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After due consideration here are the results.
Everybody wants User Profiles.
RBS says lean some of the GAD prizes towards lesser forums to boost them and he suggests we include a "what's going on in the forums" or "forum news" somewhere.
Gaming Boy would like to see more input from the staff to start topics and kick-start discussion.
Grix suggests we have a tournament where we all download game to our PC and play against each other.
er-no wants a "who is here" link. You click on it and it tells you the names of most recent posters (good idea). And er-no wants the Notables to be given something to do (a request which I have just complied with in Chat forums)
TheBest_2K1 is keen on putting people in a hot seat. Everybody fires questions at the poor so...
Quazimodo would like links to your "Latest Post" and your web site url in your stats window (excellent).
Meka would like us to hold a song contest and have counters to see how many people have read a thread. pb backs this up with a similar request on reviews.
Cookie Monster suggests a Cluedo-style murder mystery event.
Dan2K1 would like on-line darts.
Dringo is keen to repeat some "Opposite Posts" - I believe this is intended to be head to head challenges on specific arguments.
Chr!stos says we should sometimes vote for Gameaday winners, instead of them being always picked by staff.
Salevunit suggested a Winning Posts Forum (view only), plus Tag of the Day competitions, Search Facilities and Caution Tags. The latter is a particularly strong suggestion, i.e. to give warning tags to people likely to face a ban.
BUT THE WINNER IS:
The prize is for the best SET of suggestions. The winner is SHEEPY for the following ideas:
FOG Lotto
Round Number Prizes (e.g. at 10,000 posts in a forum)
"Number Day" I think this means we would all be anonymous.
Vote people off the forums Big Brother style (love that).
Guess the Phantom Poster.
Complaint Button (already in place now with the report link)
Improve the message filter and the feedback from it.
Contratulations SHEEPY and I hope you enjoy munching your prize.
Thank you again to all those who contributed and sorry not to be able to mention everybody.
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These were the original rules.
This latest EXTRA GAMEADAY is for the best SET of suggestions for "adding life" to the forums.
Imagine that you are in charge of the forums. What would you do to start some interesting debate or to make the place more interesting?
Please DO NOT suggest things which require (much) programming. And don't suggest a chart of Gameaday winners as it is already being sorted.
We already have:
Top Posters chart
Notable/Regular/Newbie system with 'orrible colours
Voting for Notables
Extra Gameaday Prizes
Protected "Prime Topics" forum
"Stats" for history on contributors
Taglines
Closing date is August 1st or shortly thereafter, and it's the best set that wins. All the posts that you make will count towards your set.
Everybody wants User Profiles.
RBS says lean some of the GAD prizes towards lesser forums to boost them and he suggests we include a "what's going on in the forums" or "forum news" somewhere.
Gaming Boy would like to see more input from the staff to start topics and kick-start discussion.
Grix suggests we have a tournament where we all download game to our PC and play against each other.
er-no wants a "who is here" link. You click on it and it tells you the names of most recent posters (good idea). And er-no wants the Notables to be given something to do (a request which I have just complied with in Chat forums)
TheBest_2K1 is keen on putting people in a hot seat. Everybody fires questions at the poor so...
Quazimodo would like links to your "Latest Post" and your web site url in your stats window (excellent).
Meka would like us to hold a song contest and have counters to see how many people have read a thread. pb backs this up with a similar request on reviews.
Cookie Monster suggests a Cluedo-style murder mystery event.
Dan2K1 would like on-line darts.
Dringo is keen to repeat some "Opposite Posts" - I believe this is intended to be head to head challenges on specific arguments.
Chr!stos says we should sometimes vote for Gameaday winners, instead of them being always picked by staff.
Salevunit suggested a Winning Posts Forum (view only), plus Tag of the Day competitions, Search Facilities and Caution Tags. The latter is a particularly strong suggestion, i.e. to give warning tags to people likely to face a ban.
BUT THE WINNER IS:
The prize is for the best SET of suggestions. The winner is SHEEPY for the following ideas:
FOG Lotto
Round Number Prizes (e.g. at 10,000 posts in a forum)
"Number Day" I think this means we would all be anonymous.
Vote people off the forums Big Brother style (love that).
Guess the Phantom Poster.
Complaint Button (already in place now with the report link)
Improve the message filter and the feedback from it.
Contratulations SHEEPY and I hope you enjoy munching your prize.
Thank you again to all those who contributed and sorry not to be able to mention everybody.
*********
These were the original rules.
