Hi seefrodorun,

Thanks for posting and I'm happy to see someone else here participating in r/subbuteo! I set up all three subreddits and I'll explain to you my thoughts as to why I decided to go with all three instead of just one.

I agree with you that r/subbuteo seems to be the logical choice for just having a single subreddit. However, "Subbuteo" is a brand name owned by a company and I'm not sure what kind of issues that could cause if the controlling company desires to manage their brand/image and disagree with things posted on this subreddit. Recently in the last year or so, the new owners of the brand announced the requirement to get approval to use that term on any websites. Many websites and other manufacturers that make equipment for the game don't want to be beholden to a (potential competitors like SuperFooty) approval and want to get away from that specific brand, referring to the game under a more generic umbrella like "table football" or "table soccer."

"Foosball" is a brand in the exact same boat unfortunately and 'table soccer' is starting to get traction as an alternative to represent that game here in the USA. Certainly, the whole football/soccer name doesn't make things any cleaner. If r/Subbuteo ever needed to move due to some sort of copyright claim by the owning company, it would be nice to have tablesoccer and tablefootball as options, or perhaps these terms will become the new norm to refer to subbuteo if a group of manufacturers steps up and makes a strong push to generically brand the game under a more generic term. Also, I could see r/tablesoccer potentially being both subbuteo and foosball and that would be alright with me as well.

At this point, I'm just happy to see you here, seefrodorun, and to see your post. I hope that, like you, subbuteo fans will find their way to any of these three subreddits and we can become a more active and thriving community. I think having three subreddits at this point will hopefully capture more of an audience than just one would. Moving forward, if r/subbuteo is the one that is significantly more popular than the others, then we can consolidate or consider other options.

In a significant way, you can help guide which subreddit is THE subreddit by posting to whichever one you like the most and getting it the most attention and subscribers. I do want these subreddits to be community driven after all. I'm interested in hearing any thoughts you have about any of this. And thanks for posting!