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  • #242
    Cloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,053 ✭✭✭Cloud


    I get you, AH only has two extra rows at the top though where Poker has 4-5 - but it's no problem to change back - all in favour say aye...


  • #243
    Ste05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭Ste05


    Cloud wrote: »
    Sure we can do that - it just saves having to scroll down every time you want to read the main poker forum threads the way it is now - do you want to poll your members or get some more feedback before I change it back?
    Na, there's already some grumbling about it... :pac:

    Thanks Cloud.


  • #244
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    So far I like it, I know it is still up for change.

    One or two things,

    It does look more organised, but still feels as if there are too many forums. I could get lost in it. I feel sorry for the first guy that goes looking for the Competition Entries forum :-)

    No generic Games forum? Can't myself using the category too much any more with out a general forum :/ The old general games forum was great, it covered everything, news, reviews, chatter etc.


  • #245
    Cloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,053 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Sounds like a plan, I'm good for merging anything that needs to be merged.

    Games is there under Games > Games > Games > Games > Games, oh wait, that's just Games > Games > Games.

    Actually, I had changed the Games sub category to Video Games and then had a Video Games forum in there, does that make any more sense?


  • #246
    Mantel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭Mantel


    Rabies wrote: »
    No generic Games forum? Can't myself using the category too much any more with out a general forum :/ The old general games forum was great, it covered everything, news, reviews, chatter etc.

    It's still there and still called games, it's just in a submenu like the poker forum was. Perhaps it can be changed aswell? :)


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  • #247
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Rabies wrote: »
    So far I like it, I know it is still up for change.

    One or two things,

    It does look more organised, but still feels as if there are too many forums. I could get lost in it. I feel sorry for the first guy that goes looking for the Competition Entries forum :-)

    No generic Games forum?

    It's still there. More of a visual reorganisation than a solution to the perceived problem.


  • #248
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Rabies wrote: »

    No generic Games forum? Can't myself using the category too much any more with out a general forum :/ The old general games forum was great, it covered everything, news, reviews, chatter etc.

    there is...games>games surely?


  • #249
    Kurtosis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭Kurtosis


    I think it's a great improvement, tidied up a huge amount and should make it easier for people to find the right forum for different discussions instead of missing out on it in the long list previously there.

    Better to take small steps, see how they work out and then make any further changes based on how the initial reorganisation worked out.


  • #250
    Cloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,053 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Yep we can push the Games forum back up to the top; would Game Awards / Editing / Reviews / Webgames / Arcade then be subforums?

    Thanks for the positive feedback so far.


  • #251
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,025 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Thanks for the reorganisation but the Games->games->games thing in my view will make it harder for people to just find the generic forum.

    What about Games-->Games and Games--->Games sub--->etc


    Or maybe somebody has a better idea?


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  • #252
    Rev Hellfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭Rev Hellfire


    Its certainly a move in the right direction, though personally I think the use of actual forums rather than categories to contain the sub-forums would have been better, giving the best of both worlds.

    For example have the "First-Person Shooter" category as a forum will allow general fps topics to go there while those who want more targetted responses can goto the battlefield forum for example. Hey but that's just me.

    or you could do a Games forum with a games subforum which redirects back to the root games forum :)


  • #253
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    Cloud wrote: »
    Sounds like a plan, I'm good for merging anything that needs to be merged.

    Games is there under Games > Games > Games > Games > Games, oh wait, that's just Games > Games > Games.

    Actually, I had changed the Games sub category to Video Games and then had a Video Games forum in there, does that make any more sense?

    Ah, sweet. Thanks. Missed it.

    I'd like to see Games right at the top. Games--> Games and leave it at that, then what ever else happens :D
    Games is where the cool kids hang out


  • #254
    Cloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,053 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Can still do that Rev - but it probably just applies to Games, MM and RPG now - is that right?


  • #255
    Cloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,053 ✭✭✭Cloud


    BTW I'd propose merging some of these subfora into the main forums where they are unused.


