages with 50 threads per page. It doesn't take very long to scan through them. A more typical day would be 100-150 active threads. I'm sorry your valuable time is wasted if you have to scan the posts by today's active threads or view new posts. There's no perfect system or forum software that would please everybody and keep them happy. I think your real issue is not with the game threads themselves, but you feel like they are burying and taking away discussion threads. The threads are there if you want to find them.

If you are clicking on and opening every individual forum, you are doing it wrong and wasting your time. All you need to use is Today's Active Threads/View New Posts. That way you could click on the topics that interest you in the same window or a new window.

One suggestion TJ made was to come up with some new games to de-emphasize the A-Z games. I agree, they are repetitive. One poster a few months ago posted that Beaver for B is a little un-imaginative, which drove some people away, but it's true--demonstrating maybe a replacement game would be a great idea.

I tried a "right" answer game which fell flat. But I'll do some thinking too.

HA I feel your pain, as our pal Bill used to say--I get what you're saying and we'll see what TJ comes up with.

One suggestion TJ made was to come up with some new games to de-emphasize the A-Z games. I agree, they are repetitive. One poster a few months ago posted that Beaver for B is a little un-imaginative, which drove some people away, but it's true--demonstrating maybe a replacement game would be a great idea.

I tried a "right" answer game which fell flat. But I'll do some thinking too.

HA I feel your pain, as our pal Bill used to say--I get what you're saying and we'll see what TJ comes up with.

The “wrong answer” games work well IMO. Ironically, you have to know the show pretty well to not accidentally respond with the right answer. And the results can be really funny. (See the wrong answer game on The Adv. of Ozzie and Harriet for example.)

Meanwhile, I’m going to revisit FKB and MTS. And probably ODAAT and Facts Of Life as those forums seem to be jumping. But I’d so totally love to find members who want to discuss The Paper Chase.

Somebody set up an episode review on My Three Sons. I'm not sure they wanted replies. They just started M3S over again on MeTV, and if they keep it up it'll take way over a year, with 380 episodes to work with.

I agree, the answers on the Wrong Answer Game can really be LOL sometimes. Probably one of the funniest I've ever seen involved an answer on the Beaver episode "In the Soup". I forget the exact question, (something to do with a restaurant) but the answer was, "Waiter, there's a boy floating around in my soup."

The “wrong answer” games work well IMO. Ironically, you have to know the show pretty well to not accidentally respond with the right answer. And the results can be really funny. (See the wrong answer game on The Adv. of Ozzie and Harriet for example.)

Meanwhile, I’m going to revisit FKB and MTS. And probably ODAAT and Facts Of Life as those forums seem to be jumping. But I’d so totally love to find members who want to discuss The Paper Chase.

Man the Paper Chase was one of may faves. I really only know the first season.
That show was made to order for Houseman--he was phenomenal.

He also proved to be great in a sitcom, later, in Silver Spoons. He, not Schroder, really had the LOL episdoes.

That was an excellent suggestion TJ, to go to the "Active Posts" place and click there. I was not aware of such a thing before. I've always come to the TV discussion place hit 1960's then looked down the line-up of TV show names and looked for any recent discussion post there. Now I know to go to Active Posts instead of looking thru all Shows to find a discussion. This I never did as I was always disgusted at all the Game posts and didn't want to waste time going to each and every TV show listing to see if somebody posted a discussion post rather than the Game posts that showed up in the line up. OK, from now on I'll check out Active Posts.

I really only go to 3 different headings here, 1960's ,1950's & once in a while these days Trading Post. So thanks for the tip.

You could also create some custom searches for only the forums you are interested in.

Add &include= and the forum id at the end with a comma separating any of the forums.

only General Sitcoms News and Discussion & TV Series on DVD/Streaming
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/search.php?do=getdaily&include=27,538
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/search.php?do=getnew&include=27,538

You can also exclude any forums from the searches by adding &exclude= and the forum id at the end with a comma separating any of the forums.

No Chit Chat - Games
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/search.php?do=getdaily&exclude=346
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=346

This would search would display only 1950s Sitcoms (including the games, sorry):

1950s Sitcoms - View Today's Active Threads
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/search.php?do=getdaily&include=302,136,137,271,191,273,181,141,274,757,73,40,287,429,41,288,178,640,290,293,198,294,104,300

1950s Sitcoms - View New Posts
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/search.php?do=getnew&include=302,136,137,271,191,273,181,141,274,757,73,40,287,429,41,288,178,640,290,293,198,294,104,300

I'm not sure how many ids you can add before it no longer works. I'll see how many I can add for 1960s Sitcoms.

Hmm. Not too sure how to do those things, sound kind of complicated. It would be nice though when you go to Active Threads or New Posts (by the way, what's the difference there?) if you could eliminate all the posts except for those from 1960's, '50's and Trading Post. All those many different posts on subjects that don't matter to me I could do without. BUT this is still better than not knowing where the discussion posts are at all as was my old situation.

View New Posts is unread posts since your last visit. I think it will leave them unread for 14 days. View Today's Active Threads is for the last 24 hours.

