Personally I completely disagree with this decision. I see the "new news new thread" argument, however this; "because we're such a large forum, a week becomes an eternity; for popular games, a week can produce a gigantic thread, making it difficult for people jumping in on release day to find what they're looking for or to follow the already-rapid pace of conversation", does not make much sense to me. I don't see what difference it makes. People will always have a hard time following the rapid pace of the discussion no matter when the thread is made. And that's okay. Because in an OT there are a lot of discussions happening. Finding "what they're looking for" should be easy too, as most information is presumably in the OP and other details can be searched for or just asked about.



In that regard I also dislike that hype threads are discouraged. Yes yes, "news news new thread" makes sense and I agree with that, however this is a forum; a place where people talk and hype. There are a lot of enthusiasts here. Activity doesn't harm the forum. Activity is good.



It's no big deal though; imo it's fine either way. I just think it's a bad decision.