  • #256
    Rev Hellfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭Rev Hellfire


    I think you can safely merge the Age of Conan and perhaps the Lord of the rings online back into the Massively Multiplayer forum,
    I'd give the warhammer one a stay of execution to see if it picks up.


  • #257
    Mantel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭Mantel


    Cloud wrote: »
    Can still do that Rev - but it probably just applies to Games, MM and RPG now - is that right?

    Strategy would probably be another that could be a forum with sub-forums, unless it's being merged :)


  • #258
    Cloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,053 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Should Gaming Miniatures and Cards and Magic the Gathering go into Tabletop?


  • #259
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Cloud wrote: »
    Can still do that Rev - but it probably just applies to Games, MM and RPG now - is that right?

    Yeah, I think so.

    As a Games mod I think the changes are needed and so far encouraging. I'd love though to know that you'd be able to make further changes if they appear necessary other the coming days/weeks.


  • #260
    Cloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,053 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Of course, I will do my best in the limited amount of free time I have...


  • #261
    Rev Hellfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭Rev Hellfire


    Cloud wrote: »
    Should Gaming Miniatures and Cards and Magic the Gathering go into Tabletop?

    Yeah I think you should move Gaming Miniatures and the cards out of Roleplaying.

    You could also move the Elder Scrolls into Roleplaying as well.

    Replacing the Category with the roleplaying forum would be a good idea as well (imho etc etc).


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  • #262
    Cloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,053 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Age of Conan merged, LotR left as still semi-active...


  • #263
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,725 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    Ooh, that's a lot neater alright.

    Good work guys.

    [pedant]Poker isn't prefixed with an ellipsis in the dropdown.[/pedant]


  • #264
    Rev Hellfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭Rev Hellfire


    Might be worth looking at the other games under hosted, for a start moving Dawn of War into strategy would be worth doing.

    I think those forums would be more active in a more 'public' place.


    thxs for the hard work, watch out rsi with all these mouse clicks :)


  • #265
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 54,731 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Just want to say thanks to the admins for listening.


  • #266
    rizzla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,977 ✭✭✭rizzla


    Looks much neater and usually with change it takes awhile to get used to something different but the re-vamp just clicks immediately.

    Maybe First Person Shooters could just be Shooters. GTA, Resident Evil and MGS wouldn't really be FPS's. Tiny gripe but easily livable with it as is.


  • #267
    Cloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,053 ✭✭✭Cloud


    No problem, real life interfering for me anyway with new baby/job/house all happening, plus a book to finish co-writing in the next week!! Also, Vex is off with a sprained ankle, CuLT is flu-ed to the hilt and... :D


  • #268
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Rev Hellfire wrote: »
    Might be worth looking at the other games under hosted, for a start moving Dawn of War into strategy would be worth doing.

    I think those forums would be more active in a more 'public' place.


    Hmmm....excepted those 'hosted' forums are in Hosted for a reason and shouldn't be confused with 'normal' Boards forums (or so I learned before Xmas) :)


  • #269
    Dustaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Dustaz


    I like it, Thumbs up :)


  • #270
    norrie rugger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,656 ✭✭✭norrie rugger


    Huge thread guys so forgive me if these are answered

    Looks neater but I know you will get pedants fighting their game classification.

    Is there going to be a post count? such as a forum that has less than 3 posts a month gets removed?


    One thing that I always though would be a good rule to have in the games fora is that if you are talking about a multi format game that your thread title should have
    [PS3] or [Xbox] or [PC] etc so that people are not talking about points in one format that is not relavent to others across many threads.

    I noticed this especially when people were discussing COD4 online features/weakness


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  • #271
    Rev Hellfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭Rev Hellfire


    Some of the hosted ones where placed there to avoid the crowding issue we have now. I think for the games forums it can only help them get traffic.

    I think that while you could bin the Irish Games Server Administration forum there may be merit in making it public since you do still get topics on hosting games and a few of us still manage servers etc.

    Perhaps moving it into games and resetting the access list so its public would be a good idea and rename it to Game Server Administration ?


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