Forum Reorganization, Feedback Please

2006-09-10 11:49:31

#76

MajorHoulahan_MASH: Member; +31|6940

Varegg wrote:
Seemingly BF2-Chatter is the without a doubt biggest section, i would never cleen that out but rather refine it and make a chatter section for all the subforums, because all that chatter will appear as spam in the other sub`s and major derailment to any serious topic !

A sectioncleaning is about time since the forum is over a year old now and maybe delete all post`s older than 3 months as a refresh except in the featured posts section, might ask the authors of those to update them ?
Other than that your new heading looks promising and keep the BF2S.COM section

I do agree with the first remark concerning the Chatter section.
Until now i was happy there was a clear distinction between : chatter, complain, praise.

I do not think its a good idea to just pile those different moods into one big heap as in "general remarks".

Cleaning all but 3 months old is a bit strong, i do read/post in some older threads sometimes, just because i like to use the SEARCH function in the forum !
I would suggest: older than 6 months.

Overall, clean set-up , fresh start.

Last edited by MajorHoulahan_MASH (2006-09-11 07:38:19)

2006-09-10 11:52:01

#77

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|6975|Argentina

It looks fine, but I suggest in Community you include a section for jokes. The sticky is not the same as a section only for them in the community section.

2006-09-10 11:58:52

#78

MajorHoulahan_MASH: Member; +31|6940

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
There should be a new members/FAQ section, where many of the sticky posts, rules, general questions, and general things the community is sick of hearing. New people could go there and hopefully answer the question themselves, or at least be easily directed to it. I think a FAQ would go a long way to reducing spam.

Absolutely: FAQ section - Frequently Asked Questions !!

new members
> new BF2s Forum members
> new BF2/BF2142 players

2006-09-10 11:59:28

#79

Storgie: how about this thread for whiners; +15|6792|federal way washington

you need one in junk for general bitching as in that game op kicked me for no reason or everyone thinks i am hacking cause i am just so dang good, lol

2006-09-10 12:14:42

#80

Roger Lesboules: Ah ben tabarnak!; +316|6795|Abitibi-Temiscamingue. Québec!

sergeriver wrote:
It looks fine, but I suggest in Community you include a section for jokes. The sticky is not the same as a section only for them in the community section.

Il say like my buddy up there....It look all fine..but a joke section would be awesome...BUT you will need to call it :Fancy Pollux Home...cuz Fancy is a prank by himself lol...

2006-09-10 12:57:51

#81

kessel!: Peruvian Cocaine; +261|6982|Toronto Canada

how about passworded sub forums for the different "camps"

2006-09-10 13:07:53

#82

polarbearz: Raiders of the Lost Bear; +-1,474|7006|Singapore

polarbearz wrote:
Mods dedicated to each section? Don't have them across the table.

<----

2006-09-10 13:17:43

#83

Maj.Do: Member; +85|6969|good old CA

Sounds good too me

2006-09-10 13:30:31

#84

beeng: Get C4, here!; +66|7004

The "junk drawer" is kind of blah ;P
I find a lot of deliciously entertaining material in the not-bf2s forum

2006-09-10 14:11:57

#85

wiskeykiller4u: Member; +0|6656

chuyskywalker wrote:
I'm looking at reorganizing the forums in the near future, and I thought I should get some feed back from the people who use the thing before I went and threw it all up in the air. Here's what I'm thinking:
Code:
Release Titles (x)
 - Battlefield 2 (o)
   - Techniques, Strategies, and Guides
   - General Feedback (Complain, Praise, Bugs)
   - Game News and Updates
 - Battlefield 2142 (o)
   - Techniques, Strategies, and Guides
   - General Feedback (Complain, Praise, Bugs)
   - Game News and Updates

Expansions & Mods (x)
 - Armored Fury
 - Euro Force
 - Special Forces
 - POE2

Community (x)
 - Junk Drawer (previously "not bf2s")
 - Debate and Serious Talk
 - Tech
 - Clans (x)
   - Looking For Members
   - Looking For Clan

BF2S Section remains mostly the same, Probably move "Featured Posts" under it.
(x) means no posts in this forum, (o) means general posts allowed, all final chain forums posting allowed

Omissions? Exclusions? Inclusions? Let me know.

2006-09-10 14:20:11

#86

wiskeykiller4u: Member; +0|6656

you need to fix the way that you get you'er badges and the time it takes to get them ...you should not take 100 hrs to get a badge.. and it should not take 50 kill's as well.. and you need to update sooner..thank you

2006-09-10 14:26:22

#87

lt.pritchard: Member; +4|6856|Napoleon, Ohio

Like it...seems like it loads much faster also.

2006-09-10 14:45:13

#88

beeng: Get C4, here!; +66|7004

hmmm just make sure we don't need to click through 5 menus to get to what we want

2006-09-10 14:52:10

#89

lt.pritchard: Member; +4|6856|Napoleon, Ohio

beeng wrote:
hmmm just make sure we don't need to click through 5 menus to get to what we want

Karma Karma Karma for those pics got damn...

2006-09-10 14:53:16

#90

KungfuBeer: The King of Beers; +31|6947|SoCal

looks good

2006-09-10 14:55:04

#91

(T)eflon(S)hadow: R.I.P. Neda; +456|7046|Grapevine, TX

X3M*Selkie wrote:
~Smokey~ wrote:
Buzerk1 wrote:
Sounds nice, I would add a section specific to "Patches" in both BF2 and BF2142
chuy's sexy new list wrote:
Game News and Updates
QFE

Very nice organized look, seems very efficient and will load faster/ run on the great BF2S.com server , much better

Last edited by (T)eflon(S)hadow (2006-09-10 14:57:22)

2006-09-10 14:55:29

#92

Darkhelmet: cereal killer; +233|6968|the middle of nowhere

polarbearz wrote:
polarbearz wrote:
Mods dedicated to each section? Don't have them across the table.
<----

Holy crap i just realized what the <---- was for POLARBEARZ HAS NEGATIVE KARMA AGAIN WOOT!!!!!!

