Although I don't think the Tiny Speck team means it this way, "off-topic" seems derogatory. Perhaps people would be happier taking their discussions that are less directly relevant to the game to a forum named "Chatter" or "Talk amongst yourselves" or ... "The big blue room"? I don't know, something positive. (Certainly, a lot of the high-volume discussions that have gone on during downtime were more appropriate to such a forum, but "off-topic" has stayed really quiet during downtime.)