Lovin' the PbP alias tags! Could we have them in the Recruitment subforum too?

[Fredrik]

First, for anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, see this recent post for an example. The character's gender, race, and class are all displayed next to the alias name; and as you can see from the following post, the tags can also be used to display all kinds of stats for the DM's convenience. They're pretty awesome, and one of my favorite upgrades -- so naturally, I want more! 8)

My preference would be for this feature to apply to the Online Campaigns subforum, so that any future sub-subfora would automatically have it too. But for now, adding it to Recruitment would be nice. Is it just me, or do other people feel the same way?

[Alexander Kilcoyne]

... I'm not actually sure what your referring to. Do you mean the stats Nim has set up in brackets?

Does that not work in the Recruitment forum anyway?

Edit: Your right, not working in that forum.

[Fredrik]

Nope. I noticed it during the recruitment for Joana's game (which I sadly didn't get chosen for). See this post for example.

ETA: Fixed a link.

[Gary Teter]

It's not a bad idea, and I'm not sure offhand why we didn't do it from the start when we launched the campaigns tabs. Most likely, it was because there's actually more than one possible recruitment forum to look at—we also have the gamer connection and Pathfinder Society Grand Lodge forums that also serve as recruitment forums. We're going to be revisiting the whole matchmaking/recruitment aspect of the website sooner or later for the virtual tabletop, so that'd be an appropriate time for us to revisit the issue.

[Fredrik]

Now see, that's another example of looking at things from a philosophical point of view, instead of a practical one. There's a very real difference from a user's perspective between each of those four things. And how the forum acts is most important for people like me who play on it.

[Fredrik]

Wow, I just noticed that you locked the other thread. I understand why you did that: you take a very philosophical point of view. (For example, apparently considering it more important to keep a discussion in only one place, than to give the users of a forum a chance to sound off on what they want for it.) I would like it if you would look at things from a more practical, usage-oriented perspective.

ETA: I'm actually starting to bore myself with saying the same thing all the time, but I'm part Finn, so that's not about to change. We're known for our stubbornness. Sorry.