Gardenwargaming/Laughing Giraffe

[cheng]

Yes. It's frustrating seeing repeats that's why I'm totally oblivious of what goes on in the other forums.

[Rhalius]

Personly I've always prefered english forums, I dont even get why many beautifull english books are ruined through translations to Dutch.
Not sure if there are Dutch playmobil forums but I really wouldnt have an interest in joining them.

[Rasputin]

The sad part is: people post the same pictures/ stories in many forums. Gardenwargaming is NOT a forum for people who like wars. It's just another of many (but an earlier) forum.

Almost everything you find on GWG you find everywhwere else. Ras is right. We collectors get diluted.

Time to have one major forum where everyone can post in his/her natural language (and Google translator translate for you) but all ideas get collected centrally. Can't be too difficult.

I am sooooooo bored of reading and seeing the same stuff/pictures in different languages...

Since I do not go to other forums anymore I was not aware of the repeat content. I would have guessed, form the lack of action in here and the exodus of members, that they went to other boards.

In the past KW had a lot of "exclusive" content. I had to travel to KW, GWG, TJ, LG, PF, just to see dioramas and read whats going on.

Perhaps if the pcc would change its format it would become this central location for all. I know we all did not want the pcc to compete against our beloved forums but the results of dilution is we now have less action, especally in here. I know there are other factors in the loss of action, personally I just do not have time right now to play and take pictures,. Its part of the fun to have fresh content

[Birdie]

Me on the other hand, I would not like one big forum where all the languages are mixed and you can only understand some of the content. Google translate is good to understand a few words or the basics, but not when you want to actively engage in conversation, understand the jokes, express yourself exactly the way you want to... I think it's only natural people like to use online communication platforms in a language they are comfortable with.

Facebook is different in that way: it's mostly about pictures and very short messages.

I check Klickywelt sometimes, and most of the content seems new to me. I can read German but it takes way more effort than English, so that's why I don't go there often.

[JLMatterer]

I must admit that I enjoy being on the different boards, because I have no life. Seriously; I don't work & once the basics of the day are over with, I must make my own plans. If I'm able to get out, I enjoy the countryside & looking for places to take Playmobil selfies. If I'm in for the day, Playmobil keeps me busy when reading & doing chores don't. The amount of time I kill uploading pics & going back & forth between boards keeps my mind busy & I'm less liable to be depressed about being sick, & feeling less pain. I live in pain, but Playmobil makes me feel good. I take as much as I can get!  I take 14 meds in the morning, & some more at night, including shots. Clickies help get me through it all.

[Tiermann]

I enjoy the different boards. This is the only one I check regularly but I go to Klickywelt and Tricornejock to check out what people are doing from time to time. The Neuheiten forum at Klickywelt is the best place to track what new things come out, especially the European exclusives. Both Klickywelt and TJ have great forums with photos of the shows and diorama displays in Europe, much better than what we get here. So I check those out a few times a year or after big shows like this weekends show in Luxembourg. There are some people that only post at each forum as well and some like Lori at TJ do amazing work that I would miss otherwise. She did one of the best Medievel stories I have ever seen in Playmobil this last year.

[PlayMoto]

same here,PF is "my" homebase, but KW is interesting too follow.

Only downside for staying in one lingo, such as English, you miss a lot of interesting people who only speak their own native language.
A lot of older and younger Dutch for example are bad in English.
On the other hand, seeing all the different languages used on PCC 

[Rhalius]

I only check playmofriends myself, and the PCC. Aside from that I'm also keeping up with twitter and a gaming forum, with a few other spots I check rarely so I tend to be busy enough with keeping up with everything.

[Birdie]

On the other hand, seeing all the different languages used on PCC 

Exactly, and that's probably what an 'all-languages-are-allowed' forum would look like.

[Hadoque]

I consider Playmofriends (PF) and Klickywelt (KW) as my "home-forums", though I write somewhat more overhere then on KW.
My English writing-skills are still a bit better then my German ones and so it is still a bit easier for me do discuss things in English.

I´m also registered on the international forum Tricorne-Jock (TJ) and the Spanish forum Playclicks (PC), but I don´t have enought time to check those on a regular basis, not to speak of participating there.
It´s been a long while since I vistited any dedicated French forum, it is just too much all together.
Concerning Laughing Giraffe (LG), I registered there as well after Playmoboard (PB) split up many years ago, but LG never got much traction.

I think it is good the major language-groups have / keep  their own forum (not everyone speaks / understands multiple languages) so people can express themselves fluently in their mother-tongue (or a common language like f.e. English), but I wish the PCC had a better format so the ones who want to communicate internationally would have a common place to do so in an effective way.