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This is a list of the threads from before the site restructure that have recently been declassified. Most of them are outdated, but may make for worthwhile reading anyway. The threads in bold are suggested reading, the italicized threads have been merged. The comments are there to provide context to the links, but mainly because I was bored.

[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23969]8/8 Sacred East update checklist[/url] -> archived
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22315]A Few Map 2 Thoughts[/url] -> archived; on axing the Telvanni library and Dust Adepts. I'm all on board for the former idea, frankly not at all sold on the latter.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23479]A new Census of Morrowind[/url] -> Lore & Quest Discussion; not sure why this was hidden away, but not terribly pertinent. We can reference it if we feel like it, when we feel like it.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24240]Akamora, Miners Club[/url] -> archived; insignificant
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23778]Alma Interior Planning[/url] -> archived
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22868]Almalexia[/url] -> archived; in which we decide to re-do Almalexia. The time before last. Theo has a post and pretty picture roughly illustrating good city design -- though he says far less than could be said on the subject -- and Adanorcil establishes himself in my mind as a soothsayer. "In TR's time-honored tradition, we generally begin doing this kind of thing too soon and too recklessly. [...] but in another time-honored tradition, the intention to suddenly start doing stuff tends to flare up here overnight. (And deflates equally quickly afterwards.)" How long do I have to live, master Adanorcil? In which stocks shall I invest? When will the world end?
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23529]Almalexia Lore and NPC Planning[/url] -> archived; a lot of outdated background stuff that might be worth reading. Rather short.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24056]Almalexia Post-Mortem[/url] -> archived; if you're pining for more Almalexia discussion, this thread is for you! I do think some of the points raised are still valid, though TR has much improved since this was posted. (I don't remember having read any 'real-world cities often have an inconvenient layout'-type arguments in a while).
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24587]Almalexia/Indoril Proposals Vote[/url] -> archived
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24077]alpha release[/url] -> archived; as though we don't have enough threads about this. (Swiftoak counted 4).
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23509]Archmagister Dral[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; great Telvanni-related stuff, relatively short, worth looking at.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23992]Ash swamp at Kogotel - what to call it?[/url] -> archived; we have since settled on Grey Meadows.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23120]Baan Malur, claim 5-1[/url] -> archived; interesting if you want to read how the current Baan Malur came to be, but focused on practical implementation and thus not very relevant to planning or anything.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23869]Creative Philosophy at TR[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; this might just be my personal interest coming in, but I think the links are worth reading; most specifically the link in the second to last post, which I think has a lot of relevant points to make about asset design but also -- to a degree -- more general game design.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22343]Deshaan Plains[/url] -> Concept Art; short discussion, but may be worth a peek.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22207]Dres Architecture Functionals Requests Post[/url] -> archived; draft for the relevant FCGs.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22185]Dres Exterior Architecture[/url] -> Concept Art; design discussion on Dres architecture; will be worth looking at when we return to the subject.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22396]Exterior 4-8[/url] -> archived; old Kragenmoor stuff.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22407]FCG discussion thread[/url] -> Concept Art; internal planning for the Focused Concept Group topics. Quite a lot of pictures and discussions; might be worth a look.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23932]Future of the model/texture department[/url] -> Models & Textures; by and large outdated
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22191]Future Releases[/url] -> archived; naturally outdated.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24149]Gearing up for the new website[/url] -> archived
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=21920]Goals I[/url] -> archived; mostly irrelevant after the site restructure, though I haven't read it thoroughly.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=21941]House Hlaalu[/url] -> archived; really short precursor to the Hlaalu Brainstorming Thread. Worth looking at if only for its brevity.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=21940]House Indoril[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; I think we should have kept Sload's names for the Indoril Councillors. Grandeth Ascendentoril sounds like a great name for the Grand Ascendant. Pre-forum restructure pre-Indoril proposal stuff which probably contains some interesting nuggets, though I haven't read through it.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23525]House Redoran, writeup and story proposal[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; relevant to House Redoran discussion. As these threads tend to develop, starts out with the story bit and then becomes a settlement discussion.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23013]House Telvanni Faction Quest Design[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; either very outdated or from the fyoochur, depending on your outlook and how things develop. There's a lot to read, but that includes a lot of interesting ideas and mostly explains why the Telvanni corner of Swiftoak's map looks the way it does. Probably worth reading before we continue discussion on House Telvanni, at any rate.

[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22693]Imperial forts and big cities[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; idea for Imperial forts near major cities is proposed and shot down.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23326]Imperial guilds planning[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; very important for discussion of Imperial guilds.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23573]Interesting Immersion tie-in[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; random idea about early game that didn't need to be in the hidden forums.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?p=316787]IRC Minutes[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; haven't read these, and not sure if worth reading. Probably...