Also: Chuy this is an awsome idea.

2006-09-10 14:59:37

#93

beeng: Get C4, here!; +66|7004

Darkhelmet wrote:
polarbearz wrote:
polarbearz wrote:
Mods dedicated to each section? Don't have them across the table.
<----
Holy crap i just realized what the <---- was for POLARBEARZ HAS NEGATIVE KARMA AGAIN WOOT!!!!!!

Also: Chuy this is an awsome idea.

hahaah -1600?
that's amazing

2006-09-10 15:27:25

#94

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|6983|Cambridge (UK)

Phoenix2 wrote:
ThomasMorgan wrote:
I like it.

However, may I recommend an "OMFG ITS THE WEEKEND AND MY STATS R DOWN!" subforum?
I agree

Make that FAQ forums within each main group of forums and I'd agree. Of course, it's not going to stop all the "OMFG ITS THE WEEKEND AND MY STATS R DOWN!" posts but at least it'll provide a place to put the answers to those questions and somewhere to direct newbies towards...

2006-09-10 15:32:51

#95

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|6983|Cambridge (UK)

Spark wrote:
All fine, 'cept for one thing:

Set SOME kind of restriction/permissions system for the Debate forum. Please. I know this was in place before, and it would probably make it less retarded (in the average quality of posts) then it is now.

This would be a bad idea.

Firstly, who gets to decide who has the right to post in that section and who doesn't?

Secondly, the people who aren't allowed to post there will just use other parts of the forums for posts that should be going in that section.

2006-09-10 15:52:44

#96

LoonykStephane: Member; +34|6754|Kingston,Ontario,Canada

Whatever you do...it's a user thing...People without prior knowledge on how to use Search will still post anywhere with: (OMG Help...I did not know where to post this but...).

You guys do an awesome job in here...

2006-09-10 16:48:47

#97

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6818|132 and Bush

Maybe under junk drawer have a jokes section, media (movies images) section, or a buy sell computer stuff section.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2006-09-10 17:20:38

#98

jnick: Member; +22|6999

I like it

2006-09-10 17:22:06

#99

ShotYourSix: Boldly going nowhere...; +196|6936|Las Vegas

wiskeykiller4u wrote:
you need to fix the way that you get you'er badges and the time it takes to get them ...you should not take 100 hrs to get a badge.. and it should not take 50 kill's as well.. and you need to update sooner..thank you

^^^ I think we also need a "Mentally Challenged" section. ^^^

2006-09-10 19:57:03

#100

Mad Ad: Member; +178|6728|England, UK

Release Titles (x)
- Battlefield 2 (o)
- Techniques, Strategies, and Guides
- General Feedback (Complain, Praise, Bugs)
- Game News and Updates

So everything about the bf2 vanilla game will have to go into that new structure - I cant see it being useful tbh, unless of course the aim is to create a big everything and everything forum- at least like it is now I dont have to read the complaint or praise forums if I dont want to but also having to read help posts in with complaints prasie AND whats normally in the general chat forum in one place would be a bit of a pain imo.

Ok so news and updates is expanding Patch chatter into something a bit wider, thats great, Tech strat and guides is sort of a mod specific rename of featured posts, thats ok too, but there must be some way to avoid throwing everythig else into a single forum? imo try keep the same sections but perhaps combine praise and complaints and let them fight it out in one forum? Also I see the word feedback, who are we feeding back to? its probably chatter?

Maybe carve it up into sections? something like this?

Code:

Release Titles (x)

- Battlefield 2142 (o)
   - Game News and Updates
   - General Chat
   - Bugs and Improvements

 - Battlefield 2 (o)
   - Game News and Updates
   - Techniques, Strategies, and Guides
   - General Chat
   - BF2 Help
   - Praise or Complain [*1]
   - Bugs and Improvements

Official Expansions (x)
 - SF, EF and Armored Fury Chatter
 - Expansion Help
 - Praise or Complain [*3] 
 - Bugs and Improvements


3rd Party Mods (x)
 - POE2
 - Blah [*2]
 - Mod Help

*1 ..could be called somethign better, like game comments, rant & praise forum, love it or hate it, etc
*2 ..rake up some mods to list, im not into mods so have no idea what ppl are playing apart from poe
*3 .. im sure few would care if this was dumped from this section

(Add in Help, and Techniques, Strategies, and Guides to 2142 as and when its relased or becomes popular, no point yet)

I know its not much different to whats done before, but it worked- just it got a bit untidy lately, anyway hope this gives you some more ideas, I wont be offended if you totally ignore my suggestions, just please dont throw everything in with everything else

Last edited by Mad Ad (2006-09-10 19:59:23)

BF2S Forums Forum Reorganization, Feedback Please

Varegg wrote:

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

sergeriver wrote:

polarbearz wrote:

chuyskywalker wrote:

Code:

beeng wrote:

X3M*Selkie wrote:

~Smokey~ wrote:

Buzerk1 wrote:

chuy's sexy new list wrote:

polarbearz wrote:

polarbearz wrote:

Darkhelmet wrote:

polarbearz wrote:

polarbearz wrote:

Phoenix2 wrote:

ThomasMorgan wrote:

Spark wrote:

wiskeykiller4u wrote:

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