Given the recent changes, this thread is specifically for feedback on them. Like 'em? Hate 'em? Got suggestions on how to make them a little bit better? Complaints about Dracos renaming everything for the fiftieth time?
Drop 'em here and we'll hear them. Thanks for your support.
Dracos
We seem to have lost the "woe is me, my life sucks" forum. i think it used to be called something involving flint. At any rate, I can't find it now.
Yeah. We did. It got combined with Otik's Table since frankly it got about a post per four months on it and the original reason for creating it separately (so that bitching wouldn't discourage casual chat) really isn't in danger.
So now the land of bitchin' is the same as the country table. Drink, Spread cheer, and whine. All in one spot =P
Dracos
Apostrophes make the custom title system hiccup and spray random debugging gibberish all over my screen.
Cool.
Yon custom title system hath been repaired. Use apostrophization to thy heart's content.
Ooh, you found the fix for that, cool. Going to implement it at the DL too?
Why is it that in some forums when you post to a topic the topic is bumped up but in others it isn't?
Because we are the secret masters. We stand behind the curtain and pull the strings that make what you think are other people dance. We have the power. We are men who have exceed--
*gets elbowed in the gut by Drac*
Ow....
No ... idea. Hal, Drac?
More information please. which forums?
If you're referring to the anime/manga forums, they are default sorted alphabetically and not by last post.
Dracos
Ah, that would be my problem then. I was specifically thinking about the review board. I was wondering why that last slayers post was marked 'to read' but wasn't showing up on the first page. Didn't realize it was arranged that way.
yeah. I'll have to give thoughts to a better schema for that.
Interface design ++!
Dracos
Quote from: "Dracos"yeah. I'll have to give thoughts to a better schema for that.
Meh. I'd leave it the way it is. Alphabetical is handy, especially when the board amasses more pages than it currently has. Maybe you should just add the fact that it's alphabetical in the description.
Speaking of Alphabetical, I think it would be a smashingly great idea to format the game review page the same way. I've had to wade through there many a time to see if anyone had reviewed a certain game.
It's a thought.
We're still working on an overall better interface for reviews in general. Anyhow, for now, you can switch it to alphabetical if you want by modifying the viewing style at the bottom of every forum. Specifically: Sort by Topic Title, ascending.
Dracos
The fans require Soulriders T-shirts, so that they may be properly clad when gaming.
We're working on it~!
Serious question to you guys: Thoughts on the new front page? Inuyasha-chan did an excellent job on it and we're curious on how folks are taking the changes.
Dracos
I noticed while reading that the title of the site had been changed from "Anime and Gaming Realm" to simply "Gaming Realm" or some such, sans "Anime." Frankly, I wasn't so sure this was all that accurate a reduction. I know that I certainly discuss anime in this community a lot, as do many others. While there may not be many anime games going on right now, I feel that anime is still a large part of the community. Also, I'm not involved directly in any of the online games here, and silly as it sounds, the title change seems a little alienating. I'm not trying to make a huge point or anything, but I just feel that there's a lot more going on here than just gaming.
There is, it was just our PR type folks thought it was cleaner and more direct. Basically, less chance of being blurred alongside hundreds of anime forums when we eventually get to doing advertising campaigns >_>
I'd like more than anyone else to see anime take a larger role here, but at the moment it's more just a casual area we discuss than a major part. I dunno. Might be coming across wrong =) Not trying to alienate folks with that, so much as try and make the primary focus less hodgepodge and easier to recruit folks with.
Dracos
Not sure where to put this, but Odin's java doohickey still goes to pyoko.
Good to know. I'll have him fix that.
Dracos
Since all the individual game boards are now on the main list rather than in a subforum, can I suggest moving The Thunder of Gaming so it appears above The Gaming Tables? Those boards are all way busier, and having the burial grounds appear above current games is just wrong.
Reasonable. It is a middle step in hopefully making the forums more user friendly. I make such happen now though =)
Dracos