Searching the Backroom?

[Banquo's Ghost]

My understanding is that Andres is entirely right - the database for the Backroom is too big to implement a search of any sensible function.

There is the practical side effect that means most people can change their position without being exposed (apart from dedicated chaps like Lemur finding one out - and no-one believes him anyway ). As in most parliaments, this provides plausible deniability and maintains the tradition that no-one ever changes their mind in the Backroom.

[Tellos Athenaios]

But it would make for less “ping pong” if they could.

[miotas]

You could possibly use google to search for what you want. Type in some keywords from the thread you want and then type "site:forums.totalwar.org". Although that would search the entire forum, not just the backroom.

[pevergreen]

I think the backroom is hidden from that, though I may be mistaken. (it being an opt in forum that bots cant see?)

[caravel]

Correct - webcrawlers cannot see the backroom because it is a private forum that only members can view - therefore you won't see backroom threads showing up in search results.

You can use the search string miotas mentions however to search the rest of the forums. In fact doing so may be quicker than using the built in search (not to mention less taxing on the server) - for example

rome total war mods site:forums.totalwar.org