This latest EXTRA GAMEADAY is for the best SET of suggestions for "adding life" to the forums.
Imagine that you are in charge of the forums. What would you do to start some interesting debate or to make the place more interesting?
Please DO NOT suggest things which require (much) programming. And don't suggest a chart of Gameaday winners as it is already being sorted.
We already have:
Top Posters chart
Notable/Regular/Newbie system with 'orrible colours
Voting for Notables
Extra Gameaday Prizes
Protected "Prime Topics" forum
"Stats" for history on contributors
Taglines
Closing date is August 1st or shortly thereafter, and it's the best set that wins. All the posts that you make will count towards your set.
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You could introduce a newbie help forum...
Well it is what it says... Tony or someone will start off a topic and put in sugestions by notbales and regulars on basic guildlines and then newbies can post their own questions there if they need help.
To insure it stays near the top.. that is the first topic all newbies go to when they sign up..
This means more newbies stay as they know what to do and they learn the ways of the FOG (deep voice).
Well it is what it says... Tony or someone will start off a topic and put in sugestions by notbales and regulars on basic guildlines and then newbies can post their own questions there if they need help.
To insure it stays near the top.. that is the first topic all newbies go to when they sign up..
This means more newbies stay as they know what to do and they learn the ways of the FOG (deep voice).
SHEEPY wrote:
Ah well why not ask
> users to make up an SR theme tune?
God no, i tried to introduce some aural pleasure to my web site, but it takes such a long time to load.
Ah well why not ask
> users to make up an SR theme tune?
God no, i tried to introduce some aural pleasure to my web site, but it takes such a long time to load.
Some lovely music :D
I don't know if it consists of a lot of programming but I have seen many sites with this.
Well what you do is get everyone to post a few of their favourite songs and then you pick one out a week and that is the SR song of the week...
Hmm not very good idea actually... you would need to download song and copyright could kill you :)
Ah well why not ask users to make up an SR theme tune?
I don't know if it consists of a lot of programming but I have seen many sites with this.
Well what you do is get everyone to post a few of their favourite songs and then you pick one out a week and that is the SR song of the week...
Hmm not very good idea actually... you would need to download song and copyright could kill you :)
Ah well why not ask users to make up an SR theme tune?
Hmmm, there seem 2 be a lot of suggestions flying about, anyone want to give me an idea so i can post it?!? Plz.
So far ive only come up with the idea of intorducing a 'Top Gamers' advice catagory. Here people could give cheats/hints to each other about games more directly, like a chat forum, but based around helping people through games. It might cause more people to post and would certainly be a good asset to the site.
So far ive only come up with the idea of intorducing a 'Top Gamers' advice catagory. Here people could give cheats/hints to each other about games more directly, like a chat forum, but based around helping people through games. It might cause more people to post and would certainly be a good asset to the site.
Well as we know some of the posters on here love to write songs and re-mixs consisting of users etc.
Well you make up a comp. After a month the best song wins, simple as that.
This would make great talk on the forums for those wo love it or hate it and well there you go.
Well you make up a comp. After a month the best song wins, simple as that.
This would make great talk on the forums for those wo love it or hate it and well there you go.
Hmmm, having read all of your ideas - i'd have to say that thinking up new ones would be one hell of a challenge!
Probably wouldn't even bother now thanks to er-no and SHEEPY (bloody Notables teaming-up against the hopeless regulars - always taking the competitions intop their own greedy hands)
Probably wouldn't even bother now thanks to er-no and SHEEPY (bloody Notables teaming-up against the hopeless regulars - always taking the competitions intop their own greedy hands)
Hmmm time for another batch I think.
How about every week post a random page of the Worlds Longest etc. Believe it is fun... you pick a random number from the list and read all the comments... all insane as usual and all with oldish names as well.
You could put it in upwire or just post a topic!
How about every week post a random page of the Worlds Longest etc. Believe it is fun... you pick a random number from the list and read all the comments... all insane as usual and all with oldish names as well.
You could put it in upwire or just post a topic!
You must 'ave posted those ideas WAAAAAAAAYYYYYY back where only the @rsed can get to 'em ay?
Hmmm, 50 - wow, I better get thinkin' then...i'll go read yours then...
You really wnat to take your hat off to me and Fish-e? Wouldn't that be suicidal? I mean, what with you being bald and all... :D~
Hmmm, 50 - wow, I better get thinkin' then...i'll go read yours then...
You really wnat to take your hat off to me and Fish-e? Wouldn't that be suicidal? I mean, what with you being bald and all... :D~
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