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(See the best response by Nadrew.)
Do you need a forum spot here to host games that others can play?
Best response
I'm not sure what you mean by "forum spot", but you don't actually need anything on the BYOND website to host a game others can play, you simply need to give them your IP and port and they can join manually.

If you want the benefit of server listings and the goodies that come along with those (medals, scores, publicity, etc...) you'd have to make a Hub entry on the website and link your game to that.

You don't ever have to use the forums if you don't want to though, you have the option of cross-posting things from the forums provided with Hub entries to the "Game Updates" forum, but there is no obligation to do so, or even use the BYOND-provided forums.
Thanks, that answers it.