no, the 9TS arguement was not on topic, as this topic is about posting news about updates, not complaining about a story and arguing over it. It derails a topic pointlessly.
Note? the topic creator's post:
CatOnFire said:
I've already begun this in the Ranma section (my favorite type of fanfiction) but I do have vested interest in this section as well.
Posting Guidelines:
1) If you post an update give a link, it's pointless and frustrating otherwise.
2) Only post updates to stories you really enjoy so not to flood the topic with the average crap.
3) Give the authors name, it would help people know which story you are talking about: New Life by whatshisname or any of the other good authors with unoriginal story names.
4) While this topic is mainly a resource for finding fanfic updates it is fine if you give your opinion on a fic.
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look at #4,
give your opinion, not
create a giant argument spanning multiple pages that goes into arguments over canon! So if you want to discuss if the story is good or not that's fine, just make a new topic for your debate. That discussion might be over, but its very possible for someone else to pop in and get a
new argument started.
I'm starting to think with all these off topic arguements that are appearing more often that the Naruto boards, more often than not nowdays, are merely bickering, with an occasional story popping in. I'm personally thinking now that if Hawk got rid of the Naruto boards I really wouldn't feel any remorse over it.
I'm so sick of going into topics, such as this one and the ones in the preview section, expecting to either a new update, only to find pointless bickering
for several freaking pages. It was one thing when a small discussion led to new ideas, but now people are arguing
just for the sake of arguing.