Anyone interested in a new gaming section?

I guess I'm kinda asking who wants one and if the mods will set one up. I notice the occasional talks in GCC and elsewhere about what gaming hardware people have and what games they play for example the lastest Doom 3 post in GCC. Could we setup a section strictly for this? I know this is another step away from security and that is the basis of the site. But, would it be so bad to have an area for those of us that are into gaming too to have a place to talk? Without having to stray from the AO community?

Any opinions....

I don't expect my suggestion to have much weight but maybe some of you senior members will pick up on the idea.

And, if this is an issue that's been talked about before I want to apologize I did a search though and didn't find anything

-_LeeBkr_-

Hrmm.. Why not use the Hardware forum? (gaming hardware) and/or Operating Systems (for effects of games on OSes)?

I'm putting forward the suggestion to you about the possibility of using what's existing before we consider creating a completely new forum. We actually don't have that much discussion, from what I've seen, on games themselves.

I'm against it also!

Yeah, I understand your reasoning, but it wouldn't fit here. Remember that AO is a security website, so gaming doesn't really come into play unless there's a security issue (i.e., XBox's growing popularity as a hacker tool, interesting tidbit I learned recently). Granted we have GCC, but we don't want to get too general and broad in topic range, lest we loose our focus on security.

Understandable, I figured I would get such a response but thanks guys.
See you on the boards

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Granted we have GCC, but we don't want to get too general and broad in topic range

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I read that seniors don't like topics that are way off topic, that they like to keep it computer/tech related, so i think gaming threads would fit perfectly in GCC, since they are computer related !

Well, there is a whole another world of computer gaming that is in a way related to security: Cheating. The cheaters of popular online games use, in many cases, the same techniques to get away with cheating in their respective games. I have watched this go on for a few years now, and it is very amusing to watch the tit-for-tat between cheats and anti-cheats, and usually only a matter of time before some hacking method/technique appears in their programs. For me, I found it fascinating to see how these things work, and this might could be an interesting place to discuss it.

Just a wild idea :/

Those are good arguments...Hmm...We need a poll here...

Just use GCC.

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Originally posted here by AngelicKnight
(i.e., XBox's growing popularity as a hacker tool, interesting tidbit I learned recently).

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hey ,tell me frankly ,what really brought you into computers????i can say many of us were 1ST into games and then into security ,rite ,so what is the harm in putting up a bulliten board, atleast we can catogorise the game post put up in hardware and GCC section.

i am with it

im against a seperate forum for game discussion. If its game security (like a ut2004 exploit found) then it can go in misc. security forum

Since I have heard a few senior members react rather snidely regarding this post, I have decided to supply a few links for your edjumication:

http://www.unknowncheats.org/
http://www.mpcforum.com/
http://www.multiplayercheats.de/

I find it rather fascinating how some of these cheats actually work, and as I mentioned earlier, many of the techniques used are quite similar to what you see happening in the hacking world. Sure there is room to talk about exploits of actual software (gamespy, UT2k3, etc), but that isn't what I was referring to. These cheats actually tear into how the game works (engine) and how it interacts with the system (via directX) and almost all of it is open source.

And before you get delusions of grandeur, many, if not most, of the public cheats you will see are detectable (just like the exploits released publically are detectable via IDS) and if you enjoy playing those games online, you may wind up banned :) So don't blindly walk into and install them (and like alot of exploit code, make sure of what you are downloading, they could have malicious content).

And to be clear, I am not necessarily advocating a new forum, but I do feel there is merit to the topic I have mentioned.

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hey ,tell me frankly ,what really brought you into computers????

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Simply fascination. And career choice.

I pretty much hold Nebulus's take to it. Not sure about another forum, but it has some possibilities...as long as we look at gaming from a security standpoint, that is -- And there's plenty to look at there.

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Originally posted here by AngelicKnight
Simply fascination. And career choice.

I pretty much hold Nebulus's take to it. Not sure about another forum, but it has some possibilities...as long as we look at gaming from a security standpoint, that is -- And there's plenty to look at there.

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Problem is I do not think that many of the posts will be "gaming from a security standpoint". I think it will end up being a normal gaming section where people discuss games (granted I have nothing against that, I love talking about games as much as the next hardcore gamer). I do not think it really has a place at AO from the "mood" i have picked up especially the mood over my music forum idea.

That's what I'm afraid of. And as a big gamer myself, it's tempting, but nonetheless it just wouldn't fit here. There are tons upon tons of gaming forums elsewhere.

People have complained for ages about the site straying away from its roots, so I really see a gaming forum as another nail in the coffin. There are places out there devoted to gaming and would server far better as a dedicated platform for gaming posts than a forum here on AO would. Plus theres already GCC for all the post whoring; a gaming forum would just incite all the same old "this vs that", "which is better Nvidia or ATI" and the like.