The next Forum Du Jour is Classic Computing!

[GrandAmChandler]

It's past overdue since we should change the topic of the Forum Du Jour. Please submit ideas for the next Forum Du Jour in this thread!

Note: All of the Music Threads will be moved back to Off-Topic upon creation of the new Forum Du Jour.

EDIT: Poll added 7/5/06

EDIT: The Poll closes this Sunday night, 9PM ET

EDIT: Voting ended, forum will be changing this week!

[Carey85]

May I suggest "Digital Press Dead Pool 2006?" My money's on Abe Vigoda and Kamino...

[Pantechnicon]

I have two:

1) A "general film" topic: Not just sci-fi (although that genre will probably dominate to some extent), but comedy, horror, romance, oldies, all of it.

2) Food & Drink: Recipes, restaurant reviews, that sort of thing. It might not get as much activitiy as a Music or Film topic, but it will definitely be an original idea. And if it flops, then invoke the "du jour" and just change it to something else.

Either way, "Du Jour" is long overdue for a change of scenery.

[THATinkjar]

I'll second the film idea. Plenty of great films on the way this summer, so the timing would be perfect.

[Sanriostar]

I second Food/Drink. It's time is due.

[Rogmeister]

If you make it movies, maybe you should make it a non-Sci-Fi movie forum...force people to talk about different kinds of movies for a change.

[DeputyMoniker]

Kissing techniques for sure.
or maybe the film idea

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

How About one Dedicated to the Next Generation of Consoles (PS3, X360, Wii).

[christhegamer]

what the @$#% is "Forum Du Jour?!?"

[DeputyMoniker]

How About one Dedicated to the Next Generation of Consoles (PS3, X360, Wii).

Oh God. Please don't do that. Modern Gaming has pleanty of room for our Next Gen polls and arguments based on speculation. There just isn't enough information being released right now. I guess I spend most of my time in the Classic section so I may be missing a lot of the interesting action but my vote is a hefty "No"

[Mattiekrome]

what the @$#% is "Forum Du Jour?!?"

Lloyd: What the soup do jour?
Waitress: The soup of the day.
Lloyd: Sounds good, Ill have that!

LOL sorry that quote kills me, and every time I hear anything "du jour" I think of it...

Ok, back on topic, I also go for the food/drink idea... Lots to be discussed there

[boatofcar]

I just want to say THANKS!

How long has it been? Almost a year, it seems like...

[The Shawn]

I would very much like to see a food and drink forum also.
A place to post recipies and talk about food in general.
That would be great :)

[Nirvana]

A food and drink forum would be great. I think thats a great idea. It won't last as long as the music forum, then we could do the film forum.

[Pantechnicon]

If you make it movies, maybe you should make it a non-Sci-Fi movie forum...force people to talk about different kinds of movies for a change.

It wouldn't be fair to exclude sci-fi, so it would fall on all-genre cinephiles like you to steer topics towards non sci-fi films. I think it could work.

[The Brown Eye]

I'm also voting for food/drink.

[Rogmeister]

If we don't do movies now, maybe you should save that one until the Christmas movie season. If you wanted to change it again around September, maybe you could do one for the Fall TV season at that time.

[Jibbajaba]

Classic computing.

Chris

[Mr.FoodMonster]

I'm going with the Film idea.

[Captain Qb]

I think that the food/drink would be best..

Love, Captain Qb.

[LAGO]

Classic computing.

Chris

I second this.

[Vectorman0]

Repeat topic forum

But seriously, out of all of the suggestions so far, movies is my favorite. I can't think of anything else I would like better.

[Ninja Blacksox]

I'm with Pant.

I've been waiting for an all-film forum for a while.

-A Boy

[THATinkjar]

I guess the only other topic could be magazines? That is a pretty wide topic, and some of you guys strike me as the kind of people who like the odd Comic ;)

[Jumpman Jr.]

I think most classic gamers like The Simpsons, Family Guy and Futurama. That might be a good one.
Or, maybe just The Simpsons, but that might be too narrow.
Or, maybe just Cartoons, but that might be too broad.

[Pantechnicon]

Classic computing's not a bad idea either. A lot of people here either grew into (or out from) classic gaming via the old machines. There are a lot of parallel themes between the two including hardware mods and homebrewed programming, but retrocomputing still seems to be somewhat apart from the general discussions in DP that center on those topics.

Additionally the last two "du jour" topics have been centered around popular forms of entertainment: Science Fiction and Music. Doing movies as a topic would, in a sense, be more of the same thing, or at least bring up the same sorts of threads: "What's your favorite Spielberg film other than Jurassic Park?" Ehh...maybe it's time for something really different.

[slip81]

I like the food/drink idea. I would also love to see a comic book forum.