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24076]Knowledge that needs to be mapped[/url] -> archived; we're moving towards this by now.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24565]Making Andres a Reviewer[/url] -> archived; self-explanatory.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23836]Map 4 issues[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; very short and very outdated, but does surprisingly have working images. Apparently I was not the first to refer to Gol Mok as 'Shackville', which leaves me feeling creatively bankrupt.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23757]Map 6, Hlaalu/Dres - The Big Locations thread[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; mostly Dres stuff, and then Ald Marak and Ald Iuval. What Hlaalu stuff there is is outdated. Also contains a lot of ugly -- but working -- maps. Might be worth looking at, but honestly I just feel like plugging my concept for Dres lands at the tail end of the thread at every opportunity that presents itself. :P
Master Plan -> merged with Master Planning
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24228]Master Planning[/url], now "Master Planning (old)" -> Master Planning (sub-forum); you should probably read this. Contains discussion of the Master Plan which rounds out the document somewhat, as well as a range of other plans, many outdated, but others -- such as Sload's stab at a Thirr River Valley document -- never followed up on.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23556]MB HQ Int[/url] -> archived; on the aborted Molag Bal cult, includes a questline design document which might make for interesting light reading.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22692]Name Dedefecation[/url] -> archived; might be worth mining for names, but otherwise irrelevant.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22164]Necrom[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; probably worth reading, though I smacked my head reading the first page and haven't bothered reading any further. Actually, I read the last page as well, and mostly agree with Swiftoak's posts. For the record.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22990]Necrom NPCs & Dialogue[/url] -> archived; nice bit about Dunmer leaving the eyes of their dead open, as Dunmer dead keep watching over their kin rather than sleeping.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24337]New Interior Claims[/url] -> archived; sort of relevant again, but not really. Contains bickering.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22409]OE Castle's Exterior[/url] -> archived; might have interesting stuff past the first two or so pages. I advise you not to read the first two pages.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22771]OE City[/url] -> archived; I haven't read this carefully, but our plans for OE are advanced enough at this juncture that I don't see too much point in mining for ideas.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23267]On Cormaris, why it sucks, and what to do with it.[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; touches on a few topics I think will require further discussion, namely Cormaris, Imperial Forts and the ducal seat of Velothis District.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24324]Putting Almalexia Section Into Hiatus[/url] -> archived; *sigh*
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22467]q1-56 AKA The Former M1MQ and House Telvanni Overall[/url] -> archived; right before we decided to allow edits on Vvardenfell. I found the discussion interesting.
Quest design process proposal -> merged with Redesigning the Quest Department: A proposal
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22481]Quest organization[/url] -> archived; I feel we're pretty much following these points now. Could merge with the above, but meh.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24018]Ranking the Factions (and their conflicts)[/url] -> Master Planning; interesting discussion, and not really obsolete.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23994]Recruiting and advertising: any plans?[/url] -> archived
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24121]Redesigning the Quest Department: A proposal[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; worthwhile reading
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22273]Reich Parkeep - Generic Brainstorming[/url] -> archived; has a few interesting ideas, but I don't think this is terribly relevant.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23584]Releases[/url] -> archived; from when we scrapped the Map 1-6 system. Super relevant. That was sarcasm.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23823]Reviving the Literature Department[/url] -> Literature and Writing; haven't read through this thoroughly, but should be of interest in the context of literature. The Great TR Books Review is worth a read; it gives short summaries of -- now mostly removed -- TR books, which were generally not great and not worth a read.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=20019]River Politics on the Thirr (Required Reading)[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; this was never actually in a hidden forum, but it does say 'required reading', so I'm including it in this list anyway. It nicely summarizes the importance of the Thirr and lays the groundwork for the Thirr River Conflict.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22440]River Thirr[/url] -> archived; how the (mostly) current Thirr River Valley came to be. To be brutally honest, I'd cite this thread as an example of how not to plan a region; it's focused almost all on the visuals and cutting corners.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23370]Sacred East Parts[/url] -> archived; on region painting, I think. Irrelevant either way.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22361]Sailen[/url] -> archived; the rock-paper-scissors of MH, shack and Velothi tilesets. It settled on MH, we have on Velothi. Oh well. Style mixing is bad and temple exteriors should use the temple exterior models, if you didn't already know.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24003]secrets[/url] -> archived; on our propensity for keeping secrets.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22866]So, Bisandryon[/url] -> archived; how it came to have its current form.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24162]Splitting M3A6 for NPCing[/url] -> archived
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24584]Statement of Vision[/url] -> archived; vision successfully stated.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22295]The armun ashlands.[/url] -> archived; people misreading Sload's posts repeatedly.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23545]The early game: a first suggestion[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; very outdated, but does point out a few of the things that need to be kept in mind to provide an enjoyable early-game experience for the player.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22434]The fighter's guild[/url] -> archived; eh, you might find this interesting, I find it irrelevant.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23807]The Loneliness of January 5th, 2013...[/url] -> archived; extremely relevant and on topic.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24242]The new website[/url] -> archived
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24225]The Official What-the-Fuck-Is-Happening-with-Mainland Thread[/url] -> archived; might be worth glancing at, but for the most part just a big, self-contained mess.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22377]The Roth Roryn[/url] -> archived; how the current Roth Roryn came to be. Good road planning, decent technical end of region planning.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24361]TR Community Team Building[/url] -> archived
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24083]TR Professionalization: Let's talk[/url] -> archived; might be worth reading, as some interesting points were raised.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23987]TR Website Overhaul[/url] -> archived
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22696]Uld Vraech[/url] -> archived
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=22997]Velothi, the extremely stretched region[/url] -> TR Public Discussion; outdated, but explains a bit of the logic behind our current geography and 'Rift Pass'.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23722]Verulas Pass[/url] -> archived; discarded concept for Morag Tong.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23011]Vision and restrictions: a proposal[/url] -> archived; on editing Vvardenfell. Shows arguments from both sides, and largely explains the reasoning behind our final decision.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23789]Voice acting for Ordinators in Mourning[/url] -> Sound & Music; why this was in hidden forums we may never know. Probably due to the complaining about Leon.
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23633]Welcome Wagon[/url] -> archived
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24250]WIPs, secrecy and transparence[/url] -> TR Public Discussion
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