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Why did they delete Scripting Helpers in the merge??

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ColorfulBrendon is not online. ColorfulBrendon
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17 Nov 2014 03:57 PM
That's arguably one of the most important forums

Game Design isn't going to be any help (because they tried merging every single development related forum into one megaforum and essentially just created another mega-forum like OT), Game Marketing is a completely useless forum, and Scripters clearly states in the description that it isn't the place for getting help with scripting.

So now if anyone has a bug in their code, since 80% of the time the Wiki won't be any help for debugging, the developer who encounters an error is left hopeless?

SH was incredibly helpful to me, even though I didn't go there too often, I owe that forum's community of rbxdevs and scripters a lot of thanks.

Now it's deleted.
Not merged, deleted.
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GamerzToon is not online. GamerzToon
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17 Nov 2014 04:01 PM
web.roblox.com/Forum/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=33
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ColorfulBrendon is not online. ColorfulBrendon
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17 Nov 2014 04:03 PM
@Gamerz
You didn't read anything I said in the thread, did you?

You didn't even read the Scripters forum description, either

"This is the place for discussion about scripting. Anything about scripting that is not a help request or topic belongs here."

"that is not a help request"
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gordonrox24 is not online. gordonrox24
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17 Nov 2014 04:09 PM
We hope Game Design will become the 1 stop shop for all help topics. Game creation involves both the aspects of building and scripting, and we want to bring these two together. I think it will now be easier to get help, as you can consolidate any issues you have to 1 place, as opposed to having 2 threads going at once for your building question and scripting question.
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emporerj is not online. emporerj
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17 Nov 2014 04:10 PM
I'd say that, considering that ROBLOX is primarily a game about making games, scripting helpers is the #1 most important section.
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emporerj is not online. emporerj
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17 Nov 2014 04:12 PM
"We hope Game Design will become the 1 stop shop for all help topics. Game creation involves both the aspects of building and scripting, and we want to bring these two together. I think it will now be easier to get help, as you can consolidate any issues you have to 1 place, as opposed to having 2 threads going at once for your building question and scripting question."

I feel like it was better before, now people who are good at scripting will have to filter through building help questions, and people who know a lot about building will be completely lost on 75% of the threads.

I also feel like there are a lot more questions on one type than the other, so scripting questions will end up lost and never answered, like questions on LMaD.
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SlothGod is not online. SlothGod
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17 Nov 2014 04:12 PM
I feel your pain
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GameStopSponsor is not online. GameStopSponsor
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17 Nov 2014 04:16 PM
@Emporer,

This will ultimately help all of them in the long run. While looking for questions to answer for scripting related problems, you may also come across a building question with an answer you don't know. If it's answered, it then answers your confusion on that subject, making you able to answer that specific question again in the future.

I can't hear you; type louder!
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ColorfulBrendon is not online. ColorfulBrendon
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17 Nov 2014 04:26 PM
@Gordon
@Game

I'm sorry but I've got to agree with Emperor on this one.


I wouldn't want to have to sort through all of the threads about building or designing just for scripting.
Even on scripting helpers, it can be difficult to find an applicable thread that you can provide help for.

Not just getting help, but giving help will be harder now.
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ColorfulBrendon is not online. ColorfulBrendon
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17 Nov 2014 04:30 PM
Whoops, I didn't spell his name right. Sorry about that, emporerj
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ColorfulBrendon is not online. ColorfulBrendon
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17 Nov 2014 04:35 PM
I took a look at Game Design, it seems like a huge mess.
Game Marketing seems to be just as bad.


If Scripting Helpers won't be its own individual forum anymore, then could you at least consider making Scripters double as both scripting discussion and scripting help?

The merge update is extremely counterproductive to anyone who needs help in developing - and developing games has always been the core of why Roblox exists.
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emporerj is not online. emporerj
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17 Nov 2014 05:01 PM
"@Emporer,

This will ultimately help all of them in the long run. While looking for questions to answer for scripting related problems, you may also come across a building question with an answer you don't know. If it's answered, it then answers your confusion on that subject, making you able to answer that specific question again in the future.

I can't hear you; type louder!"

So it's helpful to the handful of scripters out there, if they care enough to even read the building questions. The problem is the builders.

Builders won't be able to remember scripting solutions unless they know how to script as well.
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emporerj is not online. emporerj
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17 Nov 2014 05:02 PM
Plus, that's only really a plus to the people who GIVE help, not those who need to receive it, sometimes in a timely manner.

I feel like, due to this update, people are going to start fleeing from that section and going into places like LMaD and RT, for questions. They already do it some.
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ColorfulBrendon is not online. ColorfulBrendon
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17 Nov 2014 05:06 PM
@emporer

I made a Suggestions & Ideas thread about this, I quoted one of your posts in it

Chances are an S&I thread alone won't help, but it's worth a shot
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