[Damaramu]

A movie forum makes sense. It has my vote. LOL

[Jibbajaba]

Additionally the last two "du jour" topics have been centered around popular forms of entertainment: Science Fiction and Music. Doing movies as a topic would, in a sense, be more of the same thing, or at least bring up the same sorts of threads: "What's your favorite Spielberg film other than Jurassic Park?" Ehh...maybe it's time for something really different.

I agree with Pant on this one. Whatever the new forum du jour is, I would like to see it not be more "popular forms of entertainment." I was disinterested in the last two forums for the same reason, and if it is films this time then I will be disinterested again. Let's talk about something that we don't already talk about. If not classic computing, then food and drink would be kinda cool. We could swap recipes and talk about wierd kinds of food and whatnot.

Chris

[njiska]

May I suggest "Digital Press Dead Pool 2006?" My money's on Abe Vigoda and Kamino...

You bastard! How dare you pick Kamino. That's like picking Lance Armstrong to win the Tour de France. If he's competing you know i'll happen.

The only difference is that Armstrong has retired. Kamino's retirment will cause you to win the pool.

[DeputyMoniker]

Classic computing.

Chris

Good call. I'm changing my vote to Classic Computing. Movies after that.

[7th lutz]

Food and drink. As a person who likes to cook, this is something I would like. This can be for fast food, Resturant, home cooking, grilling, or doing receipes of that fast food or your sit down Resturant use.

[cyberfluxor]

I'm going with 2 of the ideas already listed:
#1) Computers
#2) Movies

It's a cool idea to switch from one medium to another like Music -> Movies. Also a computers forum would be nice for members to talk about different system setups, operating systems, latest technology, ect. The food idea is alright but don't think it'll last long unless you get a bunch of gamers posting about their nifty snack creations.

[chicnstu]

How about "Rubik's Cube"

Or just "Puzzles".

Also, a forum for jokes might work.

[Austin]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: a comics forum! Back me up, geeks.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

A forum about nothing!

Or a forum about TV could work, or one about random stories(don't tell me that this is what blogs are for), either one of these would be good.

[ROBOTNIK666]

Classic computing.

Chris

I second this.

I third that. I've always thought this forum needed a computer forum.

[neuropolitique]

I like the Food and Drink idea. Course, I'm a fat guy, so go figure.

[Blanka789]

I am all for Classic Computing, if not that, I'll take comics or foods.

[Half Japanese]

I've always thought a (permanent) combination music/movie forum would be nice to have around here, since we seem to have some very knowledgeable folks in those subjects here at DP. Maybe even lump TV in with the both of them for good measure.

Other than that, and this was mentioned not long ago, maybe a short revival of the Kingdom Arts forum that used to be around a while back. We've got lots of folks into making art around here (be it game-related or not) and it's usually pretty cool to see.

[segarocks30]

Classic computing.

Chris

Good call. I'm changing my vote to Classic Computing. Movies after that.

Agreed.

[Griking]

Classic computing.

Chris

I vote for a computer section as well. Actually, I'd love to see two different computer forums. One for classic computers as was suggested and another for modern computing where people can discuss upgrading and rerpairing as well as today's computer and spyware problems.

[segarocks30]

Classic computing.

Chris

I vote for a computer section as well. Actually, I'd love to see two different computer forums. One for classic computers as was suggested and another for modern computing where people can discuss upgrading and rerpairing as well as today's computer and spyware problems.

Very good idea Griking. I say his idea is good. :D

[Rogmeister]

Or we could devote it to Powerball :D

[badinsults]

Let's have an RGB forum so that there is a central place for all Anthony1 topics.


No seriously, let's have a forum on electronics. That would be cool.

[Kamino]

we need a bitching moaning, and trolling forum.
Oh wait, that's all of them. :P

[Balloon Fight]

Even though I was tempted with Evans idea, Computing or Movies gets my vote.

[kainemaxwell]

Film idea. or maybe one about dvd box sets (tv shows, movies, etc).

[nesgamer]

How about a forum about cars? Like working on them and modding them. Or just talk about dream cars of that sort.

[POrkcOw]

how about a forum where people can discuss methods of attack and defense against zombies?

[PDorr3]

Food/drink forum wont last too long, but it would be interesting

I would like a film forum, for films of all era and genre

How about a Cartoon/Anime forum, or perhaps a general TV forum

Heres something different, how about a forum where you can ONLY post polls of all sorts (just not directly related to gaming maybe?) currently this is my top pick :)

[The Brown Eye]

Food/drink forum wont last too long, but it would be interesting
That's my line of thinking. I'd like the forum to change more often instead of sitting on the same topic for several months at a time, but that's just me. :)

[Kejoriv]

I havent read through this whole thread to see if anyone has suggested this, but how about an Everything 80's section. We can talk about music, clothing, toys, food, commericals, etc etc.

[GrandAmChandler]

Okay I am going to post a poll on this for the three most popular forums, then you guys can decide!

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I'm going to put my vote behind food & drink out of these three choices. Classic computing is a cool idea, but there's a dandy forum at Retroputing (http://particles.org/forum/) for precisely that sort of thing.

[bunbunz23]

Food/Drink is my vote

[fergojisan]

NOOOOOOO!!!!!! DON'T TAKE THE MUSIC FORUM AWAY!!!

It's just hitting its stride now, and it's not my fault that it was left up too long and I got so used to it. :P Can't we keep it? Please please ohplease? Look at the numbers, it has a comparable amount of topics compared to some of the other Specialty Forums that have been up there for years. The 12 Days of Christmas forum is still up, for heaven's sake, why can't the music forum stay? I love it!! And there's nowhere near as much arguing or locking or anything like that. Please don't take it away because it will make me cry. :( Captain Yashiro, please come back and help me!! :D

I can't believe no one else wants to save it. No one? :hmm:

[Pantechnicon]

Officially cast my vote for classic computing....

[blissfulnoise]

I just had Wendy's. It was delicious albiet life threatening.

Put me down for Food + Drink = World Peace.

[The Shawn]

Since it's what I do for a living and know more about it than I do video games I'm going for food and bev.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

I can't believe no one else wants to save it. No one? :hmm:
I'd like to keep it, but I dont see that happening. If we could keep it in with the other 'specialty' forums, I'd love it, but those all pretty much relate to gaming, and throwing a music one in there might be out of suit. I like talking about music with the most of you because there isn't any bickering and yelling, and I'm pretty sure there are less than a dozen locked topics in that forum.

I'd like to keep it (in addition to a new de jour), so if the powers at be would allow it, please do so.

[Kamino]

let's have a forum about piss and shit.
and vomit.

[Reid]

Go for classic computing!!! w00t- Tandy, Apple 1 etc.

Classic computing is the only one that has something to do with this forum lol (Commodore, Amstrad)

[Rogmeister]

Looks like a dead heat so far between food/drink and classic computing. I no longer have a classic computer but I do eat and drink...so you can probably guess what I picked... :D

[ubikuberalles]

let's have a forum about piss and shit.
and vomit.

How about a forum expressing how much we hate Kamino? :D At the very least we could slap him around a bit with a trout.

Anyway, I voted for the computus classicus.

[PDorr3]

based on responses it seems like food/drink is a clear winnar!

[Poofta!]

classic computing, im planning on building a DOS box inside my toaster NES to relieve the old 89-95 days of pc gaming. and maybe its not THAT classic, but im sure this would be a great place to talk about it... oh how i miss dos games of yore...

[drewbrim]

I'm a little late to the party as far as suggestions go, but I think a sports forum of some sort would be cool. It would be fun to argue about and since new seasons/events are constantly starting and ending, it would be easy to keep fresh

[Jibbajaba]

I'm a little late to the party as far as suggestions go, but I think a sports forum of some sort would be cool. It would be fun to argue about and since new seasons/events are constantly starting and ending, it would be easy to keep fresh

I think that a sports forum is a really good idea, but not during the summer, when the only major league sport being played is baseball. It would be cool if a sports forum was created for the fall/winter, at the end of baseball and the beginning of basketball, hockey, and football.

I suggested classic computing because I know we talked about it a few months ago, and I have noticed several DOS box threads being created lately. Plus I am always looking for an excuse to talk about Apple ][ and DOS stuff.

Chris

[Niku-Sama]

computing, i got lots of parts and an 80-88 i need to get workin

[Mattiekrome]

wow, close race we got here... I voted food/drink, but also think either of the other 2 topics are worthy as well... I also dig Kejoriv's idea of an 80's forum, and Jibba's idea of a sports forum (So we can discuss the Carolina Panthers winning this years super bowl :D )

[ghostangelofcky]

As a proud Apple IIe owner I'd like to see a classic computing forum, after all this a videogame forum right?

Besides It'll give PDF a chance to show off his goodies :-P

[exit]

I wouldn't mind one for Movies/TV, but I also wouldn't mind just keeping the Music forum.

How about one for general entertainment? It could include everything from TV to Music, instead of just having one specific forum dedicatd for it.

[7th lutz]

I did pick food and drink.

Classic computers was a second choice for me.

I had plenty of Apple IIE experience from my Public days years ago.

[Matt-El]

Movies.



You could easily now start threads in the Classic Gaming section about Apple and Commodore games now.

Movies would allow me to bitch-slap people with my awesome knowledge on filmmaking and special effects (CGI lovers beware :evil: )


So, in conclusion, moviesmoviesmovies.


And for a write-in response, a "Why George Lucas Sucks" Forum Du Jour.