I will try and post the custom searches for other decades if they work. This didn't work the last time I tried it, so maybe something was fixed.

1960s Sitcoms - View Today's Active Threads
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1960s Sitcoms - View New Posts
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1970s Sitcoms - View Today's Active Threads
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1970s Sitcoms - View New Posts
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1980s Sitcoms - View Today's Active Threads
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1980s Sitcoms - View New Posts
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1990s Sitcoms - View Today's Active Threads
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1990s Sitcoms - View New Posts
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2000s Sitcoms - View Today's Active Threads
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2000s Sitcoms - View New Posts
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2010s Sitcoms - View Today's Active Threads
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2010s Sitcoms - View New Posts
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1950s Sitcoms, 1960s Sitcoms, Trading Post - View Today's Active Threads
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1950s Sitcoms, 1960s Sitcoms, Trading Post - View New Posts
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Thank you TJ.

View New Posts is unread posts since your last visit. I think it will leave them unread for 14 daysI think it depends on what ya set it to buddy.. On another VBB site Im on I hadnt been to it in over a year,when I clicked NEW POSTS I saw everything new since I had last been there.......

Thank you for your post Mikaela !;) I really enjoy the games too! I was really upset by this thread last night but in the light of day I really don't think the game threads will be closed down. So let's continue to post on them and have fun! :):wave:

You're welcome Bonniegirl!

I like the games, and I post on some of them. But I can see HA's point of view. It's a difficult problem.

On the few boards I moderate I tried separating the games from the regular posts. It was an attempt to improve it, but evidently not successful. I also don't care about post count either.

I'm at a loss for a solution. One problem is running out of things to say on popular boards like Leave it to Beaver.

Put on your thinking caps, class!

I don't care about post count myself.

I'm also not crazy about games but I wouldn't complain about them. That's the culture here.

I play the games, not as much as some of the other posters. But the games are kind of fun to pass the time. I don't know if this is possible but maybe they could keep the games on the chit chat - games board and not have them show up on today's active threads. Again I don't know if it would work or not.

I think that there are posters who set goals of reaching a certain number of posts, and games are quick ways to do that. I know there were multiple "What did you last drink?" threads at one point, and people would drink something and then go list it in each thread. It can happen that you spend some time and thought on a post and then half an hour later find it buried on page two or three.


OMG, that's funny. I admit that when it comes to "What was the Last Song You listened To?" I will occasionally open my stream for my favorite radio station and list songs that come on or start playing Youtube, but I wouldn't go and eat or drink something just to put it in a post. Well, I might, but that's still funny that people do it.


I guess I'm kind of weird with numbers because I like to keep track of practically everything. I keep track of how many books I've read in a year (Just hit 100 which was my goal for 2020), how many posts I have on here, stuff like that. I have no idea why. I guess I just like keeping track of things but I'm going to try not to be obsessive over it. Try, being the operative word.

Okay so now that I've read this whole thread and I'm a moderator I should probably weigh in here. The games really don't bother me but as was mentioned, the A-Z ones are getting boring. I admit I'm guilty of creating one in the past week, so hopefully that doesn't make me sound hypocritical.


I always do a "Posts Since Last Visit" search and it is hard to navigate through the new posts with the games showing up but it doesn't really bother me. I just reply to the game threads I want, and ignore the others. I don't really see a problem with the games getting out of hand but some new and different ones would be really nice.



As far as the different A-Z games for shows are concerned, I think those should stay in their respective shows. Someone may be on the Leave It To Beaver section and find the game interesting and want to play. It only takes a second to answer (unless you're like me and Google to find the answer!), and then they can continue looking through the other threads. It would be too confusing to me to see a bunch of A-Z games in the Games-Chit Chat board for different shows b/c I don't watch a lot of them.

Okay so now that I've read this whole thread and I'm a moderator I should probably weigh in here. The games really don't bother me but as was mentioned, the A-Z ones are getting boring. I admit I'm guilty of creating one in the past week, so hopefully that doesn't make me .

Thank you for your post Schmoopie, you’re one of my favorite posters here.

I wish people would play the other games, like the Wrong Answer game, Haikus, Things You’d Never Hear or start more discussion on a series I really know and like (like WINGS, The Adv. of O & H, The Paper Chase).

The A-Z games dominate the open thread and I’VE BEEN GUILTY OF MINDLESSLY playing them, because they seem to be the ONLY option in the most recent threads stream. I’ve tried to jump start things away from this but it hasn’t seemed to pan out. I’m getting frustrated and am beginning to wonder if this is why, in part, many long time members have left S.O.

Thank you for your post Schmoopie, you’re one of my favorite posters here.



Aw, thanks! I appreciate that! The same is true for you! :)

I agree with Rawr that game threads should be sequestered somehow. I'm not certain on the limits of the software but it may be possible to put a special tag on game threads so that they only appear when you're on that show's board. In other words if you're on the main page looking at the most recent post of a forum, a non-game thread would take precedence over a game thread.
Agreed, this is the solution. :cool: