Suggestions on how to improve the forums

[ryannumber1gamer]

I made this thread so people can discuss how the fourms can be improved so i'll start off.

I think the classics part of the thread should be back in the main menu of the fourms with all the rest of the forums topics because since they are in the classics hardly anyone ever replys anymore to them.

[Johro]

How did you manage to make the same typo 3 times in a row? That takes skill.
At this point, I'm starting to think that sign-up security should be increased. Reviewing accounts before granting access, or other safeguards. The spamming is getting ridiculous.

[Darth Marsden]

There's a bunch of typos in his post. I think he doesn't even bother to check something once he's typed it.

I'll agree with the security thing. I've seen more than a few bots slip through the net.

Beyond that, nothing really comes to mind. Maybe ask people to stop making new threads for every little thing that pops into their head? I dunno.

[Friar]

It would be nice if the forums didn't go down every day at around 9AM. But I guess that's necessary.

[DAISHI]

Originally Posted by Friar

It would be nice if the forums didn't go down every day at around 9AM. But I guess that's necessary.

Bloody hell you must be in England.

[Ribs]

It doesn't email me everyone's password when They sign up please fix

[Giant Tope]

Lets not do user verification. Our mod staff is way too small for that and it would just drive new people away to wait.

What needs to be done is the creation of a code of conduct for mods because it's kind of the wild west and some people get banned for the smallest things while others doing worse stick around forever. It's just very odd. The whole prevalence of post deletion is also very odd.

While I like our mods, theres just a huge air of unprofessionalism and disorganisation about them, akin to the staff at an anime convention. It's kinda annoying at times to witness.

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by ryannumber1gamer

I made this thread so people can discuss how the fourms can be inproved

I think the forums would be greatly improved if people had proper grammar and spelling.

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by DAISHI

Bloody hell you must be in England.

Hello!

Yeah, it going dark around 9AM our time is a tad frustrating, since it's when I'm usually still around. But then again, if they moved it back an hour, I suppose someone else would just get upset. Damned if they do...

[Haggis]

Change the blue to red, which is not only the official Telltale colour, but also my favourite colour.

(Or is there some psychological reason for not doing this? As in, red makes forum users more aggressive?)

[Giant Tope]

If we wanted the forums to be a calmer place, youd want to make the place seafoam green. Theres a reason why asylums were painted that color, you know.,other than being easy on the eyes of doctors who just got out of surgery and seeimg a ton of blood...

[DAISHI]

Which of my Brit friends are taking me to Gordon Ramsays this summer?

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by DAISHI

Which of my Brit friends are taking me to Gordon Ramsays this summer?

I would, but the bank won't let me take out a loan big enough.

[puzzlebox]

Originally Posted by DAISHI

Which of my Brit friends are taking me to Gordon Ramsays this summer?

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

I would, but the bank won't let me take out a loan big enough.

Ramsay has restaurants in NYC and Los Angeles as well. If you'd been able to get to Maze (NYC) during restaurant week just gone, you could've had a 3-course dinner for $35. Although if you're anything like me, you'll spend as much on drinks as you do on dinner.

[DAISHI]

Ramsays actually offers low priced fare in addition to its standard, glam menu.

[Darth Marsden]

*sigh*

DAMMIT GUYS STOP RUINING THE JOKE

[corruptbiggins]

Someone should nuke the Walking Dead section. **shudder**

I shouldn't keep going in there but it's like going past the scene of an accident, you can't help but look and look I do. Then I get annoyed and want to punch through my monitor to get at the crazy stupid people. Sick of having to add people to my ignore list...

[ryannumber1gamer]

No most of the Walking Dead discussions are as follows:

''It's been one day over a month wheres my episode 3?!!?!?''
''Look just give them a bit more time and do something else''
''NO! I WANT MY EPISODE 3!!!!''
''You need to give them time''
''I'm going to conplain about this on their fourms!!!'
''(Faceplaim)''

In over words people. Shut up about it now coming a month later. You do know their are games that other fourms members are waiting for like Sly Cooper Thieves In Time & Luigi's Mansion 2 which has been delayed for about 4 or 5 months now till early 2013.

[Alcoremortis]

Have a section of the forum rules clearly state how much $80 is worth. Just for those of us who might not know that or need assistance figuring it out.

[Vainamoinen]

Originally Posted by Giant Tope

What needs to be done is the creation of a code of conduct for mods because it's kind of the wild west and some people get banned for the smallest things while others doing worse stick around forever. It's just very odd. The whole prevalence of post deletion is also very odd.

While I like our mods, theres just a huge air of unprofessionalism and disorganisation about them, akin to the staff at an anime convention. It's kinda annoying at times to witness.

The impression is fair to share, but I will add that you do not have enough insight to assess the situation completely. You only see when people get banned, but the why necessarily remains a guess for you, one that will go amiss half of the time. You have to make up whether a moderator action was justified by estimating how quick a situation was resolved or by how much of the situation you actually witnessed, and in a whole lot of cases, what the situation actually was. You might have seen one small trigger out of a total of eight and think you've got the whole picture.

As for moderator rules, they exist. Some few behind the scenes, most of them very much out in the open (a "forum rule violation" demands moderator action).

Concerning unprofessionalism, I have been around long enough now to witness how most moderators were nominated, and I could not be more happy with the result. The wild west appeal of the present bunch might be visible, but it's due to trying times that guns are raised. Each of the Magnificent Seven (all right, I didn't count) is a real character with her/his own strong views, areas of expertise and favored areas of operation, and still we have managed to work together as a team. They're doing professional work as volunteers, each and every one, in an organized manner from all parts of the world, and I will not depart an inch from that assessment.

A moderator who bans, infracts, deletes or edits posts or stomps his foot in a thread questions her/himself. ALWAYS. She or he explicitly announces member and reason for ban or infraction in the mod forum. Other mods and occasionally admins assess and give feedback. And we're certainly not nodding off each other. Conflicts among mods sometimes arise, and I welcome them. The moderator I disagree with most often might be the one I value most.

Originally Posted by Johro

At this point, I'm starting to think that sign-up security should be increased. Reviewing accounts before granting access, or other safeguards. The spamming is getting ridiculous.

Suggestions are being made continuously, and I am rather sure that a solution will come. I just don't know WHEN...

Originally Posted by corruptbiggins

Someone should nuke the Walking Dead section. **shudder**

Takes just five minutes... all gone... DON'T TEMPT ME MAN!!!1!oneeleven!!